Match Game 73 (Episode 90) (Banned Episode) (Brett Answers "Fag")

[@williambell729]

I read that Cass loved to entertain at her home. It’s nice to see her in this setting. She seemed so pleasant and interesting. Her talent was certainly amazing.

[@davidleigh443]

She was a great singer

[@babykevinxoxo]

Where he get baby blue.

[@babykevinxoxo]

No men contestant?

[@fifty9forty3]

Kevin is Nice: Pale blue was once called "baby blue" and it was also the title of a popular song of the time.

[@brianchisnell1548]

Choked on a sandwich! Good lord

[@Romans219]

My favorite game show for so long. Way better than today

[@jeannetteramsey8347]

I think Gene Rayburn is a disgusting

[@lgarner7581]

WOW! Just watched this show and can't believe how much things have changed over the past FIFTY years!

[@TheConorsmithusa]

5:43 is what you're all looking for. I had to watch it to put time stamp up for you all!

[@kellyrobinson1780]

Thank you.👍 Very shortly after this, Gene asks, "The pretty nurse said to the doctor, 'Doctor, I really don't think you should (blank) while you're operating'". Jack Klugman's answer was, "eat". So Brett says, "Take a look at his WEIGHT, and you'll see why he said 'eat'", just before it was Mama Cass's turn to answer. I wonder if Brett drank, and if she did, I wonder if she was a 'mean drunk'?

[@joncampos5551]

Thanks

[@davemcd9077]

And to think she sat beside Charles, for how many years? (episode 90 is early, so not even sure if Charles had joined the show yet, but still...)

[@acommenter5184]

Well aren't you just amazing...

[@iVenge]

Thank you.

[@kennethburruss4488]

Remember watching these shows when I get out of school early. The Good Old Days some of best times ever.

[@francetillman8961]

Absol frick'n uly.

[@tuxtommy69]

And she was so buddy-buddy with Charles Nelson Reilly? Doesn't compute!

[@nancyhahn4182]

I love these episodes. The game shows of yesterday were much better than they are today.

[@atrocchia]

Except for Price is Right and Family Feud, what other game shows are on these days?

[@mickjaegerguano4809]

Agreed. The new match game with alec baldwin is unwatchable garbage.

[@pawz63]

Most of the new game shows suck-------big time--do not watch any of them.

[@lizajane8495]

Match Game was always fun to watch,they were always cutting up and nothing was scripted!

[@aprilwest9852]

Nancy Hahn That's so true. I miss the old Monte hall show Let's make a Deal. My Dad was friends with Gene Rayburn when they was little kids , way before Gene became famous.

[@jamiepan7650]

I wish that we could go back to these, I don't even watch tv anymore, because there is nothing worth while to watch anymore.

[@cathyjackson1150]

True. Entertainment in todays world is filled with filth, murder and low standards

[@michaelbrandt5416]

Same here. TV today sucks. I watch older episodes of 60s and 70s tv series or sitcoms on DVD.

[@savannahdockins6361]

Haven't had tv since 2009 and don't miss it at all.

[@rubynava7857]

We can still watch this and all the greats on BUZZR TV, & DECADES Channel, ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@lindasimmons7983]

I watch MeTV and TVLand! I’d much rather watch the old tv shows!

[@jeffreylange3494]

What is so great about watching these "vintage" gameshows is seeing the mostly now gone celebrities and the clothing of the times! I was 12 when this first aired, but sure miss the times!

[@Keaton.Robert]

I certainly don’t miss the days when Fag was an acceptable word on television, but speak for yourself I guess

[@peekaboots01]

I like the clothing the hairstyles and how laid back and polite everyone is and especially the theme music.

[@zerotwoisreal]

@@Keaton.Robert it wasn't though.. the episode was BANNED

[@Keaton.Robert]

@@zerotwoisreal when it says “banned” it means banned in syndication, not banned at the time it was made. This was a live show, so this 100% aired at the time

[@chapter7thomas]

I was graduating high school when this episode came out...so I was 18.

[@55555711]

i grew up in the 70;s love them days best times good people if you from the 70;s i say hi to you people back then were friendly not like today

[@rolandreegan3665]

HOWDY, TO YOU ✌

[@davekennedy3236]

Miss early 70s

[@DonaldGerbino]

Groovey I dig it baby

[@damanibaraka7896]

I grew up in the 50s, 60s, and 70s and love a lot about those times but I like tv today better.

[@ricobhi]

Hi

[@ponygirl2203]

That show was always off the grid! I loved it. 👍😂😂😂

[@aidennewell4034]

Hello Mary, How are you doing?

[@falanajerido875]

@@aidennewell4034 why was it ban what did she say?

[@azlibra7178]

Love watching these old episodes!❤️

[@dvinedzine]

Antoinette was so pretty, could've been a model.

[@joeambrose3260]

I think she was in Blacula

[@fermisparadox01]

I had sexual relations with that woman. It was very controversial at the time.

[@criticallook5162]

Is she ugly now?!! :

[@Beeracuda922]

@@criticallook5162 Well, if she was perhaps 25 in this episode, it happened 48 years ago, which would make her 73 right now.

