Comedy Review: This Show is So BLANK, Bosco laughed His Ass Off

The Match Game Live
Upright Citizens Brigade
Hollywood, California
First Friday and Saturday of Each Month
10 PM (Reservations A Must)
Rating: 5 teaspoons of Bosco (out of 5)

By Allen Bacon
Editor
Bosco: The Blog

Gene Rayburn would be very proud. Comedian extraordinaire Jimmy Pardo and his buddies are doing a live sendup of the old television game show the Match Game and the results are hilarious; the funniest stuff I've seen in a long time.

The Match Game Live, is an actual game. Two contestants, one man and one woman, are picked from the audience to participate and have the chance to win up to $100 or, as was the case the night I was there, Jimmy Pardo's old leather jacket. The interaction between the Chicago-born fast talking Pardo (a regular on Comedy Central shows) and the audience, the two contestants and the all-star panel is hysterical. The show even comes equipped with the funky old Match Game music, which is worth the price of admission itself.

And the six member panel is nothing to sneeze at either. On the night I was there, Comedy Central star Paul F. Thompkins, Late Night with Conan O'Brien's ex-sidekick Andy Richter, Madmen star John Hamm were among the six on the panel. I understand the night before that Janine Garafalo was on the panel. And that's part of the attraction of the show...you never know who is going to be on the panel...and it is usually the top comedy talent.

Make it an evening by going to one of the great restaurants along Franklin Ave. in walking distance from the UCB Theatre (Partly owned by Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler) and be sure to make on line reservations before going down to see the Match Game Live. Show starts at 10 PM on the first Friday and Saturday of each month. Next shows are on Fri. Dec. 7 and Sat. Dec. 8.