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Charles Nelson Reilly Dead at the age of 76

He will be missed, but we can still see him daily on GSN!

I am still sad that they have never been able to successfully revive Match Game. I really think that the right team of "stars" could do well. We don't have enough good comedy these days. :-[
 
I think what made Match Game funny was the panelists. Each of them brought their own brand of humor to the show that truly made it entertaining. Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Richard Dawson were three great examples of this.

Much of the humor heard on the show was very tongue-in-cheek and way ahead of its time. For the 1970's, when Richard Dawson said "I thought you were the Staten Island Fairy" to Charles Nelson Reilly, it had the audience roaring with laughter, but had you said that today, you would have had GLAD and other human rights groups camping out on your doorstep.
 
True. The 70's were a time of transition for this country. The prudish rules of the 50's and early 60's were quickly vanishing. Match Game had many jokes that were "out there". It would be hard to duplicate that these days.
 
kenhawk1160 said:
Much of the humor heard on the show was very tongue-in-cheek and way ahead of its time. For the 1970's, when Richard Dawson said "I thought you were the Staten Island Fairy" to Charles Nelson Reilly, it had the audience roaring with laughter, but had you said that today, you would have had GLAD and other human rights groups camping out on your doorstep.
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A few years back when GSN got their hands on the the Peter Marshal/Paul Lynde Hollywood Squares, I remember reading someplace (forgot where I read this) when GSN received some flap for airing a few shows from the early 70s that was so full of gay jokes that I don't think they ever aired those editions of Hollywood squares never aired again. I remember one I saw with the late Jan Murray, every other joke was like "gay bruce" thus and I think he even used the word "queen" plus someone else in the show was making cracks about West Hollywood and "fruits".

Charles Nelson Reilly also appeared in a 1971 ( maybe 1972 ) Superbowl special with Lucille Ball. However according to one of Lucy's bios the show was "homophobic".

Kinda ironic.
 
mleach said:
A few years back when GSN got their hands on the the Peter Marshal/Paul Lynde Hollywood Squares, I remember reading someplace (forgot where I read this) when GSN received some flap for airing a few shows from the early 70s that was so full of gay jokes that I don't think they ever aired those editions of Hollywood squares never aired again. I remember one I saw with the late Jan Murray, every other joke was like "gay bruce" thus and I think he even used the word "queen" plus someone else in the show was making cracks about West Hollywood and "fruits".
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I wonder what Lynde thought about those jokes. I'm sure everybody on the show knew about his being gay (I remember a TV Guide interview with Peter Marshall saying that he knew), although he wasn't "outed" publicly until after he died.
 
I thought the same too.

But then again, different era back then. ABC-TV back in the 70s did a sitcom with Lynde playing a family man even though I am sure they knew he was gay. Hell, even Chuck Barris had him as a contestant on the Dating Game back then.

Then there was Sal Mineo. I believe he came out in the 70s just before his murder but I did read once that everyone in the business as far as back as the early 60s ( maybe even before that ) knew he was gay. Yet the teenage magazines at the time like Tiger Beat and Gloria Stavers ( she was as important to music stars and teenage tv stars as Dick Clark was at the time with her 16 magazine, she could make or break a career she had that much power ) still ran stories about Sal looking for his "dream girl", even though chances are they knew he was more into looking for his "dream guy".

Today its a whole different game.
 
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