This is a great find! I've read that there was very little video preserved of this early version of The Match Game. This must be one of the few episodes in existence today. This was a special episode with all-celebrity teams playing for charity. There would normally be two teams each consisting of one celebrity and two non-celebrity players.
So glad you enjoyed it, Terri! As always, I can only post what other people are generous enough to share with me. I'm fortunate to know a bunch of very generous people who are serious collectors and share the goal of making this great material available. :)
I didn't either until about 3 years ago. Apparently, although the show was on for 8 or 9 years or so, only 10 or 12 episodes exist and I think GSN only broadcast half of those. I'm sure someone will comment if I have my facts messed up.
The original Match Game ran from December 31, 1962 to September 1969 on NBC. Only a dozen episodes or so (plus the pilot) exist but the only episodes GSN ever aired were this one and a July 1964 episode with Orson Bean and Jayne Mansfield (the pilot has been released on DVD in the out of print set devoted to the 70s Match Game)
This early episode is better than the modern Match Game in the 60's and 70's. Moves faster. Less innuendo. Great show, nice to see Joan, Henry, Bennet. BETTY, Peggy and Robert Q. Lewis.
I remember seeing this first version of The Match Game mainly because of the theme music, "A Swinging Safari". When the show came back in the more familiar version with the two contestants and six celebrities I kept waiting for them to play that music.
Thank you for posting! Brings back such fond memories! Coming home from school, the theme song be on- We would all sit, play along and have our snacks before we did our homework and baths- Such an innocent time- I never understood why the format was changed- This is much classier and fun!
This is an all-star match of game players. White, Cass, Cerf, Morgan, and Lewis are A+ game players. Betty would be on the All-Time All-Star team. I used to watch this when i came home from school, and still associate it with its theme music. The game wasn't that great, but it sowed the seeds in some minds for the later match game....
Betty White and Gene Rayburn went way back very interesting, just happened on this 1962-1964 version of Match Game...so different to the more recent 1973-
What a nice treat to see the nine-year genesis of what one day would become Match Game '73! I hope more episode can be found one day. I'd love to see some ones with Burt Reynolds. I read that he was a frequent guest on this edition.
+M.P. Many women still wear fancy hats to church or synagogue -- myself included. I don't think I've ever spent quite that much on any of my hats, but I have seen many selling for that much and more.
Robert Q. Lewis was in between stints as a Goodson-Todman host at this point having finished the final year of "Play Your Hunch" (after Merv Griffin left) in September 1963. Later in 1964 he would take over the short-lived "Get The Message" from original host Frank Buxton for its final 13 weeks (last episode airing Christmas Day 1964)
They have with Match Games 73 through 80 with Gene. Then with Ross Shaeffer, Michael Berger and in 1984 had the Match Game/ Hollywood Squares hour. I too am a fan of the show, but in Match Game 1973 to 80 with 6 celebrities it kinda got silly with Brett Sommers insulting Charles Nelson Reilly and there was one episode I can recall she insulted him badly, referring to his wig and clothes. Charles gave Brett a very dirty look especially when she insulted him on something about how he spent his money.
Interesting to see Bennett Cerf and Henry Morgan working so closely together. Their relationship would chill considerably 3 years later on What's My Line.
Henry Morgan was a regular on "I've Got a Secret." I don't believe he was ever a regular on "What's My Line," but he may have been a guest panelist. I've never heard the story about him and Bennett Cerf.
It's also on the RUclips video, "What's My Line? - WML's Most Uncomfortable Moments" along with the comments of Bennett Cerf and John Charles Daly the following week.
I believe you are correct. Match Game was NBC, and it was broadcasting shows in COLOR at end of 1963, beginning of 1964. But my house did not have color tv until 1970, so I watched Match Game in B&W! But ... Who cares! It was a GREAT show either way!
@@ericsamuelson5656 Thanks for the "Heads Up"! I watched "Match Game" throughout the 1960's (really, from its beginning). All we had was an RCA Victor (ca. mid-1950's) B&W television set. So ..... I watched "Match Game" in "Living B&W"! [Color is NOT ALL it is made up to be.]
I can see where Family Feud was born from this as well with the audience response questions. Plus I had no idea that Joan Fontaine was ever on a game show panel.
My 2nd Favorite Still-existing Match Game Episode of all-time within my Top 20 Favorite Match Game Episodes of all-time. My 2 Favorite Incarnations of Match Game are this version and the Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour from the 1983-84 Season, both versions respectfully hosted by Gene Rayburn.
