Match Game 75 (Episode 416) (Johnny Olson Fills In)

[@daviddriver2692]

So GREAT to have Johnnie Olson in panel!!!

[@MatchGameProductions]

It was Gary Burghoff. Charles was out doing a play while Gary filled in for him for quite awhile on Match Game 75. Charles didn't come back for another 2 months!

[@WTF-TV2415]

All these years I've been watching reruns of this show and seeing and hearing Marcia Wallace, and it never dawned on me until within the past year that she voiced Bart Simpson's teacher.

[@tiffanymorgan6562]

Johnny Olson did an excellent job on the panel

[@scottyofeden]

This show was complete madness. This game was very little about the contestants, and almost all about the fun they had.

[@johnalang]

"I tend to doze off during some of your impersonations" ~ Marcia LOL!

[@anonemuse9482]

Gene Rayburn lived on the East Coast and would fly every two weeks to California for the tapings. They taped 6 shows on Saturday and 6 on Sunday (5 daytime shows and one Match Game PM).

[@robertbrauer6718]

Leslie: "Johnny, can you fill in on the panel?" Johnny: "Surely you can't be serious!" Leslie: "I am serious... and don't call me Shirley."

[@robertszvetics210]

hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@shawnsmothers4876]

Interesting dialogue from one of the funniest movies ever, but unfortunately this episode predates it by five years.

[@tiffanymorgan6562]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 LMFAO

[@brettmiddleton7949]

@@shawnsmothers4876 Yep, Leslie 75 was still known for dramatic roles, often playing villains. He hadn't yet become a breakout comedian and top-tier star.

[@BillMalchisky]

Leslie played an attorney in Columbo around this time. A caring man of integrity.

[@JohnCharlesMagic]

I'm really surprised Johnny was never an actual panelist. I think he would've been terrific as a semi-regular on the panel!

[@Kurt77777]

Charles Nelson Riley was gay.

[@jamesraines1930]

@@Kurt77777 your gay as a three dollar bill son

[@donaldleroy6502]

You're absolutely right, have you seen the episode of what's my line with him as the mystery contestant? Extremely funny and smart

[@Kurt77777]

@@jamesraines1930 1. It's "you're", not "your". 2. That's not the saying, you got it wrong (Hint: rhymes with deer, begins with "qu"). 3. I am not your son. Even if you have children, you're still probably gay.

[@robertmoose4975]

@@Kurt77777 Kurt was my 1st gay lover

[@jamieakagibby]

It’s sad that no one on this panel is here with us anymore…🥺

[@khmam]

Expect Joyce Bulifant, Fannie Flagg, and Gary Burghoff.

[@kenhenderson7999]

MG taped 5 (or 6) shows Saturdays and Sundays, every other weekend to accommodate Gene Rayburn (who lived in Massachusetts at the time), and also because the same studio was being used for Price Is Right tapings on weekdays.

[@jamesbonnen]

Also the Carol Burnett Show would tape on Fridays in the studio

[@krkf8]

"Well I'm going to lock my dressing room for now on." 😂 Love Gene

[@bigdlovesoldies]

Johnny Olson and Don Pardo, two greatest game show announcers.

[@jamesqualls8125]

Exactly right and Don Pardo was an announcer for Saturday Night Live 🌙

[@fjccommish]

They were awful.

[@mrbob8618]

​@@fjccommisheat turds

[@mrbob8618]

Shadoe Stevens

[@paperbackonly8438]

Johnny seems just … a great human being. No other adjectives needed..

[@gladfan1989]

Sure wish Johnny was on the panel more. He really knew how to play the game.

[@connfyoozed]

And he had a fabulous sense of humor, too.

[@georgemaster689]

@@connfyoozed Who doesn't love Johnny Olson? I sure do!

[@tiffanymorgan6562]

@@georgemaster689 anyone who doesn't love Johnny Olson, I can't be friends with them

[@georgemaster689]

@@tiffanymorgan6562 You hit the nail right on the head!! Johnny Olson was a terrific fill-in.If you watch Tattletales from a week in 1974,he was a substitute announcer.Full-time from 1982-84.I guess at the time,Mark Goodson and Bill Todman wanted him to concentrate on The Price Is Right, since it was still finding its footing.

