Match Game 75 (Episode 448) (Rudolph BLANK?)

Ron Masak, Brett Somers, Gary Burghoff, Patty Duke Astin, Richard Dawson, and Joyce Bulifant

[@todddepue681]

Robin is adorable and has great style. Glad to see her having such good luck with Brett.

[@kevansf]

She and Brett have been on the same wavelength the past two shows. And Robin was smart enough to choose a celebrity she was clicking with rather than just following the crowd. She's already won a good chunk of change for a 19-year-old in 1975! I have a feeling she'll use it wisely.

[@kevansf]

Brett scores her 12th H/H match today! ...and her tenuous lead over Richard grows... Here's the updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: TIE: Orson Bean - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 80% (4 wins in 5 attempts). Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Betty - 50% (15 wins in 30 attempts). Fannie - 46.7% (7 wins in 15 attempts). Charles - 45.7% (16 wins in 35 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 38.7% (12 wins in 31 attempts). Richard - 36.6% (85 wins in 232 attempts). Bert - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 448, 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!")

[@SweptAway529]

Rumor has it the line Bogart actually said was "Play it. Sam." Somehow everyone always remembers it as having "again" in the phrase and it paid off well here!!

[@gerryu21220]

Yes - one of the most mis-remembered lines in movie history from Casablanca, and over the years, it stuck in the public consciousness.

[@Tre404]

It went, "Go ahead. Play it! You played it for her, you can play it for me."

[@gluecement]

And there was the Allen play and 1972 movie "Play It Again, Sam" that helped solidify that (misquoted) phrase. Another common misquote is Oliver Hardy saying, "Here's another fine mess..." when he actually said "nice mess."

[@bradfilippone7064]

@@Tre404 And in an earlier scene, Ingrid Bergman says, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'"

[@theastewart6721]

SweptAway529 You are absolutely right. It is “Play it Sam” but everyone thinks it’s play it again. Some how that stuck.

[@edwardlozano8807]

At the time Patty Duke was married to John Astin and since he was Gomez on "The Addams Family"; would he have found anything that she was doing to the Oscar strange?

[@sailorbychoice1]

Patty Duke won an Oscar. She was one of the youngest to receive one.

[@lordmusea]

Edward Lozano q

[@brettmiddleton7949]

Sure. Gomez Addams would have found it strange to not be doing anything strange to the Oscar.

[@pencils812]

Hahaha.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

❤Patty Duke

[@lordmusea]

I hate this...where the hell is Chuck?!? Gary whatever-his-name isn’t nearly as fun!

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

lordmusea --- I'm a minority here but I find him pretty funny. Liked him less on M*a*s*h. Not as good as CNR but I still don't mind him. Brett on the other hand... Don't even get me started

[@ShortyGirl63]

Baltimore Z-Wad Just out of curiosity, what didn’t you like about Radar O’Reilly?

[@camille213]

I love Brett. You just have to 'get her'

[@mosseisleyYT]

I get the impression that many of you would like to play "Vaccinate Radar".

[@rockaway2k]

Facts. Very childish in his demands for attention and unfunny when he blurts out of term.

[@zephyr2731]

Sit down Gary. It's not about you.

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Lawrence Dunbar --- but he's nowhere even as close to Brett on the annoyingness & camera time taking/attention grabbing that she tried constantly doing

[@ShortyGirl63]

Yes, isn’t she just darling. I wonder if she ever got to act in some way.

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

@@baltimorez-wad7281 Gary is a little twit, but Brett is a major pain in the ass.

[@pencils812]

@@ShortyGirl63 I think she did.

[@kristabrewer6736]

GOODIE FOR HIM!!! Gary keep doing your thing!!!

[@sdlively27]

Hmm where was Gary going during the guys intro????

[@deanstrand4260]

To talk to someone just offstage, maybe Ira.

[@LynxSouth]

@@deanstrand4260 Whenever they've shown Ira, he's always been on the other side. Burghoff is 'just' being a jerk, hogging attention.

[@KevinPare]

I think he was clowning around, hiding from the recruiter. It didn't work, and he wasn't a recruiter anyway.

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

@@KevinPare Gary already served his country, in Korea. Lol

[@pencils812]

@@KevinPare the contestant named John wasn't really a recruiter?

