The Gameshows To Get You Through Self-Isolation 

The thing I really appreciate about this video is they made sure everything was available to stream. So many videos like this include a line like "now, this series is only available in DVD box sets that cost $250, but it's worth it!"

Big stylised #1 really made you feel trustworthy!

The thing that makes busted seem great is the same reason why I like taskmaster, I love seeing wildly different solutions to the same problem

Shut Up & Sit Down seems weird today… hang on… where am I right now

The naked and afraid Animated sequence was ...chef’s Kiss. Bravo People Make Games. Love this.

I'd also recommend Taskmaster. It's hilarious!

Just finished watching Busted. Hoooly moly thanks for that recommendation, what a show. I've heard a load of people complain about it "not being a variety show because it's scripted", but honestly that's the joy. The fact that there is a whole elaborate game set up for them, and they have basically no idea what's going on and can do whatever the hell they want. Both episodes with the Genius Detective team are simply a delight start to finish, because they just get so god damn goofy and I adore it

Personally I love The Genius. Fascinating Korean show that’s basically raw Game Theory, with amazing editing.

"...but if you hate meals" killed me

I'm afraid a gameshow needs to compete with Only Connect's dry humour, unpretentious appreciation of genuine smartness and just Victoria Cohen-Mitchell's existence to keep my interest and that's a tough act to follow

Can't believe you managed to convince Steven Merchant's older brother to join.

I genuinely think i'm going to check some of these out.

I watched documental a while ago when you talked about it a while ago and what a ride that show is, plus I got to go into the Hitoshi Matsumoto Rabbit Hole.....seriously search for his 24 hour tag challenge he did for a show called Gaki No Tsukai.....it is sadistically funny

As far as game shows go, my favourite cooking show will always be Iron Chef. Not only for the nostalgia of watching it as a kid, but also just how straight it plays professional chefs doing their best to cook something amazing. No frills, no dramatic music change, little editing down of the one hour they have to cook, and yet the whole episode is always non-stop cooking action with professional commentary. Always an exciting watch for me, and a shame there's nothing like it anymore.

Korean game shows are the best. You all should also check out Genius, Society Game, Great Escape and Crime Scene.

I'm a little surprised Taskmaster wasn't mentioned. It brings the same qualities as that last detective Korean show (players get encouraged to solve a puzzle in another way the taskmaster (maker of the game) intended. Love that show and very binge worthy

That big stylised intro had very big Pearl & Dean ident energy and I immediately traveled back in time to being a child in a cinema

Yes, anything including Downtown's Matsumoto is an instant win for me. Documental is pretty similar in concept to Gaki No Tsukai's 24 Hour No Laughing New Year's Specials. Though with less celebrity cameos that fly right over my head.

Loving these thoughtful and we'll produced expansions to the channel!

Thank you Quinns and team. I watched Busted just in time for the new season to come out a year ago and had an amazing Christmas break. The long-term storyline is serious even though the moments in between are just good times and the fun shared is amazing. Documental has now spread around the world as Last One Laughing. i first saw the Australian one after Documental, and it was not great, but have since gone on to watch a fun Canada season and friendly French season. The first episode of Indian LOL is CHAOTIC. Such a good break from just...everything. We will definitely get back to Chef in my Fridge soon :) that was the first one we tried. Thank you again this video has had a huge impact

Great jumper. Great video. Double-kudos to Quinns.

This is wonderful content, especially considering it had to be produced and made entirely indoors. Lovely! ✨

Woah, thanks for this video! I'm absolutely going to check some of these out.

Thank you for properly identifying Naked & Afraid as a 'game show' rather than a 'reality show' as one of my American mates insists on calling it

That was fun. Thanks. I will check out some of the slightly less stressful-looking game shows.

Thanks for the recommendations!

It still hurts my head that Naked and Afraid is so lightly scripted. Like, how are people not dying on them constantly?

So Busted! is high budget detective LARPing. Cool.

Everyone needs to go and watch The Mole, it's absolutely fantastic. Start with the first US series first.

I know exactly how it feels to feel alienated by most cooking shows. Thank you so much, chefs and ny fridge looks great, so does everything else honestly

Great stuff!

I highly recommend REA(L)OVE which is on Netflix in the UK. Its a dating show where every contestant has a big "shameful" secret that gets revealed randomly by the hosts. Its very enjoyable trash TV. Also CollegeHumors Paranoid show (which is on RU-vid) is a lot of fun. 2 contestants are secretly high and the contestants need to work out who it is after each round with some contestants trying to help the high people, and others having roles. Finally the show on Channel 4 atm called 5 Guys A Week has been great. Its reality TV but it feels like the producers have not "produced" that much yet each episode has been eventful. I really hope you make part 2 of this video, especially if you include more foreign or old shows we would not usually see. Like with all these shows, it all depends on the players/contestants. If you made a video about greatest game-playing contestants, that would be brilliant.

as for north american shows, password plus and match game are two of my favourite old-school shows. well, jeopardy too, but the other two came before jeopardy got the trebek reboot in the 80s. they’re not the most intense games, but god, betty white kicks ass at both of them

Cheers quinns, cool stuff, wonder how you go about finding stuff from other places, especially if you normally limit yourself to conventional media sources where something like subtitled game show is unlikely to be pushed by the algorithm.