Bennett Cerf, Betty White, Henry Morgan, Robert Q. Lewis, and Gene Rayburn all together on the same stage. Incredible. If only Bennett, Henry, and Robert could have ever appeared on the 70s Match Game. What a show that would have been to see.
Robert Q. did appear in a week of shows in the fall of 1973: ruclips.net/video/4QhA1qwMsPI/видео.html (That is the Monday show of that week, which was also notable because it was the first time Gene used the microphone that became synonymous with both that version of Match Game and the still-current version of The Price Is Right).
@@Politicalfan17 You're welcome. That was Robert Q's only week on the '70s Match Game, which is surprising given he was not really that old then (53). He easily could have been on that version quite frequently during the '70s run on CBS and continuing into the 1979-'82 portion that aired in syndication.
Henry Morgan did appear on the CBS version in 1978. Just saw his episodes on GSN a few weeks ago. Couldn't believe it was his first time on that version.
I wish NBC hadn’t wiped almost all of The Match Game. It would be great to see these in color as they were on videotape. Sadly only a few black and white kinescopes exist.
I Hope MeTV will do it and making this show into A Digital Enchance Broadcast of The MATCH GamE in living color and Deserve to be Morphing and also reincarnation of The 1st Edition of The MATCH GamE from 1962 to 1969 on NBC-TV DAYTIME to each & everyone missing broadcast has been destroyed by NBC-TV in 1978-1979 and pretty sooff5 C nnn C c theyn MeTV All Full Editions of The MATCH GamE from 1962 to the present Starring MR. GENE RAYBURN, ROSS SHAFER, MICHAEL BURGER AND PRETTY SOON MR. ALEC BALDWIN will be replacing and firing THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW whom ran for 1-Hour from 8:00 to 9:00PM EASTERN TIME (7:00-8:00PM CENTRAL TIME) THIS FALL on MeTV.
@@SK-nd7db You have reason(s) to dislike him. I've seen him on other panel shows, insulting a guest or another panelist. Arnold Stang, who worked alongside him said, "When things were going well for him, he would do something to destroy himself. He just couldn't deal with success. He'd had an unhappy childhood that warped him a little and gave him a sour outlook on life. He had no close friends."
i guarantee you that this was not first released Jan 25, 1964 it had to be Tuesday by what they say, but more important jan25,1964 was a Saturday... Match game played weekdays only
At 0:30, there appears to be a Game Show Network graphic in the lower left-hand corner indicating that it aired in January, 1964. But you are right, January 25, 1964 was a Saturday and the original Match Game was on weekday afternoons. It must have been on a different day in January, 1964 besides the 25th.
i have seen multiple times that GSN was wrong about when an episode aired... vaguely remember a jan/july mixup but of course that isn't the problem here (jan & july on leap years are same day=day of week) ... so be sure that GSN has fact checking issues. i try to reason why an issue occured the 3-5-8 mix-ups could mean it is a Jan 28, 1964 episode but to be sure one needs to do further research. boy/girl scouts might have record when they were featured and where, also 1964 newspaper TV listings MIGHT be useful but daytime TV didn't usually say more than title. promo ads were rare for daytime tv. so not sure how to verify the supposition of a 5-8 transposition.
Hmm. . . yes, I guess there's something wrong here. It's very possible it's just an error I made by way of a typo on a filename; I'll see if I can get an answer and correct the info if so. Thanks for the heads up, Qaz!
Joan says “I know all 50 of those men!” Lol I think Gene was being generous when he called them gentlemen!! OMG he should’ve said we asked 50 bums in our studio audience.. lol
Besides this episode, the Jayne Mansfield/Orson Bean episode, and the pilot, there's a color episode with Tony Randall and Peggy Cass available for viewing at the Paley Center for the Media. There are supposedly a few more.
game show gem. i always love the contrast in people, era, and technology. on the technology front, it's funny how they were told to "raise their hands", no buzzers, lights, or buttons, kind of makes you wonder what that contraption in front of them was for, i guess to hide the cards and pencils. and how great are those questions, "how much should a lady spend on a hat?" "how many books do you read in a month?" and "to a rich man blank dollars is nothing," the contrast between women and men was amazingly wide. i think the women were much more accurate, rich people are misers. and then there are the personalities, all of them icons in their own respect. bennett cerf born in the 19th century, and would pass away before the restart of matchgame in 1973. three would die in the 1990's. joan fontaine would live to 96 and pass away in 2013, and of course the amazing betty white still with us in in 2019 at the age of 97.
