Funny You Should Ask

Pertaining to the question: Are there any countries that begin with the letter "w" and you called the answer "no" from the contestant to be right..When in fact..Wales is a country..and the only country starting with the letter W!!

The fairly low prize money for the competitive rounds seems reasonable because of the need to increase with each round to enable "come from behind" scenarios and because it feels uncomfortable enough for $300 to be the reward for the right answer to a kooky question that has to be a complete 50-50 guess -- if they raised the $100 amounts, then they'd have to raise the $200 amounts and the $300 amounts. Also, it is probably easier for the loser to go home with nothing when the winner didn't get that much anyway.

However, I would really enjoy the show better if they changed the ultimate (winner only) round to allow the contestant to win $1,000 if they get the first question right, another $2,000 if they get the second question right, and an additional $3,000 if they get the third question right. I would also prefer that they make that last question something that maybe 15% to 25% of people would actually know instead of making it something that only maybe 5% of people would actually know, as well as maybe a modicum of logic being able to be applied to it.

As for the jokes -- I enjoy those a lot, even the "groaners". Don't some people realize that those are part of comedy tradition? I hope they have subsequent seasons and that they get the next one out soon enough that multiple reruns of the existing episodes don't turn off so many viewers that they start thinking of that show as something they don't watch instead of something they do.

Some of the 5000 dollar questions are just plain ridiculous. For example; According to the Guinness Book of Workd records, What is the combined weight of of the heaviest set of twins ever. Yeah right no one would "know" the answer to that question. Pure guess for the measly 5K they are so cheap about they ask unanswerable questions.

Yes, for those old enough, this show invites comparisons with Hollywood Squares. I'm not a game show fan, but I liked Hollywood Squares and watched it as often as I could (it was a daytime show, and I usually had a day job).

'Funny You Should Ask' can be considered a lower-budget variation of the Hollywood Squares theme, but with six comics providing multiple answers every show, there's plenty of opportunity for hilarious mirth. And they deliver.

Two competing contestants, always a male and a female, try to choose the correct answer provided by the panel of comedians. General topic questions, ranging from culture and society to history and science, are posed, and the comics give a funny answer as a first response, then give their final answer, which may be either true or a bluff.

What is so challenging about the questions is they cover such a wide variety of specialized and esoteric topics, so that often the most logical answer is false and the most bizarre answer is true. Yet, the better-learned contestants will have better odds at winning because correct answers can sometimes be deduced from the questions.

The progressive 3-tiered structure of the show is interesting because each episode provides the chance for serious come-from-behind winning dynamics.

Jon Kelley is as good as game show hosts can get. Perfect for this program.

Hopefully, this show will endure and grow, with the winning purses increasing over time, as well.

We, friends and family, all agree that you should give the loser of the game $200 at least... so they can pay for their hotel room that they paid for to be on the show...... We dont like the fact that they walk away with nothing. Ty