![]() ![]() Since they only filmed for around half a year, much of the merchandise was reused over and over and over again. When asked whether the contestants got to keep the food, Ruprecht would reply, "No," and with good reason - not only were the large meat products (like the frozen turkeys) all fake, but many of the products on the shelves were going bad. Nausea Fuel: In 2016, Ruprecht revealed in a YouTube video behind the scenes of Supermarket Sweep.Starting in 2000, the siren would also be used to introduce the Manager's Special during the Big Sweep. Most Wonderful Sound: The siren that played whenever the $5,000 was won.Growing the Beard: Started when the market monsters were discarded in 1991 and in full swing around the time the coffee/candy bonuses became a regular feature, to the point where Ruprecht always mentioned them in his run-down of the day's Big Sweep bonuses (right before mentioning the inflatables). ![]() With the time remaining, go to the deli and throw salamis and blocks of cheese into your cart. Then, go to the next aisle over and fill your cart with pots, pans, and pails. ![]() Game Show Garbage gave advice on how to sweep the 1991 store layout: start in the healthcare section with eye care products, hair dyes, and pain reliever.This combination would ensure a win with a single cart. After that, go to the health/beauty aisle and pick up five hair coloring kits, and five other health and beauty products. ![]() In a 2015 YouTube video, former host David Ruprecht revealed a strategy that few people used, and those who did use it won the sweep: start at the meat section and grab five hams and five turkeys.A good knowledge of common rhymes is usually enough to win the bonus money as long as you know where to find the item in question. Most Mini Sweep and Super Sweep items are located by solving rhyming couplets, with the brand name completing the second line.Many of these products retain the same purpose in the 2020 revival, as well as new items such as Yeti coolers and pressure cookers. During the Big Sweep, most contestants grab the expensive stuff - Farmer John hams, gallon-sized jugs of Bertolli olive oil, diapers, macadamia nuts, giant steaks, cheese wedges, frozen turkeys, medicine, etc.Broken Base: One's enjoyment of the 2020 ABC revival will depend entirely on whether one enjoys Leslie Jones' style of comedy.While its use as a theme song for this show is questionable, " Push It" is still as much of a banger as it's always been.Also, the Big Sweep music after it too got a major overhaul in 1993 (even more extreme than the main theme).The theme song used from 1993 on, which is pretty distinctive for a game show and features some killer sax work by noted smooth jazz artist Dave Koz.Adaptation Displacement: The 1960s version has been overshadowed by the Lifetime/PAX revival, although early in the 1990s run Johnny Gilbert proclaimed that it was "the return of the one and only Supermarket Sweep!".While that contestant runs through the store, the other team members have to unload grocery items in the checkout section unless they're engageing in another aspect of the game.ĭon't mind us: We'll just be hanging out on the couch watching the old version and the reboot all weekend. Only one contestant from each team can run around the store at a time. If they run into displays or personnel, they also risk an additional financial penalty. If contestants don't return dropped items, they risk a $25 penalty. Contestants have to return dropped items to the shelf or their carts, and they can't run into store displays or personnel. It was added to prevent teams from hoarding expensive items, including meat and over-the-counter drugs. This rule is the new one that wasn't in the original ABC series. The Supermarket Sweep reboot is essentially the same as the original, but the reboot has three main rules, in which only one isn't from the original. If you want to know the exact rules, keep reading. The objective of the game is to have the cart with the highest value, and in the bonus round, the winning team has a chance to win an extra $100,000 by finding three additional specific items in only a minute. The excitement doesn't end there, either: Leslie Jones is hosting a reboot of the show on ABC, which just came out! The competition puts contestants on teams who are given a short amount of time to find wacky, specific items in a supermarket for money. If you're a fan of game shows and food like I am, you're in luck: 15 episodes of classic game show Supermarket Sweep are on Netflix, and 40 episodes are also on Amazon Prime. ![]()
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