It’s Blackjack Baby
A fast, funny, high-stakes game built around cards, instinct, risk and big personality. Simple to understand, exciting to watch and instantly playable with an audience.
Four original, audience-tested game show formats, ready to pitch to television or perform live for corporate audiences.
Steve Laister has presented these game shows live for more than 30 years. Now co-presented with Lorna Amy Sullivan, the formats have been propelled to a whole new level of energy, chemistry and entertainment.
They know what makes a format land: pace, jeopardy, laughter, audience connection and presenters who can think on their feet.
These are not ideas trapped on paper. They are performance-tested, audience-ready entertainment formats that can be played live for television executives as a pitch, adapted for independent television production, or delivered as a brilliant corporate evening of interactive entertainment.
Each show has a clear hook, a live-room energy and the kind of flexible structure that can grow from stage to screen.
A fast, funny, high-stakes game built around cards, instinct, risk and big personality. Simple to understand, exciting to watch and instantly playable with an audience.
A rapid-fire format where pressure, speed and chaos become the entertainment. Perfect for contestants who think they can stay calm until the clock starts moving.
A gloriously silly, sideways quiz where the wrong things matter, the unexpected becomes the point and laughter is baked into the format.
A football-themed entertainment format for fans, families and corporate audiences, packed with rivalry, trivia, challenges and terrace-style energy.
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A glimpse of one of the original live game show formats in action.
These formats are designed to be experienced live, with the rules, rhythm, presenter chemistry and audience reaction happening in the room.
Turn an awards night, conference, private function or company celebration into a live game show experience hosted by performers who know how to hold a room.
The formats are built from decades of live experience, so the focus is always on clarity, momentum, laughter and entertainment that works in front of people.
Comedy, vocals, improvisation and warmth give the shows a presenter-led identity that feels polished, playful and unmistakably live.
We are not looking for people to pitch game shows to us. We want to present our own original formats properly: live, in the room, with real people playing, reacting and laughing.
If a television executive, independent production company or development team wants to see the formats properly, Lorna & Laister will travel anywhere in the world at our own expense to present them as live show formats to your staff and crew.
Because a game show only truly makes sense when you can feel the pace, jeopardy, laughter and audience connection in real time.
For corporate entertainment bookings, live event enquiries or television format conversations, contact Lorna & Laister.