On Jan 5, 8:36 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > For the past several weeks, I have watched more "Match Game" than any > other show. It has kept me laughing. In an effort to share the > laughter, I've decided to start posting some of the show's > fill-in-the-blank questions, along with a screen grab of one of the > better answers by a celebrity panelist. Feel free to add your own > answer, and join in the fun. > > http://www.tvornottv.net/2010/01/05/match-game-for-1510/ > > And here's some music while you contemplate your answer. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2416505/matchgame73.wav > > And, yes, all this is part of my campaign to bring this series back, > and not another chintzy, syndicated version that doesn't hold a candle > to the classic installments.
Fremantle did a pilot for Fox a few years ago for prime time, with the new title "What the Blank?" and Fred Willard hosting. From what I hear, it was better than anyone expected, but not exploitative enough for Mike Darnell, obviously. The problem I have is that to me the 70s version was classic lightning- in-a-bottle, even if it was Goodson-Todman using people they knew would work from other panel shows. It will be difficult to get anything close to the exact same chemistry (or lack of, in Dawson's last months with the show) that the 70s version had.
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