{"id":149302,"date":"2021-01-07T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/craig-ferguson-on-playing-detective-hosting-the-hustler-game-show\/"},"modified":"2021-01-07T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:00:13","slug":"craig-ferguson-on-playing-detective-hosting-the-hustler-game-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/craig-ferguson-on-playing-detective-hosting-the-hustler-game-show\/","title":{"rendered":"#Craig Ferguson on Playing Detective & Hosting ‘The Hustler’ Game Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Craig Ferguson on Playing Detective & Hosting ‘The Hustler’ Game<\/a> Show<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to put on your detective hat. <\/span><\/p>\n

The game is afoot as Craig Ferguson hosts the sleuthy new ABC series<\/a> <\/span>The Hustler<\/span><\/i>. Each episode sees five contestants working together to answer a series of trivia questions worth $10,000 a pop. The goal is building a collective prize pot. There is a catch: one the players already knows the answers. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Hustler is tasked to keep their identity under wraps. Two are anonymously eliminated by the Hustler, leaving three finalists in the end. If they correctly identify the Hustler, they share the pot. Otherwise, the Hustler gets the cash if they\u2019re wrong, which could mean a more than $100,000 payday. <\/span><\/p>\n

For Ferguson, it\u2019s the ultimate exercise in not judging a book by its cover. Ahead of the game show\u2019s formal premiere (ABC aired a sneak peak on January 4), we did our own line of questioning with the Emmy-winner. <\/span><\/p>\n

How much detail do you know going into each game? <\/b><\/p>\n

Craig Ferguson: <\/b>I prepare for this the same way I prepared for my old late night show in the sense I don\u2019t prepare for it at all. I just put the suit on, turn up and let the games commence. When we play this game, I don\u2019t know who the Hustler is. I don\u2019t know the hidden liar. It\u2019s a fun game for me to play by just playing it. I get to host, but I also get to play it at the same time. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

ABC\/Christopher Willard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How good are you about choosing the Hustler successfully? <\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m very bad at it. I used to think I would be a good detective. I can sometimes figure out detective novels or detective shows on TV. I think with someone who is lying and smiling at the same time, I\u2019m not very good at all. I\u2019m actually quite bad at detecting who is telling the truth and who is lying, which would explain my career in Hollywood for the last 25 years. If you\u2019re an optimistic person like I am, where I always believe someone is telling the truth when they\u2019re not. That\u2019s the name of the game. It\u2019s very interesting…I think if you were a detective or a cop you\u2019d probably be good at it. Cops are used to being lied to all the time. <\/span><\/p>\n

But if you assume someone is lying when they\u2019re not lying, you\u2019re going to suck at the game as well. I notice people get the most angry when they\u2019re telling the truth and nobody is believing them or believing them based on assumptions being made about them. It\u2019s interesting to see that frustration play out. <\/span><\/p>\n

How much do the contestants interact beforehand? <\/b><\/p>\n

I know there is a protocol for that. I\u2019m not privy to it. I\u2019m also kept separate from the contestants as well before the game commences. I haven\u2019t seen them. I haven\u2019t been around them or talked to them. Whenever I talk to the contestants, you see it. I don\u2019t get any other information that is not part of the game. I think that is useful. As far as I know, that\u2019s what they do with the contestants as well. They keep an eye on them and don\u2019t let them talk to each other in case they start forming alliances. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

ABC\/Christopher Willard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The show very much reminds me of Clue. What do you think will be the biggest key to its success? <\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really about people. It pulls you in and does that in a very psychological way. A game show is a game show. You either know the answers to the questions or you don\u2019t. This one knowing the answers is not enough. You have to be able to say, \u201cWhy is this person pushing an answer that is clearly right or clearly wrong. What is their motivation?\u201d I think the real spin on this is its a murder mystery and a game show. It really is a hybrid of both. <\/span><\/p>\n

What do you think is the biggest mistake players make? <\/b><\/p>\n

People make mistakes stereotyping the people they don\u2019t know based on their look, style, accent, age, gender, race. You suddenly realize all of the assumptions you make about people are right sometimes and others completely wrong. It\u2019s quite interesting because you have to challenge your own thought process as well. It\u2019s not heavy-handed. It\u2019s a funny show, but it makes you think. For example, is a geek always a nerdy looking man with glasses? Absolutely not, but people make assumptions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you think it’s possible to ever do a celebrity version of <\/b>The Hustler<\/i><\/b>? <\/b><\/p>\n

We did talk about having a celebrity one. It would have to be finding something about the celebrity Hustler that is not Googleable, so you can\u2019t read up on them. That will take a bit more research and digging. It could be done, of course. My guess is it will be done at some point, and I\u2019d enjoy it. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Hustler, <\/i><\/b>Thursdays, 10\/9c, ABC, beginning Jan. 7<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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