Dropout<\/a>, is in many ways the hip, scrappy heir to \u201cWhose Line Is It Anyway?\u201d Each episode features three comedians, and the host, Sam Reich, feeds them various prompts. The nature and purpose of the prompts vary; one episode might require a strange physical challenge, and another the impromptu creation of an impassioned Civil War-era love letter.<\/p>\nIn its seventh season, which premiered earlier this month, \u201cGame Changer\u201d is also landing closer than ever before to \u201cTaskmaster,\u201d and in the best ways. The season premiere, \u201cOne Year Later,\u201d gave the comedians Jacob Wysocki, Vic Michaelis and Lou Wilson \u2014 already among the show\u2019s all-stars \u2014 a year to complete a list of oddball challenges. Who can get this cardboard cutout to the most remote location? Who can perform the best magic trick? Who can find the coolest free item from Craigslist? Most episodes of the show are about 30 minutes, but this one clocks in at over an hour.<\/p>\n
The season\u2019s second episode, \u201cYou-lympics,\u201d also toys with a longer time frame. Contestants jump as high as they can, hold a cat for as long as the cat will tolerate and eat as much grated Parmesan as possible while wearing a cone-of-shame pet collar \u2014 and then they return a week later to try to top themselves. And then an hour after that, they try one more time.<\/p>\n
As with \u201cTaskmaster,\u201d there is a loopy, discursive interpretation to just about everything, and festive rules-lawyering abounds. The most consistent feature across all seasons is a radiating sense of mutual adoration among participants. Wilson even got a custom watch to aver his friendship with Wysocki and Michaelis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n