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
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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.
The following Game Show tropes appear in Late Night Liars:
- 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
Tropes used in Late Night Liars include:
- 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.
- Camp Gay: William A. Mummy.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Cashmere Ramada.
- Precious Puppy: 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.
- Upper Class Twit: Cashmere Ramada.