[@criticallook5162]

fermis paradox1 Masturbation does not count?! :

[@MJCLAXDEN]

OH, and seeing Cass Elliott! That's a huge nugget of TV history in and of itself.

[@tomy5868]

huge is right...

[@meyerj75]

MJCLAXDEN, Cass Elliott (aka Mama Cass of the Mamas and Papas) only appeared on Match Game for that one week in 1973. But it would not be her last TV appearance on a game show. From what I researched, she along with Jacqualine Susann made their final game show appearances on "Celebrity Sweepstakes" in the summer of 1974. Cass Elliot died shortly after of a heart attack while eating a ham sandwich (due to contrary belief, it was not due to choking on one as many believed). She was replaced by Eliane, the lead singer of Spanky and Our Gang during all later and future Mamas and Papas reunion tours.

[@ITILII]

Yes, she was...huge

[@williamsmith920]

That's not nice everyone, Yes, Cass Elliot was overweight, so what?? She still had a fantastic voice and like it or not she is part of our musical history.

[@AlleyCat67]

I thought that's who that was..... Mama Cass was definitely one of a kind.

[@hughjass6574]

Lol I've never seen a game show with so many banned episodes. Gotta say this was my favorite show as a kid, and it still gives me a great laugh to see these again. Thanks for digging these out of the archives and blowing the dust off them for us. P.S. ... I'm big, fat, and ugly and don't get offended in the least by all those references in this show. It was all meant in fun back then and still is now, and I'm enjoying every moment of these replays. Humor is our most important asset. Without humor, you can't enjoy anything

[@fredmckinney8933]

Couldn't help but notice your name. When my wife and I got married in 2005, I was living in Lexington, KY at the time. In 2013, we went on vacation to Pigeon Forge via Lexington (we were living in St. Louis at the time) and drove downtown to relive a few memories. Now I am a Christian and don't normally talk like this...but I couldn't help but bust out laughing upon seeing a restaurant there in downtown Lexington called "Hugh Jass Burgers". LOL

[@tjmoore8281]

I think it’s one thing to make fun of appearance (which isn’t cool to start with) and making fun of someone’s sexual orientation.

[@tjmoore8281]

@Willie Gordon no one also chooses to be gay. Many people who are gay go through a period of time where they do wish they could “change” . Many people do say they are “fat and proud”, so I don’t know where you’ve been lol. Point is it’s wrong to use that type of language and it’s a good thing it’s a “banned” episode.

[@tjmoore8281]

@Willie Gordon if you aren’t someone who is apart of the LGBTQ+ community you can’t decide if something isn’t offensive to that community.

[@Kablemodem]

@@tjmoore8281 That’s two things.

[@toxigenic]

I remember watching this as a little kid with my parents. I remember it being funny but missing some of the "adult" humor.

[@allaboutmycats454]

I think you missed the adult human because it was intentional for children to miss adult humor. It takes a lot more intelligence in screen writing to do that then it is to be blatant with sex like things are today

[@vap0rland]

Most of the time, many on the panel were drinking alcohol, which frequently led to outrageous answers

[@jpolar394]

Hands down, these older match game are the greatest compaired to any of what's on now and today. Today's TV ain't worth watching anymore.

[@willhorting5317]

I still watch reruns of these old Match Game shows, on Game Show Network.

[@feelthejoy]

Yeah sure I bet you don’t watch any tv 🙄🙄🙄

[@nl8989]

I think that's on purpose They (the money greedy... Putting out "content" for sale on Online On subscription On cable Etc) Wish To encourage (strongarm) People to part with more money To watch ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THEY CAN

[@tommyriam8320]

'... _compared_ to..'

[@smallworldafterall09]

It’s like I’m watching a cocktail party but with real money at stake! I love it! A spirited group of people playing a fun game. Add a little cocktail & that’s exactly what you’ve got. ❤️ 46 years later and I’m watching this because it looks like fun to me!! :)

[@dbrownjr.1410]

I prefer to watch the originals. These new ones they tried to bring back is crap. The new host sucks.

[@jaydawg7820]

i agree, they don't take it serious enough , while at the same time having fun ... they make the whole shows a joke ..

HIP HOP SQUARES and I've got a secret TOO! These new versions are god awful, pandring to political correctness/diversity= more blacks/ less whites/ far left youth culture!

[@YorkNewJersey]

It's ALWAYS been Gene Rayburn

[@georgemaster9271]

@@YorkNewJersey Gene is the Match Game king.

[@georgemaster9271]

D Brown Jr. The 70s MG is the only version I enjoy.Trying to envision myself with all episodes on tape.I would have QUITE a library.

[@panacheluxury4262]

Jack Klugman's face spoke volumes on Brett's answer. Love seeing MaMa Cass Elliot, Richard Dawson and others here. So nostalgic! Back when real game shows were a thing and enjoyable to watch unlike the stuff being produced today.

[@jeffgintz4462]

Old man yells at cloud!

[@nixie66]

She was his wife, he probably heard alot.

[@joeyjosephs]

She was a tallie for the LGBTQ and best friends and neighbors with Charles Nelson Reilly

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@joeyjosephstallie?

