Match Game 75 (Episode 540) ("Gene Climbs The Audience") (GOLD STAR EPISODE)

Scoey Mitchlll, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Joan Collins, Richard Dawson, and Patti Deutsch

[@justrelax1539]

It was SO OBVIOUS what Charles' answer was gonna be for the super audience match! LOL

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Love the comments by Gene and then Richard playing off Joan at 13:15. Joan was enjoying Richard's imitation.

[@accam6734]

Right on Charles!

[@pencils812]

He would be absent the next week.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

My God, Gene was literally chewing the scenery in that audience climb!

[@jacquelinellewellyn5010]

U gone home for a few minutes

[@garfield2439]

@@jacquelinellewellyn5010 please take your medicine 💊💊💊

[@Rasputin443556]

Scoey's "Straw" answer was so creatively bad that you had to give him props for coming up with it and giving a stupid but plausible reason.

[@sdlively27]

With that win Richard has now giving away 650,000 dollars thanks to MGPM.

[@LawrenceW78]

I would like to think if they brought this back sooner when he was alive, Charles Nelson Reilly would've been a great host for this after Gene

[@RobertBowman-j7c]

CNR was on when Ross Shaffer was host. Gene was still alive, but retired, because he was considered too old and couldn’t sell the show. He sued and lost.

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Gene, you're crazy! :)

[@sdlively27]

Me thinks Joan used another word for tool which almost made Gene faint and Richard corrected.. Hmm that is twice this week I think she had to change what she wanted to say.. ;0)

[@Tre404]

Methinks. One word.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

I think you are 100% correct, LOL.

[@lesburns7395]

she said tool, Richard told her to add the s

[@lesburns7395]

tool

[@sdlively27]

A little slow week this week but Patti Deutsch won the week giving away 5,500 dollars in head to head and audience match matches with 8 matches for the semi regulars! ;0) Charles gave away 1,750 dollars in a head to head and audience match matches with 12 matches for the regulars.

[@kevansf]

End-of-week H/H match recap: ... This week we had 5 H/H matches total, only 1 of which was successful: Charles 0/2, Patti 1/1, Richard 0/2 The week got off to an unusual start. Instead of Richard, Charles was selected Monday and Tuesday, but he's having a cold streak, missing the H/H match three times in a row now. No worries, he's still ahead of his two co-regulars by a comfortable margin in the accuracy department. And then on Wednesday, Patti is chosen for the second time ever, and scores her first match! This is definitely the H/H highlight of the week, because not only was it the only time a contestant won the big bucks, but it was a joy to see Patti finally matching when it really counts! She's a familiar MG face, and despite her occasional weird and wacky 6th-seat responses, she's clearly a bright woman and a sharp player. (And she seems sweet as well.) After that, it's back to form. On Thursday the contestant (a true fan of the show) selects Richard because he says he has good luck matching him at home. Unfortunately, that luck didn't hold up on the MG stage, because the contestant's brain misfires (I imagine it's a lot more stressful and harder to think up there in front of the cameras and the studio audience) and he says Yule Time instead of Yule Tide. Can't blame Richard for that one. And on Friday, the new champion wisely ignores Richard's audience match suggestion, but ends up choosing him for the H/H match anyway. Unfortunately for the contestant, Richard's response of "King Rat" - a movie that Richard reminds us that he appeared in - was perhaps a tad obscure, even back then (the film came out in 1965). No match. At the end of the program, Gene asks Joan what she thought since it was her first week on Match Game. "And probably my last," she quips. Indeed, this was her sole week on Match Game '7x. Next week might be a little odd with Gary filling in for CNR (it's only for one week this time), plus two new faces on the panel: Robert Urich and Jaime Lyn Bauer each make their first and only week-long visit to the MG '7x stage. (If I were producing the show, I'd never book two new celebrities on the same week at this point.) But we get Fannie back, so that's a plus! Here's the updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 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 - 45.2% (19 wins in 42 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 39.1% (18 wins in 46 attempts). Richard - 38.6% (113 wins in 293 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 540, 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!")

[@tomy5868]

Scoey and Brett wardrobe matches

[@amandajstar]

That was a very naughty quip by Charles about 'bilingual'! Love Charles.

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Scoey Mitchell 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Joan Collins 5. Richard Dawson 6. Patti Deutsch

[@marvinmeeker5765]

Nobody said bi-cycle. If he was going to attribute membership of the Algonquin round table, he could have said Alexander Woolcott, Robert Benchley, or anyone who actually was a member, instead of Otto.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Biology? neither word has a hyphen. No!

