My mom and dad went to one of these shows. They thought it was over and got up to leave and Gene Rayburn called out “Where are you going!?” He ended up giving them a prize. My parents were really happy he talked to them.
@@bobma6342 I’m pretty sure they got two free meals worth about $50, not bad for that time. They were so surprised they were given something since they were leaving. While they were on their trip I remember them telling me they saw a musical with Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity (I believe). This was there first trip alone after the kids got independent.
I hate to be that guy, but the original Match Game aired in the 1960s. The theme melody was a piece called "Swingin' Safari," which you can find right here on YT. Gene was the host way back then, too, but the game was played very differently from in the 1970's.
Gene Hackman was pretty famous at this point in time. He'd already been nominated for two Oscars for Supporting Actor in "Bonnie & Clyde" and "I Never Sang For My Father," and actually won Best Actor in a Leading Role for 1971's "The French Connection."
@@Hampton-nv8mw Could have been Gene Wilder. Blazing Saddles was released in 1974 as waw Young Frankenstein. The Producers was 1968 but still pretty famous. But the people who fill out the answers, (the studio audience) it was kind of a given.
People were so much more touchy feely back then and no one freaked out over it. The times sure have changed! People were way more laid back and understood intentions much better than today. In today's world there would be firings, condemnations, and entire movements. I was a teenager in the 70's and it was a great time. Yes it had its issues, but nothing like the current era we live in....this era is pretty awful, overall.
The thing is, a lot of the "issues" back in the 70s are still there today, they're just still swept under the rug and everyone just sort of pretends that it all stopped while also vilifying innocent banter and affection like this.
I used to watch this show with my best friend after we came home from school. I always liked the fun soundtrack and seeing Gene Rayburn and all the actors at that time. Brings back memories.
Been calling you but you didn't answer my question about the items I ordered a pair of sneakers and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes
Yes Dawson was the favorite he had many followers when they put up wheel to spin for the grand prize is when he left the MATCH, but not long he picked up the feud and he made 10x the money he hit the gold mine, very talented gentleman RIP
Holy cow! The mic Gene is using here is the same microphone Bert Convy of Tattletales (which directly followed Match Game for almost all of its 70s run) was using during this time of 1975 as well.
It was the official microphone for all Goodson-Todman/Goodson game shows during the 1970's-early 1980's. Bob Barker used it on The Price is Right, as did Jim Perry on Card Sharks '78, and Alex Trebek on Double Dare (1976-77).
Richard Dawson was part of the "secret sauce" of Match Game. He was so good and charming. The other regulars, Brett and Charles, were great too. And, of course, Gene Rayburn was amazing. But the chemistry was just never the same once Dawson departed. They did some good shows, but nothing like the years Dawson was there.
He was generally more joyful prior to Feud starting really, which this was in 75. It wasn't until after that that he began to change. First few years on MG he was fine.
@@a.b.s_productions He was. But once Feud started, things changed, especially as his workload grew. By 78, between daytime and nighttime Feud and MG, he was doing 12 shows a week. And he didn't even wanna be there at that point as it was, he wanted out of his contract, but Mark Goodson refused to grant it. Put those two factors together, and you get the grumpy Richard you got in those final couple years on MG, the final months most notably obviously.
My mother was a stay at home mom and I remember she used to watch Match Game after she was done her housework. She also watched Hollywood Squares and The Price Is Right! I’m going back in the early 70’s.
Those were all good answers. Some other good ones would be Gene Vincent, Gene Pitney, and Gene Tierney. If I were on the new show with Alec Baldwin, I just might go for one that would never have been on the old show and probably not on this one either: Gene Montesano.
That's definitely the case. I actually have an SM61, and they're pretty indestructible. Even the grilles on these mics are made to withstand a fall (as a few of the EV's were). I know Gene's mic went to the 100% custom, non-telescoping, CBS audio department version sometime between '75 and '76, so I was wondering if this may be that period where they gave up on Gene's habit of breaking regular ECM-51's. It's hard to deny the Shure sounded better than the ECM-51 (which I also have).
Actually, the top answer would probably be Gene Simmons, thanks to "Family Jewels." Gene Wilder is unfortunately becoming almost as obscure as Gene Rayburn due to "Blazing Saddles" getting to be too hot for modern audiences to handle.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is still a thing, though, and it's still beloved by many, many people, so Wilder might not be quite so obscure just yet. Not saying it'd be up there, but yeah.
