Match Game 74 (Episode 280) (With Slate) ("Janet's Record Win!") (GOLD STAR EPISODE)

[@utopian3d]

I love the looks of anguish on her face while she waits for Charles to reveal his answer.

[@sarahkinsey5434]

I knew he was going to match, but I was still anxious too!

[@nostradumass6248]

imagine tuning into cbs at this exact time in 1974 for charles’ super match reveal

[@TheGadgetPanda]

It really is fantastic when you get to see someone so nice have their dreams come true. What an amazing smile she had! That said, I was a bit worried her own shirt was going to swallow her whole.

[@daviddriver2692]

There is NO other show,game or otherwise, that will EVER equal what this show,these WONDERFUL, TALENTED, EXCEPTIONAL people did and it is so difficult to put into words how much they & this show are Truly missed in a world that so Desperately needs then & it!!

[@davidarmitage289]

Well said!

[@lovett.da.j]

So true; today the world needs more laughter and fun!!

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Charles Nelson Reily's reveal for the final match was genius on so many levels.

[@kevansf]

His poker face was astonishing! You could easily believe he'd written a different answer!

[@pencils812]

@@kevansf he was great here!

[@janeporter818]

This was beautiful. So happy for her!

[@sergtchannel]

Janet was adorable and fun to watch. Her reactions when she wins are so great. And the celebrities were genuinely happy for her, as we all were, when she became the all time money winner at 18,450 dollars!

[@diverbob33]

She's a real peach!

[@SuperC888]

By todays standards it amounts to over $100,000 with inflation

[@garfield2439]

@@SuperC888 wow!!!

[@CassiWoo]

Best card reveal EVER!!! Good one, Charles! Bless Janet's heart!!!

[@kevansf]

Charles scored his 13th H/H match today. And he did it with grand style! Definitely the best card reveal in the show's history thus far, definitely worthy of the "Gold Star" designation! With this match, Charles moves ahead of Betty for second most H/H matches overall (after Richard), and he's also in a solid second position in terms of being most frequently chosen for the H/H match (again, behind only Richard). And of course, he has the highest accuracy score among the regulars. Here's the updated leader board for the 8 celebs to have scored 3 or more H/H matches so far, ranked by their current accuracy scores: Orson - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Betty - 52.2% (12 wins in 23 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 46.7% (7 wins in 15 attempts). Charles - 46.4% (13 wins in 28 attempts). Bert - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). Richard - 32.3% (41 wins in 127 attempts). Brett - 28.6% (6 wins in 21 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 280, excluding the lost/missing episodes 31, 32, 33.

[@Doug41160]

5:18 "i'm thinking seriously of leaving this floor" 11:55 "Do they know that?" 16:40 "We interrupt this program..."

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Yes, Charles was in top form all episode!

[@ottojones3162]

Janet, one of the most likeable contestant

[@robertjrobicheau8456]

This was a great episode. Happy times for everyone because Janet is such a lovable person.

[@shoeshooey5464]

I sure hope her husband was always nice to her. She seems so nice and deserves to be treated as such

[@pencils812]

On the previous episode she asked Gene to tell her husband that she was a sweet lady.....I thought that was weird.

[@mikefinn9315]

Janet was my aunt. Her and my uncle Tommy had a long and loving marriage with many kids and grandkids. I just had a visit with uncle and he told me about how she was on this show.. he was telling me that with the winnings they bought their kids so many gifts for Christmas they couldn’t see the floor! Unfortunately Aunt Janet passed away a few years ago, he misses her a lot.

[@fkd1963]

@@mikefinn9315 God bless her. She made people smile.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

@@mikefinn9315 She was absolutely wonderful in this show, and she brought out the best in the panelists. You can see how touched they were by her story. She was so unassuming and down to earth, and they were so excited to help her.

[@bryannec5370]

@@mikefinn9315 Thank you for sharing your story this story with us. Please tell your Uncle Tommy that we hope he stays well and healthy. He can watch her episodes too when he misses her.

[@gordonowens7794]

As a kid I only knew CNR from the t.v show "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", as an adult I was amazed by how talented he was.

