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MsMojo
  • 6/24/2025
Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt! We're counting down the most side-splitting moments when game shows delivered comedy gold that rivals the best sitcoms. From epic fails to unexpected answers, these hilarious blunders prove that sometimes the funniest moments are completely unscripted!
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00:00If you're just tuning in, welcome to the Gilbert Gottfried Show.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the hilarious times when game shows rivaled anything you'd see on a sitcom.
00:11You just go, what, what, what did it, what?
00:17Number 20. Patricia Heaton is bad at math. Who wants to be a millionaire?
00:22Math teachers everywhere felt seen on this day.
00:24On a special celebrity edition of Millionaire, we just Philbin sits down with Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton.
00:30And it is a train wreck from the word go.
00:33You know I went to Ohio State, right? I don't know that much.
00:36Right, you're a graduate.
00:40Ohio State's a very good school. I just didn't spend enough time in the classroom.
00:44A simple question about converting U.S. dollars to euros leaves her spinning out so bad she has to use her lifeline.
00:50But even that doesn't help her.
00:51The host takes pity on her, essentially walking her through the problem in a way that would never happen if it weren't the celebrity edition.
00:59The audience screams with relief when she finally gives the right answer.
01:03It is as cringeworthy as it is funny.
01:05A three-quarter.
01:09Final answer. Final answer.
01:13Yes!
01:16Number 19. Brad's Score. Jeopardy.
01:19Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to the Jeopardy! Comedy Hour.
01:24Things get personal during a tournament of champions between Ken Jennings, James Holtzauer, and Brad Rudder.
01:29At the end of round one, Rudder is in last place, having earned no money.
01:34When the scores reset to zero at the start of the second round, Holtzauer's playful and childish jab that Rudder's score is still on the board draws groans from the audience.
01:42Alex Trebek suddenly realizes with stunning clarity how tough the competition has gotten.
01:47It's gotten to be that kind of competition, hasn't it?
01:52It's a great reminder that it really is just a game.
01:55And even the smartest guys around can still act like children.
01:58Number 18. Fish Love. Wheel of Fortune.
02:00Confidence can only take you so far in life, as evidenced by this hopeful but misguided Wheel of Fortune contestant.
02:07The letters for this short and sweet clue flashed quickly, as they do, leading our eager player to ring in with a guess.
02:13Edgar. Fish Love.
02:15This was quite a few years before The Shape of Water came out, so probably not what they were going for here.
02:21He very quickly realized how ridiculous that response was, prompting him to apologize, which in itself is an objectively hilarious thing for him to do.
02:29Stuff your sorries in a sack, buddy, because we're still laughing at your bewildering response.
02:34You know, sometimes the acoustics are bad, and I thought I heard you say Fish Love.
02:38Number 17. Betty White destroys the magic toaster. Super Password.
02:43After more than a thousand episodes, this Password spinoff was ending its run, and all bets were off.
02:49Frequent panelist Betty White fails to lead her partner to the correct answer.
02:53Oh! It's tough to tear up a rubber one, you know that? Oh, oh, oh, oh, let's just throw it.
03:00She takes the host's magic toaster machine that provides the secret words and hurls it across the set in played-up anger.
03:06It's so weird to see our favorite Golden Girl have such a hot temper.
03:10The whole thing devolves into a free-for-all when host Burt Comby eggs her on to do it again,
03:14and she shatters his magic toaster on the soundstage floor.
03:17Well, it is the series finale, after all. It's not like they're using it again.
03:21We'll never have to worry about the magic toaster again.
03:23But that's terrible to destroy things like that. That's bad. Naughty Betty.
03:27Yeah, bad Betty. Bad Betty.
03:29Number 16. It's a Refrigerator. Classic Concentration.
03:33In his early days of hosting Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek was also lending his cool style to Classic Concentration.
03:39This is ridiculous. This isn't Jeopardy!
03:41It's a dream, Dorothy. Go along with it. Anything can happen in a dream.
03:45He deploys his famously dry wit in this segment, where a presenter is showcasing one of the prizes,
03:50and everything starts to go wrong.
03:52The presenter, named Marjorie, is demonstrating a fridge when its contents begin to fall out,
03:57and she loses her footing on the platform, collapsing into embarrassed laughter.
04:01Trebek, being helpful, explains to her what a fridge is, since she clearly has no idea how to behave around one.
