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Hollywood Game Night Tries Again To Make Us Care About Children's Drawings
It's okay, Gina Rodriguez. The kid who thinks that's Benedict Cumberbatch needs to visit an optometrist like yesterday.
Best Sportsmanship
Next time you need to calibrate your smugometer, hold it up to this clip. Rex Lee nails the exact right amount of attitude to give Gina Rodriguez, under the circumstances.
Biggest Waste Of Time
How is Lil' Picassos still happening? HOW IS JANE LYNCH STILL SAYING "PORTRAITURE"?!
Before the clue is read, there is no way a reasonable person could have guessed that was a visual representation of Benedict Cumberbatch. The only way this game could be more insufferable is if they started trotting out the kid artists to stand with their work, which come to think of it, I'm surprised hasn't been added to the round. We have probably have the very busy bar to thank for that.
Goofiest Goof
Welcome back, Back To Back! You make everyone look ridiculous in the best way!
Worst Player
Clearly, Curtis Stone has better things to do with his evenings, so I'm not sure why he's here. The best example of his laissez-faire attitude comes at the end of Popped Quiz.
He also costs his team a point in Back To Back.
In Season 3, the judges are actually watching. Act right.
Best Player
Duh.
Yvette is welcome at MY game nights whenever she wants, because I am right with her on her civilian player: I love how quickly she clocks how useless George is in Where Ya Goin'?
If she can't actually eject him from the game, at least she can pass him as quickly as decency will allow.
Lil' Picassos is still dumb, but I'm glad she got to be the game player who got to star in her own portrait this time.
Hardest Game
Less than a week after this question...
@TaraAriano Is the #hollywoodgamenight bonus round the easiest bonus round in game show history? Discuss. (Please)
— Danny Reichert (@DannyReichertNY) July 31, 2015
...Hollywood Game Night actually busts out a round that's legitimately hard.
There's obviously no excuse for passing some of these (Anthony Hopkins), but I defy you to get, say, your mother to take less than forty seconds of clues before coming up with Sienna Miller, and any adult who knows who Ariana Grande is should be on some kind of watch list. Good lord. Props to Zachary Levi for knowing to stay well out of Brown's way, but there was no amount of teamwork these two could have exhibited to win this round for/with George.