Match Game

Celebrity phrase completion

Match Game is an American television game show that aired in various versions from the 1960s through the 2010s, in which contestants try to match answers with celebrity panelists on fill-in-the-blank questions.

The format encouraged risqué double entendres and innuendo, particularly in its 1970s iteration hosted by Gene Rayburn, which became known for its playful, often suggestive humor.

We played our own version of Match Game at the party.

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celebrity · panelists · fill-in-the-blank · CBS · audience · panel show · innuendo · humor · Family Feud · round · double entendre · dirty jokes · answer · Wheel of Fortune · guess · score · quiz · question

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Family

game, match, matched, matching, unmatched, matches, matchless, matchmaker, rematch

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Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G