04:07Marjorie, it's a refrigerator.
04:09I know you're not used to those. They're appliances. They go in the home, and you'll find it in the kitchen.
04:14This is just one of the reasons we love him. He was always so helpful.
04:18Number 15. Pork. Family Feud.
04:21Steve Harvey loves to play up his complete confusion out of family's dumb answers.
04:25The Brown family's unique answers nearly break him.
04:28What? What is coupon?
04:31This is the greatest answer I've ever heard.
04:39From the jump, they come up with wild answers to the survey question about things that follow the word pork.
04:44Pumpkin's heavy accent has Steve Harvey thinking she's saying pork lawn instead of pork loin.
04:49L-I-O-E, lawn!
04:52Oh.
04:52Pork lawn!
04:54Glad you spelled it, because I'm...
04:55The hell is a pork lawn?
04:59Will's answer, pork upine, is even crazier.
05:02His family cheers him on, even though there's no way it's up there,
05:05and Harvey correctly predicts this moment is going to live on in YouTube infamy.
05:10It's number one!
05:11Oh, my mom went pow!
05:12It's number one. Oh, really?
05:18Well, I tell you what, it's going to be number one on YouTube, but...
05:22Number 14. Ken Jennings X-Rated Answer.
05:25Jeopardy.
05:25Long before he replaced the late Alex Trebek as host,
05:28contestant Ken Jennings was in the middle of his legendary run on Jeopardy.
05:32He may have won millions, but not every answer was a winner.
05:36In this appearance, Jennings answers a question whose answer was rake,
05:39with a potentially censor-unfriendly response.
05:42This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.
05:48Ken.
05:49What's a hoe?
05:49No.
05:50His cheeky smile as he says it is kind of precious.
05:53Whether or not he knows it isn't correct is up for interpretation.
05:56By this point in the show, he's beating both opponents by nearly $1,500,
06:01and there's room to have a little fun.
06:03And you want to hear something strange?
06:06Ken wants to come back and play again tomorrow.
06:08Number 13. Not Risking It. Family Feud.
06:12Do you hear that? It's the sound of two husbands who know better.
06:15A leading question has two men completely unwilling to answer.
06:19Which of the seven dwarfs describes your wife in bed?
06:26Even Steve Harvey stays quiet.
06:28This is the kind of survey that makes you think the Family Feud writers want to break up some marriages.
06:32It becomes a standoff until, finally, one of them is brave enough to answer.
06:36Terry!
06:37This is just to get up on the boards. Bashful?
06:40Bashful.
06:42Bashful.
06:45We don't know whether it's funny or really telling that no one seemed to remember happy was also an option.
06:52Happy man. That's me.
06:53And this is Dopey.
06:54He don't talk none.
06:56You mean he can't talk?
06:58He don't know.
06:59He never tried.
07:00Number 12. A group of what?
07:03Wheel of Fortune.
07:03Solving puzzles can be nerve-wracking.
07:06It's especially tricky when the clue is as vague as the word people.
07:10It's kind of a rare thing to see the Wheel of Fortune crowd get this rowdy,
07:13but contestant Joe goes a little too off-base with his guess.
07:16A group of pill pushers?
07:20Host Pat Sajak has to step in and remind him that this is a family show,
07:24but then the torture just goes on.
07:26The contestants still can't get a grasp on the puzzle on the second attempt.
07:29We don't know what Wheel wishes are,
07:36but the correct answer, in case you were wondering, is well-wishers.
07:40Number 11.
07:41Ruby Jean wants to play.
07:42The price is right.
07:43Like every game show, there are rules and protocols.
07:46But Ruby Jean was so excited when her name was called,
07:49she tore right down the aisle,
07:51past her other opponents,
07:52and ran right up to join Bob Barker on stage.
07:55The adrenaline is pumping so hard,
08:08she can barely understand what Barker is saying to her.
08:11Instead of just telling her to go to a rightful spot with the other contestants,
08:14he leads her to realize she just blew past the bidding portion of the game.
08:18Will you explain to them why you get to play and they don't?
08:24Her horrified scream when she realizes what she's done is so endearing.
08:32Even Barker can't be mad at the enthusiasm.
08:34Number 10.
08:35Pretty...
08:36Match Game.
08:37Is there anything more embarrassing than accidentally telling a woman she has pretty nipples?
08:42I can't believe I just said that.
