It will horrify certain of my friends but I think Steve Harvey is a terrific host for the game show, Family Feud. Now admittedly, I don't watch it often and when I do, it's usually on YouTube so I might be seeing only the best moments. But I think this long, long running game show is not a very good idea that has occasionally been made fun and watchable by only two of its ninety thousand hosts over the years — Richard Dawson and now Steve Harvey.
What I like about Mr. Harvey is that he's funny and he doesn't have a stash of rote responses to whatever happens. He bonds well with the contestants and when things don't go the way they'd like, they still seem to have a great time just being with him. So many game show hosts seem to be on auto-pilot and he's flying freely.
Here's a segment from Family Feud in Botswana. That's right: I said Botswana — that place in Africa. The contestants do about as badly as you can do and Harvey makes it entertaining and doesn't embarrass the people who screwed up their chances at Fast Money. By the way: The amount they're playing for is 50,000 pulas. In American money — I looked this up — that's about $3,814…