I adored this show and all the stars. I used to run home from school as fast as I could to watch it with my mom. They don't make stars or shows like this anymore and that's a shame.
I did that too. I watched it with my dad because my mother was getting for work. When Brett and Charles would give a crazy answer, my father and I would bust out laughing and my mother would come in the room to see what was going on. She did not believe how they were talking.
The best game show ever. I still watch it today. Mr. Rayburn is the Master of Game show host. He, Brett, Charles Nelson Rilley and many of the guess, made the show fun to watch and be on. They made magic. I haven't seen a game show yet come close to that kind of magic. I will always prefer it over many of the new game shows today.
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Remember "Match Game," very well...it was one of my favorites and still is a favorite. Richard Dawson always captured my eye with his creative answers...not to mention, he was very easy on the 👀.
I was born in 1977, so I was unable to watch Match Game when it was at its height in the mid 70's, but thank goodness for Game Show Network, as I have been able to watch just about every episode from the 1973 to 1979 run. It is one of the things that I watch pretty much every day. (It is not on Saturday and Sunday.) I just love the camaraderie between the regulars.
Yes, I was a big fan. There was a relaxed atmosphere of casual fun, and Gene Rayburn was what made it work. Match game was one of those guilty pleasures, and a show you didn’t want to miss. It didn’t seem like a carefully crafted production (although it obviously was) so much as a group of friends having a lot of laughs. Match Game from the early ‘70’s was fun, relaxed, risqué - and brings back a lot of fond memories...like Hollywood Squares.
This was always one of my favorite game shows. Gene Rayburn always seemed like someone you would like. He was likeable, funny, and had charm. The interaction with the regulars was always fun. Had a party feel to the show. Unlike shows like the Price is Right the prizes weren't really the reason for watching, it was just the fun of playing the game. And I liked that better.
I ❤️Ed this show. I was a kid in the 60’s and as I watched it in my teens, my vocabulary grew (especially during the double entendres) I knew what they meant, and would watch my stepmothers reaction. I wished they’d do a re-re-re boot of the show (I think I got all the reboots.)
I adored Gene Rayburn! He made the show worth watching most times, then of course there was Richard Dawson! The many guest stars were fun, the banter even funnier.
My mother worked and I was ill very often, sometimes even when I wasn't. Mom made a bed up for me on the couch and I spent the day watching all of the game shows. Match Game was my favorite show!
As much as I love Jeopardy,and loved Match Game, my absolute favorite was The Pyramid with Dick Clark. Clark had wit, humor& smarts. I loved how he put the contestants at ease.He would give the contestant a quick shoulder rub before the final round.I found that amusing!👍
Gene Rayburn took on the hardest task in comedy: being the straight man. He was truly excellent at it, because he always gave the stars their chances to shine, which is what the straight man has to do. I've noted numerous times where he could have dropped a one-liner or bon mot himself, but didn't. Not, I think, because he wasn't clever enough, but because he was concentrating on making the game work and also didn't want to appear to upstage anyone. He got his share of laughs with some of the zany physical stuff, for the most part. Or with jokes by the others made at his expense. The stars themselves also don't compete to prove out as funniest. They all have their own approach to humor, but don't show off vis-a-vis each other. And a few of the non-regulars are obviously having so much fun it's really charming (David Doyle and Kaye Stevens come to mind as good examples).
When I was in college I scheduled my classes around The Price is Right and Match Game (73 on). As a student I dreamed of getting on TPIR and winning a car, which was wishful thinking. But my afternoons were spent laughing myself silly with Match Game. The chemistry of Gene and the panel was just off the charts! It's fun to see these clips because I haven't seen the show since the 70s. Match Game was truly the pinnacle of game shows!
I was 12-13 watching this show when it came on in the early 70s. I would come home from school and settle in. I probably didn't understand all the innuendo, but I loved it. A bad day was when the Watergate hearings pre-empted it--they rotated between channels in airing the hearings. I had enough of that in Social Studies class.
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Match Game was my favorite game show. I wasn't yet home from school when it was on, but my mom would tape record the audio for me sometimes. I like watching it on the Game Show Network now whenever I can. Gene Rayburn was a great host and I liked the voices he would do, like for 102-year-old Mr. Periwinkle plus his banter with the guest stars and the contestants.
