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Sarah Silverman is a _____ choice for "Match Game"I can credit a sleepless night (thank you, shot of espresso) and the Game Show Network for giving me my first look at the 1970’s game show Match Game. If you haven’t seen any episodes on GSN, I highly recommend dedicating a night of your choice to some retro fun. Nothing is better than watching sweet and innocent Betty White give saucy, innuendo ridden retorts or hearing Charles Nelson Riley make sly remarks commenting on his own sexuality. Sure it’s not that raunchy compared to what’s on TV now a days, but because you know that you are watching something from the early '70s you can’t help but turn into a little girl whose cheeks blush when Vicky Lawrence says the word “boobs." Suddenly you feel as though you shouldn’t be watching such things because your mother may come in and bust you. Thankfully a new generation will get to bare witness to all the mayhem and double entendres when celebrities try to match contestants' answers in the upcoming TBS remake of Match Game.
If you aren’t familiar with how Match Game is played, I’ll give you a short tutorial: Two non-famous contestants (that I’m sure are trying to get famous) go head-to-head and try to fill in a blank that is in a sentence. The object of the game is to match your blank to the panel of celebrities’. The more celebs you match, the more points you earn. The winner gets to take home a brand new washer/dryer, or at least that’s what would happen in the '70s. I’m sure this updated version will have people taking home a few million bucks, or if they're very lucky, an iPod.
Watching the celebrities of the '70s chat, bicker and smoke (who knows what was in their Match Game mugs?) was like being a voyeur at a Hollywood party that the likes of myself would never be invited to. Sexual remarks, sassy quips and put-downs were an every day occurrence and the main reason why viewers tuned in so it’s no wonder that one of the first celebrities TBS decided to cast in the remake of Match Game is Sarah Silverman. Silverman’s sharp tongue and panache for discussing taboo topics with an immeasurable amount of satire may be what makes this show the hit I hope it will be. Joining her will be Norm McDonald, Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall), Rashida Jones (The Office) and Niecy Nash (Reno 911). Niecy Nash I can only imagine the possibilities when this group is put to task on such sentences as: "After coming back from Little Red Riding Hood’s house the Big Bad Wolf said, 'That woman had the biggest blanks I ever saw’." The answer to this question and many more just like can be found when the Match Game premieres on TBS. Until then, you can provide you own answers below (behave AfterEllen.com readers!) Submitted by on June 26, 2008 - 5:00pm. |
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Meanie
You give us a great set up and then tell us to behave?! Meanie!
But to play along, here goes:
"After coming back from Little Red Riding Hood’s house the Big Bad Wolf said, 'That woman had the biggest MUFFINS I ever saw’."
Meanie
Double post, double post. Does whatever a doublepost does."Billy the Butcher was so
"Billy the Butcher was so fat..."
"How fat was he?!"
"Billy the Butcher was so fat instead of pork chops he sold __________?"
Ohh that was lame. I can't remember an actual example of the ones where the audience would yell back but I loved it. I too saw The Match Game on GSN. Best Game Show Ever. And Betty White being raunchy? What could be better?
Fannie Flagg!
Whenever I watch Match Game, I always hope Fannie Flagg is on in her I'm-hooking-up-with-Rita-Mae-Brown-pre-Fried-Green-Tomatoes-Glory.
Thank you, Baby Jesus!
This was SUCH a stupid fun show back in the day. Not sure why my parents let me watch it (or Soap. Or SNL. Or The Newlywed Game.) but I'm sure grateful they did.
Definitely worth checking out on GSN or I think DVDS just came out.
The cast of this revival is amazing. Sarah Silverman as a modern day Brett Somers to Scott Thompson's Charles Nelson Reily?? Fabulous!
Sarah Silverman ROCKS!
Am I alone thinking that Sarah Silverman is a genious? Can't wait to see her rip it up!!!
Sarah+gameshow=pure entertainment!
--Mari
Mari SanGiovanni
Author of: Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer...
www.GreetingsFromJamaica.com
Blankety Blank!!
Aww
Blankety Blank, and the coveted cheque book and pen, and Terry Wogan and his Wogan's Wand mic (later Les Dawson, who I didn't like). BBC Saturday tea time fun...
Rumour has it it's coming back to ITV with Chris Tarrant. Errr, yay. American's get Sarah Silverman, we get Chris Tarrant. Life sucks.
Sold!
Sarah Silverman AND Niecy Nash?! Sold!
If you're not trying to make something better, then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
- Ani DiFranco
hmmm
while i didn't see the old-school version this sounds like it'd be interesting.
"After coming back from Little Red Riding Hood’s house the Big Bad Wolf said, 'That woman had the biggest bling I ever saw’."
oh pff. idk. :)
Sarah Silverman on the Match Game will be BLANK
Answer: so raunchy that not only will your cheeks blush but your head would probably explode.
Err, not so much. Maybe they will reign some of the double entendre in, maybe not but it will sure be blanking fun as blank to watch!
Never met a pearl quite like you that could shimmer and rot at the same time through
But who will play Gene Rayburn?
Used to watch Match Game during sultry, desperately boring summer afternoons on Cape Cod with my friend, Ginny. While tame by today's standards, at the time it felt like we were peeping in on the adult party and it's innuendo-laden humor.
I love Sarah Silverman but feel this is a show that could be very good or really stink up the joint...
<3 Match Game
Hello Dolly.
Looking at the pic, I realized many of them are deceased...except for Betty White...and maybe except for "Dolly"...though I didn't recognize her or remember her at all.
It is times like this when the internet and google come in handy.
Because I found out that "Dolly" is very much still alive and her full stage name is Dolly Read...and she is the widow of Dick Martin who was the co-host of "Laugh-In" and had just passed away this May.
I am wondering who is going to be the new host of this remake as well...part of the fun of Gene Rayburn was that he was a great audience for the panel's jokes.
And Fannie Flagg was a favorite of mine too...weird that her real name is Patricia Neal. Huh.
She has very pretty "blank."
Gene Rayburn's slip of the tongue
lol