Cram (game show)
| Cram | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show, reality show |
| Presented by | Graham Elwood |
| Starring | Berglind Icey Arturo Gil Andrea Hutchman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 80 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | GSN |
| Original release | January 6 – September 19, 2003 |
Cram is a game show that aired as an original series for GSN in 2003. The show featured two teams, each composed of two contestants. For 24 hours before taping, the contestants were sequestered in a warehouse, with the intent of staying awake and "cramming" various material such as trivia questions and jokes, which they would then answer on the show while attempting physical stunts in an attempt to stay awake.Graham Elwood was the host and Berglind Icey (referred to simply as "Icey" on the show) was the co-host. Saturn was a major sponsor of this show. When the contestants left the store window where they crammed, they were delivered to the studio in a Saturn ION.
To start, both teams were given 100 points. Each team was required to talk about one of three articles they had been assigned to read while exercising inside a giant hamster wheel.
The winners of a "3 a.m. coin toss" selected one of three topics (two in the second season); the other team picked from the two remaining choices. Each player had to talk continuously for 20 seconds (40 seconds total); stopping, stalling, stuttering, freezing, or going off-topic at any point penalized the team five points per violation. If a team said one of eight hidden key words or phrases related to the article, ten points were added to their score. After the first team Ranted, the second team attempted their Rant. However, both teams had to continually walk inside the wheels during both Rants.
For round two, each team (starting with the team in the lead) performed a stunt and answered a list of questions for 40 seconds (45 seconds in the first season). The round tested the teams' ability to multitask after being deprived of sleep. Stunts took various forms, such as demonstrating yoga positions, matching cuts of meat to a picture of a cow, or even firing hard candies at small chocolate bunnies using a slingshot. All of the physical aspects of the stunts were things that the contestants had been given to study overnight. Every stunt had seven physical items. Each successful part of the stunt won 20 points for the team.
While the partners alternated playing the stunt, they also alternated answering a list of questions read by Elwood. After he read the item, the partner had to give the relevant answer to score 10 points. Both parts of the round happened at the same time and never stopped, so one contestant might be assuming a yoga position and answering a question simultaneously if both their turns came up at the same time. Passing on any question was considered a wrong answer. Each list consisted of 12 questions; if the team completed the entire list, they would continue doing the stunt until time ran out.
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