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Match Game

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Why Match Game might be annoying:

    It had some of the worst jokes on television.
    When the show was brought back in the 1970's, instead of simply calling the show ‘Match Game,' CBS added the name of each year to the title (Match Game '73, Match Game '74, etc.).
    It was unsuccessfully brought back by ABC in the early 1990's.
    On one episode, after answering ‘Japanese Transistor Radio' for one answer, Charles Nelson Reilly decided to put ‘Japanese Transistor' in front of every answer.
    Jenny Jones, who also appeared as a contestant on Press Your Luck, was a contestant on the show before becoming famous.
    NBC destroyed most of the original tapes of the show. Only about 11 episodes from the NBC still exist.
    In the middle of every question, such as ‘Dumb Dora was so dumb,' the audience would always yell ‘How dumb was she?'

Why Match Game might not be annoying:

    Gene Rayburn was one of the most unpredictable game show hosts.
    It was one of the most popular game shows of it's time.
    It was extremely successful over two decades, and on two different networks.
    When it was brought back in the 1970's, it began using the sexual innuendo that it's remembered so much for.
    If the contestants gave a dumb answer, the audience would boo them.
    Host, Gene Rayburn was extremely close friends with panelists Charles Nelson Reilly and Bret Somers.
    Baltimore Ravens coach, Brian Billick was a panelist on the show shortly after he was cut from the NFL. He lost badly, and Gene Rayburn joked, ‘Failed at football, failed at Match Game. Where will you go now?' Billick coached the Ravens to win the Super Bowl (2001).

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 82 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 54 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 106 Votes: 54.72% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 47.42% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 932 Votes: 41.20% Annoying