Match Game 75 (Episode 618) (New Year's Show) (Remembering MG 75)

[@97Senator]

Thanks for converting all the MG'75 episodes to KZbin! Appreciate your hard work!

[@drinkinbuddy8264]

Appreciate the conversion to KZbin. I’m sure you don’t hear it enough but thank you

[@monnycarpio149]

I’ve watched every episode up to this point. Thank you!!! Great friends and memories!!!!!

[@markjamesmeli2520]

A lot of me is glad that I'm where I am now, but...I'd love to re-live a few days from 1975.

[@monnycarpio149]

@@markjamesmeli2520 Me too!!! Times were so much better.

[@annika_panicka]

Best Wishes for 2025, MG Family! ✨

[@aracelyguerrero360]

Whenever i see the new year episodes I get a little emotional. Time just goes by to fast and they all look so happy. A lot of them are no longer with us. 😞😞

[@kellykonoske91]

Love these so much! Thank you for posting all these wonderful episodes!

[@debfan74]

I love this game and thanks for posting them

[@ZBTNLM1821]

Actually watching this on New Years Eve!!!!

[@susanbezio6708]

Me too!!

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Richard seems quite at home, sitting between two very beautiful ladies

[@rhyancoleman6462]

This is Johnny Olson speaking for Match Game '76! A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production and a HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!

[@freddydensmith4352]

Final Show of '75 ..... It sure was fast

[@genkatqltr737]

Left time for saying goodbye to 1975, welcoming 1976.

[@nowthatsjustducky]

20 days shy of 8 years old when this aired; and I can't for the life of me recall what my answer to ____________ Memory was. Now let's see how the rest of the episode goes.

[@deedenehy5280]

@matchgameproductions Thank for all your work putting these episodes on you tube. From 2024!

[@edwardlozano8807]

Actually Charles could have used "The Posiden Adventure" since it was their "New Year's Eve" episode!

[@sdlively27]

And Brett managed to sneak in another to end the season giving away 150,000 dollars. ;0) (MG75 and PM75)

[@jamesbonnen]

4:09 It's Thanks for the Memories

[@Julie-sl8ul]

Gene has some sharp paisley ties!

[@georgemaster9271]

Where did Charles get such a HUMUNGOUS balloon?Cute clip show at the end, enjoyed it immensely.

[@lisamoroney3036]

China 🇨🇳

[@Trefoile]

That finale is hilarious!

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

If the question contains "Cleopatra" the answer is always, "Asp". If the question contains "Superman" the answer is "S".

[@pencils812]

It gets boring.

[@aracelyguerrero360]

Yes you are correct. We got this game down lol

[@donaldleroy6502]

How was this not rated a gold star episode?also love the little montage at the end BRAVO

[@cross3052]

I was born in 1976. TV was better back then.

[@corrinewadino8771]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! MATCH GAME PRODUCTIONS!!! Today is JANUARY 5 2025! HALLELUJAH THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!

[@steveyounker7897]

If you want to play with Richard (and possibly kiss him), don't pick him last!

[@wcwindom56]

Fanny should've worn a dress like Jody's... WOW!!

[@corrinewadino8771]

FRYING PAN!

[@donaldleroy6502]

His teddy 🐻 was hidden in his duffle bag oh my word I struck out miserably there. I woulda said chin also thanks Charles

[@steveyounker7897]

She said that she watched the show, but with the Cleopatra questions, the answer is almost always "asp." Just like with the Superman questions. Superman lost his "S." Basically, the same joke.

[@margaretkinnaman3154]

Jody was so gorgeous not hard to see what Richard saw in her! They made such a cute couple......but Gretchen is cute too so RD won all the way around....

[@aracelyguerrero360]

Were they a couple?

[@pencils812]

@@aracelyguerrero360 yes. You can watch an episode of Richard and Jody on Tattletales. It's on KZbin.

[@aracelyguerrero360]

@@pencils812 thank you. We're they a couple before or after this episode?

[@pencils812]

@@aracelyguerrero360 both I believe. But I don't know how long it lasted.