[@daviddriver2692]

I don't believe ANYone "liked" Johnny Olsen....he was,is and shall EVER be " Loved "... the man had a certain quality, personality...something that has never really been equaled

[@reedberry]

Johnny's last name was spelled OLSON. He was the best. Loved his job, loved people, no ego, always very positive and supportive of the shows he announced. He was in front of me in line at a bank in Beverly Hills one day. We were both making deposits, but I'm sure his deposit was larger than mine. I was in my early 20s managing a fast food restaurant and Johnny was announcing four or five different TV shows at the time. I still have a personally autographed pic that Johnny gave me once.

[@DJ_G-Rod]

Not one of the funnies Match Games, but it was nice to see Johnny Olson up there. I got to see a face with that familiar voice!

[@WTF-TV2415]

Yeah, he showed up on camera from time to time. More so on The Price is Right.

[@author]

I remember this show from my teenage yrs. It was funny then, funny now. Even though it was a game show, I found it to be more of an entertainment show.

[@daveb9342]

Best Dracula voice ever. Best gameshow ever.

[@crystalheart9]

I love Leslie! One of my all time favorite actors. The funny things that happen on this show makes it an original. Best game show ever!!!

[@peterdurkin1499]

Your hearing the best announcer of...all time just superb

[@Choc1Joe]

No one had heard of Smokey Robinson????? This was 1975; he was still having hits. Wow

[@gluecement]

Only Richard was hip to Smokey.

[@8230PinChaser]

Ten years prior to this episode, Johnny Olson appeared as a "guest" on What's My Line, which he also hosted. He was quite the talent. What's My Line? Johnny Olson (1965)

[@dagdogg]

That was actually the late John Charles Daly hosting "What's My Line?" in that clip.

[@wschmrdr]

He appeared during the syndicated WML as well, but wasn't as successful in stumping.

[@donaldleroy6502]

Yes, I just watched that one for the second time, he was such a hoot

[@fjccommish]

Yes. 0 talent.

[@robertszvetics210]

this show was done about i think 5 years before airplane so nielson was still a serious actor

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

+robert szvetics At least he did some comedy before. He was splendid in the MASH episode "The Ringbanger" two years prior to this episode.

[@sk8terboi10003]

Beth Di Bartolomeo “I know this is my tent because that is my milk”

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Such an innocent (on the surface) game show. But listen carefully and quite a few risque things get batted around for the time. Flew right over my head as a kid, but hilarious to catch them as an adult.

[@travisn2875]

Gene Rayburn a bit heavier and longer hair. Wonderful awesome host! So many good childhood memories from watching this show.

[@darshanr2369]

Millions of Smokey Robinson fans still wonder today: “Who the he** is Brett Sommers?!”

[@lepone2317]

I would've gone with Jackie Robinson for the audience poll.

[@Kurt77777]

@@lepone2317 Me too.

[@kleeamd8274]

@op people take offense to the stupidest things nowadays. I'd be proud to not know any so called "musicians" today

[@BigSCTVfan]

I think part of what made The Match Game a popular show was that it was easy to play.

[@Ryan98063]

This was a great episode. Effortlessly made great television

[@whommee]

I can't believe I missed this with Johnny Olson on the panel.. Evidently I am getting________________________!!!!!

[@lynbaker3973]

Leslie William Nielsen, (11 February 1926 - 28 November 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian.

[@runner4life1984]

R.I.P. Leslie "I am serious and don't call me Shirley" Nielson and Marcia "Miss Crabapple" Wallace 👍❤️.

[@jamesbonnen]

+runner4life1984 Isn't that Crabobpple

[@CuteTransGiirl]

+runner4life1984 (Marcia Wallace)

[@CuteTransGiirl]

+James Bonnen (Dead Water) or infected ship

[@TheFrankenstein1972]

runner4life1984 Also RIP to Patti Deutsch 1944-2017.

[@yondrisferguson3215]

+Carl Franks, 1943-2017

[@staciebonner4919]

Finally ! They put closed captioning on this episode. Clearly, Gene and Brett were not music fans even in the '70's, I knew who he was as if I was like 9 in '75. Sure wish Johnny Olson could have stayed being on instead of Gary Burghoff. He was a fine actor on M*A*S*H but you wouldn't want to have him as a neighbor!

