A GameShow produced for ComedyCentral in the late [[TheNineties 90s]], hosted by political speechwriter cum [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan actor]] Ben Stein, and featuring radio personality turned late-night TalkShow host Jimmy Kimmel as TheAnnouncer. Using the common "quiz show" game model, and sporting a humorous atmosphere (as befitting a Comedy Central program), the show might have been forgotten as merely another ''{{Jeopardy}}!'' clone if not for its unique concept: the contestants really were competing for Stein's money.

The show offered a $5000 prize pot which constituted Stein's paycheck for each episode, of which the contestants tried to earn as much as they could; the remainder of the pot went home with Stein, and so, in a very real sense, contestants were taking money out of Stein's pocket. (Of course, Stein was also paid a normal salary on top of his "winnings".)

The program featured another unique conceit: since his own paycheck was at stake in each episode, Stein would actually turn the [[GameShowHost hosting/moderating duties]] over to Kimmel during the game's second round and would join the contestants as a contestant himself. The BonusRound featured the winning contestant going head-to-head with Stein in a "Best Of Ten Test Of Knowledge", a timed rapid-fire questionnaire. It should be noted that Stein was no slouch as a contestant; highly competitive (especially when defending his earnings), he regularly trounced the actual contestants and rarely gave a wrong answer -- although there ''were'' quite a few times when he lost the entire $5000 pot to some "superior intellect", as he would say.

Kimmel was eventually [[JonasQuinn replaced]] by Nancy Pimental, and later by Kimmel's own cousin, Sal Iacono. The show ceased production in 2003.
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