[@hibiscusfreak]

A basket is not an egg carton....huh?

[@tomitstube]

ikr?!

[@pencils812]

Agreed.

[@susanbezio6708]

Easter basket is.

[@MegaZeldafan1]

Scoreless until the tiebreaker round

[@sharcrum]

I AGREE! WRONG ON THE MATCH OF BASKET AND CARTON!!

[@pencils812]

Yea. That was a weird one.

[@susanbezio6708]

Easter basket carries eggs.

[@hardlines4]

The one with the memory question, sorry the song is called Thanks for the “memories”not memory just saying

[@annika_panicka]

The song that became Bob Hope's signature number is called "Thanks for the Memory," not "Memories," although "memories" makes more sense as who has just one from an experience worth singing about?

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Our champion had just won her second game yesterday as time expired, so we start out with her repeat trip to the Super Match round today. (Well, after the obligatory chit-chat and the Jody Donovan fashion show, of course.) She calls on the same celebs in the same order as yesterday: Charles, Brett, and Richard. Frankly, I don't like any of their suggestions for "_______ Memory", but I can't come up with anything better. Good thing I'm not playing today! When Gene asks if she had something better in mind, she said "I wish I did." Yup, the suggestions really didn't sound all that great today, but she takes Richard's answer. The audience booed. Even Richard said he would've taken Charles's answer. Let's see: no one came up with the $100 answer. No one came up with $250 answer. (Are you seeing a pattern here?) But wait, Charles's answer --- "Thanks for the" (despite the song being "Memories" and the question being "Memory") --- was the $500 response! Sadly, no head-to-head match today. (Looking back at recent H/H match history, Richard has played the last 14 consecutive H/H matches, and 41 of the last 46. Of those 41, he matched 20 of them, which is actually quite good, and this "hot" stretch brought his overall accuracy score up above Brett's.) Kind of a down note to close out Match Game '75. But then to top if off we go two full rounds without a single match! Wow! (Gene says it was the first time that's ever happened. I seem to recall an earlier game that ended in a zero-zero tie, but I didn't make a note of it, so I'm not positive.) -----Cut to the balloon popping, general revelry, singing, and the introduction of the Match Game '76 stage logo! Can't wait to see what next year brings to our Match Game family! Meanwhile, here's the standing 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 - 52.6% (10 wins in 19 attempts). Betty - 46.9% (15 wins in 32 attempts). Charles - 45.2% (19 wins in 42 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 40.3% (142 wins in 352 attempts). Brett - 38.0% (19 wins in 50 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 618, 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!")

[@beckydutra6543]

Well it says Memory not Memories. The song goes Thanks for the Memories, right? So a little trickery.

[@annika_panicka]

Bob Hope's signature song was "Thanks for the Memory," not "Memories."

[@beckydutra6543]

@@annika_panicka oh you are right! I didn't go far enough in my search. It was remastered at ",,,,Memories", but the lyrics says "Memory"

[@annika_panicka]

@@beckydutra6543 "Memories" makes more sense as who has just one memory of anything, especially something good? But, alas, the original song was written and popularized as "Thanks for the Memory." Just the one...🤔 (I know it best as "Thanks for the Medicare" from Sofia's Weird Al-ing of it on "The Golden Girls.")

[@beckydutra6543]

@@annika_panicka 😅 That was a good show!

[@nowthatsjustducky]

Meat hook? Freakin' really?

[@MegaZeldafan1]

Lost it in the Super Match

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Dick Martin 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Jody Donovan 5. Richard Dawson 6. Fannie Flagg

[@sdlively27]

In this MG75 season the following were perfect in the head to head, Jack Albertson 1 attempt to 1 match, Mary Ann Mobley 1 attempt to 1 match, Elaine Joyce 1 attempt to 1 match, Orson Bean 1 attempt to 1 match.

[@georgemaster9271]

When the Match Game tapes came to GSN,did they transfer the shows to fresh media?