Bennett Cerf, icon? His fraudulent Famous Writer’s School made him infamous, not iconic. Kind of like with Harvey Weinstein it was covered up until a NY reporter persisted to get the story published about the crooked publisher.
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath I just saw this and your comment. Personally, I think a lot of "rich" people come by their wealth in not so innocent means. It is why I will never be rich. I think there is always a certain level of deception or manipulation (if you will) of the people in the path of wealth. I just do not have what it takes. I tried being a kitchen designer at a big box store and I had to push for them to take me out of the design center and bump me to floor associate because I did not believe in the product; so it was real hard for me to sell it. I was advising customers to consult with local cabinet makers -- and for the most part, they did go with a local cabinet maker. I would have been horrible at trying to own my own business. So, no riches for me. But for those who have what it takes, I do not judge them. No one 'makes' you do anything. If you are manipulated, that is your problem. But just as it is hard for me to manipulate; I was told once that I was the hardest sell they had ever come across -- and in the end I did not buy. So, I may not ever be wealthy, but in 59 years I have never been poor either. Sorry, just in a yacky mood today. Have a great one!
11:49 nowadays they’d say vibrator☺️ Or at least they may have said it on Match Game ‘74. I would say table lamp or television set. But I guess most ppl didn’t have TVs in their bedrooms in 1963
There is a chemistry to these panel shows . On WML Dorothy Kilgallen was the mean bad girl , while Arlene Francis was the nice good girl . On IGAS Henry Morgan was the mean bad guy while Bill Cullen was the nice good guy . The difference was the females on IGAS were more glamourous . It did not matter if it was Ms. Meadows or Ms. Palmer or Ms. Emerson or Ms. Myerson their appearances were more as eye candy with the well done make up and low necklines ,
I checked the 1962-63 daytime schedule and this show was 25 minutes (there was a newscast to fill up the half hour...and I don't know it this is right, it also says "live and in color".
Per Wikipedia, Match Game began being produced on color videotape in 1965 (after the above episode from January 1964). I actually remember an episode where one of the questions consisted of Gene Rayburn pointing to the podium and asking, "Name this color." It must have been an ambiguous shade of a color. He added, "This must be great for people with black-and-white TVs." (I was watching on a black-and-white TV.) I believe "pink" was the most popular answer. This original version of Match Game ran from 1962 to 1969.
Sorry for being so late to see the replies here, but honestly, RUclips doesn't give me notifications for 90% of comments added to my videos these days! Anyhow, thanks for the info on the show airing in color from the start, +Executive Decision. I had no idea. Very interesting. And also very interesting, +Terri henricks, that question "Name this color"! Rayburn's joke is great-- there weren't a lot of color TVs that early on, or at least that's my impression. :)
5:45 the most common word in the English language is THE But it’s now 2022 and a vast majority of young people use the word LIKE very often when speaking. Sign of the times.
Ms. Fontaine lived to be 96. Ms. White lived to be 99. They had good genes ! The others : Robert Q 70 , Ms Cass 74 , Mr. Cerf 73, Mr. Morgan 79 and host Mr. Rayburn 81. No dying at a young age with this group . By comparison Ms. Peggy Cass looks and sounds like she could be Joy Behars mom .
From what I have read it stimmed from some type of conflict they had as children. They did see eye to eye as young women as far as serving in a similar capacity in World War Two service . But as they aged they becsme more hardened .
@@faithmapstone9982 This type situation seems to happen with sisters . I do not recall show biz brothers acting in this way . For example the relationship between Gysie Rose Lee and her younger sister June Havoc .among others . The Bette Davis -Joan Crawford movie WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE ? was a complictaed saga of two sisters living together .
It's very interesting to see the interaction between the guest stars. Especially the men. Henry Morgan and Bennett Cerf we're not exactly best buddies. To put it mildly! Oh, they hated each other's guts.. Robert Q was kind of the referee between the other two guys, whose egos were as big as all Outdoors. Henry Morgan was quite a curmudgeon that is he complained all the time about whatever. h . Bennett Cerf for his part was terribly impressed by his own intelligence. Robert Q. was okay he really probably was the brightest of the three and most amicable..
Joan's answer of 'lime' was a perfectly acceptable answer, not unintelligent, just approached from a different angle. I said the same answer. It depends on how you interpret lemon. And it's very clear that Henry is a brunette fan, he did seem a bit down on blondes (boo hiss 😀 - and I say that both as a blonde and because of the other questions answer! ). He seems a bit arrogant and pompous, not a fan. It's funny that Betty White is known these days as a blonde!