08:43Maybe, but this is certainly up there.
08:45We present Karen Lesko.
08:47Hi Karen.
08:48Hi.
08:48You know John?
08:49Yes, we do.
08:50While chatting up contestants Karen and John,
08:53host Jean Rayburn turns to John and compliments Karen's pretty nipples.
08:57Doesn't she have pretty nipples?
08:58Uh, pretty dimples?
09:00He is quick to course correct,
09:03and says that she has pretty dimples
09:04before squirming and withdrawing into himself like a turtle.
09:08You can tell that Jean was supremely embarrassed,
09:11which makes the clip that much funnier.
09:13Luckily, Karen is a good sport and takes it in stride.
09:16Freudian slip or simple slip of the tongue?
09:19You be the judge.
09:20This lady has very pretty dimples.
09:23Number 9.
09:24The fainting contestant.
09:25The Price is Right.
09:27To be honest,
09:28we don't know how more game show winners
09:30don't just up and collapse upon winning thousands of dollars.
09:33What's going on?
09:35You fainted.
09:36Oh.
09:37The Price is Right contestant Arlene seemingly cannot handle the fact
09:40that she just won the showcase,
09:42and her body completely shuts down on stage.
09:45You win, Arlene.
09:47You win.
09:48You win.
09:49While fainting is never funny,
09:51there's something hilarious about the way her body falls out of frame
09:54when the camera zooms in on her face.
09:57What makes it even better is hearing Bob nonchalantly declare that she's alright,
10:01almost as if comforting a toddler who'd just taken a tumble.
10:05She's alright.
10:07Number 8.
10:07September.
10:08Family Feud.
10:10The fast money round of Family Feud can be a goldmine of stupidity.
10:14Contestants are forced to give answers under a time constraint,
10:17which often results in a lot of rushed thinking and brain farts.
10:21Ha, screw it.
10:22Brain fart!
10:24Don't you hate those?
10:25And this is the brain fart to end all brain farts.
10:28When asked during what month's pregnancy does a woman begin to look pregnant,
10:32Kathy famously answered September.
10:35And the best part?
10:36She didn't seem to realize her mistake.
10:38What month's pregnancy does a woman begin to look pregnant?
10:41September.
10:43September.
10:45It's not until the audience starts laughing that she realizes something is wrong
10:49and acts accordingly.
10:50The comforting, well, you tried hand from Richard Dawson is just icing on the cake.
10:55The lesson is never try.
10:58Number 7.
10:59Snake Charmer.
11:00Catchphrase.
11:01We can only imagine what the censors were thinking with this one.
11:04Snake charmers, flying carpets.
11:08You came to us at a complicated time.
11:11During this episode of Catchphrase, a square is taken away on the board
11:14and the contestants are left with what appears to be a banana doing something very suggestive.
11:19Everyone cannot help but crack up, and it only gets worse from there.
11:28Another square is taken away, revealing Yellow Man's snake friend,
11:32who is seemingly playing along.
11:40While it's eventually revealed to be his cane and not his walking stick,
11:44it took almost every square to finally get that vital piece of information.
11:49The image itself and the incredibly awkward drawn-out process
11:52makes this moment game show gold.
11:55Snake Charmer.
11:56Yeah!
12:00Number 6.
12:01Superman and Spider-Woman.
12:02Wheel of Fortune.
12:04Someone clearly doesn't know they're superheroes.
12:07What are you?
12:09You will soon find out.
12:11Which is weird, considering these two are like the biggest superheroes of all time.
12:16While solving the fictional character's clue that it's clearly Superman and Wonder Woman,
12:21the contestant proudly declares that it is Superman and Spider-Woman.
12:24We'd like to solve the puzzle.
12:26Go ahead.
12:27Superman and Spider-Woman.
12:29We have no idea where he got Spider from,
12:32considering the word clearly contains both a W and an N.
12:35We'll chalk it up to a harmless and unfortunately televised brain fart.
12:39But that doesn't mean we can't laugh at it.
12:41At least he quickly realizes his mistake.
12:43Too bad he didn't say it the first time.
12:45No, that is not...
12:46Wonder Woman.
12:47Number 5.
12:48Some Guy in Normandy.
12:50Jeopardy.
12:51During Final Jeopardy of the Teen Tournament,
12:54contestant Leonard Cooper hilariously wrote,
12:56Who is Some Guy in Normandy?
