I was up late last night playing with a new gadget when I happened across this new game show on Comedy Central called “Distraction”. I had seen previews and it looked pretty funny, it’s like a regular game show where you have to answer questions, except that while you’re trying to answer questions, you might be getting tazered or chewed on by a police attack dog or clipping clothespins all over your face.

However, it gets really interesting when someone wins, because they don’t just grab all their stuff and go home….they can still get ruined, big time. Take last night for example: The winner got a vespa scooter, an electic guitar, a plasma tv, some rice-a-roni, and what appeared to be either a 12″ Mac Powerbook or iBook. EXCEPT….he has to answer 4 more questions…and the prizes are all behind thick plexiglass…..and there are 5 of those Wil-E-Coyote style TNT detonators, each randomly wired to a prize….you see where this is going?

So this chump gets the first answer right…bummer. Then he botches the second question and picks detonator #3…KABOOM!!! No more scooter! Excellent…my evil grin appears as I lightly chuckle. Then he ruins himself on the third question and picks detonator #5…POP!..no more Rice-A-Roni. Damn..that was lame. At this point, I am thinking, “sweet jesus, please let him screw up this last question”. Fortunately, he does, and picks detonator #5 and……..KABLOOOOOEY! That Mac exploded like a over-ripe watermelon hitting a concrete bunker at mach 5! I nearly fell out of my seat I was laughing so hard, finger snapping and proclaiming GLUNK! GLUNK! GLUNK!

The look on that dude’s face was priceless.

At least he didn’t blow up the plasma TV.