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Scott Thompson and Sarah Silverman to bring their comedic stylings to the new "Match Game"
As we told you back in February, a new edition of the classic 70's game show Match Game is in the works, and now the panelists have been set. Comprising the new cast for the upcoming pilot are comedian Norm McDonald, Super Dave Osbourne, Rashida Jones (from The Office), Niecy Nash (from Reno 911) and best of all, out comedian Scott Thompson and gay-adjacent comic Sarah Silverman. Earlier this month, we blogged about the new versions of classic game shows about to hit the air, and I suggested that if they remade Match Game, they should consider Carson Kressley and Kathy Griffin to replace the 70's Will & Grace style dynamic duo of Bret Sommers and Charles Nelson Reilly. Well, I was close. Just think of Sarah and Scott as the Earth-Two version of Kathy and Carson.
It'll be interesting to see if Sarah's humour (which is an acquired taste) will translate to a game show format, and if she and Scott will be given a chance to form their own Bret & Charles-style rapport. Submitted by on Mon, 2008-06-23 09:05. |
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That could be highly insurgent
I can't see Sarah Silverman behaving herself under normal game show conditions, so this could be really rich. And since Scott Thompson was the mastermind behind the Kids in the Hall "taste test" skit where a guy was asked to stick his pecker behind the curtain into two different holes and decide if he preferred ass or vagina...well, there's another interesting addition to the game show roster.
No matter what the "blank" in the question, I can see both of them filling it with "cock"...as it were.
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I think that's why the revivals keep sinking
I've always thought the joy of the original-recipe Match Game was the fact that they had to employ those ridiculous euphemisms and double entendres to get their points across. It had that "subversive" feel to it, that you were slightly superior because you got the "meaning behind the meaning". Nowadays there is no "wit" involved; you can just say things without worrying about censors or offending people. The 1990-91 revival was the first time I saw how times had changed, and how comics didn't have to be very clever in their responses. Even with CNR on there, you didn't get the same "magic". The 1998 version was even worse, because they didn't even bother with questions that had multiple "clever" answers, instead going for the obvious boob jokes and such.
And of course having all that drinking before, during and after filming of the original didn't hurt, either.