As a pre-teen and teen this was one of the funniest game shows ever. It always was full of laughs and some of the answers could be real dirty too. Even watching it on reruns it still is a great show to see. Anybody who has never watched it is missing out. Not every show was great, but they all had a moment or several.
Infamous continued Brett question: "I'm sorry(giggle giggle), would you repeat the question (giggle)?" Even Gene got frustrated with her after a while.
My husband and myself we watch match game the reruns every single day Monday through Friday. And we really enjoy it and we have a Lotta fun watching it.
I remember being too young to understand the double entendres (I was 9) but I do now 😂 I thought the show was hilarious. Me and my siblings watched it after school in the 70’s. One of the best game shows ever!
The Match Game fascinated me so much when I saw it for the first time when I was 6 or 7 years old. I enjoyed it mainly for the music and sound effects back then, but now I enjoy seeing it on RUclips and GSN now that I'm grown up and can understand the proceedings. I have even lived out the fantasy of being on the show through some guys in California that put on simulations of every game show ever aired.
one of my favorite things over xmas holidays was on the last match game show of the year, they'd pull up the old sign and bring down the one with the new year on it-sort of like my own new years' eve party with the folks who were doing the bulk of raising me at the time
I was a big fan of the 70's Match Game. One correction, it wasn't Fannie who wrote the dirty answer, it was Marcia Wallace. She spoke about it many times during interviews, about her Match Game appearances
I attended several tapings in 1967 and 1968 .Between the ages of 12 and 13 years old. This was when the show was on NBC-TV in New York City at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza 50th street and Ave of Americas ( 6th Ave) Radio City Music Hall across the street. The show was taped in studio 8H. The same studio that's has been the home of Saturday Night Live since the show began in the fall of 1975. Back then Match Game would tape 5 shows in 2 days. Back to back 2 shows and the next day 3 shows . 2 in the mid morning or early afternoon and final taping afternoon .
I recently started binge watching the 1st Season (1973). I was 11 and watching with my Mother in '73. Our laughter watching together has come rushing back for me. I can now mainly listen to the dialogue when I'm occupied with household chores. It's been a delightful revisitation. Charles Nelson Reilly should be remembered as a National treasure!
I had to watch this show bc it was a favorite of my mom’s . I remember Gene Rayburn as the host, but I had no idea about the guest panalists. > I think I may have smooshed my memory of this show w. “ Let’s Make a Deal “. where people from the audience get picked for wearing their cute home made costumes 😂😂😂
monty hall would give $100 for a ... ? the announcer was great describing the products or you can trade it for what's behind the big box . and the zonks
While I never grew up in the 70s I was born dec 15th 1989 but loved watching and still love watching reruns now with my mother who likes the show though maybe not as much as me.
I loved the show when I got older. I was a child in the seventies. I was not aware until later that when they found out Gene Rayburn's real age they got rid of him. That was really sad. Since Rayburn was really the heart of the show. I was not aware of the so called dummy seat. I wonder were the ladies that were placed in that seat aware of it?
I wasn't born until 1979, but from watching the reruns on Buzzr and RUclips, Gene Rayburn defined The Match Game. Game show hosts had class, elegance and swagger in those days, and the shows themselves were far more interesting, and the contestants were way more intelligent and entertaining.
The 1970's game shows for me as a kid were the "Golden Age" My small brain could pick UP on those "dirty jokes" that were hinted at. Newlywed Game, HollyWood Squares, Family Fued. Even the non-risque ones. Jokers Wild & Price is Right. Gene was the MAN!
The double entendre thing was all about using the word "blank" which is used in spoken language for a profane word or in written language for fill-in-the-blank. The appeal of the show was based entirely on just that.
I'm 56 and grew up on this show and STILL watch it often on Buzzr .. Richard Dawson and Brett Sommers were great but Charles Nelson Rileys quick gay infused wit was legendary very similar to Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares.. I was always pretty sure they were a little buzzed or high this confirms it.. the men would be touchy feely with the women but in a jovial respectful way.. not creepy and everyone seemed like good friends almost family. How society is so uptight and super pc now is so sad.. anyway that's a great show.. oh also the Gong Show!
When I was a teen in the 70's we had Match GAme followed by the Gong Show after school- what a background to get homework done to- 2 seriously funny shows-we were seriously lucky in the 70's!
