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I caught the re-run of the first episode and I couldn't get half-way through it.

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I feel like Drew Carey would be a better host. Short is too over the top and playing a character. And the 'celebrities' don't quite fit either, they need someone good to anchor them. There's no Charles Nelson Reilly or Brett Somers. Who are the static celebs? Or do they all change episode to episode? And the writers of these mad libs are horrible.

If I had to choose an anchor celeb, it'd probably be someone like Aisha Tyler.

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If it's like the previous show with Baldwin they rotate out every show which is two episodes.

Closest they got to a Charles Nelson Reilly was the guy from Kimmy Schmidt.
He was on a few times in the beginning and then that was it.
Now he does Wayfare commercials.

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Episode #2 was much much better. Short was more relaxed and actually very funny. The panel was also funnier and had great chemistry. The show will probably never reach Alec Baldwin level, but I found it entertaining and will stick with it for now.

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Say what you will about Martin Short but he has never shot and killed anyone or delivered a profanity filled angry rant at his grade school aged daughter.

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But he's Canadian.

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Forget those shows...bring back Celebrity Bowling. Now that would be a ratings winner. :)

Celebrity Bowling

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Maybe off topic but Pete Holmes now seems like he is a professional TV game show contestant since he appears on almost all of the game shows on TV.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...80c62b1328.jpg

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Good! He's hilarious and one of the top 3 best celebrities I've ever seen on "Pyramid". Twice he blasted through the Winner's Circle in about 30 seconds. Rachel Dratch is also an exceptional player.

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He is pretty good at those games though I wish he would come back with a show like Crashing.

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His short-lived talk show was very good

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Jiminy Glick? ;) Oh, you weren't talking about Short. :p

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that we know of....

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Is that show available somewhere to watch?

I knew of it but regret missing out.

I do listen to "You Make It Weird" podcast.

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The third show improved again over the first two.

There’s still hope

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This season sure has been a crap sandwich. One week bad, the next week good. This week was just as terrible as the premiere.

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Might have been aired out of order and this was another early one

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Probably. Never thought about that. There was so much dead silence in between answers and "jokes". And most of the jokes landed with a thud. Also, whoever is writing those questions needs to be fired.

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My YouTube algorithm has brought to me a show called Blankey Blank.

This is the BBC version of Match Game.
Looks like it first started in 1979 with a couple of pilots that are on YouTube filmed in1978.

The current version may still be running on bbc1

The first few versions of this show are direct copies of the 1970's match game right down to the sets and opening.
The more recent version has a set that is just wild.

Either I never knew about this show or forgot it somehow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankety_Blank

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Match Game is kind of hard to plat and Jeopardy is easier to play and that is not easy either.