• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 18, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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  • Starring: Penn Jillette, Joe Cipriano
  • Summary: NBC's latest "Deal or No Deal"-style, slow-moving primetime game show (which gets a trial run this week) asks contestants to guess the professions of various people standing in front of them for a chance to win up to $500,000. It's not as hard as it sounds.
  • Genre(s): Game Shows, Reality
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Negative: 7 out of 8
  1. Reviewed by: Paul Katz
    58
    Penn Jillette can't pull off the illusion that he's as likable as Howie Mandel. [22 Dec 2006, p.75]
  2. Considering how hard people on shows like "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race" work for their prizes, there's something almost unseemly about giving people prizes for not much more than showing up.
  3. "Identity" is to game shows what a gastric bypass is to dieting: a choice that defies convention and social niceties.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Negative: 11 out of 17
  1. TomG
    10
    People it's a game show, and it's way better than Deal or No Deal, aside from the hosts. This is much more challenging to the dwindling pea brains of TV game show viewers. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MarkC
    4
    I watched the first night and was intrigued but by Thursday all I could think of was how much getting a spot on the show is akin to winning a half million in the lottery. Show up and you have to be a moron not to win. It would be a lot more interesting if the Sumo wrestler for example didn't actually wear the outfit or the youngest didn't dress like a frekin schoolgirl. Why not have someone else dress like that to throw the contestants off a bit? When Stan Lee and Maurice Greene are there and she is struggling to figure it out? C'mon. The show could be over in 15 minutes if they found some bright participants. I actually like Penn Jillette as a host although he does try create dramatic tension where there is none. They will probably have Teller in the next episode the way things are going. Interesting concept but horrible execution. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. RichS
    3
    Pretty boring show because it just seems like it's too easy to predict the jobs of some of the people. Might be fun to watch if you watched it with a friend and guessed with them, but for the most part it's nothing more than a show to watch during commercials. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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