@@FactsVerse Been thinkin' on this- maybe some bloopers and/or behind the scenes on 2 shows my dad HATED- Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in and The Smothers Brothers, also (and I'm sure you've done just haven't seen) stuff on Hollywood Squares? Also, what about the old-time 'Rasslers' like Dr x, Baron Von Rascke, that crowd from when Vince McMahon was an assistant interviewer who was mainly tossed around by the 'rasslers' he interviewed (before the steroids and WWF, soon to be WWE)? Just a few suggestions my friend. You have a great channel!
I went to a taping of Match game back in 1975. As a 12yo boy, I joked during the audience warm-up that I wanted to roll down the stage door stairs with Gene on the opening of the show. This brought forth a huge laugh from the audience, and Johnny Olsen called Gene out and told him "That young man in the back wants to roll with you." Gene fired right back that he wouldn't, but maybe Brett Sommers would. This got an even bigger laugh and embarrassed my parents. Brett later made a crack about it during the game, but sadly it was edited out by the time the episode aired. IIRC she said something like "That young man in the audience would blank with you."
I loved the classic Match Game episodes. Who doesn't love such characters as Dumb Dora, Weird Willie, Rodney Rotten, or the famous Old Man Periwinkle, which was my favorite because Gene Rayburn delivered it so well. I liked Richard Dawson as a panelist, it's a shame that he left on bad terms because of problems with the producers, and the advent of the Star Wheel which stopped contestants from choosing one particular panelist during the Super Match. He did gain greater fame as the host of Family Feud and that was the show he was most famous for. And I loved the friendly banter between Brett Somers and Charles-Nelson Reilly, the chemistry between them was so strong. And Johnny Olson was fantastic as the announcer of the '73-'82 run.
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Let me tell you this: It was the funniest show with the greatest stars since Hollywood Squares it's a bit edgy at times but it was funny, hilarious and clean
There was show on GSN called the 50 greatest game shows several years back and it had Match Game #1. The reason why it was #1 is because it was appropriate humor on the set and a fun loving host in Gene Rayburn and wonderful celebrities. The other reboots years weren’t as good as the ones of the 70s.
In it's heyday it was one if not the best. Some of the contestants were just as good as the panel. In 1975, one in particular fit right in ....Ron Valenti . Lighthearted & very funny show. Episodes 498 & 499 (if anyone is interested). 🤣🤣💥💫
I remember that my dad 1973 when Mitch came first came on he made sure we sat and watched it with him, we got hooked after watching the first one. Also, when they went onto the afternoon, I used to run home from school also like a lot of people just to catch match game! When my friends and I would go to the park and match game was coming on in the evenings I told them I would have to leave and they would say why and I’d say because my dad and I watch match game together! They laughed at me they thought it was silly . But I did not care.
Brett Somers said in an interview that she, Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Dawson were paid $500 per show, or $2,500 per week. That was a decent pay for the 1970s.
Watched it as a kid in the 70s. Didn’t get all of the jokes at the time, but it was a very funny and odd game show. Watch it now on game show network and am like “OH! Can’t believe they said that!”
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It wasn’t Fannie Flag that had a talking to, it was Marsha Wallace that did bcuz she wrote genitalia. Also, it’s Klugman not Kloogman 🤭
I adored this show and all the stars. I used to run home from school as fast as I could to watch it with my mom. They don't make stars or shows like this anymore and that's a shame.
me too match game 73, 74 , 75 ,76 and then "wheel of fortune" on the air 1977-78 still love to watch the match game here on RUclips
I couldn't stand the host Gene Rayburn!
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@@FactsVerse The episodes where Kirstie Alley appeared as a contestant (before she was famous). 😀
I did that too. I watched it with my dad because my mother was getting for work. When Brett and Charles would give a crazy answer, my father and I would bust out laughing and my mother would come in the room to see what was going on. She did not believe how they were talking.
The best game show ever. I still watch it today. Mr. Rayburn is the Master of Game show host. He, Brett, Charles Nelson Rilley and many of the guess, made the show fun to watch and be on. They made magic. I haven't seen a game show yet come close to that kind of magic. I will always prefer it over many of the new game shows today.
The GUESS????? Let me 'guess' jou actually mean GUESTS, but are NOT capable of typing that?
