Match Game 76 (Episode 743) (Chest BLANK?) (Give Me Light?)

George Kennedy, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Donna Mills, Richard Dawson, and Patti Deutsch

[@bonniebaldridge1248]

George never got much camera time, God rest his soul. He always seemed to look like he felt out of place, often with his hand to his face....just sat there with that vague smile on his face. I love him, though!!

[@magikexpert]

That's because he was sitting next to Brett who would never shut her BIG annoying mouth. He was Great though. And funny.

[@beckydutra6543]

@@magikexpert it takes one to know one, 😝

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@magikexpert GROW UP!!

[@carolynwyller5321]

George almost always matches! He's such a good player!

[@beckydutra6543]

He's adorable !

[@kristabrewer6736]

George is the best player of EVERYBODY on the show!

[@brenyou9574]

Really like George. He done well.

[@gailmclean5857]

I totally think that Richard said “sat on” to purposely eliminate the other contestant.

[@robertboyers3349]

I noticed that as well, but seen others do the same in other episodes at times

[@jacobestevez7570]

no doubt it's more than likely true

[@caitlinlothamer5966]

Exact reason why I came to comments. He did that on purpose for sure lol

[@marilynsowards8489]

My thought exactly!

[@40bpaula]

He'd have to be a mind reader, wouldn't he. They write their answers before the contestants give theirs. My first thought was stepped on.

[@ShellsShells-nd6qh]

Rory reminds me of what Holly would look like as an adult on Land of the Lost.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: Gene often says the first round questions are the hardest, but the champion scored six matches ("Richard Nixon") on her first-round question. The challenger needed to match the remaining five celebs with her second-round question, but fell one short when Richard "sat" instead of "tinkled" like everyone else. (Even Patti had the matching answer.) Today's audience match question: "Chest _________ " (My lousy thoughts: of Drawers, Hair, -nuts, ???) The celebs: Richard (X-rays), George (Pains), and Brett (Cold) -- First time in a long time that none of my lousy answers came up as suggestions. The choice: X-ray The answers: Nut (ha!), of Drawers (double ha!!), X-ray -- (Well, my answers weren't quite as lousy as I had thought!) It's hard to get overly excited about the H/H match today. I'm 99.99% certain the champion will choose Richard again... She picks Richard again. He has now been chosen for 20 of the 22 most recent head-to-heads, and he matched ten of those times so far (not counting a possible match today, as I don't know the result yet). He and this champion matched last time, but Richard missed the four times prior to that. Today's H/H question: "_______Gum" (I predict another match today. Chewing gum seems obvious.) Richard decides quickly and glances at Patti as he files his answer. The champion confidently answers "Bubble." Okay, maybe my answer wasn't as obvious as I'd thought. Bubble sounds like a great choice here. I've got the video paused as I try to decide which answer I like better. I think I'll stick with my first thought, but now I'm not so sure that we'll have a match. A little drama after all! The champion says she was going to say "chewing." Interesting. ESP? Influenced by the audience shouting out answers? "No, you were right the first time," says Richard as he pulls out his card: "Chewing." -- No ESP this time. I feel bad for the champion. 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). Charles - 51.0% (27 wins in 53 attempts). Betty - 50.0% (18 wins in 36 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 41.4% (24 wins in 58 attempts). Richard - 40.8% (178 wins in 436 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 743, 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!")

[@plumos67]

What a beauty Rory is.

[@mortenu.5606]

Would have been awesome with a panel featuring George and Leslie

[@mrnmrsifl]

I always have to remind myself he wasn't on the actual "Police Squad!"

[@hennypennycrafts]

Sometimes I think Richard purposely gave wrong answers to keep cute women around longer. Dirty old man.

[@jackdull5699]

That's probably true.

[@MooncricketsInc]

Early 40s is old? You must be under 21, or maybe that's just your IQ.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Of COURSE he did! Leave it to saint Richard to ruin it for her

[@ts.elliot5870]

He wasn't THAT old. LoL

[@krkf8]

Love when George is on here. ❤

[@sheristewart3940]

I was positive Apollos was gonna say, "Dingaling!"

