Joe Flynn lived for only about six months after his appearance here and he was found dead in a swimming pool at the age of only 49. He reportedly died of a heart attack.
I like the continuation of the age reference in the beginning, LOL. I like when gaffes get mentioned. I'm also surprised Brett didn't say CHEAP skate after the previous questions.
They need to bring Brenda Lee Maryweather back to make it up to her. Joe Flinn made that up and the stupid judges went along with him. Notice that Richard Dawson did NOT verify his claim.
@@yournamehere6002 they do have a giant dictionary on standby there, they brought it up once a few episodes before this one they were trying to figure out if a vampire is also a bat and they decided it wasn't.
I think that at the time English Leather was a very popular men's cologne that may have out-advertised Thomas' English Muffins, although the latter had been an institution in the US for decades and still is while the former has lost its potency. In terms Richard's being British - the English muffin as we know it isn't a thing in the UK (they have breakfast biscuits and crumpets), so that doesn't factor in. I bet it was a toss-up for both of them. ESP was definitely at play. My first thought was "English," and when the contestant said "leather" I thought for sure he was talking about cowhide and had royally screwed up. I don't think Gene had thought of it (he stated that it was cologne in a "huh, maybe" fashion) nor did he expect Richard to match Lol.
@@sdlively27 I'll have to rewatch - my "Match Game '76 (and '77)" bender was six months ago and it's all a blur. I've been getting a lot of replies recently to comments I don't recall writing - Lol. And I was sober, unlike most of the panelists, to whose defense a number of people have rushed. But I did my research before accusing anyone of anything. Wait - "accusing" makes it sound like they did a bad thing. I think a three-martini lunch sounds delightful and made for great TV. I shall read your full reply soon. It's high time I resumed my binge. Ironically (sort of), I've been hooked on "Drunk History" for the past week.
@@sdlively27 I think some of the answers are predictable in cultural context and some of the panelists try to read the contestant and write what he or she thinks will be a match. Some of them go for laughs, which is lame because the players want that cheddar. Gene can probably see all the cards - maybe the panelists flash them to him while the contestant is facing the board. I'm replying from memory here ... I don't recall thinking that Gene had seen the cards. Again, some of the answers in the survey were to be expected at that period in history ( a la Family Feud) but some of the questions were more nebulous ... I'll get back to you after I've done some watchin', but Gene does have to do a fair amount of diplomatic acting like any good quiz show host.
Today Richard scored his 8th head-to-head match, improving his accuracy %. Here's an update on all 5 celebs who have scored 3 or more matches, along with their accuracy % to date: Betty - 42.9% (6 wins in 14 attempts). Charles - 41.7% (5 wins in 12 attempts). Bert - 30.8% (4 wins in 13 attempts). Brett - 28.6% (4 wins in 14 attempts). Richard - 25.8% (8 wins in 31 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 132, excluding the lost/missing episodes 31, 32, 33.
There's that embarrassed gesture again, at 12:11, where Richard covers his eyes with his hand when something off-color has been said. I find that so charming every time he does it.
That 1st guy was an idiot. None of his answers made sense and he really scr**** the lady giving an answer that really made no sense..... don't make my mother in law sit on the....milk? What?
That "Milk" answer was one of the most scandalous acts in game show history IMHO. I'm surprised it hasn't been featured in a Match Game/game show documentary or something.
ANN TUMBLR Me and my wife were just watching that episode too and we couldn’t believe it. How did they let that pass? It’s as if they wanted her to lose. They never questioned it and rushed her straight off. What were the rest of the panelists answers? That was totally fixed.
Was it a terrible answer? Absolutely without a doubt. Still I don’t think it was rigged pee say. The odds of her getting all matches was slim. I think he was trying to be funny or had no clue what to write. Plus he was technically a guest and they were known to make bad answers. Still I do completely agree that it was a rotten match.
Joe is one of those celebrities who plays for laughs (himself), giving no thought to the contestant. I've seen several on various game shows like that. He seemed so out of it with the "fork" answer I even wondered if he was tipsy.
@@bradstephan7886 Yeah, that actually infuriated me; Especially since the contestant needed to match all six celebrities to stay in the game. I mean, make an effort, for God's sake.
It must have been a real treat to be a working person trying to win some cash and have your game blown by one of these stooges and their "imaginative" answers. How fun.
Joe knew that she needed to score with everyone, so what in the heck is up with the crap answer? For all he knew, there could have been five "hoods." Classless move . . .
