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Brett is terrible

posted 18 years ago by shepard43
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I love the Match Game and watch it every time it is on. However, it would be the perfect show if Brett had never been on. The Top 10 reasons she should have been removed.
1.She is ugly as homemade sin
2.That smoking causes her to look ugly and sound even worse.
3.She is so dumb, she has to look at her answer for a minute when she is called on just 10 seconds after she has written it down and turned it over.
4.She has to use 2 hands to put her card up. Is it that heavy?
5.She talks all during the time they answer, and it is never funny.
6.She always talks down to the beautiful women on the show. I want to see them not hear or see her.
7.She only got the job because they wanted her husband, Jack Clugman
8.She folds her answer card for minutes after she doesnt match, just put it in the slot already.
9.Betty White is a legend, you are not, she doesnt even deserve to be on the same stage.
10.Did I say she is is homely?

[–] sunshine09 18 years ago

Well I do think you are pathetic for basing 2 of your reasons on the way she looks. (are you some type of prize??) But I find her to be quite funny.

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[–] Pattyav (1) 3 months ago

I totally sunshine09. First of all, everyone thinks that Betty White is such a goody two shoes! I think she encouraged Brett who returned her smart attitude and I don’t blame Brett for some reason on match game. Betty White thought she was all that in a bag of chips she had a sarcastic attitude.

[–] shepard43 18 years ago

She talks and brings any conversation going on back to her. Gene cant talk to any other panelist about their movies,shows, etc, without Brett having to butt in.

[–] steve6675 9 years ago

Gene always paid more attention to Brett because she had the vodka.

[–] sun_hill_85 18 years ago

"I love my answer." Nuff said.

[–] shepard43 18 years ago

i never loved her answer.

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[–] MrNobody97 18 years ago

Good grief. What a ridiculous thread. If you dislike the fact that someone was on a particular show, fine, but your so-called reasons are a bunch of mean-spirited ad hominem attacks. For one, did you ever consider that Brett Somers never *claimed* she was a supermodel, or the most attentive panelist, etc? The other panelists poked fun at her now and then for acting a little absentminded, or for forgetting what she wrote, or giving a subpar answer, etc. In fact, she poked fun at herself too!

Look, if "Match Game" wanted a panel of comic geniuses, highly attractive people, etc., then "Match Game" probably would have had them! The show was popular because someone -- unlike you, apparently -- had the insight to figure out what qualities *do* make a good panelist. FYI, the IMDb Trivia page for MG73 says of the first episode: "Klugman was reluctant to appear at first, but agreed on one condition: that his wife Brett Somers also appear as a panelist on a later date."

So come up with some real reasons and stop attacking people on such shallow grounds! The only ugly thing I see here is your attitude!

[–] demonracer 18 years ago

BRAVO!!!!

[–] shepard43 18 years ago

those were good reasons. just because you dont like them, doesnt make them bad.

[–] kak122760 18 years ago

She was the best! She was originally on the show because Klugman wouldn't do it without her, but she was such a hit that she became a regular. I always turn it off when she isn't on, it's just not as good.

[–] XxThorn27xX 18 years ago

I'm not a big fan of Brett but it just wouldn't be Match Game without her.

[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 18 years ago

Boy, I'll say. I love Brett!
The interactions between her and Charles are always some of the best parts of the show (though there are LOADS of others too.)

Revenge is a dish best served .

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[–] dpcole7 11 years ago

But the sheer bulk of them were shallow.

She may have gotten her initial episode thanks to her (then-husband), but her chemistry with Gene Rayburn and Charles Nelson-Reilly ensured she stayed. Indeed, her then-husband was a real piece of work to her ON the show - no wonder she would later divorce him; the problems they had in real life were a bit more considerable than what was shown on screen (whether her then-husband was trying to be funny, it certainly did not come across that way!)

[–] glennh69 11 years ago

Actually, Brett & Jack Klugman never divorced. They separated and Jack subsequently hooked up with some women over the years, but there was no legal termination of their marriage. Shortly before their respective deaths, both of them spoke of their frequent contact and amiable separation. They certainly weren't the first couple who loved each other--but didn't like each other.

[–] MrSt0rM (1) a year ago

Actually, court records show they divorced in 1977. They still liked each other they just fell out of love. Perhaps he didn’t remarry whilst she was alive out of respect, who knows. But they were divorced.

[–] doodlkatz-1 18 years ago

FUNNY IS LIKE CUTE either you are or you're not. If you work to be either you end up obnoxious and annoying.... Brett works very very hard to be both and fails miserably, of course that is true for almost all panelists on game shows Part of the blame goes to the writers of the supposed ad libs that these panelists struggle to make appear spontaneous. Good actors can sometimes overcome bad writting but not these 2nd-3rd rate "talents" but at least she's better than charles nelson riley [he does not deserve capital letters]

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[–] roswell_love 18 years ago

I dont think Match Game would be the same without Brett, she is my absolute favourite... I don't watch the show if she and Richard aren't on it...

