Match Game 76 (Episode 749) (Smokey BLANK?)

[@daviddriver2692]

I doubt Seriously there will EVER be a show or people like Charles Nelson Riley, Gene Rayburn etc . Ever again

[@SebastianHernandez-jh2yz]

When I saw “Smokey ______” I immediately thought of Smokey Robinson

[@mrnmrsifl]

I said "Smokey and the Bandit" then I realized this was '76. It's fun watching these shows that happened before cultural and political events.

[@Julie-sl8ul]

Smokey Robinson

[@aracelyguerrero360]

Joey is hilarious. I love his humor. He cracks me up. Might be my favorite guest panelist. I like McLean too. 👍

[@michellegulden1052]

I was curious. This is what I found, Smokey Joe's "A standby for UPenn students since 1933, this old-school tavern focuses on beer, drinks & pizza."

[@eddieafterburner]

19:10 Never, ever in my life would I have thought that Joey Bishop would get _the_ definitive answer, much less be the only one on the panel to do so

[@moonlightray8493]

Joey's comedic style tends to incorporate a lot of quick-witted wisecracks, so it's not too surprising that he was able to latch onto an opportunity for clever wordplay... If you watch his guest appearances on (the original) What's My Line, it's very evident that his "I'm stoopid" attitude is just a shtick, and he's actually pretty sharp.

[@anonamust8697]

Sometimes the panel really shows its age. If you were a generation younger than most of the panel, you knew damn well who Smokey Robinson and the Miracles were. (I mean, really.....) Yet, they all acted like they'd never even heard of him--probably because most of them hadn't. I grew up watching Match Game as a teenager in the 70's. And even back then, I noticed that sometimes I easily knew popular answers that made the cut into the Top 3 on the board that the panel didn't come up with, while other times, the panel gave answers that were in the Top 3 that I'd never heard of--proving of course, that the things that are well-known within the mainstream culture can be generationally-dependent. Meaning that the stuff that I know about what's out there and who's out there, etc. can be vastly different from what my parents know. These differences have always existed from one generation to the next. Another case in point which alludes to all of this is the fact that the "Top 3" answers to fill in many of those blanks would be much different answers today than they were back in the 70's--which I constantly keep being reminded of whenever I watch the old Match Game reruns these days.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: George Washington's personal habits prove to be our champion's undoing, so he goes home with $1,800 after two games, and a new champion steps up for a chance to win "over five thousand dollars!" Today's audience match question: "Smokey _________" (My thoughts: Bear, Robinson, ???) The celebs: Brett (the Bear), Mary (Mountains), and Charles (Joe) The choice: the Bear The answers: Joe (!), Robinson, The Bear -- Third time in a row Brett suggested the top answer. Our champ pockets a quick $500, and now on to the head-to-head! Trying to get into the mind each new contestant to guess who'll she pick is the fun part for me. I was stunned that she didn't call on Richard at all for a suggestion (extremely rare). I think this was also the first time that Mary has been called on to give a suggestion. (Note: It was hysterical that CNR's silly answer when he drew a blank in the third position turned out to be on the board!) Well, I'm thinking she may call on Brett which would be unprecedented (three different contestants in a row choosing her), but sometimes I think the contestants backstage waiting for their turn are influenced by how the games go as they're waiting, and Brett has been in the H/H spotlight for the past four games and has given four great answers (although only two were matches). If not Brett, maybe Mary or Charles. I doubt she'll go with Richard, but stranger things have happened... Well color me shocked! She does go with Richard! This is his first time up to bat this week. He's matched four of his ten most recent attempts. Today's H/H question: "My friend _______" (I'm not sure if this is super easy or super hard. All I can think of is My Friend Flicka.) Richard quickly files his response, but not without his traditional glance to the sixth seat. "I can't think of it," the champion laments. She shakes her head in defeat. "Joey." -- I imagine that must feel terrible to draw a blank up there under those circumstances, but it's totally understandable. Huh. Richard wrote "Irma." I didn't see that one coming. My friend Wikipedia explains: "My Friend Irma" is a 1949 American comedy film and was the motion picture debut of the comedy team Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. So the film was nearly 30 years old at the time. 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 - 41.9% (26 wins in 62 attempts). Richard - 40.8% (179 wins in 439 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 749, 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!")