[@nohandle62]

"We're not allowed to ask the contestants about their background, are we?" She knows damn well they aren't. She just wants attention.

[@64098]

Two reasons I love Match Game. Brett Somers, and Charles Nelson Reilly. Don't worry haters, only 23 more episodes until Charles returns.

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

You're an idiot cuz Brett is about as funny as an STD

[@shoeshooey5464]

Baltimore Z-Wad you’re the idiot. Charles and Brett are hilarious together. Don’t hate

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

@@baltimorez-wad7281 About as funny as a dead baby nailed to a tree.

[@garfield2439]

Hated Somers

[@pencils812]

@@garfield2439 her voice is kind of shrill.

[@youknowwho1962]

Robin is adorable!

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Imagine how many games they could play if Gene didn't have to babysit Brett.

[@deanstrand4260]

That's probably why Gene was always rushing everyone to write their answers.

[@todddepue681]

Yes well, imagine how bland the show would be without all the different personalities. If you want an efficient game show, watch Password (just as enjoyable in its own way). As Charles Nelson Reilly famously said, MG was more of a social occasion than a game show. And they obviously liked it that way. Brett had legions of fans. She's kinda like Lucy in Peanuts...even if you can't stand her, she's a necessary part of the dynamic.

[@LynxSouth]

It was a late-afternoon break, a bit of relaxation after school or just before starting to fix dinner and the evening rush. Match Game was popular because it was FUN, and what Brett would find to complain about was just part of it. We didn't want timed efficiency.

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

Yea, having to repeat the question over and over, always talking in the background while Gene's trying to conduct the show, her snootiness towards any attractive females that cross her path and just plain belligerence. She can't stop talking for 2 seconds. I think she thinks it's her show. I know Gene has to remind her often who's show it is.

[@pencils812]

The time he spent with her gives the other celebrities the time to come up with good answers.

[@annika_panicka]

Ron Masak looks like the lovechild of Ron Livingston and Lou Costello.

[@garfield2439]

Someone please get Brett a drink or something

[@pencils812]

She wasn't too bad today.

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@pencils812 Brett might be annoying at times, but she's ALWAYS fun

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736Wrong again

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Another drink??

[@storylass9071]

How come all the military people they have on are recruiters?

[@LynxSouth]

This guy wasn't a recruiter, but a recruit trainer. He explains it to Gene.

[@optimizer6488]

With Patty's long-term mental illness, DeBartolo (or whomever wrote this) was most certainly treading on dangerous ground. She seemed to handle the whole affair with aplomb and good humor. God Bless Patty.

[@berniehobabykat]

Big Berta broke his back, bed, and behind.....🤪🤪🤪

[@jif8802]

That girl is cute!

[@vivianhamilton616]

yes she is...love the hair, which is in style again in 2020.

[@mehboobkm2018]

That girl is dangerous!

[@LynxSouth]

It's one thing -- and bad enough -- when Burghoff makes unfunny, mean 'jokes' about the other panelists, but to distract a new contestant's attention and to be so rude as to be taking attention from a contestant's introduction is real narcissism.

[@pencils812]

Yes.

[@TeamCat1128]

Love Robin’s dress!

[@cookiesncrime333]

Dressing an Oscar?

[@bradfilippone7064]

Well, Oscar is naked after all.

[@UberLummox]

Barbie clothes!

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Cute idea

[@tonystone1016]

What is up with that hairstyle? Wow!

[@Zeuszgrl]

The question writers really wanted Robin to win, what other common phrase would fit after "Play it" other than Again Sam ?! Anyow good for her.

[@jimbohnenkamp5082]

Play it safe

[@mehboobkm2018]

@@jimbohnenkamp5082 my response

[@mehboobkm2018]

Yeah, even question in previous match also was pretty easy... "Simon and...'

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) One of your fans finally showed up! ;0) donkey! ;0) I threw away a funny answer to try to match him too. Convict! ;0) train crossing! ;0) I was just thinking about the two horses in the zoo. They brought in a stripe horse that they never seen before and this dentist said.. One horse said to the other horse dig that chick in the stripe pjs! ;0) had to get out of my 13 years old bedroom.. ;0) I didn't know she was a closet star.. ;0) kissing! ;0) feeling! ;0) I have gotten a lot more weird than they think.. I was dressing it! ;0) kneeling in front! ;0) back! ;0) bed! ;0) body! ;0) ribs! ;0) toolbox! ;0) I know where he kept his tools! ;0) lunch box! :0) fly! ;0) zipper! ;0)

[@thomasbryant6512]

Ingrid Bergman said, "Play it, Sam." Humphrey Bogart said, "If she can stand it so can I. Play it!" No one ever said "Play it again, Sam," in Casablanca.