I misheard that question .. for no special reason! So that rules out birthdays Valentine’s Day & Christmas. Very unromantic men in the audience that day. No flowers 💐 just to say I love you & I appreciate you?? Wow!! 🤦🏼♀️
Joan Fontaine was a recurring panelist on To Tell The Truth in the 1960s. You have to figure that there would not be many leading lady parts for an over forty year old actress who won an Academy Award twenty years before . In the 1961 movie Voyage to The Bottom Of The Sea Ms. Fontaine may have been billed over younger actress Barbara Eden but Ms. Eden was more promenent with her tight naval skirts while Ms. Fontaine played a middle aged scientist lady .
@@RonGerstein Yeah. I was just kidding about how long we've been seeing her as an "elderly" celebrity. You should have joined my ruse and said she was born in 1888 or something, lol.
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Just hearing the theme song brought back my entire childhood. I was eight in 1964 and watched the show every day during the summer.
1:55 As soon as Gene finished reading the question, the '70s Match Game "think music" starting playing in my head. :-)
I loved all the game shows in the early 60's.
As a '70s MG lover this was fantastic on many levels! The NBC "snake" at the end was an unexpected thrill!!
This is a great find! I've read that there was very little video preserved of this early version of The Match Game. This must be one of the few episodes in existence today. This was a special episode with all-celebrity teams playing for charity. There would normally be two teams each consisting of one celebrity and two non-celebrity players.
So glad you enjoyed it, Terri! As always, I can only post what other people are generous enough to share with me. I'm fortunate to know a bunch of very generous people who are serious collectors and share the goal of making this great material available. :)
Great to have this. I didn't realize Match Game went back that far.
I didn't either until about 3 years ago. Apparently, although the show was on for 8 or 9 years or so, only 10 or 12 episodes exist and I think GSN only broadcast half of those. I'm sure someone will comment if I have my facts messed up.
The original Match Game ran from December 31, 1962 to September 1969 on NBC. Only a dozen episodes or so (plus the pilot) exist but the only episodes GSN ever aired were this one and a July 1964 episode with Orson Bean and Jayne Mansfield (the pilot has been released on DVD in the out of print set devoted to the 70s Match Game)
Same.
This early episode is better than the modern Match Game in the 60's and 70's. Moves faster. Less innuendo. Great show, nice to see Joan, Henry, Bennet. BETTY, Peggy and Robert Q. Lewis.
Wonderful, love seeing this classic match game
I remember seeing this first version of The Match Game mainly because of the theme music, "A Swinging Safari".
When the show came back in the more familiar version with the two contestants and six celebrities I kept waiting for them to play that music.
Thank you for posting! Brings back such fond memories! Coming home from school, the theme song be on- We would all sit, play along and have our snacks before we did our homework and baths- Such an innocent time- I never understood why the format was changed- This is much classier and fun!
thanks for posting love this classic games shows
I thought Gene Rayburn was wearing a large cross but then I realized it was the microphone.
It's amazing to see the evolution that took place over ten years when I remember Match Game '74'. 👍
This is an all-star match of game players. White, Cass, Cerf, Morgan, and Lewis are A+ game players. Betty would be on the All-Time All-Star team.
I used to watch this when i came home from school, and still associate it with its theme music. The game wasn't that great, but it sowed the seeds in some minds for the later match game....
Betty White and Gene Rayburn went way back very interesting, just happened on this 1962-1964 version of Match Game...so different to the more recent 1973-
OMGosh!! Had no idea this existed before the 70’s.
What a nice treat to see the nine-year genesis of what one day would become Match Game '73! I hope more episode can be found one day. I'd love to see some ones with Burt Reynolds. I read that he was a frequent guest on this edition.
Multiply the amounts by 8 to get 2017 dollars. Do today's average women really spend eighty bucks for a hat?
+M.P. Many women still wear fancy hats to church or synagogue -- myself included. I don't think I've ever spent quite that much on any of my hats, but I have seen many selling for that much and more.
Great back-to-back partner with Tom Kennedy's "You Don't Say" on NBC weekday afternoons.
That was a great show thanks for uploading
And Betty White still goes on!
Robert Q. Lewis was in between stints as a Goodson-Todman host at this point having finished the final year of "Play Your Hunch" (after Merv Griffin left) in September 1963. Later in 1964 he would take over the short-lived "Get The Message" from original host Frank Buxton for its final 13 weeks (last episode airing Christmas Day 1964)
I like watching these old episodes. Love Bennet Cerf. I think Robert Q Lewis is deadly attractive.
