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What's with all the sex questions nowadays?


Isn't Family Feud supposed to be a family show? On Steve Harvey's Family Feud, there are WAY too many sex questions. Now when Steve Harvey first took over the show wasn't so downright dirty then. Steve didn't make the show dirty until later on. I remember when Richard Karn was the host and the show wasn't so downright dirty back then. I still remember when the host asked "Name something neighbours fight over", "Name an ingredient a baker would hate to be allergic to", "Name an excuse a husband might give his wife for not wanting to go to Church on Sunday", and I could go on. Now we have questions like "Name a man's body part", "Name something you'd do for sex", "Name a piece of candy that is a size of a nipple", and there's more too. It's time to grow the *beep* up. The sex questions get old really quick too. Back when Richard Dawson returned as the host in 1994, he asked a bunch of sex questions and they got old really quick then too. Ray Combs and John O'Hurley also asked occasional sex questions but their versions weren't as downright dirty like Steve Harvey's version is now. Harvey's first season wasn't as downright dirty either even though there were still occasional sex questions

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One question is what is something that puts a big smile on your face.
Sex was number 1 answer.
Buy instead of writing sex on the board they write.....hiding the salami....wtf.that's funny

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I completely agree. I don't mind an occasional sexual question, but it had gotten ridiculous. I'm not sure if you were joking about the candy the size of a nipple question, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a real one. They force it and come up with totally stupid questions just to somehow relate it to sex in some way.

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A little to much, I agree! But I usually laugh.
Dini

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I agree there's too much of it, but why blame Steve Harvey? Unless he's the writer, producer, director or something like that then he is just the host and not to blame.

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Yes, Steve is just the host. He's not responsible for the questions and answers that come up. I guess he's the face of Family Feud and the closest one to us.

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Yeah, even Steve Harvey is fed up with all the sex questions

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Although Steve doesn't control what questions or answers are used he revels in them. He'll go on and on cracking jokes about it and dripping all the crassness out out of it as he can.

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The show has ALWAYS had sexual innuendo. It's just more of it now.

And the difference between Richard Karn's Family Feud and Steve Harvey's is ratings. Karn had none, and Steve is bringing in the best ratings in decades.

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It's ironic how shocked Steve was when he asked "Name something that gets bigger as males grow up," and the female answered," Penis!" He was like,"Lady, what the hell is wrong with you?" She defended herself by pointing out that she called it by the scientific definition, LOL. Now,many questions are sex related. SMH.

Drake is repetitive. He just raps the same thing over and over as if he is in an insane asylum! LOL!

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Yep. It is no longer a family program! We watched the new prime time version Sunday evening. Sorry, this is the very last time we watch it!!!

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I don't get it either. It's way too much. Almost every time I watch for a few minutes it's about sex. You can be funny without sex questions all the time.

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I just caught part of it and Steve Harvey was right in the middle of all the innuendo. He was disgusting

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I agree. It makes some of us who don't get to regularly have sex feel a little insecure. One of my buddies feels the same way. I was watching the NFL defense episode this morning and wasn't really a fan of it. Why the hell is sex sooooooooooooo damn important?

#pennygetyourownwifi

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Dittos here, too. I watch the show and put up with all that, but in spite of it not because of it. If Steve Harvey has had the most successful ratings for the show in decades, it's because he is the funniest host (and there have been some funny ones), not because of the content of the questions.


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Neil Armstrong first walked on the Earth.

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It's not just the questions but the answers. They are so juvenile. If it's talking about a butt call it a butt, don't make up some funny little name. I am a prude, yes, but I feel more uncomfortable when they have the funny little joke up there than the actual name.

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Granny Cooch?!?!

Now I don't remember what the question was, it was something to do with an old woman giving, or not giving something to her husband. Obviously sex was going to be up there.

And one of the answers was "Sex/Granny Cooch". Lol WTF?!

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In one episode in reference to pooping the answer was "Growing a tail". So gross but I laughed out loud.

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