Match Game '79 - Finale

[@daveschwartz9712]

RIP Gene. You made this show a great one with all the laughs! Thank you!

[@whydoihavetowait90daystoch6]

in memory off gene, Richard, Brett , Charles, Bert, bobby, Bill, and all of you that made it all possible

[@georgemaster4225]

Today,April 20,2022 is 43 years that CBS aired the final episode before two extra weeks were put aside before GSN showed them in 2000.

[@barbarajohnson3781]

I miss match game show 😭😭😭😭

[@brooklyn6times]

I am very sure that Gene Rayburn knew that this was the final CBS episode. No mention was made because Mark Goodson made plans to syndicate the daytime version and drop the year designation to the show's title.

[@peterharris302]

They recorded some more shows after this one: 16 shows were unaired on CBS.

[@peterharris302]

In fact Carolyn Raiser, introduced in the last 2 minutes of this show, would go on the be the all-time MG champion on those unaired shows.

[@peterharris302]

Carolyn REISNER. My apologies.

[@peterharris302]

Gene says in Carolyn's intro that she had competed on the show before and lost, but was invited back because of a questionable judges' decision.

[@VarietyinTVandVHS]

There were some unaired episodes too, before the show went to syndication

[@brooklyn6times]

Ah yes, Carolyn Reisner won $32,600 on Match Game just before the end of the CBS run. She was the only contestant to retire undefeated.

[@jackies961]

Love this show

[@johnalang]

No CNR? Wow!

[@peterharris302]

"This car must have been built by hippies! Instead of gas it burns (BLANK)!" Maybe THAT is why CBS pulled the plug early!

[@3003-o3u]

Did Gene Rayburn know that this was the last daytime show?

[@zachhoran]

And those shows aired on GSN in Summer 2001, in those unaired shows the only undefeated champion in the show's history appeared, who won over $30K.

[@philiptonee6334]

Liked this episode. ;-)

[@louistenore2185]

wait is this the actual cbs finale

[@horseshoecowboy1081]

Cool!

[@lancelink2812]

That Guy Bart looks like a Young Luca Brasi

[@dorothycoker8830]

Did anyone call Gary "Radar ", he was my favorite character on M A S H?

[@jovetj]

9:20 SLIDE THE BIG ONE!

[@jovetj]

I can't stand Gene Rayburn.

[@jasonbeard4713]

He wasn't crazy about you, either.

[@costamesaresident]

I can’t stand you.