Match Game 74 (Episode 315) (Gary's "September Bride?")

[@MatchGameProductions]

A reminder that GSN has always skipped episodes 311-313. They are no where to be found and also aren't in the Goodson/Todman Library. Sadly, looks like they are lost forever!

[@shoeshooey5464]

MatchGameProductions 😢😢

[@sdlively27]

Sorry, for my email, thought you said you thought you find them but I guess not. Anyway thanks for posting these as I have found myself falling in love with these shows.. ;0)

[@aaroncummings970]

I will pray for them to be found

[@AndrewP657]

I saw on a forum they are damaged and can't be aired. 324 and 325 are the same deal.

[@mickeymouse2able]

We love you and this show anyway. This is a great break from all the craziness in this modern world.

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

15:20 - Gene: "Your Capricorn" Brett: "I'm Cancer" Gene: "I bet"

[@davidjones9661]

I'm surprised more people haven't commented about Brett's makeup job, first visible at 16:43... Now, did she apply the marker herself, or did Charles have "a hand in it"? Inquiring MG fans want to know!! PS I intially thought it was Brett, figuring she had a few too many "sips of vodka", and got sloppy with her marker. But after Charles' comments, maybe it was him... We could do an informal poll. Hit the "Like"-thumbs up, for this comment if you think it was Brett. Hit the "thumbs down" if you think it was Charles. Cool idea Dave!!

[@davidjones9661]

And after that "Willie Whomper" response, is there any doubt that she's half in the bag?

[@davidjones9661]

Actually, what's wrong with me, if it was Charles' handiwork, she'd of been squawking like a chicken about it... So she must of drew on her own face, Charles just adroitly picked up on it.

[@maryroberts5930]

I like the show mash because Gary was one of my favorites on there

[@deanstrand4260]

Brett: It's very easy to get your face caught in a waffle iron. You just open it up, lay your head in it and shut it. Gene: Is that what happened to you?

[@mickeymouse2able]

That was funny. Brett looks great in her natural hair.

[@jessechristian8665]

Yea, I loved that little dig.

[@pencils812]

Lol.

[@northerngirl1637]

No idea who Ann Elder is until I googled her, but she's smart and beautiful.

[@HaleTheTrev]

I love Brett and Charles. Catnip 😂

[@pencils812]

Funny.

[@bradfilippone7064]

The end of the week's shows and whatever container that the card drop into when they put them in the slots must have been full. At 12:12 Richard has to nudge his card to fall, and at 14:54 as Patti is about to dispose of her "fish" card you can see her "Kemosabi" card is still stuck in the slot.

[@Wellch]

I read that they have a person beneath the stands to catch the cards.

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Gary Burghoff 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Ann Elder 5. Richard Dawson 6. Patti Deutsch

[@lindaszatkowski321]

Good episode

[@nickko2500]

Hey love the intro I'm actually from El Paso

[@mlchc9004]

I miss Betty White . Love those episodes with her on it.

[@kevansf]

She matched Brett for $5000, and then she matched Gary for $5000, and then the chose Richard and struck out. A lot of commenters tend to say that some celebs (Richard) are better at matching than others, but I think the trick is for contestants to notice which celebs tend to generally think the same way they do. Even when it's your opponent's question, you think of your answer and notice which celebs match you. That gives you some idea whom to choose for the head-to-head match.

[@kristabrewer6736]

saint Richard strikes out A LOT (and I DO mean A LOT), but I never feel bad for the contestant because EVERYONE should know by NOW how awful Richard is at this game. I ESPECIALLY don't feel bad for the contestant who picks him for the second time after losing for them the fist time. I even saw an episode where saint Richard lost for them TWICE, and they picked him yet again the THIRD time! (it's really hard to feel bad for someone like that)

[@beckydutra6543]

But her answer wasn't good this time. Or very usual.

[@davidjones9661]

I agree with Becky, above... I thought Dawson's answer was a good one, Linda went with one that was less well known. Even she expressed uncertainty with her choice. To pin this all on Richard is abit harsh.

