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The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Drinking Game
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on October 17, 2019, 07:41:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on October 17, 2019, 05:06:09 PM ---I caught only the Super Match last night, for which the audience match was [BLANK] SMITH. MISTER was the top answer,
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At which point I really started to wonder: How? Until two and a half weeks ago, I had no idea this television series ever existed, but in the fall of 1983, it was so at the forefront of the studio audience's mind that it was the most frequently given response. And it was a punchline that everybody understood during not just one, but multiple Match Game questions. How can a TV show be so unpopular that it was off the air in less than three months but so ubiquitous that these celebrities won't stop referencing it?
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Ryan Rinkerman posted on Facebook four examples in the fairly brief run of the series to date where the Super Match answer could be the name of a current NBC show. (The others were KNIGHT ___, REAL___ and ___ BLUES.) Lo and behold, every single time, the top answer was, in fact, the NBC series. Draw whatever conclusions you like.
Eric Paddon:
"We polled a recent studio audience of 100 desperate NBC programmers......."
"Mr. Smith" was a ratings clunker from the get-go. Yanked after 13 weeks and finished 95th for the season. And I'm pretty sure that even long after the cancellation the references continued.
What was really ironic though was that in the MG portion of the show a "Beat The Clock" question came up. "He was so mean when he went on Beat the Clock and lost, he took a stick and beat the BLANK." Six answer match with "host" and two answers referenced Bud Collyer but no one knew that a more recent former host was in the same room doing the announcing!
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on October 18, 2019, 11:31:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on October 17, 2019, 07:41:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on October 17, 2019, 05:06:09 PM ---I caught only the Super Match last night, for which the audience match was [BLANK] SMITH. MISTER was the top answer,
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At which point I really started to wonder: How? Until two and a half weeks ago, I had no idea this television series ever existed, but in the fall of 1983, it was so at the forefront of the studio audience's mind that it was the most frequently given response. And it was a punchline that everybody understood during not just one, but multiple Match Game questions. How can a TV show be so unpopular that it was off the air in less than three months but so ubiquitous that these celebrities won't stop referencing it?
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On his own page or another page? I just went to and requested his page and saw no MG/HS posts. Maybe he has to friend me first?
Ryan Rinkerman posted on Facebook four examples in the fairly brief run of the series to date where the Super Match answer could be the name of a current NBC show. (The others were KNIGHT ___, REAL___ and ___ BLUES.) Lo and behold, every single time, the top answer was, in fact, the NBC series. Draw whatever conclusions you like.
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Is it on his FB or another FB page?
EDIT: Just friended him and there is the post in question. Yep, the REAL mashup of MG/HS was being a placeholder for Santa Barbara AND an infomercial for NBC.
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: JMFabiano on October 18, 2019, 12:38:53 PM --- Yep, the REAL mashup of MG/HS was being a placeholder for Santa Barbara AND an infomercial for NBC.
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Aside from the video wall, the set always seemed rather barren to me and said "Take Match Game and Hollywood Squares and tie them together for a 60-minute slot. We don't need a fancy set, just something to get us through until 'Santa Barbara' is ready."
JakeT:
--- Quote from: Eric Paddon on October 18, 2019, 12:09:00 PM ---What was really ironic though was that in the MG portion of the show a "Beat The Clock" question came up. "He was so mean when he went on Beat the Clock and lost, he took a stick and beat the BLANK." Six answer match with "host" and two answers referenced Bud Collyer but no one knew that a more recent former host was in the same room doing the announcing!
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Is it really that ironic? Keep in mind that Bud Collyer hosted BtC for 11 years on two different networks, both daytime and nighttime...Gene Wood only hosted for 2 years in syndication and it was likely unaired in a number of markets...
JakeT
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