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Wish I coulda been on this show. They always have so much fun

[@SuperC888]

They were drinking before taping

[@Unknown-Channel280]

​@@SuperC888I would've replaced boose/beer with Sodas so that they wouldn't talk mean to each other mainly Brett

[@Choc1Joe]

One of my favorite eps ever. That moment when the other panelists all 'rushed' Charles after he made Janet wait so long to find out she won; classic! It was the golden era when Richard was actually being nice to Brett, lol. And Fannie was always my favorite 'sixth' panelist, even over Betty White

[@kevansf]

Definitely one of the best Match Game moments to date (I've been watching them in order since #1). Charles was superb and turned a great moment into an event that I'm sure Janet and many audience members would never forget. Today's episode demonstrates why MG became the top-rated daytime program in 1973 and then grew more popular still in 1974 (and would continue to grow its ratings in '75 and '76).

[@swolfe9668]

Betty was the only good star in the 6th seat, Fannie, Marcia, Joyce all annoying as hell

[@edwardlozano8807]

"Still looking for that queen"! ROFL!

[@leesas_classics1722]

One of my favourite episodes. So good.

[@jackiespiteri3020]

I love watching the show. Thank you great to watch and the stars.

[@HariSeldon913]

Drat, a Dumb Dora question. I was really hoping they would do a Dumb Donald with Donald Ross there.

[@kylebutler7142]

Donald was pretty dummmb, but he was also quirky and funny too. He and his wife seemed well suited

[@SaucyWench7]

Janet Finn of Orange County died in 2015. RIP sweet lady!

[@thehouseof5gables388]

She must have been fairly young. I always look for the interesting contestants on FB to see what happened to them. Thanks for the update.

[@barbarajohnson3781]

She young on this show rip

[@JeffSchall]

She was 74 y/o. obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/janet-finn-obituary?pid=176146560

[@suegarber4292]

In this obituary it says she had 5 kids, but on the show they kept mentioning she had 9 kids. And her husband in the audience at the time, his name was Wayne. Obit says Tom

[@lindapedersen-hylka7170]

@@suegarber4292 She said she had 5 kids but she watched another 4.

[@יעליעקב-ת4מ]

I truly loved how happy they all were for Sweet Janet Finn ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deanstrand4260]

I seriously thought Janet was going to faint from the suspense, while Charles was doing his "news" bit.

[@beckydutra6543]

I only thought of roulette, just before she gave her answer. I couldn't think of anything til the last second. 😊

[@rtususian]

I thought of RUSSIAN DRESSING or RUSSIA ROULETTE but I thought roulette would be the match.

[@karenmallonee3867]

How exciting! I just love Charles to pieces, so funny & so sweet!!! ❤️

[@mickeymouse2able]

He was❤under rated Icon

[@earlegavin5931]

What a thing of beauty at the 17 minute mark,Janet becomes #1.

[@eleanorlorde8944]

Janet Finn is the all time biggest winner on Match Game '74 on CBS Daytime 1974 (08/19/74) Friday August 18th 1974

[@joeambrose3260]

The Jack and Brett story is so confusing. He said they never legally divorced, yet records say they did in '77. However, he didn't re-marry until '08, a year after her death

[@deanstrand4260]

Yeah, Jack said one thing, Brett said another, and records said yet something else.

[@kristabrewer6736]

I never seen any "records' of Jack and Brett divorcing. The only "records" I've even seen is that they split up, NEVER got divorced, which is why Jack couldn't marry his girlfriend until after Brett died. Which I always thought was STUPID. I don't condone divorce (and neither does the Bible), but if he already had his mind made up to may another girls, why wouldn't he have just divorced her. (also I never heard Brett OR Jack say anything; where's that)?

[@kristabrewer6736]

Now I just read that court Records show they divorced in 1977

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Both are ugh

[@RaineStudio]

Charles: "I was the hero." Brett: "Or the heroine, as the case may be." Completely went over my head when I was a teenager.

[@MrMatteNWk]

"Did he say he was a King looking for a queen? I have someone in mind!"

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Brett shouldn’t have said that

[@Doug41160]

16:41 "we interrupt this program...."

[@wwitchywoman]

this has to be my favorite panel ever!!

