Absolutely Painful to Watch

jaurrgu6

Like other IMDb users, I wish there was an option for zero, perhaps maybe negative stars. This is probably the worst excuse for a game show since Show Me the Money (then again, I'm not saying much). America is dumbing down and "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" proves it. Seeing grown-ups stumble on questions that ten-year-olds can answer? Come on! Where do they pick these contestants!? Do they search random streets and bring the most moronic people they can find? The very first contestant really took the cake. He was a UCLA grad (or he says he was) and he had no clue that Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached. The next contestant thought Mexico had the longest border with the United States. Ugh. The only person who is about as clueless as the contestants is Jeff Foxworthy.

How many times can the camera focus on the fifth graders taunting the contestants and raising their hands before a question!? It makes me sick and I hope they get a taste of their own medicine.

The format is absolutely the worst part of the show. The pacing is horribly sloth-like and sometimes before they answer one question they cut to commercial. Hel-LO? They were at a commercial just before that one was asked! The worst thing is if a contestant gets a question wrong and the kid s/he called up gets it right, s/he stays in the game. It should be the reverse because THAT proves the fifth grader is smarter than the contestant. The so-called UCLA grad did not answer a single question by himself, yet because of the flawed format (using his "cheats"), he won $5,000. Every contestant so far has walked away in the middle of a question. They should make a new rule saying that the contestant MUST answer the question once he/she has seen it. If they walk with what they have, it just proves that they're absolutely retarded.

This show also seems rigged. Some of these questions I had no idea about at least until I was in tenth grade, yet all the kids answered it correctly. Anybody sense a hint of "Twenty-One"? I think the kids were given the answers.

This show should be called "Do You Know More Useless Facts Than a Fifth Grader?" I can't believe FOX still insists on keeping it.

score 1/10

jaurrgu6 1 March 2007

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1609292/