[@sdlively27]

Top matchers for MG75 are 1. Richard Dawson 619 matches (Full game 44%/head to head 47%), 2. Brett Somers 417 matches (Full game 35%/head to head 46%), 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 230 matches (full game 34%/head to head 43%), 4. Gary Burghoff 179 matches (full game 34%/head to head 67%), 5. Fannie Flagg 128 matches (Full game 34%/head to head 67%), 6. Betty White 108 matches (Full game 37%/head to head 25%), 7. Patti Deutsch 68 matches (Full game 31%/head to head 50%) and 8. Joyce Bulifant 58 matches (Full game 28%/head to head 75%). Total matches 2,505.

[@matthewjansen3297]

Loss of memory? What ?

[@tomitstube]

"rifle" (or gun) in the duffel bag is what i came up with, and "virginity" is also what i came up with, and neither matched once. a little miffed gene called them "dummies".

[@pencils812]

Later on he calls them the lunatic asylum.

[@tomitstube]

@@pencils812 i get that one, the show getting out of control at times, usually after a couple lunch breaks and a few drinks... they did like 6 shows a day, two days in a row if i remember right. the last few shows always being the wildest.

[@ts.elliot5870]

@tomitstube a gun or rifle wouldn't be out of the ordinary. Normally you'd carry both on you unless you were on a transport. The idea would be to think of things that wouldn't normally be in the duffel bag like all the goof ball answers the celebs came up with.

[@corrinewadino8771]

ASP

[@kristabrewer6736]

😢Just because Fannie happened to be on show that week didn't mean they couldn't have showed a clip of Betty

[@NJJosing]

What is an ASP?

[@nadja1618]

A poisonous snake. Cleopatra died from an asp bite. Also, conveniently for comedy, it rhymes with 'ass'.

[@corrinewadino8771]

0 to 0 Thie has happened before! I don’t know why gene Is saying that. They have taped a lot of shows I’ve never seen a match game go on this long with so many shows! Which is absolutely fantastic! The new match game is horrible! And Alec Baldwin makes a horrible MC! Gene Rayburn was the best TV MC always has been AND ALWAYS WILL BE! AND THE CELEBRITIES BACKED IN WE’RE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!

[@sdlively27]

At the end of MG75 (Including MGPM), the top 8 for 1975, 1. Richard 483,610 (578360 total) (#1 in both 73 and 74), 2. Brett 84,600 dollars (107100 Total) (#4 in 73 and 74), 3. Charles 34,135 dollars (56,735 total) (#3 in 73, #2 in 74), 4. Fannie 23,975 dollars (24,725 total) (#16 in 73, #6 in 74), 5. Gary 22,200 dollars (#13 in 74), 6. Joyce 17,100 dollars (#35 in 73, #20 in 74), 7. Betty 12,575 dollars (13,575 total) (#2 in 73, #3 in 74), 8. Patti Deutsch 6,000 dollars (#47 in 73, #70 in 74) (I added 3 more because the regulars were been in the top 5 every year because they are on more episodes). Total for the season is 707,445 dollars (240,800 in 73, 507,650 in 74) spread over 25 panelist.

[@sdlively27]

Top 8 combine (73-75, MGPM) are 1. Richard 769,360 dollars (#1 in 74), 2. Brett 134,450 dollars (#4 in 74), 3. Charles 113,635 dollars (#2 in 74), 4. Betty 80,675 dollars (#3 in 74), 5. Fannie 50,575 dollars (#6 in 74), 6. Jo Ann Pflug 37,450 dollars (#5 in 74), 7. Gary Burghoff 27,700 dollars, and 8. Bert 25,600 dollars (#7 in 74). Total combine (73-75) 1,453,990 dollars spread over 74 panelist.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Charles, that joke about Brett really IS getting old! I'm sorry but I can't laugh at that; he's said it just WAY to many times!

[@Eddie42023]

Hooker?

[@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

[@kristabrewer6736]

Guess, ya still haven't grown up yet, huh oh well; maybe the new year will "grow you up."

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

​@@kristabrewer6736-- you need to GROW UP. !!!!!!!