[@earlegavin5931]

For sure

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

Finn-Colvin, round 1, question B: "I was grooving with Charles on this one; I said her TRAVELER'S CHECK." (Bzzt!) Question A: "So here I am trying to be as discreet as everyone else, but apparently about the wrong answer. Go figure… No, I had her say 'THE ONE TO MY LEFT'." (Bzzt!) "Sorry, Charles…" Round 2, question B: (just holding up the card, probably) SQUARE DANCE Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Charles) CODE (if asked after Charles) A-DEE-DOO-DAH Part 2: ROULETTE

[@michaeljohnson9916]

"Boy is my husband gonna be nice to me." ROTFL!

[@janejayne8152]

She made a comment on another show when they called her adorable show to tell her husband she was adorable.

[@pencils812]

@@janejayne8152 I saw that one. Something must've been up with that.

[@AaronTheCrystalClod]

Didn't she say, "Boy, is my husband going to be nice to meet you!"?

[@UberLummox]

Dawson is just too dang clever. Check out his Picasso self poitrait @20:06.

[@mickeymouse2able]

Greatest game show ever❤

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Yes, and aren't we lucky that Match Game Productions has put it together for us? These guys are the best!

[@Jlivingston66]

Patti was one of my favorite celebrity panelists. She had such a sardonic sense of humor and funny, clever answers. Of course, Charles was wonderful too.

[@lovett.da.j]

Funny, clever answers that rarely matched!

[@kevansf]

This is a good example of two first-round questions with decidedly different difficulty levels. (Slight spoiler) ........ >>>> The challenger's question was decent for a first-rounder, but didn't exactly lend itself to any specific answer, and so we got 7 different responses (contestant and celebs). (I had no idea what so say, so I said "bra" because chances are that would come up. It didn't this time.) Then Janet got the Brett Somers question, and being an avid viewer of the show at home, she obviously knew the "correct" answer. The panel was unanimous, and surprisingly, even Donald got this one right!

[@LynxSouth]

Brett has looked really nice this past week. She has a tan and a new, becoming hairstyle. Some new clothes, and maybe new make-up techniques (I can't tell because of the tan). And she seems more upbeat. Maybe flirting with Anson Williams pepped her up. Maybe there was a new man in her life. Someone else commented that she turned 50 this month, so maybe she decided to take it by the horns and wrestle it into something beneficial to her. Whatever, it adds to the positive vibe and general merriment of this stand-out week.

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Donald Ross 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Patti Deutsch 5. Richard Dawson 6. Fannie Flagg

[@MsGreen147]

omglob im so excited for her! please post next episode!

[@thomasbrett9323]

…as a bit of trivia-> psychologists report that GAME SHOWS help in treating clinically depressed patients

[@rtususian]

I'll bet I LOVE LUCY reruns would do the same! LOL

[@lakebay972]

True, and what better game to do so than Match Game.

[@his3033]

My experience.

[@taratupa73]

I think Donald's shirts and ties are very cool. Rest In Peace, Donald Ross and Patti Deutsch.

[@kevansf]

I actually liked them too. He seemed like a genuinely nice and funny guy, even though his record of matches is about the same as Anson William's and Alejandro Rey's (and several other one-off guest celebs in that first chair).

[@brettmiddleton7949]

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah: An Academy Award winning song that will never be performed again since Disney dropped "Song of the South" down the memory hole along with the performance of James Baskett as Uncle Remus, which won him an honorary Academy Award. I'm sure his heirs are proud to see his accomplishments and black oral folklore erased from history.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Fond memories from childhood

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

''I was the hero!''

[@jrestexperience]

A quick glance at Janet at times reminds me of Alice Ghostley.

[@pencils812]

Charles was the hero.

[@SuperC888]

MG ‘74 episodes 274-281 Janet Finn’s first and last appearances. Great champion.

[@teddirichardson1915]

I always loved this show, but this one has got to be the best. This lady Janet is adorable how can you not love her. Great to watch her win.

[@davidrbecken]

They sure had some cheap chairs on that set.

[@deanstrand4260]

From what I understand, a lot of stuff on that set was cheap (other than the audio / video gear).

[@pencils812]

Richard was always breaking his chair.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

I thought someone was doing a practical joke on him

[@SaucyWench7]

19:10 What in the world is that person holding up for the camera to see? It looks like a book but I can't make out the title.

[@drawken]

"The Blank of Blankity Blank Blank"? I wonder what the person holding it was doing exactly if it indeed was a book. Maybe self promotion? I highly doubt ANYONE picked this up from that couple of seconds and blurry picture this was on the air. Haha. Very curious.