This was such an interesting Match Game episode! Bennett has very neat, precise handwriting.
They should bring this back - I love it!
They have with Match Games 73 through 80 with Gene. Then with Ross Shaeffer, Michael Berger and in 1984 had the Match Game/ Hollywood Squares hour. I too am a fan of the show, but in Match Game 1973 to 80 with 6 celebrities it kinda got silly with Brett Sommers insulting Charles Nelson Reilly and there was one episode I can recall she insulted him badly, referring to his wig and clothes. Charles gave Brett a very dirty look especially when she insulted him on something about how he spent his money.
Henry and Robert were like seriously Bennett? Hiss? Hahaha
I was turning two years old
Thank You for sharing this video
Interesting to see Bennett Cerf and Henry Morgan working so closely together. Their relationship would chill considerably 3 years later on What's My Line.
That's what I was thinking! Well, that and how much Henry liked the sound of his own voice! ;)
Henry Morgan was a regular on "I've Got a Secret." I don't believe he was ever a regular on "What's My Line," but he may have been a guest panelist. I've never heard the story about him and Bennett Cerf.
I found the "What's My Line" moment to which you were referring. It is included on a RUclips post entitled, "Strange Moments from What's My Line."
Jaw-dropping, wasn't it?
It's also on the RUclips video, "What's My Line? - WML's Most Uncomfortable Moments" along with the comments of Bennett Cerf and John Charles Daly the following week.
The question "Name an electric device that one might find in the bedroom"? would get an entirely different and humorous answer today.
But that's not electric - it's battery-operated!!!
I never would have thought of blanket.
Although this is a black-and-white kinescope, I believe that all episodes of the 1960's "Match Game" were taped and originally broadcast in color.
I believe you are correct. Match Game was NBC, and it was broadcasting shows in COLOR at end of 1963, beginning of 1964.
But my house did not have color tv until 1970, so I watched Match Game in B&W!
But ... Who cares! It was a GREAT show either way!
@@michaelwascom62 The Match Game was in B&W until it was upgraded to color by March 1965
@@ericsamuelson5656 Thanks for the "Heads Up"! I watched "Match Game" throughout the 1960's (really, from its beginning). All we had was an RCA Victor (ca. mid-1950's) B&W television set. So ..... I watched "Match Game" in "Living B&W"!
[Color is NOT ALL it is made up to be.]
I can see where Family Feud was born from this as well with the audience response questions.
Plus I had no idea that Joan Fontaine was ever on a game show panel.
Another gem :)
I was in the audience for a taping of one of these original Match Game programs
That was fun... Thanks :)
My 2nd Favorite Still-existing Match Game Episode of all-time within my Top 20 Favorite Match Game Episodes of all-time. My 2 Favorite Incarnations of Match Game are this version and the Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour from the 1983-84 Season, both versions respectfully hosted by Gene Rayburn.
Bennett Cerf, Betty White, Henry Morgan, Robert Q. Lewis, and Gene Rayburn all together on the same stage. Incredible. If only Bennett, Henry, and Robert could have ever appeared on the 70s Match Game. What a show that would have been to see.
Robert Q. did appear in a week of shows in the fall of 1973: ruclips.net/video/4QhA1qwMsPI/видео.html
(That is the Monday show of that week, which was also notable because it was the first time Gene used the microphone that became synonymous with both that version of Match Game and the still-current version of The Price Is Right).
@@WaltGekko Neat, Great catch, thanks!
@@Politicalfan17 You're welcome. That was Robert Q's only week on the '70s Match Game, which is surprising given he was not really that old then (53). He easily could have been on that version quite frequently during the '70s run on CBS and continuing into the 1979-'82 portion that aired in syndication.
Henry Morgan did appear on the CBS version in 1978. Just saw his episodes on GSN a few weeks ago.
Couldn't believe it was his first time on that version.
@@scotthable888 Neat!
I wish NBC hadn’t wiped almost all of The Match Game. It would be great to see these in color as they were on videotape. Sadly only a few black and white kinescopes exist.
Saturday Night Live now tapes in that very studio,so it didn't completely go away.
Depending on when the episodes aired, they can be colorized. There are a few color photos of the two Match Game sets that was used.
"How much money should a woman spend on a hat?" Funny. Sign of the times...
Boy did this show change in the 70s
This is a kinescope of an original color telecast.
colorized maybe or what you see is what you get?
