I Bet You Will

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I Bet You Will was an Internet webcast, and later a show on MTV that paid people to do outrageous things for money. It was created by Morgan Spurlock, later famous for Super Size Me. Reruns of the series are currently being broadcast on MTV2.

The show was hosted by Spurlock, musician/TV host/model Willa Ford, musician Jive Jones, comedian Godfrey, and Hescher.

[edit] Format

The host selected a participant from a seemingly random group gathered around him or her on a street, at the beach, or on a college campus. The host presents the stunt, and tells the player how much money he or she will win if the dare is successfully completed. If the contestant rejects the amount of money, the host usually raises the bet. As soon as a bet is agreed upon, the player attempts the stunt; if successful, the contestant wins the money; if unsuccessful, he or she wins nothing except for the pity jar from audience members watching.

On several occasions, if the bet is not agreed, the host will ask if someone else in the audience would do it for the same bet, usually entitled "Stolen Bet".

Several segments were shown per episode, the end of which usually showed the contestant saying "I Bet You Will..." followed by the name of the stunt or the thing the contestant had to do.

[edit] Dares

Dares used on I Bet You Will included the following:

Eating or drinking a concoction of gross items or rotten food a la Fear Factor (cod liver oil was a staple of the show)
Enduring public humiliation for a fixed period of time, usually involving being covered in a disgusting substance and/or being stripped to nearly naked (such as having to wear a thong with udders, getting painted as a cow, and eating wheat grass)
Having unusual things done to one's hair or body (for example, getting a mullet or having one eyebrow shaved off)
Having a prized possession (such as a wallet with everything inside or one's college textbooks) damaged, destroyed, or otherwise irreplaceably taken away - this was sometimes paired with a stunt which if lost meant that the player lost the possession and got nothing in return
Having one's money shredded, placed in a bowl, and mixed with a gross food, which the contestant then had to eat for a bigger payoff
Being blindfolded while receiving a tattoo of someone else's choice
Being waxed in public
Asking for wedgies and getting paid a fixed amount per wedgie
Rolling dice, spinning a wheel, or grabbing a rubber duckie and performing the stunt on a fixed bet

Occasionally, bonuses were offered if a player could complete or endure a second dare while performing the first one; failure to complete such a dare sometimes caused the player to fail the first one and lose everything. The host also occasionally offered to double the bet on the condition that the contestant ate 2-3 more things, performed a dare naked, allowed his or her best friend to aid in the humiliation.