That's a large can of worms to open up. I think the warm glow of nostalgia makes a lot of things on old shows seem understated...when they were actually stated pretty loud and clear at the time. Anyway, I happened to be watching Richard Karn's Family Feud yesterday afternoon on GSN. (Come to think of it, Karn Feud is getting fairly old itself.)
Richard tossed out a mildly suggestive question: "Name a traffic sign that describes your love life." Sure enough, a contestant hazarded: "Slippery when wet." Rather oddly, the show bleeped "wet," though it was clear what the contestant said.
The audience cracked up, of course. And Karn said that the whole discussion was starting to remind him of the old Match Game, and he was starting to feel like Gene Rayburn.
Truth to tell, it did seem like a Match Game moment, much to my nostalgic delight. You can watch it on YouTube.
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