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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: combsisthebest on July 24, 2003, 01:17:10 AM
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What is your favorite TV Spoof of game shows?
Mine is from Mama's Family on Thelma goes on Jeopardy! That episode is a classic.
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Celebrity Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live, the Connery years. Without question.
(Yes, Norm McDonald did a good Burt Reynolds, too, but Darrell Hammond's Connery is just incredible.)
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My favorite by far is, \"Jackie Rogers Jr.'s $100,000 Jackpot Wad\", a spoof of PYRAMID and any game show with a big wheel. It was a sketch on Saturday Night Live in the 1984-85 season. Check out when Billy Crystal, as Sammy Davis, Jr. gets his Hindu contestant partner (Christopher Guest) to say \"Chocolate Babies\". A truly funny moment inspired by PYRAMID.
David
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 01:33 PM\'] Check out when Billy Crystal, as Sammy Davis, Jr. gets his Hindu contestant partner (Christopher Guest) to say \"Chocolate Babies\". [/quote]
Are you sure he was Hindu and not just very, VERY gay?
Sammy (describing a jalapeno pepper): \"This is a hot, spicy little number...\"
Contestant: \"Rita Moreno.\"
{Seinfeld} Not that there's anything WRONG with that... {/Seinfeld}
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Well as a kid i always went LMAO when i saw them using 25k pyramid to discribe the egyptian pyramids not to mention the guy smiley spoofs
but as a grown man i gotta say the east hollywood squares was my fave.
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[quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 06:02 PM\'] Well as a kid i always went LMAO when i saw them using 25k pyramid to discribe the egyptian pyramids. [/quote]
That's from Muppet Babies, right?
I wish they'd air Muppet Babies again, just so i could tape that episode. I remember laughing as well, because i vaguely knew what the $25,000 Pyramid was. LOL! It was then, i finally realised there was an opening in the circle. I had no frikkin' idea how they got in and out of that thing! (I was young at the time.)
Question: In that show, was there any actual gameplay? I remember they spent time over at the desks, and at the WC.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 04:51 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 01:33 PM\'] Check out when Billy Crystal, as Sammy Davis, Jr. gets his Hindu contestant partner (Christopher Guest) to say \"Chocolate Babies\". [/quote]
Are you sure he was Hindu and not just very, VERY gay?
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Actually, he may have been both. Chris Guest's character was named Rajeev (or something like that).
Sammy (describing a jalapeno pepper): \"This is a hot, spicy little number...\"
Contestant: \"Rita Moreno.\"
That was funny. What was also funny (funny being in the eye of the beholder) was Jim Belushi as Captain Kangaroo getting tremendously peeved when contestant Mary Gross couldn't get his clues.
As for me, I liked another SNL sketch--the Coneheads on FF:
Bill Murray (as Richard Dawson): Name something people bite.
Laraine Newman (as Connie): Mmmmm--the big one.
Or this moment from a Letterman viewer mail segment--letter writer wants to know when was the last time Dave and Paul (a.k.a. Mr. S) had a fight and what it was about:
Dave: OK, I think it was about a week ago, and it was because Paul wanted to do a band solo and I wouldn't let him do it.
Bill Wendell: OK, let's see what Paul predicted you would say. He said (as Paul unfurls card a la NEWLYWED), \"Wouldn't let him do a band solo!\"
(Herb Alpert music plays, game show bells SFX play as Paul jumps up and down in celebration)
Funny stuff.
Doug
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In the \"Jackie Rogers Jr.\" sketch, I also liked how they couldn't get \"bagel\", but get \"filet mignon\" almost without saying a word.
Does anybody else remember \"Hollywood Rubik's Cube\" from Fridays?
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I liked most of the sketches from In Living Color (A show that I really miss):
Win Lose or Draw on the Prison Cable Network
Newlywed/Dating Game
Love Connection w/ Robin Givens & Mike Tyson. Their was also a funny game show reference in this sketch. Chuck Woolery (Played by Jim Carrey) said to Mike \"Maybe I'll see you on Scrabble sometime... Yeah right.\" Mike (Keenen Ivory Wayans) replied with \"Ecstatic: E-X-K-I-T.\"
Tom & Tom on $100,000 Pyramid
The Game Show Family
I didn't really like their sketches from the final season (93-94), so I won't bother to add them.
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[quote name=\'Track Man 876\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 10:34 PM\'] "Ecstatic: E-X-K-I-T." [/quote]
Gotta love those Lingo rejects. ;-)
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[quote name=\'Track Man 876\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 10:34 PM\']I liked most of the sketches from In Living Color (A show that I really miss):
Win Lose or Draw on the Prison Cable Network
Newlywed/Dating Game
Love Connection w/ Robin Givens & Mike Tyson. Their was also a funny game show reference in this sketch. Chuck Woolery (Played by Jim Carrey) said to Mike \"Maybe I'll see you on Scrabble sometime... Yeah right.\" Mike (Keenen Ivory Wayans) replied with \"Ecstatic: E-X-K-I-T.\"
Tom & Tom on $100,000 Pyramid
The Game Show Family
I didn't really like their sketches from the final season (93-94), so I won't bother to add them.[/quote]
Not to mention Peter Marshall's great hosting job on \"the East Hollywood Squares.\"
And that spoof of LOVE CONNECTION was an absolute classic.
