Variety: Conservative pundit-turned-MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson is launching yet another new career: gameshow host.
Carlson has been tapped to host “Do You Trust Me?,” the quizzer format Phil Gurin (“The Weakest Link”) is piloting for CBS (Daily Variety, March 14). Format revolves around strangers forced to put their trust in one another.
Tucker Carlson. Game show. “Do You Trust Me?”
Honestly, sometimes I think conservative media personalities want to be made fun of.
Tucker now joins the esteemed ranks of Howie Mandel, Regis Philbin, Penn Gillette, and Louis Anderson.
Well, it’s better than them trying to mimic a certain FOX game show with the premise, “Are you smarter than a conservative?”
They should tweek the format a bit and call the show “Do you trust me not to shoot you in the face?” Contestant answers wrong: Cheney shoots him in the face. Contestant answers correctly: Cheney Shoots Tucker Carlson in the face. Think of the ratiings!
Does this mean that he will give up his “Tucker” show on MSNBC? Or will this just be a side job?
I think that this suits Tucker more than anything else. He’s not a very good debater. He’s not an intellectual by any stretch. He’s a crappy interviewer. From what I’ve read, he’s not even a very good dancer. Hell, even Jon Stewart hasn’t made fun of him in almost a year. All he’s got is that very phony laugh of his and his smarm which fits so well with being a game show host.
Better he be a dumb man’s Chuck Woolery than a wannabe Buckley.
I’m imagining the contestants having a series of mini-competitions, like “Who Can Suggest The Most Things To Name After Ronald Reagan” and “Clear That Brush”, all while the temperature in the studio keeps going up. Bonus points to the last person who says something about how hot it’s getting in here.
These are all such good ideas. You guys ought to be in Hollywood! 🙂
This is the guy MSNBC kept when they fired Imus. I’m at a loss for words.
At least as a gameshow host he’s SUPPOSED to be an ass . . .
I’m not sure what this best symbolizes. Is it that conservative pundits are tired of apologizing for BushCo stupidity and are seeking new lines of work, or is it that people are finally realizing conservative pundits are no talent hacks and their mindless banter is best used for hosting stupid game shows?
And whoever put the concept of trust and Tucker Carlson together has a really sick, ironic sense of humor.
They already had a game show tailor-made for Tucker Carlson: “Beat the Geeks.”
Tucker as a gameshow host? What is that? I mean it–seriously–what is that supposed to be? The “shiny thing” that distracts us from the disaster that is the Bu$h damn’d-ministration?
Is there any doubt that the show will be endless stream of jokes or innuendos about untrustworthy, depraved liberals? Is it too soon to start a boycott?
Tucker Carlson: Failed pundit. Failed dancer. Failed bow tie wearer. I guess failed gameshow host is his next big thing.
I’m not sure where he’ll go from there. Failed infomercial huckster, maybe?
How in god’s name does that man continue to get on television? I don’t get it. Is there really a big market for dorks? Perhaps he’s good in the sack.
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