Crush the vote

Game Show Garbage hands out a Patrick Wayne award now and then.

It's for a show that's not really all that bad but which GSG has to pretend is worthy of a Nuremberg war crimes tribunal. The site's readers vote among five nominations for the coveted honor. This time around, the vote was rigged. Okay, the site didn't really mess with the vote count (I think) but the nominations left only one real choice.

Of the five noms, two weren't even game shows: Survivor and a Jeopardy video game. Two others were shows that few people have seen: Just Like Mom and Dad and the Ohio Lottery's Cash Explosion. Unless you live in Ohio or watch virtually unknown cable nets, you may well have never even heard of these two.

Which left one game show that some people actually knew about: Candy Crush. In fact, this show was hardly a terrible stunt show. There was no play-along value, but that's typical of stunt game shows. And the stunts were moderately interesting antics on an impressive set. But almost by default, Candy Crush got the wonderful award.

It's not like the poll drew a huge turnout. Only 183 people showed up to vote. I'm starting to think that the next Patrick Wayne award should go to...the Patrick Wayne award.