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Game Show Garbage (GSG) is a website created in 2009 by Cyndi Seidelman. The best way to describe GSG is basically that it's WrestleCrap for the worst in Game Shows.

In 2014, the site expanded to add Tooncrap (a blog about terrible cartoons), Mediocre Music TV (a blog about music-based reality shows), and Video Game Garbage (a blog about bad video games), although MMTV and V.G. Garbage have since fallen by the wayside.

The regular "Game Show Garbage" inductions ended September 26, 2015, with the induction of The Briefcase. According to the official Facebook page, each year going forward would have approximately 5-6 inductions, including the annual Wayney Award. In 2018, the inductions expanded to a monthly format. Finally, Seidelman announced that she would stop doing inductions in late 2019, choosing instead to focus on her new project “Game Show Gumbo”, which focuses on game show news in a The Soup-esque format, ending with the site’s 255th Induction (Seidelman stated she planned to end at 255 in reference to The Legend of Zelda, namely its Rupee counter which maxes out at 255). The last induction, detailing the downfall of the quiz app HQ, was released on October 18, 2019. However, at the end of 2020, Seidelman decided to bring it back with an induction on the 1978 version of Jeopardy!, citing fan demand.


List of inductions:

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    Inductions 1- 50 
  • Patrick Wayne (John Wayne's son; hosted the 1990s Tic-Tac-Dough)
  • WCW 2000 on Double Dare 2000 (special with four WCW stars including "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, who had competed against Mr. Perfect in a 1989 episode)
  • Slime Time (short-lived 1988 syndicated game that was little more than a second-rate Double Dare knockoff)
  • How Much Is Enough? (a boring GSN show from 2008)
  • TPIR's First Bullseye Game (the fifth-ever pricing game after Price returned in 1972...and the first to be retired)
  • Nadine (Nick Arcade contestant who played the bonus round pretty badly)
  • Elevated Conquer Ring (an ill-thought-out American Gladiators tweak that was only used once during the first half of Season 1)
  • Howard's Buttah Answer (a particularly bad answer given by a contestant on the 1998-99 Match Game)
  • "Johnny Arcade" aka Stivi Paskoski (host of Video Power, which was a game show for its second season)
  • Duel of the Dice (minigame used in a pitchfilm for the 1986 High Rollers revival pilot but not the series)
  • Joe Farago (comedian who hosted the 1980s Break the Bank after Gene Rayburn's dismissal)
  • Frog & Alligator (two bad Family Feud answers to the 1977 Fast Money question "Name an animal with three letters in its name.")
  • Rappin' Chuck Woolery (commercial for Woolery's GSN reality show Naturally Stoned...a show that ended up killing his then-current marriage)
  • Fried Chicken Drewcase (late-2008 Price Showcase written by host Drew Carey that made almost no sense at all)
  • Joker (long-running Price pricing game with a pretty ugly main prop and a flawed game mechanic by which a player could play the game perfectly and still lose)
  • Bad TPIR Bids, Part 1 (compilation of bad guesses over the years)
  • Joseph (early-2008 Price contestant who most famously bid $2,000,000 in Contestant's Row)
  • 3's a Crowd (1979-80 Chuck Barris series that asked whether a man's wife or secretary knew him better...and took down all of Barris' other shows with it upon its cancellation)
  • The Newlywed Game, Rodriguez Version (1988-89 overhaul hosted by comedian Paul Rodriguez; originally based solely on his debut, it was updated in January 2011 after an episode from much later in his tenure surfaced, proving that he got better)
  • Chains of Love (short-lived UPN dating show where everybody was chained together)
  • Tic Tac Dough 90 Raps (the inexplicable decision about six weeks in to have the Dragon and Dragonslayer rap)
  • Attack of the Zeroaires Part 1 (compilation of various $0 winners on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
  • Sang's Scrabble Sprint (an infamous 1985 Sprint with several mistakes and a final time of 87.0 seconds)
  • Card Sharks 2001 (the second aired revival, with several inexplicable changes)
  • Jeopardy! (April Fool's induction, but see below)
  • You're On! (late-1990s Nickelodeon game that brought Phil Moore back)
  • Inquizition (early GSN original which featured an interesting setup and a cool set but very pedestrian gameplay)
  • Full Swing (short-lived 1997 BBC game based around golf)
  • Scavengers (1990s ITV series with a sci-fi theme)
  • Hi Score (British show based around video games that was not only bad in every aspect but didn't actually play any video games until the end...and that was a freeware game!)
