YMMV / The Wall (game show)

• Funny Moments
  • On one episode, a question about the Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" comes up (specifically, naming the lyric that doesn't actually appear in the chorus), and of course, a clip of the video and song gets played as part of it. Hardwick mentions that he didn't think the Wall would ever Rickroll someone.
• Padding: Of course, it would not be an NBC game show without it being excessively stretched out. The final round is the worst offender. There's also the fact that it almost seems scripted for the couples/families to play it up for the cameras where they yammer on about how they've gotten to where they are now before announcing whether or not they've torn up the contract, and then the other person drags it out by taking their sweet time to get to the meat of the conversation through working up to the reveal of their final total instead of it just being a direct "I did/did not tear up the contract", followed by "we won/would have won this much money", which is all we need to know. In other words, most endings will probably have you screaming, "Get on with it!"
  • On one episode, the contestant's father was prone to monologuing in the isolation room about personal experiences related to the question subjects, such as that one time they went hot air ballooning and he hated that there was no navigation system. Later on, a question comes up about car brands, and his daughter realizes he is sure to bore them all with a long-winded story about his Dodge Caravan. And wouldn't you know it, he does, completely stalling out the game.
• Scrappy Mechanic: Forcing contestants to take red balls in Rounds 2 and 3. They're seemingly added for no reason other than to potentially screw over contestants who play the question part perfectly.

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