Match Game '74: Confucius Say...

[@triviafreak1]

The humour and all the goofiness on this show is just CLASSIC!!

[@brycelandon6387]

No way in hell CBS would ever allow that "Engrish" on the air today!

[@kristopherversteegt2939]

NBC, Match Game's original network from 1963-69, will NOT allow that "Engrish" either!

[@Milesco]

Yeah, it's a shame how political correctness has shut down so much innocent fun. ☹

[@jeffcallicott9269]

We have memories at reast…

[@deadparrot24018]

R.I.P. Larry Blyden. Left us much too soon!

[@scoobydoo11111]

Confucius was really confused in this episode of Match Game!

[@Madelow56]

I miss Larry Blyden. A great game show host & panelist.

[@jjaa6157]

He was killed in a car crash. Kaye Stephens had the most hysterical laughter. Anything that is said is going to set her off into a fit of hysterical laughter,

[@ChucksCherubs3]

He totally cheated here, by the way. ;)

[@Milesco]

@@ChucksCherubs3 Nah. If he had, the last thing he would want to do is draw attention to the situation.

[@ChucksCherubs3]

@@Milesco Not necessarily.

[@matthaddock1817]

Lol Brett and that "bloody buzzard!!"

[@johnalang]

You cannot do questions like this today on game shows

[@jefftribiano1875]

Nowadays can you imagine the banter between blyden and Rayburn would be considered not only disrespectful towards Asians but worse grounds for canceling the show including Larry and Gene's careers!

[@patcon314]

My, how times have changed.

[@cubicleboy]

gene went from chinese to italian haha

[@douglasghiz1287]

R.I.P. Gene Rayburn, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Richard Dawson, Johnny Olson

[@jjaa6157]

Giggles Stephens strikes again.

[@seabisquick]

Well, Larry was the only Caucasian with a lead role in "Flower Drum Song" ... (They bleeped out Larry saying "Schmuck"?)

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

The Broadway version, not the motion picture.

[@jeannehall6546]

Larry Blyden was the original Sammy Fong, the nightclub owner, in "Flower Drum Song" on Broadway in the early 60s. Being white (and Jewish), he couldn't get away with playing an Asian now. Still, one wonders what he might have accomplished had he not been killed.

[@2Brian]

He was only 49. His rental car reportedly went off the road and overturned, on a 2 week vacation in Marrakesh, Morocco. He died of his injuries on June 6, 1975.

[@txvoltaire]

Times change, and what is acceptable changes, too. Once upon a time you could see a lot of chain-smoking, even in children's programs, but that is censored nowadays.

[@PikesvilleAl]

Shortly before Larry's fatal car accident

[@Darreck3]

Ericandy88: This was a Game Show from the time when we were less... sensitive and game shows were more about the fun and not as much about the money.

[@televisedpork7993]

Ah the 70s.... when you could get away with racist jokes on TV.

[@grifftrain]

TelevisedPork they had a different view of racism. Back then, doing an imitation was considered a joke. Today everyone needs protection.

[@willmilton2922]

I'm sure you will get over the political correctness today and adjust.

[@shoredude2]

Schmuck is a Yiddish word. It refers to the male genitalia and was originally considered vulgar. Lenny Bruce was arrested for using the word on stage in 1962. It would be the same as calling someone a d--k. That wouldn't have cut it with the CBS censors in 1974. Even the New York Times didn't want to use the word when reviewing the movie "Dinner for Schmucks" in 2010 but allowed it to be used sparingly.

[@lilbluefoxie]

its yiddish for foreskin

[@Milesco]

@@lilbluefoxie No, it just means "penis" -- it doesn't refer to any subparts thereof.

[@connfyoozed]

Gene starting morphing from Confucius into Chico Marx at one point.

[@ericandy88]

I caught that, too. Why was that unspeakable at the time?

[@joebradio]

real early clip.. Gene had not figued out yet how to extend his microphone ...

[@brucehursman8874]

People need to watch laugh in.

[@kali3665]

And they blank out "schmuck." Guys, really....

[@MrKUBRICKIAN]

In the mid 70's,blyden was carjacked and murdered a few days before he turned 50.He had great comedic talent,and will be missed.I loved his performance in the cold and clever alfred hitchcock hour episode,''wally the beard''.A tragic and touching performance,that truly showed the talent he had.

[@frankd1965]

does anyone have a clip about Lawrence Welk? The Lawrence Welk questions were FUNNY

[@EUROBAS]

I true friend is someone who breaks you when you have a cold ! And every other people kisses.

[@taurnguard]

@joebradio I thought Fannie Flagg extended Gene's microphone several times. :)

[@jimbojamesIV]

Silly me, I would have said, "Nurses."

[@graperonto]

@movienotes Ah... so turn reft at the right, light?

[@ericandy88]

And for that matter, how come Brett's mentioning of "damn" & "bloody" escaped the bleeper? I would imagine that was even more shocking for the '70s.

[@Milesco]

Nah, those weren't bleepable words, even in the '70s.

[@karkovice10]

I don't think "shmuck" is considered a four letter word nowadays. I think whoever edited that word out needs to unedit it... It's still funny, though. :)

[@joebradio]

@taurnguard ***rim shot**

[@MEDINAHSHRINER]

Cause it ends in uck and could be confused Peking Duck

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

This show would never have seen the light of day today with this question. Just shows how uptight and overly sensitive our society has become.

[@ihearcalling]

the chinese accent is HILARIOUS. not in a good way, though.

[@ericandy88]

But today, you here those two words on the Disney Channel (not really, but they are more common & unfiltered now). Then, even with groundbreaking shows like ALL IN THE FAMILY on the air, I would imagine certain profanities were still off-limits.

[@sportsmedia25]

This is certainly not PC but for it's time it's forgivable. If it were to happen now, that wouldn't be good

[@Nemesis7293]

Oh my God! Are we so freaking poisoned with PC fascism that we can't even admit that Chinese people have accents??? JeezusPleezus, LIGHTEN UP, PEOPLE!!!