Came back to this many years later now that I have a Netflix subscription and just wanted to add a couple of suggestions for any others late to the party: The Mole (reboot on Netflix, original US on RU-vid) The Traitors (UK, US, Australia S1) Whodunnit? (70s show with Jon Pertwee, can be found on RU-vid although a few of the celebrity guests are quite tasteless by today's standards, so be warned)

the animal crossing sound effects on the naked and afraid segment were unexpected, to say the least.

Doing the lord's work in a time of crisis, thanks Quins

Hey, in regards to pick number #3 and your admission that you feel alienated by most modern cooking shows, try watching Good Eats, any episode will do

I would also *HIGHLY* recommend South Korea's Genius Game if you can get a hold of it

Documental was incredible. It was so bizarre, almost a piece of art in itself

Quinns, Whodunnit was a reality show on ABC in 2013. It's very similar to Busted. It broke my heart they never did a season 2. You can find it on RU-vid. In a similar vein of partially scripted reality: The Quest, where contestants compete to be the chosen one in a fantasy setting.

This was *exactly* what I needed. Quinns, you're a peach!

You could also try out "Running Man". It's a variety show with some surprisingly simple yet fun challenges/games.

I didn't watch this video up until now thinking it was something not related to games at all, but then I got bored. And oh my God is this a great video.

People should also seek out The Genius. Quinns plugged it plenty before on SU&SD, but I should remind people of it. People: it's very very good.

I absolutely love Documental. Wish Amazon was a bit quicker on subbing the seasons.

I cut the tip of my thumb off a few years back too! It fucking grew back Quinns! IT FUCKING GREW BACK!

I thought "the big animated number 1" would cut off his sentance, but it was still quite entertaining.

I have come back after almost a year to post that this is the video that introduced me to Taskmaster.

I dont know if this would count as a game show, but there's a show called The Joe Shmo Show (I probably spelt that wrong lol) but it's basically a bunch of actors and one guy that's not acting and the actors try to convince the guy their not acting even though they're being very silly. It's a silly show but good!

i watched every season of documental and got to say that it was wild. If i had to choose i would say that season 2 was the best

What was that one game show about people having to do tasks in a library and keep the noise under a certain volume? That one was great, but I can't remember the name.

I loved the animal crossing reference

*Gasp!* Me and Quinns have the same phone! I bought it two weeks ago!

I got really addicted to University Challenge for a while a couple years back.

This show is the best Japanese show everrr

Taskmaster! I discovered it during quarantine/lockdown and it's been incredible

These look like pretty neat gameshows! I see quite a few comments recommending Taskmaster and I would agree, it's a great gameshow!

If you like Busted, I would suggest Running Man.

Matsumoto's been on the New Year no-laugh show for so many years he knows how to milk the concept for maximum lulz.

I'm surprised that "The Genius Game" isn't on this list.

The dignity to make a top 5 and not put it in the title, that's high tier

Speaking of old game shows, look up Groucho Marx's appearance on What's My Line?

Taskmaster and The Crystal Maze are great binge-worthy shows as well ^^

I really like game shows created by Tom Scott.

If your making a sequel to this video, you might want to check out the dutch show "Wie is the Mol?"

ffs started out going "I'll support this channel by watching through all the commercials!" (yes I'm on the youtube app, no I'm not shelling out for premium but can't be assed to bother with mirrors) and suddenly got a series of those multi-ads that where each ad was 5+ minutes long gfdi.

Is that Children of Time on your bookshelf?

Top. Tier. Stuff.

My mom and her brother were both on To Tell The Truth when they were kids! My mom was the real person for her round and her brother got pulled in to be a fake (for a different person).

The Genius a South Korean show with fan subs and it’s amazing, Better than anything I’m made in the uk. You should check it out

Not really the same, but I watch these a lot: Taskmaster QI 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown I can also highly recommend Tom Scotts games. Citation Needed is especially great because of Tech Diff, but The Game Garage had some excellent concepts and games, and Money on Nebula is wonderful.Also Two of These People are Lying and Reverse Trivia

If you liked Documental, check out Batsu Games (especially the no laughing ones). If you liked Busted, check out Running Man.

So turns out roosterteeths new show last laugh is straight up ripped from that first show documental. They even have the same table and big buttons in the judges room. Still excited for the rest of last laugh

This list is taskmaster exclusion

What is the guy in the thumbnail wearing on his head?

"But if you hate meals"

This but for panel shows.

I've been binging The Amazing Race.

No cool guy vanquishing a local hoodlum would use the word "hoodlum"

QUINNS STOP MAKING APPEARANCES ON ALL MY FAVORITE RU-vid CHANNELS IT'S GETTING OUT OF CONTROL

no Running Man smh

You look like Stephen merchant if Stephan merchant was nice to look at

Any more specifics about the bad taste edgy humour in season 3 of Documental? Would rather know and decide whether or not to watch it than just sack it off altogether

WHERE IS THE GENIUS?

WHERE. IS. TASKMASTER?

I'd also highly recommend The Genius which Just Write made a video on ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Lng4dn1uAc.html

GAKI NO TSUKAI

Dude, how could you not include Genius/The Genius Game? Everything you said about Busted but better. Unbelievably smart show which shows how we could do the task-based reality show so much better.

there are more seasons off ducumental on amazon japan there is like 9 seasons in total pls sub these amazon

all sports cancelled, except e-sports

Didn't you say that none were American, but also To Tell The Truth is American?

Not convinced on the direction of PMG.