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UPDATED With Eyewitness Report!! TV FUNHOUSE’s Robert Smigel Utilizing Norm Macdonald & Sarah Silverman To Revive MATCH GAME??

April 1st? by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 02:53:15 PM
It fucking must be for this to be true...
Wow CecilBenedict... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 02:54:30 PM
Repressing any emotions there at all? Anything you need to tell us? You'll feel better for it, just be brave and come out.
And CecilBenedict... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 02:57:04 PM
I don't consider it beyond the realms of possibility, I just consider it almost too good to be true in terms of comedy value, assuming they all deliver the goods they're capable of.
CecilBenedict... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 02:58:31 PM
I'll meet you behind the bus-shelter at 8. Bring the strap-on that sings 'Uncle Fucka' on a loop...
Bring Rashida with you... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 03:06:13 PM
I'm still not fully converted to the 'back side' yet. She might spice things up. And has this turned into the LordPorkington and CecilBenedict Show or something? Where in the wide, wide world of sport is everyone? I bet the dirty bastards are waiting for us behind that bus-shelter...
Mr Mcpoops! Just the person we need... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 03:08:14 PM
And despite your opinion of TV's Funhouse, you have to admit that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is funny. Go on. Admit it! That character is purely Smigel with a rubber dog on his hand ripping the shit out of people. Sheer brilliance.
chlorophil, more like borophil... right...right? by seabiscuits	Jun 20th, 2008 03:10:45 PM
rob smigel is the best. so is norm macdonald.
R.I.P. Gene Rayburn by CarmillaVonDoom	Jun 20th, 2008 03:17:39 PM
Nobody will ever come CLOSE to his crazy-uncle vibe. Greatest game-show host of all time. Period.
It'll be better than Blankety Blank... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 03:18:00 PM
With Lily Savage. Nobody can surpass the brilliance of Les Dawson on the UK version of Match Game though. And before anyone suggests Terry Wogan, you can fuck right off.
the question is by Bloo	Jun 20th, 2008 03:19:47 PM
can he keep up with the level of comedians, will we ACTUALLY see Sarah Silverman on MatchGame or was it just for the piolet McDonald I can see doing Match Game, I'm not sure what else he is doing nowadays, but yeah the other question is who will be the "Richard Dawson" of this new version of Match Game if they get it off the ground
This would be my favorite show! by futureman3000	Jun 20th, 2008 03:28:12 PM
Order 100 episodes TBS, Sarah Silverman, Norm Macdonald and Super Dave are 3 of the funniest people alive.
This sounds AWESOME by hst666	Jun 20th, 2008 03:32:27 PM
This could be REALLY FUNNY. This is also the first I learned that Super Dave was Al Brooks brother.
Loved the original as well. by hst666	Jun 20th, 2008 03:38:21 PM
I was between the ages of 5 and 8 I believe. However, I have caught a couple on the GSN and they were amusing. If Smigel can bring in some good comedy anchors (PLEASE NORM!!) then this could rock.
Color me excited by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jun 20th, 2008 03:50:22 PM
I'm not a big Silverman fan, but the other names are very appealing to me. Plus, I used to watch Match Game religiously on GSN for years. The question is, who will be our token gay guy to replace the irreplacable Charles Nelson Riley? Bruce Villanch? Mario Cantone? Rip Taylor? This reintroduction of a classic will be made or broken on the quality of the regulars, and their chemistry. Nobody gives a "blank" about the game itself.
I smell a Bruce Vilanch sighting in the near future. by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jun 20th, 2008 03:53:39 PM
I don't know, without Gene, CNR and Brett Somers I just don't know if I can bring myself to watch. Unless Norm and Sarah will be around a lot, then yeah.
YES! by Quint	Jun 20th, 2008 03:58:39 PM
I LLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEE EEEE Match Game. How are they going to top Gene Rayburn in terms of sense of humor and kid-toucher-esque creepiness?
that could work by jccalhoun	Jun 20th, 2008 04:02:17 PM
if they have these people and the comedians that are the regulars on the Comedy Central roasts this could be fun. Put it on at 10pm and take advantage of being on cable to make it edgy.
