Cliché Corner   

" 'The fear factor,' the networks and the newsmagazines call it, when in truth it is not in the nature of fear to be just a factor."
The New Republic

"There is a legitimate fear factor in the Winter Games, whether it's Kelly Clark flinging herself out of the lip of the halfpipe, or Jonny Moseley risking his neck."
Seattle Times

"You snicker...for the same reason you snicker at the dolts who will swallow anything on 'Fear Factor,' not because you think you would do any better but because you at least are smart enough not to allow cameras to document you gagging on your own ego."
Chicago Sun-Times

"The plot concerns aliens kidnapping parents, but the fear factor remains low."
St. Petersburg Times

"Sometimes we're forced to eat things we don't like – as kids, for example, or contestants on 'Fear Factor' – or even as bargain hunters."
Minneapolis' Star Tribune

"Forget lying in a pit of snakes or eating goats' eyeballs. This is the real fear factor."
San Francisco Chronicle

"Most of these events are as edgy as a Chris Rock monologue. It's 'Fear Factor' without the rats."
Seattle Times

"You think 'Fear Factor' contestants face scary challenges? They're nothing like yours. You're hoping to meet someone special – a significant other."
Cleveland's Plain Dealer