[@pegtooth2006]

At four minutes, Dawson nailed it with: Pardon?

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

He’s such an ASS!

[@sheristewart3940]

That was a good one!

[@mitchellries256]

Joe Biden and Barack Obama would be very popular answers today for that "My Accomplishments in Office" question.

[@edwardlozano8807]

Be a lawyer...that way you can afford to go to the track....

[@bulafritz]

Rory is very pretty but she has gigantic teeth and eyeballs

[@rockaway2k]

Rory is a truly beautiful woman.

[@MensAsses33]

Rory has the look of a folk singer a la Joni Mitchell.

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

I guess Brett felt that longer answers, requiring multiple cards, would improve her answers. (maybe bigger cards?)

[@davidjones9661]

Nothing could improve her answers, the dimwit that she was... No, she did the multiple cards to keep the camera on her mug that much longer. She was always hogging camera time, stepping on other panelist at every opportunity she could. Many would put her at the top of the best MG panelist list, I'd put her no higher than sixth...

[@magikexpert]

@@davidjones9661 Thank You! I totally agree with You! Except, I wouldn't give her anywhere near sixth, MUCH lower.

[@davidjones5837]

@@magikexpert Yeah, maybe sixth was too generous, perhaps I thought that way because she was on the show basically forever... Okay, ninth place...CTM.

[@davidjones9661]

@R First off, just like a certain.part of the anatomy, everyone has their opinion, as the saying goes. As to your stating that Sommers made "hundreds of matches" comment, care to make a list of such achievement? Yeah, I thought so... So, go punk yourself, PUNK.

[@davidjones9661]

@R And as further proof that her many of her answers were of the dimwitted variety, she'd often admit, on air, as such... "I don't know why I wrote/said this.." -B.S. I'm just calling it like it is.

[@40bpaula]

Lol...first word out of my mouth for the slimmest book of accomplishments was Trump.

[@beverlysomerville6838]

🙄

[@40bpaula]

@@beverlysomerville6838

[@martybass7376]

Trump was president unlike Hillary

[@brenyou9574]

Just because someone may be heavy, I hate laughing at them.

[@pencils812]

George was heavy. I wonder how he felt.

[@sheristewart3940]

George is sweetie! A sweet huggable teddy bear.

[@daverice2426]

Interesting; nobody held up a card in the intro. Don't remember that happening before

[@pencils812]

Wow.

[@eddieafterburner]

20:14 I like Patti’s capital Ws

[@bobsiyt6548]

Richard Nixon (Love him or hate him) actually did have a good list of accomplishments. Ford on the other hand... I guess in the present, history isn’t exactly accurate.

[@vitodanelli]

Why does Brett always have to make stupid remarks like the one about Rory’s teeth?

[@kristabrewer6736]

Oh myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, she made OE comment; call the police!

[@vitodanelli]

@@kristabrewer6736 ha ha ha!! What a moron you are. Insults are acceptable behavior to you? Brett was always jealous of the attractive women that were on the show.

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736Bitter party of one!

[@pencils812]

Did anyone notice that Charles said "Dickie Boo Nixon"? Dickie Boo is what the contestant Darlene Landon called Richard Dawson when they met on the Dating game in 72. Then she ended up on Match in 76 and won over $22,000.

[@sheristewart3940]

No, she called Richard Dawson, Dicky DO.

[@jennygreen3994]

you can't make fat jokes like that anymore 😄

[@40bpaula]

No. the jokes are worse these days.

[@CousinOresama]

I matched with whomever said rolled.

[@beckydutra6543]

Contestant resembles Lionel Richie. 😊

[@MensAsses33]

This is not a criticism or a judgment, just an observation. Richard Dawson loves being the center of attention. Has a very inflated ego. The spotlight must be on him.

[@ts.elliot5870]

It seems fair that most people that rise to a similar level of success have very healthy egos. On this show Richard was a big part of ensemble until until he got Family Fued. From that point forward he didn't seem happy to be on MG. There's a good documentary on youtube about Richard's time on Fued. It doesn't paint a favorable picture.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Leave it to saint Richard to ruin it for her

[@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]

Are you for real?!