Don’t have anywhere to go after you’ve seen the first of the 12 American Idol finalists get axed off the show tonight? Check out lounge singer-turned-stage-show impresario Gerry “Big Daddy” Keating as he channels ’70s TV emcee Gene Rayburn for his monthly game-show competition at Twist. This time, he’s hosting the spirited, 90-minute Match Game, in which contestants try to come up with answers to fill-in-the-blank questions and hope they correspond with responses from a three-person panel. The winner walks out the door with a $25 bar tab for future boozing. …
This article appears in Mar 12-18, 2008.