Match Game 75 (Episode 525) (Wish BLANK) (Gene's Flower?)

[@byte01010101me]

I laughed so hard when Patti sneezed into Gene's flower.

[@aracelyguerrero360]

Wow Richard won 3x with Barbara with what to me were random answer and he guessed them. Amazing.

[@SuperC888]

Building block… shouldn’t it be blocks? Plural?

[@nancyhowell4505]

Richard was good at sizing up people and what they might come up with. 🤷‍♀️

[@deedenehy5280]

Hall of Ivy?

[@steveyounker7897]

Yes, I agree, Richard has been on a roll. But they let her get away with that. "Baby... um, I mean, what do you call them? Building blocks!" Cool for her, but I thought the first answer counted. And that was her fourth time up, but she's just over $3000? She's the best worst player I've ever seen.

[@diverbob33]

Josephine and the Tidy Bowl guy were bound to hook up sometime!

[@m.e.d.7997]

1974-75_ Best years. Show was peaking..

[@UberLummox]

As was America in certain ways.

[@adamfox9245]

I like 75 to 78

[@dannygillingham7904]

The young & vivacious actress Brenda Dickson, who ended up playing the role of Jill Foster, on The Young & The Restless - good for her!

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Richard Dawson is psychic! That was amazing!

[@kristabrewer6736]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@pencils812]

This was taped near July 20, 1975. I know this because Gary says if his baby is born a girl, he will name her Gena. His daughter Gena was born on July 20, 1975.

[@VectraQS]

Love the ultra-wide shots that Breslow used in this episode. Unfortunately, they seem to have been a one-time deal on this show, both the preceding and following episodes lack them.

[@docadams7099]

My family and I were on a vacation to western Canada and northwestern US at this time. What a memorable trip that was.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

When she heard Hall of blank she was already spending the money no one in the world would say anything other than Hall of Fame well no one but the best match game panelist in the history of the game

[@sdlively27]

@Jangler333 I don't think so, the contestants were coming up with some odd answers.. But Richard has been doing good the last couple of episodes in the head to head.. I think the cold streak might be over for a bit.. ;0) after watching that part of the episode or not.. ;0)

[@beckydutra6543]

He totally did that on purpose, and Gene has to soothe. 🤨

[@brettmiddleton7949]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 The best hitter in baseball does not always hit the ball, much less hit a home run. Who would you say has a better track record than Dawson for head-to-head matches? For the audience matches, his answer is almost always somewhere on the board, even if it isn't always the $500 answer. Sometimes his is the ONLY panel answer on the board. I would say he has some claim to being the best.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Also rememeber Richard was English. Born in England, Maybe Hall of Ivy is a more common term over there.

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

@@m.e.d.7997 that's true too but he could of said if it was or wasn't. Hall of Fame just looked like the obvious answer.

[@michaelkulow6643]

I love it when Richard tries to pull the wool over the contestant and then hes like ah, you win. Hahaha

[@beckysorenson5527]

a poker face.

[@retrochick9993]

Jack said "I keep my nutty Uncle Elmo in a huge glass bottle, because Nutty Uncle Elmo thinks he's a ________. And no one said Genie??? 🧞‍♂️

[@Mo-pt7bw]

I don’t know if genie in a bottle was a thing before the song

[@pencils812]

@@Mo-pt7bw the show I Dream of Jeannie came out in 1965.

[@dmnemaine]

That was my immediate thought. Pickle and fish didn't make any sense. The former is kept in a jar and the latter is kept in a bowl.

[@mitchellries256]

That's exactly what I thought. Got it from The Twilight Zone episode The Man in a Bottle.

[@steveyounker7897]

Wow, that's a great one! I never thought of that, I was thinking "model ship" the whole time. And I matched Gary, but no one said "genie." That really is the best answer though, and probably what the writers were after.

[@steveyounker7897]

Two of them said "hamburger helper?" I don't think they were paying attention. Euel Gibbons? At least Charles was on the ball.

[@todddepue681]

Patti is quietly one of the most clever and witty ones, although she doesn't really give a shit about matching the contestants.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Betty White often gave odd beat answers too IMHO.

[@pencils812]

Gene often talked about her college degree.

[@pencils812]

@@m.e.d.7997 she talks in this video about the difficulty of giving good answers while being in the 6th seat. She also talks about a naughty super match at 2:50.It's a short interesting video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHa9nHakibB6jZY

[@todddepue681]

@@pencils812 Marcia Wallace has spoken about the sixth seat assignment specifically being to come up with unexpected answers to end the round with a good punchline. Matching was great for the contestants of course, but too much repetition was feared to make for boring television. Those sixth seat women should be applauded for their quick witted thinking but still they caught a lot of criticism when they failed to match. Although they all certainly proved over the years that they were perfectly capable of matching when it really counted for the contestants. When Maclean Stevenson eventually replaced Dawson, he complained how hard it was to come up with jokes that hadn't already been used. Meanwhile, the smart women in seat six certainly had more challenging job assignment.

