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ALFONSO RIBEIRO MAKES A GREAT 'CATCH': Actor to host new game show on GSN.
Scroll down to watch Alfonso's promo video for his new show, 'Catch 21.'
“I’m doing this game show because it’s really a fun game,” Ribeiro told EUR’s Lee Bailey. “With poker becoming very popular, I think card games are making a comeback. And this brings all of the great aspects of game shows together – multiple choice questions, cards, people having a good time. I think it’s a really fun show and people will really like it.”
Created by the game show gumption of Merrill Heatter, “Catch 21” pits three players in a game of cards. Each contestant is given one card and in order to up their number of cards, and thus their total, they have to answer a multiple choice question.
“Whoever gets that question correctly, they get $100 and control of the game (and) they get the next card in the deck,” Ribeiro explained. “They can keep that card or they can force it on one of the other players making their hand worse. The goal is to catch ‘21’ exactly, and if not, be the last player standing with a good hand. It’s a lot of strategy. You have to be really good. It’s almost impossible to win the game if you do not get the questions right.”
The blackjack component game has a possible jackpot of $25,000. But don’t think you have to be a card shark to follow along. Ribeiro assured that the game is actually really simple.
“Really it’s about ‘Can you count?’ It’s pretty obvious what you need to do in this game, but really the key is being able to answer the questions,” he said.
As for his hosting duties, Ribeiro explained that he has a few things he had to learn to be the lead in the game show.
“I have to know everything that’s going on in the game and all the different options. At any point in the game, I have to really be aware,” he said, but added that the producers of the show weren’t just looking for someone able to simply follow along with the game and the rules.
“I’m sure that there are game show host people that have been doing it for years that are good at that, but I think they wanted kind of the opposite,” Ribeiro said of his recruitment for the show. “They wanted someone who is going to bring their personality to the host position and are able to do the running of the game. They wanted fresh, new energy.”
Ribeiro brings a new energy, but he's not actually new to show hosting. In 1999, he hosted a show called “Your Big Break.” But this is his first entry in to the game show realm – and even though he's not the first, it could be considered key step for African American game show hosts.
“I don’t think that has any credence on it,” Ribeiro, however, said of any sort of racial breakthrough. “That’s great, but I try to live my live outside of the color lines. I think ultimately, if it’s a step forward it’s in the fact that there isn’t a color.”
So is this a career transition for Ribeiro. Slightly. The actor/director/writer/producer/singer said that he definitely has panache for game show hosting, but he’s clearly always been the type to wear a lot of hats.
“I’ve done a lot of different things in my career – hosting, singing, dancing, comedy, drama, producing, directing. I really believe that I’d like to do a little bit of everything. I can do this hosting thing. I like it. It’s fun.”
Plus, right now he’s working on creating a television show with Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and hopes to craft another audience favorite.
“I feel like I’ve done some really good work on some really good shows,” he said. “I’ve created some memorable characters that have lasted for a long time that people still love. For me, if I go do another show and other characters, I want them to be memorable. I want to do good work. I’d rather not work than do bad work.”
Beginning today, July 21 on GSN, fans can watch Ribeiro do some good work with oversized playing cards. The 40-episode series airs on the network daily at 7:30p/ET. For more info, visit http://www.gsn.com/shows/catch21/.
Check out Alfonso Ribeiro in this promo for 'Catch 21':
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