Dumb Dora by NinjaChampion	Jun 20th, 2008 04:04:53 PM
this is fantastic news. I've wanted this show to come back for awhile now. I was thinking someone like Andy Richter would be a good host, but Smigel is good too.
As long as Norm can answer every blank with by skimn	Jun 20th, 2008 04:22:20 PM
CRACK WHORE!!!
?????????????????? by MR. MURDOCH	Jun 20th, 2008 04:30:06 PM
I thought Lorne exiled Norm McDonald to like the third realm of Hades, never to be seen again...I haven't heard his name in years... I know he has (or had) his fans, but I personally couldn't stand him...
Who will wear the Nelson Reilly Ascot? by m.dung	Jun 20th, 2008 04:33:47 PM
This was a great show in the 70's. I think McDonald would make a better host. I can hear him now: Johnny always put butter on his _____. Baba ba ba ba ba ba ba.
Can TBS follow Comedy Central's lead by skimn	Jun 20th, 2008 04:39:36 PM
and air this at 1am like Secret Stash, and air it uncensored?? Then add in comics like Louis CK and Robert Schimmel and I'll be there.
The thrill of Match Game in the '70s by skimn	Jun 20th, 2008 04:40:48 PM
...teehee..they said "boobies"..teehee
Bob Einstein was also Super Dave Osbourne. by Rev. Slappy	Jun 20th, 2008 04:50:29 PM
I would love to see him and his brother together in something again, love his bit in Modern Romance.
They must get Scott Thompson from Kids in the Hall! by TotoroSan	Jun 20th, 2008 04:50:44 PM
Just think about it. He could do the Buddy Cole act and be the perfect gay stereotype replacement for Charles Nelson Reilly.
Dave Attel is doing (another) New Gong Show by Logo Lou	Jun 20th, 2008 04:51:42 PM
for Comedy Central.
I love this idea!!! by snowpuff	Jun 20th, 2008 04:53:01 PM
But who's going to watch it? I guess it won't matter if it costs nothing to produce, which it won't.
Fuck yeah... by wash	Jun 20th, 2008 04:54:07 PM
...on every single bullet point on this bitch.
Jimmy Pardo... by rheimbro	Jun 20th, 2008 05:00:20 PM
should be the host of this show, he does a great job hosting every month at the UCB in LA.
norm by posbasso	Jun 20th, 2008 05:12:23 PM
Sucks the worst. One of the worst comics on SNL. His voice worked for Death, but otherwise--HE SUCKS!!! Sarah Silverman isn't much better...
Rev. Slappy... by LordPorkington	Jun 20th, 2008 05:47:30 PM
Did you read the article? It states quite clearly that Bob Einstein is Super Dave Osbourne, but thanks for reconfirming that for us ya mook!
Ressurect Patti Deutsch's career by Ingeld	Jun 20th, 2008 05:47:35 PM
and Fannie Flagg while you are at it.
Bob Einstein/Super Dave by skimn	Jun 20th, 2008 05:59:41 PM
also played George Bluth Sr.'s "eyes and ears" on Arrested Development. Gotta sneak in an Arrested plug.
You forgot that Bob 'Super Dave' Einstein is . . by Oski	Jun 20th, 2008 06:25:28 PM
Also the surrogate on Arrested Development.
I'll take Whoopie for the block. by fiester	Jun 20th, 2008 06:55:20 PM
Sorry, wrong show.
The best thing about the old Match Game by fiester	Jun 20th, 2008 06:56:18 PM
Was how the whole panel of celebs were all smoking and drinking up a storm. If they keep that aspect of it, I'd watch.
Totorosan, good call on Buddy Cole character by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jun 20th, 2008 07:07:10 PM
as I had forgotten that very amusing gay stereotype. However, as filthy as Scott can get with his Buddy character, they might just black out that whole part of the screen each episode!
Blank A Doodle Doo! by RenoNevada2000	Jun 20th, 2008 07:21:27 PM
I've been hooking my 11 year old step-daughter on the reruns on Game Show Network. This is so great!
