Season 1-3 Discussion

[opus]

For the card question I had either Go Fish or Old Maid (I thought they wanted a kids card game, you know, with a regular deck of cards) but no one else seemed to be in that area. Was it me or them that didn't get the question? 

[Whimsy]

6 hours ago, opus said:

For the card question I had either Go Fish or Old Maid (I thought they wanted a kids card game, you know, with a regular deck of cards) but no one else seemed to be in that area. Was it me or them that didn't get the question? 

 

7 hours ago, theatremouse said:

"Lift" is absolutely not a match for "support". Those judges make NO SENSE. I was glad Laverne overthought it because that should've already been a loss. Also glad Constance and Joel missed that the tie-breaker was looking for a card game, since it said "hand of" because with the way the judges have been going, when mermaid said "trading cards" they might've bizarrely called any card-related answer a match, which would've been wrong. So yay for that outcome.

I agree.  By then all of the celebrities were shitfaced because the answers should've been more along the lines of Go Fish or Old Maid.  They totally missed that question!  

Although, I've learned that Joel is my soulmate because we had a lot of the same answers lol.  Love him. 

[Phishbulb]

Let's face it, Laverne Cox telling Alec to not go there after somebody answered "An Inconvenient Penis" WAS pretty damn funny.

[DXD526]

Cox was a riot, droll and funny and gave good answers. For all the abuse he took, the drunk and sweaty Arquette actually came through with some decent answers. 

And speaking of abuse, I didn't think bald eagle was that bad! She was thinking of something closely associated with America. At least she didn't say Uncle Sam!

[sugarbaker design]

The most reprehensible moment was when the contestant said she preferred Joel McHale over Michael fucking Ealy!!!

[theatremouse]

Uno wasn't a terrible answer for the card on (Laverne had that) but by then it was already very lost. I was thinking Go Fish or Crazy Eights. (It was all about the Crazy Eights when I was in school.)

[iMonrey]

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"Lift" is absolutely not a match for "support". Those judges make NO SENSE.

I didn't think that was as egregious a judging error as accepting "tequila" as a match for "whiskey." It would be one thing if the contestant had answered something generic like alcohol or liquor - that way any specific kind could have qualified as a match. But she specifically said whiskey. Tequila is not whiskey. Would milk be a match for water just because you can drink them both?

Edited July 6, 2018 by iMonrey

[mortonsalt]

6 hours ago, DXD526 said:

Cox was a riot, droll and funny and gave good answers. For all the abuse he took, the drunk and sweaty Arquette actually came through with some decent answers. 

And speaking of abuse, I didn't think bald eagle was that bad! She was thinking of something closely associated with America. At least she didn't say Uncle Sam!

 

Yes, I felt bad for David Arquette early on; although, I did crack up at Alec Baldwin telling him to just draw a picture of a horse or dog. I think he finally got the hang of it, and his answers weren't too bad. Plus, I liked that he was into it. I hate when they have a celebrity on that doesn't seem to want to be there at all. 

I didn't think that bald eagle was that bad either. I also thought of Go Fish or Old Maid for the question about putting 10,000 on a hand. I thought Pokemon was a bad answer, but then after seeing Play-Doh and Legos, Pokemon didn't actually seem so bad in comparison because at least those were actually cards. 

[peeayebee]

On 7/5/2018 at 10:27 PM, opus said:

For the card question I had either Go Fish or Old Maid (I thought they wanted a kids card game, you know, with a regular deck of cards) but no one else seemed to be in that area. Was it me or them that didn't get the question? 

Them! My answer was Go Fish. I was puzzled by Lego -- yeah, I know you can probably make a card-like thing out of them, but, sheesh -- though what Joel had -- Silly Putty was it? -- made a bit more sense since you could have a handful of that.

 

On 7/6/2018 at 8:27 AM, DXD526 said:

Cox was a riot, droll and funny and gave good answers. For all the abuse he took, the drunk and sweaty Arquette actually came through with some decent answers. 

David Arquette was cracking me up. He seemed to be having fun, but he was so flustered and lost. 

 

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And speaking of abuse, I didn't think bald eagle was that bad! She was thinking of something closely associated with America. At least she didn't say Uncle Sam!

I first thought eagle, then I settled on apple pie. I wondered if the writers were hinting at an answer that would be cheesy in a slang way, but I couldn't think of a good answer for a famous American who's cheesy. 

