Match Game 76 (Episode 788) (BLANK Hopper?)

Joey Bishop, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Lynn Deerfield, Richard Dawson, and Betty White

[@AstralPixie]

I just laughed out loud, "There's not a straight man in the whole bunch". Betty: "Well yes". *Grass* Joey, "It's a marijuana show for hippies." Love what Richard is wearing today.

[@HeatherGraham_TnD_Catchup]

Betty White's giggle is the cutest thing in the world☺️

[@DJRitty]

Isn't it nice to watch tv and not be reminded of about how horrible the world is? You can escape here and still feel like an adult...so much of this tv is just great to revisit. Happier times (in a general sense).

[@colleenzucca4602]

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[@barbrudnicki2289]

If you think the world was horrible then you should be living now in 2024. It is an uplift to watch these shows.

[@magikexpert]

Charles was GREAT! At 17:55 when he said "I just realized what her initials were". Referring to Brett. And You know, that does make a LOT of sense! lol

[@mikehunt4986]

Brett was definitely full of it!

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

It's a joke they were GOOD FRIENDS. Move on.

[@WalkaCrookedLine]

(1:25) "Not a straight man in this whole bunch"

[@beckydutra6543]

I just love that Charles!! He makes me laugh every time. 😁

[@pencils812]

I love his facial expressions,

[@caseyyarnold2959]

If Brett would concentrate on the 'question' and stop staring at Gene & imagining God knows what, she wouldn't have to have the 'question' repeated again. Jeez!

[@deanstrand4260]

I suspect she had ADD / ADHD. She had a very short attention span.

[@garfield2439]

@K Kr that's what I always thought, maybe a little of both

[@pencils812]

Lol.....imagining God knows what.

[@JRIJR75]

I just thought it was part of her act.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

⁠hehe

[@namelessgrace6319]

I just love watching these reruns. And I wasn't even alive when this show aired! :) lol

[@simonwaffleman]

The daughter of the one contestant was 12 at the time. That makes her 53 now.

[@namelessgrace6319]

It's crazy to think. I mostly like watching this show because it's clean fun, and because of Mr. Dawson of course! :) lol

[@magikexpert]

It IS funny and fun to watch.

[@fastdude2002]

I watched these with my mom when I was 12...

[@mrnmrsifl]

They definitely don't make them like this anymore.

[@greglauer]

That Muriel was a hoot when she first came out.

[@sharcrum]

I thought she was a total psycho!

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Wondered if she snorted a line or two before she came out on stage Holy cow she was wound up.

[@deanstrand4260]

She had to be on some sort of stimulant, or maybe bipolar mania

[@pencils812]

How about at the end?? That was the weirdest thing I've seen in 786 episodes.

[@retrochick9993]

"I'd like to say hi to Robert Redford!" Lol Muriel, you're hilarious! Especially when Gene keeps telling you to stop saying hi to people 😆

[@drawken]

The camera man zooming in to Brett after the reveal of "bar hopper". Haha! ...so weird, he rain his fingers through my FOOD/DINNER. Buzz!!!

[@moonlightray8493]

9:48 Joey's sheepish eye roll here is very endearing - you can see the "hoo boy" written on his face without him even uttering a word, haha You can also tell that he and Brett have really grown on each other; he 'tolerates' her peeking at his answers and saying "that's a good one"!

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Fortunately, Brett satisfies our burning curiosity about her preference for questions! Let's wish with all our might that the writers are listening too!

[@cinemaholic730]

I'm really surprised Dennis Hopper didn't make it up there. Was he not as big of a name in the 70s as he is today?

[@jjryan1352]

He had already made Easy Rider. That probably scared a lot of people off. Too Manson-esque.

[@770WT]

William Hopper of Perry Mason fame was probably more well known at that time

[@jonburrows8602]

@@jjryan1352 Easy Rider was seven years prior and he did nothing of note since. Seven years was a lifetime in the pre-internet era and people just plain forgot about you.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: For the third day in a row we start right off with the Super-Match! (In the final moments of yesterday's game, our two-time champion was defeated ($6,200), with Joey being the "villain" - he was the only celeb not to match when all six were needed to achieve a tie. But I guess it's all a matter of perspective, because from the new champion's point of view, Joey was the hero!) Today's audience match question: "________ Hopper" (My thoughts: Hedda, Dennis, Bar) The celebs: Richard (Grass), Brett (Hedda), and Betty (Dennis) The choice: Grass The answers: Bar, Hedda, Grass Who will our new champion chose? Richard is the safe bet. No surprises today. Richard takes pen in hand, prepared to write his winning response. He hasn't matched the last six questions in a row, which is rare, but not a record for him (his longest streak of consecutive losses is eight). Today's H/H question: "Sex _______ " (My first thought is "appeal." I'll go with that. "Symbol" would be my number two choice.) Richard takes a moment before writing and filing his response. It looks like it was several letters, at least five... The champion has an answer ready. "Pot," she says. Okay. That's a valid response. Maybe less common today than the ones I thought of, but perhaps it was a more common expression in 1976. Richard offers a list of possibilities including sex education and sex manual. He wrote "Object" which strikes me as an unlikely answer. No match today. *Richard's cumulative accuracy score now drops below Brett's again, for the tenth or so time. But I have a feeling he'll start matching again soon and retake the lead.* 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). Charles - 51.0% (27 wins in 53 attempts). Betty - 50.0% (18 wins in 36 attempts). Fannie - 48.0% (12 wins in 25 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 41.3% (26 wins in 63 attempts). Richard - 41.2% (195 wins in 473 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 788, 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!")

