Late Night Liars



""It's like Match Game with puppets...which as I say it sounds idiotic, but we think it's funny.""

- Larry Miller, trying to explain the show to Don Imus.

GSN Game Show where two contestants had to determine which of four Muppets was telling a lie about something in a specific category. The show ran for a mere eight episodes in Summer 2010.

Game Show Tropes in use:

 * Bonus Round: Correctly guess eight true/false statements in two separate but comedically-overlapping categories in 43 seconds for $10,000 (or so, as the show tinkered with the amount each episode, going as high as $25,000).
 * Personnel:
 * The Announcer: Weasel.
 * Game Show Host: Larry Miller.
 * Lovely Assistant: Shelly Oceans and/or Cashmere Ramada.
 * Studio Audience

This show provides examples of:

 * The Alcoholic: Both the panelists and host reveled in this. They often talked about going out for drinks, and the panel (plus the contestants) had drinks sitting before them.
 * Bottle Fairy: Cashmere Ramada.
 * Camp Gay: William A. Mummy.
 * Precious Puppies: Cashmere Ramada...or at least until she starts talking.
 * Muppets
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: The panelists were thin parodies of existing celebs, but tended to revel in it rather than hide it.
 * Shelly Oceans --> Joan Rivers.
 * William A. Mummy --> Paul Lynde.
 * Cashmere Ramada --> Paris Hilton.
 * Sebastian Simian --> Simon Cowell.
 * Puppet Show: Uh-huh.
 * Songs in The Key of Panic: The contest music from the Bonus Round. It sped up as you went along.
 * Special Guest: On the third and fifth episodes, an actual celebrity in puppet form filled-in for one of the regulars. The fill-ins were Mickey Rourke and Rosie O'Donnell for Simian and Oceans, respectively.
 * Weasel Mascot: Weasel.
 * Upperclass Twit: Cashmere Ramada.