[@lateshachurney5965]

After doing research I found out Jack and Brett had been married at one time. Might explain the look on his face at her answer.

[@krazy4baja]

Aaah! , the days! of good old game shows and tv series, Miss them!

[@georgemaster9271]

krazy4baja I do too.Had I been a 70s adult and had a VTR/VCR and knew in advance that the game show tapes would be reused for other productions, I would have stocked up on tapes.3 TVs,3 tape machines on all 3 networks.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Ahh,yes.

[@Berkner80]

Yes, the good old days of the 70's. All the bad stuff on TV today and they are worried about this.

[@mrs.dr.spencerreid3992]

Berkner80 - IKR⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@Berkner80]

@tinwoods Unless you actually were at least a teenager growing up in the 70's then you have no clue what I am talking about, but I guess you can have your own opinion.

[@Leroy100]

@tinwoods You got a little TDS?

[@yesindeed2151]

@tinwood I assume you aren't intelligent enough to be aware of the outcome of the ridiculous Democrat investigation. Typical liberal nut

[@tripdad]

Awe... still living under a rock?

[@metropromise5915]

So sad Cass died a year later, she seems like so much fun to be around. She had a great personality.

[@darinp5612]

ham sammich's are a killer

[@RandomPlayIist]

@@darinp5612 She didn't die eating a sandwich, not sure why people in 2019 still think this.

[@darinp5612]

@@RandomPlayIist true, but not understanding when it's a joke is a real 2019 problem

[@ThitiCE]

@@darinp5612 we can't understand it because it's not funny shaming someone and laughing at her death in 2020

[@darinp5612]

@@ThitiCE because you have no sense of humor.

[@matthewme8311]

These shows are gems compared to the garbage hollyweird puts out today!

[@lindaferguson378]

I totally agree!

[@kirby711]

I pay for cable TV and the only good thing on is Match Game and NEWSMAX

[@Hgood1]

Michele Donahue Newsmax makes Fox News look leftist.

[@kirby711]

@@Hgood1 I love NEWSMAX. Fox news isn't like it used to be they have left leaning producers but Tucker,Lou Dobbs and Hannity are OK

[@bellarose8642]

I agree

[@dancingpixie6120]

Love these! Thank you for posting! Even better than I remember!

[@philswife7063]

Times sure have changed. I loved seeing MaMa Cass though!!!!

[@martenssonwesley9843]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today and beautiful post you got,I hope we could be friends

[@wendeqallab6656]

No cancel culture then it was better.

[@tj.espygil4544]

She was alive then.

[@falanajerido875]

@@martenssonwesley9843 what did bret say that it was banned?

[@BlackLeatherMonster]

@@tj.espygil4544 I noticed that :)

[@robynmoore7847]

Longtime fan. Loved the show. Loved Gene a lot. He was a great & brilliant host. Snazzy dresser too

[@eagleplume7447]

The word in question is used in reference to cigarettes. That is a slang term back then for a cig

[@darkclouds09]

Only in the UK. In the US it doesn’t mean cigarettes.

[@kaldemvor]

More entertaining than any show on today.

[@MrMcGribble]

Agreed, though imagine trying to navigate the landscape of woke landmines if this game was played today.

[@tnate6004]

@@MrMcGribble Conservative crybabies whiiining because they can't be bigots without being called on it. And you call liberals "snowflakes"? 😂😂😂

[@leesher1845]

For sure.

[@Lisa1111]

I'm happy to be older!

[@TheMW2informer]

@@tnate6004 did he ever say that? as a dem I don’t think grouping people together like that is very nice.

[@hemlo7494]

I was four years young when this episode aired. My mother watched this show all the time back then.

[@The_A_Cast]

I’m gay af and have been my entire life. And I still am absolutely addicted to this show! Man, what a time to be alive back then!!! I would’ve applied every single day to be on this show!

[@TheScouser1234]

i was as Debbie King..it was such fun xxx

[@anotheryoutubeaccount9852]

WTF does your sexual orientation have to do with anything? Why do always need to scream that from mountain tops? Nobody cares. I'm heterosexual - big deal.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Happy Pride 2023!

[@shable1436]

Be careful how you put it, KZbin will strike you for typing hate speech, the bots can't tell how you reference words

[@joybrown9275]

Had no idea Cass Elliot had been on there. She was gone the next year sadly.

[@stevencorsoe9575]

One year before Mama Cass passed away in her apartment...what a loss.I was 9 years old.Remember reading it in the news paper.

[@jameshudson169]

damn ham sandwich!

[@DEB781]

Holy crap , watching this show again really makes me feel old!

[@joeambrose3260]

@@jameshudson169 No truth to that story. It was baloney

[@willomina1990]

@@joeambrose3260 LOL....

[@LunarCrystal07]

At 5:39 - in case you just want to get right to it and skip the rest.

[@jimreadey4837]

_Thank you, thank you, _*_thank you!_*

[@DA90027]

Sad to see Cass not long before she died of a heart attack. The show also was not in it's stride yet the questions and the celebs were not as zany as 1975-1977 when this show was at it's peak.

