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As a regular viewer of Jimmy Kimmel's clips posted on YouTube: Many of the participants in Kimmel's Lie Witness News and similar segments know what the game is

by not2b 4y ago

As a regular viewer of Jimmy Kimmel's clips posted on YouTube: Many of the participants in Kimmel's Lie Witness News and similar segments know what the game is and are playing "yes, and", as improv performers call it. It isn't a source for assuming anything about human ignorance.

cortesoft 4y ago
I once saw a crew filming the Jay Leno man on the street bit in Santa Monica, and they had cue cards for the participants to read.
- hamiltonians 4y ago
  everything is fake, even unscripted tv
  - not2b 4y ago
    When you are telling people that they are on Lie Witness News and ask them an absurd question, they know that their knowledge of current events is not being tested.
  - qiskit 4y ago
    Everything on tv is 'scripted'. 'Reality' tv shows. Even interviews, like 60 minutes, have writers.
dataflow 4y ago
> know what the game is and are playing "yes, and" Do you have a source for this?
- not2b 4y ago
  Not that I can point to, but people have witnessed the filming of these segments (Kimmel usually films them on the most touristy part of Hollywood Boulevard near his studio) and reported that this happens.
  - dataflow 4y ago
    But how do those people know? It's not like witnessing it in person gives them mind-reading ability. Are interviewees going around and telling others "I was playing the 'yes, and' game?" How do people know what they intend?