many movies based on books, they added some stuff not in the book to make
up for the stuff in the book that doesn't make it to screen because its
cerebral not audiovisual. In this case they added the television show
where the audience is supposed to participate:
"We are having a party, who should we invite?"
"What should we eat?"
"What decorations should we have. "
"You are just fantastic!"
Except that the director and cinematographer made this about as sinister as
possible.
Welll.... I hate the way childrens television programs do that too.