FOF #2908 - How Match Game Put âBlankâ Into Popular Culture
The TV game show Match Game was canceled in 1963 for being too bland and not connecting with viewers. Figuring you couldnât get canceled twice, the showâs writers put in cheeky questions designed to make the contestants blush at the celebrity panelâs witty banter and sexual innuendo. It won audiences back over and it stayed on the air until 1969.
The game show then brought back as Match Game 73 and was nominated for several Emmys. Its risqué humor changed the tone of daytime TV game shows forever.
Today camp culture historian A. Ashley Hoff takes us on a backstage tour of Match Game, the orange shag carpeted TV game show where our favorite gay icons cracked up the audience as they âfilled in the blankâ over cocktails.
A. ASHLEY HOFF: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011534019843
Ashleyâs book, Match Game 101: A Backstage History of Match Game,is an in-depth look into the making of the iconic game show and features interviews with the fabulous celebrities who made host Gene Rayburnâs circus come to life as the hottest cocktail party on TV.
Listen as we âblankâ with Ashley about:
⤠Brett Somers, Fannie Flagg, Richard Dawson and why Mae West was never a celebrity guest.
⤠Charles Nelson Reillyâs wonderfully queer showbiz career from Broadway to Sid & Marty Krofttâs Lidsville, to life as one of the most beloved talk show personalities.
⤠Evie Phineas, the most awkward game show contestant in history.
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The game show then brought back as Match Game 73 and was nominated for several Emmys. Its risqué humor changed the tone of daytime TV game shows forever.
Today camp culture historian A. Ashley Hoff takes us on a backstage tour of Match Game, the orange shag carpeted TV game show where our favorite gay icons cracked up the audience as they âfilled in the blankâ over cocktails.
A. ASHLEY HOFF: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011534019843
Ashleyâs book, Match Game 101: A Backstage History of Match Game,is an in-depth look into the making of the iconic game show and features interviews with the fabulous celebrities who made host Gene Rayburnâs circus come to life as the hottest cocktail party on TV.
Listen as we âblankâ with Ashley about:
⤠Brett Somers, Fannie Flagg, Richard Dawson and why Mae West was never a celebrity guest.
⤠Charles Nelson Reillyâs wonderfully queer showbiz career from Broadway to Sid & Marty Krofttâs Lidsville, to life as one of the most beloved talk show personalities.
⤠Evie Phineas, the most awkward game show contestant in history.
FEATURED BOOK:
A. Ashley Hoff - Match Game 101: A Backstage History of Match Game:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0990880028/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0990880028&linkCode=as2&tag=faustofernos-20&linkId=c3fa931b41880469b8fe8b87bf70dba8
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
Uniform Teeth
http://uniformteeth.com
Book your free consultation, get $150 off with code FEAST150