[@SuperC888]

Finally a $500 match w Wishbone

[@prodigaljess]

Well, helllooooo Betty!!! What a beauty!

[@diverbob33]

Barbara looks like a grown up version of Pebbles from the Flintstones.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Actually, Brenda Dickson looks more like Pebbles than Barbara.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Yes she does (but that's not who I was thinking about). I've been trying to figure out all week who she looks like

[@corrinewadino8771]

I thought of Hickory nut helper! Cannot believe that she said that that’s exactly what I thought and I struggled with it cause I kept thinking of hamburger helper

[@kellykonoske91]

Why did this episode get buried? It took a while to dig it out

[@kevansf]

End-of-week H/H match recap: ... This week we had 4 H/H matches total, 3 of which were successful: Richard 3/4 Yes, it was all Richard all the time this week. (No H/H matches on Monday or Thursday, but two on Friday.) He earned his 108th H/H match today (the first of the two attempts today), and this week Richard pulled ahead of Brett once again in matching accuracy and had quite an impressive streak going, with 7 consecutive matches until the odd "Hall of Ivy" answer failed to match the contestant (and after five wins, it was her first time playing for $5,000 too!). I honestly thought it was going to be an easy win for our champion who hasn't had the best of luck with the audience match, to say the least. Next week looks like another promising week with Orson and Joyce returning. But those incredible accuracy scores don't mean a thing if contestants don't choose them for a H/H match. Stay tuned... 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). Fannie - 50% (9 wins in 18 attempts). Betty - 48.4% (15 wins in 31 attempts). Charles - 47.4% (18 wins in 38 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 38.0% (108 wins in 284 attempts). Brett - 37.8% (17 wins in 45 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). And it's been a while since I've posted the list of celebs with 2 H/H 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 525, 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!")

[@jedijones]

So let's make sure people understand Dawson didn't invent the kissing thing for Family Feud. This girl dives in and plants a kiss on his lips and this is a year before Feud started. As we all know, Match Game was full of this celebratory kissing years before Feud started. But whenever anyone discusses Dawson or the original Feud, they talk like Dawson came up with the kissing thing all by himself.

[@sdlively27]

Well Richard has been kissing the contestant ladies from almost the beginning I think if I am remember correctly when the won with him in the head to head.. ;0)

[@SuperC888]

H&R Block

[@brookehanley3659]

She won big bucks on her second answer. Of course, she was a female blonde.

[@der22672]

Technically, pickles come in jars not bottles. And this has been an extra fun week of shows. Gary was actually tolerable, and Brenda was surprisingly quite enjoyable. And, yes I do remember her on The Young and the Restless.

[@dmnemaine]

I figured that Uncle Elmo thought he was a genie. That was because it was a glass bottle, and don't genies live in bottles?

[@chrismayer3919]

Little Max is all; “but I’m not tired, I wanna see mommy on her gameshow”

[@corrinewadino8771]

Has anyone noticed at the end how PATTY never shows her answer to the camera! She always gets rid of that quickly because she knows it’s Dumb

[@kristabrewer6736]

My first thought was Moss too

[@corrinewadino8771]

Nobody ever picks PATTY and I’m very surprised that she picked PATTY for the audience match! And PATTY did give a good answer, but she never gets picked.

[@poetcomic1]

Barbara the contstant's hairstyle belongs in a pastry shop. And she is a very pretty girl 0 can you imnagine a short messy hairstyle on her - she would be gorgeous.

[@m.e.d.7997]

And that was a very rare hairstyle in 1975.

[@randydellinger2996]

Barbara thinks she’s cuter than she actually is.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Who was she??? Brenda Dickson?

[@garfield2439]

Thanks I agree 💯👍

[@m.e.d.7997]

Who is Barbara?

[@Okiedokie595]

I thought she had a cute personality. At least she did do that obnoxious baby talk like so many women did in those days

[@pencils812]

16:15 what did Charles throw?

[@Tre404]

Elmburger Helper . . . .

[@m.e.d.7997]

I thought tree branch Helper.

[@deboragustin9980]

I think the only reason Barbara kept winning was because she was getting easy questions. Where the answer was obvious.

