Game Shows

[TheWickerFan]

I'm 40 years old, so I have about 30 years of game show watching experience. I was trying to think of the absolute best and absolute worst game shows ever and decided on these:

Best - Match Game, Jeopardy

Worst - Press Your Luck, Card Sharks (I'm sure there are worse, but those were the first that came to mind)

What are your most and least favorite game shows?

[neverending]

Password. I saw a clip recently where Peter Lawford & Sammy Davis Jr. were contestants. Priceless!

Let's Make a Deal- in its original form. Do you have a hard boiled egg in your pocket?

The Gong Show- Chuck Barris was on drugs for sure. Paul Rubens was a frequent contestant.

[TheWickerFan]

Password. I saw a clip recently where Peter Lawford & Sammy Davis Jr. were contestants. Priceless!

Let's Make a Deal- in its original form. Do you have a hard boiled egg in your pocket?

The Gong Show- Chuck Barris was on drugs for sure. Paul Rubens was a frequent contestant.

All fun shows, though my heart broke for some of those Gong Show contestants.

[neverending]

Most of them were actors. The inside joke of the prize amount- $512.and whatever cents- was that was actor's scale for a day's work.

Oingo Boingo also made a few appearances.

[TheWickerFan]

I loved the old game shows with celebrities like Betty White, Nipsy Russell, etc. The Match Game is my absolute favorite!!

[TheWickerFan]

Favorite Game Show Hosts And Regulars:

Match Game

Betty White
Brett Somers
Charles Nelson Reilly
Richard Dawson (you sexy thing)
Gene Rayburn (loved his Old Man Periwinkle)

Whose Line Is It Anyway (I always forget this is considered a game show)

Tony Slattery (U.K.)
Stephen Frost (U.K.)
Stephen Fry (U.K.) (he was only on a couple of times, but he was fantastic in both of them)
Ryan Stiles
Wayne Brady
Greg Proops
Drew Carey
and my favorite Colin Mochrie (pictured with Richard Simmons) - he is such a cutie!!http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0e4hmP7vnAQ/SmjW0DzrQnI/AAAAAAAAArw/-h5_iorFOcw/s400/17410779-859d1025c860fd9cbd055c92c46761c9.4a68225d-scaled.jpg

[endo]

I never watched a lot of them, usually only if I was at my grand parents house and they were watching them.

One I remember that was always good for a laugh was The Newlywed Game. It was really funny when contestants took the questions out of context or way too literal.
I hated Tic Tac Dough, although, I think that had a lot to do with Wink Martindale. Just not a fan.

[nightmare_of _death]

It was a game show in Nickelodeon, but I always remember really loving this show, and wanting to go through the temple maze at the end

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/LegendsTitlecard.jpg

[TheWickerFan]

There have been a couple of very memorable incidents on The Newlywed Game. Hope you can read lips for this one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5E4cVwyBE

And:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPILhFrwY1c

[TheWickerFan]

It was a game show in Nickelodeon, but I always remember really loving this show, and wanting to go through the temple maze at the end

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/LegendsTitlecard.jpg

Oh yeah, my kids used to watch that show (and yelled when the contestant couldn't figure out how to assemble that 3 piece monkey).

One of the funniest game show moments I've ever seen was from the English game show Catch Phrase:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRGQsZKjQ4