[Costello:] A new game show is putting knowledge of the bestselling book of all time to the test.
[Jeff Foxworthy:] Which one is found in the bible, OK? And just so you know, we may have changed a word or two here or there like we might say, "Thou shall not run a red light," but that aside these laws are actually found in the bible or somewhere in one of our 50 states. "Thou shall not allow thy pants to sag. Thou shall not impersonate a priest. Mustard Seeds Audra.
[Unidentified Female:] Thou shall not impersonate a priest.
[Foxworthy:] That is incorrect. Last one. Thou shall not wear cotton, polyester socks. Oasis Brian.
[Unidentified Male:] It's "Thou shall not wear cottonpolyester socks."
[Foxworthy:] That is absolutely right.
[Costello:] Seriously? This game is called the "American Bible Challenge." Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is the host. It debuts this summer on the Game Show Network. And joining me now is Amy Introcaso- Davis, who's executive vice president of programming for GSN. Welcome.
[Amy Introcaso-davis, Executive Vp Of Programming, Gsn:] Hello. Happy Memorial Day weekend.
[Costello:] Same to you. I was watching clips of the show and it just looks like so much fun. I mean who knew the bible could be this much fun.
[Introcaso-davis:] Well, you know, we at GSN knew the bible was going to be this much fun. It's been super fun to work on. We've been piloting it the last month or so. We've been casting in California in the last few weeks and we'll be casting in Atlanta and all over the country. Chicago, Dallas. We'll be in Dallas on June 2nd to find contestants. It's been amazingly fun. And I think what's astonishing to us is how young people are really responding to this idea and coming at it in droves and they know their bible.
[Costello:] Yes, I was just going to ask you. There's a casting call today in Atlanta. How many people is it attracting?
[Introcaso-davis:] Each city is different. You know today is Memorial Day weekend. I don't know how many people will come or not. If that's a good thing or a bad thing. If you have nothing to do on Saturday and Sunday, please go to gsnTV.com and find out where to go. But, you know, it's been astonishing to us. It's an idea that we've been kicking around for a long time. Michael Davies, who is one of the greatest game show producers of all time, brought it to us. And we also brought in Tom Forman, who produced "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to get the back stories of the people who are playing the game. It's important to us that people know what they're playing for. Everybody will be playing for charity. So it's something that's very emotional for them. You will also hear their back stories of how they came to their faith. And so it's a very different kind of game show. We have a choir onstage. Yes.
[Costello:] Something interested me, you know, and you're looking for contestants. You said the contestants, GSN has said that the contestants will represent worthy faith-based organizations. What does that mean? The only contestants that will qualify come from faith-based groups?
[Introcaso-davis:] No. It means that they will actually be playing for them. So they will they'll be playing for groups that are of faith or for organizations that charity organizations that need money. Those are one of the places that we're looking at.
[Costello:] So that so the charities
[Introcaso-davis:] But everybody can try out for this.
[Costello:] So the charities can only be faith-based charities? It can't be any charity the contestants choose?
[Introcaso-davis:] No. No. No. It can be any charity. It's just that we're looking at faith-based charities because they will tend to know the bible better. But anyone who knows the bible can come out and audition for the show. It has the same game show requirements that every game show has, which is you have to pass a test to get on a game show.
[Costello:] Gotcha.
[Introcaso-davis:] I will say that I probably wouldn't pass any of the tests. Again, I am not smarter than a fifth grader, so I probably wouldn't pass any of the tests to get on our shows. But that's what it is. So anybody can come out.
[Costello:] Gotcha.
[Introcaso-davis:] And we're playing for charities.
[Costello:] Gotcha. I'm just wondering about that polyester sock thing in the bible. But I'm sure if I watch the show later this summer, I will know. Thank you very much for joining us this morning, Amy.
[Introcaso-davis:] Thank you, Carol.
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