If anything, his character on The Running Man was a very exaggerated version of himself. If Richard didn't want to do game shows, he certainly wouldn't have done Family Feud. I think he saw Family Feud as a chance to be the next Groucho. Like You Bet Your Life, Family Feud had a game attached to it, but there was more…

Richard also never participated in the supposed drinking that was going on between shows, and didn't socialize much with Brett and Charles, but that was through the whole run. In his last interview, Richard revealed that he was appalled by the increasing risque nature of the MG questions, but he played it off as well…

BTW, I saw the tapings with Adam Goldberg on the panel live, and I did get the impression that he didn't really want to be there. BTW, one of the Head to Heads was SPARE BLANK, and without giving any spoilers, as Rosie was exiting the stage at the end of the show, I heard her whisper SPARE CHANGE… that's the answer…

Match Game '98 was riddled with problems. At first, the question writing allowed for more possible answers, then Pearson, who owned MG at the time, told producer Jay Wolpert and panel that they wanted "more matching", so that meant the questions only had really ONE possible answer, and the panel didn't hide that they…