  • Family Fortunes' Irishman Problem (a 1983 episode where the contestants gave six wrong answers at the third Face-Off)
  • Robb Edward Morris (host of Make the Grade's second season, replacing Lew Schneider; as it turned out, he got better)
  • Skip Lackey (host of Think Fast's second season, replacing Michael Carrington)
  • The Get the Picture Rap Special (an episode from the second {far cheaper} format with lots of cringe-worthy "rapping")
  • Celebrity Double Dare (unsold 1987 spinoff pilot {one of four: two Celebrity, two with just couples} with a different set, host, and announcer...and everything about Double Dare pretty much sterilized)
  • Hold Everything! (1990 Barry-Enright hidden-camera show with Pat Bullard hosting and not much else)
  • WOF's Worst Solves pt. 1 (compilation of various missolves from over the years)
  • The Remote Control NES Game (a lackluster home adaptation by Hi-Tech Expressions)
  • The Chamber (a short-lived Fox show from 2002 that was literally painful)
  • Carnie Wilson (original host of GSN's Newlywed Game, 2009-10)
  • The Neighbors (short-lived 1975-76 game hosted by Regis Philbin that was basically The Newlywed Game WITH NEIGHBORS! {note that the review is based on the pilot, as it was the only episode known to exist at the time; two episodes from the series have surfaced since then})
  • Number Please (a 1961 Goodson-Todman show that did not age well)
  • Monday Night Quarterback (unsold 1970 Bob Stewart pilot hosted by ex-football player Jerry Kramer that involved guessing the outcome of various football plays)
  • The Our Little Genius Scandal (2009-10 Patrick Wayne Award winner)
  • Fred's Futile Fast Money (a contestant's four pretty lame answers during an August 1976 Family Feud)
  • What's Going On? (really short-lived 1954 Goodson-Todman game that was primarily hampered by the remote segments having audio problems)
  • Blank Check (a dull show that was Barry-Enright’s first NBC show since the quiz show scandals...and turned out to be their last)
  • Squares' Big-Money Bonus Game (the overhauled bonus round used for most of the fourth Bergeron season {2001-02}, with no relevance to the rest of the show)
  • Laurie Dotson (late-2010 Price contestant who did nothing but bid $420)
  • Jason's Selfish Fun House Run (1988 contestant who deliberately passed up several prize and cash tags to spend all but four seconds of the allotted two minutes in the House)

    Inductions 51- 100 
  • Bamboozle (unsold 1986 Barris pilot hosted by Bob Hilton that was lawsuit-close to To Tell the Truth)
  • Bruce McBirney's Cure-all Water (a particularly sleazy pitchman on the Canadian Dragons' Den in January 2010, who claimed his $18 bottles of water cure {among other things} arthritis, colitis, hepatitis, flus, and cancer)
  • Hidden Agenda (early-2010 GSN flop involving wives trying to get their husbands to do various "stunts" for money, probably most infamously by giving them liquor to loosen them up {a practice encouraged by the host, because common sense and livers be damned})
  • You're in the Picture (a 1961 show hosted by Jackie Gleason that only lasted one episode, and was so bad Gleason had to apologize for it in its planned second episode)
  • Brooke Burns (host of Dog Eat Dog)
  • Professor Price (1977 Price Is Right pricing game that was played twice, involving a puppet "Professor" and answering general-knowledge questions; start of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • Evan Goding (circa-2004 Price contestant who bid $420, then $1,420, then $420 again; part of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • The Yodely Guy Suicides (compilation of bad Cliff Hangers bids on Price that resulted in an immediate loss; part of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • On the Spot (2003-05 Price pricing game that involved matching prices to prizes to get off the titular Spot; part of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • Jack Wagner (infamous early-2009 Price episode where far more focus was put on said guest than anything else, resulting in no games being won and a tasteless bit where Jack "flashes" Drew and the contestants; end of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • Sweethearts (1988-89 syndicated show hosted by Charles Nelson Reilly where panelists tried to determine which of three couples was actually a couple)
  • The Dating Game with Brad Sherwood (the 1996-97 revamp, alongside a revamped Newlywed Game)
  • Temptation: The New Sale of the Century
  • Attack of the Zeroaires Part 2 (compilation of various $0 winners on Millionaire)
  • The Game Game (obscure 1969-70 syndicated Barris game about psychoanalysis)
  • Baloney (1989 Canadian game hosted by Pat Bullard)
  • Horrible Karn Feud Answers Pt. 1 (compilation induction)
  • Born Lucky (1992-93 Shop 'Til You Drop knockoff that aired on the same network)
  • When Did That Happen? (1998 GSN original that replaced Super Decades and was about one-third as fun to watch)
  • Jackee Harry's Pyramid Problems (disastrous Winner's Circle playing in which Harry was buzzed three times, and almost a fourth, for providing improper clues)
  • Supermarket Sweep's Monster Squad (various "monsters" used during the Big Sweep in Season 1)
