Supermarket Sweep

My wife and I recently discovered the reruns of SMS on Prime and it is an amazing show. The new version retains the overall structure of the old show (which is awesome), but, as much as I hate to agree with the rest, Leslie Jones definitely ruins it. She seems like a nice enough lady, and on the first episode was somewhat tolerable. Unfortunately, the more you watch, the worse she gets. I'm not sure what demo they were going after when they cast her as I think most people from all walks of life find her grating. It's one of the few things that unites us as a nation, lol. Hopefully a better host next season, as I would love for this show to stay on the air for a very long time. Just, you know, without Leslie.

In many cases reboots come in with unmeetable expectations. The charm of something that was enjoyed by someone years ago won't be replicated and they will be left disappointed regardless of how excited they were going in. Nostalgia is for the old, not the new version.

However with that being said....

Hate to jump on the bandwagon but Leslie Jones was indeed a terrible choice for the host. She doesn't have the charisma to pull in an audience. She is trying to make it more about getting her jokes in than injecting humor in the game naturally. Not that the original host was special but he knew to keep it about the game. Leslie should not be front and center. The game should.

We've been in an era for quite some time of overproduced contestants. "Make sure you're excited and good for tv." Price is Right in particular has been cringey for years in the current era due to this. Unfortunately here is another example. Most people's natural excitement have always worked fine for game shows. The artificial kind does not.

Reboots can be somewhat polarizing. Sometimes it's unfair. In this case however, the dissatisfaction is earned.

I loved this show in the 90s and still watch on buzzr. The new show is awful. Screaming obnoxious host. I miss David Ruprecht. I was looking forward to this reboot but unfortunately I was disappointed to a level I couldn't possibly have imagined.

I thought Leslie Jones was pretty good on SNL. Not great, she couldn't remember her lines to save her life (eyes glued to cue cards), but she had the potential to be funny.

Once upon a time I got a chance to see Leslie perform stand up, and wow, it was bad. Screaming, I mean non stop screaming. Yelling the punch line doesn't make it funny if you do it every time.

With all that in mind, apparently Leslie took her stand up routine to this game show? She yells. A lot. That's cool for enthusiasm and all, but it's just too much.

I appreciate the fact that you can tell Leslie Jones loves this game show, but her delivery is just too "over the top".

The show itself has a format extremely similar to the original, if you enjoyed it you'll recognize everything here. But, a host makes or breaks a game show, and so far this one is broken.

Leslie Jones is new at all this, maybe she'll get better, but right now watching this has been painful at times.

I generally enjoy Leslie's energy on SNL and I don't mind the energy that she brought to Sweep, but she is terribly inappropriate to male contestants. Awkward, terrible, sexual harassment of male contestants. If a male host objectified female contestants like she does male contestants, they would be deservedly replaced. Sadly, Leslie needs to be replaced. It's not okay if a man does it and it's not okay if a woman does it.