[@Bobalicious]

To clean Kong's ears.

[@dmnemaine]

"My Friend Irma" was also a Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film.

[@janejayne8152]

OMGosh, Linda has Brett's glasses !

[@markjamesmeli2520]

So did Charles, most of the time.

[@wmkyle1]

9:42 All right, Smokey the Bear. Let's find out if he's under the 500 dollar number. " Slide it Earl."

[@shirleytaylor8489]

Smokey Bear doesn't have a middle name. My aunt worked for the Forest Service and set me straight long ago.

[@thomasbryant6512]

Fast forward to today, and my first thought was "My Friend Dahmer." I live near Akron and know people who were involved in making that film.

[@BrettLeavelle]

I can't find the episode where Brett says "Who in hell is Smokey Robinson?!"

[@SebastianHernandez-jh2yz]

Do you remember the year the episode premiered? I’m trying to find it myself

[@patcrites5274]

I don"t remember the episode number but I think the episode was from Match Game 77 or 78

[@bowl1968]

It was Match Game 75 episode 416. The one where Johnny Olsen sat in for an episode. blank Robinson

[@randydellinger2996]

Smokey Joe’s Cafe was a song by the Robins in the mid- 50’s. You could do the Dirty Bop to it.

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

I'm 84yrs old and did the bop. But never heard of the dirty bop??

[@eddieafterburner]

2:33 Is that someone snoring?!

[@noampitlik2332]

Larry was so good-natured he forfeited his easy win. That's class.

[@km-zu6qm]

That's insane. He pissed away potentially thousands of dollars when he could've easily responded with "whoopie" or "relations". That would've bought him a heck of a lot of ham and mayonnaise sandwiches.

[@kristabrewer6736]

um, ok

[@dmnemaine]

Why do you assume he forfeited his win? It looked more to me like he was just too embarrassed to go with his first choice. Anyway, he would only have tied.

[@SFnerd84]

It only took him a minute to BLANK! 😂😂 5:02

[@corrinewadino8771]

I thought he was Allen Ludden in the beginning

[@km-zu6qm]

Vampire shouldn't have matched Bat. Perhaps the other way around. But a bat is just a bat 🦇

[@Julie-sl8ul]

I was thinking Looks like Alan Luden 🤔

[@randydellinger2996]

Smokey Robinson, the best.

[@lastnerve3705]

Smokey Bear. Not THE Bear. It’s not Santa THE Claus...

[@Bobalicious]

My friend Smokey Joe!

[@storylass9071]

"The" is not Smokey Bear's middle name.

[@PV-pu5iu]

Finally.

[@Julie-sl8ul]

...need a reservation 😂

[@Julie-sl8ul]

It's no longer acceptable to say "squaw". Extremely demeaning to Indigenous women.

[@marilynjohnson5007]

Hair is away from BRETTS EARS

[@sheristewart3940]

What about "Smokey and the Bandit" with Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, and Jackie Gleason? Too early?

[@robinstewart6422]

How tall is Brett is she 5’7

[@annika_panicka]

5'9", if the info online is to be believed. In this case, I think it can be trusted. She was definitely tall.

[@edwardlozano8807]

"My Friend Irma"....TV show-www.imdb.com/title/tt0044281/?ref_=nv_sr_3 movie-www.imdb.com/title/tt0041673/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[@XMLarry]

My husband George was the first minuteman. It only takes him a minute to tinkle

[@nicholassassatelli1359]

Larry reminds me of Colonel Sanders without the beard.

[@pencils812]

Lol!

[@kristabrewer6736]

Larry looks like Brock Speer

[@mikehunt4986]

Smokey Joe was probably a reference to Smokin Joe Frazier! Shocked that not a single person in the entire studio said his name!

[@LynxSouth]

Besides the examples Gene mentioned, there were a couple of old baseball players called Smokey Joe (I think at least one was a pitcher) as well as advertisements for the Smokey Joe Grill.

