This being the game show Interweb, people's lists leaned mostly toward more recent shows. Older-is-better pretty much reigns on Net game show boards. So I decided to pick shows from every decade. These are purely personal dislikes, folks. Some of these shows lasted for a while, so somebody out there liked them. Starting from the 1950s...
Two for the Money. An attempted reply to Groucho's You Bet Your Life. We found out that Herb Shriner was not Groucho.
The Name's the Same. Imagine I've Got a Secret where everybody has the same secret. Or What's My Line where everybody has the same line. No, you don't want to imagine it.
You're in the Picture. The legendary one-episode Jackie Gleason flop. At least Gleason admitted the mistake.
Match Game (1960s). Boy, it was dull. Dull, dull, dull. Did I mention dull? They finally got some comedy writers for a certain revival you may have heard of.
Bowling for Dollars. I liked Johnny Carson's suggestion of Bowling for Towels better.
Gong Show and its bastard offspring Extreme Gong. Okay, there was a little cheesy charm here. And a lot of barf inducement.
Card Sharks. Higher. Lower. Who cares? This acey-deucey epic made the poker shows look like grandmaster chess.
Press Your Luck and its really better offspring Whammy. Except for Michael Larson the game offered all the intellectual challenge of pressing a button.
Strip Poker. Embarrassing to admit, but I peeked at the hardbody twenty-somethings stripping down to their skivvies. I'm so ashamed. The show reeked by any objective standard.
Burt Luddin's Love Buffet. A combination of a game show and a behind-the-scenes scripted show. Both stunk.
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