Popular Games From Ellen DeGeneres’ Show That Could Be Included In 'Game Of Games'

If Ellen DeGeneres is known for anything besides her talk show hosting skills and dance moves, it would be her generosity when she surprises her studio audience with exotic gifts during various game segments.

Some of the most popular game segments from her show will now be put together into a new primetime show called “Game Of Games,” NBC announced recently, and it will be hosted by DeGeneres herself.

The network stated talks had been going on for a while about starting a primetime show based on the games played on DeGeneres’ show and they were waiting for the talk show icon to agree to host the show herself. Now that she finally has, NBC has gone ahead and ordered a 6-episode first season of the show.

“I’m so excited to be hosting a huge primetime game show for NBC,” DeGeneres said, according to a Variety report. “We’re pulling out all the stops — gigantic sets, hilarious games. It’s going to be like a combination of ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ and a water park. OK, it’s nothing like that, but you should still watch.”

While the network has not yet disclosed which of the games are likely to make it into “Game of Games,” speculation has already begun on the matter. Some of the all-time favorites include the likes of “What’s In the Box?,” “Know Or Go?,” “The Marshmallow Game,” “Cut The Cord,” and “Pieface.”

For viewers who might not know, “What’s In the Box?” is the game that entirely hinges on fate, giving random audience members the opportunity to win big my simply picking a numbered box or door which hides a prize. People have rewarded with monetory prizes as well as overseas trips while playing this game.

“Know Or Go?” on the other hand, is a bit more complicated. In this game, 3 or four audience members are made to stand on a high podium that hides secret trapdoors underneath their feet. Each of them has to answer simple questions and if they can’t or answer incorrectly, their trap doors swing open to drop them. The last one standing wins a special prize.

The audience members at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” also like “The Marshmallow Game” where people dress up in kimonos, put on an elastic restraint on the face and try to grab as many marshmallows as they can, which dangle from the ceiling.

“Cut The Cord” is another popular game segment on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” which, similar to the “Know Or Go?,” also follows the question-answer format. Two or more audience members are blindfolded and made to stand on individually tilting podiums. With every wrong answer, the podium moves forward until all of them fall off. This carries on until there is a winner.

Another thrilling game is “Pieface,” where two audience members have to place their faces in front of a device with a pie on it. With every wrong answer, the member turns the handle of the device praying for the pie to remain in its place. The first to get pie-faced loses.

DeGeneres will host “Game Of Games,” the Warner Horizon Television series, as well as serve as its executive producer, via her studio banner, A Very Good Production, Deadline reported. Other executive producers will include Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman, Jeff Kleeman, David A. Hurwitz and Andy Lassner from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”