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Post by Kaos on Jun 25, 2016 0:26:35 GMT -5
Uh, no, this seems more like the same type of humor that was back in the 70's.
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Post by dare2be on Jun 25, 2016 11:19:53 GMT -5
How so? The 70s humor was subtle double-entendre, with the answers almost always cleverly skirting around the obvious vulgar answer. I don't see that happening with the question being posed in that clip.
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Post by Kaos on Jun 25, 2016 11:36:40 GMT -5
When the joke mentions a certain planet, that seems like a double entendre to me. Besides, the stars are more likely to be sober this time around.
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Post by dare2be on Jun 25, 2016 14:20:01 GMT -5
The difference in the question is the word "subtle". This time around I don't expect the answers to be subtle either.
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Post by WarioSajak on Jun 25, 2016 18:33:37 GMT -5
So basically it's like the 1998-99 version, then. Those question writers didn't know what "subtle" meant.
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Post by Kaos on Jun 25, 2016 19:29:28 GMT -5
We'll see.
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Post by tpirrules1972 on Jun 25, 2016 23:38:04 GMT -5
Been watching the 1973 episodes on Buzzr this week. Interesting to watch it knowing how quickly it evolved in just the span of the CBS run. Matches were a lot more common.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2016 9:23:59 GMT -5
Sounds like the questions will be of the shock variety ala Harvey Feud.  At least I still have hope for $100,000 Pyramid, if the contestants and celebs are competent. If the material is sexually explicit like Harvey's Feud, it makes me glad I am shutting out this remake. It sounds like they may be using questions in a 1998 style. Although such content does boost ratings, it's not getting my viewership. I'll take the TV-PG version on GSN, along with the 1983-84 and 1990-91 remakes on YouTube any day. I bet the remake of The $100,000 Pyramid will likely follow the same trend too. |
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Post by Kaos on Jun 26, 2016 10:42:32 GMT -5
Although such content does boost ratings, it's not getting my viewership. I'll take the TV-PG version on GSN any day. I bet the remake of The $100,000 Pyramid will likely follow the same trend too. Don't knock it until you try it. Besides, I'm sure that joke has been around for decades. Also, judging and condemning the show based on ONE JOKE is pretty ridiculous! |
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Post by dare2be on Jun 26, 2016 12:33:33 GMT -5
Like you said, we'll see. I just find it interesting the ONE JOKE they chose to use as a teaser for the show.
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Post by Kaos on Jun 26, 2016 22:03:29 GMT -5
Well, I just watched the show, and I can say, without spoiling, that the show is just as good as the original. And as for the jokes, most of them were tame by comparison to that one joke.
You just gotta remember, the jokes on the 70's version may have been tame by today's standards, but NOT the 70's standards.
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Post by tpirrules1972 on Jun 26, 2016 22:08:10 GMT -5
I would have loved to watch but my sister/her fiance controlled the TV with Orange is the New Black and Game of Thrones (and just when I thought it was over, they're watching the commentary too) all night. Sigh.
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Post by Kaos on Jun 26, 2016 22:11:27 GMT -5
tpirrules1972, Hopefully you'll be able to watch it on demand starting tomorrow. I know they did that for TTTT.
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Post by SpeedAndStrategy on Jun 26, 2016 22:39:07 GMT -5
I was very pleased with the show. The panel was very sharp and entertaining with great chemistry. Say what you will about Rosie O'Donnell, but she sure knows how to play the game, filling Dawson's role of being a reliable giver of good answers. JB Smoove, meanwhile, was in Dawson's seat and brought a Dawson-style smoothness and charm to the proceedings. And Tituss Burgress (who I was already a fan of from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) brings an appealing CNR-esque flamboyant charm. All in all, everyone came together to create the kind of fun, spontaneous party atmosphere I was hoping for.
I thought the questions were clever and sufficiently edgy without seeming as over-the-top as the ones from the '98 version. Alec Baldwin was a little rough around the edges at times, but overall I think he did a good job at presiding over the panel and bringing some of his own personality into the proceedings without stealing the show, just as Gene Rayburn did. I'm sure he'll settle in perfectly with a little more time.
Production-wise, the set looked great, and I can't complain about the usage of the vintage theme music along with some subtle remixes. There were some instances of slightly overdone graphics, and music cues in places where they weren't really needed, but I guess there had to be some concessions to modern-day tropes, and they hardly ruin the show. Overall they did an admirable job of balancing classic and modern.
I was skeptical when I first heard they were reviving Match Game, but this is definitely the closest anyone has come to the spirit of the original show since the 1989 Bert Convy pilots. In fact, it's off to a better start than the CBS version was in its earliest days. Nothing will quite top that version in its prime, but ABC and Fremantle have created a worthy successor which I will definitely keep watching.
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Post by dare2be on Jun 27, 2016 8:02:34 GMT -5
Totally agree with the comments from everyone above. Not only did the one question in the teaser stand out as really the only bad question, but the panel made comments about how bad it was as well.
The only panel member I was slightly disappointed in was Michael Ian Black, as I know he can be funnier and wittier than he displayed last night. I think he would make a better counterpart to CNR when he is on his game. Does anyone know if the panel will change week-to-week, or will we see basically the same cast members this entire summer?
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