Inspired by last night's episode of Gameshow Marathon, I got to thinking what celebrities I would get for a new version of Match Game. Here's what I came up with:

Sarah Silverman
David Sedaris
Sarah Vowell
Penn Jillette
Paris Hilton
Betty White

Hosted by Joe Flaherty.

Of course, not many of them are washed-up enough to want to appear on Match Game, but that's okay- it'll never actually happen. I'm also a little hesitant about giving Paris Hilton any more publicity, but she would be so perfect as the dumb hot girl I can't in good conscience leave her out.

What's your version of Match Game 06?

That's a pretty good group.. Not sure who Sarah Vowell is though..Might be a little heavy on comedy people. I might throw in a dumb athlete.. Maybe Tony Sirguisa, Michael Strahan or someone like that

Andy Dick seems like a natural to do this show.

Dream Cast:

Tom Hanks Host
Charles Nelson = Andy Dick
Brett = Bette Midler
Richard = Harrison Ford
Then I Would Round It Out With:
Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Whopping Goldberg

If they can't get Bette Midler, how about Joy Behar?

Sarah Vowell is a great choice, but Paris Hilton isn't actually hot. And no more Andy Dick or Kathy Griffin or any of these average-talent publicity whores. We get enough of them everywhere else.

I'll steal your good ideas and go with the following (in order):

Tony Kornheiser/Sarah Silverman as slightly clueless only-there-for-a-day upper-left-corner guest
Sarah Vowell as unattractive but funny upper-middle lady
Penn Jillette as eccentric upper-right-corner guy
Jennifer Tilly as Tits McGee
Jerry Doyle as Richard Dawson
Betty White as distinguished lower-right-corner guest

Hosted by William Shatner

das

Jennifer Tilly and William Shatner are both great choices.

I would love to see Alec Baldwin in the Richard Dawson slot.

Upper left - need a game show guy (or Jimmie Walker) so - Regis Philbin
Upper middle - Sandra Bernhart
Upper right - need a gay male celebrity - Nathan Lane
Lower left - need a hot dumb chick - Carmen Electra
Lower middle - male comedian - Jimmy Kimmel
Lower right - no sign of slowing down - Betty White

I was thinking Jimmy and some of his regulars for a special episode:
Bobcat Goldthwait .... Host
Jimmy Kimmel
Uncle Frank
Cousin Sal
Cleto
Guillermo
Aunt Chippy
Never miss Jimmy Kimmel Live. My favorite late night show.

I really think the recipe for success is to find two stone cold regulars who pretty much have to have little else to do, about six people with just little enough to do to rotate in for two of the remaining spots, and leave two spots open to rotation for freshness.

Stone cold regulars:
Andy Dick is a great call for the upper right
Paris Hilton is another great call for the lower left

Rotation slots:
Kevin Smith
Betty White (she still has it)
Patrick Warburton
Sarah Silverman
Jim Gaffigan
RuPaul

Let's try Dave Foley at host.

Richard Dawson!

You know you couldn't get him as a regular, but the ultimate guy to get in there for a week's worth of episoides would be Bill Clinton. That would be a riot.

I thought Richard Dawson was in extremely poor health?

"Match Game '06 is so great because one of the panelists is blank."

sally is so absentminded, that when she tried to remember her name, she drew a

...blank

Jay Mohr, Dat Phan, Ant, and Chuck Norris. Chuck will do his thing.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...6d94db6033b6d1

Now how do we direct them to this thread?

Let's hope they buck the modern trend of focusing on the contestants with only 2% actual game play. Aside from filling in the blank, I don't want to hear a damn thing from the contestant. I don't want to know their hard-luck story, I don't want to meet their family, and I sure as hell don't want them standing at the center of some absurdly gigantic set with roving spotlights and ominous music.

I'm not holding my breath.

das

Betty White is a must. She's still going strong and was the only good thing about the Match Game episode of Gameshow Marathon (because she has class).

I can think of two people, who would likely be first in line, that I wouldn't want on it: Kathy Griffin and Bruce Vilanch. Those two are an obvious consideration for the Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly positions, but I'm tired of her and he sucked on Hollywood Squares. They both sucked on Gameshow Marathon.

They need to recreate the party atmosphere more than anything.

ETA: Tracy Morgan needs to be a semi-regular.

Norm Macdonald
Jeffrey Tambor

Unrealisitic Dream Panel
Tom Hanks (The Richard Dawson Go to Guy)
Jessica Simpson
Vince Vaughn
Mike Myers
Diablo Cody
Julia Luis-Dreyfus

Actual Panel
The Cast of Celebrity Apprentice

Here, here. Doesn't matter WHO the panel is if this is what results as we'll never get to SEE the panel! Hopefully, the producers will realize that the impetus for anyone to watch it (except for the friends and family of the contestants on any particular episode) are the stars and their witty banter. If the stars were given beverage (like they seemingly were in the original), I would be there in a heartbeat!

Of course, this show was pretty scripted too, no?

It will be the same level of celebrities that were seen on the recent Hollywood Squares. Just like it was in the old days.

You can pretty much gurantee that Kathy Griffin will be a regular or semi-regular.

Don't screw with the formula. They're tried to re-do the show twice since it ended and both times were total failures.

And, by all means, pick a fading c-level comic as host.