Hah, Adam Nedeff lived a few doors down from me during college! He's a gameshow historian and has this incredibly huge collection of VHS taps of gameshows!
The first movie was total crap. Recasting it like this is the only way to save the franchise. And, admit it, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was pretty terrible as Cobra Commander, so it's probably good that he's not reprising the role in this one.
Haha, Hamada's wife looks genuinely confused.