I know that Peggy couldn't have won with that question, since she needed six matching answers, but for Joe Flynn to not even TRY seemed like a lousy thing to do. I've long thought that that kind of situation reveals poor game construction: when a contestant has to match ALL the panelists to stay in the game. With some questions there is a 0% chance of that happening, and continuing with the round seems pointless . The rule should have been that in such a situation the panelists can confer, and all decide on the same answer, so at least the contestant has a fighting chance.
Yes indeed. "Fork" was bad enough, but he used "milk" twice? The second time for a question where it made absolutely no sense. Seemed like a nice man, but there was something off about him.
I don't mind if they have one who gives goofy answers as long as they do it consistently so it doesn't effect the outcome of the game. My issue with him is that he didn't do it in the question before with the first milk.
That answer was one of the most disgraceful acts in game show history. I'm surprised it hasn't been featured in a Match Game/game show documentary or something.
They are the same sort of balanced. I don't know why Gene says that all the time. The contestants have no idea of difficulty, it's a crap shoot A or B.
@@lcfflc3887 She was a show business personality. Never take the on screen persona of a show business personality seriously. That's why it's called SHOW business. These people, including Brett Somers, were putting on a show for the audience.
It looks like the ones in every classroom I was a student in. The name "Telechron" makes me think it's something more hi-tech than the average large clock. Is it?
@@LynxSouth "Telechron" was originally a small company in Ashland, Massachusetts (Warren Telechron). They invented the synchronous motor that is in step with the 60 cycle AC power. GE bought an interest in the company (but it remained separate "Warren Telechron Co."). Quartz clocks and now phones took their market from them. The company dissolved sometime in the late 1980s. They also made little motors that were used for timers like the defrost timer in refrigerators. And timers for bombs in WWII.
This show was unfair on at least two counts --- she was given a super hard question with a bunch of possible answers, while he was given a question with only one sensible one. Ironic that this happened right after Gene said, "We try to make all the questions of equal difficulty." Try harder. Then that Idiot Joe giving an answer that he knew full well would cost her the game. HE should have been ordered to give her $5,000.
What Gene says is "Some contestants think that one question may be harder than the other, so we allow them to choose." Anyway, the challenger could easily have gotten the cow question if she had chosen differently on her turn. The reason for the question difficulty disparity is so that there wouldn't be a lot of tie breakers.
Meriwether-Midel, round 2, question A: "What I want to know is, how did Noah *know* about Tarzan?… Anyway, I said GOSSIPING; I don't know why." (Bzzt!) Tie-breaker, question A: "That sounds like Stanley, all right. TOILET!" (Ding!) Question B: "So close, and yet so far; I said an AXE." (Bzzt!) First Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Betty) ROLLER (if asked between Betty and Richard) ICE (if asked after Richard) FIGURE Midel-Attner, round 1, question B: "I think this counts: she keeps a TINY OBSTETRICIAN in her purse." (Ding!) Question A: "I wanted to say 'bull him', but that just seemed perverted, so I went ahead with MILK." (Ding!) Round 2, question B: (lay out) Second Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Betty) BAG (if asked after Betty) BEAR DUNES
The crappiest answer in game show history! Nobody (and I mean NOBODY) has ever purposely lost a game for a contestant. I hope they NEVER allow him back on the show!
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Man the start of 1974 MG was WILD...
Watching in 2020 and hearing Brett cough 😱😂
end of 2022 and she’s driving me nuts because i’m binge watching 😆
They couldve muted her microphone or she could have stopped smoking 20 years earlier. Im a big believer in personal responsibility.
Joe Flynn lived for only about six months after his appearance here and he was found dead in a swimming pool at the age of only 49. He reportedly died of a heart attack.
he looked much older here like 60+
@@lcfflc3887He looked like he was in his 60's on McHale's Navy which ran from 1962 to 1966.
I like the continuation of the age reference in the beginning, LOL. I like when gaffes get mentioned. I'm also surprised Brett didn't say CHEAP skate after the previous questions.
I think she had ADD in addition to being tipsy.
@@annika_panickalol being drunk and having having add going together. You can't focus when you a drunk.
Gene's line about giving the audience a nickle to split......
That was a reference to the paupers of the show.
Nickel* I generally don't comment about a misspelling that could be a simple typo, but I've been seeing this mistake a lot recently.
It is crazy to think Joe Flynn is only 49 years old here. He would pass away later in July.
which one is Joe?
