7.27.15 - 7.29.15 Match Game at UCB Franklin. We saw our first UCB LA show in 2011, a few years after the Match Game’s run had ended, so we had no idea what we had missed. But when UCB posted that they were doing a three night residency of Match Game shows for UCB’s 10th anniversary, I knew that we had to check it out.
Jimmy Pardo hosted the show all three nights. The first night’s panelists: Ben Schwartz, Janet Varney, Scott Aukerman, Matt Besser, Paul F. Tompkins, and Lauren Ash. The second night’s panelists: Andy Richter, Kumail Nanjiani, Scott Aukerman, Chris Hardwick, Paul F. Tompkins and Gillian Jacobs. The third night’s panelists: Andy Daly, John Ross Bowie, Jon Hamm, Paul Scheer, Paul F. Tompkins and Kristen Schaal.
The statements to be matched were occasionally nonsensical, and the references being made were often older than the contestants. But it was so much fun to watch a bunch of our favorite comedians crack jokes and be goofy with each other outside of their typical shows. I’m glad that they dragged Match Game out of retirement for UCB’s 10th, and hope they can be persuaded to do it again for future special occasions.
