MAKE ME LAUGH? It had comedians on there whose purpose was to try and make contestants laugh. I loved that show it was so cool and funny. Alot of times I tried along with the contestant and I would laugh my ass off. It had Gallagher, Bruce Baum, the unknown comic and others on there.

Yes, I do remember that show. It didn't last very long.

I hope you are thinking abt the 70's version. The show was revived in the 90's I think, but it wasn't the same. The original WAS THEE BEST!!!!

Yeah, I was thinking of the remake. My bad.

I think I remember both versions. Not very well though.

YES!!! There were some very funny moments on it!! Unfortunately, the host, Bobby Van, died, from what I heard. :(

Yes he did. God I couldn't remember his name, thanx for putting it here. He was married to an actress her name was Elaine Joyce. She appeared on Match Game and other 70's game shows and made appearances on Love Boat and other shows. Wow, that show was awesome. It was so damn funny.

I remember this show, but vaguely. God, I would lose in a second, because I cannot keep a straight face!

Andrea

Two related Youtube clips for your viewing pleasure:
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I remember the 70s version of Make Me Laugh with Bobby Van as host. Gallagher was hilarious when he was one of the guest comedians. Contestants received one dollar for each second they didn't laugh and if they survived the three comedians, the top prize was $360. Once per show, there was a guest celebrity who played for an audience member.

Make Me Laugh actually began in the late 50s but had a short run with Robert Q. Lewis hosting.

No but is there a clip or an episode of it on Youtube? I wanna check it out.

it was a great show i use to watch it every night

YES!!! There were some very funny moments on it!! Unfortunately, the host, Bobby Van, died, from what I heard. :(he was suffering from brain cancer almost the wehole time that he was hosting the show you sure never would have guessed how ill he was with all the mugging jumping and dance steps he did during the show talk about a real showman

The original was hosted by raconteur Robert Q. Lewis
(also of THE NAME'S THE SAME and GET THE MESSAGE).
Neither version lasted very long, but there is an episode
of EACH version in circulation. The Robert Q. Lewis version
in black and white has the original cigarette commercials
intact.

I remember Make Me Laugh with Bobby Van. It was sad when Bobby passed away. His wife Elaine Joyce was hot, she and Bobby appeared together on Tattletales and some other game shows too. I think Elaine is now married to playwriter Neil Simon.

Another game show I remember from the late 70's is Hollywood Connection. Jim Lange from The Dating Game hosted it, I believe one of the celebs who appeared on the show was Jan Murray.

And how about The Who, What, or Where Game with Art James? Similar in format to Jeopardy, this show had about a 5 year run (1969-74).

Another one is Three On A Match with Bill Cullen. I would love it if GSN would dig up some of these old obscure game shows like these and air the episodes, but perhaps the tapes of some of these shows don't exist anymore.

Howie Mandel (pre-St. Elsewhere) was on the 1970s version of Make Me Laugh as well. And pre-Jeopardy! Johnny Gilbert was the announcer.

I remember Make Me Laugh with Bobby Van. It was sad when Bobby passed away. His wife Elaine Joyce was hot,

Bobby always had a smile and was happy when he appeared on any game show and i remember Make Me laugh.

Anyone remember a game show I think it was called The Liars Club, I know the word Liar was in the title ??

I remember there were three incarnations of the game show you mentioned titled "Liar's Club." All three aired in syndication with Rod Serling hosting the original in 1969, Bill Armstrong and Allen Ludden presided over the next version in the late 70s and the last was produced in Vancouver and hosted by Eric Boardman. Each version had a panel of four celebrities describing an unusual object and the contestants had too guess who was telling the truth. It was a very funny show and I hope someday it could be revived without being raunchy.

That's the problem these days with game show revivals, mostly--they all up the raunch factor in order to attract a younger audience. And most of the time, they fail miserably. While the '70s Match Game and the original Hollywood Squares all had their naughty innuendoes and double entendres'--they never really crossed the line so much that it veered in bad taste. Match Game '98 and the last HS revival--oh they made me sick. I'm afraid TBS' new take on Match Game will be just really awful. GSN's last attempt on I've Got a Secret was stinky poopy crappy!