@@mr.blackhawk142 I Guest, you may be correct.
@@mr.blackhawk142 and I guest you are a troll most here liked Match Game go back to your mommy's bed now
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@@FactsVerse Old westerns, Like Have Gun will travel and Gunsmoke. Two of my favorite westerns of all times. Still watch them today and enjoy them.
I grew up with the Match game. Gene Rayburn was a perfect fit to the show's success.
Gene Rayburn was the perfect host for "The Match Game"-He was both intelligent & charismatic.
Remember "Match Game," very well...it was one of my favorites and still is a favorite. Richard Dawson always captured my eye with his creative answers...not to mention, he was very easy on the 👀.
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I was born in 1977, so I was unable to watch Match Game when it was at its height in the mid 70's, but thank goodness for Game Show Network, as I have been able to watch just about every episode from the 1973 to 1979 run. It is one of the things that I watch pretty much every day. (It is not on Saturday and Sunday.) I just love the camaraderie between the regulars.
We used to gather and watch during 70's for the day show, we would laugh until we cried. It was the best game show ever!
Yes, I was a big fan.
There was a relaxed atmosphere of casual fun, and Gene Rayburn was what made it work.
Match game was one of those guilty pleasures, and a show you didn’t want to miss.
It didn’t seem like a carefully crafted production (although it obviously was) so much as a
group of friends having a lot of laughs.
Match Game from the early ‘70’s was fun, relaxed, risqué - and brings back a lot of fond memories...like Hollywood Squares.
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Yes gene made it fun to watch
This was always one of my favorite game shows. Gene Rayburn always seemed like someone you would like. He was likeable, funny, and had charm. The interaction with the regulars was always fun. Had a party feel to the show. Unlike shows like the Price is Right the prizes weren't really the reason for watching, it was just the fun of playing the game. And I liked that better.
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I ❤️Ed this show. I was a kid in the 60’s and as I watched it in my teens, my vocabulary grew (especially during the double entendres) I knew what they meant, and would watch my stepmothers reaction.
I wished they’d do a re-re-re boot of the show (I think I got all the reboots.)
They did for awhile with Alec Baldwin.
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I adored Gene Rayburn! He made the show worth watching most times, then of course there was Richard Dawson! The many guest stars were fun, the banter even funnier.
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My mother worked and I was ill very often, sometimes even when I wasn't. Mom made a bed up for me on the couch and I spent the day watching all of the game shows. Match Game was my favorite show!
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I watch this everyday!!! I loved it then and love it even more today. No game show will ever replace it. (Jeopardy being the exception)
true and lets make deal
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As much as I love Jeopardy,and loved Match Game, my absolute favorite was The Pyramid with Dick Clark. Clark had wit, humor& smarts. I loved how he put the contestants at ease.He would give the contestant a quick shoulder rub before the final round.I found that amusing!👍
I LOVE Match Game! (That's why I watched this video, LOL) The show was always fun and spontaneous. Thank you for covering it.
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Gene Rayburn took on the hardest task in comedy: being the straight man. He was truly excellent at it, because he always gave the stars their chances to shine, which is what the straight man has to do. I've noted numerous times where he could have dropped a one-liner or bon mot himself, but didn't. Not, I think, because he wasn't clever enough, but because he was concentrating on making the game work and also didn't want to appear to upstage anyone. He got his share of laughs with some of the zany physical stuff, for the most part. Or with jokes by the others made at his expense.
The stars themselves also don't compete to prove out as funniest. They all have their own approach to humor, but don't show off vis-a-vis each other. And a few of the non-regulars are obviously having so much fun it's really charming (David Doyle and Kaye Stevens come to mind as good examples).
When I was in college I scheduled my classes around The Price is Right and Match Game (73 on). As a student I dreamed of getting on TPIR and winning a car, which was wishful thinking. But my afternoons were spent laughing myself silly with Match Game. The chemistry of Gene and the panel was just off the charts! It's fun to see these clips because I haven't seen the show since the 70s. Match Game was truly the pinnacle of game shows!
It was a funny game show and reminded me of a family and how the panel seemed to get along with each other..
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I started watching this show with Match Game '73 when I was a kid and still enjoy it today...One of the best!
