Match Game 73 (Episode 55) ("McLean Chases Gene For Kiss")

[@iml202]

So great to see this. That's my mom Lonni.💕💕

[@iwantthe80sback59]

She has a beautiful voice and is very graceful. Say hi to your Mom from Toronto 🇨🇦

[@HaleTheTrev]

That’s brilliant. I hope she is well.

[@flip66]

Beautiful Lady

[@iamnotgoldenhar8645]

She has similar facial features as Ms. Loretta Lynn. This is probably the 3rd or 4th time I'm watching these back and I still think this!

[@zq9m3xh8]

Glad cute little Lonnie got a big win! She was adorable!

[@alexeimscruz2893]

true true, hear hear... also, I adore Dianne, a beauty typical of the 70s era especially the Mod Squad hippie generation... her get up is very sweet looking... her demeanor is also sweet & very likeable especially when she was jumping as McLean chases Gene around for the 2nd time in the show... hard to believe she's a mother already...

[@philybarra2702]

I love this show though I wasn't born in the 70s but thank goodness to whoever upload these episodes of match game because the celebrities are so damn funny especially Brett Somers.

[@TimCarter]

I think Brett was as happy as the contestant when she got the Super Match.

[@kevansf]

A great MG moment!

[@annika_panicka]

You, go Brett - "Howard's End" was made into an Oscar-nominated film in the 1990s

[@joeambrose3260]

No shit

[@eddieafterburner]

@@joeambrose3260 Raisin Bran always does the trick for me.

[@ThomasKDye]

I love Loretta Swit facepalming when McLean starts kissing Gene.

[@tomitstube]

i laughed, i cried...

[@joeambrose3260]

And I threw up

[@micaelrodriguez6489]

Finally, Brett Somers got it correct.

[@kevansf]

Yes, this is Brett's first successful head-to-head match! Charles has had 2 so far, Bert Convey 4, Betty White 2, Stu Gilliam 2, Jo Ann Pflug 2; Ann Elder, Bobby Van, Micheal Landon, Carolyn Jones and Richard Thomas 1 each. Of note, Richard Dawson still hasn't had his first successful match, despite the fact that he's the only celeb to have appeared on every single episode so far and has tried 7 times!

[@ThomasKDye]

And "Howard's End" would later become a movie.

[@rboltt]

Lonnie is a sweetheart.

[@alskndlaskndal]

I must admit I prefer the joke questions in the later seasons over these more open ended questions. But this was still a fun episode!

[@jeffclement2468]

Aww. Diane came out swinging! "Oh I know how to play!" 😝

[@sickagain7541]

NOW THIS WAS MATCH GAME. LONG LIVE THE SUPER 70'S !!!!.

[@DJRitty]

lmao as soon as stu says black power diane whiting comes out bahahahaha...wtf lol

[@Ashoodle]

😂😂

[@SuperKingBrett]

19:30 Brett Somers: 😠😠😡😡I SAID MAAAAADDD!!!😂😂🤣🤣 And Everyone Cheered!

[@770WT]

I would have liked to see Stu G. and Nypsie Russell on the same panel .

[@antster1983]

Margie’s answer in the tiebreaker being a sort-of call back to the previous episode...

[@wickedmuffin76]

I went back to look for her underwear...

[@joeambrose3260]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@klipkultur2951]

Ya gotta love Brett Somers. She's so genuine.

[@mickeymouse2able]

She was awake and snappy.

[@cherylroberts3569]

Loved her ❤

[@kevansf]

She (along with CNR) brought some color and laughs into my childhood.

[@gordonowens7794]

Maclean kissing Gene reminds me of a phrase "there's much truth in jest".

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Everything is fake and gay 🤢🤮

[@michaelsmith-bn6no]

This was the 1st time in the early history of the show that a panelist was not picked for any matches by a contestant the whole week. Loretta Swit earns the dubious honor.

[@earlofopsis1307]

At least in this episode, Diane reminds me a lot of Linda Blair's "Regan" character in The Exorcist.

[@markinnes4264]

awwww I wanted another Margie win in the same style of the last episode!

[@DJRitty]

this show was a great one lol even stu was good for once

[@TheOfficialIceman]

Lonnie reminds me of one of my elementary school friend's mom. 😍

[@iml202]

Hi Iceman. She was a teacher, you are probably thinking of the same person. Lonnie is my mom.

[@Tuning_Spork]

Diane is ad-o-o-o-o-o-o-rable!!!!!!!!!

[@scdevon]

Love her attitude. Cute and bossy.

[@jt414]

Didn't they end up turning that Howard's End into famous movie?! And everyone picks on Brett!🤨 Think all the goofiness just an act

[@joeambrose3260]

Nobody gives a rats' fanny

[@mickeymouse2able]

@@joeambrose3260 wow, you're hostile

[@dmnemaine]

@@mickeymouse2able Just a troll who replies stupidly to many comments.

[@timothy4545]

McLean and Gene are at it again.

[@revinevan87]

"i know how to play"*

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Not an extra pound on any of them!

[@johnnyredux4019]

I love Diane.

[@staciebonner4919]

This was an extremely funny one! But I was wondering, how much of the money do they actually get to keep? That's not eat up in taxes?

[@tomitstube]

7:20. 19:05 great moments. and hilarious.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

9:05 - STONED!!

[@johnyohann6946]

I just want to ummmmmmmmmmaaaaaaahhhhh Dianne!

[@Mafon2]

4 children !

[@JW-xx1um]

Were they drunk or high or both?!?