"The sheriff is a ******!" Town bell rings. "What?" "He said the sheriff is near!" "No! The sheriff is a ******!" I still laugh out loud at that Mel Brooks classic.
That would've been way too hilarious if Earl opened the $500 match with KELLY sloppily crossed out and RAYBURN sloppily written over it. Better yet, let Earl take the other answers and turn them into sloppily crossed out like AUTRY and written over $250 match with RAYBURN and better still, sloppily cross out RAYBURN with an equally sloppy written over RAYBURN for the $100 match. Then have Earl come on out and face the audience and the contestant and explain why the blatant kissing up to Gene (Who, by the way, deserves to be in one of those match ups but just not that high up there) IT'S OK, EARL! YOU CAN COME ON OUT, DON'T BE AFRAID...GENE WON'T BLANK YOU! :D
The comment to Earl "go to the back of the box" was something you could tell the Match Game staff were laughing about because, as it is revealed in another episode, Earl is black.
No, but he appeared as a panelist on both the syndicated versions of "What's My Line" and "To Tell the Truth". He also was on a celebrity version of the Art Fleming-hosted "Jeopardy".
This was common on Family Feud, but the question would be "Name a famous Richard". Needless to say who was number 1. Over the years, that question comes up, even to this day, or at least a few years ago. As the years went on, Dawson's name fell on the board. Sometime in the aughts, he didn't even make the survey. During the one time that question was asked on the Steve Harvey stint (I believe), Dawson was back on top again.
Back In the day when society had a sense of humor. I watched this program a lot when growing up and all of the other one’s as well. Very entertaining back then. CWA
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My mom and dad went to one of these shows. They thought it was over and got up to leave and Gene Rayburn called out “Where are you going!?” He ended up giving them a prize. My parents were really happy he talked to them.
What did he give them? Do they still have it?
@@bobma6342 I’m pretty sure they got two free meals worth about $50, not bad for that time. They were so surprised they were given something since they were leaving. While they were on their trip I remember them telling me they saw a musical with Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity (I believe). This was there first trip alone after the kids got independent.
We use to watch this show after school. It made me feel like I was sitting at the adult table during the party.
Bill bartman me too
Me too! It was fun! Being at the adult table isn't so much though... I've come to find out.
And they were all loaded
thats the best description of watching this show as a kid ive ever heard
@@nicholasschroeder3678, yep, most of them were ;-D Was a great show, though.
Loved this show as a kid. So many fun game shows then. Loved growing up in the 70s.
Such a fun and witty show. Watched it all the time as a kid, and still find it fun as an adult.
It wouldve been HILARIOUS if "earl" slid the door open and held up a piece of paper with Gene Rayburn crudely written on it.
YES!
I would have like to see a piece of paper with a different name on it, like Simmons
that would have made the reveal of the real answer even funnier
@Christa Simon Oh man, I never even thought about him. 👍
@Christa Simon YES, that's my fave movie too. Have a great weekend. 👍
Gene Rayburn: #1 in the survey and #1 in our hearts.
Gene would be 103 if he was still alive
Totally agreed, 100%!
@@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial And he would STILL reminisce about the show.
I'm not a fan. Sorry
@@andywinslow9638, you don't have to be sorry, but you're probably going to be lonely on this topic ;-)
Richard Dawson Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly made the show incredibly funny love the original Match Game
I hate to be that guy, but the original Match Game aired in the 1960s. The theme melody was a piece called "Swingin' Safari," which you can find right here on YT. Gene was the host way back then, too, but the game was played very differently from in the 1970's.
I always loved it when Betty White was on the show!
Even if Gene Hackman saw this episode, he is very unhappy!
Gene Rayburn. Funniest game show host, EVER.
Yes, he was but his pants were not high enough!
He is definitely one of the best!!!😂😂
I think so.
His wit was sharper than a scalpel!
Facts
I miss all of these people, I loved this show.
Real spooky how few are alive today
the man wasn’t going off of prearranged jokes, he added his own repartee to the show and actually was friends with the celebrities
Gene Hackman was pretty famous at this point in time. He'd already been nominated for two Oscars for Supporting Actor in "Bonnie & Clyde" and "I Never Sang For My Father," and actually won Best Actor in a Leading Role for 1971's "The French Connection."
