Let's Bowl
| Let's Bowl | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Tim Scott |
| Developed by | Tim Scott Rick Kronfield |
| Written by |
Ken Bradley Danny Breen |
| Directed by | Harry E. Nelson |
| Opening theme | N/A |
| Ending theme | "Let's Go Bowling" |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tim Scott Rick Kronfield |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Scott-Kronfield Experience Comedy Central Productions |
| Distributor | Viacom Media Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Original release | 19 August 2001 – 5 May 2002 |
Let's Bowl is a scripted bowling game show that aired on the Comedy Central television network from 2001 to 2002 after a brief run on several TV stations across the U.S. in the mid-1990s, the first three being Minneapolis-St. Paul stations: KXLI-TV 41 (Now KPXM), KLGT-TV 23 (now WUCW), and KARE channel 11.
Hosts Steve "Chopper" Sedahl (himself) and Wally Hotvedt (Rich Kronfeld) wore outfits and headsets reminiscent of sportscasters of the 1970s and early 1980s, and did play-by-play as contestants bowled against each other. Described as a cross between The People's Court and Bowling for Dollars, the show had participants play against each other to settle feuds and win nearly worthless prizes. For example, in the second 1998 episode, a player received merchandise for a radio station that had been defunct for two years. Gift certificates for Old Country Buffet were common that year. Another episode gave a foodservice-sized can of tuna to the runner up, while the winner received a 2 1⁄2 gallon consumer-strength jug of Roundup.
Two women known as the "Queen Pins" were on each show — while women are often used to provide visual stimuli in TV programs, these two acted differently, usually taunting the contestants as they tried to compete. Drew Jansen played unctuous Announcer/Musical Commentator Ernie Jansen (aka "Trip Stuyvesant" in the original pre-cable pilot). The pre-cable pilot was shot at Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis, and featured yet another host, played by John Brady. Brady's name in the pilot was "Ernie," but that name was transferred to Jansen when shooting resumed, primarily because the jacket fit Jansen as well as it had Brady.
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