Match Game 74 (Episode 345) ("Gene's Ugly Pants!") ("Whole World In Her Hands")

[@sarahkinsey5434]

Fannie always had the best shirts!

[@jacquelinellewellyn5010]

Can you please send me the address for me

[@יעליעקב-ת4מ]

Boy i wish i could have been in the audience to witness all this great fun up close...Roaring 70s at their very best...i was 6 back then 💜🙋‍♀️🙊😄

[@beckydutra6543]

Allen Ludden really had a lot of class, and seemed so wonderful. 😊

[@RobertBowman-j7c]

So did Betty.

[@Landrew1208]

He looked like he smelled good, too.

[@beckydutra6543]

@@RobertBowman-j7c they were a perfect match. 🥰

[@corrinewadino8771]

THANK YOU MG! For posting these wonderful videos! They are so much more fun to watch nowadays they don’t have any game shows whatsoever that are any good! And these game shows match game are excellent!

[@ronaldwalton1524]

Fannie's sweater and Gene's pants would not meet the Quackenbush Normalcy Test!

[@pencils812]

Wild pants.

[@edwardlozano8807]

like how Johnny's voice picked up a few octaves when he said "Fannie Flagg"...

[@Julie-sl8ul]

Fannie Flagg is one of my favorite people in the world ❤❤❤

[@jamesbonnen]

0:51 There is a 1973 Chevy Vega missing it's seat covers.

[@mickeymouse2able]

Elaine seems like alot of fun at parties. She laughs alot and looks dynamic and cool. After Bobby Van died she later married Neil Simon and he left her alot of money. She's a big advocate for the arts. So she only plays silly on t.v.

[@scdevon]

Her "dizzy dumb blonde" act is so sexy. Sometimes the camera catches that surprised look on her face with her tongue. So hot and all an act, too.

[@ShibaMomma143]

I love how she doesn't let Brett's diggs get to her. Clearly Brett is jealous and insecure with gorgeous Elaine in her presence.

[@BAlover7602]

@@ShibaMomma143 WRONG!.. Brett loved the other ladies on the show.. That's why she liked to tease them.

[@kellykonoske91]

Always laughed when they used the name Quackenbush. There was s store by that name in a town near us. It was s little wacky too!

[@lorraineb.4698]

The 70s were a blast

[@beckydutra6543]

Fannie's shirt is great. It sure catches you off guard at first glance. 😂

[@michaelunderwood6658]

The camaraderie among those his group was hilrious

[@jeffclement2979]

Elaine! (pant pant!)

[@brettmiddleton7949]

My first thought on the Normalcy Test question was that the only normal one was "not present", but I didn't think any of the panel would go that way. I could hardly believe it when Allen came up with that right away and Elaine did the same later.

[@Heavenzvoice]

The pants!! The pants!! The horror..😜🥺😩😖👻🤦‍♀️

[@Observer-jw8wv]

They are really horrific, even by the standards of the time. And so desperate looking on a man his age.

[@LynxSouth]

@@Observer-jw8wv Fabric that looked like an amalgamation of patches was a popular pattern of the time, but his pants are possibly the ugliest example of it I've ever seen. It wasn't used on pants much in my experience.

[@kevansf]

I liked them! I think it's great that Gene was willing to push the attire envelope and deviate from the boring, conservative game-show host wardrobe. It was something to get people talking and feeling more engaged with the program. He didn't care if some people wouldn't like it, hurray for him!

[@tonystone1016]

Gene was a glutton for punishment. You knew the panelist were going to kill him when he walked out! Not everyone could/would wear those pants. Yowser!

[@helenlogsdon7822]

⁠not too unusual in the 70’s

[@janeporter818]

Wow! Look at Gene's pants!!

[@kwdrm1]

More like pajamas.

[@gerryu21220]

They look like pants that would belong to a hobo.

[@ssaks2008]

gerryu21220 lol

[@janeporter818]

gerryu21220 lol

[@Observer-jw8wv]

It really was the style in 1974... very "cool." A little bit of a young look for Gene, though.

[@meyerj75]

Gene also wore that same jacket several years later on Match Game (Syndicated) during its second season (1980-1981).

