Match Game 76 (Episode 683) (Give Johnny Olsen A Kiss?) (F BLANK?)

[@GarretGrayCamera]

I like Scoey's joke at 11:00. It's so true. No one really talks about that with men. You youngins will understand that one sooner than you think!

[@Observ45er]

Many cultural shifts are obvious. I was surprised to hear Richard complain about always saying "Wife".

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Scoey was very funny. So was Charles.

[@ts.elliot5870]

I'm a big Charles fan. Scoey not so much.

[@beckydutra6543]

CNR cracks me up!! 😁😂

[@Observ45er]

He was a good wit.

[@OkMaRcOs11]

johnny olsen has the weirdest shaped head :D. he reminds me of a cartoon character

[@rick2340atyahoocom]

Liked that black hair dye

[@magikexpert]

One of the best voices in show business though.

[@aracelyguerrero360]

@@magikexpert I love the voice. Perfect for games but his head. Whoa. He needs to stay behind the scenes lol

[@kristabrewer6736]

lol, I've noticed that too

[@Observ45er]

@@kristabrewer6736 It resonates his voice just right (;-o)

[@onnieduvall2565]

The mention of F-Troop prompted me to feed the temptation and finally purchase the series on DVD. I could never get that theme song out of my head.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

"The end of the Civil War was near when quite accidentally..."

[@martybass7376]

🐑

[@Observ45er]

It started a week before Hogan - - Wikipedia

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Richard's Hogan's Heroes crack at 13:19. And his surprisingly modest reaction to his own winning answer (offset by another snap at F Troop) after 15:00 -- very funny.

[@Observ45er]

F-trope first aired a week before Hogan - - Wikipedia.

[@edwardlozano8807]

"F Troop"...RIP to Ken Berry who just passed away recently...

[@kellykonoske91]

That blonde in the audience looked like Lorreta Swit!

[@deboragustin9980]

Yes she did, a much younger version.

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, I thought that too!

[@brendagirouard9570]

I agree with you,.

[@LVSignChick]

Definite resemblance!

[@brendagz5417]

Said the same thing as soon as I saw her. 😃

[@LVSignChick]

Been going through comments for each episode as I watch, and there is something Brett does that drives me nuts: she fumbles and stutters in a way that feels like she's stalling for time before revealing her answer in such a BTW manner (see the Tiny Tom Thumb question)...I swear she does this at least once an episode! Anyone else noticing this?

[@ts.elliot5870]

yes, she's not organized. She's trying to be funny but she's out of her league. I like Brett but she's the weakest of the regulars.

[@Observ45er]

I find her annoying. She tries way too hard and too many of her quips aren't even appropriate to the comment she's responding to. She just has to say something about everything. She also seems to need a hearing aide - however, please note that Gene talks to the mic and that isn't played back on stage, so it can make for problems, but others have few problems.

[@Okiedokie595]

Why does she have to announce "I've got it!" Ugh

[@Observ45er]

@@Okiedokie595 I find her annoying and she detracts from the show. I fast forward past here as much as possible.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: Kind of a sad victory today: Our champion won her second game, but only because Old Man Periwinkle died four times on his honeymoon... Today's audience match question: " F. _______ " (Scott Fitzgerald, Troop, and FBI) The celebs: Brett (Lee Baily), Fannie (FDR), and Richard (Troop) -- Hmm, some good answers there! The choice: Scott Fitzgerald. (Well, what do you know? She's taking my suggestion instead!) The answers: Lee Bailey, Scott Fitzgerald, Troop Another $250 for our champ. Last time she selected Richard for the H/H match, but didn't score a win. Will she stay the course or try another star? More often than not, a contestant tends to stick with Richard, even after losing one or even two times. Let's see... "Let's try Richard again," she says. This is his eighth consecutive go at the H/H match. This time, I reviewed all his attempts back to the week starting with episode 626. He played 39 times during that span, and matched 15 of those, for a 38.5% accuracy rating (a little below his current cumulative average). Today's H/H question: "Off to the _______ " (Is there any answer other than "races"? This has got to be an easy match!) Richard quickly files his card. The camera angle is too close and/or high to watch him write, and then it cuts away mid-answer, so no solid clues, but it seems like a short answer. The contestant offers the predicted response to wild applause. Fingers crossed... Yes, indeed. We have a winner! Richard scores his 161st H/H match. 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 - 52.6% (10 wins in 19 attempts). Betty - 50% (17 wins in 34 attempts). Charles - 47.7% (21 wins in 44 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 41.8% (23 wins in 55 attempts). Richard - 40.6% (161 wins in 397 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 683, excluding the lost/missing/damaged episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, and 645. (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!")

