The 1% Club - General Discussion

[SoMuchTV]

FOX and Amazon Prime 

 

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 The series surveys the nation's intelligence through scientific questions testing brainpower, not school knowledge or memorization. The questions lead to entertaining answers.

Hosted by Patton Oswald. 
It would go in whatever category Jeopardy! and The Chase are in. 

[SG429]

If you don't like Patton Oswalt, this one could be tough. Seconds-long player interactions, often "what will you do with the money" followed by a quippy answer

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("butt lift")

for example, which I'll hide since I'm not sure it aired yet, is the only non-Patton content. He's good, I like him. But it's a lot of Patton. Speaking of the money, the "let's see what the jackpot is now" excitement is kind of  tempered by the fact that we know it's gonna end up around $90,000 or so, depending on how many make it to the end. Not like it's some geometric progression. $1000 each time a player drops and there are 100 players, so it's less than $100K based on a few little twists.

Edited June 19, 2024 by SG429

[Bookworm13]

I like this show. There is far less filler contestant interaction than on most other game shows which is a plus for me. I wonder about the questions, though. They all seem really easy to me(maybe it’s just the way my brain works), and sometimes the 10% or 20% question will seem way easier than one of the earlier questions. I feel for the people who get knocked out on the first or second question. Maybe just nerves or misclicking? They seem like no-brainers. 
 

@SG429, I don’t think your spoiler is necessary as that aired on Monday. 

[SoMuchTV]

13 minutes ago, Bookworm13 said:

 

@SG429, I don’t think your spoiler is necessary as that aired on Monday.

Haha, now that I think about it, it was also in the episode title.

[SG429]

3 hours ago, Bookworm13 said:

@SG429, I don’t think your spoiler is necessary as that aired on Monday. 

I've been watching on Prime, so wasn't sure where it dropped first. In any case, better safe than sorry. You know how this crowd can get sometimes!😁

[SG429]

3 hours ago, Bookworm13 said:

I feel for the people who get knocked out on the first or second question. Maybe just nerves or misclicking?

One of the early outs, in a Patton Drive-By, implied they knew they picked wrong but couldn't change it. What we don't know is if they ran out of time, or only get one chance to pick an answer, thus a nervous misclick.

[Lois Sandborne]

I really like the original UK version of the show. I like Patton Oswalt, so I was pretty sure I'd like this one too. But it's way too obvious that they cast the US version with a lot of internet personalities and wannabe actors. The contestant interactions are pretty cringe; Lee Mack pulls that off better on the original. This is still far ahead of that Would I Lie to You adaptation they tried though.

[Diana Berry]

.  I’ve  noticed some of the middle question seem easier than the later questions . The question with the diagram of the route start from the end and work your way back up…seems a lot didn’t do that.  
 

overall not a bad show.  Patton doesn’t  annoy me. 

[Lois Sandborne]

On 6/22/2024 at 9:56 PM, Lois Sandborne said:

But it's way too obvious that they cast the US version with a lot of internet personalities and wannabe actors.

Elliott from Drag Race and Vicki Gunvalson in the latest episode; I rest my case.

[Rickster]

After the first episode, I DVR this and fast forward through all the contestant interaction with Patton and just do the questions. Works for me.

[UsernameFatigue]

We didn't discover this show until until the 4th episode, so watched that and epi 5 by ffing by the contestant interactions with Patton. We then watched 1 and 2 on Demand, a little harder to ff so listened to the interactions. I find how people missed really easy questions much more interesting than listening to the ones that got it right. I do not mind Patton though, and we do love to challenge ourselves so overall find this to be an enjoyable show. 

[Bliss]

Love how this show makes me feel so smart ;-)

[Shrek]

I usually get the 2nd question wrong & then every question after it correct.

[Rickster]

Oddly, including last night, I think I’ve gotten every final question correct, despite always crapping out on an earlier one. Last night the birthday one was my downfall.

[Gemma Violet]

I like this show and I've liked Patton since King of Queens.  I watch the show on my DVR and sometimes freeze the question to give myself a few more seconds. The 30 seconds just doesn't seem like enough time for some of the super-hard questions.

[Tachi Rocinante]

It's interesting how the % difficulty mostly mimics the contestants from a math perspective.

There are some dumb people out there.

The "Victory" question should've been in the middle of the episode.

[Rickster]

I think one advantage viewers at home have, after a few episodes, is that we understand the direction they’re going on many of the questions. The contestants on stage are seeing this for the first time.

 

[Gabs66]

I downloaded the app from the Apple Store and can play along in real time. Missed the 20,15, 10, 5 but got the final one. It's fun to play along 

[Tachi Rocinante]

On 7/17/2024 at 3:06 PM, Rickster said:

I think one advantage viewers at home have, after a few episodes, is that we understand the direction they’re going on many of the questions. The contestants on stage are seeing this for the first time.

True, but some of the questions are old stand-bys (like the snail in the well).

Even though some of them are just panicking and it's different to be in a studio, I will say it again - there are some really dumb people out there. (There are also some really smart people, too.)

[SG429]

I wonder where they go if everyone craps out before the final question(s).

[Bookworm13]

I’m so happy we’ve finally reached the episode with the “who’s in Mensa now?” woman. I’ve been annoyed with her since before the show started airing since it seemed like her clip was in every promo. Hopefully now I never have to see it again. 

[SoMuchTV]

On the latest episode (title was something about goats) - did anyone else's eye twitch ever so slightly at Patton's reaction to one contestant's profession?  "You own a tech firm???" like that was harder to believe than, say, goat farmer.  This was a young/middle-aged person whose clothing and hairstyle would be right at home at a Chamber of Commerce meeting.  It surely wasn't because she wasn't a white man, right, Patton?  Right?  You were so shocked because you were expecting something like balloon artist or snail collector, right?

Also, in case you haven't watched yet,

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Bummer for the two guys at the end.  I didn't have a clue either.

 

[Diana Berry]

On 8/20/2024 at 3:13 PM, SoMuchTV said:

On the latest episode (title was something about goats) - did anyone else's eye twitch ever so slightly at Patton's reaction to one contestant's profession?  "You own a tech firm???" like that was harder to believe than, say, goat farmer.  This was a young/middle-aged person whose clothing and hairstyle would be right at home at a Chamber of Commerce meeting.  It surely wasn't because she wasn't a white man, right, Patton?  Right?  You were so shocked because you were expecting something like balloon artist or snail collector, right?

Also, in case you haven't watched yet,

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Bummer for the two guys at the end.  I didn't have a clue either.

 

It was so easy after he gave the word.  I was actually trying up down left right grrr.  Felt bad for them.

[Bookworm13]

If you haven’t watched the Sept 9 episode, skip what’s under the spoiler tag, unless you don’t care if you get spoiled. 
 

How the hell did we lose 

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17 people on both the eggplant question and the one about the name of Micki’s mom’s 4th child along with Kia, Lia, and Mia? 

I really hope they were silly misclicks and/or just picking something randomly because time was running out. 
 

@SoMuchTV, I didn’t take Patton’s comment the same way you did. For me, it was more shock that she was doing something other than “influencer” or “reality star”, not that owning a tech company was unbelievable. 

[BetterButter]

Game show The 1% Club swaps out Patton Oswalt for Joel McHale

[Shrek]

That's me out. He's not a likeable person at all.