[@maynardsmoreland]

13:25 The stars seem surprised the torpedo guy doesn't wave back.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

He seems very strange.

[@deanstrand4260]

@thatsthesameoldshit Where do politics play any part of MG? Not very often, except as humor! The torpedo guy obviously had absolutely no sense of humor.

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

@@rubytuesday4379 You mooyak, Trump was talking about soldiers in our military (specifically John "Songbird) McCain). You have TDS.

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

@@deanstrand4260 So all those times the panel talked shit about Nixon, it wasn't about politics? Every celebrity on this show is a liberal/socialist/communist/atheist/satanist. If they weren't they would've never made it on the show in the first place.

[@kimandrews7186]

Awesome Brett!!

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Contestant John is about as funny as a cavity

[@vivianhamilton616]

so is Gary😬

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

Yea, they "torpedoed" him real quick.

[@garfield2439]

Not everyone can be a comedian, some people r more quiet and reserved. Sorry u r disappointed

[@pencils812]

He looked miserable.

[@dmnemaine]

@@pencils812 He looked stern.

[@jennygreen3994]

contestant's hair is unreal...she looks overwhelmed and just silly

[@vivianhamilton616]

Haters gotta do what they do best...Hate on others✌

[@LynxSouth]

@@vivianhamilton616 "Hate" is an over-used, extremist word. Thinking something is silly, unreal, unattractive, even ugly, is not the same as hating. Plain old disliking covers it.

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

@@vivianhamilton616 OMG! She's *RATHIST!!!* (I hate you) because you use the "H" word inappropriately and you've offended me so you should be publicly executed. It's funny when somebody looks like a toilet brush. Hate to you is humor to us. Pull your twisted panties out of your crack.

[@vivianhamilton616]

y'all come on now, @Lynx South that's not what I meant! idiom: hate on someone "slang"...to ridicule, insult someone. Hate (verb) detest, abhor, loathe, to feel strong aversion or intense dislike for...

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@vivianhamilton616 Vivian, GROW UP!!!!! Just because you hate a hairdo doesn't mean you hate the person (lol, I'm sorry, that was just the FUNNIEST comment I've seen to DATE on this show)

[@gman9035]

affffro

[@vivianhamilton616]

yesssssss! love it!

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

Affromation (I need attention)

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'd say PDA was polishing her Oscar, if you know what I mean. Rudolph BING? It's no surprise I'd never heard of him since I'm not an opera fan

[@barbarapaton4005]

Gary Berghoff is a real clown. Lol!

I admit it. I do like it when there are men playing, because it means I can skip it. Men bore me! Women rule!

[@UberLummox]

I though last episode Robin said she was wanting to be a fashion designer. Now she says acting.

[@storylass9071]

she said acting in the first episode and wanted to be discovered.

[@dmnemaine]

This is why people think that such a think as the Mandela Effect actually exists. Human memory is very fallible.

[@Boothead6734]

Can't wait for burghoff to be gone!!!!!

[@martincaidin4166]

oh the things I would do to Robin

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

Like cut her hair and make a pillow out of it, or use it to scrub pots and pans? Lol

[@mehboobkm2018]

All ears!!

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

Boy they sure "torpedoed" the torpedo guy with their purposefully stupid answers. Donkey was a good answer, but they were out to "sink" him from the beginning. You can tell by their answers whether they like or dislike someone. When they give answers they *KNOW* won't match the contestants shows their agenda.

[@kristabrewer6736]

I am SO glad Brett got pick twice over saint Richard. At least SHE knows how to win (saint Richard is HORRIBLE at this game)!!

[@a.b.s_productions]

Robin is one beautiful young woman. She’s now like 63.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

So?

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@helenlogsdon7822 No one asked you.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Many 63 year olds are lovely

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@helenlogsdon7822 Did I say they weren’t?

[@helenlogsdon7822]

@@a.b.s_productions Implied

[@MensAsses33]

Black chick's hair is EPIC!