Match Game

Match Game is a Canadian game show which is based on an older game show of the same name from the U.S. and I think it has existed a few times there after being revived in different years. The format is popular and was on for years.

This new (Canadian) version has some problems that take away from the enjoyment of the show, at least in my opinion but that's all I can give you :-)

The jury... I don't recognize most of them and don't know how they cast for this show but almost down to the last person they're just not funny. They rely almost 100% of the time on obvious "dirty" answers thinking that making sexual or scatological references will be automatically funny on their own. This is my main problem with the show. A number of them also seem to be desperate to have their jokes heard and to be seen on TV so they often resort to yelling and talking over each other/the host/contestants which is just annoying and unnecessary. A couple of them even sing all the time which just comes off as desperate.

The host... he's not as bad as the jury but he seems very stiff and for an improvised comedy show he doesn't seem to think on his feet very wittily/quickly. But I bet that stuff could be learnt with time, and let's face it, given how little I think of the jury I bet they are not giving him much to work with :-)

The contestants... they are incredibly boring, or maybe it's just that they are bored themselves and we can see that coming through in their performances.

The prizes... super cheap and it's very difficult to see them win the top prize.

The format is a winner but they just aren't doing anything with it. Just because a format works doesn't mean you can just grab any jury, host and contestants and a camera and offer a $100 cash prize and assume your show will be guaranteed successful.

This show is a major disappointment to me because the original show was very funny and worked on every level, so it's an opportunity really missed by the Comedy Network.

I think you are all being a little hard on this show don't you think? This show leaves a lot to be wanting for and I would not argue that it is one of the best shows out there but it is if anything only a little bit less than the average game show.

I give it a 4/10 rating because it is really not that bad. You all act like it is the worst game show ever made but come on that is a huge over reach on your part.

Why does it always go like that that there is a show and people don't like it and they go straight to calling it the worst show ever. There is a huge section in the middle you are forgetting about. That is why we can vote 1 to 10 and not just 1 or 10, yes or no, good or bad.

I am not a fan but I do not hate this show it is just something that is on this channel some times so I just turn the channel if it is not very good and you can do the same. Let's put the hate on hold?

This show is not worth watching in fact it is only worth flushing down the toilet. None of the comedians and actors on the show is ever funny. One girl always draws pictures, usually of a penis or something. The fat girl just shrieks and yells and screams. Every time they spin the wheel I grit my teeth because the fat guy always starts singing about how the wheel is spinning which I guess is supposed to be funny. They had John Hodgman the other day and even he was not funny but you can't blame him. The host seems to be going through the motions counting the seconds until he gets to cash his check. I swear at least half the time all their answers are penis or poo or something else related to that. Our tax dollars are paying for this garbage? Get some funny people who can keep the host and guests awake or cancel this piece of crap by flushing it and replace it with Match Game 73 which is currently airing on the game show network and is still much funnier than this show. I'm not kidding about that to be funny I seriously mean run Match Game 73 instead. Or why not rerun Kids in the Hall? That show was hilarious. What the hell is wrong with this channel that you can only make crap like that? Match Game sucks huge clackers.

I am surprised by how overboard negative a lot of your reviews are fellow IMDb.com people.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that Match Game is a good show, it is not a good show.

But it is not a one out of ten or the worst game show ever or "garbage" or whatever else you are calling it. It is a growing concern to me that people always jump to one out of ten if they dislike something and calling it the worst movie ever, or calling something ten out of ten and he best movie ever if they like it at all. There are all those other numbers in the middle!

I give Match Game a four and I think it is slightly less than the average shows it is up against.

I say it is not very good for many of the same reasons you do. The contestants seem both bored and boring. The host is not very funny or personable but at the same time I sometimes find it refreshing that he is different from the other TV show hosts out there. The panelists and in particular Shawn Cullen and Debra D. are really awful and not very creative or funny at coming up with good fill in the blank answers.

Let's remember there are more ratings than just one or ten okay? It makes things more fun and much more fair.

This show is a perfect example of how far TV has fallen. Match Game was a winning TV game show formula that featured comedians who were funny in their day. Even watching reruns today you can find the show funny and it is entertaining and also the game show makes sense. But what they have turned it into is shrieking "comedians" who are doing everything they can to make sure they are the one getting on camera and the show has absolutely no intelligence or value at all. The other reviewer hit the nail on the head by saying all the answers are cheap and lowest common denominator. This show is an example of how our society is in decline, sorry if you think that's an exaggeration but I don't think so.

For fun the last time I watched this show (which will be the last time I watch it ever) I wrote down all the answers they gave before turning the channel (which made me feel good about myself). Here are those answers:

Prostitute, hooker, herpes, hooker with books, pearl necklace, prostitutes.

That's not unusual either, pretty much every round most of the answers are sexual or about body parts or bodily functions. The kind of scatological humour you would expect from a five year old or a clinical idiot. I'm not a prude, go ahead and give us the occasional dirty or lowbrow joke, but all the time? Really? Why are you people on TV if this is all you have to offer? Are you all sharing a brain? If so shouldn't at least one of you have the brain at any given time?

Please do yourselves and us viewers and society at large a favour and get off the air.

This show is insipid, straight up stupid and has no moral value either. It's not even entertaining or informative/educational. Not only do you shut off your brain to watch it I am 100% convinced that watching it has made me a less intelligent person. I give it 2 out of 10 because I don't mind the host, I like that he's not so over the top as most game show hosts out there. This show isn't funny and I just feel sick watching these people give their answers, knowing exactly what they will say because it's the same joke answers I would have given in high school.

"Bum, poop, fart, sex, boobs, hooker, prostitute, b-j's, gang bang, orgy, orgasm, stripper, underpants....." if that is your idea of quality TV programming, this is the show for you. If you have any self respect at all run don't walk to any other channel.

Shame on the Comedy Network. Your other programming is not much better if it's any better at all.