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Host
Billy Eichner
Broadcast
Fuse: 12/18/2011 – 5/14/2014
truTV: 10/8/2015 – 2/20/2017
Packager
Funny or Die

Funny or Die's Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner later Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner is a music and pop culture game show where Bill Eichner hits the streets of New York City, NY to quiz unsuspecting passersby for a chance to win cash and other prizes by playing games such as "Quizzed in the Face", "Name 20 White people in 30 seconds" and more.

Premise[]

Comedian Billy Eichner walks the streets of the city by giving New Yorkers a chance to win money by correctly guessing pop-culture questions.

Popular games[]

  • Quizzed in the Face is a three round game, first two rounds are 3 questions about pop culture, the final round is one subjective question and it has to match Billy's answer. If they get two wrong of Quizzed in the Face they are out.
  • For A Dollar is a fast game where Billy asks one question and if they get it right they get the dollar. Also has to match Billy's answer.
  • Amateur Speed Sketching is game where the contestant has seconds to draw a celebrity at random. Then they must find another pedestrian to see if they can guess what celebrity was drawn.

Russian Version[]

In Russia, they have a local version of this show called Begushchiy Kosar (Running Mower) in which host Alexei Zhirov gives 1,000 rubles for the right answer airs on the Che channel since 2016.

Links[]

BOTS website @ Funny or Die
truTV site

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