Friday, August 17, 2007
Fans of the VH1 game show “World Series of Pop Culture” could get a chance to play alongside some of their favorite cast members this weekend.
Twenty-eight contestants from the popular show are coming to Lawrence on Saturday to compete in “Pop Culture Scramble,” a trivia event similar to the television show but with a twist.
“No team members from the show will be together; they will all be mixed,” said Andy Morton, a contestant on the show as a member of the Westerburg High team.
Morton and his Westerburg High teammates, who are from Lawrence, put together the one-time event with other cast members from this summer’s second season. In addition to new teammates for the cast members, another twist will allow audience members to try out to join the trivia challenge.
“Twenty slots will go to audience members who will be chosen to play based on three qualifying tests they take before the event takes place,” Morton said. “The tests are quickly graded and the top scorers go into a hat and are drawn at random.”
Although Morton and his Westerburg High teammates were not the champions of the series’ second season, he said his experience with the rest of the cast was positive.
“We all came out of it as friends and formed a strong bond quickly,” Morton said. He credited the strong bond of the cast as the reason for creating the event.
“It just started as an idea that everyone wanted to get back together and have a reunion,” he said. “It just snowballed from there and got bigger as time progressed after the show ended taping in March.”
Aside from great friendships, Morton also walked away from the show with a new perspective on reality television.
“When you see people on a game show, you always think, ‘Why can’t the person you’re watching answer the easy questions being asked?’” Morton said. “But being on the show I saw another side of the television process and learned your adrenaline is high at those moments and that it’s not always fun at times during the filming of the show.”
Morton said he seemed to be more recognizable around Lawrence to people who watched the show, but he also said he did not let it go to his head.
“It’s odd more than anything,” he said. “People have been really nice though, so it’s humbling.”
Pop Culture Scramble is at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Granada, 10th and Massachusetts streets. The event costs $5 for people 21 and older and $7 for those under 21.
If you would like to be a contestant, the qualifying test will take place at 3 p.m., one hour before Pop Culture Scramble begins. Morton said those who attended would be in for a good time.
“It will be fun to come out and meet the teams,” Morton said. “Not often can you meet the cast. We are very fun and personable; we all know how to hang out and have fun.”
For a complete list of cast members attending Pop Culture Scramble, visit the event’s MySpace page, www.myspace.com/popculturescramble.
—Edited by Tara Smith
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