Growing up under the shadows of his father, Rabbi Yitzy Erps, who is a legendary Jewish entertainer, and was a sleep away camp productions extraordinaire, Yisroel, had a unique chance to learn from him, and see how to channel the next generation of talent.
As a young Adult, Producer & Game Show Host, Yisroel Erps, came up with an idea to create a high-end, customizable Jewish game show. An abundance of time and effort was used to research this concept. Within a year or two, the concept became a reality. Hence, in the year 2007, on Chol Hamoed Pesach, at a popular Pesach program, its “Pilot Show” was launched for the very first time. After a very exciting, and well received reaction, 'The Live Game Show', was officially born. At first the plan was for it to go on the “road”, and perform in summer camps. The children of today’s times would be shown that performances that contain clean kosher content can still be a professional upscale modern-day form of entertainment.
Under the company name of, Y.E. Party Productions, the first set of Game Shows were designed and performed all summer long in New York & New Jersey Day Camps as well as Bungalow Colonies Upstate. From there, as the saying goes, “The rest is history!” Requests to perform in Yeshivos and Day Schools started to come in. From there, it just continued onto family Chanukah parties, birthday and Bat Mitzvah parties, too. By the end of its first year The Live Game Show was no longer just a “children’s show”, but it had spread to audiences of every age and crowd, including a whole series of “night out” shows for adults in different Shuls and congregations around the tri-state area. Over the next couple of years, word spread, and The Live Game Show traveled to Pennsylvania and Maryland. Calls even came in to fly to Canada and Florida. Over the last half of a decade, Y.E. Party Productions has produced a whole line of customized game shows to perform at corporate events of highly esteemed companies.
Throughout the years, Yisroel, and his team of programmers, worked closely together to design, write, and produce a series of classic and original game shows that interact with the entire audiences. The Live Game Show is always kept fresh and one step ahead. To date, 13 different game shows have been produced. All have been a big hit since their inception! Over the years, the game show “stage set” has constantly been updated and changed to stay on top of the game. (Pun intended!) In keeping up with the demand, Y.E. Party Productions constantly comes out with brand new game shows, or a new sequel of a previous hit show. This gives summer camps, and repeat customers, a chance to have a new show come to them yearly.
Another added feature to The Live Game Show is its exclusive prize sponsors. Oh! Nuts has been the proud prize sponsor to the game show for six seasons, followed by Klein’s Ice Cream. They became the game show's next exclusive sponsor until the summer of 2020. The entire winning team received prize-cards, which was redeemed in either of their Ice Cream Houses.For Summer 2021 we introduced our newest sponsor yet! We are proud to have joined up with the wonderful organization of "Ein Od Milvado". They sponsored the current new and modern look of the "game show set", with the goal of helping to bring awareness of the concept of 'Ein Od Milvado' to the world! Prizes include Ein Od Milvado/Winning Game Show Pens to the entire audience, as well as a grand prize raffle after each show for an Ein Od Milvado Sweatshirt!!
While it’s been over a decade since its inception, The Live Game Show is going stronger than ever, bringing its years of experience of high-end entertainment to the Jewish Community. At the same time, they always keep true to its original production goal - giving everyone a great form of Kosher Jewish entertainment!