 

On 7/6/2018 at 11:46 AM, iMonrey said:

I didn't think that was as egregious a judging error as accepting "tequila" as a match for "whiskey." It would be one thing if the contestant had answered something generic like alcohol or liquor - that way any specific kind could have qualified as a match. But she specifically said whiskey. Tequila is not whiskey. Would milk be a match for water just because you can drink them both?

I thought any booze should be acceptable since there were many other possibilities, as NyQuil and Benadryl showed. For myself, I said bourbon. ("A spoonful of bourbon makes the medicine go down...")

I wonder if this was the first time that none of the celeb answers came up in the bonus round (or whatever that's called).

For the bra question, I said "separate," as in the old Playtex tagline, "It lifts and separates." But I figured that was too old a reference.

[link417]

6 hours ago, peeayebee said:

For the bra question, I said "separate," as in the old Playtex tagline, "It lifts and separates." But I figured that was too old a reference.

My first thought was “support” but I thought of “separate,” too. I remember the phrase “lift and separate” from some joke on The Nanny, now I know the original reference!

I had no issues with them accepting “lift” as an alternate to “support.” Even one of the contestants had “lift up” in parentheses under their “support” answer. I get the connection; when I think of a bra with no support I think of saggy breasts so a supportive bra would lift them up.

Laverne Cox was hilarious! And I loved the first two contestants:  Greer was cute and Alex was so supportive of her, beyond just being a polite competitor. Good guy, that mermaid!

[starri]

Laverne was great.  She can come back.  I'd let David Arquette back too, now that he seems to know what's going on.  The dimmer panelists are more tolerable if they're good sports about it (and actually funny), and he was.

I actually think Laverne had the definitive answer to the bra question, since it rhymes with "serve."

[theatremouse]

13 hours ago, link417 said:

Even one of the contestants had “lift up” in parentheses under their “support” answer.

And I think it's bad that she did that because she's giving two answers and the panelists are only supposed to give one. It's not the same thing as when someone uses a slang term and then parenthetically defines it, to clarify it from a more literal meaning of whatever they wrote. The rules of this game as I've known it for decades would not consider those the same answer. In fact when I heard the clue I expected the panel to be split between "lift" and "support" and thus the player couldn't run the board. I think the clue was written expecting those to be separate non-matching answers. 

[link417]

7 minutes ago, theatremouse said:

And I think it's bad that she did that because she's giving two answers and the panelists are only supposed to give one. It's not the same thing as when someone uses a slang term and then parenthetically defines it, to clarify it from a more literal meaning of whatever they wrote. The rules of this game as I've known it for decades would not consider those the same answer. In fact when I heard the clue I expected the panel to be split between "lift" and "support" and thus the player couldn't run the board. I think the clue was written expecting those to be separate non-matching answers. 

I know it’s not the same as clarifying a slang term ... I was just stating that in reference to the fact that the panelist, the judges, and I considered the terms synonymous (at least when it comes to bras).

[iMonrey]

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I thought any booze should be acceptable since there were many other possibilities, as NyQuil and Benadryl showed. 

Tequila is not whisky any more than Coca Cola is Kool-Aid. If the contestant had just said "booze" or "liquor" then yeah . . . any kind of booze would be a match. But she said whiskey, specifically. That shouldn't be a match for Tequila any more than it should be for NyQuil or Benadryl. 

It seems odd to me that Caroline Rhea is the only regular panelist on the show. The old show had three regulars and three guests. Seems like they should either have three or no regulars at all. Just one seems weird and a little sad.

Edited July 9, 2018 by iMonrey

[ajsnaves]

I just checked to see if I was remembering. Constance did not actually write "Tequila".  She commented that it was her drink of choice (for her baby?), but she wrote "Liquor."  If she had said tequila, and they took it, then yes, that is  cheap match, but it would not have surprised me.

I kinda wanted the mermaid guy (Merman?) to win, just to see him hop out there in his tail.  But I am mostly glad he lost, because he was just a bit too much.

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On 7/9/2018 at 5:18 PM, ajsnaves said:

But I am mostly glad he lost, because he was just a bit too much.

A bit?  He wore a mermaid tail!

[Blissfool]

The only spanish word Justin Beiber knows....I thought, for sure, Selena.

[readster]

49 minutes ago, Blissfool said:

The only spanish word Justin Beiber knows....I thought, for sure, Selena.

