Match Game 74 (Episode 154) (With Slate)

[@kevansf]

Richard has been on a roll as of late, and today he scored his 14th head-to-head match, finally pulling even with Brett in winning accuracy! Here's the updated stats on all 6 celebs to have scored 3 or more matches so far: Betty - 46.7% (7 wins in 15 attempts). Charles - 46.2% (6 wins in 13 attempts). Jo Ann - 36.4% (4 out of 11 attempts). Bert - 30.8% (4 wins in 13 attempts). *(tie)Brett - 28.6% (4 wins in 14 attempts). *(tie)Richard - 28.6% (14 wins in 49 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 154, excluding the lost/missing episodes 31, 32, 33.

[@poetcomic1]

I'd hate to play poker with Richard he NEVER gives away whether he has a winner or a loser.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

"Sunny side up, of course." Richard Dawson is a comedy GENIUS!!!

[@jeffclement2979]

I'll watch any episode with Elaine

[@AbbyV1820]

The contestants calling the panelists by their nicknames, especially Richard, just seems in poor taste

[@litawells4264]

What was In poor taste was the constant Chinese accents.

[@todddepue681]

Was this CNR's first time doing his newspaper gag? I just say that because apparently Gene was too thick to know he should ask "what's in the paper, Charles?" I know in the future, Gene always made sure to let him do his bit. I hope CNR scolded him for missing the cue!

[@lougrant9487]

At this rate award winning Match Game ran from 1973 to 1982 and it should have done that on CBS sitcom/game show Match Game it's also a comedy too but with all the celebrities appeared each week can't tell the difference but i watch the game show since I was a kid but now I got used to it and there's so many things I like to get involved!!

[@edwardlozano8807]

and what made it worse than winning no Emmys, was that it was only NOMINATED twice (1976-losing out to The $20,000 Pyramid and 1977-losing out to Family Feud)

[@gardenia81]

Edward Lozano such a shame. MG is so enjoyable.

[@bunnyskinner8094]

Edward Lozano $4

[@ts.elliot5870]

I think they were were in the wrong category for an Emmy. They were a Game show but primarily it was a daytime comedy. If that category existed they would've been a slam dunk IMHO!

[@todddepue681]

Kaye Stevens....not satisfied just being loud and obnoxious, she always leans as far to her right as possible, worming her way into Richard's shot. He naturally gets a lot more camera time and she's decided to take advantage of it.

[@lindawaits2679]

Very respectfully said!

[@chuckhiniker2691]

Ya, she's annoying as hell.

[@carrierosche9381]

She's annoying. O.k. Not very respectfully said. But no Respect for Kaye .

[@DrCrow13]

@@carrierosche9381 Agreed! Kaye is EASILY the most annoying panelist in all of Match Game. I cannot stand a single thing about her.

[@klipkultur2951]

Johnny hiccups at 0:07.

[@hankkingsley2976]

Must have been after lunch

[@jml-rj5re]

@@hankkingsley2976 Liquid lunch!

[@craigfoye6674]

2:44 and 9:36 "Wipe the Slate Clean"

[@pencils812]

Richard was funny.......thank you Genie!

[@robertjrobicheau8456]

154 episodes watched now. The celebrity Kaye enjoyed herself more than any other one if laughing is the indicator of fun.

[@barrygreen616]

Her constant laughing always annoyed me.

[@northerngirl1637]

@@barrygreen616 yeah...and the majority of it is forced and fake.

[@patcrites5274]

You mean Kaye Stevens was reaally annoying on this show

[@jerradriggs2884]

Winning $8450 then would be equilivent to $43,000 as of 2023.

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

Richard Dawson was definitely meant to be a game show host himself - something I can not say about most of the celebrity panelists.

[@Lisa1111]

Elaine has the best laugh! So genuine 🤗

[@beckydutra6543]

Ronnie resembles Barbara Streisand and I love her name

[@martincaidin4166]

I would've guessed GOODnight

[@thomasbrett9323]

…ya gotta love those days before POLITICAL CORRECTNESS and before everybody had ultra thin skin

[@BNatoAk]

No doubt.