@@lcfflc3887 1st one top row
1:15 God bless Johnny Olson, the man with the 50s hair coupled with the 70s side burns...
COME ON DOOOOOWWWNNN GEEEEENNNEEE RAYBUUUUUURRRRNNNNN
Love Love love this show. It calms me.
Gene’s favorite tie again.
Well we know the time was 530 something so we know it was a evening show
Thanks for all the blanks!
I couldn't find "Livingston" as defined as a bathroom anywhere.
too bad they didn't have the internet then
They need to bring Brenda Lee Maryweather back to make it up to her. Joe Flinn made that up and the stupid judges went along with him. Notice that Richard Dawson did NOT verify his claim.
LivingstonE is a brand of toilets. Maybe it's slang over there. But probably not, since Richard didn't acknowledge it.
@@yournamehere6002 they do have a giant dictionary on standby there, they brought it up once a few episodes before this one they were trying to figure out if a vampire is also a bat and they decided it wasn't.
@@GizmoFromPizmo well yeah that was fault by the judges.
It's a warm climate in Ca. where they poll audiences. Roller skate, not ice skate.
True. But by 1974, few young people roller skated. We fastened our skates to a board and went Skateboarding.
@@nuwavedaveIn Cali rollerskskating has been around since at least the 50s. Go to any boardwalk in the 70s you'd see far more people rollerskating.
This must be the start of Richard's ESP connection with the champions, I thought for sure he would say, "Muffin".
I think that at the time English Leather was a very popular men's cologne that may have out-advertised Thomas' English Muffins, although the latter had been an institution in the US for decades and still is while the former has lost its potency. In terms Richard's being British - the English muffin as we know it isn't a thing in the UK (they have breakfast biscuits and crumpets), so that doesn't factor in. I bet it was a toss-up for both of them. ESP was definitely at play. My first thought was "English," and when the contestant said "leather" I thought for sure he was talking about cowhide and had royally screwed up. I don't think Gene had thought of it (he stated that it was cologne in a "huh, maybe" fashion) nor did he expect Richard to match Lol.
@@sdlively27 I'll have to rewatch - my "Match Game '76 (and '77)" bender was six months ago and it's all a blur. I've been getting a lot of replies recently to comments I don't recall writing - Lol. And I was sober, unlike most of the panelists, to whose defense a number of people have rushed. But I did my research before accusing anyone of anything. Wait - "accusing" makes it sound like they did a bad thing. I think a three-martini lunch sounds delightful and made for great TV. I shall read your full reply soon. It's high time I resumed my binge. Ironically (sort of), I've been hooked on "Drunk History" for the past week.
@@sdlively27 I think some of the answers are predictable in cultural context and some of the panelists try to read the contestant and write what he or she thinks will be a match. Some of them go for laughs, which is lame because the players want that cheddar. Gene can probably see all the cards - maybe the panelists flash them to him while the contestant is facing the board. I'm replying from memory here ... I don't recall thinking that Gene had seen the cards. Again, some of the answers in the survey were to be expected at that period in history ( a la Family Feud) but some of the questions were more nebulous ... I'll get back to you after I've done some watchin', but Gene does have to do a fair amount of diplomatic acting like any good quiz show host.
a couple of episodes back I noticed the not exactly at this one,
@@lcfflc3887what does that even mean?
Today Richard scored his 8th head-to-head match, improving his accuracy %.
Here's an update on all 5 celebs who have scored 3 or more matches, along with their accuracy % to date:
Betty - 42.9% (6 wins in 14 attempts).
Charles - 41.7% (5 wins in 12 attempts).
Bert - 30.8% (4 wins in 13 attempts).
Brett - 28.6% (4 wins in 14 attempts).
Richard - 25.8% (8 wins in 31 attempts).
*These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 132, excluding the lost/missing episodes 31, 32, 33.
Someone definitely has too much time on their hands.😅
@@mham1330 Yes, I'm lucky that way ;-) As of today, I'm up to episode 1123! The stats are really interesting now!
Definitely should've brought Peggy back for another chance.
Gene: "Richard, show me yours for $2,500."
Richard Dawson: (A long stare) then " I won't show you that for $10,000."
There's that embarrassed gesture again, at 12:11, where Richard covers his eyes with his hand when something off-color has been said. I find that so charming every time he does it.