Blank Willow by RenoNevada2000	Jun 20th, 2008 07:22:14 PM
I wrote it kind of sloppy gene, so I have a sloppy Pussy.
norm won all that money, then blew it at the track by bacci40	Jun 20th, 2008 08:06:24 PM
and sorry, no gene...no matchgame...no charles nelson reilly...no match game....this will be like the hollywood squares redux
video from Match Game '74 by Sir Loin	Jun 20th, 2008 08:08:19 PM
fiester is right, they were all loaded and that's what made it great! Here's a classic segment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6kRs7F2bJgo I remember watching that after school in the afternoon! No WAY they'd allow that today.
Now this is a great idea!!! by picardsucks	Jun 20th, 2008 08:08:35 PM
Hope they don't script it and let them wing it like the original!!! Charles Nelson Riley was such a funny motherfer. I also hope they sit around drinking scotch on the rocks and chain smoking like the original. THis better be completely non PC with plenty of offcolor unappropriate jokes.
i dont think you guys get what was great about the original by bacci40	Jun 20th, 2008 08:15:25 PM
first, the game show itself (like groucho's you bet your life) was secondary to the comedy...but the reason the comedy worked was because the people on stage usually played straight....never dirty....so what if sarah silverman uses double entendres...shes a dirty jewish whore who likes sucking italian cock...so what if norm is funny...thats his fucking job....now get sean connery and maybe we have a deal...
This should be hosted by... by mr_macphisto	Jun 20th, 2008 08:49:02 PM
...Dave Foley.
SNL version, anyone? by theBigE	Jun 20th, 2008 09:00:54 PM
It was the one thing that made me laugh on the episode when Shia Lebouf hosted this spring! Shia's Doug Henning-type magician was hilarious. The cast was being questioned about the murdered host. Did anyone else see that and laugh like I did? Oh, and this sounds great. I couldn't tell in the article who was hosting, however.
Enthusiasm by jackofhearts29	Jun 20th, 2008 10:39:27 PM
rising... falling... falling... rising... falling... falling... gone... blissful neutrality
Smigel's voice = Gene Rayburn by Merkin Muffley	Jun 20th, 2008 10:53:32 PM
He sounds just like him!
Norm Macdonald by ChetPussy	Jun 21st, 2008 12:18:15 AM
I really believe norm macdonald is one of the funniest people on the planet. His bits on Conan might be the funniest late night moments in history especially his quip about courtney thorn smith's movie with carrot top and his larry flint impression. Check them out on youtube. Even his recent appearence on the daily show riffing on the crocodile hunter was pure gold. Its really too bad he isn;t more popular
Fireproof...dont diss on the animation by bacci40	Jun 21st, 2008 05:01:09 AM
my friend does it, and he works damn hard...and i like his stuff...dont make me show you the back of my pimp hand...smigel writes the scripts
theBigE by haggardatbest	Jun 21st, 2008 07:58:52 AM
That sketch was seriously one of the only funny ones all year. Armisen's character had me laughing just by looking at his face. Adding the Paul Lynde voice and shaking we he laughed had me howling.
The fact that Bob Einstein is doing this in character as Super-D by smackfu	Jun 21st, 2008 09:20:41 AM
elevates it a bit. That's a great concept, celebrity characters rather than the actors who play them appearing as guest hosts. What I wouldn't give to see "and also, from San Diego's Channel 4 News team, weatherman Brick Tamland"
Aren't the Dean Martin roasts the knock offs? by INWOsuxRED	Jun 21st, 2008 03:55:28 PM
The pussified version of the Friar's Club roasts, made for the early days of network TV?
I hope they leave in all 9/11 jokes by INWOsuxRED	Jun 21st, 2008 03:59:30 PM
The fact that the audience booed just makes me want to see it even more.
Norm McDonald was funny? by ironburl	Jun 21st, 2008 05:18:36 PM
When? Somebody link me to a youtube clip, because I've seen his sour, grumpy, puss on TV hundreds of times and I've only ever felt like pushing him down a flight of stairs. If you can't find a clip, let me kn ow the name of a movie, skit, or even a funny line he ever had. I can TOTALLY see the reviewer's claim that he sucked the energy from the room. He is like a fun leech.
by Chest_Rockwell	Jun 21st, 2008 09:37:35 PM
I've always thought Match Game would be the prime game show to update. You can say soooooooooo much more on tv than you could in the 70's. Plus, you also have the entire "tech" vocabulary that wasn't even in existence.