[@markh2537]

I thought that was Loretta Swit in the audience!

[@craigfoye6674]

Igor said, “Antipasto! Dr. Frankenstein really likes me. For Valentine’s Day, he gave me a heart. He got it from his own __________!”

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Everyone but Richard changed clothes between episodes...

[@Observer-jw8wv]

@@sdlively27 I assume he forgot his wardrobe; maybe he just got off a plane and had to go straight to work or maybe he just goofed and left them home. He had a different jacket and shirt for 685, the last show of the day, and that jacket was definitely his as he wore it before. He probably had to have someone (his manager?) round up clothes and bring them to him in the studio.

[@pencils812]

This is the third in a row. I've been watching these episodes in order and he often wears that light blue turtleneck with the black blazer.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Fannie mentions Bicentennial Minutes. I wonder how many of the panel did them (since they were on CBS and there were nearly 800 segments, probably a few!) Richard Dawson did one on February 3, 1975 -- topic unknown, unfortunately. From what I can tell, all but three or four Bicentennial Minutes are lost to history.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

As I said, records survive for only a few of them. I know that Betty Ford and Jessica Tandy both recorded them, but it is not surprising that in the 1970s very few women were invited. I believe Gene did one too, by the way. I've seen a publicity photo from the one Richard did, but there is no hint as to what it was about. I can ask his son; he might recall.

[@Observ45er]

@@Observer-jw8wv Just noting your pseudonym .

[@steveyounker7897]

Hmm... I was a big fan of both F-Troop and Hogan's Heroes when I was a kid, but it never occurred to me that they were in competition. Yeah, both comedies about army life, I guess, but other than that... Maybe they were in the same time slot, originally.

[@kimandrews7186]

I’ve got it!! Who does that remind you of!

[@pencils812]

Bretsy!

[@martybass7376]

F Lee Bailey

[@manofthehour6856]

OOOHH, to be Richard....(between Susan Howard and Fannie!!!) Sigh....

[@HulkSmash10]

They always put a pretty girl on each side of him.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Gene is really kind of obsessed with how he looks on camera in this episode...

[@Observer-jw8wv]

@@sdlively27 I'm a fan of Gene's, but I'd need more evidence to believe that was a consensus opinion. Also, wearing a suit and tie on camera was nothing exceptional in the 1960s and 1970s. In any event, my point was that in THIS episode he was being a bit fussy about how he looked.

[@HulkSmash10]

He's always fishing for a comment about his suits

[@pencils812]

@@HulkSmash10 imagine changing into a different 3 piece suit every 30 minutes or so, 5 times a day. That seems so cumbersome.

[@brandiegger8808]

Gene had a big ego. Just watch the Match Game documentary. They talk about it there. Regardless, he was very good on this show.

[@earlofopsis1307]

Sad to note Sally Westwood Copeland lost her battle with breast cancer in 2012.

[@Julie-sl8ul]

The pretty blonde in the audience looks like Hot Lips Hoolihan.

[@ichriscrabtree]

From his own mummy!

[@pencils812]

Yes.

[@mikehunt4986]

19:43 Debbie looks like Monica Lewinsky.

[@pegtooth2006]

Any one else notice the peace dove on the defender's half khaki collar?

[@poolside16190]

What about F. Murray Abraham?

[@edwardlozano8807]

Not as well known at that time....it would be Amadeus in 1984 that would make him a household name...

[@Observer-jw8wv]

He was still doing very small roles at this time.

[@robinstewart6422]

Gene Rayburn is sweet to Brett jack kugman is not sweet to her and when he says hi darling she says hi honey she loves to go to that motel rest in peace Brett keep loving gene Rayburn and if he tells you to shut up laugh at him

[@briansk8362]

Gene skipped the ESP talk

[@jamesbonnen]

3:57 He would be dead

[@krkf8]

F. Scott Fitzgerald was my first thought as well.

[@bobsiyt6548]

Whenever Gene does voices/impressions for the questions, I never understand him… either does the panel - he usually has to repeat himself in a normal voice. It’s irritating sometimes.

[@walkerbrown8591]

I got a cousin named Gluck! 😂

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Brett's jokes aren't funny. :(

[@richardwhite5633]

I am curious what Gene Rayburn’s wife has to say about Brett Summers flirting with her husband Gene. Brett need to stick with repairing he marriage with Jack and stop with Gene.

[@robinstewart6422]

She loves gene Rayburn he’s sweet and nice to her and jack kugman is mean to her but gene is sweet and takes her to the motel and she says hi honey to gene Rayburn when he says hi darling

[@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