[@jedijones]

That's the problem with this show in general. It's totally random whether the contestant gets a phrase with an obvious answer or one that could have many good answers.

[@retrochick9993]

I think so too. I get tired of contestants who overstay their welcome. I prefer when they win the round, then the $5000, and then get beaten in the next round so we get new people.

[@thomaswashburn3513]

I always thought a perfect game show would have the winner win the money (say $2,500) and go home, while the loser comes back for the next episode… basically, see how long it might take to win. This type of show (mostly luck of the draw) would be a perfect setting for this concept.

[@seahag03]

IM LAUGHING SO HARD AT PATTI SNEEZING INTO THE FLOWER LMAO

[@TommyLamont-vf4un]

Is it Friday ?? Drink Day ??

[@marilynjohnson5007]

Wish upon a star?

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

First Super Match, part 2: BUILDING Gibe-Clayton, round 1, question A: "I'm with Gary on this one: SHIP." (Bzzt!) Question B: "No, I said she RAN OFF WITH him." (Bzzt!) "Or sailed off, probably, in that boat of his." Round 2, question A: "CAT-TAIL Helper, and no, I don't want to talk about it." (Bzzt!) Second Super Match, part 1: LIST Part 2: MIRRORS Gibe-Fritz, round 1, question B: "Brett, I could have sworn you were about to say pussywillows, and I was kicking myself for not having thought of it. I just said MOSS." (Bzzt!)

[@wattsjetton3027]

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

[@sdlively27]

Well sort of a slow week but Richard wins the week giving away 3,600 dollars in head to head and audience match matches with 13 matches for the regulars. Patti wins for the semi regulars with 10 matches for the week.. Brett and Charles both gave away 100 dollars in audience match matches.

[@nathantj594]

Gosh you could tell everyone was steaming drunk on this one hahha

[@sdlively27]

Richard and Gene didn't drink.. but after a long day of taping.. Ok just 4 hours but it got to wear on you a bit maybe.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

Ok, I take it back, I think some were now that I have started to watch but I still say Gene and Richard didn't drink and Patti might had one but I doubt it because I am guessing she is still nursing.. ;0) But I could be wrong.. ;0)

[@m.e.d.7997]

Agree thought the same thing. Must. Have been a Thursday or Friday

[@thomaswashburn3513]

They taped 5 episodes in one day… with at least 30 minutes between to change clothes and get some refreshments (including liquor), and at least one served meal… my guess it was probably close to an 8 hour day most Saturdays and Sundays of recording… they taped every other weekend… Saturday was one week and Sunday was the following week.

[@wakkywabbit5446]

Thanks 🙂

[@lisaevans7293]

I always thought richard gave the wrong word Ivy on purpose because people were pissed he kept getting chosen all the time.

[@dmnemaine]

Hall(s) of ivy is/was a well known phrase referring to a college/university. It could very well have been the first thing he thought of.

[@beckydutra6543]

Right, she was the sacrificial lamb, unfortunately for her.

[@joeambrose3260]

I've seen Richard blow at least 3 slam dunks on 5000. Something reeks big-time

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

I don't like him I've never been a fan of Richard Dawson. He has his funny moments but when Richard screws up I just remember what Brett said and it makes me laugh. He isn't always right.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 Thing is sometimes Richard was a smart choice on 3rd because he was that good at this game. Interestingly Brett Somers seemed to match 9/10 on the BIG Win! She really cared about the players winning. So did Charles.

[@LynxSouth]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 What did Brett say, please?

[@garfield2439]

@@LynxSouth wgaf

[@LynxSouth]

@@garfield2439 Obviously I did, or I wouldn't have asked.

[@donaldleroy6502]

That really sucked how Betty got screwed by the panel starting with gary and his ridiculous answer Santa's helper what a putz

[@m.e.d.7997]

Agree

[@paulmartinez1216]

I wished the cell phone was invented during the time.

[@jeffwelch5349]

LOL if you watch enough of these MG reruns, you’ll see just how annoying all these celebrities really are!!!

[@lesburns7395]

a truer statement was never made, and most were barely celebrities, ( still fun to watch though )

[@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) New suit Gene? ;0) pickle! ;0) ship! ;0) I have a union I can go to.. goldfish! :0) cork! ;0) Thank you Gene! ;0) flush! ;0) Hickory nut helper! ;0) Santa helper! ;0) cockweb! ;0) spanish moss! ;0) corn! ;0) leaves! ;0) carrots! :0) ROFL! Patti! ;0)

[@LynxSouth]

What the hell is Hall of Ivy?! I first thought of the Hall of Mirrors, at Versailles, then rejected that for hall of fame. I looked up Richard's answer, and The HallS of Ivy (plural!) was an NBC radio show 1950-52, and a CBS TV show in 1954-55, years before Dawson came to the US, and when the contestant was in diapers (if born). I was a teenager in 1975, and I don't remember anyone ever mentioning Halls of Ivy. I flat out do not believe that was the best or only thing that came to his mind. He cheated her on purpose for not having picked him first those other times. It's sickening.