  • The Chase of Keith from the Isle of Wight (a 2011 round of The Chase where a contestant gets no questions right; start of "UK Month")
  • Bradley Walsh: UK Wheel Host (the 1997 season, where Walsh acted like a cross between Pat Sajak and Edd Byrnes; part of "UK Month")
  • Catchphrase Post-Roy Walker (five problems with the last few seasons of the original British version; part of "UK Month")
  • Bob Johnson's Big Money Turkey (1983 Family Fortunes bonus round where a contestant answered "Turkey" to three consecutive questions; end of "UK Month")
  • I'm Telling! (1987-88 NBC game that was a children's version of The Newlywed Game; start of "Kids Month")
  • Wheel 2000 (1997-98 Wheel spinoff that simultaneously tried too hard to be "cool" and was way too cheap for its own good; part of "Kids Month")
  • Jep! (1998-99 Jeopardy! spinoff that added penalties and also had no money to offer; part of "Kids Month")
  • The Worst Double Dare Obstacle Course Obstacles (five really bad obstacles; end of "Kids Month")
  • Family Feud's 400 Point Format (the format used from 1984-85, with $400 as the goal and a fourth Single question, leading to heavier editing and further emphasizing the show's age)
  • Secrets of the Crypt Keeper's Haunted House (1996-97 CBS children's game with the titular Cryptkeeper; actual end of "Kids Month")
  • Patrick Duffy: Game Show Host (his performance as host of GSN's Bingo America)
  • Ray Combs' Last Fast Money (the infamous Family Feud endgame of May 27, 1994, where the second player got five zeroes and Ray proceeded to note that this was in fact his last show)
  • Name it and Claim It (an infamous minigame during GSN's Game Show Awards; Co-Third Place GSG "Create an Induction" Winner, written by Matthew Wojis)
  • The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan Temple Run (a really bad run on Legends of the Hidden Temple; Co-Third Place GSG "Create an Induction" Winner, written by Andrew Mora)
  • Superstar USA (very infamous American Idol knockoff by The WB that looked for the bad singers and told the good ones they sucked {among many other issues}; Second Place GSG "Create an Induction" Winner, written by Brian Henegar)
  • Fun House Fitness (two-tape set of fitness tapes with Fun House elements shoehorned in, later released on a single DVD in 2005; GSG "Create an Induction" Grand Prize Winner, written by Aaron Levinger {who also wrote an unsubmitted induction on Gladiators 2000})
  • Millionaire's Tournament Of Ten (a November 2009 mess that was little more than an attempt to give away the million after more than six years since the last winner)
  • Love Triangle (abysmal 2011 GSN show with no play-along factor and a host who couldn't seem to care for anything except her paycheck; 2010-11 Patrick Wayne Award winner)
  • Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition (NES) (an “update” of GameTek’s Wheel of Fortune video game that wasn’t much different from the original)
  • The Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa Puzzle (infamous January 2010 Wheel round where the contestants kept mispronouncing words when trying to solve - including one who messed up with the entire puzzle revealed)
  • Megaword (Season 12 Wheel category that was pretty problematic and had a silly "bonus" attached, the only saving grace being Pat's snarkiness due to clearly hating it {confirmed by him in a 2014 episode when a player brought it up})
  • Rolf Benirschke (short-lived daytime Wheel host from January-June 1989)
  • SNL's Phillips Family Feud Parody (2009 Saturday Night Live sketch that beats the whole "Mackenzie Phillips had an affair with her father John!" thing into your head)
  • Rappin' Wink Martindale (GSN promo for Wink's return to the genre - Instant Recall, a hidden-camera show with almost no game and hence very little Wink to speak of)
  • Yahtzee (1988 Ralph Andrews game that had elements of Match Game and issues with paying winners)
  • The Worst of Hell's Kitchen: Season 1 (compilation induction)
  • Malcolm (unsold 1983 Merrill Heatter pilot that involved Alex Trebek interacting with a cartoon character)
  • Shop 'Til You Drop: Megastore Edition (the final two seasons {2003-05}, with an overhaul that left the show far less enjoyable to watch)
  • Big Saturday Night (2009 GSN "wraparound" for 20Q and The Money List that was little more than a big insult to the genre and those who loved it)

    Inductions 101- 150 
  • On the Nose (1984-85 Price Is Right car game that relied on physical prowess; knowing the car's price did nothing but give you $1,000 and more chances to win)
  • Bad TPIR Bids: Part 2 (compilation induction)
  • Ghouls of TPIR Halloween 2009 (some pretty bad contestants)
  • Double Digits (short-lived 1973 Price pricing game that paved the way for Temptation)
  • Fake-A-Date (2004 GSN dating show)
  • Perfect Match (1986 version) {second-rate Newlywed Game knockoff that replaced Catch Phrase}
  • ESPN's Trivial Pursuit (2004 "pilot week" that was...kinda lame, actually)
  • Attack of the Zeroaires Part 3 (compilation induction)
  • Patricia Heaton's Millionaire Meltdown (an infamous celebrity question during the 10th-Anniversary Specials in 2009)
  • Robert Redford is Pointless...Truly (a round of Pointless where almost none of the contestants know who Redford is!)
