There are certain memories from my childhood that firmly are fixed as a generational memory almost as much as a personal one. And staying home sick and watching game shows and soap operas during the day are something nearly everyone my age can relate to. There is also the memory of Jeopardy being on after dinner. It was too late for cartoons but too early for Must See TV and it was Trivia Pursuit without needing to find the little triangles.

Oddly enough, College Humor/Dropout scratches the game show memories better than anyone else for me with their various shows. One of the shows - Game Changer is fantastic and wonderful and definitely worth the watch.

But the one that is a must watch in this household is the hysterical Um, Actually.

A show that reads statements about various nerdy topics in which the contestant has to find the error in the statement and call it out by first stating the phrase Um, actually in true pedantic fashion.

There is an element of pride to getting these right as you obviously play along. In many ways similar to Jeopardy, you feel your geek cred get validated. But on top of it, it is a wonderful way to learn about new properties to watch/read/play along with learn more trivia about things you love.

It is such a delightful show that we bought the at home game off their Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wiggles3d/um-actually and will probably buy more for certain family members for the holidays. It is such a fun show, one you can watch with younger geeks. There is cursing but honestly, who cares about that anymore.

Let me know if you try it, would love to find some folks to play the game with when it does get released.