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| - Um, it must be an age thing. It was engaging at first - how could it not be, with all the noise, a few laughs, and the two performers getting the audience all frenzied?
The performers did a great job of keeping the audience participating in the often lamebrained "contests" that pitted iPhone owners against Others. "Tiffany", a guy with long hair, lots of tattoos, and a handlebar mustache, is a talented dancer/contortionist. "Miss Behave", in her golden glitter, was a bit hard to understand, not so much because of her British accent, but because the sound system sucked and she sounded muffled. Muffled American - okay. Muffled British (or was it Australian?) - not so okay. Proof of point: the one time she said something without the mike, it was perfectly understandable.
But after a while I kept wishing it would end, so that my ears would stop ringing from the audience screaming and the music blasting, and my back and tush would recover from the hard wooden fold-up chairs.
This is in the Back Room showroom at Bally's. The Back Room has a front room - a lounge with a bar, and booths with tables filled with dominos, chess, and even Candyland to play with while you're held captive until finally being let in to the show, at precisely 8:00 pm.
I love TV game shows and have tried to get on many, only succeeding in appearing on "Merv Griffin's Cross Words." What, you never saw it? It lasted at least a few weeks and I have the commemorative watch to prove it. But that was a real game show, with real prizes. If you like the idea of winning prizes such as trashbags filled with trash or plastic balls hitting your head, by all means, see the show.
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