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Prime Time Extravaganza
I know we're only four days into the new year, but even at this early juncture, Psychotropic Ink has scored a coup of sorts. You see, NBC Television has chosen THIS forum in which to announce THE NEXT GREAT TELEVISION SENSATION.
From the kind of minds that brought you BIG PRIMETIME GAME SHOWS like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", "Deal or No Deal", "Identity", "1 vs. 100", and "Show Me the Money" now comes
"HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING UP?"
Like all of those other great prime time game shows only just now listed, "How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?" is a BIG GAME requiring BIG SKILL on a BIG STAGE with a BIG LIGHT SHOW and BIG SOUNDS. Beloved American thespian Billy Crystal is dwarfed on our mammoth sound stage as he dramatically hides his hand behind his back and asks the contestant(s), "OK, Bobby from Long Island... and let me just say, Bobby, that you look marvelous... [audience laughter and applause] OK, Bobby, for all the cash in that metal suitcase over there, I need for you to tell me.... How many fingers am I holding up?" [cue dramatic music as camera first pans to the suitcase, then to Crystal's furrowed brow, then to pensive-looking contestant]
Who needs scriptwriters or original series when you can raise that much tension with just an over-the-hill comedian, the remnants of Pink Floyd's old road show, and a couple million dollars of the network's petty cash?
This is exciting stuff, folks. And we hope you will tune in for the three-hour premiere next month that will pre-empt whatever program you normally watch on whatever night it premieres. In fact, we KNOW you'll tune in that night to find out HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING UP?
We now return you to your normally scheduled Psychotropic Ink....