It took a while but TBS and Fremantle are finally casting for the pilot of the revival of Match Game.  Again, this is just for the pilot so there’s no word of a firm pick up just yet.  If you play the game you get $250, and as an alternate you’ll get $50 to $75.  If your pilot episode airs, though, you may be given the full amount you won on the show which looks to be a top prize of $10,000.  Appropriate top prize.  Match Game is one of the few classics I really enjoy and will watch it when I can.  I’ve seen episodes with a $20,000 top prize which seems like way too much for comedy matching game.  $10,000 works perfectly.  And hey, it’s double what the 90s revival had.

Casting directors are making sure to use the old standby of not casting actors or comics or anyone like that.  I figured comics would have been good contestants since the show’s going to be on a comedy network, but whatever.  They want “real people” like plumbers and hair dressers and those people.  They tried to do the same thing for Million Dollar Password among many others, but honestly actors always end up getting on.  It’s inevitable.  The last part of the casting notice worries me a tiny bit and makes me wonder what they are thinking.  The final line specifically says “If you are the life of the party everywhere you go this show is NOT for you.”  I would think getting excited contestants who aren’t afraid to say outrageous things and aren’t afraid to be funny would have been a plus.  By the time the original was a full-fledged comedy game the contestants weren’t so staid.  But who knows, maybe this will work out.  If you live near LA and want to try for the pilot, click here.