Match Game 76 (Episode 728) (Women's Rights?)

[@mikehunt4986]

1:53 The exchange between Gene and the contestant about this country being in a "rotten mess" and female Presidents sounds like something you'd hear today (though not on a game show). Later in the show at 17:33, Gene mentions the Hong Kong flu. The more things change...

[@MarqusW1]

If we can ever FINALLY learn that one's demographics have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with one's capabilities and that the most important human characteristics TRANSCEND all of that identity nonsense, perhaps we can start putting our society back together again...it's all contrived nonsense meant to push us apart...

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Charles' "macho" voice (aka “Chuck”) is just too funny - especially when he immediately switches to a more effeminate voice.

[@pencils812]

😁

[@sheristewart3940]

And it still took the LGBTQ community 4 more decades to come out of the closet.

[@crystalheart9]

Love him, he is so funny.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Brilliant man

[@tomitstube]

ethel merman has one of those laughs you could hear her across the room.

[@sheristewart3940]

Ever hear her sing? She didn't need a microphone.

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

That first question was tailor made for a "royal flush!"

[@paperbackonly8438]

Mark Konzerowsky So is a royal diaper :)

[@JRIJR75]

But the question was phrased that someone was “going to see the Royal _____” How can you see a flush?

[@dmnemaine]

@@JRIJR75 You sit in the bathroom while someone's using the toilet, and you watch when they push on the lever. That's how you see a flush. Anyway, it was an obvious play on words.

[@sheristewart3940]

But Joyce's answer was best, royal throne ~ another play on words, but it still is a s**t hole.

[@johnbailey3877]

Gail Taylor is an absolute delight! Bravo for a woman who knows about tire chains. I’m rooting for her in the next episode Blessings to her and her family

[@crystalheart9]

I'm surprised they could get a big name like Ethel Merman to be on the Match Game and she was really good too. I heard Richard telling her he thought she was doing great!

[@DavidLEzell]

Match Game was a top-rated show with a young demographic and Ethel worked hard to remain relevant to younger people. Sometimes it worked (Airplane) and other times not so much (her disco album). But she worked and worked hard until the end of her life And that is part of the reason people who know nothing of Broadway know the name "Ethel Merman."

[@edwardlozano8807]

A few years later and they could have said "Ladies Night"...

[@beckydutra6543]

I thought Ladies first. 😁

[@40bpaula]

@@beckydutra6543 I thought "ladies who lunch". Not sure if that was a thing back then.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Ethel's comment aimed at Brett (1:10 --"Oh there she goes. My echo chamber.") was funny, but it seems to me that she was genuinely annoyed. They knew one another because Brett was married to Jack Klugman (and pregnant with their first son) when Jack played opposite Ethel Merman in the original Broadway cast of Gypsy. Notice how Ethel simply ignores Brett when she shouts out "You do Jack's part, Ethel" at 5:20.

[@lynskyrd78]

Bretts so annoying..

[@sheristewart3940]

I know, Brett is so annoying, and she plays the same schtick over and over! Enough already! Gid rid of da dingbat!

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

They were STILL BEST friends grow up. Brett actually went to see Ethel Merman in concert she says in an actual episode of Match Game. Brett also had Ethel Merman's book which Ethel Merman personally signed to Brett. "To my good friend, Brett. I love you!" So nice try.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Gail looks EXACTLY like Dee Wallace and Joyce did pretty good this week!

[@sdlively27]

With Brett's audience match of Lady's Room MG/PM has given away 2 million dollars! ;0)

[@storylass9071]

. . . and that's in the 1970s money ! ! !

[@pencils812]

Wow!

[@40bpaula]

This was a GREAT episode. I laughed from beginning to end. Winner!

[@walkerbrown8591]

LOLOLOL at Gene fixing the doors and the $5000 sign 😂

[@christopherbrunozzi355]

Ladies Be Seated, which was a radio or old TV show with Johnny Olson.

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'm psyched about watching this particular episode virtually commercial free, after having watched this on the buzzr network just the other day, having to endure mindless Medicare plan commercials every four and a half minutes

[@SaucyWench7]

I love this guy Murray Metz.

[@MatchGameProductions]

Why no 727 from Buzzr? Well Buzzr skipped it!

[@crissrudd4554]

Fortunately you still got your GSN copy of 727 up from 2017! :)

[@Paul71H]

For anyone looking for episode 727, it can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICtcoCubs5mr7M

