Match Game 75 (Episode 483) (Richard Dawson's Brother Joke) (GOLD STAR MOMENT)

Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Lee Meredith, Richard Dawson, and Joyce Bulifant

[@paulapayne7940]

Thank you for these blast of the past. Spent many afternoons after school with these people they became friends. A refuge from bullies.

[@storylass9071]

Binge watching now and they have become friends again, heck, I even know the regular's wardrobes. LOL

[@HansDelbruck53]

Blast from the past.

[@bigron8346]

Me too every day after school.

[@karenmitchell1416]

Excellent show. I never grow tire of Match Game. Charles Nelson Reilly is my favorite.

[@whommee]

Still the best game show ever . !

[@kristabrewer6736]

This was good, but most definitely not the BEST game show ever! (and you probably agree with me)

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736You're the most negative person in the history of game shows. Your post has one like, from you. So no one likes you comment. Take that as a sign.

[@dmnemaine]

I was about to make a negative comment about the sandpaper/sand match, but then realized that sand is what makes sandpaper what it is, and I can see why the match was allowed.

[@lonewolfette]

I do believe this was the card-flingingest episode of the entire series. Love CNR. 💜🤣

[@earlegavin5931]

Sometimes it's better to listen than to be heard,Brett sommer's always had something to say when Richard would talk,or she had a great answer when she laid out or we had the answer up here for the big money. R.i.p Mr Dawson thanks for the memories.

[@garfield2439]

I'm with you ,I think she was envious of Richard

[@jerryhosford4557]

Always loved this show. I half expected someone to say, when the cowboy dressed as a cow, someone tried to brand him. ROFL

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: After only a couple of weeks, the "new rule" for selecting H/H match celebs has been discarded, and I doubt many will lament its passing. Gene abruptly informs us today that they've gone back to the "old rule," and now the returning champion may select whomever she wishes. She wishes to choose Richard again! This time it doesn't work out for her, but it's hard to blame Richard for not matching the contestant's obscure reference... (Note: the contestant says she matches Richard at home, so that's a legitimate reason to choose him. Sometimes though I get the feeling some contestants simply choose him because everyone else does.) We also have a second H/H match with a second contestant who likewise chooses Richard and likewise fails to match him... Here's the updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: Orson Bean - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 83.3% (5 wins in 6 attempts). TIE: Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Betty - 50% (15 wins in 30 attempts). TIE: Fannie - 50% (8 wins in 16 attempts). Charles - 45.7% (16 wins in 35 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 37.8% (14 wins in 37 attempts). Richard - 37.0% (95 wins in 257 attempts). Bert - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 483, 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!")

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Gene's really pushing this episode along FAST today!

[@deanstrand4260]

He often did that. I don't know if that came from the producer / director, or if Gene himself was pushing things fast.

[@tomitstube]

funny show, always thought joyce was adorable.

[@timothyball4906]

82 years old, and not dead yet. Like Kirt Douglas is dead.

[@SuperC888]

She’s 84 alive and well as of May 2022

[@mehboobkm2018]

She was.. She was somebody who makes you feel at home!

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Ugh

[@deanstrand4260]

Nipsey: "GENE, WILL YOU STOP NAGGING?!"

[@chrismayer3919]

Nips always was fast with the zappers and puns 😄

[@georgemaster9271]

This was the week that The Sunshine Boys was in theaters.Loved that movie.EnTERRR!

[@IndoorHydroponix]

Dawson at 6:13 … wait for it…😂😂😂

[@allenjones3130]

Joyce is still as funny as ever, and she fits in so well with the regulars. I do wonder what happened to Lee Meredith, though.

[@kirby711]

These are good times when people were not worried about political correctness but just had fun

[@mikehunt4986]

I don't think I've ever seen two women in the same room more different than Lee Meredith and Brett Somers. For every positive quality that Lee possessed Brett was there to provide the polar opposite of it. Unfortunately, it was Brett who was the regular panelist. Such is life.

[@LynxSouth]

Other than being over 20 years younger and stacked, which are accidents of birth, which qualities are you speaking of?

[@mikehunt4986]

@@LynxSouth Sweetness, humility, charm. Like I said, the opposite of Brett Somers.

[@LynxSouth]

@@mikehunt4986 You could make an argument for humility, but she didn't say enough to make judgements on anything else.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@LynxSouth That's why she's the polar opposite of Brett, who was an attention-seeking obnoxious loudmouth.

[@garfield2439]

@@mikehunt4986 lol

[@davidleigh443]

Zandy's Bride? Richard: we knew one person had seen the movie. Now we know it was YOU.