[@Jhihmoac]

Announcer Johnny Olson did this often on the show after this, I heard...And of course, you'd see him often in "The Price is Right"...

[@Musicradio77Network]

This was the only episode where Johnny Olson was sitting in for Charles Nelson Reilly. He has been an announcer on so many game shows including "The Price Is Right", "Tattletales", "What's My Line?", and many others. This show was done at the then Television City, which was later became the Bob Barker Studio.

[@DarkLight753]

Not only was he announcer on What's My Line but he was also a Mystery Guest on at least one occasion. And he was funny as hell...and beat the panel!

[@blind_t2]

DarkLight753 you learn something new everyday! never thought i'd see johnny as a pannelist! Had he lived around the late 80's early 90's, he would have been a great imaging voiceover next to the great Charlie Van Dyke, only reason i say that was because he's done announcing for a show for WBT-AM 1110 in the Charlotte, NC market.

[@vinylrecord68]

Olsen was filling in for Gary Burghoff ("M*A*S*H"), who was filling in for Charles Nelson Reilly at the time.

[@SigHawk04]

@@blind_t2 Johnny Olson was 75 when he died. Charlie Van Dyke turns 77 tomorrow and you can definitely hear it in his voice. Channel 6 in Philadelphia has replaced him with a new announcer.

[@peterharris302]

In 1975, Daylight Time started on February 23 (due to aftereffects from the previous year's energy crisis). MG taped Saturday and Sunday, so the clock turned after Gary went to bed Saturday night -- WHOOPS!

[@michaelpowell8908]

Error on Radar's part!!!

[@antster1983]

Never thought I'd see Leslie Nielsen on a panel show before he turned to comedy in Airplane! He said he had always been cast in dramatic roles before Airplane! and he had always wanted to do comedy since becoming an actor. It was also reported he was an avid prankster off-camera :o)

[@sk8terboi10003]

Anthony Hobson all I can remembered is he did mash for comedy and he’s been on all the old westerns at least once

[@A1NA2NA1234]

RIP Marsha Wallace. You'll be missed.

[@reedberry]

Her first name was spelled MARCIA.

[@paulpendell1642]

I agree Johnny Olson should be a panelist on match game

[@gokaury]

Ah the legendary Johnny Olsen and Leslie Neilson. Great episode.

[@davidmeyers6884]

Johnny was a busy man in those days.

[@belindabarton4648]

Wow, and they didn't know who Smokey Robinson was? Very telling. He had definitely been around for years by this show.

[@hdofu]

Announcing Legend, the first announcer of the new price is right a show blessed with the perfect host and announcer and somehow when said announcer was tragically lost Rod Roddy stepped up and filled the shoes... and sadly years later also would die, Bob Barker outlived 2 of the greatest game show announcers on his own show.

[@fhb3]

He outlived three. Gene Wood is gone too.

[@belindabarton4648]

I do what I think is a great Johnny Olson impression!!

[@STNeish]

They sure do seem to have fun on this show.

[@Foolishpleazure]

Brett's answer @ 15:37 was priceless!!!!.....lol

[@brettmiddleton7949]

Probably about the only opportunity a question ever gave a panelist to "innocently" refer to giving someone the finger. This was right up there with her observations on marriage some episodes back, with a husband who was almost done while the wife was just getting started. She doesn't hit often, but when she does she sends it right out of the park and into the next county.

[@BrandonSugiura]

Gene does a great Dracula impression!

[@travis7310]

I've been waiting to see this whole episode. Thank you for uploading! :)

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

I love when told the contestant to get off the Stage. That was a sharp suit he was wearing for 1975.

[@cherrycakejulie]

there was nobody like gene rayburn, love you gean

[@spookmore3751]

Tinkling? I wonder what the answers on this show would be today? Bwahahaha... I loved this show when I was younger.

[@aspersive]

Just because they don't know anything about Motown doesn't mean they were "white bread". The Match Game crew were among the hippest folks of their generation, being show business veterans of the old school. And you can be sure they'd have known who Bessie Smith or Billie Holiday were if they had come up in a question.

