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3A [[Creator/TheCW CW]] GameShow that tried to be a modernized take on musical chairs. Contestants traversed a ring of obstacles around a pool while The F.O.S. Band (or in the third round, a guest musician) played, earning cash for each obstacle they get past.
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5When the music stopped, the contestants dropped everything and began racing over one of three bridge obstacles to reach the chairs on a platform in the middle. The contestant left without a chair is eliminated. Each chair is also a MysteryBox with various cash values attached to them: whoever banks the least amount of money in the round is also eliminated. The last contestant standing-er, sitting-in the end wins.
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7!!GameShowTropes in use:
8* BonusSpace: The $5,000 chair ($10,000 in later rounds).
9* MysteryBox: The cash values attached to each chair.
10* Personnel
11** GameShowHost: Creator/JamieKennedy and Jessi Cruickshank.
12** LovelyAssistant: Tanika Ray.
13* {{Whammy}}: The $0 chair.
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15!!This series provides examples of:
16* CatchPhrase:
17** "Stand by for music!"
18** "Sit happens..."
19** "Don't push from the back when you're on the track."
20** "Take a swim!" (Especially in the 2012 episodes.)
21* CommercialBreakCliffhanger: Going into the eliminations leading into the final round. But at least they were honest about going to break.
22* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone, especially Jamie Kennedy.
23* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Given its title, the show's main schtick appeared to be how many "sit"/"shit"-related double entendres they could get past the censors (with the aforementioned "Sit happens" catch phrase, calling the leaderboard the "Sit List", etc.)

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