[@chrismayer3919]

I thought it was the name of a racehorse… 🐎

[@poetcomic1]

This show is SINFUL without the commercials: its like a cake that's all icing.

[@storylass9071]

my favorite kind of cake lol

[@kristabrewer6736]

I just read the first 4 words of what you wrote was about to "like your comment til I read the Rest of it

[@lejuanbarton9711]

I Think this is the episode where the rule that you can't pick the same person twice was scrapped.

[@donaldleroy6502]

Most likely because dawson moaned and groaned about not being picked all the time, I'm glad that the dummy came up with a stupid answer on the head to head

[@pencils812]

Yes it is.

[@brianb.5473]

@@donaldleroy6502 they changed the rule back. Because they got tired of giving away money. They knew those contestants would call on Dawson. And they knew more often than not he wouldn't match them.

[@kevansf]

Is this the first time that a celebrity has blown the head-to-head match twice in one program? I honestly don't recall that ever happening before.

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Blushing bride.

[@sdlively27]

On this date in 1993, Wind in the Wire TV Movie with Charles Nelson Reilly aired.

[@pencils812]

How cold was that studio? CNR looks like he's wearing a blanket!

[@markmiller7317]

Brett's cackling is contagious! This show goes great 👍with 🐔chicken noodle soup.

[@janeporter818]

Thanks for posting!!!!❤❤❤

[@DRIVEIN101]

Lovely Lee Meredith...VERY DEEP SIGH ;)

[@steveyounker7897]

Yeah, she's a dish alright, but not really my type. I was always partial to the Girl Next Door. I liked Maryanne over Ginger, and Kate Jackson was my favorite Charlie's Angel. If I were going to ask one of the Match Game women out for a date, it would be Fanny Flagg. Yeah, I suspect she's Gay, but how much fun would that be?

[@deanstrand4260]

Richard (about Lee: "Why do I keep looking at her and thinking half and half?"

[@BBQFanNo1]

Only Lee Meredith and Joyce Bulifant is still alive now in 2022.

[@johnyohann6946]

Heddy sure looked a lot like Sally Field. Pretty lady!

[@wallacecallow2255]

Does anyone notice how much Heddie looked like Sally Field, minus the hair?

[@Gearjammer5150]

Definitely one of those "after-lunch" episodes!

[@lvelez1999]

Richard Dawson was such a charming man

[@lvelez1999]

Rip

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

He was a consummate player

[@kristabrewer6736]

LOOL

[@XMLarry]

Zandy's Bride starred Gene Hackman and Liv Ulman (1974)

[@wmkyle1]

17:14 "Allright Earl, slide the 500 dollar number ".

[@grigorb.5221]

Thanks for Uploading Good Friend.

[@theskilz00]

Heddie's look was straight out of Nashville on this episode. Despite the wig and crazy clothes, she was '70s cute.

[@CousinOresama]

Do they still teach Home Economics, even in high school or junior high anymore? I've lived in Japan for over 30 years now, so I don't know. Seems like something they would have dropped by now. FWIW, I teach English as a Foreign Language at a high school here, and they teach Home Ec. here. It's required.

[@dmnemaine]

Yes, you can. Lots of colleges and universities offer it. It's mostly called "family sciences", "consumer sciences", or "family and consumer sciences" now. It covers fashion, child development, housing and interior design, culinary arts, nutrition and wellness, family relations, and financial management.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

That girl is a home economics major in college. She's studying to be a wife. Imagine having that major today. 😅🤣😂

[@dawnupham9149]

thankyou forshowing richard dawson heoneofthekind

[@specialkonacid6574]

I had mail order bride lol

[@sailorbychoice1]

IMHO Match Game, Hollywood Squares (of this era/not later versions), and (Dawson's) Family Feud, best three games shows ever~ tied for first place. Richard Dawson may have been a prima dona and could be a PIA, but he was damned near psychic as a player. (Giving credit wear due.)

[@pencils812]

Wow. They rescinded the rule that kept people from choosing the same celebrity twice for the super match.

[@mehboobkm2018]

Yeah, producers understood their mistake.. They had to give away lot of prize money when the contestants chose other celebrities. RD was saving them a lot money.

[@pencils812]

@@mehboobkm2018 it was hard to tell. It would be interesting to see some stats. I think someone stats doing that in here somewhere.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

@@mehboobkm2018l

[@Taaaarail]

Heddie looks like Sally Field.

[@timothyball7502]

No!!

[@raymondweaver8526]

Dolly Parton hair

[@jasonwalcott3075]

Thank you again for uploading

[@nunosoares2329]

Lee Meriweather looks stunning here.

