Match Game 76 (Episode 796) (Dick Gautier Tribute)

[@SteveSmekar-ll6ln]

I met him and spoke with him for a period of time. He moved into a retirement home where I visited other residents. My brush with celebrity, be it ever so slight.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update and preview of the week ahead: ... Here we go with week 160 of our favorite classic game show (the final week will be 291). These episodes were taped on July 25, 1976 and first aired in mid-September of 1976. Our three stalwart regulars are all in their places with bright, shiny faces, and this week they're joined by: ~~~Semi-regular Fannie Flagg, back after two weeks away. This will be her 46th week (of 90). ~~~Dick Gautier, appearing for his fifth week of six. Dick last visited in 731-735, and his final week is coming up in early 1977 (episodes 911-915). Dick has played the head-to-head only once, but didn't score a match. ~~~And Della Reese, returning for the first time since making her "Match Game '7x" debut way back in episode 6! (That was before we met Brett or Charles!) Sadly, this is also Della's second of only three weeks of appearances (her final week will be episodes 886-890). Ms. Reese hasn't yet participated in the H/H. Last week we had another all-Richard week, a common occurrence. Richard does a fine job, but it's boring to watch him play over and over again, and most of his colleagues have better track records when it comes to matching the contestants for the big money. What will happen this week? I really, really hope Charles is called on to play the H/H again soon. It's flabbergasting how he's been ignored for so long. He hasn't been called on since his mega-run of 7 + 2 attempts back in 707-717, so we're looking at nearly 80 episodes with no CNR H/H action! I always enjoy seeing Fannie play the H/H matches. Plus, she matches at a higher rate than Richard. Time is running out for Dick Gautier to join the roster of celebs who've earned a H/H match. Della would be a great choice for the head-to-head as well, and I'd love to see her get a shot. And of course, Brett is always grandly entertaining when she plays the head-to-head. (And win or lose, another play by Brett would put some distance between her score and Richard's, which have been very close together lately!) Most likely, this week (maybe even today) will see Richard score his 200th H/H match! But whatever happens in the H/H this week, I'm sure there will be plenty of _________ to go around! (Match Game trivia: Today Dick Gautier is promoting his upcoming (1977) movie "Billy Jack Goes to Washington." Also appearing in that movie is another Match Game celeb, Lucie Arnaz, who appeared in the fourth seat for one week only, in episodes 31-35 with Bert Convy, Brett Somers, Jack Carter, Richard Dawson, and Nanette Fabray. Unfortunately, 31, 32, and 33 are "lost" episodes, so we only have two episodes available with Lucie, but she was still chosen once for the H/H, without matching however.) ~~~Today's action: (A lack of electric fans cost our champion the game in the final moment of the last show. He went home with $600.) So we start off today with our new champion playing the Super-Match! Today's audience match question: "Bon ________" (My thoughts: Voyage, Jour, Bon) The celebs: Richard (Voyage), Brett (Bons), and Fannie (-wit Teller) --- (Bonwit Teller & Co. was an American luxury department store founded by Paul Bonwit in 1895, located at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street in New York City.) The choice: Voyage The answers: Fire, Bons, Voyage A quick $500 for our new champion. I imagine it's going to be another Richard day in the H/H segment... Plot twist! Gene asks for her choice and she says "It'll be Bert." (Bert Convy via telephone? Brett? Maybe Dick, sitting in Bert's usual seat?) It seems like she's looking at the bottom tier. But she just said Richard's name two minutes ago when she called on him for the first suggestion, and now she can't think of it? Maybe all the excitement has gotten her confused! A quiet moment as the celebs look around in bemusement. "Richard!" she hollers. "Richard!" Well, so we end up with an unexciting choice for the H/H, but at least we had a moment of excitement getting there... Richard has matched five of his 15 most recent attempts. Oh, and not to put any pressure on Richard, but if he matches today, it'll be his 200th H/H match! Today's H/H question: "_______ Form" (My first thought is fungiform. Just kidding. Well, that *was* my first thought, but that's about as likely as Bert Convy making a surprise cameo today to do the head-to-head... This is hard for me. I'm drawing a blank. Life form? Application form? I'm going to take a fail on this one.) Richard comes up with something right away. There must be an obvious answer I'm not thinking of. "The only thing I can think of is 'Income tax form'," says our champion. Hmm. So I'm not the only one who pretty much drew a blank. Despite not being able to think of a good answer, I'd probably recognize one if I heard it, and this one doesn't sound very likely to me. But stranger matches have occurred on this show! Let's see where Richard's mind went... (The audience groaned in response to the champion's answer and seemed to suggest "Maiden"form or "uni"form...) Richard wrote "Maiden." (Okay, I'd say that's probably the best possible 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). 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). Richard - 41.4% (199 wins in 481 attempts). Brett - 41.3% (26 wins in 63 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 796, 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!")

