A Look Back pt II...

I understand some of the base desires for a clip show. You get a full-length episode with all the primary actors, you get to showcase the best of the season and only have to weave a thin storyline to tie the clips together. Because let's face it, shows are expensive. The cast of Friends make ridonkulous amounts of cash, and apart from having them act on an empty stage [not a bad idea]...

But what really got me thinking about this was on the other night. There's a game show out there called Street Smarts, a version of The Tonight Show's JayWalking where contestants guess random people's answers to questions.

I've always read that game shows are fairly cheap to produce, so it was odd to see that they were airing a clip show.

All of this leads me back to my main question.

Who came up with this idea? Was it just to pad out the total episode count? After all, two clip shows equal about 2/3 of an original episode, and if you can pull it off, you only need 1 or 2 cast members.

Just wondering...