Most American game shows aren’t really known for being especially difficult, and they tend to require little more than a basic familiarity with letters or a reasonable level of competence in balancing eggs while Guy Fieri yells in the background. That’s all about to change, though, because Deadline says a production company called Thinkfactory Media is now developing what could be the single most challenging game show in the history of the human race.
It’s based on a show from Finland called Hide The Smile, and it challenges contestants to keep a straight face while watching professional funny people do funny things. The examples Deadline gives for funny things are “bizarre scenarios, outlandish costumes, and surprise celebrity guests,” which do sound pretty funny in a Jimmy Fallon way, but the American version of Hide The Smile is going to crank up the difficulty so high that it could be nearly impossible to win. How is Thinkfactory Media going to pull this off? Three words: Git. R. Done.