[@tommykeith6589]

Twaddles McGee SHE CHOKED ON A HAM SANDWICH!! LEAVE THAT PORK ALONE!!!!!!!# LEVITICUS 11:7!!#!!!!!!!!

[@cathyskywalker77]

@@tommykeith6589 That's A myth. She did NOT choke on a sandwich. She had a heart attack.

[@bigbertha4080]

@@tommykeith6589 So many *ugly* spirited people in the comment section. My friend Faith was an average size pretty European 26 year old, who many guys wanted to date in my home town, but had stolen the heart of a fellow European guy originally from Romania. She started getting sick and was tested and found to have Chronic Kidney Disease. They put her on medication, which was a steroid, for her CKD. As with many steroid drugs, along with other medications such as insulin..... she started gaining weight uncontrollably. By the time she was getting married 6 months later, she had gained 40 pounds...now needing her gown altered to fit. A year later, she had grown to nearly 80 pounds overweight. They adjusted her meds repeatedly, but could never get the weight off. Looking at her weight, you could assume and make jokes about eating, pig etc..... but you would be a jerk, and as she fights for her life 20 years later, waiting for a kidney ..... she will still be a better human being than some of you in this comment section. She is kind, thoughtful, and has never mistreated anyone or looked down on others. This world will never deserve such people.

[@beverlycharles6534]

@@bigbertha4080 I agree with you - don't be mean. Also tho we can acknowledge that 80% to 95% of overweight people are NOT overweight for health issues. They are overweight from eating the wrong foods/ too much food. A number of people who blame their weight on age or being big-boned or having a baby or birth control hormones or surgery years ago. These people so focused on HOW/ WHAT initially caused it while ignoring what is needed to maintain all that extra weight. It requires CONTINUING to eat too much of wrong food = portion control 101. People who r obese should try what can to get control & get healthy. Esp young people, like how Mama June had no control over her own eating & instilled same failed relationship w food to Honey Booboo. We might only have 1 life, so should all try for a prolonged life of health. Overeating is not healthy. BOTTOM LINE: NOBODY should say hurtful mean things to ANYONE, but we should all value health for as long as we can. That is part of respecting the gift of life.

[@AarHan3]

20:39 - "Stay tuned for _Secret Storm_ next, over most of these CBS stations."

[@WithaJoeFro]

lol, Secret Storm. I remember way back then my Mom always watching those soap operas, and there were a million of them.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

@@WithaJoeFro I remember that, as a youngster, and the Edge of night.

[@MBr10dr1]

I love this show..but I wish Buzzr would play some different episodes...They play the same ones over and over!

[@CoCotheTurtle]

I think they only have rights to about half the total episodes, while Game Show Network has the other half.

[@toniisapig189]

No. They are afraid to show something from those episodes. Something...very...white.

[@CoCotheTurtle]

I think they only have rights to about half the total episodes, while Game Show Network has the other half.

[@sisi917]

there is some overlap of episodes shown because the '75 Evie episodes have been shown on both buzzr and GSN

[@CoCotheTurtle]

@@sisi917 I think they only have rights to about half the total episodes, while Game Show Network has the other half.

[@pasqualecandelora2878]

I can remember being home sick from school and watching this and others. When your 7 years old daytime TV was so much different than the what you were used to after school or at night

[@golbex]

Thanks for posting eps we're never going to see on air again, and also other episodes. Glad you are back : )

[@terryalvis4738]

golbex

[@dannycrockett9878]

golbex II

[@kennyjamrozy4843]

golbex and

[@happydayshudson2516]

Willie Williams show

[@KyleCowden]

I answered "Mr. Seek" in my head for the Dr. Jekyll question. I would've lost too.

[@BigNr3d]

Same

[@robertb2444]

Cool answer though!

[@bigbertha4080]

But you would have had a *great* answer.

[@emmandamerrill2616]

That what I thought of too!

[@sophiamassish7816]

Loved it when I was growing up and still love it now

[@jaydawg7820]

They all had such a great time on that show and still funny today

[@deanstrand4260]

Good comedy and humor are timeless.

[@pl5624]

Other than her size you'd never know cass elliot was going to have a heart attack...she seemed to be very cheery and full of energy.

[@edsloan8535]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug....

[@bigbertha4080]

Brett's rude comment about size was disrespectful.

[@dustykeele]

@@bigbertha4080 Yes, and she directed it at her husband! How rude and disrespectful.

[@kidmack3556]

It still could've been apnea related.

[@ajcbng8289]

I remember watching this show with my grandparents. They loved it. This was edgy television for them Great memories! 😊

[@michelleellerbe487]

I watch reruns on buzz and game show network

[@fredmckinney8933]

I had a babysitter when I was little who always had the TV on at her place, and she got me hooked on game shows, including Match Game, over KOLR, channel 10, the Ozarks' CBS affiliate.

[@georgeklimes7604]

Times change, I guess. I remember Archie Bunker (Carrol O'Connor) using the word to describe Englishmen on "All in the Family". No way one could say that on a show now.

[@EricPetersen2922]

George Klimes - all the PC bullshit is the worst.

