# Repo Games -- TV show where people win the chance to keep their car. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 1, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744 "2011-02-01T07:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/1 "2011-02-01T07:26:15Z")
> Spike TV just announced a recession-era game show from the producers of _Jersey Shore_. Titled _Repo Games_, the show follows two real-life repo men who give debtors one last chance to keep their cars by playing in a quiz show. > They’re asked five questions, and if they get three answers correct, the car will be paid off on the spot. Answer wrong, the car is towed to the impound lot. It’s _“Cops_ meets _Jeopardy_,” says the network. > But isn’t there something depressing about playing a game show to keep your own car? Imagine this idea being done with, say, a home under foreclosure. Same concept yet feels very different, right? Kids crying, Sheriffs Department waiting to change the locks, while some poor bastard tries to remember the capital of Bolivia.\* > Spike says the show will have a “fun tone,” similar to Discovery’s _Cash Cab_, and notes the contestants will come from all walks of life (read: not just poor people), noting that even celebrities like Paris Hilton have had their cars repo’d. > Anyway, Spike has also picked up another reality show, _Bar Rescue_, which is basically _Kitchen Nightmares_ but with bars instead of restaurants and with a guy named Jon Taffer instead of Gordon Ramsay. > “The guys featured on ‘Bar Rescue’ and ‘Repo Games’ share that same authentic, real-life persona that will resonate with Spike’s expanding audience,” says Spike programming head Sharon Levy. “We are thrilled to partner with the incredibly creative production teams that developed _The Jersey Shore\*\*_ and _The Biggest Loser_ to bring these unique concepts to life.” > Spike has 20 episodes of _Repo Games_ and 10 episodes of _Bar Rescue_ coming down the pipe later this year… > **[Dotdash Meredith - America's Largest Digital & Print Publisher](https://www.dotdashmeredith.com)** > > Dotdash Meredith is America's largest digital and print publisher, with brands including PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Allrecipes, Investopedia, Verywell, and more! Learn about career opportunities, our leadership team, and how we can help you... ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/2 "2011-02-01T07:35:07Z")
Anybody else google the capital of Bolivia just in case you ever need to know it? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/3 "2011-02-01T07:54:45Z")
I’m really curious how few will actually get their cars paid off. After watching a few episodes of that repo show with the fat guy from Sopranos I’m pretty sure the typical repo’d vehicle owner isn’t smart enough to to get 3 out of 5 trivia questions right, unless they are celebrity jeopardy type questions. “What is light urple?” ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/4 "2011-05-03T17:38:44Z")
bump! watching this now, hilarious “what country is the kimono from?” “That’s easy! Dallas!” ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/5 "2011-05-03T18:32:58Z")
Fakest show evar! It seems like new “reality” shows try to be faker than the last. ---
**Author:** ![DougFresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@DougFresh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DougFresh)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/6 "2011-05-03T23:36:58Z")
I fucking hate this show. I used to be into the repo shows, one was on discovery/tlc/history and was a bigger black dude and a tatt’d white guy with a beard. It seemed authentic. Lately though, if been watching American Pickers, Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, Hardcore Pawn. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/7 "2011-05-04T00:36:23Z")
I’m waiting for a real-life version of “The Running Man”. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/8 "2011-05-04T05:33:33Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Anybody else google the capital of Bolivia just in case you ever need to know it? no i have a job instead ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/9 "2011-05-04T06:19:08Z")
> [@bing](#): > > no i have a job instead Lol! ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/10 "2011-05-04T06:36:19Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Fakest show evar! > [@DougFresh](#): > > I fucking hate this show. Watched a cpl episodes over the weekend. It’s as much bad acting and scripted freakouts as Trick My Truck on CMT. I loved how the 6 black guys and 1 white girl said they weren’t gonna let him leave with their beat ass eclipse because they were gonna jump him and beat him if they did. lol I did feel bad for the old guy who lost his Buick though, dude didn’t get a single question right lol ---
**Author:** ![Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sleeper/32/7500_2.png) [@Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/repo-games-tv-show-where-people-win-the-chance-to-keep-their-car/208744/11 "2011-05-06T06:51:41Z")
Not to mention the questions they ask are super easy. Out of 4 of the people I watched, all 4 kept their cars.