The new game show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" poses a very serious question. The question of course is, are you smarter than a fifth grader?

Well I sincerely hope so...unless of course you are in the fourth grade.

Looking solely within the title of this show, there are many sociologic principles including the obsession people have to determine just how smart, or rather, stupid they really are.

Nevertheless, I will allow these questions to be explored by an academic who is itching to write a graduate thesis. I haven't even seen the show, yet the title has encouraged me to come up with a game show of my own.

Drum roll please!

"Are You Smarter than my Dog?"

Sounds intriguing...well it is. This is how it will go down.

I will host this show, and in my hand I will hold a tennis ball. I will then throw the tennis ball and contestants will chase after it, pick it up, and bring it back to me.

However, here's the twist!

Sometimes I will pretend the throw the ball. When I do this, if the contestant chases after the ball, looks around for minute, does not find it, and then with a confused look on their face realizes that I had been holding the ball the whole time...a prize will be won!

The prize is that the contestant gets to kill themselves, and everybody wins!

Kind of dark, but I think it could be a success, if I could only figure out how to make it so people get to vote on the results.