I Hope MeTV will do it and making this show into A Digital Enchance Broadcast of The MATCH GamE in living color and Deserve to be Morphing and also reincarnation of The 1st Edition of The MATCH GamE from 1962 to 1969 on NBC-TV DAYTIME to each & everyone missing broadcast has been destroyed by NBC-TV in 1978-1979 and pretty sooff5 C nnn C c theyn MeTV All Full Editions of The MATCH GamE from 1962 to the present Starring MR. GENE RAYBURN, ROSS SHAFER, MICHAEL BURGER AND PRETTY SOON MR. ALEC BALDWIN will be replacing and firing THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW whom ran for 1-Hour from 8:00 to 9:00PM EASTERN TIME (7:00-8:00PM CENTRAL TIME) THIS FALL on MeTV.
This is when everything was calm and quiet.
The president had just been assassinated two months before wtf
I had no idea The Match Game when back that far. 😮
Bennett! Bennett! Bennett!
He (with his great smile) was the perfect foil to that sourpuss Henry Morgan.
I cannot stand Henry Morgan! He's has an attitude problem!
@@SK-nd7db You have reason(s) to dislike him. I've seen him on other panel shows, insulting a guest or another panelist. Arnold Stang, who worked alongside him said, "When things were going well for him, he would do something to destroy himself. He just couldn't deal with success. He'd had an unhappy childhood that warped him a little and gave him a sour outlook on life. He had no close friends."
The last of these panelists are gone. RIP to all of them.
If it's black and white I love it...these were great panelists...
- I didn't want it to end :-(
I'd watch at 3:00 when school got out.
Weekdays at 4pm(et), followed by "NBC NEWS WITH NANCY DICKERSON" {"reporting from Washington"} at 4:25.
This looks to be a surviving videotape, rather than a kinescope.
4 stars would appear on the CBS MG show...Betty,Robert Q.,Henry and Peggy(although for one week for her).
These days the most often used word, “literally”.
Good thing Henry is not here now with purple , blue, and green hair.
Another one--- amazing--- very often used as well
That's Olivia De Havilland’s sister, isn't it?
Yes and they did not get along or speak to each other. I prefer Olivia
Imagine that. Betty White and Orson Bean appeared on both versions of this game show.
Wow, this is a gathering of WML panelists. I wonder if Bennett and Henry were already hating each other here - it sort of seems like it.
Wouldn't you just LOVE to hear the answer to the question, "Name an electrical device you would find in the bedroom" nowadays?!! LOL
That came to my mind right away. How things change.
I had always been wondering what the differences between the 70's version and the earlier version of this show were. Thank you.
May be you want to check match game 62,that is again different
I have never seen either version before. It was very interesting.
Great time for TV shows
10:28....awww, sweet Betty.
I love Betty and to think she's still going strong.
i guarantee you that this was not first released Jan 25, 1964
it had to be Tuesday by what they say, but more important jan25,1964 was a Saturday... Match game played weekdays only
At 0:30, there appears to be a Game Show Network graphic in the lower left-hand corner indicating that it aired in January, 1964. But you are right, January 25, 1964 was a Saturday and the original Match Game was on weekday afternoons. It must have been on a different day in January, 1964 besides the 25th.
i have seen multiple times that GSN was wrong about when an episode aired... vaguely remember a jan/july mixup but of course that isn't the problem here (jan & july on leap years are same day=day of week) ... so be sure that GSN has fact checking issues.
i try to reason why an issue occured the 3-5-8 mix-ups could mean it is a Jan 28, 1964 episode but to be sure one needs to do further research. boy/girl scouts might have record when they were featured and where, also 1964 newspaper TV listings MIGHT be useful but daytime TV didn't usually say more than title. promo ads were rare for daytime tv. so not sure how to verify the supposition of a 5-8 transposition.
Hmm. . . yes, I guess there's something wrong here. It's very possible it's just an error I made by way of a typo on a filename; I'll see if I can get an answer and correct the info if so. Thanks for the heads up, Qaz!
Rebooted in 1973. And while this is fun to watch, the rebooted version's gameplay/layout is far superior
The MATCH GamE IS Broadcasted on Tuesday JANUARY 21, 1964 not Saturday JANUARY 25, 1964 on NBC-TV.
I wondered about that too. It would be quite unusual for a game show to broadcast on Saturday night.
Joan says “I know all 50 of those men!” Lol
I think Gene was being generous when he called them gentlemen!! OMG he should’ve said we asked 50 bums in our studio audience.. lol
2:23 everyone but Joan would say car but Joan Fontaine took it literally!!! Lol 😂🤦🏼♀️..