[@kelime]

I agree with torchkit. This has more to do with age than anything else. Gene, Brett, Olson, and Leslie Nielsen would've been teenagers in the 30's and 40's. Richard was a little younger. I'm fairly certain that Bing Crosby and big band music would've been their music to grow up with. I'm not surprised that Gene or Brett were unfamiliar with a top Motown artist.

[@southparknscape8582]

wow, watching in order... Charles performed on Broadway what feels like forever haha

[@rmhartman]

Danger, Will Robinson!

[@heatherapastore7352]

Classic Episode!!

[@glennmarshall4693]

These people never heard of Smokey Robinson? One of the greats of music? Jackie Robinson was my first choice too

[@connfyoozed]

Motown and R & B wasn't quite as much of a "crossover" to older audiences as it is now, but I agree that it is odd that so many of them never had heard of him. Personally, I would have said Jackie, Mrs., and Sugar Ray before Smokey. This was actually a tough one for the contestant, to be honest.

[@glennmarshall4693]

but in 1975, people would have known of him then

[@slade307]

I heard of Smokey, but I had forgotten about him before the answers were revealed. Swiss Family would have been my choice. I had to look up Jackie. I was never really into sports so I don't feel as bad not knowing him. I recognized the name though.

[@paulmott1107]

Honestly, given the time period and that it was just a few years after "Lost in Space" was on the air, my first thought was Will Robinson. Jackie Robinson is definitely the best answer though.

[@der22672]

Sadly, later this same year in May of 1975, John Levinson was tragically killed in a car wreck, involving a pileup on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago.

[@jerrybutler605]

The John Levinson you're thinking of was a golfer. Not the same guy.

[@der22672]

Jerry Butler You know you're right? I looked up his obituary again and this time I noticed his age. The John Levinson that died was 59. I didn't see that the first time. This John Levinson is obviously not 59. But here's the kicker. If you saw the episode before this one when they introduced John Levinson he mentioned he was a professional golfer. And John Levinson's obit mentioned he is survived by a son John. So I'm wondering now if they could be father and son. 🤔🤔

[@perpieta]

Love Leslie's shirt!

[@connfyoozed]

Leslie Nielsen was only known as a dramatic actor at this point (and a very good one), not a comedic actor. I wonder if appearing on The Match Game and other game shows helped him get hired for comedies. He still did some dramatic acting after he started doing comedies: try the 1987 movie "Nuts" to see him in very good dramatic role.

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

+connfyoozed He did great comedy in the MASH episode "The Ringbanger" two years prior to this episode.

[@antster1983]

He joked once that he'd always wanted to do comedy, but found himself typecast in dramatic roles.

[@connfyoozed]

I stand corrected, you are absolutely right. I guess that Leslie was MOSTLY a dramatic actor at this point. ;)

[@pamhowden8161]

Johnny Olson is number one announcer

[@sheltv100]

Sadly, Johnny Olsen died 10 years after this show aired.

[@trumancapote9097]

LOVE that velvet suit. Where can I get one? LOL!!

[@brettmiddleton7949]

He must have been FRYING in that thing under the stage lights.

[@jamesr1703]

Keep in mind, Brett was born in Canada. That, in itself, speaks volumes. No offense to the Quebecois.

[@aspersive]

I didn't realize commenting on KZbin was anyone's idea of having a problem. Also, you completely missed my point. They wouldn't have been aware of Smokey Robinson any more than they would have known who the Grateful Dead were. Motown was for the youngsters, not middle aged folk. And it doesn't mean they weren't aware of the black music and culture of their own generation. Otherwise, people like Nipsey Russell and Scoey Mitchell would never have found their way on to the show.

[@stevekane2445]

Gene was the best hilarious

[@loutenore33]

johny was one of the best ists been 27 years but we still miss you johny o

[@branagain]

It’s so funny to see Mrs Krabapple talking.

[@danicegewiss862]

She was famous long before Simpsons on the Bob Newhart Show.

[@Hezkezl]

oh wow, I kinda wish this episode had been titled "Leslie Nielsen on panel" or something because that would've gotten my attention more than Johnny Olson filling in! I had NO idea Leslie was ever on this show!

[@lisab7977]

Richard often sounds like he’s imitating Paul Lynde.

[@shaywhite172]

Gary "Radar" Burghoff was late,so Johnny Olson "COME ON DOWN" filled in for him.

