[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 12:59 PM\']So many of the specifics have thankfully been lost to memory, though I know there are at least two other members who could tell you more. Mostly it was the flighty Tilton, who had no skills as a host and seemed to think that it was her job to flirt with...well, just about everybody.
The only celebrity panelist I recall is Gil Gerard, twenty years out from Buck Rogers, so that gives you an idea about the star wattage. There were five celebrities scattered at individual desks and Tilton would come up to each one individually, a little like the setup on
Just Men.
The one specific thing I remember about the structure of the main game is that contestants also wrote their answers down, all the celebrity answers were revealed FIRST, and THEN the contestant's answer was revealed to see how many points he collected. Another
Great Moment In Change Just To Change.
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Matt hit upon the worst part of the actual game, namely that the contestants' answers came last instead of first. But more importantly, never has there been a smarmier version of MG; there was a very deliberate attempt on the part of Charlene and the celebrities to be as edgy and titillating as possible, but only for the sake of being edgy and titillating -- it was never fun to watch. Also in the change for change's sake department: the title of the show was MG2 (not Match Game 2... just MG2).
Other celebrities on the debacle were Downtown Julie Brown and Rondell Sheridan, plus two others whom I fortunately can't remember.
I had an opportunity to meet Charlene a year or two ago, and she's a fairly nice person. Let's just say she seemed embarrassed about having been associated with the show...