  • Keith Chegwin's Naked Jungle (2000 one-off with nudity)
  • Robert Kilroy Silk (host of Shafted, who sounded really fake and "hollow")
  • Chris's Big Money Fail (1994 Family Fortunes player who managed to give five no-score answers)
  • Peer Pressure (aka Pressure 2) {1997-98 game for teens that was reedited twice for each of the next two seasons; start of "Kids Month"}
  • Pressure 1 (1999-2000 game for teens that replaced Click and was paired with Peer Pressure {by then reedited & renamed Pressure 2}; part of "Kids Month")
  • Pictionary — the 1989 Version (the version for kids, done by Barry-Enright; part of "Kids Month")
  • Nick Arcade (end of "Kids Month")
  • Phil Moore (host of Nick Arcade and You're On!)
  • Mark Richards (host of Starcade for its first 23 episodes)
  • Blake Emmons (host of Chain Reaction for its first few months back in 1986; USA waited several months before getting to his run when airing the show in the States)
  • Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding (hosts of The Name's The Same for a brief period in 1955)
  • Edd "Kookie" Byrnes (host of the 1974 Wheel of Fortune pilots)
  • Win, Lose or Draw Nintendo Game (the NES version by Hi-Tech Expressions, which...kinda sucks)
  • The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime Board Game (lackluster adaptation of the 1986-87 game show)
  • Press Your Luck Wii Game (2010 attempt that consulted the fans...and still failed)
  • Fun House NES Game (Hi-Tech Expressions' attempt to make an In Name Only game with very little connection to the show)
  • The Australian Price Is Right Revival (2011-12 Patrick Wayne Award winner)
  • Shopper's Bazaar (the original Wheel of Fortune pilot, taped in Fall 1973)
  • Name That Video (low-budget 2001 revival of Name That Tune)
  • Extreme Gong (late-1990s revival of The Gong Show that insulted a then-popular fan group for not liking it)
  • Cop Out! (unsold 1972 Chuck Barris pilot)
  • Faux Pause (1998 GSN attempt to do Mystery Science Theater 3000 for game shows)
  • Home Shopping Game (short-lived 1987 game done by the Home Shopping Network)
  • Bargain Hunters
  • Shoppers Casino (a No Budget 1987 game show that by all indication was little more than a front for a pyramid scheme)
  • The Torturing of Rich Fields (Season 37 "Drewcases" which did such things like have Rich suspended over a dunk tank; start of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • Daniel Rosen (a really bad announcer during Season 32, following Rod Roddy's death; part of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • Brad Sherwood: TPIR Announcer (another really bad announcer during Season 39, after Rich was kicked out; part of "The Price Is WRONG Month")
  • Those Golden Fanbois Who Live Down The Road On The Internet (Golden-Road.net, an induction that was edited and softened after Golden-Road and The Game Show Forum took Seidelman to task {see the YMMV tab for more}; end of "The Price Is WRONG Month"; only induction to be removed from the site)
  • Love Connection: The 1998 Version (the one-season revival, hosted by Pat Bullard)
  • Shipmates (2001-03 syndicated show that was pretty much Blind Date ON A CRUISE SHIP!)
  • Swaps (short-lived 1995 dating-based game)
  • Burt Luddin's Love Buffet (GSN original that was part Newlywed Game knockoff, part scripted behind-the-scenes drama)
  • Top Five Reasons Why Match Game 1998 Failed
  • Think Like A Cat (GSN one-off special hosted by Chuck Woolery, with way too many cat puns; Video Induction)
  • Outrageous! (early FOX Family show that involved hidden cameras and getting random people to do random silly stuff)
  • The Reel To Reel Picture Show (PAX's first game show in 1998, with a lame format and massive problems with paying winnings and salaries)
  • Golden Balls (2007-09 ITV game that ended with the Prisoner's Dilemma)
  • The Colour of Money (short-lived 2009 ITV game)
  • It's Torture! (short-lived ITV children's game show from 1989; start of "Kids Month")

    Inductions 151- 200 
  • Off the Wall (short-lived Disney Channel game that was partnered with Mad Libs but was nowhere near as fun to watch; part of "Kids Month")
  • Thousand-Dollar Bee (utterly abysmal show from the Black Family Channel with almost no redeeming elements; end of "Kids Month")
  • Think Fast (Video Induction; actual end of "Kids Month")
  • What Are My True Colors? (unsold pilot aired May 30, 1987 by ABC, with almost nothing worth noting except that Charlie O'Donnell is announcer)
  • Second Guessers (unsold 1969 Bob Stewart pilot)
  • Dollar A Second: The Unsold 1981 Pilot (Chuck Barris' attempt to revive another Jan Murray game of the 1950s)
  • Take It All (2012-13 Patrick Wayne Award winner)
  • The $100,000 Pyramid DVD Game (contains just 15 games, and the scoring system makes no sense)
  • Strip Poker (1999-2001 show hosted by Graham Elwood that mostly involved taking clothes off...and they couldn't even do that right, giving everyone so many layers that it's impossible to actually get naked)