Wow. And they have said only one episode exists, which was the one with Jayne Mansfield.
Besides this episode, the Jayne Mansfield/Orson Bean episode, and the pilot, there's a color episode with Tony Randall and Peggy Cass available for viewing at the Paley Center for the Media. There are supposedly a few more.
Mariska Hargitay's mom.Good genes passed down from mother to daughter.
3 weeks before I was born!🤔
game show gem. i always love the contrast in people, era, and technology. on the technology front, it's funny how they were told to "raise their hands", no buzzers, lights, or buttons, kind of makes you wonder what that contraption in front of them was for, i guess to hide the cards and pencils.
and how great are those questions, "how much should a lady spend on a hat?" "how many books do you read in a month?" and "to a rich man blank dollars is nothing," the contrast between women and men was amazingly wide. i think the women were much more accurate, rich people are misers.
and then there are the personalities, all of them icons in their own respect. bennett cerf born in the 19th century, and would pass away before the restart of matchgame in 1973. three would die in the 1990's. joan fontaine would live to 96 and pass away in 2013, and of course the amazing betty white still with us in in 2019 at the age of 97.
Bennett Cerf, icon? His fraudulent Famous Writer’s School made him infamous, not iconic. Kind of like with Harvey Weinstein it was covered up until a NY reporter persisted to get the story published about the crooked publisher.
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath source?
@@tomitstube you should do your own research. Try Googling it. Use search words like fraud, scam, Bennett Cerf
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath I just saw this and your comment. Personally, I think a lot of "rich" people come by their wealth in not so innocent means. It is why I will never be rich. I think there is always a certain level of deception or manipulation (if you will) of the people in the path of wealth. I just do not have what it takes. I tried being a kitchen designer at a big box store and I had to push for them to take me out of the design center and bump me to floor associate because I did not believe in the product; so it was real hard for me to sell it. I was advising customers to consult with local cabinet makers -- and for the most part, they did go with a local cabinet maker. I would have been horrible at trying to own my own business. So, no riches for me. But for those who have what it takes, I do not judge them. No one 'makes' you do anything. If you are manipulated, that is your problem. But just as it is hard for me to manipulate; I was told once that I was the hardest sell they had ever come across -- and in the end I did not buy. So, I may not ever be wealthy, but in 59 years I have never been poor either. Sorry, just in a yacky mood today. Have a great one!
7:57 I was thinking birthday 🎉 , Valentine’s Day and Christmas.. so I guessed 3 times a year.
The original!
Wow, would you look st Betty White! You go girl!
Wow, Betty was a brunette here. She's still beautiful and to think she's almost 100 years old and going strong.
I believe Betty was around 42 years old in this episode. If she only knew then that she had around 58 years of life still left to live.
18:36 holy crap nbc snake logo!!!!
All these people appeared on what’s my line.. there must have been other stars to
Joan and I said the same thing!!!!
why was the studio audience completely quiet when Cerf and Morgan were introduced.
11:49 nowadays they’d say vibrator☺️
Or at least they may have said it on Match Game ‘74.
I would say table lamp or television set. But I guess most ppl didn’t have TVs in their bedrooms in 1963
There is a chemistry to these panel shows . On WML Dorothy Kilgallen was the mean bad girl , while Arlene Francis was the nice good girl . On IGAS Henry Morgan was the mean bad guy while Bill Cullen was the nice good guy . The difference was the females on IGAS were more glamourous . It did not matter if it was Ms. Meadows or Ms. Palmer or Ms. Emerson or Ms. Myerson their appearances were more as eye candy with the well done make up and low necklines ,
A great gem, Gary! Thanks! Was this in color?
I don't know for sure, but as a daytime show from 1964, I'd be VERY surprised if it aired in color.
I checked the 1962-63 daytime schedule and this show was 25 minutes (there was a newscast to fill up the half hour...and I don't know it this is right, it also says "live and in color".
Per Wikipedia, Match Game began being produced on color videotape in 1965 (after the above episode from January 1964). I actually remember an episode where one of the questions consisted of Gene Rayburn pointing to the podium and asking, "Name this color." It must have been an ambiguous shade of a color. He added, "This must be great for people with black-and-white TVs." (I was watching on a black-and-white TV.) I believe "pink" was the most popular answer. This original version of Match Game ran from 1962 to 1969.
