Match Game 73 (Episode 54) ("Nice Undies!") (GOLD STAR EPISODE)

[@joelainequinn3141]

I'm so enjoying watching these games shows again.

[@suefeige3531]

The perils of the miniskirt.

[@bribabytt]

Richard mentions DING DONG SCHOOL at 14:21; it was a program for preschool children that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1956, and then syndicated from 1958 to 1965.

[@dmnemaine]

Similar to Romper Room.

[@TimCarter]

I like how at 2:50 the celebrity gives the contestant the winning card to keep as a souvenir. The first time I ever saw that. I always thought if I won big on that show I would have asked if I could have the winning card.

[@wcwindom56]

I t hink an earlier episode with the mustachioed school teacher, he got the card also

[@breganp]

I think it was Dick Gauthier doing the giving. He was a pretty good artist to boot.

[@littlemissmac4997]

Rd typically autographs his for them if they win the big money...

[@Echognomics101]

​@@wcwindom56Jo Ann Pflug gave Jeff Nichols a signed card or two in their run. That was the school teacher with the red jackets.

[@beckydutra6543]

With their autograph 😊

[@seanpaula8924]

I see London, I see France... lmao

[@RepriseFan]

Wasn't Johnny Olsen the greatest announcer? His great voice and enunciation of names Loretta "Swit" Ann "Elder"

[@catman7153]

Richard was really funny in these early episodes.

[@jasonfrancis6174]

Match Game '73 to '75 was Richard's funniest years in my opinion.

[@pencils812]

In an earlier 73 episode Charles Nelson Riley makes a comment that Richard is desperate for his own show.

[@Echognomics101]

​@@pencils812And in '76 he got it with the premiere of a little forgotten game called _Family Feud._

[@RobertBowman-j7c]

On an episode of “What’s My Line?” In which Gene was on the panel and Richard was the Mystery Guest Gene called Richard the funniest man ever on television. He got no argument from me!

[@JW-xx1um]

Best episode ever!

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Like what Archie Bunker said about the mini skirt, "Bend down and the mystery is over."

[@wickedmuffin76]

Wow, she wore pants and a jacket last episode, and then this :O

[@jamest3552]

Ann Elder is lovely.

[@tvpmark]

Two regulars from MASH showed up, which explains why Brett sat next to Richard. Margie blushed after winning big with Ann Elder. Gene saves the day.

[@sdlively27]

Wild episode.. Must have been a after lunch taping.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! yup! ;0) Yes I am talking to myself.. ;0) I am weird.. ;0)

[@littlemissmac4997]

2:49 ;)

[@theresaholguin699]

Ann should not have turned her card to let the contestant see her answer. I don't understand why the show didn't throw the question out.

[@timothyball7502]

Bummer. 9-2-2021

[@northerngirl1637]

You could hear the audience murmur.

[@sdlively27]

Another scene from the MG Funniest moment and bloopers video on youtube.. ;0)

[@beckydutra6543]

It's harsh when you've been up there 5xs and not win the top prize, then your defeater wins right off the bat

[@aprilkalcsa9336]

Love McLean Stevenson.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

McLean ugh

[@mscrub]

02:47 Thank you ma'am.

[@DJRitty]

the love child of jay leno and darryl hannah

[@PandyBlue77]

Hilarious!

[@dmnemaine]

She could have been Ruth Buzzi's sister or daughter.

[@oldyeller6518]

😆😆😆

[@oldyeller6518]

@@dmnemaine Buzzi and Leno is better!!

[@helenlogsdon7822]

That jaw

[@victoriasloan524]

Stu is as funny as a door knob.

[@Eddie42023]

M*A*S*H Game '73

[@kentetalman9008]

I'd love to see an entire episode with just Mash cast members.

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! :0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya McLean! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Loretta! ;0) Is the week that McLean starts to take apart the panel. ROFL! Yup this is the week.. ;0) Like a child's toy, you pull it and the whole stage talks.. ;0) Wonder if he is this way on MASH. ;0) ROFL! When the light bub pops back stage? Yup again I was right.. ;0) ROFL! Quick move there cammeraman, Gene and/or Marc on the undies shot.. ;0) Two rounds of the theme on that win.. ;0) McLean got Gene laughing and smiling twice in this episode. ;0) Taking up a collection to buy you a new brain! ;0) Nose. Mouth. Canary. Rug? I guess Richard's was too general to match, I can see that I think.. ;0) Bed? That answer has come up alot this season so far.. ;0) Such great patience Gene.. ;0) Thank you Gene and Richard.. ;0)

[@DJRitty]

how was his sitcom such a laughless affair? Stevenson is funny enough here...

[@breganp]

Mash was a dark comedy. Hello Larry was more of a sitcom

[@DJRitty]

@@breganp HL - that's it! Thanks. Yeah I tried watching it after I re-watched an old sitcom it crosses over with but those eps are the blandest eps of the series. Diff'rent Strokes maybe...?