  • The Worst Answers from the TNA Wrestling Special (Family Feud, Harvey; Video Induction)
  • Family Feud's Bullseye Round (gameplay element introduced in 1992 which ended up squashing the standard front-game format somewhat; made an unwelcome return in 2009-10)
  • American Gladiators NES Game
  • Who's Still Standing? (Video Induction)
  • Split Decision (Pricing Game) {mid-1990s Price game)
  • Top Five Reasons Why The New Price Is Right Failed (the 1994-95 series, that is; Video Induction)
  • The Newlywed Game Porno Parody (written by Mark "Cornshaq" Davis)
  • Scramble (1993-94 syndicated game where the "referee" hosts better {and more} than the host does; Video Induction)
  • Jeopardy! Porno Parody (written by Mark "Cornshaq" Davis)
  • Time Machine (short-lived 1985 NBC game by Reg Grundy; split into two parts, with each part covering the different formats)
  • Let's Go Back (1991-93 Nostalgia Channel series that was very cheap and ripped off the Countdown Round of Split Second (1972), not to mention the host/producer who hasn't done much in the way of quality programming or being a decent person)
  • Jack Gallagher (1996-98 host of The Big Spin who didn't seem to "gel" with the show)
  • Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich (2006-07 Ohio Lottery show that replaced the long-running Cash Explosion...and was so bad it got replaced by the still-running Cash Explosion)
  • Anna Sass's 0-Fer Fast Money (May 2014 Family Feud contestant who managed to lose Fast Money despite needing only 18 points {although Steve didn't help by barely hosting}; Video/Instant Induction)
  • Charles Ingram (infamous British Millionaire contestant who "won" the Million by a coughing system; Video Induction)
  • Divided (2009-10 ITV game that was basically a three-player Prisoner's Dilemma)
  • Video Power (Video Induction)
  • Hurl! (G4 show where people ate a bunch of food, then played physical games while attempting to avoid throwing up)
  • Nickelodeon GUTS for SNES (16-bit adaptation that's way too hard for not only the demographic the game was going for, but even adults; Video Induction)
  • Million Second Quiz (2013-14 Patrick Wayne Award winner; last text-based induction until 2019)
  • Taboo (2002 TNN adaptation of the board game with a bad host and...well, nearly everything else; Video Induction)
  • YouTube Family Feud (the first season of Buzzr's online "adaptation" of the franchise; Instant Video Induction)
  • FAM Interactive Games (The Family Channel's interactive games of 1993-94: Boggle, Jumble, Shuffle, and Trivial Pursuit; Video Induction)
  • David Sparks & All About The Opposite Sex (two-fer induction of Sparks in general and the short-lived 1990 Barry-Enright game in particular; Video Induction)
  • Mindreaders (Video Induction)
  • TTD 90's Divorced Couples Week (a set of six Tic-Tac-Dough episodes in November 1990 where exes competed against each other, notable for host Patrick Wayne remarking that just because you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun together; Video Induction)
  • American Gladiators for SNES and Genesis (the 16-bit adaptations of the game show, neither of which are particularly good; Video Induction)
  • The Diamond Head Game (26-week syndicated show from 1975 that was taped on-location in Hawaii; Video Induction)
  • TPIR's Plinko Special (2013 daytime episode where Plinko was played as all six pricing games, an interesting idea in theory but a huge failure in practice; Video Induction)
  • TPIR's Failed Pricing Games of '78 (three games that were only used that year and were never seen on GSN - Finish Line, Shower Game, and Telephone Game; Video Induction)
  • Top 5 Worst Game Shows of 1975 (including The Magnificent Marble Machine and Give-n-Take; Video Induction)
  • Top 5 Worst Hell's Kitchen Moments: Season 3 (Video Induction)
  • Dylan Lane (host of the 2006-07 Chain Reaction; Video Induction)
  • The Video Game (1984-85 syndicated show that replaced Starcade and was less than half as good as it; Video Induction)
  • Remote Control's Last Days (the final season, and particularly the last two episodes; Video Induction)
  • The Choice (FOX's attempt to do a dating-based version of NBC's The Voice; Video Induction)
  • Man O Man (British dating show that was...kinda sexist; Video Induction with Kim Justice)
  • There's Something About Miriam (2004 Sky One show filled with deception and transphobia; Video Induction with Jessica "Prizes" Brand from the Buy A Vowel boards, no comedy here because this show is bad)

    Inductions 201- 250 
  • The Worst Final Chase...EVER! (from a 2014 episode of the British version of The Chase; Video Induction)
  • Show Me the Money (short-lived 2006 ABC show hosted by William Shatner which had a ton of issues, such as the director ordering reshoots for no reason; Video Induction)