So true. What about Gene Wilder?
@@Hampton-nv8mw Could have been Gene Wilder. Blazing Saddles was released in 1974 as waw Young Frankenstein. The Producers was 1968 but still pretty famous.
But the people who fill out the answers, (the studio audience) it was kind of a given.
And?
it’s a skewed audience and he might have had acclaim but was still less known than those three even by that point…
Gene Tierney ("Laura", "Leave Her To Heaven", "The Razor's Edge",etc.)
I like how Gene put his arm around her and says "if you value your life, whatever you say is okay with us".
Gene Rayburn was such A GREAT person & dearly missed!!
I use to watch this show when I was a child in the 1970's! It had one of my favorite theme tunes of any game show!
Loved watching this show in my youth and still love it
You're getting old there, Steve
I love his clothes. I miss him so much.
From Rubin Bros. International
@@97Senator Peter Marshall got his wardrobe from them as well when he was hosting Hollywood Squares.
People were so much more touchy feely back then and no one freaked out over it. The times sure have changed! People were way more laid back and understood intentions much better than today. In today's world there would be firings, condemnations, and entire movements. I was a teenager in the 70's and it was a great time. Yes it had its issues, but nothing like the current era we live in....this era is pretty awful, overall.
The thing is, a lot of the "issues" back in the 70s are still there today, they're just still swept under the rug and everyone just sort of pretends that it all stopped while also vilifying innocent banter and affection like this.
Liberalism took hold of our nation
Being offended is power now.
EXACTLY...
Too many Weishnemers today..
Thank heavens for the 70's 😁👍🏻
just imagine if that wasn't "Rayburn" in the $500 slot. Talk about awkward.
1269RedJester Gene would be pretty upset. Probably go on a little rampage
Earl probably would have been out of a job in the box.
@@JohnAckerman93 Nah. It was all fun and games.
Gene would've tried to get in the box and bring out poor Earl. And God only knows what would've happened, LOL
@@maryhlad5277 Well according to the Dixie Chicks, Earl, did have to die.
My aunt was a contestant on this show sometime around 1966 or '67. She lasted 2 days. I wish all episodes were available. I'd love to see hers.
A lot of TV shows were erased back then .
Gene Gene The Dancing Machine
Gong!
RIP Chuck Barris
Not in '75, though!
I used to watch this show with my best friend after we came home from school. I always liked the fun soundtrack and seeing Gene Rayburn and all the actors at that time. Brings back memories.
Gene Rayburn is a legend. Dude is so energetic after giving Charles Nelson Riley a two-hour piggy-back ride.
Giddy up Gene!
He was a mighty man, definitely. He threw me down a flight of stairs once, but I couldn't help but love him anyway.
@@Pwecko tell us more!
Talking about CNR!
Loved that show. Every day after school. Great show great casts. Wonderful memories
"Eat Your Heart Out Gene Kelly" LMAFO
What does Gene Kelly have to do with Gene Rayburn?
Rayburn's touchy-feely antics would not be abided, today.
With the Alec Baldwin version, Gene Rayburn WOULD STILL be the top answer
Been calling you but you didn't answer my question about the items I ordered a pair of sneakers and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes and I'll be there in a few minutes
Alec Baldwin sucks!!
no it would have probably been one of those stupid fake reality stars.
@@jacquelinellewellyn5010 What the hell are you talking about?!
Cant stand Alec Baldwin he should be fired
Ah, back when people weren't afraid to touch each other. Nice old days.
Notice Gene has a different kind of microphone then he usually had on the show.
LOVE Gene Rayburn's tie!!
RIP:
Gene Rayburn
Brett Somers
Charles Nelson Reilly
Richard Dawson
Patti Deutsch
Something about the orange background makes this so much better! Gotta love the 70's
Loved this show growing up
used to watch this show all the time when i got home from school in the 70's that and Ryan's hope . god i'm old
The star of Match Game 75, Gene Rayburn!
No CGI, no overproduced music and drama, just people having fun. I miss the 70s.
Overproduced "drama" seems to be the way of the whole world these days. Makes me tired and bored. Mostly it irritates me in sports.
