The 1% club is a unique game show in that it sets out to test a very specific type of intelligence. While Danger challenges the general knowledge of trivia nerds and Wheel of Fortune Playing with letters and idioms, the new British import brought to you by Patton Oswalt showcases puzzles based on reason and pattern recognition.
“It's definitely not about what facts you've remembered and can regurgitate,” Oswalt says. Consequence. “Each question is its own thing at each moment, and you have to use your logic to try to decipher it. It's pretty cool.”
Each episode of the show begins with 100 contestants, who are eliminated throughout the game if they answer one of the increasingly difficult questions incorrectly. (Each contestant receives a “pass” to skip a round, if she so chooses, something that may come in handy later in the game, should she make it to the final rounds.) The final question is that only one percent of country participants could answer correctly, meaning that any winner will be anointed into the titular club.
If this seems like a difficult challenge, know that Oswalt understands: “Before each show, we went over the questions and I never made it past the 60% question. I don't have a very logical brain. I have a repository of strange trivia, but being mentally light? Not so good.”
While the comedian has hosted many award ceremonies, The 1% club It's Oswalt's first time hosting a game show; In fact, he says, “I never thought about doing a game show. But they sent me this proposal and a bunch of episodes of the original BBC version, and it was great. “I loved the format, I loved the energy of it, and it ended up being a lot of fun.”
If you're curious, awards shows and game shows are quite different in terms of what they require of the host. “The only thing that's similar is that you're there to keep things going when the energy flags. At an awards show, if someone goes out and kills it, you don't try to follow that, but if someone goes out and there's a fall, then you go out and try to cheer. [the audience] Step back and give the next person a chance. Whereas with game shows, it's a lot more complicated and more continuous and immediate, but that's a similar aspect. You’re there to keep the plates spinning.”
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