[@feudfan55]

It’s funny watching 8 weeks of Match Game with plugs to watch Family Feud and realizing that not a single episode has aired as of the taping of this week. This week was taped on 7-11-1986, the day before the Family Feud debut.

[@pencils812]

I was wondering about that. It must've been weird to act as if it was on. Your comment says 1986. You mean 1976?

[@feudfan55]

@@pencils812 Yea, that should have said 1976.

[@DJRitty]

I love the way Joey tries to make his answer seem right or smart by holding up his index finger in that aha! manner lmao...love Joey haha

[@sdlively27]

On this date in 1996, The X-Files TV Series episode Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' with Charles Nelson Reilly as Jose Chung aired.

[@mehmetokay7073]

Joey Bishop and marijuana. Brett should have kept her mouth shut about "sneaky" being the operative word. It influenced the other wrong answer.

[@Swampzoid]

People don't say Pocket Book anymore

[@pencils812]

Lol. I wonder how they came up with that phrase.

[@ichriscrabtree]

It’s in Star Wars: Episode 2.

[@Paul71H]

Joey Bishop still hadn't figured out that you're supposed to show your card and say your answer at the same time, not say your answer and then show your card after the host asks "is that what you wrote?"

[@mlg1948]

Joey has such a dry sense of humor. I love it.

[@40bpaula]

LMAO. okay, that little banter between Muriel and gene was cute...the whole "saying hello is not allowed" thing. Cute. Whenever the ugly Edna questions come up, I always get a very clear view of Jamie Foxx as Wanda...lol.

[@pencils812]

Funny how at the end, Muriel told Gene to come close to her chest to read her necklace, then told him to back off and covered her chest, and said she'd "heard" about him, insinuating that he behaves inappropriately.

[@calvada1]

Muriel’s a little out there.

[@pencils812]

😁

[@pencils812]

Funny how Muriel told Gene to come close to her chest to read her necklace, then told him to back off and covered her chest, and said she'd "heard" about him, insinuating that he behaves inappropriately.

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@pencils812 He DOES!

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Joey Bishop 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Lynn Deerfield 5. Richard Dawson 6. Betty White

[@carolynwyller5321]

They've had the Howard Cosell question before.

[@mikehunt4986]

19:10 "You heard about me?" Holy shit would Gene have gotten in trouble today!

[@pencils812]

That was crazy.....But she was the one who told him to get close to her chest to read her necklace......

[@michaeldavis2021]

With all the males in these media outlets getting in trouble for sexual harassment I can only imagine if Gene would have got himself in some trouble in today’s world.

[@mikehunt4986]

He would've been CRUCIFIED!

[@MooncricketsInc]

If hugging,kissing and making corny jokes is sexual harassment then yes, he would get in trouble.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@MooncricketsInc Also touching. Bottom line is that Gene Rayburn would not be hosting any game shows in 2021 behaving the way he did. These are extremely different times we are living in. You think Al Bundy could still make fun of fat chicks in 2021?

[@MooncricketsInc]

@@mikehunt4986 Most of these 70s and 80s shows wouldn't air today, there's too many sensitive whiny cunts, and a few pop up in the MG comment section I've noticed over the 700+ episodes I've watched.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@MooncricketsInc Agreed.

[@greglauer]

Wow...at about 12:04 an audience member is cackling with laughter and Gene seems visibly irritated, turning and saying, "Madam...has she laid it yet? Well, she's cackling like one." Gene sure seemed to get irritable at times and downright rude.

[@james5460]

I absolutely agree about Gene sometimes coming across poorly, but it's possible that was a set-up for him to talk to Lynn about her laugh. Just a possibility.

[@sdlively27]

Get a feeling loud high pitch sounds irritates him and hurts his ears. Don't know.

[@sdlively27]

Get a feeling loud high pitch sounds irritates him and hurts his ears. Don't know.

[@sdlively27]

It also got a laugh from the audience which I probably what he was after anyway..

[@sdlively27]

It also got a laugh from the audience which I probably what he was after anyway..

[@karenbrandenberger517]

Ugly people can be very beautiful.

[@DJRitty]

Ok Gene that was a bit much at the end lol I was just expecting her to NOT be there next game LOL

[@sdlively27]

Why, she told him to look closer atlhou he didn't have to do what she said. I don't why she was crossing her arms, she was the one who told him to look closer.

[@sdlively27]

Why, she told him to look closer atlhou he didn't have to do what she said. I don't why she was crossing her arms, she was the one who told him to look closer.

[@pencils812]

@@sdlively27 this was one of the weirdest shows I've seen.