Doug
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I didn't really like their sketches from the final season (93-94), so I won't bother to add them.
During the final season, it was mostly the aforementioned E. Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall hosted every one of them) and the \"dozens\" games (Dirty Dozens, Family Dozens, Wheel of Dozens), the latter series hosted by Nick Bakay as \"Stu Dunfy\".
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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My favorite was SNL's \"Quien Es Mas Macho?\" with Bill Murray hosting.
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As a Concentration fan, I enjoyed a parody by the summer replacement series She TV. The parody was called Brain Dead Concentration. The first contestestant called two numbers, \"seven and twenty-four.\" When they didn't match it was the opponents turn. The opponent called, \"seven and twenty-four.\" Again, no match. (Surprise!) The first contestant then called, \"twenty-four and seven!\" The sketch continued with a parody of Beavis and Butt-head watching this show as the contestants called the same two numbers ad infinitum.
The producers did a fine job of creating the look and sound of Classic Concentration, which had already been cancelled.
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Alonzos' mention of \"Brain Dead Concentration\" reminds me of the SNL sketch \"Community College Bowl\".
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 24 2003, 01:05 AM\'] Celebrity Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live, the Connery years. Without question.
(Yes, Norm McDonald did a good Burt Reynolds, too, but Darrell Hammond's Connery is just incredible.) [/quote]
Oh yes, those SNL Celeb Jeopardy! skits do make me ROTFL. I like the sketch where Burt Reynolds (Norm MacDonald) who calls himself \"Turd Ferguson\" chooses \"Ape Tit\" when he's choosing the category \"A Petit Dejeuner\", which also has Sean Connery (Hammond) answer \"Suck it Trebek\" in Final Jeopardy!
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227 Fans, where are you?
In one of the funniest moments of sitcom history, the families competed against each other in Ray Combs' Family Feud, the \"Fast Money\" round was a hoot. Ray asked Jackeé five questions, all of which were answered \"A (fill adjective here) man,\" all which received zeroes.
The next contestant came up and cleaned house, save for the last question. The question was (paraphrased), \"What is most likely to be a final request of a death row inmate?\"
Answer: \"A well-cooked...I mean, a cigarette.\"
With 195 points, the final question is asked. After confirming the answer, it was found out that only four people said a cigarette. What was the number one answer? A well-cooked meal.
Of course, I left out some info on this episode. Whoever has the full details of that episode, please clarify.
The Inquisitive One
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My favourite game show 'spoof' is The Cheap Show. I always got a good laugh out of it, and it would fit in perfectly on a network like Comedy Central.
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jul 25 2003, 10:03 PM\'] 227 Fans, where are you?
In one of the funniest moments of sitcom history, [/quote]
Let me just take a moment to say that I didn't EVER think ANYONE would mention the two phrases \"227\" and \"funniest moments of sitcom history\" in the same POST, much less sentence. Further, anyone who does should be sentenced to watch several seasons of \"Cheers\" until they are thinking more clearly.
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My vote goes for SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy!. It was allways as funny as heck.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 26 2003, 02:15 AM\'] [quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jul 25 2003, 10:03 PM\'] 227 Fans, where are you?
In one of the funniest moments of sitcom history, [/quote]
Let me just take a moment to say that I didn't EVER think ANYONE would mention the two phrases "227" and "funniest moments of sitcom history" in the same POST, much less sentence. Further, anyone who does should be sentenced to watch several seasons of "Cheers" until they are thinking more clearly. [/quote]
To each his own. I enjoyed 227. I wouldn't call it the funniest sitcom in history, but it's one of the funnier shows I've seen.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 26 2003, 02:15 AM\'] [/QUOTE]
Let me just take a moment to say that I didn't EVER think ANYONE would mention the two phrases "227" and "funniest moments of sitcom history" in the same POST, much less sentence. Further, anyone who does should be sentenced to watch several seasons of "Cheers" until they are thinking more clearly. [/quote]
Never liked Cheers. I liked 227. Therefore, 227 was funnier than Cheers to me.
Brandon Brooks
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The next contestant came up and cleaned house, save for the last question. The question was (paraphrased), \"What is most likely to be a final request of a death row inmate?\"
Answer: \"A well-cooked...I mean, a cigarette.\"
Actually, the exact wording was \"Name condemned person's last request,\" and Lester originally thought of \"a home-cooked meal\" during a practice game, but Mary told him a cigarette was the definitive answer.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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Three words: \"Old...French...Whore!\"
Chris Kattan: \"Uh, I think my whore's dead\".
HIIIILARIOUS. :)
ITSBRY
itsbry@juno.com
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My vote goes to MAD-TV's The Price Is Right spoofs.
They do a helluva job recreating the set, Bob, and Rod....... even having a Yolonda type spoof (She came on down and they came on out -- and on Mad Lorraine's comment, \"Wow, look at those jiggle. Did you eat a lot of Jello?\" or something like that).
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I can't let this thread go by without mentioning Steve Martin on SNL hosting \"Common Knowledge\".
\"Remember, it's not what you know--it's what you think you know!\"