12:58But I just won $75,000.
13:01And while he certainly did that,
13:03he could very well have lost.
13:04Now we go to Leonard Cooper.
13:06He's looking pretty happy.
13:07If his competitor Neelai had gotten Final Jeopardy correct,
13:10he would have beaten Leonard by $400.
13:12And Leonard would have been in a very, very awkward situation.
13:16It's great to see Jeopardy! contestants not taking themselves or their answers so seriously, though.
13:21And this proves that the otherwise academic show can still be fun.
13:25It also proves that cockiness can be just as funny as it is irritating.
13:29One of the things I love about the Teen Tournament is these guys have marvelous senses of humor.
13:34Number 4.
13:35Orange.
13:36Family Feud.
13:38Like we said, we all have our brain farts.
13:41Luckily for us, our slip-ups aren't televised and made into a laughingstock for millions of people.
13:46Family Feud contestant Joanne isn't so lucky.
13:49Name a yellow fruit.
13:50When asked to name a yellow fruit, Joanne confidently says orange before immediately recognizing her mistake and squirming in embarrassment and frustration.
13:59Orange.
14:01The bluntness of the answer is certainly hilarious, as is the silly answer itself.
14:06But perhaps what makes this moment so special is Joanne's reaction.
14:10She knows she messed up.
14:11And here we are over 40 years later still laughing at her mistake.
14:15It's almost as if she knew we would be.
14:17You're orange, you moron.
14:19Number 3.
14:20You Fool.
14:21Hollywood Squares.
14:23If Hollywood Squares is remembered for anything, it will be this famous clip.
14:28It all starts when Gilbert Gottfried believes that, quote,
14:31having a child is the answer to the statement, quote,
14:3494% of Hungarians, compared to only 46% of Americans, said doing this was necessary to be fulfilled.
14:42Having a child.
14:43When the contestant disagreed, Gottfried shouted, you fool, much to everyone's delight.
14:48I disagree.
14:49You fool.
14:50What follows is pure pandemonium, as Gottfried calls both contestants fools after every question.
14:57And before long, other celebrities like Penn Jillette are joining in on the fun.
15:00I'll agree.
15:02You fool.
15:02You fool.
15:03Only on Hollywood Squares can you call the contestant a fool and send everyone into hysterics.
15:09Jay, you fool.
15:11Number 2.
15:12In the...the newlywed game.
15:14The newlywed game is a goldmine of inappropriateness.
15:17That's inappropriate.
15:18But sometimes it skips straight past gleefully inappropriate and goes straight to crass.
15:24The women were asked what was the weirdest place they'd ever had the urge to make whoopee.
15:29Not understanding the question, one contestant answered in a very specific way,
15:34much to everyone's and especially her husband's delight.
15:37The clip was so controversial and infamous that it quickly became an urban legend,
15:48as future generations couldn't find the clip and didn't believe the people who recounted the story.
15:54Luckily, it was uncovered and brought back for all to see and is now a piece of game show history.
15:59He said it was, uh, in the car.
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16:17Number 1.
16:18Naked Grandma.
16:19Family Feud.
16:20How the hell you think you're gonna win it with Naked Grandma?
16:23What's the chances of seeing somebody's grandmama naked when you break in the house?
16:27Yeah.
16:27And why is that a concern of yours?
16:30If you ask people what their favorite family feud moment is, this is bound to come up.
16:35When asked for something a burglar would not want to see upon entering a house,
16:40Rod enthusiastically screams Naked Grandma.
16:42Something a burglar would not want to see when he breaks into a house.
16:46Rod.
16:47Naked Grandma.
16:48Naked, huh?
16:52Steve Harvey can't even manage to repeat the question.
16:55The answer itself, Rod's ridiculous passion for it, and Harvey's response all combine to create one of the funniest moments in game show history.
17:05And the best part?
17:06He ended up getting the points.
17:08Sure, occupant is a bit of a stretch.
17:10But hey, it's technically correct.
17:12No one specified the occupant had to be clothed.
17:16How did Wheeler come to be naked in the center of camp?
17:19He was sleepwalking.
17:20Did your favorite game show moment make the list?
17:22Tell us what we missed in the comments.
17:24Yes, sweetheart.
17:24We can get 50,000, but you've got to just think about this.
17:27Oh, I can still answer it?
17:28Yes!
17:29Oh!
17:29Oh!