  • Identity (short-lived NBC game show that had a lot of padding and stalling...and really shouldn't have been played for $500,000 or taken seriously, either; Video Induction)
  • Game Show In My Head (very short-lived 2009 CBS show that was basically You're On! with an adult flair; Video Induction)
  • Top 5 Worst Whose Line UK Panelists of All Time (Video Induction)
  • Revenge of the Egghead (2014 BBC Two show that ripped-off its parent show Eggheads and The Chase; Video Induction, replacing the planned induction of Millionaire's infamous Clock format, which was eventually uploaded in 2019)
  • Strike It Rich (the 1940s-50s show, which if you thought Queen for a Day was big on exploitation, well...; Video Induction)
  • Buzzr Password (Wayney Award winner, Internet; abbreviated version of the 1960s format with the only real negative being host Steve Zaragosa)
  • The Briefcase (Wayney Award winner, Television; exploitative game where two families in need receive $101,000 and decide whether to share none, some, or all of it with another family in need...unaware that said other family also received $101,000 and has the same choice {not to mention that the producers deliberately picked families with radically different political opinions to create drama and conflict})
  • The Top 5 Worst Good Show/Good Host Combinations (Video Induction)
  • The Perfect Match - 60s Version (1967-68 daily syndicated series hosted by Dick Enberg, who's probably the only real positive about the show; Video Induction)
  • Hollywood's Talking (1973 CBS show notable for being the first series hosted by Geoff Edwards...and not much else; Video Induction)
  • Camouflage - Barris Version (1980 revival of the early-60s show; Video Induction)
  • Tom and Kris' $0 Pyramid (a scoreless $25,000 Pyramid Winner's Circle round from 1986; Video Induction)
  • Win, Lose or Draw - The Robb Weller Season (the final season {1989-90} of the syndicated version, which deliberately broke the format; Video Induction, also part of Seidelman's ongoing "The Games of '90" series)
  • TPIR's College Rivals Show (2016 special that had sets of two players called down from rival schools; when one person came up onstage, the "rival" was sent back to their seat...but if the onstage player lost their game, the "rival" got $1,000, pretty much encouraging bad advice; 2015-2016 Patrick Wayne Award winner)
  • Million Dollar Word Game (short-lived and insanely low-budget 1999 show that was little more than a scam; Video Induction)
  • The Grudge Match (short-lived Jesse Ventura vanity project from 1991-92 that tried to combine boxing, wrestling, and Double Dare...and failed at being even halfway interesting; Video Induction)
  • Philly Pheud (low-quality unlicensed Family Feud knockoff with a worse host; Video Induction)
  • Beat The IRS (Legally) (unsold 1985 pilot hosted by Bob Goen; Video Induction)
  • The Krypton Factor: 1990 US version (the second Stateside adaptation of the British game show; Video Induction)
  • The Krypton Factor: the 1995 series (the final year of the original British version, with many poorly-received changes; Video Induction)
  • Set for Life (short-lived 2007 show whose gameplay consisted of little more than pulling lights out of random tubes and hoping they'd be white instead of red; Video Induction)
  • You Don't Know Jack (2001 TV adaptation that managed to almost completely miss the point; Video Induction by Garrett Seidelman, Cyndi's brother)
  • The Moment Of Truth (infamous 2008 FOX show hosted by Mark L. Walberg where people were supposed to share their secrets for big cash, and how it frequently went into uncomfortable/awful territories; Video Induction).
  • Save to Win (2016-2017 Patrick Wayne Award winner)
  • Goddess of Love (a terrible 1988 TV movie starring Vanna White)
  • Penny to a Million (a 1955 game show that Rhino Media called a “TV Turkey”)
  • To Tell the Truth’s Final CBS Daytime Season (the 1967-1968 season of that show which made many changes)
  • McGee and Me! A Star in the Breaking (a 1989 video that pushes the humility moral into your head)
  • Family Secrets (a 1993 NBC show hosted by Bob Eubanks)
  • Top 5 Worst Moments from Hell's Kitchen Season 2
  • The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (Viewers' Choice Winner)
  • 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show
  • Celebrity Bullseye: 1980 US Version
  • Red or Black? (Viewers' Choice Winner)
  • Goen's WOF's Armed Forces Week
  • Candy Crush (2017-2018 Patrick Wayne Award Winner)
  • King of the Mountain (Aired Pilot)
  • Wait Til You Have Kids
  • Kevin Frank (host of Kidstreet and The Next Line)
  • The Riddlers (1977 unsold pilot hosted by David Letterman)
  • Twas the Worst Fast Money Ever (a parody of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" about the Quayle family and their atrocious 16-points Fast Money performance on the Combs Family Feud).
