101 (Terrifying) Ways to Leave a Game Show [Kicking Back with Jersey Joe]...

The typical summer TV schedule is usually jammed with cheap-to-produce “reality” shows that send me running to Redbox.  But a new show has come along to challenges Summertime monotony. The spectacle of untrained contestants plummeting off of a cliff, being catapulted high into the air with explosives or finding themselves strapped to the top of a bi-plane in mid-flight, is impossible to turn off.  ABC has found the perfect combination of reality show drama and irresistible train-wreck with their latest hit 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show. The crazy stunts these losing contestants go through, means they’ll do anything it takes to win! The premise of the show is quite simple.  A group of eight contestants go through four levels of trivia questions, each question has three correct answers and one wrong answer.  The single contestant who answers the question wrong is removed from the show by an outrageous stunt.  All contestants are usually strapped to the same device, then at the last second, the loser is removed from the show by one of the 101 outrageous ways. Many of these are stunts right out of the movies.  Some of the crazy games included: • On a Wing and a Prayer: the losing contestant is strapped to the top of a bi-plane that takes off into the mountains. • You Fuse, You lose: all the contestants are strapped into chairs with explosives underneath.  The loser is launched straight up into the air. • Down with the Ship: all contestants are strapped into ships, with the wrong answer, the loser is cannon-balled and sunk. • The Balls of Doom: all contestants are strapped inside large steel balls, where the loser is rolled down a steep hill into a canyon. • Flame Out: the contestants...