Pop Quiz Hotshot

Host

Brad Jones (Pilot) The Nostalgia Critic (Doug Walker; series)

Other Characters

General Anesthetic (Fard Muhammad) Colonel Kink (Barney Walker) Miss Stockholm (Tamara Chambers) The Nostalgia Critic (Doug Walker)

Broadcast

Channel Awesome: 3/31/2015, 7/15/2015 - Present

"Brad Jones, my name is synonymous with nostalgia. But one thing has eluded me: the game show. I always wanted to try my hands running at the elusive prize, but when the powers that be refused, I had to take matters into my own hands. With the aid of my fellow partners in crime, General Anesthetic and the lovely Miss Stockholm, I've created my own prize-filled wonderland. Questions will be asked, contestants tortured for my amusement, but one thing always remains the same. Here the 80s and 90s rule. Heads up, universe, this is "Pop Quiz Hotshot"!"

Pop Quiz Hotshot is an 80s/90s pop culture-based game show and a satire of the genre a la The Cheap Show.

Premise

Two contestants face off with the victor facing the Nostalgia Critic for a chance to win a "fabulous prize". Each round begins with a mini-game, followed by a question about pop culture each worth 10 points (80s in round 1, 90s in round 2). At one point during each round, an air horn goes off. If you don't press your button first, you get punished, which involves wearing a costume from one of the Nostalgia Critic's old reviews and answering like said character.

Bonus Round

The bonus round has the winner facing off against the Nostalgia Critic for a jackpot which starts at $100 and grows by $100 per show until it is won.

Trivia

• In September 2013, Channel Awesome received Indiegogo funds of $89,757 with over $47,767.67 on studio upgrades, and according to the site, the money leftover would be used on producing comic book- and video game-based game shows which have not gotten off the ground as of yet.
• The show's title is a reference to the classic 1994 film Speed in which Howard Payne (played by Dennis Hopper) asked, "Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on the bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?"
• Among the questions in the pilot are ones about Remote Control, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and Monopoly.

Pop Quiz Hotshot (or How I Embezzled $90k and Made the Worst Game Show Ever) - Channel Awesome

Links

Official Channel Awesome page for the pilot (March 31, 2015) [http://channelawesome.com/pop-quiz-hot-shot-bat-nipples/ Official Channel Awesome page for the second episode (July 15, 2015)