[@marywoodruff6640]

RIP Della. An Angel and a bright spot. You're singing with those Angels now and. giving them a few lessons.

[@kristabrewer6736]

She was a Pastor

[@770WT]

How could they forget Bert Convy ?

[@grapplergirl10]

When Fannie answered orphan! 😂😂

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

Dick Gautier was practically a live-in guest on Bert Convy's shows, making many appearances on Tattletales, Password, and Win, Lose, or Draw.

[@musicfanhawk4523]

Dick Gautier was so. Handsome, a great smile and wonderful personality. Fun episode!! Very enjoyable.

[@patford8488]

Musicfan Hawk Agreed. So hot.

[@crystalheart9]

And a talented artist too. Handsome as well.

[@johnjoiner18]

10 years later it could have been Bon Jovi.

[@kipmurray2291]

I really like this show!

[@frankswisher6342]

Dick was married to Barbara Stewart that played Bunny Olsen on Gomer Pyle USMC

[@matthewfarmer6830]

I have one of Dick Gautier drawing and cartooning 1,001 caricatured. Paper back book. There detail drawings and black in white. I got it years ago in the 1990s at a local book store, just because I love to draw and I can draw pretty well.

[@randilevson9547]

Dick Gautier also played Hymie the Robot on 'Get Smart' in the mid 1960's. He was a secret weapon for CONTROL, who would always self-destruct. So funny!!!

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

Is Brett ever “”sober””??? Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ! ! !

[@scottlareva9820]

Fannie's jacket reminds of the old quilt my grandmother made me...it was so warm on a cold winter night. ...🙂

[@garfield2439]

Love Fannie! The faces she makes😆😆😂😂😂

[@jamesbonnen]

10 years later Bon would have a different answer on it

[@benmicek6829]

James Bonnen I thought of Bon Jovi

[@kaylegirvin184]

​@@benmicek6829meeeeeee too!🤣🤭

[@noampitlik2332]

Any lip-readers to tell us what Dawson said when he was edited out after being called Burt? Thanks. 15:30

[@patford8488]

Wow! Great to see Ira on camera.

[@pencils812]

And Roger!

[@branagain]

Billy Jack Goes to Washington was a huge bomb. It didn’t get a theatrical release and few people saw it.

[@stukevideo]

A stupid game, but it really brings back memories. Dick Gauthier has always been one of the world's most unrecognized talents. Thumbs up!

[@MaxStax1]

Bon Jovi! I wanna hear from Bonnie's baby, they must be old enough to respond.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Yeah, the baby is about 41 now.

[@mrnmrsifl]

Mt Carmel, just a few miles down the road from the big Centralia Mine Fire. No one was worried about it at that point.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Roger is adorable!

[@caseyyarnold2959]

PLEASE SOMEONE GET BRETT A HEARING AID!! I just love Fanny!

[@lynskyrd78]

She would do anything and everything just to get attention.. Like she said she never heard of Happy Days.. But she knew Ron Howard was on the show.. She wants camera time.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@lynskyrd78 That's exactly what it was.

[@pencils812]

@@lynskyrd78 she didn't have anything else, unlike most of the other celebrities.

[@kristabrewer6736]

GROOOOOOOOOOOOW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least more people in these comments LIKED her than didn't. These guys only comment because they want people to believe that everyone hated her but all you have to DO is read the comments to know more people loved her (heck one comment alone that said they loved her got 30 likes on it) So why cant you guys just finally, FIALLY grow up!

[@kevansf]

@@lynskyrd78 To be fair, Brett didn't say she'd never heard of Happy Days. She said she'd never *watched* it, which isn't that weird considering the contestant also said she never watched it, and then Dick also said he had never watched it. The ultimate irony? Brett matched the contestant!

[@simonwaffleman]

\m/ Bon Scott

[@MichaelSimmons.]

Gene's Fonzie imitation, always stunk. It was obvious he never watched the show either.

[@grapplergirl10]

Venom101002 it was pretty terrible. Lol

[@mlg1948]

It wasn’t even close - but all of his other imitations were really good. Only my opinion of course.

[@beckydutra6543]

Yah, aaaaaayyy, lol

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Dick Gautier 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Della Reese 5. Richard Dawson 6. Fannie Flagg

[@a.b.s_productions]

It’s funny because Dick Gautier guest starred on an episode of “Happy Days” some years later as a mad scientist in Fonzie’s nightmare.

