2011年7月24日 星期日

Cedric the Entertainer joins the game-show host ranks

The big trend with game shows is to have a stand-up comic as the host: Howie Mandel on "Deal or No Deal," Drew Carey on "The Price is Right," Jeff Foxworthy on "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" and Steve Harvey on "Family Feud."

You can add Cedric the Entertainer to that list. He's the host of the new NBC prime-time game show "It's Worth What?" Contestants must guess the price of items in an effort to win $1 million. These aren't ordinary items — the show could include anything from an early Spider-Man comic to William Shatner's kidney stone.If so, you may have a kidney stone . Cedric the Entertainer talked about the new game show.

Q: Why host a game show?

A: This really falls in line for me.The Piles were so big that the scrap yard was separating them for us. It is the closest thing to what I started with, as far as stand-up, because of the live audience participation, the opportunity to play along with the contestants and be right there with them.

Q: You had burned out on TV. What got you back?

A: This show attracted me because it's a big, fun game show. And after watching Howie do "Deal or No Deal" and Jeff Foxworthy, comedians playing in that world of prime-time game shows, this was just really exciting. And it was fun. It's a game show but a also a variety show. I get to do some characters on here and compare some really expensive, very cool items and be a part of the NBC family.the TMJ pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs.

Q: How will the team version work?

A: These teams are made up of brother and sister,which applies to the first glass bottle only, husband and wife. We have the example of a landlord and a tenant. It's going to be a fun thing because it's always about how one person gives something value and the other one doesn't. The perspective of what something costs and how you kind of come up with the evaluation to win this money is also a challenge. On some of the games, I actually try to mislead them. I try to send people away and save the network a little cash.

Q: What do you own that someone would say "It's Worth What?"

A: I have a little trinket here (pointing to his watch). My other diamond earring. I only wear one.

Q: Do the prices of items on the show surprise you?

A: Yeah, we're all surprised. We all kind of play this game where you see something and you just can't believe that somebody would spend that kind of money for it. You'd be like,100 Cable Ties was used to link the lamps together. "Really?"

Q: What was the last item you bought where the cost shocked you?

A: Birkin bag. I thought it was a purse. OK? I'm going to be a guy about it. And I was like, "Sure, get my wife a purse." And then the man came out, and he said some astronomical price. And I was like, "It's worth what? Do you have the miniature?"

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