{"id":1678,"date":"2010-10-08T19:25:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T02:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2010-10-08T21:13:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T04:13:55","slug":"wanna-host-a-game-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wanna-host-a-game-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanna host a game show?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was contacted by the Game Show Network yesterday asking if I&#8217;d be interested in hosting a new game show. My reaction was&#8230; letmethinkaboutitno. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure there&#8217;s anything that would drive me back to TV, I guess because I never felt like I belonged there in the first place. \u00a0The whole twelve years I spent on the air, my biggest fear was that someone would find out it was a big mistake to give me my own show and this dream job would suddenly be taken away. \u00a0But the show kept going and I thought it was only through sheer luck &#8211; I was at the right place at the right time and the executives just didn&#8217;t think it through. So maybe it&#8217;s the fear of being found out this time, or maybe it&#8217;s just more fun baking cookies in my pajamas. \u00a0For all those of you asking if I would do Dancing with the Stars, first: I can&#8217;t dance so they&#8217;d have to change the name to Falling Down with the Stars and second: I&#8217;d have to dance in handcuffs after being arrested for trying to strangle Bruno. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was contacted by the Game Show Network yesterday asking if I&#8217;d be interested in hosting a new game show. 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