  • MG2 (a 1996 unsold pilot for a revival of Match Game)
  • Small Talk
  • Peppard's Password Rant (George Peppard launching into a rant about NBC's standards and practices - specifically, he was upset about the non-disclosure agreements that participants are forced to sign before appearing on the show - on an episode of Password Plus, causing the episode to be pulled from broadcast)
  • Free 4 All (GSG’s first text-based induction since 2014)
  • Game On! (a Canadian game show from 1998-2000 that ripped off Jeopardy!; originally done for Games O’Canada but made an induction in retrospect)
  • Millionaire's Clock Format (an attempted Retool of Millionaire; was to be inducted in place of Revenge of the Egghead)
  • National Bingo Night (2006 series featuring boring games that paved the way for Bingo America)

    Inductions 251- 
  • Sex Wars (a game show that ran from 2000-01 and was cheap all around, despite having a good set and host)
  • It’s Your (Million Dollar) Chance of a Lifetime (short-lived Aussie Millionaire clone from 1999 that got an also-short-lived American version on Fox, which is covered here)
  • Jeff and Barb’s $7 Big Sweep (a 1991 Supermarket Sweep team who only scored $7 in their Big Sweep, the lowest confirmed score in the show’s history)
  • Card Sharks: The 1996 Pilot (an unsold 1996 pilot for a revival of Card Sharks that, like the 2001 version after, made some questionable changes; Seidelman calls the pilot a gut punch to her soul)
  • The Fall of HQ (guest starring Jessica "Prizes" Brand; originally the last Induction of the series)
  • Jeopardy '78 (a failed version of Jeopardy! that made unnecessary changes and only ran a single season; listed as a "26 Weeks or Less" video but actually considered an Induction, first Induction since 2019)
  • Double Up (NBC Kids Version) (terrible kids’ dating show produced and hosted by a then-young JD Roth)
  • Truth or Consequences - The Unsold FOX Pilot (a proposed reboot of the classic game show for Fox that Seidelman considers worse than There's Something About Miriam)
  • Bedroom Buddies (an overly sleazy dating show that tried to combine Studs and The Newlywed Game)
  • Tic-Tac Dough '90s Commercials (an off-the-cuff Induction that involves three poorly-thought out commercials promoting the 1990 version)
  • Trashed (a 1994 MTV game show that is basically "Game Show Garbage personified")
  • ESPN's Dream League (a sports quiz show that tried to add weekend fantasy elements, but also boasted confusing rules and a pathetic quiz portion)
  • Gutterball Alley (a Canadian series that tried to add gross-out to bowling)
  • Who Wants To Be A Princess? (a short-lived Fox show about romance that was one of many shortsighted decisions made by the network in the 2000s)
  • GSN Sings The Themes (an advertising campaign by GSN that added really bad lyrics to game show themes)
  • NASCAR Smarts (a boring NASCAR-themed game show that aired on Speed Channel)
  • Top 5 Worst Replacement Hosts (five hosts who turned out to be very poor replacements)
  • Top 5 Best Replacement Hosts (five hosts who excelled as replacements)
  • Top 5 Worst Replacement Hosts International Edition
  • Top 5 Best Replacement Hosts International Edition
  • Top 5 Worst Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Shows (five Goodson-Todman flops)
  • Top 5 Least Favorite Hell's Kitchen Seasons (five seasons of Hell's Kitchen that Seidelman disliked for various reasons)

    Tooncrap Inductions 

This website provides examples of:

  • Anvilicious: invokedSeidelman's analysis of McGee and Me! A Star In The Breaking. It "takes the moral of humility and bashes it over your head like a brick."
  • April Fools' Day: As a joke, Seidelman "inducted" Jeopardy! by painting it as a bad show. The fact Seidelman has bashed the show in the past, though, even after the induction, kind of ruins the joke.
  • Crossover: Seidelman made a video review of Think Fast with The Hardcore Kid; he showed up again in the induction of The Moment of Truth.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Seidelman, as well as former Dumb Answer of the Week correspondent, the late Jim Williams.
  • Fan Hater: At one point, Seidelman didn't think too highly of a certain highly passionate faction of game show fandom that she called the "Number 3s" (as opposed to "Number 1s" whom she sees as the most rational fans, and "Number 2s" who only occasionally let their fandom cloud their judgment). According to her, these fans have oversensitive Nostalgia Filters and Berserk Buttons, often display what borders on Insane Troll Logic, and are very quick to complain about change. For the site's 139th induction, as part of a "The Price Is WRONG" week, Seidelman singled out The Price Is Right fan site Golden-Road.net as an example of the "Number 3" branch. Except...
