"Match Game" host will be...

[inturnaround]

According to their posts on the comedy fanboard "A Special Thing", the new host of Fremantle's "Match Game" remake will not be longtime LA live show host (and former "National Lampoon's Funny Money" emcee) Jimmy Pardo, but instead former "Mad TV" cast member Andy Daly.

While I'm sad Jimmy didn't get the gig, I'm glad it went to someone as sharp as Andy.

No official word outside of these posts, however. The AST board is well-known as a hang-out for comedians and both Andy Daly and Jimmy Pardo post there. (AST produces Pardo's podcast "Never Not Funny"...on which Daly has been a guest on a few occasions)

[BrandonFG]

At first I was horrified at the choice, then realized I was thinking of Andy Dick.

I remember Daly from doing one season of MadTV, but don't remember any significant sketches he appeared in (maybe because I thought the 2001 season was horrible and filled with way too many "Stuart" sketches).

Would like to have seen Pardo get a shot, but I'm interested to see where Daly can go with this.

[inturnaround]

He was Ben Franklin on that memorable episode of "The Office" and he was the announcer in Will Ferrell's "Semi-Pro".

No doubt the man is funny and he has made me laugh many times. I think he's now the least of our worries when it comes to the remake. What will they do for a panel?

[xavier45]

Buzzerblog posted this morning that on the Audience Casting notice, two celebs are listed. Those two celebs are Sarah Silverman and Norm Mcdonald.

Here is the page for the Audience: http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/210

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'188346\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 09:49 AM\']
Those two celebs are Sarah Silverman and Norm Mcdonald.
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/it's a big hat
//it's funny
///because it's big

[chris319]

You don't hire a comedian to emcee Match Game. Does anyone not understand why?

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'188352\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 03:08 PM\']
You don't hire a comedian to emcee Match Game. Does anyone not understand why?
[/quote]
Because the material (and subsequently the celebrities) should make the entertainment? With the host making wisecracks as well, you lose someone to moderate the zaniness, and wind up with a clusterfrick of a show, esp. with two established comedians on the panel?

[tpirfan28]

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'188352\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 03:08 PM\']
You don't hire a comedian to emcee Match Game. Does anyone not understand why?
[/quote]
True, but you don't want someone who will be a complete stick up there.

But we all know that they want more comedians for more laughs, even (probably) at the expense of the game.

[Robert Hutchinson]

I think it's fine to hire a comedian, if said comedian is allowed/instructed to keep control first and foremost. I think Gene Rayburn was a very funny man, but he knew when to crack wise and when to move the game along. Also, a good stand-up comedian has experience with "crowd control" and with watching a clock.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'188361\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 03:33 PM\']
I think it's fine to hire a comedian, if said comedian is allowed/instructed to keep control first and foremost. I think Gene Rayburn was a very funny man, but he knew when to crack wise and when to move the game along. Also, a good stand-up comedian has experience with "crowd control" and with watching a clock.
[/quote]
Wasn't Ross Shafer a stand-up comic before delving into talk shows and eventually into the MG90 gig?

/Shafer isn't really on my list of what went wrong with that show.
//Too many Susan Norfleet appearances is high on my list.
///Not to mention Scorch.

[inturnaround]

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'188352\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 03:08 PM\']
You don't hire a comedian to emcee Match Game. Does anyone not understand why?
[/quote]


But not all comedians are the same. Robin Williams /= David Walliams, for example.

Daly's a reserved kind of guy. He's not going to step on peoples lines and he's not going to want to be the center of attention. He'll run the game well and he'll get in a line or two, playing off what the contetants and panel feed him. His improv background will shine through.

[ChrisLambert!]

I'm much more concerned about Sarah destroying the show with her self-absorption.

And I even think she's funny. (Sometimes.)

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'188371\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 06:42 PM\']
I'm much more concerned about Sarah destroying the show with her self-absorption.
[/quote]
My thing with Silverman is that she tries entirely way too hard to be edgy or controversial. If she can just give answers and the occasional wisecrack, then I'm all for it.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'188372\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 06:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'188371\' date=\'Jun 17 2008, 06:42 PM\']
I'm much more concerned about Sarah destroying the show with her self-absorption.
[/quote]
she can just give answers and the occasional wisecrack, then I'm all for it.
[/quote]
Which , as you can bet right now, that just ain't going to happen.

Norm, I think , will be good at this. Sarah, I think, will not.

So far, I'm mixed on this remake. Is the 6 member panel going to be the same every episode?

[whewfan]

I agree. I think Sarah does try WAY too hard to be edgy. Then again, Kathy Griffin can also be very edgy and caustic with her material, but she kept a good restraint as a MG panelist when she did MG with Ricki Lake. I think if they can find a middle ground between the "perfect chemistry" that MG 7x had and the "so risque that over half the answers had to be censored" that MG 98 had, it might be okay. Rosie O'Donnell also might make for a good panelist, because I think when it comes to game shows, she knows it's about playing the game and not about pushing her views which she did on her daytime show.

I am actually relieved that Hilary won't be president only because we had MORE than enough of Bill Clinton stuff on MG 98.