Livingston does not mean bathroom, shame on the judges.👈
"He has the MIDAS touch. Everything he touches turns to mufflers"😚
LOL
How did Joe come up with "fork" for the tough steak question?
He made a joke answer that wasn't the least bit funny when a contestant's game was at stake and she needed a perfect score. I don't like him.
I know right, reused the answer Milk as if he'd get a laugh at the cost of the contestant losing for sure.
The purposely threw the game. Did it twice...jerk.
I wonder that too good ? Question
They also gave the guy credit for "Livingston" which is not bathroom.
That 1st guy was an idiot. None of his answers made sense and he really scr**** the lady giving an answer that really made no sense..... don't make my mother in law sit on the....milk? What?
That "Milk" answer was one of the most scandalous acts in game show history IMHO. I'm surprised it hasn't been featured in a Match Game/game show documentary or something.
Definitely rigged
@@mrbusdriver It was so unfair
ANN TUMBLR Me and my wife were just watching that episode too and we couldn’t believe it. How did they let that pass? It’s as if they wanted her to lose. They never questioned it and rushed her straight off. What were the rest of the panelists answers? That was totally fixed.
Agreed. Just watched this episode last night. How did they let that fly!?
Was it a terrible answer? Absolutely without a doubt. Still I don’t think it was rigged pee say. The odds of her getting all matches was slim. I think he was trying to be funny or had no clue what to write. Plus he was technically a guest and they were known to make bad answers. Still I do completely agree that it was a rotten match.
Joe is one of those celebrities who plays for laughs (himself), giving no thought to the contestant. I've seen several on various game shows like that. He seemed so out of it with the "fork" answer I even wondered if he was tipsy.
Just like Patti Deutsch as far as giving weird answers for laughs
The (second) "Milk" answer was a down-right slap in the face.
@@bradstephan7886 Yeah, that actually infuriated me; Especially since the contestant needed to match all six celebrities to stay in the game. I mean, make an effort, for God's sake.
It must have been a real treat to be a working person trying to win some cash and have your game blown by one of these stooges and their "imaginative" answers. How fun.
Joe passed away a few months after this show. Thinking 🤔 it was June/July 1974
"Good skate"?!
Joe knew that she needed to score with everyone, so what in the heck is up with the crap answer? For all he knew, there could have been five "hoods." Classless move . . .
Worse than Patty Deutsch.
@@scdevon At least Patti would usually try to come through for the contestant when it was a situation like that.
Wow that Flynn guy just shows the extreme extents to which somebody could be an A hole
I know that Peggy couldn't have won with that question, since she needed six matching answers, but for Joe Flynn to not even TRY seemed like a lousy thing to do. I've long thought that that kind of situation reveals poor game construction: when a contestant has to match ALL the panelists to stay in the game. With some questions there is a 0% chance of that happening, and continuing with the round seems pointless . The rule should have been that in such a situation the panelists can confer, and all decide on the same answer, so at least the contestant has a fighting chance.
he gave terrible answers.
Joe was a horrible panelist, I cant believe he did that to that poor girl
Yes indeed. "Fork" was bad enough, but he used "milk" twice? The second time for a question where it made absolutely no sense. Seemed like a nice man, but there was something off about him.
Yeah, he went for an extremely unfunny joke and robbed her of any chance she had to continue in the game. Just a crappy thing to do.
I don't mind if they have one who gives goofy answers as long as they do it consistently so it doesn't effect the outcome of the game. My issue with him is that he didn't do it in the question before with the first milk.
That answer was one of the most disgraceful acts in game show history. I'm surprised it hasn't been featured in a Match Game/game show documentary or something.
I think the man was ill and just did the show because his agent wanted him to !
Betty outlived them all..such a great show
Why the BLANK would Joe say "Milk"!?!?
To be funny, which he TOTALLY wasn't!
Sit on the “milk”? WTF...Joe
I always thought the two questions were never balanced. They should have had both A and B be about the same level of difficulty.
They are the same sort of balanced. I don't know why Gene says that all the time. The contestants have no idea of difficulty, it's a crap shoot A or B.
There was an "easy" one and a "hard" one in order to keep tie breakers to a minimum.
Gene the staff went through the questions trying to balance them out. They did they best the could.
I like Linda Kaye Henning's laugh.
I'm glad Brenda Lee won something but she had so many great answers go to waste.
"The audience is mildly titillated." Lol
Joe Flynn died six months after this taping.
@@VahanNisanian How is voicework done in non-Western animation? Do you work in films/CGI/animation?
