Supermarket Sweep

I enjoy the questions like before so I gave it a 3 but it's not clean family fun anymore. Can't watch it with your kids. The host yells way too much and says nasty stuff. I think I'll just watch the 90's reruns.

Honestly, if you're a fan of the original Supermarket Sweep or just a gameshow fan in general, then you'd like the show. It's got great minigames, keeps the audience involvement up, and watching people sprint with carts and try to avoid each other is hilarious.

The problem is that Leslie Jones just is not great at hosting. Her jokes are unfunny and ill-timed and there are plenty of moments where she tries to steal the spotlight. The whole finale where the winning contestants play for the grand prize is great, but they spend half of the finale with a camera on Leslie giving unnecessary commentary with forced jokes. Why? The finale could easily just be the two contestants running around and discussing clues with each other.

Overall, if you like Leslie Jones or are indifferent to her than the show is worth a watch. If you find her unfunny then this show is par for the course.

I generally enjoy Leslie's energy on SNL and I don't mind the energy that she brought to Sweep, but she is terribly inappropriate to male contestants. Awkward, terrible, sexual harassment of male contestants. If a male host objectified female contestants like she does male contestants, they would be deservedly replaced. Sadly, Leslie needs to be replaced. It's not okay if a man does it and it's not okay if a woman does it.

My wife and I recently discovered the reruns of SMS on Prime and it is an amazing show. The new version retains the overall structure of the old show (which is awesome), but, as much as I hate to agree with the rest, Leslie Jones definitely ruins it. She seems like a nice enough lady, and on the first episode was somewhat tolerable. Unfortunately, the more you watch, the worse she gets. I'm not sure what demo they were going after when they cast her as I think most people from all walks of life find her grating. It's one of the few things that unites us as a nation, lol. Hopefully a better host next season, as I would love for this show to stay on the air for a very long time. Just, you know, without Leslie.

In many cases reboots come in with unmeetable expectations. The charm of something that was enjoyed by someone years ago won't be replicated and they will be left disappointed regardless of how excited they were going in. Nostalgia is for the old, not the new version.

However with that being said....

Hate to jump on the bandwagon but Leslie Jones was indeed a terrible choice for the host. She doesn't have the charisma to pull in an audience. She is trying to make it more about getting her jokes in than injecting humor in the game naturally. Not that the original host was special but he knew to keep it about the game. Leslie should not be front and center. The game should.

We've been in an era for quite some time of overproduced contestants. "Make sure you're excited and good for tv." Price is Right in particular has been cringey for years in the current era due to this. Unfortunately here is another example. Most people's natural excitement have always worked fine for game shows. The artificial kind does not.

Reboots can be somewhat polarizing. Sometimes it's unfair. In this case however, the dissatisfaction is earned.