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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