U23D by Series7	Jun 21st, 2008 09:40:00 PM
Amazing movie if you missed it you suck. Not amazing because of U2 but because of the 3D part.
ah, it's now confirmed by necgray	Jun 21st, 2008 10:06:53 PM
Well, now that I read your post in this TB, Fireproof, it's evident to me that you're a Disney corporate shill. You've been arguing with me about the Muppets because I badmouthed Disney, so you decided that I was the enemy. So what, did YOU do the Disney internship and make a wot of weawwy cwose fwiends and you don't wike it when peowe awe mean to ol' Walty and his company? Tell you what, instead of getting uptight about anti-Disney sentiment, go rub up against your stuffed Mickey doll.
Fireproof by jmyoung666	Jun 22nd, 2008 10:51:55 AM
Did you lose your sense of humor?
haggardatbest by theBigE	Jun 22nd, 2008 11:48:51 AM
Glad someone else enjoyed that sketch too! I agree with the reviewer - keep it naughty, not filthy. That was part of the charm!
with those guests and that producer... by necgray	Jun 22nd, 2008 12:06:31 PM
I'm wondering if this isn't some bizarre hipster meta-joke on Smigel's part. Mocking the "ooh, aren't we naughty?" aspect of the original Match Game by having genuinely dirty comedians...
I'd like to see it given a shot, so we could see for ourselves by 2for2true	Jun 22nd, 2008 12:27:44 PM
Loved the show growing up - always thought is was a shame that it didn't keep going a la the Price is Right. The cast sounds great, but evidently Norm MacDonald is someone you either love or hate. I thought he was great on My Name is Earl, doing his great Burt Reynolds imitation.
By the way, RESCUE ME IS BACK WITH NEW EPISODES!!!!!!!! by 2for2true	Jun 22nd, 2008 12:30:32 PM
Starting June 24th, Rescue Me returns, kind of....with 6-7 minute original episodes at 10:00pm EDT. You're welcome.
Yes, a shill by necgray	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:34:30 PM
You didn't start giving me shit on my Muppet posts until I blamed Disney for what I saw as a lack of understanding of the characters. Then suddenly you decided to take shots at me and the Muppets. You're still calling it an "unwise" investment. If you aren't a Disney shill, why do you care how "wise" or "unwise" their investments are? And who but a Disney shill calls Walt Disney "Uncle W"? And what in the blue hell are you talking about re: earning street cred by bashing Disney??? I actually agree with you that bashing Walt is a yawn, but because it's too easy, not "old". Seriously, name me one "wanna-be-in-yo-face artiste" that earned "street cred" bashing Walt Disney? Yeah, I didn't like the Venture Brothers until the Brisbee episode. They weren't "hip" until they made fun of Disney...
I don't think shill is the right word by INWOsuxRED	Jun 22nd, 2008 07:43:02 PM
although I wouldn't doubt he owns a denim jacket covered with disney character patches that he wears everywhere.
Muppets Wizard of Oz: ABC by necgray	Jun 22nd, 2008 11:07:47 PM
"Nothing to do with"? And since you love to not clarify what exactly you mean by "pitiful failures", how about this time you do? Or is it easier to make your point with groundless hyperbole? And as long as we're talking shelf-life of a mocking point, let's discuss this "threadbare" word you seem to love. Since the puppets themselves get rebuilt, refurbished, or recreated every couple of years. Or do you mean threadbare as in nobody cares? Because I believe we've been over that territory and the fact that Muppet projects keep coming up and the fact that Disney bought them for multi-millions should really prove you wrong by this point. Honestly, how "threadbare" is Mickey freaking Mouse? In any case, I'm sure you'll have some snarky, stupid reply to this. As much as you give me a headache, I think I'll let it go now.
The Match Game has been brought back before! by RicardoMontalban	Jun 23rd, 2008 07:07:59 PM
What's happened to originality in Hollywood? The original "Match Game" worked because of the unique chemistry between host Gene Rayburn and a few of the regulars like Charles Nelson Reilly, Bret Sommers and Richard Dawson. You can't duplicate that. The game itself is kind of lame. Several versions of the game came back over the years and failed for that reason. Hey movie fans check out this great new blog... it's called: thebitterproducer.blogspot.co m

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