[@kevansf]

End of the week H/H stats update: Here's the updated leader board showing the 9 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: Orson - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Betty - 52.2% (12 wins in 23 attempts). Charles - 45.7% (16 wins in 35 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Fannie - 41.7% (5 wins in 12 attempts). Bert - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). Richard - 31.6% (50 wins in 158 attempts). Brett - 30.8% (8 wins in 26 attempts). Here are the 5 celebs with 2 matches (in alphabetical order): Charlie Brill 2 out of 3 tries (66.7%) Bill Daily 2 out of 2 tries (100%) Ann Elder 2 out of 3 tries (66.7%) Stu Gilliam 2 out of 5 tries (40%) Jack Klugman 2 out of 5 tries (40%) *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 345, excluding the lost/missing episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325. (As per MatchGameProductions, these episodes "are nowhere to be found and also aren't in the Goodson/Todman Library. Sadly, looks like they are lost forever!")

[@gman9035]

Bring back the 70s. Real people having fun. No political correctness B.S.

[@martincaidin4166]

Gene would frequently speak in a swishy gay voice. He'd never get away with that today.

[@ShibaMomma143]

In a perfect world!

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Yup. Just good old-fashioned discrimination against non-Anglo Saxons, rape, robberies, job harassment by right wing nuts, all that fun and good times!!

[@Landrew1208]

20:04 😂😮

[@donaldleroy6502]

Gene was a lucky guy he got to hold Elaine in his arms for a few moments

[@harpoon_bakery162]

fannie wrote a famous movie after this

[@ssaks2008]

Harpoon_Bakery Fannie wrote Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop in 1987

[@travis7310]

The sign lit up twice before being lifted and started to light up again while it was going up.

[@danodude43]

@ 7:35 WOW

[@jeffclement2979]

Elaine's so...cute

[@tammyodonnell5306]

She is a cutie.. I agree.

[@scdevon]

@@tammyodonnell5306 She's young here, too. Around 29. Perfect!!

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Amazing looks

[@cjack21276]

Nice pants...who shot the sofa? Did you get the matching curtains?

[@Ladywolf-du9lw]

cjack21276 who shot the sofa ..... 😂

[@dianefarley37]

😂😂😂😂

[@kathycobb4451]

@@Ladywolf-du9lw Eric Clapton?

[@Eddie42023]

13:30 Was Elaine married to Bobby Van at this time?

[@kathycobb4451]

Yes, until his death in 1980.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

She became more sad looking

[@gregedgerton3390]

I've been watching a # of these, from 73 through 78 or so. Has anyone else noticed the enmity between Brett and Elaine; time after time after time, Brett is gashing that kid. "OH come-on it's just show". I don't think so. Brett always attacks 🦁, and Elaine just pretty much ignores 🐈 her. It embarrasses me.

[@deanstrand4260]

Brett was always jealous of other females on the panel. That's why she was always attacks. Elaine is doing the right thing by ignoring it.

[@71avalon36]

Brett...a female only on the loosest of terms.

[@kevansf]

Richard was much meaner to Allen today than Brett was to Elaine.

[@Boothead6734]

Imo brett is a nasty piece of work and disguises it with her so called humor

[@ShibaMomma143]

Brett took her insecurities out on the other female panelists, elevated, no doubt, by how many vodka tonics she downed at said time - sad but true. Her father was also an alcoholic. It's no excuse for insulting people on national television!

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I've been watching all the reuploaded Match Games in order from late 73, just missing a few that weren't reuploaded, so I have to ask: is this the first official appearance of Old Man Periwinkle?

[@LynxSouth]

No. I don't recall which other shows he was on, but I'd say this is at least his third appearance.

[@bobhoward6676]

Check out Gene's GROOVey pants

[@LynxSouth]

Only old hippies said 'groovy' in 1974. We'd have said 'cool', except the pants weren't.

[@sdlively27]

Can't find any Password All Stars with Gene in it.. yet.. ;0)

[@meyerj75]

Password All Stars is considered lost media now. The only game show ABC ever kept was Family Feud.

[@MrXminus1]

I think they look snazzy.

[@loissimmons109]

Gene introduces next week's panelists instead of Johnny Olsen providing the names as a brief clip of them plays. To my knowledge, this is the first time they used this format.

[@meyerj75]

Maybe Johnny went to the lavatory.

[@Rasputin443556]

They must be about to have a hiatus in filming. Usually those episodes are already filmed and they can just use the footage.

[@brachio1000]

Many of the questions have been poor for two or three episodes, and the panelists have been off.

