H/H match update and preview of the week ahead: ... This is now week 241 of our favorite classic game show (the show ends with week 291 and episode number 1455). These episodes were taped on March 18, 1978, and originally aired in late April of 1978. The weeks are rapidly slipping away. We have a new set coming soon. The Star Wheel arrives in 1246, and although I'll be glad to see a greater variety of celebs get to play the head-to-head, I'm also aware that it means the end is drawing near. I think after Richard departs in episode 1285, it'll really feel different. But we still have today! (That sounds like a line from a 1940s movie.) And today we start a new week with an all-veteran panel. In fact, only two faces have changed from last week, and so, joining our three stalwart regulars, we have: ~~~Semi-regular Betty White who hangs around for her second straight week. This will be her 62nd week (of 75 total). Her current H/H matching rate is 48.7% (19 matches in 39 attempts). ~~~Bill Daily who returns for his 9th week (of 15 total), having last played back in episodes 996-1000. Bill has already matched 2 out of 3 attempts (66.7%), so one more H/H match will "promote" him to the big leader board. He's a strong bet to eventually make it because he will join the panel for six weeks with the Star Wheel choosing the H/H celeb. ~~~Last but not least, Sarah Purcell who joins the panel for her second and final week. She didn't get to answer a H/H question during her debut week, episodes 1091-1095. Last week brought a tiny surprise to the head-to-head segment: After 12 straight weeks as the unanimous choice for the H/H, King Richard watched quietly as Betty White answered a question last "Friday." Reviewing the past 95 weeks, Richard has played *419* times. Everyone else combined played *55* times. (Charles had 17 opportunities, Brett 13, Fannie 13, Betty 4, Lynn Deerfield 1, Gary Burghoff 1, Rosemary Forsyth 1, Nipsey Russell 1, Meg Bennett 1, Scoey Mitchell 1, Trish Stewart 1, and Marcia Wallace 1.) Percentage-wise, Richard slipped a tiny fraction - he's now answered *88.4%* of all the H/H questions during these past 95 weeks. Speaking of Richard, he starts the week off with a very good track record, having matched 42.5% of his H/H questions, slightly ahead of Brett's accuracy score (42.3%), but well behind Charles's and Betty's awesome scores (48.6% and 48.7%, respectively). I'm also watching Bill and hoping he gets his third H/H match this week. We haven't added a name to the leader board in eons (because hardly anyone but Richard ever plays). Here we go... ~~~Today's action: One champion was defeated at the last minute in the prior program, departing after a single victory and $350 in winnings. So we kick off the new week with a new champion's first Super-Match. Interesting to note that due to the Match Game taping schedule, he was left hanging for quite a while: The show where he won the game was taped on March 5, and this one was taped on March 18! *Today's audience match question: "Band of________"* (My thoughts: Thieves, Brothers, ???) The celebs: Richard (Gold), Betty (Angels), Charles (Gypsies) The choice: Gold The answers: Thieves, Indians, Gold Good choice on the part of our new champion. Well, it seems pretty clear that Richard will be chosen again. Let's see... Yes, King Richard begins a new streak today. His prior streak of 70 consecutive H/H attempts ended in episode 1200 when Betty was called on. Before her, the last celeb other than Richard to answer a H/H was Fannie in episode 1132. Stats: Richard has matched 158 of his 360 most recent attempts (43.9%), 97 of his last 220 attempts (44.1%), 50 of his past 112 attempts (44.6%), 36 of his past 85 attempts (42.4%), and 19 of his past 43 attempts (44.2%). His overall success rate is *42.5%* and this is his 838th attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Bill Daily has matched 2 out of his 3 attempts (66.7%), Betty has matched 19 of her 39 attempts (48.7%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Richard has matched 356 of his 837 attempts (42.5%), and Brett has matched 30 of her 71 attempts (42.3%). Sarah Purcell hasn't yet had a shot at a H/H question. *Today's H/H question: "Phone________"* (I'd say either phone call or phone book. I'll go with phone book. Oh, I just thought of phone booth too. But I'll stick with book.) Richard quickly files his answer without looking at his colleagues. Our new champion says "Phone number." Yikes! Why didn't I think of that? It sounds pretty obvious now. The audience screams its approval. (Playing the H/H every day shows me how hard it really is. I think matching even 40% of the time is pretty darned good.) Huh. Richard wrote my first (discarded) thought: "Call." (I should have stuck with my first thought!) No H/H match today. ~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.) Orson Bean - 100% (4 matches in 4 attempts). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 matches in 7 attempts). Betty - 48.7% (19 matches in 39 attempts). Charles - 48.6% (34 matches in 70 attempts). Fannie - 48.5% (16 matches in 33 attempts). (*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 matches in 18 attempts). Richard - 42.5% (356 matches in 838 attempts). Brett - 42.3% (30 matches in 71 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 matches in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1201, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)
I watch (or more like listen to) these Match Game episodes while I'm working, or while I'm playing computer games late at night. I started some time early last year (I think) with the first episode of Match Game 73 and went in order from there. Now I've watched 1,200 episodes (minus a few skipped episodes) of Match Game 73-78, plus over 100 episodes of Match Game PM. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've watched that many episodes in only a year's time, but thank you @MatchGameProductions for posting these episodes!
