One of my favorite bar discussions at my previous place of business was putting together a Match Game panel based on people at the office. We immediately figured out the Brett and Charles spots, solved the Dawson/Martin and White/Flagg seats shortly thereafter, but went back and forth on the two "flavor of the week" seats on the left side. When we finally had it mapped out, it hit me that two people who were born well after the Rayburn era shows ended knew exactly what and who I was talking about.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Canada's Comedy Network has done a remake of Match Game that I just > discovered. They've added lots of lights and music cues and animations > and fast money rounds. They made the "stars" raise their hands, shout > "pick me," and generally feign enthusiasm for Super Match. They did > all those things and more... and made it almost completely > unwatchable. > > http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/MatchGame > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:27 AM, K.M. Richards <richard...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Friday, February 22, 2013 2:33:54 PM UTC-8, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > >> > >> One of my favorite shows of all time continues to be "The Match Game," > >> reruns of which I continue to watch regularly. The problem is that > >> gameshows got too elaborate. > > > > > > I TiVo Gene Rayburn & Co. every weekday morning at 5:30 from GSN and > enjoy > > it with my breakfast. > > > > Kevin's right: The simplicity of both the set and the game make it much > more > > fun to watch. The "glitz and glamour" of the more recent game shows > quite > > honestly give me a headache and I find no joy in watching them (although > GSN > > does seem to rerun a lot of those in the daytime hours). > > > > Reading Kevin's post, I realize that the only elaboration "Match Game" > had > > was the revolving platform with the contestants on one side and the Super > > Match on the other, the neon sign with the amount of the exact celebrity > > match question, and the stylized (?) titles at the top of the show which > > looked like it was illuminated with a set of Christmas tree lights. > Almost > > too cheesy to not be fun. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.