[@UberLummox]

@@drawken Looked like he was plugging his own book. Shameless.

[@NMC21887]

You can make a GIF out of Janet's scream at 17:26.

[@SuperC888]

Big Money match game -No Kidding!!!

[@christolbert4628]

That is worth about 120,000 dollars in 2024.

[@Unknown-Channel280]

How much is worth for 2025 now?

[@LynxSouth]

A long time ago, I had two gerbils I named Zippity and DooDa. They were supposed to be sisters, but unfortunately they were brothers.

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

The questions were kind of unfair. The question about Brett with the answer of Jack Klugman was so obvious. The other questions had several possible answers.

[@lovett.da.j]

But the challenger got to pick first; he simply picked the wrong question!

[@pencils812]

Janet got the easiest question ever about Brett and Jack K.

[@christopherk7725]

Wasn't there another episode of Richard pretending to beat up Charles?

[@charlesc1487]

Those pop up promotions during the closing credits are so friggin annoying!!

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Was this when Brett was divorcing Jack Klugman?

[@pencils812]

Yes

[@ts.elliot5870]

Bet Jack was glad to be rid of her!

[@SuperC888]

15:08 she’s joking I hope. Otherwise, this is a sad statement. he hasn’t been nice to you up til now?

[@nestorsuan2182]

A very few times I have ever seen that a contestant chose for Charles Nelson Reilly to win instead of the “other” celebrity..🙂

[@kevansf]

Janet chose different celebrities, and I like that about her. She went with Richard a few times and CNR a few times and Betty as well, if I recall correctly. I think she actually had a better success rate with Charles, but I haven't been keeping official track. But I'm always happy to see a contestant win big after choosing CNR or Brett.

[@pencils812]

@@kevansf 👍

[@XJIcequeen]

17:25 champion ahoy

[@revinevan87]

that round 1 question was not a round 1 question

[@roseannfox7871]

I wish it would come back

[@Leesaloves]

I was hoping one of them would write the answer Jack K.

[@pencils812]

How could they not?

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Of course as soon as Charles started in with all that schtick, you knew they had a match. Imagine if he'd done that and then his card had said "DOLL" on it: He's be the king pr*ck of the universe. :D :D :D

[@aracelyguerrero360]

Good episode. Very funny and exciting 😄

[@wcwindom56]

I t hink they just should have kept Fannie and Patti permanently

[@kevansf]

One of the strengths of the show is that they cultivated a solid group of semi-regulars that rotated through. Besides the two you mentioned, I would add Betty and maybe Jo Ann P, Elaine Joyce, Nipsey Russel and Bert Convoy, but Jo Anne W. is also a solid and entertaining panelist. I've likely forgotten a few. Oh, I've grown to like Orson Bean and he's one of best to fill that tricky first chair.

[@Youngboyjosh]

17:24

[@Chsrles62]

Well….. The Jack Klugman question was pretty easy and obvious for a first-rounder, and both of King’s rounds had multiple possibilities. Just saying…

[@helenlogsdon7822]

I thought I would have liked King to stick around

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

He had a choice of which question to take A or B . Luck of the draw went in her favor. 😊

[@MrLehnerd]

Nice see just wish why heck GSN not show any of 73 all 74 and 75 and 76 surely can find if see here our is Game show Network being jerks

[@Mandymoose21]

Best episode ever

[@eleanorlorde8944]

$18,450

[@deathtrapbynapalm7861]

999

[@luish777]

5 grand not to bad for 1974 hell my parents bought there house in 72 for 15,000.

[@onion6foot]

Did Gene get his teeth fixed?!

[@ts.elliot5870]

Did you learn not to be a tool?

[@helenlogsdon7822]

I thought someone said they were false

[@7b7BenGazing]

$114,000 with inflation in 2023

[@shedjammer87]

I have a retro crush on Patti Deutsch.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Don’t

[@miistergigglesdeace8923]

Noce!!

[@KQwest98]

This lady was way over dramatic

[@kristabrewer6736]

Another game that there's no point in watching :( Please stop putting up the winner! I really like this game, but you've ruined twice now :(

[@patcrites5274]

And yet you are still commenting on the video, so that means you are watching them anyway

[@davidshepard3485]

The almost dying act is getting old.