[@iwantthe80sback59]

They taped 5 shows in one day that was catered food and drinks. So usually by the end of the 3rd show (which aired on a Wednesday) they were half in the bag.

[@williamhoudersheldt7076]

Lonnie, sweet petite.....

[@tiannacrick5820]

my dad Edgar Mclean Stevenson Jr. he is so funny because i like him.

[@crystalheart9]

I'm so happy Lani (sp) won the $5,000.

[@carrierosche9381]

Gene your Mike is a tail in your suit 😮

[@donaldleroy6502]

Oh man, I thought Herb from wkrp in Cincinnati wore some hideous suits but McLean takes the 🎂 HANDS DOWN. I guess Howard Johnson's wasn't a thing in Hollywood

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

Dale-Stewart, round 2, question B: "Well, the party being what it was, I suppose his WIFE might have been *wearing* his underwear, but…" (Bzzt!) First Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Ann) COSELL (if asked between Ann and Stu) HUGHES (if asked after Stu) JOHNSON'S Part 2: WHEEL Stewart-Whiting, round 1, question A: "Gilda couldn't sew, you see, so when her SKIRT tore…" (Bzzt!) Question B: "Well, I remembered what Jimmy Dean told me about how Big John used to WORK IN THE MINE, so…" (Bzzt!) Round 2, question B: "So close, and yet so far. RESTROOM!" (Bzzt!) Question A: "Call me a romantic, but I said MATCHING LOVE BEADS." (Bzzt!) Second Super Match, part 1: PLAY Part 2: BIRD

[@jamesage24]

I would've gone with Howard the Duck. The greatest George Lucas movie of all time.

[@Echognomics101]

*Richard Dawson Tracker* _(55)_ Episode: 1/2 (.500) Total: 65/241 (.269) _Not Shown: 1 (27 tot)_ All Celebrities Matches: 5 *Super Match* $500: 8 given / 4 W $250: 10 given / 3 W $100: 5 given / 0 W _Miss: 1 (16 tot)_ _Not Selected: 1 (35)_ Note: Foul Mouth and Foul Language ($100) could be considered the same idea, but don't match exactly. *Head-to-Head* 0 wins, 7 att ( *_God_* Father) *Cash Winnings: $2,750*

[@michaelnivens6267]

wtg , Brett

[@tracybrooks5971]

that girl just makes me keep going WOW! Oh WOW! (and not in a good way)

[@Okiedokie595]

Lorraine looks like Natalie Portman

[@gordonowens7794]

Does Stu ever miss on opportunity to talk about race...it gets boring after a while.

[@annika_panicka]

He did so much less in previous episodes. It was more subtle and funny. I don't know why he started to make it the focus of his shtick. He's a good player, though, with all of the contestants. His commentary (racial or otherwise) aside, his answers are logical and he often helps them win that skrillah.

[@40bpaula]

@@annika_panicka My guess would be that he was asked to juice it up by the producers. Just like today, they wanted ratings so if it was funny with a little; their game is to add allot. It rarely works. It just is serious overkill.

[@mickeymouse2able]

@@40bpaula good point about the judges telling him to amp it up. But it does get kind of boring after a while. Seems like he would have been more powerful I'd he just played the game intelligently and made funny non-race based jokes. I'm Latino btw and grew up in a mostly black neighborhood.

[@michaelsmith-bn6no]

I find it quite tiring....never miss an opportunity to play the race card.

[@richardwhite5633]

Gene’s famous saying” sho don’t say anything you mean get give a wrong answer” is over the hill and twice as dusty so said😢😢😢👎👎😩😩

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Loose, the operative contestant.

[@lynskyrd78]

.0:55. Brett is so Rude.. Look at that stupid scarf she wearing and she puts down McLean jacket what a mean person..

[@randomvintagefilm273]

She is always obnoxious

[@sunnybizz4857]

Stu got annoying real fast. full of himself.

[@joeambrose3260]

Stu, without googling, " Carter Country"

[@50zen]

2:01 2:18

[@jessechristian8665]

I don't know what it is, but every time Brett opens her big mouth I instinctively say, "SHUT UP!"

[@mehboobkm2018]

same here! She was a pain!

[@Knightrider10122]

Brett NEVER SHUT THE HELL UP! Even when she had to cough she would cough directly into her mic! God!

[@elizabethcraig5825]

Stu could’ve funny but, he brings in so much racial narratives. It’s a game show not political platform, get over it and enjoy the free time.🌝

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

I'll never know how Brett Sommers was able to stay on this show. She was the absolute worst player and she constantly interrupted other guest stars.

[@joeambrose3260]

Baloney

[@mickeymouse2able]

She was the only one who was consistently awake. The other people are pretty boring

[@scdevon]

The only two panelists who consistently cared about people winning were Richard Dawson and Charles Nelson Reilly.

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

Stop being so nasty towards Brett Somers on every single episode. Brett made the show. The magic started when Brett was on and when Brett became a regular.

[@dmnemaine]

Believe it or not, Brett was one of the reasons people kept watching the show. Richard Dawson and Charles Nelson Reilly were the other two reasons.

[@nancyquinlan2242]

Notice she picks the black man. Who's racist?

[@jacobestevez7570]

really?

[@40bpaula]

Didn't he give her the first winning answer? Makes sense she would choose him again.

[@mickeymouse2able]

Why is it a racist thing. So if she DIDN'T pick him she would be a racist and if she does...and so it goes. And while we're at it, black people can't be racist? Really? Trt being Latino and living in new york

[@dmnemaine]

She picked the guy who had just given her the winning audience match answer. Not everything is about race.