@@johnperrigo6474 Sports video production is indistinguishable from video games. Why even watch?
A recent Match Game studio audience had been polled so it had to be Gene Rayburn.
Gene was likeable and funny! RIP 🙏❣⚘
I used to watch this season when I was sick or skipping school, it really doesn't seem like 47 yrs ago.
I always love match game I like they always picked Richard Dawson for the 5000 answer
Yes Dawson was the favorite he had many followers when they put up wheel to spin for the grand prize is when he left the MATCH, but not long he picked up the feud and he made 10x the money he hit the gold mine, very talented gentleman RIP
@@donborg1408 Not only that but Dawson had good success rate on the final match too.
Sometimes it seemed like he could read their mind's.
greatest game show of all time
I used to watch as a kid. I still occasionally watch the reruns of the show.
Holy cow! The mic Gene is using here is the same microphone Bert Convy of Tattletales (which directly followed Match Game for almost all of its 70s run) was using during this time of 1975 as well.
It was the official microphone for all Goodson-Todman/Goodson game shows during the 1970's-early 1980's. Bob Barker used it on The Price is Right, as did Jim Perry on Card Sharks '78, and Alex Trebek on Double Dare (1976-77).
Richard Dawson was part of the "secret sauce" of Match Game. He was so good and charming. The other regulars, Brett and Charles, were great too. And, of course, Gene Rayburn was amazing. But the chemistry was just never the same once Dawson departed. They did some good shows, but nothing like the years Dawson was there.
I didnt know Gene Rayburn was a pokemon!!
Oh, but this was way before Pokémon made its debut.
That just makes it more hilarious.
I CHOOSE YOU!!!
The new version of match game STINKS
1:31 - One of the rare times Richard Dawson genuinely looked joyful on the show.
He was generally more joyful prior to Feud starting really, which this was in 75. It wasn't until after that that he began to change. First few years on MG he was fine.
Richard seemed happy at least up until 1976.
@@a.b.s_productions He was. But once Feud started, things changed, especially as his workload grew. By 78, between daytime and nighttime Feud and MG, he was doing 12 shows a week. And he didn't even wanna be there at that point as it was, he wanted out of his contract, but Mark Goodson refused to grant it. Put those two factors together, and you get the grumpy Richard you got in those final couple years on MG, the final months most notably obviously.
Match Game was before my time, and I first came to know of it through GSN. Gene Reyburn was always so fun to watch.
The family loved Match Game as well as Match Game PM. 👍👏
remember attending a taping back in the early 1970s in NYC. Great show
Mean Gene Oaklaud is my favorite answer I would have chosen by far.
I don't believe he became big until he started interviewing Hogan
He was around but he was known more as "Kiss" back then. Even then not many knew his real name.
Watching this in the 21st Century, saying "Wilder" or "Simmons"
My mother was a stay at home mom and I remember she used to watch Match Game after she was done her housework. She also watched Hollywood Squares and The Price Is Right! I’m going back in the early 70’s.
It must have been a blast to be on this show in its hay day
"Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you're not up here?" XD
Interesting to hear the name Jean Harlow mentioned but not Gene Tierney's.
This is so funny that she choose GENE RAYBURN!
Gene, Gene , the DANCIN' MACHINE!!!!!!
"Gene-Gene, the dancing machine".
;-D
@@kevino4846 - You caught me while I was online. It amazes me how often my old forgotten comments get noticed years after the fact. Have a great day.
@@tron3entertainment, yeah, the vid just showed up in my feed. Watched the show years ago, more years than I want to admit ;-D You as well, stay safe.
i watch this show every morning on GSN at 8:30am while im getting ready for work :D
My favorite was "POINT _______"
Gave me a smile today..😊
Thank You...
TV was so much fun back then. And now, most of these people are gone. I feel so old.
Gene Wood.
Dawson would have been in for it then!
Watching this on GSN is fun along with a barrel of laughs!
After watching a given number of match game clips, my jaw always starts to get tired.
If I had been the contestant that day, I--inveterate Trekker that I am--would have probably answered "Roddenberry."
Not Coon?
Love this show
I watch it several times daily
And Match game
Very subtle, Mr. Rayburn.
Those were all good answers. Some other good ones would be Gene Vincent, Gene Pitney, and Gene Tierney. If I were on the new show with Alec Baldwin, I just might go for one that would never have been on the old show and probably not on this one either: Gene Montesano.
Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator
A little strong arm tactics never fails! hahahahahaha! Classic comedy!
2:16 And the $500 answer is…
May I have a drum roll please…
2:33 Yes!
So very grateful an Australian producer bought the rights and made our own version here in the mid70s. Graeme Kennedy was all that and then some.
Damn…. Do I miss those days so bad it hurts, it really hurts
That's definitely the case. I actually have an SM61, and they're pretty indestructible. Even the grilles on these mics are made to withstand a fall (as a few of the EV's were). I know Gene's mic went to the 100% custom, non-telescoping, CBS audio department version sometime between '75 and '76, so I was wondering if this may be that period where they gave up on Gene's habit of breaking regular ECM-51's. It's hard to deny the Shure sounded better than the ECM-51 (which I also have).
All right Earl, slide it!!
GENE RAYBURN!!! I CHOOSE YOU!! Sounds like Pokemon
Look at the way he man-handles that woman.
I loved him and this show! and the panels were always so much fun!
atleast they had fun on this UNREALITY show
Gene Wilder would have been viable, because this was from the 70s, but because the host's name is Gene, that puts a different slant on it.
Loved Gene's subtlety with the contestant LOL
I always enjoy seeing Patti Deutsch, even if nobody calls on her.
I'm with you on that.
Gene Wilder. Poor Rayburn, his fame was so temporary. Today the answer would be Gene Wilder.
Actually, the top answer would probably be Gene Simmons, thanks to "Family Jewels." Gene Wilder is unfortunately becoming almost as obscure as Gene Rayburn due to "Blazing Saddles" getting to be too hot for modern audiences to handle.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is still a thing, though, and it's still beloved by many, many people, so Wilder might not be quite so obscure just yet. Not saying it'd be up there, but yeah.
"The sheriff is a ******!" Town bell rings.
"What?" "He said the sheriff is near!"
"No! The sheriff is a ******!"
I still laugh out loud at that Mel Brooks classic.
I'm pretty sure it would STILL be Rayburn! People never forget the original!
I wonder how many times Gene had to blackmail contestants like that.
Today if a TV host touched anyone like Gene touched that woman he'd be fired, sued and/or arrested. I miss the old days.
she seemed to be enjoying it at 1:39
she did
Considering the time in which this show came out, I expected Gene Roddenberry.
Gene, Gene, dancin' machine! No? - LOLOL, LOLOL, LOLOL !
It tells you something about the guys on this show that no one thought of Gene Tierney.
That would've been way too hilarious if Earl opened the $500 match with KELLY sloppily crossed out and RAYBURN sloppily written over it. Better yet, let Earl take the other answers and turn them into sloppily crossed out like AUTRY and written over $250 match with RAYBURN and better still, sloppily cross out RAYBURN with an equally sloppy written over RAYBURN for the $100 match. Then have Earl come on out and face the audience and the contestant and explain why the blatant kissing up to Gene (Who, by the way, deserves to be in one of those match ups but just not that high up there) IT'S OK, EARL! YOU CAN COME ON OUT, DON'T BE AFRAID...GENE WON'T BLANK YOU! :D
The comment to Earl "go to the back of the box" was something you could tell the Match Game staff were laughing about because, as it is revealed in another episode, Earl is black.
No, but he appeared as a panelist on both the syndicated versions of "What's My Line" and "To Tell the Truth". He also was on a celebrity version of the Art Fleming-hosted "Jeopardy".
This was common on Family Feud, but the question would be "Name a famous Richard". Needless to say who was number 1.
Over the years, that question comes up, even to this day, or at least a few years ago. As the years went on, Dawson's name fell on the board. Sometime in the aughts, he didn't even make the survey. During the one time that question was asked on the Steve Harvey stint (I believe), Dawson was back on top again.
@tvtimetravel i think it was in a mic repair shop at the time because Gene Rayburn have a habit of breaking his ecm-51 (every week i think)
Back In the day when society had a sense of humor. I watched this program a lot when growing up and all of the other one’s as well. Very entertaining back then. CWA
The only host I've seen acknowledge the board operator by name.
Rayburn would be fired for sexual misconduct many times over these days.
I would say Gene Rayburn!!