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==In popular culture== The success of ''Match Game'' led to its portrayal in other media. In the [[Howard Stern]] biopic ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]'', the radio host and his crew play a version of the game with more inappropriate answers (Longtime sidekick [[Robin Quivers]], parodying Somers, responded to the question "[Blank] Willow" with an answer about [[female genitalia]]).<ref name="Stern">{{cite web|title=The Match Game |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ZLqn_mz74|website=YouTube|date=May 16, 2019 |publisher=Warner Records|access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', the current occupant of ''Match Game'''s former New York studio, featured a parody in a Season 33 episode under the title "It's a Match", with fictitious names given to panelists ([[Amy Poehler]] and [[Fred Armisen]] played characters similar to Somers and Reilly).<ref name="SNL">{{cite web|title= Why Didn't Saturday Night Live Match "Match Game"?|url= https://www.dead-frog.com/blog/entry/why-didnt-saturday-night-live-match-match-game |website=Deadfrog|date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> Since 2010, Match Game has been parodied by drag artist [[RuPaul]] in the cable reality competition series ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' as "Snatch Game": a regular challenge in the series where the contestants each impersonate a different celebrity for comedic effect.
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