[@SuV33358]

Love me some Archie Bunker!♥️

[@DJRitty]

and it;s SO STUPID because...that's THE character, he's a BIGOT so he WOULD say that. TODAY they'd clean him up and take his edge away...but do LOTS and LOTS of poop, piss, period and puke jokes/humor. That's what the idiot sheep of today find funny. He HAS to be that way...otherwise he can't LEARN and CHANGE and become a (somewhat) better person...ugh it makes me mad lol!

[@chasec143]

the newer generations are just too sensitive

[@DJRitty]

@@chasec143 Lines are blurred. Reality and fiction. Adults cosplay while their kids reprogram computers. Society isn't perfect, but were supposed to try and be good. Everything is preachy now as opposed to tv showing us how we 'should' be and act - and using tv and movies to show the crummy side and try to change it. Now the crummy is all we see and - that's out entertainment too. You're supposed to teach your kids tv isn't real, ALL people don't act a certain way, morals, respect, ect... now everyone is just a pussy hiding behind some false identity, always crying... what a mess we've made. I like the looking back on simpler times mentality has finally been lost to ages... "Remember when you were a kid, and you could look at porn and beheading videos on your phone is school and your teacher thought you were working? ...the best..!"

[@ivanmay7890]

Cass Elliot would have actually made a great game show panelist had she not passed away so untimely about a year or so after this episode aired...

[@Chrisdougable]

Antoinette is so beautiful!

[@sandymitchell1606]

Chrisdougable she is drop dead gorgeous! I wonder what became of her🤔

[@clintonflynn815]

@@sandymitchell1606 She's in her 70s and still gorgeous.

[@ggfatale351]

I thought so too. Such a Classy Beauty 💜💜💜

[@viralbuthow000]

@@clintonflynn815 She on Facebook or soemthing?

[@jameshaw9187]

@@clintonflynn815 How do you know this?

[@MJCLAXDEN]

It's a shame that people can't take things in historical context. There was no malice to it. It was just banter. It was a bit edgy, but that was the whole vibe of the show with the double entendres.

[@dannycrockett9878]

MJCLAXDEN ......I used to have a double entendre everyday after work at Mel's Bar near my house.

[@VWGTI2013]

Loretta was hot back then. I was a kid and fantasized about her

[@tilly4559]

MJCLAXDEN p0m

[@tilly4559]

Krista Brewer 1/

[@tilly4559]

Kri]s)Ia Brewer -

[@Jgeneraledger23]

"There's a drip from the roof of my dressing room..." lol

[@snowden67]

I don't think Brett is homophobic. Gays use the word among themselves playfully. Also, I have seen two episodes where Brett insults Anita Bryant and says she loves the people Anita Bryant hates. Plus, she and Charles seem to genuinely like each other.

[@ritamcclure203]

I believe she was married to Jack Klugman, too

[@annr.5125]

She was married to Klugman for over 50 years. Up to the day she died.

[@erikbunty2016]

Though they were separated.

[@analogboi]

as a gay i dont think she meant it in a bad way.

[@JGnumber3]

I saw news article after she died saying she was lifelong friends with CNR and visited him until he died. She died less than four months later.

[@EdWeibe]

awww Mama Cass.

[@billbright1755]

The W.C. Fields bit was pretty cool. That guy always acted shocked by every little thing.

[@Drackleyrva]

Mama Cass on a game show! Good times back then.

[@MichelleCWeber]

Look up the HR Puffenstuff movie.

[@voltairehortizuela4112]

my grandparents would watch this on gameshow network for the longest. My grandma loved Brett and Charles

[@MandoMike]

2019 - The entire panel has passed except Loretta Swit, Life sucks.

[@jaydawg7820]

I hear ya man , we all say 'life is short' and then we realize it ...

[@WithaJoeFro]

It was pretty wild to see Cass Elliott there. I was so young back then that I almost didn't realize she was a regular person like everyone else. In music circles shes's basically a deity these days.

[@kellyrobinson1780]

Nah; dyin' does.

[@m42037]

@@Ilurk247 Today in America fat women is normal and no make-up in a t-shirt and stretch pants lol.

[@darkclouds09]

CNR is still alive. I know he wasn't in this particular episode, but a lot of people think he's passed. Well he hasn't yet!

[@Bliggick]

Richard does a great W.C. Fields impression at 6:01.

[@tommykeith6589]

Bliggick U KAWT THAT VERY OBSERVANT JANET JACKSON DOES A KILLER MAE WEST!! KANYE'S GREAT GREAT AUNT!!! F A C T S!!!!!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL

[@iVenge]

Mark Proksch does the best W.C. Fields.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I like Richard's Paul Lynde impression that he does from time to time on the show.

[@joepetrizzo4924]

Yes sir THOSE DAYS are gone now but THE reruns are still around, Richard Dawson was a good person on & off camera FAMILY feud was a great show with him as host, match game, hogens heroes, Richard was good. R.i.P. MR DAWSON.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I liked him in Running Man.

[@mikenielsen8618]

I used to pretend being sick so I could stay home and watch this and many more game shows.

