Generation Gap fans accuse show of being staged after host Kelly Ripa receives bizarre answers

May 2024 · 3 minute read

GENERATION Gap viewers have been left convinced the show is 'staged' after noting odd answers and easy questions.

The show regularly elicits laughs from those who tune in as kids and their grandparents struggle with pop culture-themed questions.

Thursday's all-new episode of Generation Gap was no different.

During the first round, the trio of children and their grandparents were shown photos of famous people and characters and challenged with naming them.

They struggled, which is to be expected, but some viewers found a few responses to be a little too out there.

The teams were shown a photo of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and asked who they were.

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One clueless kid replied: "The Avengers?"

Online, fans were shocked by the incorrect guess, speculating that it was "staged."

One critic tweeted: "There's no way Generation Gap isn't staged. Ain't no way that kid answered 'The Avengers' for 'I Love Lucy.'"

Others criticized the show for featuring questions that were a bit too simple.

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One hater wrote: "These people need to watch more TV. All of these questions are super easy."

SIMPLE MISTAKE

The panel of players was also asked a question about Drake's role on the popular teen drama Degrassi.

At one point in the show, host Kelly Ripa asked a team this question: "This Canadian-born rapper once played a wheelchair-bound character on the show Degrassi where he started from the bottom. Who is he?"

She was slammed by viewers, who found her word choice to be somewhat ableist.

A disappointed viewer wrote: "Sigh. @generationGapTV @KellyRipa just used the very incorrect term 'wheelchair bound' on national television.

"Nobody is bound to their wheelchair. DO BETTER. It's 2023."

THE RULES

ABC's Generation Gap is inspired by the Jimmy Kimmel Live! segment of the same name.

While Kelly serves as the program's host, Kimmel is a producer on the hit game show.

The competition puts seniors and juniors together as they are tasked with answering pop culture trivia that may be considered before or after their time.

One pair of family members work together to gain victory over another family.

Kelly then quizzes them on topics from each other's generations.

The topics range from movies, TV shows, and music from the present, as well as from decades before.

For instance, a grandparent might know the answer to a question about The Beatles and Star Wars.

On the other hand, the younger family member might know the answer to a question regarding BTS and The Avengers.

"Generation Gap is a family-friendly game show that really takes two generations from a family," Kelly explained in a statement.

"Usually grandparents and grandchildren…and we ask them a series of questions about each other’s generations."

Kelly also called the series more of a "comedy show than a game show" due to the comedic nature of the contestant's responses.

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"I have my parents who are much older and my kids who are much younger and it's fascinating what their commonalities are, what they know about each other’s generation, and what they don’t know.

"What they know is always shocking and something to marvel but what they don’t know is unbearable funny."

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