I was 12-13 watching this show when it came on in the early 70s. I would come home from school and settle in. I probably didn't understand all the innuendo, but I loved it. A bad day was when the Watergate hearings pre-empted it--they rotated between channels in airing the hearings. I had enough of that in Social Studies class.
In my opinion, it was the best Game Show in all time!
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Match Game was my favorite game show. I wasn't yet home from school when it was on, but my mom would tape record the audio for me sometimes. I like watching it on the Game Show Network now whenever I can. Gene Rayburn was a great host and I liked the voices he would do, like for 102-year-old Mr. Periwinkle plus his banter with the guest stars and the contestants.
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THE best game show in the history of game shows. Still watch it daily in 2022 - via DVR. Just as funny as it was back in it's prime.
As a pre-teen and teen this was one of the funniest game shows ever. It always was full of laughs and some of the answers could be real dirty too. Even watching it on reruns it still is a great show to see. Anybody who has never watched it is missing out. Not every show was great, but they all had a moment or several.
Gene Rayburn got away with things that he could get fired for today, but he really was the best at what he did.
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I like watching Match Game, especially when I get to watch Brett and Charles bantering with each other
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Now this lives on as the greatest challenge on DragRace as The SnatchGame!!
The dummy seat was top middle, with a permanent occupant.
I will certainly agree with you. I couldn't stand Brett Sommers
Infamous continued Brett question: "I'm sorry(giggle giggle), would you repeat the question (giggle)?" Even Gene got frustrated with her after a while.
My husband and myself we watch match game the reruns every single day Monday through Friday. And we really enjoy it and we have a Lotta fun watching it.
I remember getting sick with childhood diseases in the 1960s and watching all the game shows.
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Loved this show as a kid and since its on RUclips I watch every day. This was a crazy time, but simple and great time in life.
I always look forward to seeing the panel
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I remember being too young to understand the double entendres (I was 9) but I do now 😂 I thought the show was hilarious. Me and my siblings watched it after school in the 70’s. One of the best game shows ever!
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@Facts Verse I really don’t have a favorite episode. I liked them all. I did like the episode when they introduced the star wheel. Thanks for asking.
We still watch it everyday…..love Match Game !
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I love the Match Game! I been watching since the beginning. Loved Password, What’s my Line, etc. I miss the good old days!
Gene Rayburn was the best and nicest host of a game show!!! RIP Gene!!!!
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The Match Game fascinated me so much when I saw it for the first time when I was 6 or 7 years old. I enjoyed it mainly for the music and sound effects back then, but now I enjoy seeing it on RUclips and GSN now that I'm grown up and can understand the proceedings. I have even lived out the fantasy of being on the show through some guys in California that put on simulations of every game show ever aired.
one of my favorite things over xmas holidays was on the last match game show of the year, they'd pull up the old sign and bring down the one with the new year on it-sort of like my own new years' eve party with the folks who were doing the bulk of raising me at the time
@@ObjectorSnark I saw that, from one New Year's, either on RUclips, in a video clip on Facebook, or on GSN.
I was a big fan of the 70's Match Game. One correction, it wasn't Fannie who wrote the dirty answer, it was Marcia Wallace. She spoke about it many times during interviews, about her Match Game appearances
Absolute LOVED the Match Game when it was on originally and still today
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I loved this show, and still enjoy it today! Thanks to RUclips!
I absolutely loved the show when I was a kid. The time slot, unfortunately, clashed with my mom's and my sister's soap operas.
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I attended several tapings in 1967 and 1968 .Between the ages of 12 and 13 years old. This was when the show was on NBC-TV in New York City at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza 50th street and Ave of Americas ( 6th Ave) Radio City Music Hall across the street. The show was taped in studio 8H. The same studio that's has been the home of Saturday Night Live since the show began in the fall of 1975. Back then Match Game would tape 5 shows in 2 days. Back to back 2 shows and the next day 3 shows . 2 in the mid morning or early afternoon and final taping afternoon .
I miss that amazing iconic legendary game. I miss all of them. Yes I loved it. 👩🏾 💖💕
I recently started binge watching the 1st Season (1973). I was 11 and watching with my Mother in '73. Our laughter watching together has come rushing back for me.
I can now mainly listen to the dialogue when I'm occupied with household chores. It's been a delightful revisitation. Charles Nelson Reilly should be remembered as a National treasure!