[@lisamoroney3036]

Same !

[@joycependleton589]

Mama Cass gave really good answers! I Loved this game show and sure do miss it.💞

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I watched it all the time. I was 13 when this aired. But I had no idea what Cass was famous for until years later. We weren't permitted to listen to "The Devil's Music." Highly suggestive game shows sure, but never "The Devil's Music." Mom was an ironic person.

[@sunshinebannister1050]

This show was and still is my favorite❣️👏👍✌️😁🥰I also love Momma Cass❣️👏👍✌️😁🥰Thank you for posting this, and please post more Match Game❣️👏👍✌️😂🤣😂🤣😁🥰

[@colinglen4505]

great to see mama cass and Loretta looking lovely here. but, the questions are so bloody difficult to get answers too.

[@sunshinebannister1050]

That is what made it funny and fun❣️😂🤣

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Whew. Of all the celebs, I think Loretta Switt is the only one still living.

[@goodwilj]

Did anyone know that Brett Somers was married to Jack Klugman when this show was taped?

[@bubbadano1508]

goodwilj, everyone knew, not a secret. She made jokes about him all the time; even when he was a panelist also.

[@dddlll2471]

She also played his wife on the odd couple... she was Blanche

[@s.sestric9929]

Gene wanted Jack Klugman to appear; he was on the TV version of "The Odd Couple" at the time. Jack Klugman said, "only of you put my wife on too". Klugman turned out to be wooden and unfunny while Somers was hilarious and her rapport with Reilly was just epic, and she became a permanent panelist.

[@RawFitChris]

Yes, she made reference to it often.

[@alexrea6338]

Wow! Lucky guy.

[@diytom3448]

I remember a Tonight Show episode around that time where Cass was complaining of flu like symptoms. Wondering if untreated heart issues.

[@lauriefarless959]

Cass Elliot (if that's who you mean), died of choking on a sandwich, not heart disease)

[@lenmorrison3578]

She didnt die from choking on a sandwich that was debunked years ago it was heart failure

[@cathyskywalker77]

I wish people would stop bringing up that tired old myth of Mama Cass choking on a sandwich. IT WAS HER HEART!!!

[@tedrankin682]

I heard it was a chicken bone. Ate chicken carefully for the rest of my life!

[@lydiaalmquist7071]

@@lauriefarless959 No she died of heart failure. Autopsy showed no food in her throat, goggle it. A dumbass journalist made it up to make fun of an overweight dead woman, shameful. Maybe you should fact check before making comments.

[@theadventuresofjimmycrapol8827]

I love the fact that when a contestant answered poorly, the studio audience would literally boo them - lmao. No political correctness and it was wonderful.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Yeah we were a much tougher resilient bunch.

[@IoonatheworId]

No political correctness? Did you not read the title?

[@eriklarson9137]

@@IoonatheworId How do you not get this? No political correction back then, hence it aired on TV. Political correctness now (woke) so it is no longer aired. And yes. We were a lot tougher. Sadly other countries are still tough. And we are not. I don't see that ending well.

[@MikeHunt-et5nc]

Cause booing is ok... right. I have no time for Woke or for Heroes like you.

[@brenthenderson3983]

And not all of the hype and yelling and screaming

[@maninthewilderness5795]

Those were the days

[@SuV33358]

Hell yes

[@greenbeginner9221]

"Gee our old LaSalle ran great ..."

[@allenmickewich205]

I remember watching "the match game ",after school when I was a teenager. I also watched the original "Gong" show hosted by Chuck Barris .

[@tommykeith6589]

Allen Mickewich A C.I. A. OPERATIVE STILL ALIVE 2DAY LIVES ON 50 SOMETHING STREET THAT'S WHAT THE GOV'T DOES GET THE MOST UNLIKELY IDIOT ON PUBLIC T.V. COME 2 FIND OUT HE'S DOIN RECON & SNIPING ALLEGEDLY 4 THE COUNTRY????? LOL LOL!!!!

[@johnanders6234]

Allen Mickewich yeah,jp.(juicy pussy) Morgan was hot!

[@allenmickewich205]

They've recently tried to revive the GS, but it's just not the same without Chuck, Mean Gene, the dancing machine, and the rest of the loonitics

[@coiledsteel8344]

Allen Mickewich Yes original Gong Show was best. Remember the "Unknown Comic" in the paper bag cover his head with eye slits?

[@markcarter3653]

But I love the Gong Show remake, even though it only airs during the summer. Also, the Match Game remake is good too. But I noticed in the new MG, they’re more lenient when it comes to matching the contestants answers to the celebrities.

[@scottbrady7499]

i've seen celebs refer to THEMSELVES as "fags" way into the nineties. a dean martin roast from this year '73 would wind up publicized as a scandal and could not be tolerated today. that being said, this episode of match game features mama Cass Elliot who only lives for another six months, five years before my own mother passed away. much too soon, in their thirties. young women, really.

[@realroofers]

This was my favorite game show very calming. The word fag was a very popular term back then. We used the word for feminine type guys, and we were all friends. Straight and Gay we were all friends. Sad what happened in the late 70's and 80's with Aids. very sad that people died just for having sex. Even worse now is that we are divided by sexual preference. I guess that is what the intent was with the virus making everyone hate each other..