I was thinking hola, but wow! All the answers and even them going: "I don't know Spanish." What was in their drinks?

[opus]

We mock the contestants (and often rightly so) but I also like when the contestants rip the celebs for a bad answer, like tonight with the woman and Donald Faisson and his GPS answer.

[mortonsalt]

6 minutes ago, opus said:

We mock the contestants (and often rightly so) but I also like when the contestants rip the celebs for a bad answer, like tonight with the woman and Donald Faisson and his GPS answer.

Yes, I can't blame both contestants for not picking him at the end, even though he did match with "brush", but other than that his answers were terrible. Actually a lot of the answers on both sides were pretty terrible like the answers to the Justin Bieber question, the snowman question, and adult Twister. Although my first answer for the adult Twister question was right ball too, but I changed it to breast, since the celebrities missed balls earlier. 

[Irlandesa]

18 minutes ago, opus said:

We mock the contestants (and often rightly so) but I also like when the contestants rip the celebs for a bad answer, like tonight with the woman and Donald Faisson and his GPS answer.

I hate answers like that.  He knows he's not going to match and doesn't care.  I mean an answer like Amy's "screwed" was terrible but at least I got the sense it was a legitimate attempt at an answer.

[readster]

7 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

I hate answers like that.  He knows he's not going to match and doesn't care.  I mean an answer like Amy's "screwed" was terrible but at least I got the sense it was a legitimate attempt at an answer.

Right, it is like when you have the one celeb who answers something else with a related answer, while everyone else is thinking the same. However, when you get someone who really just doesn't know what to say and knows he is not going to say the correct answer. You just want to roll your eyes, because it's not funny. 

[Phishbulb]

10 hours ago, Blissfool said:

The only spanish word Justin Beiber knows....I thought, for sure, Selena.

Yes, at first I was gonna try to be cute and say "Taco Bell" or something, but "Selena Gomez" was right there and nobody chose that, weird.

[joanne3482]

I was thinking cerveza or tequila for the Bieber question, but I did like Despacito as an answer. I thought that was pretty clever.

For the twister my first thought was 'cheek' (as in butt).  I don't think I would have come up with ball on that one.

I didn't think carrot was a good answer for the snowman question. My first thought there was balls.

That was definitely some black woman magic getting double trouble. Because of Nickelodeon bringing it back my first thought was Double Dare. 

I didn't necessarily like the comedian at the end, Jonathan?, but I did like that they razzed him about being a millenial and he was a good sport about it.  I love Ellie Kemper and I want her to be better at this show than she is.   

[iMonrey]

This was a rare example where the contestants were better at the game than the panel. There were so many questions that had definitive answers: Rapunzel let down your panties, Frosty's snow balls, where the panel just totally misunderstood the question. It was really frustrating. What a bad combination of celebrities.

I did, however, laugh heartily at Amy Sedaris answering "stain remover" to what ads Bill Clinton had in his in-box. 

[needschocolate]

I can understand Ellie saying "McDonalds" for the Bill Clinton question, but don't know why the Millennial Guy would say "Pottery Barn." I thought everyone would say "Viagra" - it seemed the best, most obvious answer to me, when they read the question.  However, I think best answer award should go to Amy for "Stain Remover"

[lynxfx]

I was doing pretty good overall with matching with the panel. I had carrot as the obvious answer, but did think of snow balls as a backup. Same with "right ball" for adult twister. Pretty bad for some of the panel to miss the "adult" part of the question. I forget who put "right foot" but that is the normal game. 

The hardest question was definitely the Spanish one. Despacito does make the most sense at the end but I would have gotten a goose egg on that.

It is hard to figure out if you should go for the obvious or for the clever. Amy wins for the clever "stain remover" one.

Surprised with Double Trouble and Center Stage. Neither of us watching even thought of those.

Does the loser still get something out of this? Being that there is a decent amount of cash on the line, the panel doesn't always take it that seriously and could easily screw over one of the contestants. So far they do all seem like pretty good sports even if they lose. I'm just curious.

[chitowngirl]

It seems that even though the panel is goofy during the game, they seem to take it seriously during the Bonus Round.

[iMonrey]

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 Despacito does make the most sense at the end but I would have gotten a goose egg on that.

I have no idea what Despacito is or means.

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Does the loser still get something out of this? Being that there is a decent amount of cash on the line, the panel doesn't always take it that seriously and could easily screw over one of the contestants. So far they do all seem like pretty good sports even if they lose. I'm just curious.