[@virgohedgie.24]

Am I the only one here who thinks Larry is attractive? Like most of you here, I didn't know who he was and had to look him up lol I'm a female

[@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz]

He died less than 2 years after this episode was filmed.

[@danicegewiss862]

No, you are not the only one.

[@mittens4kittens435]

He reminds me a little of Owen Wilson.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Indeed , Mr. Blyden died of injuries suffered in a car crash in 1985. He hosted the syndrome version of WHAT'S MY LINE?, and at the tim r of his death. he was scheduling to host another game show. SHOWOFFS.​@@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz

[@chrisla2736]

This lady just can not get a clue. First round, calls chuck, instead of Charles, and than Dickie, instead of Richard, was told NOT to call them that, and yet second round does the same thing. 🤔🤨🤨🤨

[@neversaygoodbye4]

That’s what I was thinking! The previous episode, they took it well, and it turned out funny but she said she’d call them by their names then on this one she did the same thing. I know it was 50 years ago, but I’m just now seeing it 😂

[@netta96]

She had issues

[@sdlively27]

On this date in 1982, The Love Boat TV Series episode Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You with Charles Nelson Reilly as Jesse Dobson aired.

[@tonystone1016]

Kaye Steven's does have one redeeming quality. She makes Bret Sommers much easier to put up with.

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

Brett Summers carries her weight and far far more, she would not even be there if she was not married to Jack. He got her the gig and the rest is history.

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'll use an old army term and say BUNK with us. If an LA audience would answer fifth Avenue do you think a NY audience would answer Rodeo Drive if it came up?

[@amandajstar]

Wow that's presumptuous and disrespectful to change people's names -- to their face -- when they haven't given you permission to do so. (And why would they?). As well, Gardenia is not a great flower -- I've grown 'em.

[@netta96]

I agree with everything except about gardenias. They're beautiful and I love their fragrance.

[@amandajstar]

@@netta96 Each to her own : )

[@nohandle62]

I think using familiar names for the celebrities is disrespectful.

[@Bing_Bong60]

Why, what makes them so special!

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Larry Blyden 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Elayne Joyce 5. Richard Dawson 6. Kaye Stevens

[@Drchainsaw77]

"Confucius say...a true friend is someone who BRANKS you when you have a cold!" In the insanity of the early 21st century, that might get the entire show cancelled.

[@Smokr]

Seen the raunchy new version with Alec Bald-and-can't-win? It's like a mirror version where the entire idea is to repulse the viewer and destroy the legacy.

[@stellarjay3314]

Sanity always appears insane to the unsane. Racial stereotypes have a humerous appeal to the baser instincts, and deserve therefore to be unappreciated and discouraged.

[@Drchainsaw77]

Well aren't you just a goddamn snob. "Baser instincts," indeed. Base instincts are funny, too, and stereotypes have a basis in observable reality; offensiveness is _not_ an objective quality of something. See, the thing is, when humor is discouraged, you've got no outlet left, and that's _not_ a road you really want us to take.

[@stellarjay3314]

//Base instincts are funny, too//>>As I said: "Racial stereotypes have a humerous appeal" ............ //stereotypes have a basis in observable reality// >>Obviously but so what? ............ //offensiveness is not an objective quality of something//>>This does not the change the fact that something deliberately intended to be insulting or mocking is potentially (and indeed likely) to offend the subject being mocked; objectivity and subjectivity is irrelevant. Derision is derision. Stereotyping that is mocking is derisive by intent whether the subject is 'too sensitive' or not; therefore, it is base, and the responsibility to have better manners ultimately lies with the offending party. It is interesting how bigots (and I'm NOT directing that term, personally) don't seem to mind demeaning others for prejudiced reasons, yet they are so insulted and offended when being labelled and pigeon-holed themselves by being deemed bigoted (i.e. something 'abnormal,' something to be derided). .............. //Well aren't you just a goddamn snob.//>>>Name-calling is indeed base, however. ............ //the insanity of the early 21st century//>>There is indeed much insanity, now. There has been much in centuries past, too. There is no such thing as a Golden Age in humankind's legacy, to date.

