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So I'm flipping around the tube last night, and even though I was making a concerted effort to skip it, I ended up watching "Identity" for about 25 minutes. Identity is a game show hosted by Penn, of Penn & Teller fame (I personally was always more of a Teller fan, mainly for his quiet dignity), where a contestant must *identify* who 12 people are by what their job is/something they done/some odd fact about them. They can only use the people's looks, plus some extremely stupid "help" options, to figure who the people were. Of course, this is the first week of the show, so they give some dude a freaking whole pile of layups, and he wins 500 grand. I'm sure once they bump the prize to a million, they'll make it ridiculously hard by making people choose between "Nobel Prize Winner for Science/Arts" and "Homeless Dude".

So here is my idea, even though this show is only 2 days old: Celebrity Identity! This may sound WAY too easy at first, but you need to think outside the box. Can you imagine someone having to *identify* one more person for a Million Dollar Prize, using the qualifier of "Closeted Gay Actor Who is a Scientology Freak, But Has Actually Slept with His Wife" and having to choose between Tom Cruise and John Travolta? I'd personally pay a Million bucks to see that answer!  Also, the comedy that could ensue, with someone getting hosed on the very 1st *identifier* by choosing "Hasn't Slept with Angelina Jolie" (as a nervous #11 Brad Pitt looks around) and as they look through the 9 male and 3 female contestants going, "I hate to say it, but this is a layup. I'm going with Rob Reiner." With Reiner responding, "Sorry dude, she really wanted Michelle Pfeiffer's part in Story of Us, and even though I nailed her, she still wasn't a good fit for the part. (then raising both arms in the air and yelling "Rob Reiner!") Come on, the ratings would go through the fucking roof. Even Penn's shitting hosting couldn't even kill that show. They could even throw in the curveball of "Slept With Penn's Wife While She Was Still a Stripper", now that answer (and reaction!) would also be worth a million. Bring it on!