They might get a nominal appearance fee, like a couple hundred bucks or something. Then again they might not. I don't think you get anything if you lose on The Price is Right, for example. 

[opus]

2 hours ago, iMonrey said:

I have no idea what Despacito is or means.

It was a song that was unavoidable for awhile. Well,  not totally, since you obviously avoided it. I just had no idea Justin Bieber sang it.

[Blissfool]

42 minutes ago, opus said:

It was a song that was unavoidable for awhile. Well,  not totally, since you obviously avoided it. I just had no idea Justin Bieber sang it.

The singer is Luis Fonsi. JB makes a special appearance for the remix version. 

Despacito = slowly

Has a lot of sexual innuendo

Edited July 13, 2018 by Blissfool

[peeayebee]

On 7/13/2018 at 7:06 AM, joanne3482 said:

I was thinking cerveza or tequila for the Bieber question, but I did like Despacito as an answer. I thought that was pretty clever.

Despacito was a clever answer. Selena, too. I decided to go with the assumption that Bieber is dumb, so I said taco. I heard the contestant say to her opponent that she thought about saying burrito. Oh, and I LOVED Jack's answer of marijuana.  

 

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For the twister my first thought was 'cheek' (as in butt).  I don't think I would have come up with ball on that one.

My first thought was boob, second was ball, but I figured it should be gender-neutral, so I went with boob.

 

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I didn't think carrot was a good answer for the snowman question. My first thought there was balls.

I thought snow balls was funny and clever, but I said carrot. It could be considered a double entendre.

Amy's answer of stain remover was another clever one. I said McDonald's.

Like the celebs, I stumbled on the Rapunzel question. I was trying to think what she could toss out the window for the guy to climb with, so I went with bed sheets. I realize that's pretty bad. I thought John Early's answer of guard was good.

BTW, I've never heard of John Early. He left a bland impression on me.

For the terrible dentist date question, I said spit, as in rinse and spit.

Alec is so good as host. I cracked up when, after Dawn talked about scrapbooking, he said, "Let's try that again. Dawn, I heard you had an INTERESTING hobby." And then when it was clear that Lindsay would lose, I love when he did that P.A. voice saying, "Bring Lindsay's car around."

[Irlandesa]

On 7/13/2018 at 9:06 AM, joanne3482 said:

I was thinking cerveza or tequila for the Bieber question, but I did like Despacito as an answer. I thought that was pretty clever.

I thought something like culo, hola or chica for the question.  Wasn't Despacito part of the question?  That's why I would have avoided it as an answer even though it makes sense.

Edited July 15, 2018 by Irlandesa

[Mumbles]

Ellie Kemper is like nails on chalkboard for me on this show. Not crazy about Amy Sedaris either.

[Arcadiasw]

I love Niecy but I giggled she misspelled Oklahoma. I thought Nebraska for flattest state and Cheesecake for the final match.

Sadly Neil thought way too much with his answers. 

Edited July 20, 2018 by Arcadiasw

[Irlandesa]

I like Neil but he wasn't good at this game the first time he was on either.  But this time, at least Adam Pally was giving him crap and it was hilarious.  And then I also liked him bringing out facts to justify his answers.

[Phishbulb]

Real talk, the contestant's answer of "straight" was a better answer than any of the panelist's answers. for the Mike Pence question. But I guess "Republican" and "white" work too.

Edited July 20, 2018 by Phishbulb

[mtlchick]

45 minutes ago, Phishbulb said:

Real talk, the contestant's answer of "straight" was a better answer than any of the panelist's answers. for the Mike Pence question. But I guess "Republican" and "white" work too.

I immediately thought "straight" as well.  

That was a weird game, but I enjoyed Adam's attempt to read the audience and failing miserably.  Neil however is probably the only panelist who manages to overthink his answers.  Maybe he's not drinking enough?

Jarreau is in the Navy, wants to be a surgeon AND wants to buy a house for his mama.  Um, where can I meet him? (looks around.) 

[Racj82]

1 hour ago, Phishbulb said:

Real talk, the contestant's answer of "straight" was a better answer than any of the panelist's answers. for the Mike Pence question. But I guess "Republican" and "white" work too.

It was only going to be Republican or white. I knew exactly what the contestants would for. It's the easiest reach even if straight is a great answer for Pence.

