ROSSITER: I feel like there are a few items that, in this new foodie world that we live in, that exist on our shelves that probably didn't back then. I think any items like that, that would feel extraneous, didn't make it into our supermarket. I can't think of an item that's gone down in value since 2000, at least that's on our shelves. KAUBLE: I think, overall, most things have gone up by, we'll call it 15, 20%. Are there items that you feel like, on the shelves, that might've been more expensive in the past, and are now less expensive now, or vice versa?
It speaks a lot to Leslie's fandom of Supermarket Sweep.
So to have a host reach out to a production company saying, "I love this show and I want to be attached to it," you just don't hear about very often. You might even be in pre-production, and be four or five weeks out from shooting, still trying to lock down that host. KAUBLE: I've been doing game shows for a long time and usually, one of the hardest things to do is to figure out who that host is going to be. She was attached as an executive producer from before day one, and then participate in it, and continues to participate on a daily basis now that we're in post-production. She went out with Fremantle to all of the major buyers, and they sold this version of Supermarket Sweep. So Leslie Jones was a prime mover, well before Wes or I were even a twinkle in any of their eyes. She had her manager, I think, find out who owned the property, and she approached Fremantle. So as she became somebody with more power and more influence in the world, she looked at the projects that she'd be interested in participating in.
It's a memory that she will tell you, with full gusto and a lot of emotion, she's still mad at that partner and that circumstance. Leslie Jones auditioned to be on Supermarket Sweep in the 90s - because her partner left the auditions early, through no fault of Leslie's own, she didn't make it onto the show. ROSSITER: Earlier than you're going to believe, because Fremantle is the company that owns the intellectual property that is Supermarket Sweep, and they've owned it for a while. The show's been in development for quite some time - at what point did she feel like the right person to take on the host role? I want to talk a little bit about Leslie Jones, because she's such a force. The elitism question's really interesting, just because, for some reason, I'm now thinking about that famous political moment where George Bush was at a supermarket during the campaign, and he didn't know the price of milk. So it makes it really fun for everyone to watch. Whether they can get to it or not in time is different.
I think the thing we've talked about a lot, Alycia, and that I tell people when I tell them about the show, is if you don't know the answer to our question, and then we tell you the answer, and you go, "Oh, well, I've heard of Glad Cling Wrap," or "I've heard of Bounce." On other shows, if you don't know the answer, and then we say, "It's the Lighthouse at Alexandria," you're like, "What?" Every answer we have on our show, everyone's heard of it at some point. KAUBLE: That's one of the things that's really interesting when you go back and watch episodes that are on Netflix now, or whatever it is, those brands are still the brands we're using in our show. You have to have lived on Earth and have a big heart. You don't have to have exceptional trivia talent, or you don't have to have the best memory.