It's a Match - Saturday Night Live

Murder visits the set of It's a Match! Aired 05/10/08

[Kenazzle]

Shia LaBeouf is a pretty good actor someone should put him in a movie.

[willminkorea]

The show that they are spoofing is "Match Game."
Shia is impersonating Doug Henning- a hippie magician who was big in the 1970's. Armisen is impersonating Paul Lynde, Also impersonated are Brett Somers by Amy, Fannie Flagg by Kristen, and Nipsey Russell by Kenan.

[annika]

i think his whole ploy was to act innocent and hide in the body bag, so when they find his DNA he can say it was because he was laying on him.

[warmahan]

The combo of Amy Pahler and Fred Armisen is hysterical.

[tyrant-den]

So weird seeing Hader being the straight man.

[wangson]

This was one of SNL's best skits ever! Fred Armisen's take on the guy from Hollywood Squares is perfect and Amy Poehler's drunk lady with the hoarse voice was magical!

[yoyoz]

Shia's shimmy at the end when the credits roll, is everything.

[amybecca]

THIS IS WHERE THAT GIF CAME FROM?! Lmao

[jessebond]

This is my favorite game-show SNL skit. I love the concept, the execution, and every actor has so much character.

[bejoypradeep]

Back when Shia was just "that kid in the transformers movie"

[FatterBassilisk]

We want Shia to appear as that magician

[eduardo_corrochio]

Fred's manic blend of Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly is so frenetic and wild. Amy's Brett Somers is a scream; she's clearly having a blast with it. I grew up occasionally tuning in to Match Game on TV and enjoyed its naughty humor; they got away with some stuff at the time. Shia here as Doug Henning is quite good. Henning was a magician who had a Broadway show in 1974 (titled "The Magic Show" ... how creative, LOL). Martin Short did/does a fun impression of Doug.

And, yeah, it's very strange having Bill play the character who is not a big personality-- considering he is a wiz at celebrity mimicry.

[bobbyhulll]

If you are over 40 this sketch is your daily childhood tv routine lol

[EJofLA]

I saw Doug Henning in his wonderful "The Magic Show" on Broadway and he was exactly like Shia portrayed. Our family ran into him in the parking garage after the show, and he still had as huge a smile and magical personality as he did on stage. He passed away in 2000 and is missed.

[FishoD]

I absolutely loved the guy in pink shirt and mustache. Too bad I don't recognize him as he is not famous.

[lila]

armisen's laugh kills me everytime :D

[SynthMusicWorld]

I'm an old man, so I'm laughing at this parallel universe version of Match Game.

[aoifet]

4:19 But wait! He's not dead! (Shia Surprise)

[jessymoore]

Shia has always been underrated, he was amazing on Even Steven's, and he's even greater now.

[RayMardia]

Armisen killed me. Holy damn....'I'm ma-h-a-ha-hariiieeed' *shakes*