[@MartinDee2000]

What's so controversial about "turning into a cigarette"?

[@edsloan8535]

If not banned for the word in a dictionary then it would have been banned by feminists for the presenter patronizing the contestant for complementing her earings and calling her beautiful....

[@c3po626]

It's the double meaning of the word. British terminology meaning a cigarette, and the opposite being a slang derogatory term for someone gay.

[@nightynightshade]

@@edsloan8535 that’s definitely not how it works 😂😂😂

[@mickjaegerguano4809]

Ironically, charles nelson reilly wasnt there seated next to her that day...

[@noprivacyinpublic5917]

or Paul Lynde but that's a different show

[@davidleigh443]

I read that the producers wanted Klugman to be a regular, but he would only do the show if they gave his wife Brett a job on the show. Of course, JK was too much of a in-demand actor to be on the show all the time.

[@jpeek1009]

CNR wouldn’t have cared. He probably would have laughed.

[@pumpkinpuna4087]

In my younger days I always thought Richard Dawson and Robert Shaw were the same person.

[@newy4593]

Probably.... They play more than one character

[@pumpkinpuna4087]

@@newy4593 they're both actors. Both deceased now. Robert Shaw is Quint from Jaws. Thank you for your answer though.

[@shable1436]

Dawson was a perv

[@johnwise8433]

Never seen mama Cass on March game. She's lovely here

[@askmeificare336]

That's because she was on Match Game

[@frankbusch4747]

such a beautiful voice

[@zimjun7]

Don't flirt while you're operating was my answer. Smoke is the best answer, though.

[@robertb2444]

I was thinking oggle. Beautiful nurse.

[@lindaackerman3507]

I really loved this show, was great.

[@frauleinmona]

That's pretty neat that husband and wife are on the show together. Jack Klugman and Brett Somers. What a pair!😀

[@lydiaalmquist7071]

They were divorced when on this show they were married for 20 years but not while appearing on MG.

[@shable1436]

Wrong!!!!

[@TRJ2241987]

"Baby Blue" was actually an excellent answer at that particular period of the 70s. Would be a bad answer now.

[@rodneydickson784]

Baby blank, I thought baby blankets

[@wh4193]

@@rodneydickson784 I thought of baby bottle

[@mf-qi8gn]

I thought Blues.. for baby blues

[@debstrout1844]

I miss this type of clean television game shows.

[@georgemaster9271]

I always leaned on GSN due to the fact that they had many shows of many production companies.Buzzr has rescued us from the fake game shows that appear on their channel.

[@willh6528]

still comes on buzzr channel

[@donnamartin2568]

I love Match Game, watch reruns every night lol

[@stevenjoyal6565]

"Clean"? This show was always good for a raunchy question or two.

[@paisleepunk]

@@stevenjoyal6565 Clean compared to what we have now. Oh, and also usually more subtle and clever.

[@laurabentzinger200]

Love this show its difficult to watch when the contestants aren't too bright. I love seeing these stars especially Cass bc she was an awesome person who died too young.

[@t-bo2734]

BANANNA

[@nnylasoR]

@@t-bo2734 - Right?? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ (I just commented that myself. ✊😄)

[@Grey_Ocean2023]

Nobody brings the cackle like Brett.

[@michaelspraggins5419]

Love it.... Bee-yill. And then the host asks, "Why do you say, Bee-yill? Where are you from?". Never get away with that today.

[@jaysonwilliams3938]

I have a bad tooth ache tonight and almost died from a staph infection and I also thank you for posting, these brought good memories - cheers in 2018!

[@tommykeith6589]

Jayson Williams HOPE UR OKAY BUT WHY DID U SHOOT YOR LIMMO DRIVER ON VALENTINE'S DAY SHOODA BEEN BREAKIN' WIFEY OFF!!#!!!!!!!!!!#

[@dwightterry7187]

I LOVED watching this show as a kid!! I don't even watch the crap that's on tv now...only the news and that's it.

[@nohandle62]

The news is crap too.

[@bradfilippone7064]

Cass died the following year, age 32.

[@williamlove3087]

It's been over 40 years since I'd seen this show.

[@shelbyjeanking]

People have got to stop. This is getting ridiculous. Just because it was said some odd decades ago. I love the show and the channels.

[@DJRitty]

It's cuz every is so self absorbed and LAZY nowadays they can't TEACH their kids that not everything on tv is REAL or RIGHT, etc... Just make everything squeaky clean...well that's not life.

[@dlemmo9755]

Jeez, 😳 😲 wow kicks up so many memories of my mom watching this...I was 11 in 1973...now I see the appeal🤗😛 baby.. bottle, Mrs, Hyde!! Yay!!