This was not great in terms of bad questions and bad answers. And I had no interest in miss I want a sugar daddy winning anything. Then, go get someone to waste money on you.

Neil is all time bad on this show. He thinks way too much.

[iMonrey]

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Real talk, the contestant's answer of "straight" was a better answer than any of the panelist's answers. for the Mike Pence question. But I guess "Republican" and "white" work too

My answer was "he will only vote for you if you are accompanied by your wife." 

[peeayebee]

I said he'll only vote for you if you're a man, my thinking being that he wouldn't allow himself to watch a woman perform.

In one Super Match, I said cheese fries. That was the first thing that came to mind. In the other Super Match, I said phone tag.

I cracked up at Mario saying with exaggerated sarcasm, "Oh thank you for that discrepancy awareness, Neil."

I couldn't believe the nurse contestant saying that some guys coming out of anesthesia hit on her, even if that's just a joke.

[opus]

1 hour ago, iMonrey said:

My answer was "he will only vote for you if you are accompanied by your wife." 

 

5 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

I said he'll only vote for you if you're a man

I judge your two answers a match, since I don't think he could accept a woman having a wife.

[Whimsy]

On 7/20/2018 at 5:27 PM, peeayebee said:

I couldn't believe the nurse contestant saying that some guys coming out of anesthesia hit on her, even if that's just a joke.

I know!  I thought the same thing but she was so awkward about it that I think the producers probably strongly encouraged that story. 

[chitowngirl]

Part 1, round 1’s questions were the stupidest I’ve ever heard on this show. And in part 2, round 2, there was no way she wasn’t going to match on everyone with Vagina. A gimmee question! But really IceT? You weren’t sure what you could write when you wrote a censored answer in the last round? Please. And from the shallow end of the pond, I hate Christina Ricci’s blond hair. 

[mtlchick]

The Kimmy Schmidt fan in me was pleased that Jane said she used a Mentos or Chiclet to replace her nail. 

 

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But really IceT? You weren’t sure what you could write when you wrote a censored answer in the last round?

He seemed that he didn't want to be there but he stayed because of the free drinks. 

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[iMonrey]

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He seemed that he didn't want to be there but he stayed because of the free drinks. 

Yeah, I've seen Ice-T on talk shows before and he's always sort of bugged me. Seems like kind of an asshole.

Yikes, Christina Ricci! Your hair looks like straw. What have you done?

Hey, this is the first time I can remember where Caroline Rhea wasn't on the panel. I just realized that. 

[lynxfx]

Other than the long john panties, those were some difficult questions. 

I know if I was on the show I would probably match with Jack the most. He's gotten way better and more predictable compared to the early episodes.

Ricci didn't even look like herself. What happened.

[mortonsalt]

10 hours ago, mtlchick said:

The Kimmy Schmidt fan in me was pleased that Jane said she used a Mentos or Chiclet to replace her nail. 

 

He seemed that he didn't want to be there but he stayed because of the free drinks. 

Yes, that was a really dumb question, as was the other question before it, but I was so happy that she answered that. My answer was actually a real nail, but Mentos or Chiclet made a lot more sense than potato chip?!? I agree about Ice-T too, and I loved when Alec Baldwin roasted him about not coming down to help with the other celebrities during the Super Match part. 

 

2 hours ago, lynxfx said:

Other than the long john panties, those were some difficult questions. 

I know if I was on the show I would probably match with Jack the most. He's gotten way better and more predictable compared to the early episodes.

Ricci didn't even look like herself. What happened.

Yes, I would pick Jack and Niecy Nash to match. I don't know who the third celebrity would be. Maybe Cheryl Hines? I think she's better than Caroline Rhea out of the regulars on this version of Match Game. 

[theatremouse]

On 7/26/2018 at 6:59 PM, chitowngirl said:

But really IceT? You weren’t sure what you could write when you wrote a censored answer in the last round? Please.

I thought the implication was he got a talking-to between rounds, so his drawing was a passive-aggressive response to it.

[Phishbulb]

14 hours ago, mortonsalt said:

My answer was actually a real nail, but Mentos or Chiclet made a lot more sense than potato chip?!?

I was picturing a Frito, a la the Saturday Night Live commercial parody "Corn Chip Nail Tips", but that's a really obscure reference and I really don't know what they expected people to answer for this.

Anyway, here's the SNL sketch that I was remembering:

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/corn-chip-nail-tips/2861369