Now, I used to watch Match Game when I was a kid. It was a cheesy, goofy, slightly racy (I knew all that even when I was 8 and 9 years old) celeb-filled 70s game show that was good for a laugh or two during the day. But now comes word that a Best of Match Game 4-disc set is coming November 21, and I don't know how I feel about that.Does someone really want to sit down on their couch and throw in a DVD of a game show? I mean, if they had some "classic" episodes, then it might be worth taking a look at, but is there really enough material here for 4 discs? Maybe it has a lot of extras on it, like interviews with some of the cast, and maybe a fast "Dumb Dora" montage. That might be funny.
Match Game fans, will you buy this set?
(Oh, and the answer to the question on the cover? "Iron," obviously!)
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10-15-2006 @ 1:22PM
Jeff said...
I have to admit I'm tempted; it really depends on how much it costs. I don't know if MG has classic episodes as much as classic moments (such as Gene Rayburn's slip-of-the-tongue comment on a contestant's dimples).
If they were smart, they'd include a Match Game drinking game with the set.
"Every time Gene yells at the audience, take a drink."
Well, maybe not...
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10-15-2006 @ 1:20PM
Sean P. Aune said...
I might rent it from Netflix, but I certainly can't see investing in it. How could you really watch it more than once?
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10-15-2006 @ 2:11PM
Martha Fischer said...
Oooooh boy -- I'm tempted, too. That's the sort of box that I'd probably hate myself for buying, but assuming "best of" means "chock-full of the most outrageously lecherous behavior," the momentary pleasure would be almost worth the price. Oh, who am I kidding? I'd buy it just to see how many times Richard Dawson wrote "Boobs." as his answer.
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10-15-2006 @ 6:05PM
Scott K said...
Fun Fact: Gene's tombstone reads "Loving husband, father and blank"
Ok thats not true, but this dvd might be pretty entertaining the first time around, although they replay the show all the time on GSN.
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10-15-2006 @ 8:17PM
Kim G said...
One of my students is making a video podcast version of the Match Game - he's a huge fan and the students play it in their dorm room, making up their own questions. This video version is shot in one of our tv studios. The first episode is long - but he's aiming for a 15 minute length in the future.
URL: http://citywatermelon.blip.tv/
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10-16-2006 @ 12:42AM
david said...
Why would purchasing Match Game on DVD be any different from, say, someone purchasing any other TV show on DVD?
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10-16-2006 @ 12:27AM
Patrick said...
I'm definitely buying the DVD when it's out. I love "Match Game" and watch the reruns on GSN. It was a great show and the classic moments are still funny decades later.
For me, the appeal of a set like this is that it is classic moments, not whole episodes. I know a lot of diehard game show fans who want full seasons of shows like "Match Game" released. They can't seem to understand that a "complete season" of a prime time show is about 20-25 episodes, whereas a complete year of a daytime game would be more than 200 episodes, and probably the majority of them wouldn't be worth watching again because of the lack of little "gem" moments like those that'll likely be featured on the DVD set.
I've got a "Best of" Ed Sullivan Show DVD that I've watched several times and will watch again. "Match Game" will get plenty of looks here as well. I hope they do a similar compilation for "The Price is Right" one day.
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10-16-2006 @ 1:38PM
Carissa said...
Yep, I'm tempted. Pricing will matter. I love this show. I watch it all the time one GSN. One of the all time great shows on television, and one that we could never redo - the racy, inappropriate and politically incorrect aspect of it draws me in every time. I cannot turn away and I am absolutely gleeful when watching. Kind of like a game show version of All In The Family.
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10-20-2006 @ 4:07PM
Sam said...
The Match Game collection will be 4 discs containing 30 episodes. It has both the funniest moments from those episodes (chaptered in a special feature hosted by Brett Somers), but also the unedited episodes (GSN does trims here and there) for fans who are "completists" / "purists".
Perosnally, I can't wait for the set to be released. An Icon of a bygone era.
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