Loved match game and Gene Rayburn. He was zany and kept the fun rolling and had the best smile!
My husband and I watch the match game everyday at 1:00. Love the memories!!!!
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Gene Rayburn worked for my Father in the 1950’s He was well loved with fellow comedians
I was on Match Game in 2019. Although it was an awesome experience I really wish it was with Gene Rayburn and crew….
Love this game show, my top fav,watch it every day, on game show network
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Gene scared me to death as a kid, still kinda does. Loved CNR though.
I remember Match Game 73 thru 78 when I was skipping school hiding out.
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@@FactsVerse I can't remember a specific episode but I liked the gameshow.
I loved it when Gene Rayburn was the host.
It's said that Gene Rayburn and the match game regulars are no longer with us. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
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I had to watch this show bc it was a favorite of my mom’s .
I remember Gene Rayburn as the host, but I had no idea about the guest panalists.
> I think I may have smooshed my memory of this show w. “ Let’s Make a Deal “. where people from the audience get picked for wearing their cute home made costumes 😂😂😂
monty hall would give $100 for a ... ? the announcer was great describing the products or you can trade it for what's behind the big box . and the zonks
While I never grew up in the 70s I was born dec 15th 1989 but loved watching and still love watching reruns now with my mother who likes the show though maybe not as much as me.
I loved the show when I got older. I was a child in the seventies. I was not aware until later that when they found out Gene Rayburn's real age they got rid of him. That was really sad. Since Rayburn was really the heart of the show. I was not aware of the so called dummy seat. I wonder were the ladies that were placed in that seat aware of it?
Book'em Danno's Wife was a panelist on the show ... I think she was my favorite ...
August 6 2022 (1959 hrs)
Gene was a SMART guy ! a GR8 host ! LOVED "The MATCH Game" !
You can still watch Match Game episodes from the mid 70s on Game Show Network from 1pm to 2pm Eastern. They also replay many other classic game shows.
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I wasn't born until 1979, but from watching the reruns on Buzzr and RUclips, Gene Rayburn defined The Match Game. Game show hosts had class, elegance and swagger in those days, and the shows themselves were far more interesting, and the contestants were way more intelligent and entertaining.
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The 1970's game shows for me as a kid were the "Golden Age" My small brain could pick UP on those "dirty jokes" that were hinted at. Newlywed Game, HollyWood Squares, Family Fued. Even the non-risque ones. Jokers Wild & Price is Right. Gene was the MAN!
The double entendre thing was all about using the word "blank" which is used in spoken language for a profane word or in written language for fill-in-the-blank. The appeal of the show was based entirely on just that.
I'm 56 and grew up on this show and STILL watch it often on Buzzr .. Richard Dawson and Brett Sommers were great but Charles Nelson Rileys quick gay infused wit was legendary very similar to Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares.. I was always pretty sure they were a little buzzed or high this confirms it.. the men would be touchy feely with the women but in a jovial respectful way.. not creepy and everyone seemed like good friends almost family. How society is so uptight and super pc now is so sad.. anyway that's a great show.. oh also the Gong Show!
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That WAS an excellent game show. Rayburn was the perfect host for Match Game. My favorite
Gene Rayburn was goofy and hilarious. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
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Charles Nelson and Gen Rayburn both worked at the Nightclub the Paraglide
I remember back in the 70's watching the show with my grandmother
When I was a teen in the 70's we had Match GAme followed by the Gong Show after school- what a background to get homework done to- 2 seriously funny shows-we were seriously lucky in the 70's!
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@@FactsVerse Been thinkin' on this- maybe some bloopers and/or behind the scenes on 2 shows my dad HATED- Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in and The Smothers Brothers, also (and I'm sure you've done just haven't seen) stuff on Hollywood Squares? Also, what about the old-time 'Rasslers' like Dr x, Baron Von Rascke, that crowd from when Vince McMahon was an assistant interviewer who was mainly tossed around by the 'rasslers' he interviewed (before the steroids and WWF, soon to be WWE)? Just a few suggestions my friend. You have a great channel!
I liked Gene a lot
My favorite semi-regular on "Match Game" was Joyce Bulifant.
