Match Game '73--Batman & Robin are QUEER? (Banned from GSN)

[stickstr8up1]

Why would this be banned? Why would this be offensive? Even the most ardent and avid fans of the Batman & Robin comic book series have theories about B & R being engaged in a homosexual relationship. The celebs' answers seem pretty obvious to me.

[Suedeheadlover]

I think they would have preferred the term "heterosexually challenged". But I can't stand either one of them - Batman or Robin - so I'll move on.

[texasghost]

She could have said Fags.

[SJSharkWannabe]

I would've thought the definitive answer would be "Dead" since it was coming from a police commissioner, haha

[S13AR10AFan]

The only part of this clip that is even remotely offensive is "Fairies" being accepted. And that's a stretch.

[cleancab]

Well, maybe they are!!

[DomBellicini]

0:53 you can see Charles' answer

[kerryincolumbus]

LMAO!!!! I'm as gay as they get and I think this clip was PRICELESS!!!! Charles Nelson Reilly was the BEST! and so was his faghag, the incompromable, Miss Brett Somers!

[brothertee1017]

@kerryincolumbus you know that Brett Summers was married to Jack Klugman for a while.

[svfederico123]

I think this was hilarious, Charles was gay and he was laughing the most. It seemed to be a more laid back time then and your sexual orientation didn't define your character or mattered.

[mic187x2]

hysterical

[TheSimpsonssince90]

Seriously, why did it get banned? I mean "queer" is just another word for weird. Those two were strange folk. And this was going on in the 70's. Very queer. Richard Dawson's answer was priceless.

[ReturnofTheBunny]

All those answers should have counted as matches, including Charles' because we all know what he meant. ;)

[brickmanonj]

I'm a gay man and I don't find it offensive. In fact, I think it's funny. It wasn't said with any animosity behind it. It was said with humor.

[jtmichaelson]

Politically Correct = Treating us like little children

[mpjgbx]

@jtmichaelson Absolutely. That's why I can't stand to watch the news on TV anymore.

[mastergamer9999991]

@jtmichaelson or people without dicks

[ivanjursdotter]

Queer could meet funny also....duh. winning.....



[wiiplayer9revisited]

I aint gay, but GSN should instead bleep it out.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@wiiplayer9revisited Why? It's still used on "All In The Family" repeats aired today!

[DTD110865]

@wiiplayer9revisited

I'm not gay either, but I don't even think they should've done that.

[supersaver87]

If it was really so offensive, why was Charles was laughing along with everyone else?

Seriously, banning the episode is just ridiculous.

[steve4nlanguage]

CNR was always so funny. RIP Charles.

[jaibhakti]

This episode was on GSN yesterday.

[Floymin]

"Lovers" and "Married" should have passed. Compared to those, I thought "faeries" was shameful.

[tonydalcon]

CNR: "I made up my mind...it's what I'm gonna write that's the problem." lol

[Raidfreak]

She should have technically gotten 5 of those. 

[MattTheSaiyan]

Charles Nelson Reilly's answer should have been a match!

[ivegotalongdong]

no kidding! PC is out of control. it was the time, it was the era. and the constestant was cute as hell

[tonydalcon]

@ivegotalongdong Yeah, she is cute!

[CarpathianCarl]

"Charles" was a flaming homosexual lol. If there would of been any backlash he would of quit the show. I GSN can't play the fucking 70's TV gameshow and have to ban stupid shit like this, they have no right airing the entire series. I'm straight, but this BS censorship on something I watched in reruns as a kid is ridiculous.

[sporgie84]

What did Bobby say at 1:48?

[sarmadasco]

Ok.....if this was done today, every answer would have been "gay"....and had either "queer" or "fairy" were used, there would be an outcry (from the left, because of the adjectives chosen and from the right, because to imagine B&R being gay, is anti American (especially Sarah and Michelle). However, for 1973, that is was allowed, as a gay man, I saw "bravo"! "Queer, fairy, etc" at least the thought was there so soon after Stonewall. Used to watch show with g'mother but hated host, always.

[ff2paladin]

Sandy is HOT too

[bcox1981]

WHOAH!!!

[Elric33239]

I loved Charles' response "I made up my mind! It's what I'm gonna write is what the problem is!" I loved how he said that they were "Devine!" and Bobby Van & Elaine Joyce (husband & wife at the time) and Nanette Fabray said it, prompting Van to say "Now you've got 3 queers!" I guess it was because "gay" was the only acceptable term at the time, the censors considered as inappropriate as the "B" word for women and the "N" word for black people. Times have changed I guess.

[gooffbball]

why is this banned from GSN? they say naughtier things on the newlewed game with sherri shepherd

[spacecowboy5000]

"Sandy you scored with three queers." Gene didn't actually say that but...

[luxioification]

just like the donny osmond version of pyramid

[DDRBoi2002]

I thought everyone knew they were queer? As a gay man I knew they were.....

[jzakibe]

@guilttascharged Just because two men are queer does not mean they are lovers. It is not really the same thing. Queer would not imply that they have a relationship but lovers do.

[MrMatteNWk]

"So far we have two queers." Aaaand cut to Charles! :)

[guilttascharged]

Ok someone explain to me why Bretts answer "lovers" didn't match "queer? I may be missing something but I always thought if two men were lovers, then they were "queer" or gay or whatever you want to call it.

[WalkaCrookedLine]

The funniest part is Charles Nelson Reilly being reluctant to say the obvious answer. Really though, GSN pulling the ep is just dumb. Match Game fans expect the answers to be a bit risque.

[startrek151]

At 0:31 it is funny.

[StFidjnr]

3 people crazy enough to write that word

[frankie3455]

am i the only person who thinks that ladies hot

[bobodogpup]

I think it was banned because Nanette Fabray said "fairies."

