- Game Gurus
Game Gurus was a Canadian
game show on YTV where two families play variations of variousboard games . Game Gurus was taped inMississauga, Ontario and hosted by Joe Motiki. [http://joe4life.homestead.com/4.html Projects] at Joe4Life.com]Game structure
The first and second rounds consist of a variation of a board game, like
Jenga orScrabble . A Whac-A-Mole machine may also be brought out, or a round would begin in which the families have to identify artwork/pieces from certain board games.The third and fourth rounds consists of various trivia questions about board games. The fourth round has the points doubled from those of the third round.
The "Galaxy" round is when one member from the winning family is banging in a
greenscreen room, and the other family members have to bang him/her around the room to try to complete the objective in a time limit, in order to be one of several families with the chance to win a vacation. Variations of board games include Perfection and Battleship. Usually, if the family gets the number of points required, the family will win anMP3 player.Reference to popular culture
On a YTV commercial of Game Gurus, the narrator replies to the host with, "How you doin', Joey?" This is a reference to a commonly spoken phrase by the character
Joey Tribbiani fromFriends .References
External links
* [http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/gameguru/ Game Guru on YTV.com]
* [http://www.gamegurus.tv Game Gurus website]
* [http://joe4life.homestead.com/J4LTVGurus.html Information on Game Gurus] through Joe4Life.com
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