[@brettmiddleton7949]

Agreed. Either they are fundamentally unanswerable questions that mostly get unmatchable responses or they are questions that will sweep up five or six matches unless the contestant is so lost they come up with a "tuxedo" answer.

[@1mNmbr01]

Yay, Judy, reppin' Upland, Ca :)

[@shoeshooey5464]

I wonder how the show would have done without Richard. I love this show...

[@patcrites5274]

When Richard left midway through the 1978.shows, I thought the show was lot better without him

[@lorraineb.4698]

Is this a Friday episode?

[@KQwest98]

He looks like the Scarecrow

[@TED9K]

The sign is on first, then it turns off early, then lights up for a second, then it goes up and starts to light up again, as the word, "Match" fully lights up, then the sign turns off for the last time in this episode and continues to go up.

[@pencils812]

Wow Gene's pants...

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Allen Ludden 2. Brett Somers 3. Gary Burghoff 4. Elayne Joyce 5. Richard Dawson 6. Fannie Flagg

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

Hahn-Pollard, round 1, question A: "The Quackenbush Normalcy Test isn't perfect, you know; it listed CHARLES NELSON REILLY as normal, just because he wasn't here." (Bzzt!) Question B: "Sure, who knows where that CANE has been?" (Ding!) Round 2, question A: "He was a *very* young fellow; his BED wasn't much bigger than a toboggan, so…" (Bzzt!) Question B: (lay out) Super Match, part 1: EASTER Part 2: SORE

[@mosseisleyYT]

Ooh, a production gaffe! We didn't see Gary Burghoff at all in the rotating sign.

[@sdlively27]

I think Gary wasn't in his seat at the time the camera got to him actually.. ;0)

[@LeviJane]

Today's episode features Fannie's best sweater and Gene's worst pants!

[@milart12]

Elaine is wearing too much clothing

[@meyerj75]

Well, what's wrong with wearing turtleneck sweaters?

[@jebronlames7789]

Im.just a nobody but can you help me please. What has Bret ever acomplishished??

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Not my favorite comb suits but I think it.. ;0) Hey he isn't afraid to wear something off the wall, I like that. ;0) BTW, it is an after dinner taping.. ;0)

[@Heavenzvoice]

Richard king of the subtle comebacks... he burned Allen while making the guy from Trinidad feel like a real citizen after Gene stupidly insulted him. Richard is the most normal and smartest.

[@dianefarley37]

I missed something, too...

[@dmnemaine]

Uncle Purvis catches mosquitos and breeds them.

[@sdlively27]

Kind of a slow week again but once again Richard won the week giving away 9,000 dollars in head to head match and audience match matches with 15 matches for the regulars.. Allen gave away 500 dollars in an audience match match. Fannie won for the semi regulars with 9 matches and gave away 250 dollars in audience match match..

[@timothyball4906]

I would like to know what they did with all that paper answers? Recycle probably not, garbage to a Califorina land fill.

[@michellericker8608]

I don't remember recycling back then, but my mom washed cloth diapers, not fill the land fills with disposables.

[@timothyball4906]

@@michellericker8608 same with us. Three brothers and three sisters. Cloth was healthy and the waste was easy to get rid of. Both grandmother and mother did double duty. Sure wish I had memories of that time, but I don't. SAD!

[@lauriel5543]

They did recycle back then. Mostly commercial. My uncle would bring paper home from his company and we would sort it by colors.

[@LynxSouth]

Cub/Boy Scouts would have paper drives, collect everyone's newspapers. They'd get a little money for it turning it in at a recycling plant, so everyone benefitted.

[@yb3263]

Paper has been recycled for ages.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

This is what REALLY FROSTS me about Brett Somers. The answer was OBVIOUSLY "Head" but she had to be "cute" and write, "Bed". Without regard to the fact that potentially thousands of dollars are at stake for these contestants, she trivializes this fact in favor of her idiocy. She isn't as funny as she is sincerely mean spirited. She was a terrible person.

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

That is rude and uncalled for to say that Brett was a terrible person. Brett is one of the nicest people, hilarious and the show wouldn't be the same without her. You just don't understand Brett's sense of humour. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. Brett is lovely and I adore her.

[@scdevon]

These contestants were real working people trying to win some cash and these ding-a-ling answers were not entertaining at all. They should have been spoken to more often about making an honest attempt to match the contestants.