[@todddepue681]

After everyone told him he was foolish to leave Mash, he was desperate to make a go of his "own" series.... And desperation is never funny.

[@alexiandrahillstromkazsano8261]

B

[@dmnemaine]

@@todddepue681 Stevenson actually had 3 sitcom attempts after leaving MASH. "The McLean Stevenson Show", which lasted three months, "In The Beginning", which lasted about a month, and "Hello, Larry" which was a mid-season replacement that actually got picked up for a second season that fall, even though it was not a very good show.

[@sevenpurple2]

You can clearly see Ann showing her answer "telephone booth"

[@michaelnivens6267]

and I think the contestant saw it

[@zombie..]

Yeah, ironic that was the only match she got 🤔

[@9patriko]

Obviously no one was paying attention. Gene Rayburn has noticed that happen before and they had to throw out the question

[@kyleg7453]

I think the contestant caught that and pretended not to remember the question, so she would have an answer....the answer that she must have seen from Ann's blunder.

[@beckydutra6543]

Oh yah!

[@jennygreen3994]

I am old and I never heard of Stu Gillum and he didn't come up on Google I have seen all the old shows and that usually never happens

[@suesylvester7075]

Jenny Green Stu Gilliam, actor TV and films, stand up comedian. I never heard of him either. Died in 2013. More on IMDB.

[@cherylroberts3569]

Never heard of him either

[@jamesage24]

I only knew him from a Christmas episode of "What's Happening".

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Was that sticky tac that McLean was pulling up?

[@nohandle62]

Swit is just like her character.

[@tomitstube]

loretta clearly getting annoyed with mclean and his stupid answers. then on cue she misses badly on the next two matches. funny how that happens, you call someone out for being stupid, and then you face plant.

[@susanbezio6708]

Karma

[@jeffclement2468]

"Now we'll get to your 'end' of it Margie..." 😝 Was that intentional?

[@StevenFeldleit]

Lucky g strings were not worn then

[@TomMarvan]

What was all that commotion? 2:49

[@Echognomics101]

As the contestant ran over and leaned across the table to celebrate with Ann Elder, her skirt came up (Margie's), exposing her panties. It was only on camera very briefly (no pun intended), but her rear end was exposed to the studio audience and to Gene.

[@gregorycanfield6232]

I LOVE that woman's dress!!! I love how casual she was about flashing her undies!! She wasn't embarrassed. Everyone else was. What was the problem? Every young, attractive female contestant should have dressed in a similar way! I love the 70s and the absence of political correctness. Again, I loved her dress! Too bad that she didn't win again, so we could see her dress again!

[@dorinriki]

Even in 1973, looking up someone's dress was perverted.

[@gregorycanfield6232]

Note: You can only "look at" what someone chooses to leave uncovered. This woman could have worn a dress that at least covered her knees, instead of one that barely covered her rear end. That was her choice. But, I have no problem with her dress. Maybe, you have the problem.

[@dmnemaine]

Why should they have dressed that way? So you'd feel comfortable objectifying them?

[@gregorycanfield6232]

Why should they have dressed that way? Because it would have been nice to look at! Is that straight enough for you? If that lovely contestant is still alive, she has to be past 70. Why don't you ask her why she DID dress that way?

[@dmnemaine]

@@gregorycanfield6232 A woman isn't an object to look at. A woman is a human being to interact with.

[@Echognomics101]

*Richard Dawson Tracker* _(54)_ Episode: 1/5 (.200) Total: 64/239 (.268) _Not Shown: 0 (27 tot)_ All Celebrities Matches: 8 *Super Match* $500: 8 given / 4 W $250: 10 given / 3 W $100: 5 given / 0 W _Miss: 0 (16 tot)_ _Not Selected: 0 (34)_ *Head-to-Head* 0 wins, 7 att [ *_God_* father ] *Cash Winnings: $2,750*

[@DJRitty]

mclean is funny here yet so creepy in later eps lol

[@michaelnivens6267]

wow - gold star undies

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Oscar

[@sdlively27]

First kiss of McLean to Gene.. ;0)

[@elizabethvasquez3618]

The girl in the red dress is kinda weird

[@christolbert4628]

Wish they wore thongs back then. 😳😜

[@ajmittendorf]

Why is Stu always making the racial comments?

[@swolfe9668]

Stu was very racist, he should not be on the show

[@ajmittendorf]

@@swolfe9668 ​ True, but there's not a lot we can do about him now. 😉

[@Muertes-tf2oj]

Brett is nerve wracking

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Sinnister Muertes --- yes and so annoying as well

[@michaelnivens6267]

like nails across a blackboard - no wonder several told her to shut up

[@cherylroberts3569]

I love Brett

[@oldyeller6518]

@@cherylroberts3569 everyone loves Brett. These other rotten people should up

[@patcrites5274]

@@oldyeller6518 Nobody loves Brett

[@Mafon2]

Bra and wives jokes got really old.

[@Bing_Bong60]

Only a weak Simp would say that! 🤣