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The Best of Password, The Best of Match Game, The Best of Price is Right, All Star Family Feud (not pictured), and Game Show Moments Gone Bananas! are five stellar collections of classic game shows being re-released from Mill Creek Entertainment that offer hours of mindless fun and more than a dose of nostalgia. The classy Allen Ludden, host of Password, starts us off with a passel of episodes filmed in glorious black and white that include a host of early to mid 60s celebrities (Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, et al among them) playing the not always easy word game. Ludden is always a gentlemen and the guests and contestants are dressed up for the cameras - the guys usually in suits and ties, the ladies with their big hairdos and Sunday best. The polite manners of all involved (as in What's My Line? another 60s classic) are fascinating to watch from the perspective of today's less than gracious culture. The free lovin' 70s with plenty of sexual innuendo are on tap with the Match Game collection which feature gay icon Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers. Though the dumbed down game isn't nearly as fun to play along with ("How dumb was Dora?"), there's still the shag carpet and over the top 70s fashion and hairdos to entertain you. Next is a fun compilation of The Price is Right with its equally hysterical audience members and contestants, smooth Bob Barker as the host and a cultural history trip thanks to the changing prizes offered in the Big Showcases. A collection of Family Feud episodes with smarmy host Richard Dawson and a host of 80s celebs is a nice peek into 80s culture and Game Show Moments Gone Bananas! with self proclaimed egghead Ben Stein as tour guide is a nice overview of all of the above and more. Each set contains three discs (Bananas! is only one disc). Now put down that X-Box and enjoy some old fashioned games for once! |