[@pencils812]

DJ Ritty....Did you think they'd kick her off?

[@kristabrewer6736]

Yes, Gene was disgusting at the end. I couldn't "like" your comment though because of the LOL you put at the end of it. There was nothing funny about it.

[@ajmittendorf]

I love this show, but I am getting highly burned out on Gene's perverse and nearly abusive harassment of female panellists AND contestants.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Muriel's funny

[@robinstewart6422]

Lynn laughs like horshack I love it

[@kentclark6420]

He ran his fingers through my drawers.

[@robertcolfack26]

Betty White was a stunningly beautiful and sensual lady.....

[@Golbez1991]

Muriel is funny. :D

[@pencils812]

She was strange.

[@randydellinger2996]

Gene still hadn’t figured out that they are all civilians, including himself.

[@jjryan1352]

It's just a play on words. You think he actually doesn't know the difference?

[@deanstrand4260]

If he did know the difference, why repeat it over and over again when nobody found it funny? I thought it was condescending to all non-military people.

[@jjryan1352]

@@deanstrand4260 OMG talk about over-sensitive and triggered! How can you even watch this show when that was one of the most innocuous things said in the episode? What about "the Braille method"? Isn't that demeaning to women duhhhhh. Lighten up Francis. It wasn't even meant to be funny. It's just a mild way to use language to be more colorful. He is a game show host after all. You have very low comprehension. Let me explain it in baby steps for you. You see, there's common recognized difference between "civilian" and "military" life, and back when they had the draft it was often referenced how people "went back to civilian" life as a big change in their social function. Gene did a little analogy there between that woman being a contestant and a panelist. Really deep stuff, I know 🙄 No way on Earth is it condescending in any way, shape or form.

[@pencils812]

Haha.....He was something else.

[@jools01]

1:25 😂

[@dannyhill8797]

Lynn Derfield was born Rosalind Jane Hirschfield...have no idea why she left GL....

[@katherynemero9355]

I can't find a reason why she left either. What I do find is a lot of curious coincidence. She is listed as a member of GL from 1970-1976. This episode is listed as airing in September 1976. She married Bill Beutel and the relationship ended in the end of 1975. It seems like a lot of stuff happened to her at once. Maybe she quit the business and went home-- she died in St. Louis in 2011. I wonder.....

[@james5460]

I am curious also. She was replaced (eventually) on GL, and the actress who replaced her became a fan favorite. Those shows operated on "who do the fans like this week" kind of deal, so maybe the fans didn't like her, though she seems really likeable (what do I know?). Her departure from GL was kind of abrupt - they had to cover for her absence by saying "she''s in the other room" for a while. It's curious that she left GL right around when this Match Game appearance first aired. It's one of those mysteries.

[@sdlively27]

She doesn't seem to have the thick skin needed to be in the show business but what do I know, never been actress. I just didn't realize she had been on the GL show that long before this show. Was she not a fan favorite or were a such thing back then?

[@magikexpert]

Her death was a mystery too. They said she 61 and died of undetermined causes at her home. Strange.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Redrum

[@jadenmuniz8817]

Ident: Paper Fortune Teller (5 seconds; music replaced)

[@pencils812]

Ok....GENE GAVE THE BLONDE CONTESTANT A HINT ON THE CELEBRITY MATCH WHEN HE TOLD HER THAT RICHARD TOOK A LONG TIME TO WRITE BUT THAT'S BECAUSE HE WAS THINKING FOR A LONG TIME, AND SHE SHOULD'NT THINK THAT HE WAS WRITING A LONG ANSWER.

[@brettgb1314]

Hi, packerbackersince79! :)

[@noampitlik2332]

Brett was off her meds on this one.

[@lynskyrd78]

She's Drunk

[@dianebaugher3919]

Ok Muriel is annoying as all get out

[@jjryan1352]

She's an absolute laugh riot.

[@pencils812]

She reminded me of a person dressed up like a bird.

[@pencils812]

Funny how Muriel told Gene to get close to her chest to read her necklace then told him to back off, covered her chest, and said she'd heard about him, insinuating that he behaves inappropriately.

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@jjryan1352 in a GOOD way. I thought she was hilarious

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@pencils812 not sure why you had to say that twice, but since you did, I guess I can give my answer twice. He DOES behave inappropriately.

[@aidadador8383]

B."operative word" S. is at it again🤪😱🤯

[@sharcrum]

I CAN'T STAND THAT MURIEL LADY AND I WILL NOT WATCH THIS EPISODE AS MUCH AS I LOVE MATCH GAME!!!!! SHE WAS AS CRAZY AS A LOON! SERIOUS CRAZY!!!

[@KG-xt4oq]

ALMOST AS CRAZY AS YOU!!!

[@pencils812]

You missed an interesting ending if you didn't finish it.

[@sharcrum]

@@pencils812 oh I watched it all the first time just not ever again

[@sharcrum]

@@KG-xt4oq 🤨 you must be kin to her

[@pencils812]

@@sharcrum she lost on the next episode. She was the weirdest contestant they ever had.

[@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