What is Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee?

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee is a comedy panel show loosely based on a traditional spelling bee. Created and presented by New Zealand comedian Guy Montgomery, the show features four comedians competing in rounds designed to be entertaining and infuriating. It originated as a New Zealand television series on Three and later expanded into an Australian adaptation on the ABC.

What we know

• The show is a comedy panel show created and presented by Guy Montgomery and co-hosted by Sanjay Patel in New Zealand. [2]
• In each episode, four comedians participate in rounds where the goal is to spell words or names. [2, 3]
• The loser of each episode is required to wear a dunce cap in the Dunce's Corner. [2, 3]
• An Australian version of the television series was commissioned by the ABC and co-hosted by Aaron Chen and later Sam Campbell. [3]

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• whoWho is Guy Montgomery?
• compared withHow does the Australian version differ?
• whenWhen did the first New Zealand series air?
• the bigger pictureWhat are comedy panel shows?
• whereWhat other shows air on Three in New Zealand?
• an unexpected connectionHow did a podcast lead to television success?Guy Montgomery is also known for creating the long-running podcast The Worst Idea of All Time with Tim Batt before launching his successful spelling bee television franchise.

Sources

• [1]Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (Wikidata Q117196197) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (Australian TV series) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Guy Montgomery · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Guy Williams (comedian) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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