[@loissimmons109]

@@LynxSouth Smoky Joe Wood was a superb pitcher in the second decade of the 20th century (mostly for the Red Sox). He won 34 games in 1912 against only 5 losses to help them win the AL pennant. He also won 3 of their 4 victories when they won that year's World Series against the Giants. His career record was 117-57 with a 2.03 ERA. He got his nickname because his fast ball was rated the fastest in baseball when his arm was sound. Even the great Walter Johnson conceded that Wood threw faster than him. In his best two seasons, 1911 and 1912, he struck out over 200 batters in each of those seasons, very difficult to do in an era of contact hitters. But he hurt his shoulder late in the 1915 season, and battled injuries throughout the year even though he had the best ERA in the AL that year (1.49). He sat out the 1916 season rehabbing his shoulder. He was sold to Cleveland before the 1917 season, claiming his arm and shoulder were as good as new. It was false bravado. His own doctor said it was a wonder that he had any arm and shoulder left. Before the end of the season, he asked to be removed from the team payroll and he refused an offer from the owner to stay on as an advisor. So it was a surprise to the baseball world that he announced over the winter that he was going to attempt a comeback with Cleveland for the 1918 season ... as an outfielder. He not only made the club, he was a starter that season (when there was a shortage of players because of WWI), platooned in the outfield the next three seasons, and then started in 1922, the season in which he had the most playing time (139 starts in the outfield and 142 games overall). He compiled a .283 lifetime batting average and hit .296 and .297 in the years during which he was a full-time starter. After that season, he retired at age 33, citing family obligations.

[@pencils812]

What's with Mary and the rubber chicken?

[@sdlively27]

For those who are wondering, The Weber Smokey Joe grill was first introduced in 1955. Retailing for $12.95, the “New ” Smokey Joe was Weber's first entry into portable, tabletop. I guess they don't cook out much back then.. ;0) Or the audience could have thought of the other two as well.. ;0)

[@golbex]

6:51 "Bye bye Allen!" lol!

[@millionairejacob4452]

How long these show star if everybody a life

[@lesburns7395]

Huh?????

[@pencils812]

Are you asking if the stars are still alive? You can Google them but I think they're all deceased, oh, except Joyce Builifant. She is 84 now.

[@kristabrewer6736]

WHAT?

[@patcrites5274]

???????

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

??????

[@rodmagee7895]

Gene: so that's why you're so pale.

[@pencils812]

Brett looked very tan.

[@millionairejacob4452]

Did he die Jim reaven

[@ddruxman3579]

Omg, that blondie is so ditzie. She mixed up wooden Indian, Wooden nickles, and probably a buffalo nickle was swimming around in the soup in her blond gray matter as well.

[@deanstrand4260]

I've often wondered if she was really that ditzy, or if she was just playing the role.

[@LynxSouth]

Be careful about calling people ditzy: both the metal and the coin's name are spelled nickEL.

[@ddruxman3579]

@@LynxSouth ah- haha quite right! I must've typed this in a very tired state. I know better. Signed, Ditzie Ditzy

[@patcrites5274]

I hate to break this to you , but Joyce is a pretty good celebrity to play this game

[@sdlively27]

ROFL!! Another good episode I think, I do Mary Wickes.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! ;0) ROFL! Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) What you reading Gene? ;0) ROFL! Gene! ;0) ROFL! Brett, Charles, Mary and Joyce! ;0) They did the samething they did to Patti a couple of seasons ago.. ;0) fur! ;0) cage! ;0) shave! ;0) It's been a while.. ;0) Go to sleep! ;0) For those late evenings in Encino a lovey bar called Smokey Joes! :0) That's Smokey Joe! ;0) Is Joey channeling McLean from the early days there kissing Gene. ;0) bat! ;0) He followed all of the dots filled by Charles. No Goodson and Todman.. ;0) ROFL! Mary! ;0) human heart! ;0) neck! ;0) feathers! ;0) reservation! ;0) wampam! ;0) wooden nickels! :0)

[@ogalxYT]

are you okay

[@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