[@annika_panicka]

13:45 Richard's toupee looks like hell, and there's gonna be hell to pay. 🙃 (He doesn't draw well, but he makes up for it in wit.)

[@SuperC888]

The only thing I could think of was king rat I would’ve matched Richard

[@grigorb.5221]

Best Episode :)

[@sdlively27]

BTW, I love it when Marc makes comments during the show.. ;0)

[@3dartistguy]

I like Joan Collins.

[@LynxSouth]

Does anyone know the format when MG polled the audiences? Did someone ask them, "Please fill in the blank: Bi - blank." Was it written, as in "Please write up to three words that begin "Bi-"? "Which of these words do you think best completes the word 'bi-blank'? Or what? I honestly seriously doubt that 'bisexual' was the second most common response.

[@justrelax1539]

Considering that Charles was a gay man, I’m sure the audience thought of bisexual

[@caseyyarnold2959]

What about bi-weekly?

[@gogoma9522]

Back then bisexual ead a joke😂oh how timed have changed😮

[@carolleruppert2353]

Lynn did not even thank Charles for his answer (most contestants do)! Charles' answer re: the match was the best.

[@der22672]

Am I crazy? Because the only answer I could think of for the Kojak question was "LOLLIPOP". He was famous for having one in his mouth in every episode. And I think Joan was right when she said that this would be her only week of appearances. I'm pretty sure she didn't return. She was just to sophisticated for the show. I did like her answer of "TOOLS" though. Made me chuckle. Oh and this was an instant classic episode. GOLD STAR for sure.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

I think she would have been good if she'd given it another chance. She was clearly intelligent and on the ball.

[@sdlively27]

Yup, Joan's only appearance on MG of the 70's, not sure about the 60's thou.. ;0)

[@michaelbystry5901]

Lollipop is best answer. I'm surprised that the people in Hollywood didn't think of it.

[@franklinstower]

Me too!

[@sdlively27]

Now Gene, Marc wasn't talking about you.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

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) Old bright eyes here.. ;0) teeth! ;0) straws! ;0) boo! ;0) The two of them are leaving together.. ;0) boo! ;0) Don’t count on it.. Bats! ;0) boo! ;0) monster! ;0) boo! ;0) I don’t you not to boo! ;0) women! ;0) boo! ;0) watermelon! ;0) bowling ball! ;0) Beach ball! ;0) That isn’t necessary.. ;0) Oh thank you. We are just sitting here in the back seat. ;0) Lit him! ;0) plug! ;0) boo! ;0) punched! ;0) boo! ;0) plunger! ;0) snake! ;0) tools! ;0)

[@craigfoye6674]

10:29 I have a TV Guide listing: Sunday night, CBS, "Kojak". Kojak is kidnapped by a weird artist who paints Kojak's head to look like a ________.

[@ArchAngel_M81]

I would have said Easter Egg.

[@edwardlozano8807]

It was JUST A ARTIST, BRETT!

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

... like knowing the gender would have improved her answer....

[@garfield2439]

@@MikeSebastianVideos ikr 🤣🤣🤣

[@sdlively27]

The infamous the contestant can't return episode.. ;0) Well the next one really.. ;0)

[@m.e.d.7997]

King Rat??

[@CousinOresama]

Yes. Didn't know it was ever made into a movie (had to Google it), but it was based on a novel by James Clavell, who is probably most famously known for Shogun.

[@mittens4kittens435]

Interesting how Richard looked away and barely clapped when Gene asked for a round of applause for Joan Collins at the end.

[@singing4fun]

Brett was especially annoying in this episode.....

[@lynskyrd78]

Every episode

[@pencils812]

She seemed usual.

[@kristabrewer6736]

I know, Brett's AWESOME!

[@nohandle62]

She was a POS.

[@ajmittendorf]

I'm sorry. I have had it. I keep trying to watch this series from the eyes of someone in the 1970s, but Gene Rayburn continues to be the modern penny hidden in the pocket of my suit. I find him grossly (pun intended) sexual and annoying. Not even Charles, for his off-colour answer for matching "Bi", is nearly as annoying as Gene. I shall continue to watch, but nothing can again make me enjoy this show in its entirety as I did 50 years ago as a boy. Until I reach the end of the series, he will continue to plague me.

[@randydellinger2996]

Gene really had one too many.

[@storylass9071]

he doesn't drink, liver problems, just being weird

[@garfield2439]

@@storylass9071 maybe smoked?

[@pencils812]

@@garfield2439 marijuana?

[@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

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

Whoever picked Dickie Dawson for Head-to-Head deserved to lose.