Basically, the contestants (who are cut from that same annoying cloth as all overly enthusiastic DoND contestants) have 60 seconds to complete various tasks, ranging from turning off tap lights with hacky sacks to bobbing their heads quickly to moving Oreos from their forehead to their mouths to keeping feathers afloat to emptying a box of tissues with one hand. If they can do it, they get money. Yeah, ridiculous.

For starters, it really bugs me that every new game show feels like it has to look like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with dark sets and the dramatic lighting. And then there's the whole "lifeline" thing, where the contestants get multiple chances to answer a question or do a task. People really don't deserve second chances on shows like this. Also, the conceit of increasing the levels of money is so unoriginal, as is giving people a chance to opt out. I'd rather have seen them offer less money, but give people five tasks to do. If you win, you get $100,000. If you don't, you go home broke. More consequences, less forgiveness.

Speaking of unoriginal, the little intros explaining each task (as well as the accompanying voiceover) really remind me of the Wii Fit software. Something about the soothing voice and the very sparse graphics - it's all exceedingly familiar. In fact, I had to check to see that if the show was actually sponsored by Wii or something. Maybe the producers already have their eyes on a video-game version. Also, in the screener episode I saw (but not the one that aired last night), there is an exceeding, unnecessary amount of smoke around the set, along with girls dressed in teeny outfits. They are "game agents." That's not on any other game shows, people.

Then there's the worst problem (aside from watching sweaty people try and stack nuts and bolts and do idiotic victory dances) and his name is Guy Fieri. I know some people like him, and I'm even going to admit that I rooted for him back when he was trying to be the next Food Network star. However, that was a long time ago, and now he's everywhere and his personality is really best in small doses. Very small doses. He's just insanely excitable on this show, constantly screaming that a given contestant will break a new record, or do something for the first time in the history of the program. News flash, Guy: the show has just started! That wouldn't even make sense in the second episode. Maybe he needs to go back to looking at hot dog places instead of hosting a game show. After all, we can't have the contestants and the host and the audience all acting so high energy. It just makes me want to grab a bottle of Advil.

Anyway, the show is terribly unclever. But I can see it being popular. Just not in my household.