[@thattimestampguy]

3:52 4:32 Dr Jeckyll 5:34 Answers 6:45 Dr I really don’t think you should ____ while operating 8:40 Jonah said 9:35 Answers 11:45 Flying _____ 14:16 Bumper ____ 15:02 Connie from Texas 17:08 King Kong

[@davidbezer5011]

So hard to believe in 2020 still won't get aired

[@barbaramays4804]

It's being aired on WDSF-LD in Alabama- central time no cable, air pickup channels

[@arturodelagarza3213]

WOW BRING SO MANY MEMORIES WHEN I WAS A KID. FUNNY HOW THESE SHOWS WOULD KEEP US WATCHING TV. AND WE LEARNED. NOW THEY'RE ALL FULL OF WELL , HORSE. BLANK

[@cbreezy]

Of course an old fart would think this.

[@TheMW2informer]

@@cbreezy I’m 20 and I agree, I used to be able to learn from watching shows like modern marvels and how it’s made on tv as a kid now it’s all bs shows about Alaska or some celebrity.

[@cbreezy]

@@TheMW2informer I should have added dumbasses too.

[@robertveith6383]

Stop yelling.

[@TheMW2informer]

Breezy typical jackass, considers no other opinion but their own.

[@Chet_Brinkley]

Very cool seeing Cass Elliott, I never knew she did any game shows, but hey, whatever pays the rent !!

[@robbieunderwood8349]

I was sweet sixteen when this aired. Sweet memories.

[@davekennedy3236]

Was 18

[@michaelbrown7148]

So was I. I watch this game show all the time

[@mattwertin]

73 was the height of this show, 74 was almost as good

[@dennismclaurin1487]

The height, for me, is when Richard Dawson was still on.

[@sunshineperez4406]

No one seemed to notice the weight joke Brett threw out just before Cass’ turn 😳 I always thought Brett was a little inappropriate. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@masonrobichaud8791]

I'm surprised they kept saying "don't smoke while operating" because when my grandmother was in labour with my dad in 1975, she said everyone in that delivery room smoked at one point during those 48 hours (including the doctor and nurses). The only exception being my newborn father! XD

[@dumbbo1]

I wonder if Brett would have given that answer later when Charles Nelson Reilly joined the panel?

[@jenniferggreer457]

yes, bc she meant no malice.

[@attygarland6909]

I can't believe, as expensive as production time is, they would just dump off a whole episode rather than bleep out what Brett said (and black out the word on the card). There was another episode where, IIRC, Fanny Flag apparently said something that was "verboten" as the very last answer of the episode, and they did just that. Never did find out what her answer was. Anyone know?

[@rcschmidt668]

Brett’s answer, especially back then, could also mean a puff from a cigar or cigarette. Just saying...

[@attygarland6909]

@@rcschmidt668 Reminds me how, back in the day, a friend of mine told me that the cover of that Zep album shows a man with a "faggot" on his back. I was like, wth??? Turns out that is the old English term for a bundle of sticks, as my friend clued me in on. Have to wonder how it went from that to a nickname/slur for someone of that particular orientation (if in fact that's where it originated from)?

[@Lerxst3333]

Fannie Flagg wrote “genitalia” and the producer said to her right after the show, “this is the first and last time I warn you about this”

[@attygarland6909]

@@Lerxst3333 Wow .. and yet apparently Goodson/Toddman liked her on the show b/c of her "controversial" (i.e. sexy) attitude and attire (as well as her big ______s) .. I'm thinking again that must have been in the early seasons (e.g. '73, '74) b/c I would think it would not have been a big deal later on (e.g. '78, '79).

[@f2b2f1c]

Brett could not get any less of a reaction if she had answered “a puppy”. Nobody on that set could have care less about her answer. Some people today are so sensitive to every little fucking thing they’ve rendered themselves nonfunctional and useless.

[@stuartsimons9125]

@Jitkundough se0za,wtttttwe6tttxg

[@peterlane1391]

Um...the reason nobody had a problem with that is nobody gave a shit about respecting gay people back then. Sure a bunch of people have gotten well out of hand with political correctness these days, but let's not celebrate a time where people felt they could use a derogatory term on national television with impunity.

[@up3315]

@@peterlane1391 I'm gay and I didn't find it offensive. It was a tongue in cheek remark anyway.

[@peterlane1391]

@@up3315 I'm black and I don't always find those slurs offensive. I'm not everybody though.

[@hamilcross]

you sure do seem incredibly worked up over not being able to be so casually homophobic anymore lol cry about it!!

[@chrissheehan4774]

Why wouldn't they keep it and put a disclaimer? Times were different

[@roysheaks1261]

Freedom of speech meant exactly that.

[@doug9066]

I'm originally from Minnesota which I miss that state & I've lived in North Iowa which I miss too.

[@69sddo91]

The other contestant was about as sharp as a bowling ball

[@LarryTalbot_1313]

Please keep my ex-wife out of this! What?! Oh, you mean... Sorry. Carry on!

[@DragonBellyTravels]

...with no sense of humor to boot.

[@donnastagner4875]

@@LarryTalbot_1313 😂

[@kellyrobinson1780]

The Foghorn Leghorn reference is not lost.😁

[@jbhighlights5089]

Loretta Swit is the only one of the celebrities still living. Hi Loretta! :)

[@cathyskywalker77]

@Eddie Black I remember her on Too Close for Comfort with Ted Knight.