Pop culture danger! Producers were forced to admit to a punctuation error during the second episode of the new spin-off series of the beloved trivia game show.
Hosted by Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost, the new Prime Video series premiered on Wednesday, giving viewers the opportunity to enjoy the format in which the quiz segment will focus on pop culture topics such as music, movies, TV shows, sports, viral moments and more.
However, in the second episode the producers were forced to admit that they might need to brush up on their knowledge when confusion over a movie title led to an unexpected change of points.
The film appeared in a category called Everything is Relative and the question was asked to a trio of three-person teams.
Jost read the clue which read: “Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer and Zooey Deschanel play the sister of Paul Rudd, the main character in this family film.”
Rob, a player on the Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys team, responded: “What is My Idiot Brother?”
Pop culture danger! Producers were forced to admit a mistake during the second episode of the new spin-off series of the beloved trivia game show (pictured, host Colin Jost).
The producers had to admit that they might need to brush up on their pop culture knowledge when confusion over the movie Our Idiot Brother led to an unexpected change of points.
Jost rejected the answer, as the film’s final title was Our Idiot Brother, which dropped the team from 12,600 points to 11,400 and left the trio firmly in second place.
When the answer was deemed incorrect, Rob’s teammate Jordan apparently realized why that had been the verdict.
The contestant has since been revealed as a freelance writer for Entertainment Weekly.
The Little Pocket Monsters team responded with the “correct title.”
However, when the show resumed after the commercial break, Jost surprisingly revealed that the Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys’ score had been adjusted because they had finally provided an accurate alternative answer.
He said: “In the previous round, Rob answered My Idiot Brother, which we didn’t accept as correct, but Jordan correctly pointed out that the original title at Sundance was My Idiot Brother, not Our Idiot Brother.”
The team’s awareness of the film festival’s title change led to a score increase from 11,400 to 13,600.
Meanwhile, Little Pocket Monsters still kept the 1200 points they received for successfully answering the question.
When a contestant said that Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Bank’s 2011 film was titled ‘My Idiot Brother?’, he was rejected because the film’s final title was ‘Our Idiot Brother.’
Jost later revealed that the score for Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys had been adjusted because “Jordan correctly noted that the original title at the Sundance Film Festival was My Idiot Brother.”
The film in question went into production in 2010 with the title My Idiot Brother and premiered with the same title at the Sundance Film Festival in December of that same year.
In August 2011, director Jesse Peretz explained to The Hollywood Reporter that the subtle name change came about because “it was setting up slightly inaccurate expectations about what the tone and feel of the film really was.”
Endangered! On the subreddit for the premiere episodes, the incident became a topic of discussion when one fan claimed that the show was being “a little liberal” with decisions like the title change.
However, a contestant on the show named Mike, who shared that his episode will air in week 3 on December 18, revealed that they had been present at the time and revealed that the producers had even gone so far as to call the film festival team Sunday to confirm details.
Mike wrote: ‘Fun fact: this required some deliberation during the break and even calling the festival in question before it was ruled in their favor.
“The team knew they would get the points (since they were at the festival and none of us), we were still a little surprised lol.”
Mike later added: ‘From what I understand, that’s standard practice on Jeopardy!, it’s not uncommon for producers to call museums or other places to verify answers that are deemed to need clarification. All this happens during production breaks…’
The contestant revealed another example of what happened during the knockout round game his team was a part of.
In August 2011, director Jesse Peretz explained that the change came about because “it was setting up slightly inaccurate expectations about what the tone and feel of the film really was.”
Endangered! On the subreddit, one contestant revealed that producers had even gone so far as to call the Sunday film festival team to confirm details.
The first three episodes of Pop Culture Jeopardy are available to stream on Prime Video
Mike explained: ‘During our particular knockout round game, this happened once (I don’t think either team requested a decision, but the judges had to check our scores anyway).
“We had to turn around and face the other wall while this was happening (since you can see your scores if you’re facing the board).”
Subsequent questions brought Little Pocket Monsters to 21,000 at the end of the Double Jeopardy round and they ultimately won the chance to continue on the show.
In the past, others Danger! Spinoffs have delighted fans, including Sports Jeopardy! and Rock & Roll Jeopardy!, which ran from 1998 to 2001.
Jep!, which was a version for children and aired between 1998 and 2000, also skyrocketed in ratings.
The original game show hit television screens in 1964 and quickly took off due to its popularity among fans.
The first three episodes of Pop Culture Jeopardy are available to stream on Prime Video, and new episodes will be released on Wednesdays.