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: Today we have another new champion facing the Super Match. Today's audience match question: "Ladies _________ " (My thoughts: and Gentlemen, Home Journal, Room) The celebs: Brett (Room), Charles (and Gentlemen), and Richard (only). The choice: Room The answers: Day, and Gentlemen, Room Our new champion is off to a good start. I'm trying to guess who she'll choose for the H/H match. It's got to be one of the regulars. I'm leaning to Richard, closely followed by Brett, with Charles a remote possibility... "Brett was marvelous, but Richard is my husband's name, so I've gotta go with Richard." Okay. Richard is on a winning streak, having matched his 4 most recent attempts. Today's H/H question: "__________ Chain" (This one has several possibilities, everything from supermarket chain to bicycle chain to tire chain. How about daisy chain?) The camera cuts to Gene's antics as Richard writes, but he it doesn't take long for him to file his response. The champion seems conflicted. She finally says "tire," which was one of the things I'd thought of, but she gets a negative response from the audience. She adds that "ball and" was her first thought, but she thought it had to be only one word. Actually, "ball and" sounds like a better answer to me. Let's see what Richard came up with... Richard retrieves his discarded "Ball &" response before revealing "Daisy." Maybe daisy was the best answer. No match today. Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (Note: An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (Note: For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.) 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 - 52.4% (11 wins in 21 attempts). Betty - 51.4% (18 wins in 35 attempts). Charles - 51.0% (27 wins in 53 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 41.4% (24 wins in 58 attempts). Richard - 40.9% (173 wins in 423 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 728, 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!")

[@brenyou9574]

I loved Charles

[@noampitlik2332]

I would like to go back to 1976 and get marooned on an island with Avery. You wouldn't need TV or internet.

[@pencils812]

He is funny.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

I would like him for me

[@bobsiyt6548]

The “Throne Room” (bathroom) is not the same as a toilet 🚽 - that shouldn’t have counted.

[@wmkyle1]

9:21 Last chance for Ladies room " Slide it Earl. "

[@philipemma2359]

It would be nice if Brett kept her mouth shut for just one show! Smh

[@kristabrewer6736]

Yea, I know; it would also be nice if saint Richard kept HIS mouth shut for just one show even more

[@philipemma2359]

@@kristabrewer6736 I think Charles Nelson Riley is a blast! He cracks me up. Loved Betty White also.

[@sheristewart3940]

Wholeheartedly agree!

[@todddepue681]

Like Joyce, on the grass skirt question, my first thought was Dior, but of course no chance of Murray saying that

[@eddieafterburner]

12:55 If ever there was a guy who personifies a “Murray”, it’s … Murray.

[@dmnemaine]

Wow. I would have sworn everybody was going to say "royal flush", but they all looked askance like that was a rotten answer.

[@Floymin]

Anyone know what "regained the formula" means?

[@SaucyWench7]

I'm not 100 percent sure, but I believe that as men get older, sperm count and fertility decrease. So he's saying that it built itself back up after some years, lol.

[@sheristewart3940]

I thought he was able to figure out a way to rid his wife of a headache.

[@sheristewart3940]

I've only seen Ethel Mermon's performance in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, but I didn't care for the character she portrayed, but Miss Mermon portrayed a greedy beotch well.

[@jennygreen3994]

What a laugh! A woman president would have been Hillary Clinton. No thank you. God forbid.

[@sdlively27]

Keep a look out, she might still make it yet! ;0)

[@randydellinger2996]

You’re a wise woman.

[@sadiebeast97]

We await election results 11-4-20...if Biden gets into office, Harris will be VP...she could be the first female president...

[@40bpaula]

@@sdlively27 Oh God, NO!

[@KG-xt4oq]

@@sadiebeast97 Looks like a certainty these days...you got the winning lotto numbers handy?

[@maynardsmoreland]

"Daisy Chain" may have been too English a phrase for a Yank to match.

[@gerryu21220]

It's a somewhat outdated but well-known phrase in America. Her reaction shows she knew exactly what it meant.

[@shaleyvale272]

I'm American, and as children, we made daisy chains all the time. She was probably a tomboy.

[@sheristewart3940]

I guessed gold chain.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

We made ours out of clover blossoms

[@shaleyvale272]

That wackaddodle who said "tire chain," (which is a terrible, nutty answer,) gives a "wtf" expression with an eye roll for "daisy chain," which everyone has heard of. Crazy lady! Rofl!

[@sdlively27]

ROFL!! Ok another episode I think and not quite a after dinner episode.. ;0) I have often wonder if Gene has no hearing in his left ear, I think that is the second lady that had a piercing scream.. ;0) So much for the seriousness during the head to head in this one..Love Gene's ad libing ;0) Love when they get Gene laughing.. Yes I know I am sick. Back when everyone was still happy to be there.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! ;0) ROFL! Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) toilet! ;0) ROFL! Audience! ;0) tongue! ;0) Very popular on my block! ;0) head! ;0) mouth! ;0) ROFL! The door! ;0) 500 dollars! ;0) ROFL! Gene! ;0) made in japan! ;0) ROFL! Avery! ;0) virgan pot! ;0) ROFL! Charles! ;0) Sometimes I get so ruff and tuff I scared myself.. ;0) Made in the USA! ;0) ROFL! Charles! ;0) The Hong Kong flu! ;0) One response to Gene's answer.. ;0) pants! ;0) Some what response to Gene's answer.. ;0)

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Avery Schreiber 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Ethel Merman 5. Richard Dawson 6. Joyce Bulifant

[@leahklein3175]

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[@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

[@sheristewart3940]

No, have you?