[@drmayeda1930]

I don't remember the game so I don't know if they had to modify Johnny Olsen's duties on the show for this episode. I guess they couldn't wait for whoever that was to arrive since the REAL audience would get restless waiting.

[@antster1983]

Johnny-O's doubling up as announcer and panelist for this episode.

[@XMLarry]

The contestant looks like a gothic version of Soupy Sales

[@AstralPixie]

"I'm going to keep my dressing room door locked" ;D Ira, how do you do a hickey?

[@smittykins]

I'm surprised they accepted "dripping" for "tinkling."

[@FlamingoKicker]

"4 from 2 is 6"? Brett was a real whiz kid

[@christopherlucas4620]

I always wondered if that was the real reason Charles was absent here or they just made it up…

[@dustsped]

Thank you for the upload!

[@akampfer]

It just occurred to me. That panel is all gone.

[@doubleot]

If it's the day they turned the clocks ahead, it'd be Sunday. Odd they'd tape a show on a Sunday, but who knows. Maybe back then they turned clocks on a different day.

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

Gene Rayburn lived on the East Coast and commuted to LA over a weekend to tape shows.

[@lessmith5285]

Larry the lush sounds like Mr. Perrywinkle.

[@yankeebest]

The question about Dracula...the correct term is that you give a person THE finger...not A finger!!! LOL

[@roykassinger6903]

Johnny Olson's wife said, "It's odd being married to Johnny, all night long he shouts '______' at me."

[@RandomManIncorperated]

COME ONNNNN DOOOOOWN

[@shawnsmothers4876]

How could Brett never have heard of Smokey Robinson? He was very popular around that time.

[@rangerdave1973]

I want to watch the tie breaker. Where is it?

[@drmayeda1930]

You have to find the next episode. A contestant's "match" can span over two episodes. one contestant answers a question but if they run out of time the second contestant gets his question the next episode.

[@georgemaster9271]

Who WOULDN'T want to be seated next to Johnny Olson?

[@mikewest6569]

Charles was doing uncle crocs block during this period. Maybe that's where he was.

[@miss_midge_]

At first I thought Leslie Neilson said "BOOS" (from the audience) but then I realized he said "booze".

[@yaggy9]

Gene said "somebody who usually sits in that seat" but didn't say the name. Charles Nelson Reilly always sits there. Not Gary Burghoff. This is a great episode, it flowed really well considering there's so much ad-lib outside of the gameplay.

[@antster1983]

Gary Burghoff was filling in for CNR, who had better paid work at the time (directing a play in New York as it happens). CNR returned to Match Game on episode 471, first TX Thursday 29th May 1975.

[@kevind1931]

you are correct and I have the shows from the whole week. And they did talk about it the next day

[@elkinsinboxinc]

Is it me or does Johnny Olson sound, look, and act like Roy Orbinson.

[@chicagoboy87]

im surprised that they don;t know whose Smokey Robinson

[@WTF-TV2415]

Brett seemed like an old fuddy-duddy that wouldn't have known about Smokey Robinson and the Miracles or any other things along those lines.

[@christopherallen4622]

Ya but they also had one with mark goodson

[@RonPiggott]

" .... and the show must go on"

[@jamesr1703]

An "airline hostess"? That's a new one. I wasn't born yesterday, but I have never heard that title before, airline stewardess, perhaps.

[@danwoodhouse9290]

none of 'em had heard of Smokey Robinson?

[@anonemuse9482]

Each contestant was given 2 chances to match all 6 celebrities. The lady matched 3 celebrities in the first round so she could only match 3 celebrities in the second round. Since the gentleman matched none in the first round he had the opportunity to match all 6 in the second round..

[@mosseisleyYT]

That's a 100% dead panel. How depressing!

[@torchkit]

Expecting those 50+ year old celebrities to know who Smokey Robinson was is similar to expecting a 50 + person today to know some current rapper. Not likely.

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

Too bad Leslie didn’t make it to Match Game on Gameshow Marathon. He would have felt right at home!

[@peterharris302]

Actually, Charles Nelson Reilly forgot to set his clock forward. It sounds like he appeared on the next show,

[@dagdogg]

+Peter Harris This was during the time when Gary Burghoff of "M*A*S*H*" filled in for Charles.