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[–] juanakmcd 18 years ago

Is shepard43 really Jack Klugman??

For the record--I love Brett!

[–] stoogey 18 years ago

If it is...he mispelled his OWN LAST NAME...(check his ridiculous 1st post)... hee hee...

I've never been privy to Brett Sommers, but she really is part of the structure and form of how Match Game was shaped and adored, even though she wasn't even on the first couple of weeks of the show...in her defense tho', she absolutely RULES in every guest appearance she ever made as Blanche, Oscar Madison's (Jack Klugman!)ex-wife on The Odd Couple series, and yes, regarding her MG run she can be really hard to take sometimes and most of her one liners fall flat and are met with deaf silence, BUT she was part of the team nucleus that consisted of (like it or not) her, Gene, Richard until he split in 1978 and Charles. As great as people like Betty White and McLean Stevenson (who to me, did some of his funniest work of all time on MG) were, they were not part of that core team...the show always revolved around them...and besides, Brett is great when she plays the comic foil to all of Charles Nelson Reilly's hysterical witticisms and good natured insults towards her....

"I'm surrounded by weirdos!" - Gene Rayburn

[–] shepard43 18 years ago

My last name is spelled correctly. It is your ignorance showing not mine.

[–] stoogey 18 years ago

I'm talking about mispelling KLUGMAN...

You WROTE:

"7.She only got the job because they wanted her husband, Jack Clugman"

Geez....doh!

[–] kelownachris 18 years ago

Whatever...
I found her quite funny. Especially with her interaction with the audience. Glad she was there. And she is not Ugly in the sense you are trying to portray.

[–] mcmaenza 18 years ago

Nope, sorry, don't think so. As someone who watched this show when it first aired (faithfully I might add) starting in 1973 through 1982, I would say that Brett added a unique aspect to the show - as much as Gene, Richard and Charles did. Brett was a staple of the show and clearly the producers liked what she brought to the group - otherwise why keep her after that one "required" appearance (per Jack Klugman's conditions for his appearing on the preview week). Back in the old days, it wasn't about who was pretty or what not. She was fun and funny.

[–] blackie-5 18 years ago

A few thoughts about Brett... Earlier in the thread somebody said Brett once called another panelist "fat" and the woman was clearly upset. Who was it?... Also although Brett isn't exactly a great wit, it's more just by virtue of being kind of offbeat and off-the-wall and a little bit of a train wreck that makes her so compelling to watch. And I mean train wreck in the most complimentary way :) ...Did anyone see the one where Gene asks Fannie if she got what she wanted for Christmas & Fannie replies: "No... I still have to share the dressing room with Brett..."

[–] jobakhume 18 years ago

If I may insert myself into this conversation:

Blackie-5, I believe I may know the episode being spoken of, as I have it in my MG collection. HOWEVER, the person who stated that she directly called the actress "FAT" is somewhat of a misquote, though I can see how it could be thought of. *Note: Maybe that poster who said she said that to be mean should watch that episode being spoken about again, and MAKE SURE that what they are saying is ACTUALLY what is being said, NOT an assumption.*

I don't think Brett did that to start a feud. She never had a problem with anyone she worked with, but if that actress did get upset, it was because the woman misunderstood Brett. The actress in question, is Connie Stevens. I believe this episode was a Match Game PM from 1979 or 1980.

Brett has actually said, "You tell 'em, fat lady!" The only other one I can think of, and not particularly from that episode was, "Get your hands off that fat lady!" However, the first one mentioned is the one used in that episode.

She wasn't CALLING Connie fat; quite the contrary. If you watch previous episodes, she says the same thing to Gene, to Charles, to Richard, and they are MEN, meaning they said something that put someone in their place (ie, when Gene would grab the camera and pull it the other direction in fun after jokingly hollering at the camera to shift his focus).

And as for Fannie's wish, that was the Christmas 1978 episode, wasn't it? Fannie Flagg was one of the funniest people ever to cross the Match Game stage. That episode kills me every time. :D

Hope that helps you out, Blackie. :)

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[–] onevestalfan 18 years ago

"Fannie Flagg was one of the funniest people ever to cross the Match Game stage. That episode kills me every time."
I totally agree that Fannie was the funniest one, but it just wouldn't be Match Game without Brett. I love Brett, she is my favorite regular along with Charles. Richard Dawson is the one I never really cared for. Interactions between Brett and Charles, and Brett and Fannie are classics. When there is any combination of those three(Brett, Charles or Fannie), you know the show is going to be funny. In fact, I saw an episode just this morning without Brett and it just wasn't very good or funny. To me, Brett made the show.

[–] jobakhume 18 years ago

Thank you! Someone who agrees with me! :)

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