I started with the pilot episode of Match Game 73 and I'm watching them all in order including the PM ones. I watch one a day. The weekday ones during the week and the PM one on Saturday. I take Sunday off. I'm always sad/mad when MatchGame Productions is missing an episode or 2 and I have to skip them. One time a whole week was missing I think.
Sarah is a nice person, but a star? Not necessarily her, but over the years there are those who were only hosts on short lived shows which required zero acting, who acted as if they were of great importance when on Match game.
Me too.Got a few copies of it here... I was listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 last weekend on the radio which was from March 11-1978. The show had all the Bee Gee tunes from the movie all over it. Brother Andy Gibb's tune was number 1.........
No running lights at the beginning.. ;0) Get her Gene! Tell to be quiet she isn't playing!! ;0) Ok, sorry, can you tell I getting tired of Brett asking question when she isn't playing.. Man! You have such great patience Gene.. ;0)
Gene can't handle being called out for screwing something up (in this case, apparently he was late) but he's forever pointing out other people's mistakes....like a minor lighting or camera error that would usually otherwise be unnoticed by a viewer. Gene was a real diva.
In the documentary The Real Match Game Story: BEHIND THE BLANK, his daughter makes some comment about how he "killed himself" by not doing anything for the last 15 years of his life due to MG getting cancelled. Maybe he didn't get any other job offers. Who knows what his Hollywood reputation was. But to blame the show"s cancellation for his death 15 years later seems strange. Anyway, I just looked him up on Wikipedia, he did other stuff after MG, but was not successful. His daughter even called Richard psychotic for feeling talented. You can watch it on You Tube.
Richard was in a particularly irritated mood this episode. The sooner he leaves the better. He had burnout from doing Match Game and Family Feud at once, but no need to take it out on your co-workers.
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H/H match update and preview of the week ahead:
...
This is now week 241 of our favorite classic game show (the show ends with week 291 and episode number 1455). These episodes were taped on March 18, 1978, and originally aired in late April of 1978.
The weeks are rapidly slipping away. We have a new set coming soon. The Star Wheel arrives in 1246, and although I'll be glad to see a greater variety of celebs get to play the head-to-head, I'm also aware that it means the end is drawing near. I think after Richard departs in episode 1285, it'll really feel different.
But we still have today! (That sounds like a line from a 1940s movie.) And today we start a new week with an all-veteran panel. In fact, only two faces have changed from last week, and so, joining our three stalwart regulars, we have:
~~~Semi-regular Betty White who hangs around for her second straight week. This will be her 62nd week (of 75 total). Her current H/H matching rate is 48.7% (19 matches in 39 attempts).
~~~Bill Daily who returns for his 9th week (of 15 total), having last played back in episodes 996-1000. Bill has already matched 2 out of 3 attempts (66.7%), so one more H/H match will "promote" him to the big leader board. He's a strong bet to eventually make it because he will join the panel for six weeks with the Star Wheel choosing the H/H celeb.