[@lindapedersen-hylka7170]

I have to disagree. The first thought I had was Bed. I thought it was a good one cause you could slide down a hill like a sled. I do agree, however, that sometimes the answers were crazy. But you have to remember the celebrities were being paid to "entertain". If they had a goofy personality they were supposed to bring that to the show. If they thought of something funny, to get a laugh, that's what they were being paid for. I think for the most part, when it came down to it, they matched pretty good. This is a "game show". This was not a serious show, it was meant to be funny.

[@scdevon]

@@lindapedersen-hylka7170 Right, but this was life-changing money to a young person in the 1970s if they won big and some of these ding-bat panelist answers weren't funny at all if they blew it for the contestants no matter what the producers thought of it.

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying! ;0) ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Allen! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Fannie! ;0) Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) Doesn't make me a bad person.. ;0) She got the whole world in her hands.. ;0) Richard.. Not here today.. Betty.. Brett.. Allen.. That has to be one in every crowd.. ;0) cane.. pipe.. tongue.. dentures.. ;0) Head.. Allen has had 7 matches this week.. ;0) Eats.. frames..

[@yournamehere6002]

Lord, Elaine Joyce was cute as fuck

[@kristabrewer6736]

STOP SWEARING!!!!!!!! It's pretty HARD to be cute with that word!!

[@yournamehere6002]

@@kristabrewer6736 Joyce was cute as kittens

[@meyerj75]

why not say, "Elaine Joyce was cute as blank."

[@yournamehere6002]

@@meyerj75 Fuck, Elaine Joyce was cute as blank

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

--​@@kristabrewer6736-- I can't believe it, but for once I agree with you.

[@ottojones3162]

Gary thought he was always so clever. They should've muted his mike.

[@beatlequeen06]

Good lord, Gene's pants are horrid! They remind me of that one suit he wore in 73 that the panel tried to not laugh at (the station break in Poland suit).

[@sdlively27]

I like that suits as well.. ;0) Not afraid to wear something that might get him laugh at.

[@timothyball4906]

Horrid! With the $$$$$$ Gene gets so what. He can wear all the bizarre clothes he did. If I had that much $$$$$$$ I would buy any clothes that I want. Good thing Gene is dead and can't read these comments.

[@sdlively27]

Episode 80, I love that suit.. ;0)

[@timothyball4906]

@@sdlively27 Well what ever Gene got paid it had to be plenty. He didn't die a poor man. There just might be some site that can tell what his pay was!

[@sdlively27]

@@timothyball4906 The scale was different back then, the stars on tv and radio didn't get paid like they would back then.. Gene was comfortable but not rich.. But he did like to travel alot and had many house in different states.. ;0) Go to plays, go to New York, ski.. ;0)

[@Holly1960-]

They all were copping feels off Elaine !

[@RatPackBat]

PRESIDENT MACARTHUR!

[@kristabrewer6736]

"__________ loser." The answer should have been Richard since it's all he does BUT, they're stupid enough to keep picking him, so what are ya gonna do

[@storylass9071]

Gary thinks he's so cute, he's not

[@scdevon]

It's amazing that he ever found work at all.

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

Gary was such an asshole. Thought he was better than anyone on Mash when he quit. Then the dumb ass never got any other work. Never shuts his diahrea of a mouth.

[@kristabrewer6736]

STOP HATING ON HIM!!!!!! It's quite seriously VERY annoying to see all of you hating on him on every episode!

[@brendagz5417]

100% agree

[@meyerj75]

He's no Phil Collins.

[@tracybrooks5971]

Oh my god those are some seriously ugly pants!!!! What was he thinking?

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

I wouldn't say Richard was the most normal, but I would say he's the most perverted. He's not picked all the time because he has the most ESP. He's easier to match because all of his answers have sexual overtones. Plus the women find him more kissable than most of the male guests. Just like when Brett acts shitty towards attractive women, Richard feels threatened by attractive men.

[@sddwtbnofather]

Pat: ctcsl.org/

[@scottganthner5708]

Gary sucks. I'm glad mash replaced him with Klinger

[@patcrites5274]

You mean. Gary was a very good ayer on here

[@ChaChiVooDoo]

Dawson nailed it! Ludden was as dull, boring, and square as they came! He missed the target more than he hit it. His answers proved that time and again. Pretty sad a game show host sucks when hes a panelist

[@timothyball4906]

I would like to know what they did with all that paper answers? Recycle probably not, garbage to a Califorina land fill.

[@thomaswashburn3513]

Start digging… You may find them and make millions lol