[irqueer]

@bobodogpup I agree I believe it was Nanette's answer they were/are worried about. Queer is a commonly accepted and used term in the LGBT community at least in my experience it is - Queer as Folk; Queer Nation, I even use the username IRQUEER because... well because I AM!!

[graperonto]

@irqueer But in the 1970s, would "queer" have been the term? I agree that in later years of Match Game, Brett's answer might have been deemed a match as well.

I'm also a gay man. The newest politically correct time is now "same-gender attracted."

[tonydalcon]

@graperonto Or how about "hetero-challenged"?

[graperonto]

@tonydalcon yeah... I've heard that one too.

[CapPicard]

Ah, so we have a threesome! I didn't know the Match Game got so kinky...

[kittywhiskerz]

Queer? Is this idiot from the repressed Orange curtain or what?

[imachias]

Brett had her own brand of class and she still let it shine here. As a gay man, I'm not offended at all.

[TontoGoldstein81]

Robin: Holy Camel Toe Batman, your dong is huge!

Batman: Goddammit Robin, that's why I wear the underwear on the Outside!

[s0caltrukker]

Aww...the good old days, back before this nation had a 10 foot pole up its proverbial ass.

[abqwriter]

Why would GSN ban this? Are we that PC..BLAGH!

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@abqwriter GLAAD has them by the balls, and they won't let go! Same with cigarette companies!

[abqwriter]

@DENo1MatchGameFan There has to be SOMETHING that we can do to stop GLADD and other yahoos like them from ruining our society with their PC hooey..

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@abqwriter Maybe in other places, but sadly not in GSN's case - this episode, along with the 'fag' episode #19 with Dick Gautier and Barbara Stuart haven't been shown there since the early 2000's - same with game show episodes sponsored by cigarette companies from the 50's! If they keep like they are, half of the episodes from "MG" PERIOD would be lost, for the panelists who smoked cigarettes at the time! It's a bunch of BS, especially since 'fag' can be aired on "All In The Family" from 1971!

[sarmadasco]

@abqwriter I imagine they would ban it because they are "family friendly" and apparently, the prose used here, are not. Had it been today, and all used the word 'gay', there would be no issue but now, "Queer" ie....is not PC and might be deemed an insult like other adjectives used to describe other groups of people..outdated. I am gay and see no issue in the words used, as it was 1973, and it was only 4 years earlier that Stonewall happened. Plus, it's the normal response to the question. Brava!

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@abqwriter GLAAD got to them!

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@abqwriter Cause they are afraid of GLAAD!

[BARNEYFATSWALT]

i hate that Brett is not sitting next to Charles!

[landrykkb]

It's strange how Brett didn't get a match on lovers because it's the same thing,pretty much.

[joycollector]

@landrykkb I was thinking the same thing.

[landrykkb]

Charles Nelson Reilly must have been cringing deep down inside because I don't believe he would have been out of the closet at this point,although I'm sure all his co-workers on MG knew the difference already.

[jgbennie]

I might have been offended in the early '70s when "queer" and "fairy" were still perjorative. If it were said today, probably not, depending on who was saying it.

Today, it's surprising to hear Charles say "I never relate to that type of thing" and barrel into the next sentence as if to cut off any wisecracks. A few years later, he would have been a bit more campy about it and everyone would have laughed.

[junkaholic95]

I'm gay too and I didn't see anything wrong with this. I thought it was funny.

[sarmadasco]

@junkaholic95 I am gay, too and see nothing wrong with this given the times and such. Today, gay would have been used, but given it was only 4 years post Stonewall, I see it as an advance. Today, the left would say that "Queer/Fairy" are not appropriate and the right, especially Palin and Bachmann, would say that it is an affront to the USA that B&R should even be considered gay, as they ARE the USA...and gays are not. Can't win either way. Why they ban it now, is stupid, as it is funny! Peace!

[MUSICALLAN]

@junkaholic95 LOL - agreed!!!

[fwbh]

Anyway you can post the entire episode for us! That would be fantastic!

[graperonto]

But wasn't part of the 'charm' of Match Game some of the double entendre answers?

I'm also a gay man and although I don't use the word "queer" to define myself I have plenty of friends who have no problem wit the word (nor do I for that matter).

[tehlinebeginstoblur]

I seriously doubt the true reason it was taken off the air was to prevent offending *gay* people - I'd put my money on preventing offending homophobic religious conservatives. The word "queer" to describe someone who is homosexual didn't have the same kind of stigma back then - and I guess I can't really speak for the entire LGBT community, but I'd think most of them would just find humor in the Batman and Robin joke instead of getting offended at the use of the slang word "queer" in the 70's.

[ChanceRooney7]

No fucking way.

[tehlinebeginstoblur]

@ChanceRooney7 If you had the ability to both read and think, perhaps you'd understand my comment and its context rather than giving a rude, sarcastic response implying "you're so pathetically stupid to point out something so obvious". My comment was in response to the video uploader's description which says "this is from before GSN demonstrated overtly overzealous censorship to prevent gay backlash."

[MrLogoman007]

I had no idea. Everybody seems to be coming out of the closet these days. Good for you.

[heine71]

When did GSN last air the MG73 "Batman and Robin are QUEER" episode? Another 1973 Match Game episode banned from GSN was from the 19th. episode dealing with an "F" word.

And is the 7th. episode of MG73 banned from GSN due to poor quality?

[40onTheBlue]

Well said, friend of friends! ;-D

As a fellow gay man, I couldn't agree more. Charles Nelson Reilly was obviously not the least bit offended so why should we be?

It was the 70's. Get over it.

[ChanceRooney7]

You said it, 40