[@der22672]

You mean Lee Meredith. That's not Lee Meriweather. But I can understand why you said Lee Meriweather, since she has sat in that same seat on numerous occasions. Freudian slip you might say.

[@SuperC888]

Lee Meredith is 74 now (May 2022) and Joyce Bulifant is 84

[@bleedburgundy420]

A home economics major? Never heard that before

[@dmnemaine]

It's also known as family sciences or consumer sciences.

[@windsorkid7069]

The hair back then on some broads, man, I miss that.

[@deanstrand4260]

Better than the shaved off, butchy crew cuts I see these days.

[@ts.elliot5870]

@windsorkid7069 Broads?

[@kickballjedi]

Such a great formula- Actor far too intelligent for the show, Brett and CNR, Beautiful Girl, Richard Dawson (the pro) and finally the ditz.

[@robertsprouse9282]

LEE MEREDITH was a spectacularly beautiful woman..

[@Rasputin443556]

She's like a living, breathing amusement park

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@Rasputin443556, fun house ride..

[@wcwindom56]

wonder why they undid the new rule? I kinda liked it

[@deanstrand4260]

I imagine that either it didn't have the desired results, or some of the stars on the panel didn't like it.

[@kristabrewer6736]

it didn't matter; instead of saint Richard losing for them every OTHER time, he'll just lose for them EVERY time (they just stand more of a chance of losing, that's all)

[@brianb.5473]

@@kristabrewer6736 exactly. They got tired of giving away money. They knew the other stars would actually match the contestants and they knew Dawson seldom would.

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736STOP IT!

[@davidleigh443]

Re: blank bride, I thought of Child or December. I could hear Richard writing a longer word, I would have said December.

[@davidleigh443]

@Joseph & Sung Maruca she wasn't a child.

[@lesburns7395]

I thought blushing

[@garfield2439]

@Joseph & Sung Maruca she was alot younger but hardly a "child"

[@SuperC888]

Cheese Whiz

[@amandajstar]

Tar was my answer, too.

[@edwardlozano8807]

The better Ulla (from "The Producers"): Lee Meredith (1967) or Uma Thurman (2005)?

[@prodigaljess]

Easily Lee Meredith. No contest.

[@dannyboyy8465]

Lee Meredith...By a long-shot!

[@JeffChilds]

Heddy looks like a character Jan Hooks or Tracey Ullman would play.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

I was thinking she sure looks like Sally fields ,or is that just me?

[@pencils812]

Her wig was something else.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Sexual innuendo throughout the show even starting off with the otherwise inocuos comment about his double-breasted suit was nothing much until he look down at the woman in front of him

[@MooncricketsInc]

You realized that after watching 400+ episodes that the show was full of innuendos ?

[@thomaswashburn3513]

That’s what I love about the 70s… there was no such thing as political correctness! People just said what they wanted; if the recipient was offended, they learned how to deal with being offended.

[@chrismayer3919]

They could have said Judas goat, or scapegoat also; methinks these answers are a little too ‘context Rehearsed’ for comfort 🤔🤨

[@rosendocastro8777]

I think the correct answer is rocks every other answer is Ludacris

[@mosseisleyYT]

"_____ goat" - and "scapegoat" didn't come up?

[@lesburns7395]

or mountain

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

I'm glad they got rid of that stupid rule that tried to shut out Richard Dawson.

[@kristabrewer6736]

it didn't matter; instead of saint Richard losing for them every OTHER time, he'll just lose for them EVERY time (they just stand more of a chance of losing, that's all)

[@mehboobkm2018]

Producers were losing a lot of money with the new rule. So they cancelled it

[@kevansf]

Yes, the rule seemed arbitrary and a little silly. But in its very brief existence, it did give Brett the chance to make two matches in the head-to-head question. I'm actually looking forward to the celebrity wheel because I'd like to see more and different celebs have a chance to participate in the head-to-head match. It seems silly that everyone picks the same celeb when his success rate is actually lower than some of the others, although I give the first champion today some credit because she said she picked RD because she always matches him at home. By the way, I believe this was the first time in Match Game history that a celebrity has blown the head-to-head match twice in one program (but with two different contestants, so the rule wouldn't have applied anyway).

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! :0) Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) camera in shot! ;0) naturally that was the one that Brett gave you.. ;0) sandpaper! ;0) I join the list of great answers here on daytime tv with tar! ;0) mud! ;0) I thought your answer was very strange and being very strange myself .. ;0) Sometimes isn't it strange how the weird strange answers score here.. ;0) clapping! ;0) We all love each other here can't you tell? ;0) tinkling! ;0) tap dancing! ;0) I get your for that one Charles! :0) Bowing! ;0) Do you know Charles and I have the same mother? And we both were tap dancing.. ;0) milked! ;0) If you put milk in good gravy marie you get a thicker saurce.. ;0) Thank you Gene! ;0) Brett and Charles beat Richard! ;0) buried! ;0)

[@timothyball7502]

ROLF, what is ROLF?

