Not every idea has to be smart to make it on TV. Sometimes stupid works, too. At the end of busy days in his New York production office, Tad Low will sometimes crank the music loud for his staff to take a dance break. One day someone observed, "How hilarious would this be if we did this in the nude?

It features stripteasers as they dance while disrobing. In each episode, five contestants striptease to a music video, while interviews, soundbites and photos reveal stories about each so-called "pancer". The third season used a format where judges selected the weekly winner.

See our picks. Title: Pants-Off Dance-Off —. Shedding their clothes down to their skivvies while dancing to popular music videos gives some the chance to win bragging rights and cash. For those who weren't around when The Gong Show rose to prominence, but who want the feel of having stumbled upon a countercultural revolution, check out "Pants-Off Dance-Off" on FUSE, which airs late at night on at least one weeknight when I saw it. It has the same look and feel of The Gong Show, and of all the "talent" shows that have come since, it is truest to the original.