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736The game is for the celeb to write their answer then the contestant to match them. Not the other way around.

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

This was Charles Nelson Reilly's last episode on Match Game 74. People like Nipsey Russell, Richard Deacon, and for a few months of 75 with Gary Burghoff. Charles would return in grand fashion in May 1975.

[@MatchGameProductions]

Charles was on Episodes 321-325 and 326-330 before his long hiatus!

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

MatchGameProductions my apologies, it has been a while since I have seen Match Game 74.

[@bobhoward6676]

He left to do a broadway show

[@mickeymouse2able]

@@AnthonySmith-ty7ij over 30 years?

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

@@mickeymouse2able what I mean is not over 30 years but when many Match Game 74 episodes ran on the original Game Show Network.

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Holy 5hit!! Gary matching Bride!

[@mickeymouse2able]

Love this show. So unpredictable

[@pencils812]

Yay.

[@feudfan55]

I like that jacket Richard is wearing here.

[@pencils812]

He had a good sense of style.

[@kevansf]

Gary Burghoff becomes the 27th MG celebrity to score a head-to-head match. This was his first attempt. The other 26 celebs are the three regulars of course, plus, in alphabetical order: Don Adams, Morey Amsterdam, Orson Bean, Jack Carter, Bert Convy, Bill Daily, Ann Elder, Fannie Flagg, Stu Gilliam, Carolyn Jones, Jack Klugman, Michael Landon, June Lockhart, Allen Ludden, Jo Ann Pflug, Madlyn Rhue, Kaye Stevens, Trish Stewart, Loretta Switt, Richard Thomas, Bobby Van, Betty White, and Jo Anne Worley. *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 315, excluding the lost/missing episodes: 31, 32, 33, & 311, 312, 313.

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying.. ;0) ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Patti! ;0) Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene.. ;0) camera in shot.. We all do.. ;0) face.. tie.. hand.. toupee.. Nice catch Charles! ;0) Gary channeling Richard.. ;0) Gene's shirt and Linda's dress match.. ;0) I love that sweater.. ;0) blanket.. Good response to Gene's answer.. horse?? feathers.. Kemosabi! ;0) You crazy.. I never said I wasn't but help me.. fish.. I bet! ;0) trees/lumber.. hair.. mustard. Nails..WONKA!! guys.. ;0)

[@cheyennew639]

I seriously love the Gary Burghoff episodes. He has to be my favourite guest celebrity on match game

[@MatchGameProductions]

Cheyenne W this is Gary Burghoff’s first week of shows!

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Cheyenne W -- same here. He had a reputation of being an asshole but at Least on Match Game I was a fan of his. Thought he was rather hilarious

[@cheyennew639]

Baltimore Z-Wad he is my favourite character on MASH. Even despite the reputation he had.

[@garfield2439]

🙄🙄🙄🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@pencils812]

@@MatchGameProductions I swear I saw him on earlier in the season or maybe in 73?

[@mickeymouse2able]

Brett and Charles are like sister and gay brother. So cool before it was cool.

[@joshuatrujillo1410]

My initial reaction to 'Willie ____' was Nelson, but I guess Willie Nelson wouldn't become a household name until the following year when he released 'Red Headed Stranger'.

[@richardwhite5633]

One thing about Brett. She needs to leave her wig out n the dressing room and then she will be able to think quicker

[@ts.elliot5870]

I think it's the alcohol slowing her down but maybe her wig is too tight lol

[@juniorducharme1691]

Funny lots of laughs

[@BaronessVonHizen]

This was a cute episode lol

[@dmnemaine]

Ginger looked kind of like Sandy Duncan.

[@pencils812]

I just watched an episode of Love Boat with Sandy Duncan as a guest star.

[@sdlively27]

Well kind of a slow week,, yea I know there was only two episodes this week, but we have a tie between Brett and Gary who both gave away 5,500 dollars in head to head and audience match matches. Gary won the week with 6 matches for the semi regulars.. Richard gave away 500 dollars in an audience match match with 7 matches for the regulars..