@@VahanNisanian You mean animation is done, then voicework?
Also, why did it take so long for " *The* *Rescuers* " to be released?
@@VahanNisanian I meant is it done that way in Japanese animation. Should have been specific.
Serves him right..
@@leighmcmillan6282 GROW UP!!!
Brett is so jealous of Betty.
No, she's not. She's playing the panelist that everybody loves to hate character.
I had said that many times before.
@@dmnemaine wrong, she's like that and her divorce from Jack while this TV show was going on made her even worse, sour and unbalanced.
@@lcfflc3887 She was a show business personality. Never take the on screen persona of a show business personality seriously. That's why it's called SHOW business. These people, including Brett Somers, were putting on a show for the audience.
Oh give it a rest already!!! I am so SICK of reading all these question about how jealous Brett is of Betty. Brett and Betty were the BEST of friends
1:16 There's a General Electric Telechron Clock behind Johnny. I have that model.
It looks like the ones in every classroom I was a student in. The name "Telechron" makes me think it's something more hi-tech than the average large clock. Is it?
And it appears to say 5:37 pm or 5:38 pm on there. They must have taped their shows late in the afternoon.
@@LynxSouth "Telechron" was originally a small company in Ashland, Massachusetts (Warren Telechron). They invented the synchronous motor that is in step with the 60 cycle AC power. GE bought an interest in the company (but it remained separate "Warren Telechron Co."). Quartz clocks and now phones took their market from them. The company dissolved sometime in the late 1980s. They also made little motors that were used for timers like the defrost timer in refrigerators. And timers for bombs in WWII.
@@manidig Interesting to know. Thanks.
I love the milk a newer,also the muffler joke. Linda Hart
Never saw a panelist play as bad as Joe Flynn
You've never seen Jimmy Walker, Kaye Stevens, Gary Burghoff or Dick Martin?
this one is definitely a "GOLD STAR" episode haha!!
Shall we say: SANDBAG? It was really obvious; no tact or anything.
Brenda Lee Marywhether was ROBBED! No way is "Livingston" an English word for bathroom!
Razor blade? Gosh he comes up with some great answers and some extremely stupid answers!
This show was unfair on at least two counts --- she was given a super hard question with a bunch of possible answers, while he was given a question with only one sensible one. Ironic that this happened right after Gene said, "We try to make all the questions of equal difficulty." Try harder. Then that Idiot Joe giving an answer that he knew full well would cost her the game. HE should have been ordered to give her $5,000.
What Gene says is "Some contestants think that one question may be harder than the other, so we allow them to choose." Anyway, the challenger could easily have gotten the cow question if she had chosen differently on her turn. The reason for the question difficulty disparity is so that there wouldn't be a lot of tie breakers.
😀LOL 🤔 WELL IT'S ONE OF THOSE ODD MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GAME.
@@dmnemaine so it's like a lottery when you picking A or B sounds a bit unfair but after all it's a game so I guess they do it this way on purpose.
Meriwether-Midel, round 2, question A: "What I want to know is, how did Noah *know* about Tarzan?… Anyway, I said GOSSIPING; I don't know why." (Bzzt!)
Tie-breaker, question A: "That sounds like Stanley, all right. TOILET!" (Ding!)
Question B: "So close, and yet so far; I said an AXE." (Bzzt!)
First Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Betty) ROLLER
(if asked between Betty and Richard) ICE
(if asked after Richard) FIGURE
Midel-Attner, round 1, question B: "I think this counts: she keeps a TINY OBSTETRICIAN in her purse." (Ding!)
Question A: "I wanted to say 'bull him', but that just seemed perverted, so I went ahead with MILK." (Ding!)
Round 2, question B: (lay out)
Second Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Betty) BAG
(if asked after Betty) BEAR DUNES
Peggy looks like Kate McKinnon from SNL.
She does. And Linda reminds me of Felicia Day.
I think it's the facial features.
Joe Flynn went for some kind of weird joke that cost the challenger the game.
Called a sandbag. Cruel.
Les (Nesman?) was a nice chap, but I sure would like to have seen more of both Brenda Lee and Peggy.
So many bs questions that was planned by the business.
Joe gives consistently crap answers usually because he's trying to be too clever or funny - the show is still a lot of fun though.
That set is hideous.
The crappiest answer in game show history! Nobody (and I mean NOBODY) has ever purposely lost a game for a contestant. I hope they NEVER allow him back on the show!