Why so much fluff?

[Cranky]

Why does the show waste so much time in jokes and chitchats? The jokes are not funny, and the contestants' jobs are of no interests.

If they cut out all these irrelavent stuff, they could put in two or three extra rounds. Shows like Jeopardy got it right -- lean and mean.

[Dale]

Jeopardy has a whole segment after the first break talking about the contestants!