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[chad1m]

I've been trying to keep up with Buzzr's deluge of Match Game '90. It's been fun to see the show get into a groove, and Ross certainly grew more comfortable with his role. As he becomes more willing to inject his own comments, much of his humor is dry, wry, and understated. I appreciate him more watching so many at once and appreciate his style. However, by watching so many at once...

I think they went for the sex and Clinton jokes too often.

I've seen this bandied about in the years afterward, but this week has a grand total of one round of Clinton references. In the episodes that have surfaced on YouTube, it isn't prevalent there, either. Either way, it's 1998 - he's in the zeitgeist. I don't see anyone giving CBS's Match Game any flak for joking about Richard Nixon and Howard Cosell.

...this is a quote from a thread about Match Game '98. It becomes quickly apparent that Roseanne Barr is the target du jour, with multiple questions about her/questions where she's the "obvious" answer in a week. But again, it's curious to me that it never really comes up in discussions of this series.

[aaron sica]

It becomes quickly apparent that Roseanne Barr is the target du jour

It was roughly 10 days after MG90 premiered that she mangled the Star-Spangled Banner and grabbed her crotch...I do remember that incident being a question.

[Joe Mello]

It becomes quickly apparent that Roseanne Barr is the target du jour

It was roughly 10 days after MG90 premiered that she mangled the Star-Spangled Banner and grabbed her crotch...I do remember that incident being a question.

Also Roseanne had just finished its 2nd season the previous spring. Ratings-wise it went from #2 to #1, switching positions with The Cosby Show from the year before.

So even if there weren't Roseanne questions, there were certainly going to be Roseanne questions.

[chad1m]

So even if there weren't Roseanne questions, there were certainly going to be Roseanne questions.

I'm well aware of Roseanne's place in pop culture at that time. My point is that I see a parallel to Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky questions on Match Game '98, but only one gets criticism for doing it.

[Eric Paddon]

Nixon questions and Howard Cosell questions I get and Nixon Watergate questions were completely fair game in the Zeitgeist.   I just never liked it when Patty Deutsch gave answers attacking Nixon family members which came off as totally mean-spirited no matter what your political beliefs.    Bash Nixon, but leave his family which suffered a great deal alone.

One of the most obscure topical events I remember coming up on Match Game happened in 76 when there was at least one question in the period when Evel Knievel got into trouble with the law for assaulting someone with a baseball bat (and thus the Evel Knievel question was designed for the answer "baseball bat".    The contestant needless to say didn't get it)

[alfonzos]

Your show is doomed if the title contains the word "Machine."

Not The George Michael Sports Machine.

"The George Michael Sports Machine" was not a game show.

[alfonzos]

"Double Dare" was Goodson-Todman's best short-lived show. "Mindreaders" and "Showoffs" tie for last place.

[Loogaroo]

The 1990 Fun House looks more fun to run through than any Double Dare obstacle course configuration.

Unless you go second and you get to watch your partner get swallowed up by the tubular tunnel for 90 seconds.

Codicil: College Mad House had the better rules for the house run, with each team member getting 30 seconds each to grab as many tags as they could rather than having to come back out after grabbing three.

[SuperMatch93]

Family Feud is more entertaining with Steve Harvey as host than at any other time in its history.

[BillCullen1]

I actually liked the format for the 1978 version of Jeopardy, including the bonus game.