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I’m a traditionalist when it comes to game shows. I don’t really like anything that’s too bizarre or wanders too far from the studio audience/stage/host with a mic/play a game format. So I didn’t really like the new GSN show ‘Instant Recall,’ even if there were a few things that I found amusing.

The concept: host Wink Martindale and his crew stage a phony set-up to con someone into playing a game. This first episode featured two people who thought they were at a “love seminar” and a guy who found himself at a party that turned into an intervention for a woman he’d never met before (Wink and the sexy model are in another room as the con unfolds). So yeah, this is ‘Candid Camera’ with a twist. When it’s time to let the victims off the hook, Wink comes in, introduces himself, and they play the game, which is to see if the contestants can remember what just happened to them.

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