William Shatner (Show Me The Money - 2006)
The next two celebrities on this list definitely have television credibility but it's not in the game show industry as many forget, or want to forget, that they hosted a game show once in their career. First up is William Shatner, known by many as Captain Kirk from the original Star Trek series or, if you are too young to remember that, known as the "Priceline Negotiator."
Prior to his hosting stint, William Shatner had been a celebrity guest on many game shows throughout the years, including What's My Line, Match Game, Pyramid, Tattletales and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Shatner even hosted two specials in the '80s called TV's Funniest Game Show Moments. However, he should have stuck with being a panelist or winning money for charity rather than hosting a game show because his performance was not up to par.
To be fair, the show William Shatner hosted was not the greatest either. Actually, it's more accurate to call the show bad, simply by the fact that two episodes actually went unaired. The show was called Show Me The Money and it was basically ABC's rip-off of NBC's phenomenon Deal or No Deal. Back in 2006, Deal or No Deal was the biggest game show on television and ABC hoped to create the same success for their network with a similar style show featuring a huge cash prize and beautiful women. The goal of the game was for the contestant to answer six questions correctly before answering six questions incorrectly. Correct answers could earn up to $250,000 to their bank, but incorrect answers could wipe them out. After answering each question, contestants picked one of the million dollar dancers, each of which held an amount of money. Hmmm, attractive ladies with various cash amounts ... see the similarity!? The only difference was that they performed a choreographed routine going in and out of commercial breaks.
William Shatner was certainly lovable and when he danced with the ladies you couldn't help but smile. However, between his seductive sounding voice he used to try and draw in drama, to the surprised looking face he put on every time a contestant answered a question he probably didn't know the answer it, Shatner shattered his chances at becoming Howie Mandel's equal. He's still a television treasure and his acting career is one that can be marveled at, but William Shatner tried to use his acting skills and dramatic acting techniques in a setting where they just don't belong.
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