[@sdlively27]

@@timothyball7502 Rolling on floor laughing, sorry I had the F and the L backwards. Because this show cracks me up and makes me laugh alot..

[@timothyball7502]

@@sdlively27 Oh, real clever. Your brain must be very busy. Peace.

[@sdlively27]

@@timothyball7502 Actually not the one who came up with this as it has been used by others for years..

[@timothyball7502]

@@sdlively27 This is a first for me. 69 age and I never have seen it. Brand new to me, my twenty-first education is at a level of real low I appreciate your comment, you have added to my education, by a little bit.

[@tomodaphne]

What happened with the music at 3:40-ish?

[@mosseisleyYT]

It's called "wow". It was a flaw inherent in analogue tape recordings and tape recorders. Today's digital recordings generally aren't subject to wow or the related flaw, called "flutter".

[@matthewjansen3297]

Sand matches sand paper ?

[@ponchlove2393]

Is lee meredith still alive???

[@lynettesaucier8625]

Yes she is. :) I met her few years back at Chiller’s Theatre Expo. One of the nicest actress I ever met. She was very smart, down to earth, humble, and deep thinker when we talked for only an hour. It was amazing.

[@mehboobkm2018]

@@lynettesaucier8625 wow!!!

[@davidganderson870]

Not my best answers for today :( billy, here comes the, spikes, posing, milk, tinkled on (I blanked), step, burger

[@chalkbunt81]

Ladies and gentlemen, "Its Don King"! I mean, "wayne". sigh.

[@timothyball4906]

Two [2] with bright white HAIR!

[@timothyball7502]

Joyce and Marty white hair. 12,12,2020.

[@matthewjansen3297]

Bret is kind of a doofus

[@brachio1000]

Sand and sand paper? Hmm.

[@pencils812]

Close.

[@dmnemaine]

Without the sand, it wouldn't be sandpaper.

[@pencils812]

@@dmnemaine truely!

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Oh FFS, there's no way these people had never heard of Smokey Robinson, good grief.

[@sdlively27]

Match Game 71?! Did I hear that right?!

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Can you still get a degree in home economics??

[@MensAsses33]

Probably not.

[@dmnemaine]

Yes, you can. Lots of colleges and universities offer it. It's mostly called "family sciences", "consumer sciences", or "family and consumer sciences" now. It covers fashion, child development, housing and interior design, culinary arts, nutrition and wellness, family relations, and financial management.

[@kristabrewer6736]

And yet we have ANOTHRE non funny joke by saint Richard! But on a BRIGHTER note! he lost again for the contestant again (twice).... but they keep picking him, so can't really feel bad for them)

[@ts.elliot5870]

@kristabrewer6736 Put a sock in it. No one cares!

[@TrickyMario7654]

I'd like to see you do better at the Head to Head Match.

[@ShortyGirl63]

Geesh, I hate it when Richard (Gene too) make such a big deal about a big chested woman. The women wear tight blouses/sweaters then act either shocked or shy and demure about their rude comments. I wonder why Gene is always picking on Nipsey...I fell in love with Nipsey Russel when I was 8 yrs old and told everyone I was going to marry him when I grew up :) I read somewhere that he never married.

[@storylass9071]

see Julie, he was waiting for you.

[@ShortyGirl63]

@@storylass9071 ❤️ lol

[@garfield2439]

Ikr irks me too

[@mehboobkm2018]

You should have contacted him!!!

[@jett2605]

Brett's annoying!!!!

[@donaldleroy6502]

Heddy made it much too easy for Marty to win, I think she's a natural blonde from the answers she gave. But I digress because Marty isn't very dumb. And I thought dawsons jokes couldn't get any dumber

[@MensAsses33]

Lots of people say negative things about Brett, but I like her.

[@pencils812]

She has outlasted the haters.

[@beckydutra6543]

People should look deeper, she really was amazing. 🥰

[@SuperC888]

She gave good answers

[@jebronlames7789]

Can anyone tell me a movie or TV show she was in?? Or is the rumors true I heard back in the 70s she's a town toy like J P Somers

[@MensAsses33]

Even gay men think Lee was sexy!

[@mehboobkm2018]

I know you feel jealous when men pass comments on Lee.... 😛😛😛