    • The induction included personal attacks on several prominent members, with Seidelman using the Encyclopedia Dramatica page on the site as a source (despite noting that yes, ED is "a parody site and a troll site"). Said ED page was created by a disgruntled former Golden-Road member.
    • She notes that "The integrity of the site was long gone even before the new website was put up since it was the actions of the users that compromised it with the 2007 blow up over Barker retiring and the 2008 death blow of Dobkowitz being fired." Relatively few people were upset over Barker retiring, as it was his choice. By comparison, a lot of people were upset about Roger being fired, since he had been very kind to the site note  and it wasn't his choice, having essentially been told "We want to take the show in a new direction. Either go with it or get out."
    • The main reason the induction was made was because a former Golden-Road user had emailed Seidelman to talk about a disturbing incident in August 2008 when a couple of members were being extremely stupid in response to said user's loved one dying from cancer. While the user in question didn't paint the entire forum as being full of those kinds of people, Seidelman pretty much did.
  • Formula-Breaking Episode:
    • The induction of There's Something About Miriam is less of a scripted review and more of a serious discussion of the show's failures with Jessica "Prizes" Brand, indicating the seriousness of the subject matter. (Both Brand and Seidelman are transgender.)
    • Also, the Games of '90 series focuses on all the different game shows on the air in 1990 and reviews them in general... although a few (notably the Robb Weller season of Win, Lose or Draw and the 1990s US adaptation of The Krypton Factor) have turned into inductions midway through; additionally, the review of The Last Word (a short-lived game that was Merrill Heatter's last until Catch 21) also included a primer on "CanCon", the rules that state that game shows taped in Canada have to have Canadian content and how various series handled that rule/quota.
  • Godzilla Threshold: Kind of - she found Million-Dollar Word Game's host, Ian Jamieson, to be so horrible that she actually apologized to several of her previous targets - Skip Lackey (he "was dealt a bad hand" and was just nervous), Patrick Wayne (stating that he was Just Following Orders from Dan Enright, who stifled his hosting potential), and even Pat Bullard (stating that she'd rather watch all his corny jokes and fake enthusiasm than Jamieson's utter dullness). When she gets to Rick Schwartz from The Chamber, however, she decides to give up on that.
  • Guest Host: Since Cyndi was sick, the induction for the 2001 TV adaptation of You Don't Know Jack was instead performed by her brother Garrett.
  • "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer: In the review of Beat the I.R.S., Seidelman points out that host Bob Goen namedropped the show on an episode of The Pat Sajak Show and that many people thought it was a joke. Turns out it really existed.
  • Running Gag: Several.
    • Seidelman's Overly Long Scream whenever the host is revealed to be Pat Bullard. Also used when the host of Hidden Agenda was revealed to be Debi Gutierrez, and when webmaster Carl Chenier suggested Jack Wagner for a "The Price Is WRONG Month".
    • "Thank you, High." A picture of High, the dice-rolling monkey from the 1986 High Rollers pilot, Face Palming whenever an Incredibly Lame Pun shows up (even from Seidelman).
    • "SEND FOR THE MAN!", whenever a show or host is "corpsing" (i.e., "failing").
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In the Set for Life induction, Cyndi decides the format's so flimsy, she'll just wrap it up early and after the standard outro animation, she prepares to go to a Seattle Mariners game. Her brother Garrett, however, intercepts her and asks if she really made an induction. Cyndi sheepishly admits she didn't, and Garrett takes the ticket from her and orders her to go finish the induction.
  • Shout-Out: The Burt Luddin's Love Buffet induction ended with Seidelman saying "THIS SHOW SUCKS!" in an homage to Atop the Fourth Wall.
  • Take That!:
    • In the Big Saturday Night induction, Seidelman can barely hide her contempt for Ross Matthews. She lets loose near the very end, calling him an "un-talented waste of molecular tissue", and she goes as far as to threaten to kill Ross.
    • At one point in Think Like a Cat, the contestants predict if their cat will go inside a box with a speaker playing the owner's voice. One contestant guesses "no", but the judges rule against him because his cat poked its nose inside. Seidelman responds by saying:
      Cyndi: Now I see where the NFL got their replacement refs for this previous season. Damn you replacement refs for handing the Seahawks the win over the Packers! Damn you!
    • In the David Sparks induction, Seidelman mentions that hunting shows and professional logger competitions are "not for [her]". She displays a list of other things that aren't for her, which include Call of Duty games after Modern Warfare 2, shows starring the Kardashians, and Nicki Minaj.
    • In the Think Fast induction, Seidelman compares season 1's tiny set to the inside of Tim Tebow's head.
    • In the NASCAR Smarts induction, Seidelman makes digs at stage racing in NASCAR, as well as the 2022 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum and NASCAR's current state in general.

Alternative Title(s): Toon Crap

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