[@jameshess9757]

Day Tripper???

[@nialabalgobin6016]

A one way ticket yeah. It took me so long to find out And i found out.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Day dream believer.

[@jamesage24]

​@@ts.elliot5870That's a great song!

[@lovett.da.j]

If you need to match Patti to stay in the game the odds of you getting to the tiebreaker are worse than finding a snowball in a volcano!

[@jaydenlee5477]

Waffle iron LMAO!!!!!

[@jimmeasel1712]

7:15...sorry Richard Dawson fans. He didn't crack up for five minutes when Gene said September...

[@morbwilbury1685]

This is good and all, but where are episodes 311-313?

[@MatchGameProductions]

That TV Dude GSN always skips those episodes. Sorry but they are no where to be found!

[@morbwilbury1685]

MatchGameProductions ok. Thank you very much.

[@mickeymouse2able]

The museum of television and radio in New York city might know

[@bobhoward6676]

WTF.....the only answer............ WILLIE NELSON

[@cinemaholic730]

My answer to, I thought was he not famous until later?

[@bruceharbin9281]

Correct,this was 1974 and Nelson wouldn't be a household name until a few years later,like Dolly Parton.

[@LynxSouth]

@@bruceharbin9281 As I recall, Parton was well known long before Nelson. Anyone who had listened to country music had known her since the later 60s. She'd had the genre-crossing hit "Jolene" already in early 1974, and it was played a LOT on Top 40 stations.

[@kevansf]

September ________ (semi-spoiler) .... I think that was a really hard head-to-head match. I couldn't think of a single good answer and settled for September moon (although I'm not sure if that's really a thing or not). Even the contestant said she couldn't think of anything before tepidly offering her answer, which matched what Gary had written! Usually there are at least two or three good choices for a head-to-head match, so what am I missing here? After the kiss-fest, Gene tossed out "September Morn" but the Neil Diamond song wasn't released until 1979. September Morn is also the name of a Paul Émile Chabas painting from 1911 and the name of a 1914 movie based on that painting, so it's a stretch to think that either of those would be top of mind to a game show audience in 1974. Now that I think about it, my September Moon is probably a half-remembered version of the Niel Diamond song. I think I heard CNR suggest September Song... Anyway, what would you have said?

[@davidjones9661]

@kevansf Funny, I just watched this episode on Buzzr this past afternoon. I thought of something for that September BLANK question, but 11 hours later, I can't even remember what match choice I thought of. Old age, haha. But to reflect on what you said, it was a tough one to match. I believe the show's producers intentionally threw in a few really vague/hard match questions, to limit the amount of money they had to give away. More so, they also liked creating matches that had so many good answers, like you alluded to, again so they could limit the payouts, yet kept the game interesting. Oh yeah, nice accounting work on the number of celebs who matched for the big money(a different post of yours-for those of you wondering...). As a former accountant, I appreciate the effort.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

December Bride

[@helenlogsdon7822]

With Spring Byington

[@edwardlozano8807]

Willie Whomper? Really, Brett?

[@pencils812]

And the Gene says "Willie Wonker". He didn't know Wonka either!

[@kevansf]

Well, it was still better than Gary's answer, lol.

[@pencils812]

@@kevansf have you seen the episode that Betty is talking about at 2:50 in this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHa9nHakibB6jZY

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

Brett was an idiot anyway.

[@tonystone1016]

Willie Whomper wth?

[@lcfflc3887]

isn't she gorgeous, cute Linda Epstein.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Fist she matched Brett and then she matched Gary. And then as always, saint Richard lost her the money. saint Richard strikes out A LOT on the supematches (and I do mean A LOT), but I never feel bad for the contestant because they should know all by NOW how awful Richard is at this game. I ESPECIALLY don't feel bad for the contestant who picks him for the second time after losing for them the fist time. I even saw an episode where saint Richard lost for them TWICE, and they picked him yet again the THIRD time! (it's really hard to feel bad for someone like that)

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

You need to give it up. Your soooooo rude