That is what makes it so funny to watch. I’m looking at these shows as dated comedies.
I could laugh at something like this over and over.
For those who don’t know what I was talking about in my earlier post about “Boobs” watch this.
It was like a huge thing to say that word back then. It really is a different world these days.
My most favorite game show moment will always be Family Feud’s Richard Dawson & “September”
There are lot of things that could be said in the 1960’s that would be taboo these days. I remember a Hollywood Squares question to George Gobel:
Can you cross a pumpkin with a watermelon?
Gobel’s zinger:
Yes, but what you get is a jack-o-lantern with an afro
What would happen these days if a new sit-com pilot was developed where man kept his girlfriend/wife trapped in a bottle and she called him “Master”?
Also, here’s another really bad moment on the Pyramid but not by Dick Clark.
Very interesting and funny. I can’t believe that was a big deal.
Now You See It has to get the prize for “Most 1970s-ish Set Decoration”. Dig that shag carpet!
It cracks me up how the contestants have to keep swiveling around and around. They couldn’t think of a better way to do it back then, I guess. Even more hilarious is how the champion sits above them all, high on a throne, waiting to be challenged.
I caught an episode of Match Game recently and wow did it take me back. My mom loved that show and I remember watching it when it ran in the 1970s. Gene Rayburn was a great host and Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly played well off each other.
One of the things I enjoy about GSN and a lot of cable TV in general is how they often show things that remind me of simpler, happier childhood days (Barney Miller marathon, anybody?).
Bri2k
It really was an improve comedy show pretending to be a game show.
I watched PRess Your Luck when they aired it on GSN a few years ago. Now I miss it dearly
But does the Game Show Network have Numberwang?
I used to like to watch the old reruns of Let’s Make A Deal.
The prizes were amazing - orange shag carpeting, those yellow kitchen appliances (one had a fridge with a built in radio/tape deck!), small color TV’s without a remote that listed for $1000, really crappy furniture…and knowing that every prize you saw was long ago sent to some landfill.
it was a step back in time to see what was considered cutting edge technology and fashion back then.
I miss Wheel of Fortune’s early days when it was still PERSON PLACE or THING. Hell, I even kinda miss the original daytime version with contestants “buying” prizes!
I assume you mean to link to the classic clips but I don’t really remember any of them.
No, I meant the ceramic Dalmatian that they had back when they had to spend their winnings on the objects they had on the show. It was usually the last thing they ended up “buying” and eventually the audience would laugh at that. It was a regular staple of classic Wheel of Fortune.
“And I’ll take the rest on a gift certificate, Pat.”