Urban Legends

It's a cool show but they make it TOTALLY obvious which one is true and which ones aren't. The actors on the ones that aren't true are really not that great of actors. You can tell they're lying, or at least I can. Also the background for the true story is always different then the then other 2 when the person telling the story is talking. Plus they go into detail way more with the true story. Maybe it's just me but I've been able to guess which one is the true story just off those factors alone. The true stories are interesting though and I like the "mini myths" the true ones are pretty cool.

The idea for the show is pretty good - guess the true tale from the false one. However, the format uses eye witness interviews as well as dramatisations for each story and therein lies the problem. The ones that are false are easy to guess because the eye witnesses stand out a mile as actors. If the show used the approach of "Fact or Fiction" (a very similar programme) it'd be far more difficult to work out what's what because you just get the dramatisations to work with.

The "Mini Myth" segments are the highlights. Not only are they told using comical graphics, they're also harder to guess - unlike the main stories.

As other reviewers pointed out, it's really easy to guess which stories are fake. Very little research is done on the U.S. locations, and it's clear they donno what they're talking' aboot. For instance, in one episode they say a city is in Maryland when the text on the screen says (Town), WA. There's no W in Maryland, c'mon guys.

In one episode, the narrator pronounces conquistadors "con-kwiss- tadoors." It may seem pedantic but somebody got paid to make all these stupid mistakes, and someone else got paid to not correct them.

There are innumerable bad puns and unnecessary alliterations. It almost seems like they took a script and then intentionally made it worse for each episode.

I liked the format of this show as it really makes you think about each of the urban legends presented. It doesn't just show you the claims, but asks you to consider which of the three stories in each episode is real. I can't say if the claim is even correct (this sort of show is understandably skewed towards sensationalism) but it still got me hooked and wondering.

Like others have said, Season 1 they make it way too easy to guess which is true. In season 3, they make it much more challenging and the actors aren't as obvious to spot. I can't find Seasons 2 and 4 anywhere and would really like to see them.