[@m.e.d.7997]

It was actually smarter to pick him second or third.

[@LynxSouth]

@@m.e.d.7997 I agree. But he wanted the prestige of being the go-to guy.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@LynxSouth Yep he did.

[@pattip2788]

I agree. He’s done that before and it was so obvious.

[@lesburns7395]

he got more arrogant with every show, if anyone else got a laugh he would smirk

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

Brett - just shutup! Geez, you are irritating with all you yakking!

[@richardwhite5633]

In my opinion the contestants do really good on the show, but there is one celebrity that needs to be committed to a mental institution and that person is Brett Sommers

[@billwheeler7243]

RICHARD SCREWED HER OVER BECAUSE SHE NEVER PICKED HIM FIRST...FROM DAY ONE

[@beckydutra6543]

Who ever heard of Hall of Ivy except for him and he knows she would have said Fame. 😦

[@brettmiddleton7949]

@@beckydutra6543 Maybe that's a Brit version of "ivy-covered halls", but it was certainly a very odd answer.

[@LynxSouth]

@@brettmiddleton7949 Nope. I'd never heard of it (that I could remember) so I looked it up. It was an NBC radio program 1950-52, and a CBS TV comedy in 1955, too early for her to remember. That answer was nothing but revenge on his part. I'm appalled.

[@garfield2439]

You people are 🥜.

[@brookehanley3659]

Hall of Ivy????

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

Something not right there he did that on purpose I reckon.

[@lesburns7395]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 Brett does that a lot too, nobody is naturally that dumb, i will admit she tried a little harder on the head to heads

[@garfield2439]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 reckon do you🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Ugh

[@shanti888]

Richard was a true mind reader !

[@GarretGrayCamera]

The BLANK helper question is really obscure and unanswerable today. Who is Yul Gibbons? I'm pretty up on those times back then but I don't know who that was.

[@sdlively27]

was an outdoorsman and early health food advocate, promoting eating wild foods during the 1960s. Here is a commercial he did for Grape Nuts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYmtfnyrZp18brs

[@SandraHof]

I am 66 years old. So I remembered him and his affiliation with Grape-Nuts cereal. But for today’s audience I think this would be next to impossible to know.

[@m.e.d.7997]

She said kid blocks before building blocks. That was her first answer!! She only got 1000.00 dollars though.

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying! ;0) Did they move Tattletales back to after Match Game after the Musical Chairs failed? I guess they did..

[@douglasbrown3942]

Musical Chairs moved

[@sdlively27]

Is this when he started with the two tones, so to speak, with the suits? Wearing the jacket of another set with a little or darker set.. ;0)

[@MatchGameProductions]

Stephanie Lively yes. You will see a teal jacket added to the wardrobe, a brown coach, and also gray. I personally liked the suits from episode 411-520 the best!

[@MatchGameProductions]

My favorite suit was the white suit worn on Episode 1268!

[@sdlively27]

@@MatchGameProductions Thank you so VERY much! ;0) I agree with you, those are the best. Thank you again and thank you for putting up with us and putting up these videos for us new fans of the show.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

@@MatchGameProductions Was that the one that used to be your picture before the new design? I will have to go look that episode up. Thank you! ;0) Can't wait.. ;0)

[@pattip2788]

“Hall of Ivy”??!! First of all, it’s “halls” of Ivy. I think Richard screwed up on purpose.

[@SandraHof]

I kind of wondered that myself.

[@garfield2439]

Good I was sick of her

[@SuperC888]

What the hell is the Hall of Ivy? To me, There is only one answer Hall of Fame. I googled this and there was a radio program in the 50s called HallS of Ivy .. plural- halls with an S. Sorry but Richard goofed here.

[@pencils812]

Has anyone seen the episode that Betty is talking about at the end of the video at 2:50? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHa9nHakibB6jZY

[@leahklein3175]

98

[@beckydutra6543]

She finally gets the 5000 slot and no match this time. Fame was the obvious 😋 shame on Richard

[@lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrol]

ill be glad when brett is gone

[@sdlively27]

Is RD a little miff at GR?

[@sdlively27]

I guess after being called Charles the episode before.. ;0) Yes, I know.. ;0)