I went to a taping of Match game back in 1975. As a 12yo boy, I joked during the audience warm-up that I wanted to roll down the stage door stairs with Gene on the opening of the show. This brought forth a huge laugh from the audience, and Johnny Olsen called Gene out and told him "That young man in the back wants to roll with you." Gene fired right back that he wouldn't, but maybe Brett Sommers would. This got an even bigger laugh and embarrassed my parents. Brett later made a crack about it during the game, but sadly it was edited out by the time the episode aired. IIRC she said something like "That young man in the audience would blank with you."
I loved the classic Match Game episodes. Who doesn't love such characters as Dumb Dora, Weird Willie, Rodney Rotten, or the famous Old Man Periwinkle, which was my favorite because Gene Rayburn delivered it so well. I liked Richard Dawson as a panelist, it's a shame that he left on bad terms because of problems with the producers, and the advent of the Star Wheel which stopped contestants from choosing one particular panelist during the Super Match. He did gain greater fame as the host of Family Feud and that was the show he was most famous for. And I loved the friendly banter between Brett Somers and Charles-Nelson Reilly, the chemistry between them was so strong. And Johnny Olson was fantastic as the announcer of the '73-'82 run.
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To call this a "gameshow" Is a serious miscarriage of term...this was a comedy, game show, entertaining ensemble!
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I've heard that Charles Nelson Reilly once said, "Match Game isn't a game show, it's a social engagement." Very true.
Let me tell you this: It was the funniest show with the greatest stars since Hollywood Squares it's a bit edgy at times but it was funny, hilarious and clean
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The Rayburn Match Game theme song is my ring tone.
I still love that Funky beat.
No one like him as a true host and very tactful man,,the master of game show host.
You summed up Gene when you called him affable. He was simply fun to watch, and still is on RUclips.
Loved Match Game in the 70s and still love it today!
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@@FactsVerse the one where Charles returns and comes down from the ceiling
I watch the Match Game reruns as often as I can.
I watch an episode every day on my lunch break ♥️ CNR and FF 🥰
There was show on GSN called the 50 greatest game shows several years back and it had Match Game #1. The reason why it was #1 is because it was appropriate humor on the set and a fun loving host in Gene Rayburn and wonderful celebrities. The other reboots years weren’t as good as the ones of the 70s.
My favourite game show was the Gene Rayburn Match Game 1973-1982.
In it's heyday it was one if not the best. Some of the contestants were just as good as the panel. In 1975, one in particular fit right in ....Ron Valenti . Lighthearted & very funny show. Episodes 498 & 499 (if anyone is interested). 🤣🤣💥💫
Match game & Hollywood Squares,loved them both ,funny shows.
I remember that my dad 1973 when Mitch came first came on he made sure we sat and watched it with him, we got hooked after watching the first one. Also, when they went onto the afternoon, I used to run home from school also like a lot of people just to catch match game! When my friends and I would go to the park and match game was coming on in the evenings I told them I would have to leave and they would say why and I’d say because my dad and I watch match game together! They laughed at me they thought it was silly . But I did not care.
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It did feel like family with all of them made it lots more fun
What made Rayburn popular was that he was just being himself and just having fun.
Loved Match Game ! It was hysterical!
Brett Somers said in an interview that she, Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Dawson were paid $500 per show, or $2,500 per week. That was a decent pay for the 1970s.
Interesting haven't heard this before didn't know thanks for sharing
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The only station we could pick up,CH 10 albany, carried it, so we were a captive audience
Exactly
So many great memories from that show!!
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@@FactsVerse when Gene got a perm and the guest laughed their butts off!!
@@FactsVerse gene "dumb dora was so dumb" every on HOW DUMB IS SHE? gens " she is so dumb ......
I guess Jack knew how Brett would give answers ... shaking your head.
Watched it as a kid in the 70s. Didn’t get all of the jokes at the time, but it was a very funny and odd game show. Watch it now on game show network and am like “OH! Can’t believe they said that!”
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I love Match Game even today! Its so funny.
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I was a kid, so I liked it a lot!
I love this show. I'm upset that Buzzer cut it down to an hour a day only 😥
Of course I was. Currently watching it on GSN.
Love watching the re-runs.
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Gene Rayburn was the best.
My favorite game show!
Still watch it on buzzer!!!😂😂😂
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@@FactsVerse anything from the golden age of TV!😎😎😎
Loved The match game and Gene Rayburn
One of the best game shows ever.