~~~Last but not least, Sarah Purcell who joins the panel for her second and final week. She didn't get to answer a H/H question during her debut week, episodes 1091-1095.
Last week brought a tiny surprise to the head-to-head segment: After 12 straight weeks as the unanimous choice for the H/H, King Richard watched quietly as Betty White answered a question last "Friday."
Reviewing the past 95 weeks, Richard has played *419* times. Everyone else combined played *55* times. (Charles had 17 opportunities, Brett 13, Fannie 13, Betty 4, Lynn Deerfield 1, Gary Burghoff 1, Rosemary Forsyth 1, Nipsey Russell 1, Meg Bennett 1, Scoey Mitchell 1, Trish Stewart 1, and Marcia Wallace 1.) Percentage-wise, Richard slipped a tiny fraction - he's now answered *88.4%* of all the H/H questions during these past 95 weeks.
Speaking of Richard, he starts the week off with a very good track record, having matched 42.5% of his H/H questions, slightly ahead of Brett's accuracy score (42.3%), but well behind Charles's and Betty's awesome scores (48.6% and 48.7%, respectively). I'm also watching Bill and hoping he gets his third H/H match this week. We haven't added a name to the leader board in eons (because hardly anyone but Richard ever plays).
Here we go...
~~~Today's action:
One champion was defeated at the last minute in the prior program, departing after a single victory and $350 in winnings.
So we kick off the new week with a new champion's first Super-Match. Interesting to note that due to the Match Game taping schedule, he was left hanging for quite a while: The show where he won the game was taped on March 5, and this one was taped on March 18!
*Today's audience match question: "Band of________"*
(My thoughts: Thieves, Brothers, ???)
The celebs: Richard (Gold), Betty (Angels), Charles (Gypsies)
The choice: Gold
The answers: Thieves, Indians, Gold
Good choice on the part of our new champion.
Well, it seems pretty clear that Richard will be chosen again. Let's see...
Yes, King Richard begins a new streak today. His prior streak of 70 consecutive H/H attempts ended in episode 1200 when Betty was called on. Before her, the last celeb other than Richard to answer a H/H was Fannie in episode 1132.
Stats: Richard has matched 158 of his 360 most recent attempts (43.9%), 97 of his last 220 attempts (44.1%), 50 of his past 112 attempts (44.6%), 36 of his past 85 attempts (42.4%), and 19 of his past 43 attempts (44.2%). His overall success rate is *42.5%* and this is his 838th attempt so far.
For the sake of comparison: Bill Daily has matched 2 out of his 3 attempts (66.7%), Betty has matched 19 of her 39 attempts (48.7%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Richard has matched 356 of his 837 attempts (42.5%), and Brett has matched 30 of her 71 attempts (42.3%). Sarah Purcell hasn't yet had a shot at a H/H question.
*Today's H/H question: "Phone________"*
(I'd say either phone call or phone book. I'll go with phone book. Oh, I just thought of phone booth too. But I'll stick with book.)
Richard quickly files his answer without looking at his colleagues.
Our new champion says "Phone number." Yikes! Why didn't I think of that? It sounds pretty obvious now. The audience screams its approval. (Playing the H/H every day shows me how hard it really is. I think matching even 40% of the time is pretty darned good.)
Huh. Richard wrote my first (discarded) thought: "Call." (I should have stuck with my first thought!)
No H/H match today.
~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy:
(An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.)
(For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.)
Orson Bean - 100% (4 matches in 4 attempts).
TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts).
TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts).
Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 matches in 7 attempts).
Betty - 48.7% (19 matches in 39 attempts).
Charles - 48.6% (34 matches in 70 attempts).
Fannie - 48.5% (16 matches in 33 attempts).
(*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 matches in 18 attempts).
Richard - 42.5% (356 matches in 838 attempts).
Brett - 42.3% (30 matches in 71 attempts).
Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 matches in 15 attempts).
*These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1201, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)
10:02 That little kiss Gene gave Betty was so sweet
I just wonder how their spouses felt.
super swet
Nancy has rhe most fabulous hair of the 70s.
