A new feature: Match Game 2008

[thatcrazycajun]

How many of you remember a 1970s CBS game show called Match Game? (Originally the title was followed by the year, as in "Match Game '76.") For those who might have missed out, YouTube has a fairly representative clip.

The questions were often structured such that the blank could be filled by something suggestive, which I suspect was entirely intentional given that the show had a more *ahem* adult atmosphere, being aired in the late afternoons, than some of the other game shows it shared the daypart with, such as its network-mate The Price Is Right. (That one had its racy moments, too, but they were usually edited out before airing.)

With this inspiration, I've decided to toss in a Match Game-like question every so often and see who fills in the blank, and with what. Here's your first one:
Patty the Party Girl said, "I never should have gotten so drunk last night. I woke up this morning and found three _________s in my bed!"

And while we're at it, what present-day celebs would you like to see on a new version of the show? I'd nominate Leslie Jordan of Will & Grace fame for the Charles Nelson Reilly Memorial Chair (third from left, top row).

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

_women_.

And celeb? Peter Jurasik. :)

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

_filkers_

Celebrities? Robin Williams. Please! (Or maybe he should be the MC).

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

_pigs_ _stooges_

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Raccoons!
(I remember that game, I kinda liked it. It got pretty silly sometimes.)

[baggette.livejournal.com]

I loved that show.
I often wondered, at the time, how some of those people were famous. I had never heard of some of them, outside of that show. Now that we have the interwebz, I can find out, easily; without spending years of research viewing. :-)

So, my answer would probably be *Clowns*

Celebrity Guests?
How about Candice Bergen in Brett's seat.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in CNR's chair
Charlie or Martin Sheen in Richard Dawson's chair.

Some guests like Tom Hanks, Don Johnson, Catherine Bell, John Tesh, Mark Harmon, and ????

[ericavdg.livejournal.com]

Lemurs. Don't know why, that's just the first thing that came to mind.

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

How drunk?

Turds. Sorry, that's what came to mind. Really, really drunk.

No nominations, sorry. Brain empty in that category just now.

[beki.livejournal.com]

Three goths, two fairies, and a partridge in a pear tree ;)


I used to loooove Brett Somers :)

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

Omigawd...and she soooo would have given that as her answer, never mind that it didn't really fit the blank! I can even see and hear her doing it...(sorry, show fannishness showing...I'll turn off the geek-out now...*blush*).

[beki.livejournal.com]

I am a sick, sick, sick woman. I used to love Rose Marie too... Both of them were brilliant women and funnier than heck :)

[ldwheeler.livejournal.com]

amigos

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

My first reaction was "Martians". But I'm tired and upset, and probably not thinking clearly. (Which makes me PERFECT to sit on that panel; they did it with booze, which I don't touch, though.)

Charles Nelson Reilly's seat would have to be taken by someone like Eddy Izzard, who would and could say ANYTHING when he felt like it.

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

lampshades

[poltr1]

bottles

Yes, I have fond memories of this show too.

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Frat boys.

(and she managed to sneak out of there before they woke up, so they apparently got so embarrassed at having gone to bed with only Each Other that she hasn't heard a peep of gossip about the incident since!)

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

My other answer was going to be

Great Danes.

which is why she woke up on the floor next to her bed. No room for Patty the Party Girl in her own bed!

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

I wondered about your icon, so I went searching.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide#Potential_health_risk

[kayshapero]

For some reason, the first term that came to mind was "polar bears". How they'd fit I leave as an exercise for the reader...

[netpositive.livejournal.com]

Three Republicans. :)

And I, too, absolutely adored that show. From Gene Rayburn's risque charm right through Richard Dawson's roguishness, it was like a glimpse into a cool adult world where people were snarky yet playful, naughty yet nice.

Brett Sommers and Charles Nelson Reilly were both great, of course, but the truly underrated one for me was Fannie Flagg, who was stuck sitting right in front of Richard (so she knew almost anything she did would get trumped if the construing could be at all naughty) and who wasn't quite starlet/ingenue enough for him to set up and flirt with at the same level he did people like Joyce Brothers, but also she had that awesome Deep South accent and, er, a rather off-beam approach to answers.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]