Supermarket Sweep was the best game show ever to be on TV.
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It was like The Price Is Right meets Jeopardy meets Extreme Couponers.
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But better and with more product placement.
It was hosted by David Ruprecht who was totally like the Ryan Seacrest of the grocery game shows.
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But taller and always cold.
Watching the show never failed to put you in a better mood because literally everyone in the audience was ALWAYS HAPPY.
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Because HELLO, they're at a game show and in a grocery store AT THE SAME TIME.
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The Promise Land.
When the announcer opened the show by calling out product names, EVERYONE WOULD LOSE IT.
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As you can see, this couple is freaking out over having toilet paper.
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And these ladies are freaking out over Tootsie Rolls.
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It's the little things in life.
All because that meant they were chosen to be contestants on THE BEST GAME SHOW EVER.
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When the teams battled it out for more sweep time, you were always on the edge of your couch.
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Because the questions were so easy everyone was always neck-and-neck.
And for once, you were actually smarter than the contestants.
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Switzzler? Time to loosen up that scrunchie, Karin.
But really, what other game show do you consistently know all the answers to the questions?
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The answer is NONE because there's nothing you know more about than food.
But the show really became the absolute best during the BIG SWEEP ROUND!
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You knew what the matching unisex sweaters meant.
During Big Sweep, every contestant ran into the aisles like grocery shopping gave them anxiety diarrhea.
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AND IT WAS EVERYTHING.
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There was such a unique strategy to everyone's individual Big Sweep game.
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You never knew what a team's first move would be.
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Except you did because everyone went straight to the deli and grabbed all the meat they could.
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The announcer's commentary tried to help guide you through their purchases...
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And you tried to understand what the contestants were yelling...
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But you literally had no idea what was going on because it was filmed like everyone was running from the Blair Witch.
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WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY IT WAS THE BEST GAME SHOW EVER.
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To top it off, the show was female-empowering because the soccer moms always had the highest totals.
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Like, always.
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No but seriously, don't mess with the soccer moms.
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The last challenge sent the winning team running around the grocery store like it was New Year's Eve '99, looking for the $5,000 grand prize.
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Which is more like grocery money for a week after taxes.
When a team found the whopping $5,000, it was the BEST THING EVER.
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It was like an Amazing Race season finale in EVERY EPISODE.
However, if teams couldn't solve the clues fast enough, they didn't win the $5,000.
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But even if a team did lose, they were still happy.
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BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE BEST GAME SHOW EVER.
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And because it was only $5,000.
So next time you're at the checkout counter and you hear the beep...
Please come back, David Ruprecht.