[@Drchainsaw77]

You know, it's a question of freedom. Either you defend another's right to say things that might offend you and others, or you don't. I do. I recognize that things intended to be funny aren't necessarily intended to be insulting or mocking. And if they are, so what? Life's too short. It must he horrible to go through life as you do, looking around for something to be annoyed about when it's nothing more than people _saying_ things. Settle down, grow up, grow a pair, grow a thicker skin, and develop a sense of humor, and if you're offended by things, _let them go._

[@bribabytt]

Awww...Gene didn't let Charles do his prop comedy.

[@DJRitty]

the screwed her on the work thing...

[@sickheadache9903]

Kaye Stevens only did 15 Episodes of Match Game.

[@Rasputin443556]

9:38 Brett had a funny for once

[@neversaygoodbye4]

She just said in the previous episode she wouldn’t call them by their nicknames.

[@netta96]

What was her issue? Very rude.

[@rockyroad2342]

Larry Blyden died in 1975 age 49 car accident trivia fact

[@stellarjay3314]

Or was he carjacked? Check out the interesting Wikipedia entry.

[@lisaevans7293]

Sad so young

[@marilynjohnson5007]

Are elaine and joyce twins??

[@DrCrow13]

I cannot stand a single thing about Kaye; she is obnoxiously annoying at all times. 🙄

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying.. ;0) ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! :0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! :0) I don't think I ever saw Richard used cue cards for the beginning messes before this week of shows.. interesting why he changed.. ;0) Love the voices Gene.. ;0) ROFL! The conversation between Gene and Larry! ;0) I love it! ;0) Not all the time, they are slightly used.. ;0) work the still? ;0) Make the gin? ;0) Ok, that is 2 times now.. ;0)

[@danicegewiss862]

Larry matched everyone but one! Richard (Dickie) and Charles (Chuck) didn't like their nicknames.

[@patcrites5274]

I do not think Charles did not mind the nickname Chuck

[@ts.elliot5870]

Chuck was a character that Charles played.

[@sdlively27]

Is this the first double tie breaker?

[@joeambrose3260]

2nd

[@michaelnivens6267]

Kaye is a delight - Brett , as usual , blows

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Personally, I'd avoid watching the show when Kaye is on, her incessant laughter gets on my last nerve. Brett is awesome IMO. :)

[@northerngirl1637]

Reverse that.

[@patcrites5274]

As much as I don"t care for Brett, Kaye Stevens was super annoying on this show

[@sdlively27]

4:11 ROFL!!!!!!

[@hardlines4]

Kay is annoying 😫

[@DJRitty]

that asian voice is SO bad nowadays lol...yikes and he never stops lol...

[@MooncricketsInc]

Why is it bad ? It's just as funny as doing Russian,German, French etc accents.

[@HaleTheTrev]

He won’t stop. He’s stuck there in the past. Let’s not judge him too harshly.

[@neversaygoodbye4]

Things change in 50 years.

[@lesterjordan1317]

Brett Somers is a Hater. Always making negative comments

[@matthewjansen3297]

Thank you so much for saying that. No wonder Jack K said adios

[@netta96]

It's her shtick and her job

[@illinoisgospelfan650]

"Get ready to match the stars?!!?" What stars?!?? Who are these people and what are they supposed to be famous for??!?

[@nostalgiaprincess]

how old are you?

[@illinoisgospelfan650]

@@nostalgiaprincess old enough to know that even in the 70s 'famous for being famous' doesn't mean you are a star

[@nostalgiaprincess]

@@illinoisgospelfan650 ah, ok gotcha.

[@patcrites5274]

And what are you famous for ????

[@illinoisgospelfan650]

@@patcrites5274 lol i'm not claiming to be famous!