Sorry for being so late to see the replies here, but honestly, RUclips doesn't give me notifications for 90% of comments added to my videos these days! Anyhow, thanks for the info on the show airing in color from the start, +Executive Decision. I had no idea. Very interesting. And also very interesting, +Terri henricks, that question "Name this color"! Rayburn's joke is great-- there weren't a lot of color TVs that early on, or at least that's my impression. :)
It was LIVE too!
How come there are 70’s episodes of the Match Game but the 60’s version is wiped?
5:45 the most common word in the English language is THE
But it’s now 2022 and a vast majority of young people use the word LIKE very often when speaking. Sign of the times.
Gene and his shaver microphone!!
Ms. Fontaine lived to be 96. Ms. White lived to be 99. They had good genes ! The others : Robert Q 70 , Ms Cass 74 , Mr. Cerf 73, Mr. Morgan 79 and host Mr. Rayburn 81. No dying at a young age with this group . By comparison Ms. Peggy Cass looks and sounds like she could be Joy Behars mom .
The comment of the preference for blonde hair is still true. There are beautiful shades of black, red and brown that are never celebrated.
Downy!! This product is still being manufactured in 2022!
Joan Fontaine,looks just like her sister Olivia De Havilland. (Don't think they saw, Eye to Eye)!⭐️
From what I have read it stimmed from some type of conflict they had as children. They did see eye to eye as young women as far as serving in a similar capacity in World War Two service . But as they aged they becsme more hardened .
@joe Thanks, Joe ⭐️
@@faithmapstone9982 This type situation seems to happen with sisters . I do not recall show biz brothers acting in this way . For example the relationship between Gysie Rose Lee and her younger sister June Havoc .among others . The Bette Davis -Joan Crawford movie WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE ? was a complictaed saga of two sisters living together .
The fued got worse when one sister won an Oscar, and the other said she was not qualified to win.
Enough Henry! I want to hear Bennett. He's why I clicked.
It's very interesting to see the interaction between the guest stars. Especially the men. Henry Morgan and Bennett Cerf we're not exactly best buddies. To put it mildly! Oh, they hated each other's guts.. Robert Q was kind of the referee between the other two guys, whose egos were as big as all Outdoors. Henry Morgan was quite a curmudgeon that is he complained all the time about whatever. h
. Bennett Cerf for his part was terribly impressed by his own intelligence. Robert Q. was okay he really probably was the brightest of the three and most amicable..
bad math at the end there? I count 400.
Joan's answer of 'lime' was a perfectly acceptable answer, not unintelligent, just approached from a different angle. I said the same answer. It depends on how you interpret lemon.
And it's very clear that Henry is a brunette fan, he did seem a bit down on blondes (boo hiss 😀 - and I say that both as a blonde and because of the other questions answer! ). He seems a bit arrogant and pompous, not a fan.
It's funny that Betty White is known these days as a blonde!
yeah it's just a matching game. her answer does makes sense.
If you don’t find Cerf arrogant and pompous and a ham as well as a self promoting crook you are naive
I misheard that question .. for no special reason! So that rules out birthdays Valentine’s Day & Christmas. Very unromantic men in the audience that day. No flowers 💐 just to say I love you & I appreciate you?? Wow!! 🤦🏼♀️
What's an Oscar-winning actress doing with all those game-show denizens?
Joan Fontaine was a recurring panelist on To Tell The Truth in the 1960s. You have to figure that there would not be many leading lady parts for an over forty year old actress who won an Academy Award twenty years before . In the 1961 movie Voyage to The Bottom Of The Sea Ms. Fontaine may have been billed over younger actress Barbara Eden but Ms. Eden was more promenent with her tight naval skirts while Ms. Fontaine played a middle aged scientist lady .
Um cant they just copy each others answer.
A lime.
when you're what?
8:21 Wow!! What cheapskates!! Betty hit the nail on the head “ What they said, or what they did!”🤦🏼♀️
Fun Fact: Betty White is a spry and sprightly 74 here!!
Don't you dare look that up. What? You don't believe me?
Betty was born in 1922.
@@RonGerstein Yeah. I was just kidding about how long we've been seeing her as an "elderly" celebrity. You should have joined my ruse and said she was born in 1888 or something, lol.
Betty White became a blond anyway.
Men like blondes 👱🏼♀️ obviously!
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Joan looks bored to tears.
Bennett was the only one who didn’t match
BOO Bennett 👎🏻👎🏻
I said lime also.
Joan was a dufus
I have to say this is not so entertaining compared to Password at the same time, but I enjoyed Betty in this