Craig's List game show casting post

[zohar]

Hey guys,

I saw this posting on Craig's List and figured I'd post it for y'all to apply. The application they send you once you send them the initial email looks a lot like the one I filled out for Queer Eye so I think they're legit (whatever that means). I'm not sure how much longer the post (and thus the email address associated with it) will be valid, so you best sign up quick.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/25960801.html

Reply to: job-25960801@craigslist.org
Date: 2004-03-08, 12:15PM EST


Are you quick-witted? Do you love trivia? Then we want to hear from you! A new game show being pitched to a major television network is looking for potential contestants. The game is an invitational tournament, with players facing off on questions ranging from mathematical equations, words and letters, contemporary knowledge, etc.

If you think you have what it takes, then e-mail us ASAP with your name, age, occupation or school year, contact info (phone or e-mail) and why you think you'd make a great contestant.

Thanks!

[youngcat]

Where's Jennings when you need him?

[Frank Gondorchin]

A game show pilot? For a major network? Shit, I'll hop in the T-bird!

[PairOfSox]

It's for ABC

[Joe Mama]

ABC Plans Intelligence 'Sporting Event'

By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/3/2004 11:12:00 AM

Buoyed by the success of the return of Super Millionaire, ABC is heading back into the game-show world with 64 Grand Slam.

It's a "game show with b****," says executive producer Michael Davies, and it's currently in development for ABC with a likely premiere this summer.

The show, imported from Britain, gives 16 super-smart contestants an opportunity to win $512,000, with the champion having to win head-to-head matches to take home all the money.

In tournament fashion, players will face off in eight one-on-one competitions, moving into four quarter-finals, two semi-finals, and one final that produces the champion.

ABC Senior VP of Alternative Series and Specials Andrea Wong calls the show a sporting event of intelligence. "The way it's shot, the way it's covered, everything about it is going to be like watching a sport."

Each match involves five rounds: complicated mathematical equations; words and letters; contemporary knowledge; a fourth in which contestants have 24 hours to learn about a topic before they are quizzed on it; and a fifth specialty round, in which contestants choose the subject they know best.

Contestants will be invited to participate, and will range from MIT graduates to people with regular jobs but super-high IQs. "This is not about book-learning, it's about having a really quick mind," Davies says.

No deal has been completed yet, but Davies expects ABC to make 64 Grand Slam into an annual event if the show is successful.

[GoldDustWoman]

Any one else reply to this and/or get a reply back from this?

- m

[PairOfSox]

Originally Posted by GoldDustWoman

Any one else reply to this and/or get a reply back from this?

- m

yeah, I'd like to hear more

[dkois]

They sent me a questionnaire, which I filled out, but I haven't heard anything else back from them.

xoxo
Dan

[GoldDustWoman]

They send me a long list of questions - but not like a "questionnaire" more like a paragraph jammed full of questions - and requested a photo. I almost don't want to bother w/the questions, because the photo will almost certainly knock me out of contention. But I probably will do it anyway being a sucker and all - Should I just not send the photo?

[zohar]

send it - you'll be one of those "she's gotta be smart because she's not 'beautiful' " people who get on and kick butt.