I watch (or more like listen to) these Match Game episodes while I'm working, or while I'm playing computer games late at night. I started some time early last year (I think) with the first episode of Match Game 73 and went in order from there. Now I've watched 1,200 episodes (minus a few skipped episodes) of Match Game 73-78, plus over 100 episodes of Match Game PM. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've watched that many episodes in only a year's time, but thank you @MatchGameProductions for posting these episodes!
I’ve watched them all as well! All except for PM. I’m watching that next. Don’t be embarrassed.
I started with the pilot episode of Match Game 73 and I'm watching them all in order including the PM ones. I watch one a day. The weekday ones during the week and the PM one on Saturday. I take Sunday off. I'm always sad/mad when MatchGame Productions is missing an episode or 2 and I have to skip them. One time a whole week was missing I think.
I watch to get myself to sleep
Nowadays: "Band of BROTHERS" 🇺🇲
Yeah, if I could go back in time I'd say "That great HBO show Band of Brothers!" and they would all just stare at me like "Whaaaaaaaaaaa?" LOL
Their tendency to ignore popular songs continues. Band of Gold was a Motown hit by Freda Payne in 1970. Not a word from this crew.
Because they're all a bunch of squares.
Because they're all a bunch of squares.
Gene and Brett were stuck in '50.
Good song. Since you been gone, all I got is a band of gold. . .
Brett looks good in the blue top
I love Betty White, but I do miss Fannie Flagg on the panel.
Unusual that Betty White was on the panel two weeks in a row. Did that ever happen anytime else?
Yes. I’ve seen Fannie Flagg do it a couple times.
Fannie's done it several times.
Several times. Most recently, Betty did a two-week stretch with episodes 1136-1145
Since the politician was a 🎈 filled with 🔥 air I woulda said attach a basket to him
"phone book"
That's what I would have said.
The taxidermist tried to stuff himself is the best answer.
Or stuff a cab.
Sarah is a nice person, but a star? Not necessarily her, but over the years there are those who were only hosts on short lived shows which required zero acting, who acted as if they were of great importance when on Match game.
Brett Somers is Sooo Annoying
Grow Up!!
7:23 I have that album too Charles
Me too.Got a few copies of it here...
I was listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 last weekend on the radio which was from March 11-1978.
The show had all the Bee Gee tunes from the movie all over it.
Brother Andy Gibb's tune was number 1.........
No running lights at the beginning.. ;0) Get her Gene! Tell to be quiet she isn't playing!! ;0) Ok, sorry, can you tell I getting tired of Brett asking question when she isn't playing.. Man! You have such great patience Gene.. ;0)
Gene can't handle being called out for screwing something up (in this case, apparently he was late) but he's forever pointing out other people's mistakes....like a minor lighting or camera error that would usually otherwise be unnoticed by a viewer. Gene was a real diva.
In the documentary The Real Match Game Story: BEHIND THE BLANK, his daughter makes some comment about how he "killed himself" by not doing anything for the last 15 years of his life due to MG getting cancelled. Maybe he didn't get any other job offers. Who knows what his Hollywood reputation was. But to blame the show"s cancellation for his death 15 years later seems strange. Anyway, I just looked him up on Wikipedia, he did other stuff after MG, but was not successful. His daughter even called Richard psychotic for feeling talented. You can watch it on You Tube.
@@pencils812, Yep, I did, and boy, was it interesting (I learned a lot about them)... 😳
The new contestant, Nancy, looks like Marlene Dietrich. I'm surprised no one noticed
Did Charles ever applauded anyone lol
If you look closely at 30 seconds in, he was doing a mini clap. Lol
@@pencils812 He rarely does though.
Love it when Brett gets salty!
Brett is definitely overpaid.
Leave her alone.
@@kitsuneneko2567 lol. Good one. Leesa needs professional help 🆘🆘🆘
I wonder how much they made. Was it ever revealed?
They're ALL probably over paid (I can bet saint Richard was)
Richard was in a particularly irritated mood this episode. The sooner he leaves the better. He had burnout from doing Match Game and Family Feud at once, but no need to take it out on your co-workers.