Game Changer Pitch - “Pun & Games”

Logline: Contestants battle through a Family Feud–style game built entirely out of audience-submitted puns — guessing the top groaners in categories like “cheesy movie titles” and “fruit-based bands” — all leading to one pun-derful showdown.

Status: Spec pitch

• Bits:

  • Before taping, we survey fans GMM-style with prompts like:

    • “Give us a pun on types of pasta.”

    • “Pun-ify the name of a celebrity with an animal.”

    • “Give us a punny business name for a funeral home.”

    • “Pun a movie title to be about cheese.”

  • For taping, contestants are split into two teams of 3-4, depending on time/talent. First prompt is something like:

    • “A pun that combines a dog breed and a dessert”

      • Rekha guesses “pupcake” — it’s #1! Her team gets the points for that prompt.

  • Round Flow:

    • Teams alternate guesses (like in Family Feud).

    • Each correct answer reveals its place on the board with audience poll numbers (e.g. “Pupcake — 22 people said that!”)

    • Wrong guesses accumulate strikes. Three strikes, and the other team can steal.

      • Or we could make it a cooperative challenge: The cast has a certain time limit to collectively find all the puns on the board. Depends on what might be more interesting to watch.

  • The Pun-ishment Chamber

    • A bit of psychological torture, as a treat for Sam.

      “Congratulations! You’ve proven yourself the true master of puns. Now... suffer.”

      The lights dim. A curtain lifts. There, in the center of the stage, is The Pun-ishment Chamber™ — a brightly-lit jailhouse, studio-center.

      “YOU LAUGH, YOU LOSE.”

      The twist: The winners are strapped in while the losers get their revenge by reading the worst, most agonizing audience-submitted puns that didn’t make it to air — truly bottom-barrel groaners.

      If the winners crack, they lose as a team. The runner-ups are declared the true victors.

      If they survive without cracking, they get to deliver a pun-laden acceptance speech while being misted with dramatic stage fog and draped in velvet crowns.