Kevin Pollak & Jeff Apploff on Million Dollar Money Drop: "I've Never Experienced the Type of Tension and Intensity That You Feel From the First Second"

Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak (host) and executive producer Jeff Apploff ("Don't Forget the Lyrics!") spoke with Premier Guide Miami's Daedrian McNaughton about FOX's new high-stakes game show Million Dollar Money Drop, premiering Monday, December 20 (8-10 p.m. Premier Guide Miami sat down to find out what that means — and what comes next.

FOX's Million Dollar Money Drop, created by Endemol (the producers behind "Deal or No Deal"), gives two contestants $1 million in cold, hard cash at the start of the game. All they have to do to keep it is correctly answer seven multiple-choice questions. Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak hosts the show, which premiered Monday, December 20 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) and aired four consecutive nights through December 23. Executive producer Jeff Apploff previously produced "Don't Forget the Lyrics!"

Kevin Pollak on the most important lesson about money from the show: "I don't know that I've learned a lesson about money other than: if you ever have the ridiculous opportunity to face that much in cash, be as focused as a couple in your determination to work together to hold onto it. No one who's been on the show has ever faced a million dollars in cash, let alone had to physically move it onto correct answers in order to hold onto it. Maybe the lesson is: have a little more compassion for the loss of money. Other than that, it's a damn good time watching a game."

Jeff Apploff on the key strategic insight: "The one thing that Kevin and I both really did find out — not specifically just about money, but about our game — is if you're not 100% sure, then go ahead and spread your money out. In every other game show there's one answer and you can only risk your money on one answer. Here we tell them: if you're not 100% sure, spread it out. When you reach the seventh question the rules remain the same — there are only two drops and you have to risk all of your money on one of them. So if you're not spreading your money around in the last few questions just to make sure, unless you're 100%, that's where people really get hurt."

Jeff Apploff on viewer engagement: "I've never experienced the type of tension, the type of drama, the type of intensity that you feel from the first second. You have a million dollars in your hands and your whole job is to hold onto it through every single question. None of our questions are like the early gimmes on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. There's always the possibility of spreading your money around. From the first second you're taking a million dollars and starting to put it down — and if you do feel like you know the answer 100%, you're putting a million dollars on one answer and watching trap doors open and possibly losing it. It is so dramatic and so intense and I think all of America is going to relate to that."

Kevin Pollak on working with Jack Black: "Jack Black is a true original in his energy and comedic style. He's a force to be reckoned with when you watch him. When you work with him, on the other hand, he's an angel and really easy going and super nice and just easily, with absolute ease, the friendliest guy in any room."

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