Match Game making a come back.
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wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(May 02, 2016 11:09 AM)
Alec does seem to have some anger issues and I don't see him as a comic who understands how games shows work. Gene and the panel understood that dead air could destroy a show. I don't think Alec realizes how much light hearted discussion he'd have to do in order to not offend an audience. But I'd like to see a demonstration that proves how talented Gene R. really was.
I don't think Alec will be any worse than Gene since Gene was pretty bad and very un-funny to begin with.
Either we will get the "Brass Balls" or the Capitol One Alec or something in between.
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wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(May 03, 2016 03:01 PM)
I can accept it if it's different or more modern which means things less censored or more raunchy then they were in the 70's.
I don't expect Alec to be any funnier than Gene. He isn't very funny to begin with and I dunno how he does at ad libbing.
Johnny Carson was the king of that. He was great at off the cuff stuff.
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ncoflin — 9 years ago(May 04, 2016 09:14 PM)
I don't think Match Game will work modern day. Why it worked in the 70s is you couldn't be very risky on TV. They had to dance around dirty themes and use innuendo which honestly made it funny. In 2016 the things you can actually say and do on TV are so dirty and over the top I don't think it will work. It only worked originally because of the era it existed in.
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wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(May 04, 2016 09:43 PM)
There are still limits to what they can and cannot say on TV.
Now they can say, "sex" but they still can't say f * * k or get more graphic.
So I think it could still work.
Besides, we'll have to listen for how it is written. They'll find ways to keep it fun as they did before.
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duckyslattery — 9 years ago(May 07, 2016 06:32 PM)
Just look at Family Feud. They make the modern humor work and the host is a big reason why it's popular. So Baldwin will have to be able to do what Steve Harvey has done to keep the show moving along and humorous. But MG is good because all the stars are very relaxed and naturally funny. So today's panelists will have to do the same.
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kapnkirk — 9 years ago(May 10, 2016 10:41 AM)
Alec will soon have a 3rd kid with his much younger wife and is looking for an easy gig that will pay him a fortune. Nice work if you can get it.
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