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine episode with the comedy team of Dawson and Rayburn returning... ;0) ROFL! Love ya Fannie! ;0)

[@770WT]

I always than Gaultier was hilarious. Dick should've been in his own sitcom

[@pencils812]

Interesting jacket Fannie.

[@Julie-sl8ul]

In Chicago Bon Wit Teller was an upscale store.

[@lvelez1999]

Oh man, it always makes me sad when people use "dog" to refer to ugly people. Dogs are God's Beautiful creatures. He doesnt make ugly

[@JAWrightonline]

Betty White is trolling, I see.

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

RUBBER DUCK LIPS Dawson. Mr. know-it-all.

[@770WT]

Dawson wanted to steal every scene was in and would get pouty if he was outwitted. Dicky was extremely jealous of Bob Crane probably why Crane was never on this show .

[@AstralPixie]

Gene is right Brett can't hear or see. I mean I love her, but it's true :)

[@deanstrand4260]

I think she also had a problem with ADD / ADHD.

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

@@deanstrand4260 She was always half loaded.

[@antster1983]

That Roger Dobkowitz keeps screwing up! 😂

[@antster1983]

"He has a Masters degree... in cue cards." It's true! Roger Dobkowitz has a Masters degree in Television, he wrote a thesis on "A Historical Study of Prime-Time Network Television Audience Participation Programs 1948-1968", which you can read on his website here - www.dobkowitz.com/rogers_pages/Thesis/index.html

[@pencils812]

There is a documentary on KZbin called The Perfect Bid about cheating on the Price is Rght. It features Roger.

[@donaldleroy6502]

Just when I thought at least one on the panel would answer Brett for the ugly Edna question I get diddly squat

[@sdlively27]

I love hearing what the answer the writers were looking for on a question when Gene mentions it sometimes. But 6 pound bear and Montazooma Hall, from MG74, are really really strange answers Ira! At least to me.. ;0)

[@kaylegirvin184]

I wonder what contestant Cathy (baby) she had? Boy or a girl?! She; her Husband & their child are gonna have a good life, no doubt about it! 👍🏼🫶🏼🙂🙃🥰 Her Husband was going to Pharmaceutical schooling during the show's taping. Darnit! I just wished I knew what Cathy had? I was thinking she had boy? 🍼👶🏼 Happy Belated Congratulations Cathy wherever you are now; to you & yours‼️🥰

[@lifewithemilysyndromelivin9956]

I love when Gene talks to pregnant bellies

[@40bpaula]

Hi. Can I ask you about Emily syndrome? What is it? If you'd rather not say, I'll understand. It's just I've never heard of it.

[@lifewithemilysyndromelivin9956]

@@40bpaula lol no problem. My name is Emily. I am diagnosed with a long list of mental and physical health issues. I take more medication than the average senior citizen and I'm only in my 30s. I've never met someone quite like me medically, so I've taken to referring to myself as if I have my own special syndrome, Emily Syndrome

[@mlg1948]

@@lifewithemilysyndromelivin9956 you have such a wonderful sense of humor about your conditions 😀😁😁 seriously how are you doing today? Well wishes that all those medications are helping.

[@retrochick9993]

Who's Burt? 😆

[@40bpaula]

Maybe she thought he was Bert Convey? Just guessing here.

[@caseyyarnold2959]

She's confused and befuddled? What else is new?

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

She’s half loaded.

[@jeffwelch5349]

A great pro life show!!

[@jamesbonnen]

I thought Dawson had a hairplug,lol.

[@pencils812]

Him and Gene both.

[@storylass9071]

Gene didn't kiss Della Reese, had she been on before?

[@40bpaula]

Yes. She actually was on the very first episodes when the show began. Richard Dawson and brett's ex-husband Jack Clughman (think i spelled that wrong) were also on the show.

[@feudfan55]

She was on in the early days of Match Game 73.

[@brendaoconnor7813]

He didn't kiss Isabel Sanford either.

[@patcrites5274]

@@brendaoconnor7813 I think he kissed Isabell Sanford on the 2nd day she was on the show, but I would have to watch it again to make sure though

[@kevansf]

@@brendaoconnor7813 He kissed Isabel a number of times on camera. But I think he did forget that first day when she appeared, and said as much the second day.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Joseph - one of THE FIRST Caucasian afro perms on the show.

[@pencils812]

Bert Convey was on a few weeks back and he looked like he had a perm in his hair.

[@jadenmuniz8817]

Ident: Cube Race (8 seconds; music replaced)

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

Super Match, part 1: APPÉTIT Part 2: CENSUS Whitehead-May, round 1, question B: "It's along the same lines as his, anyway; I said QUASIMODO." (Bzzt!) Question A: "Majority report, I'm afraid: MAKES IT DISAPPEAR." (Bzzt!) Round 2, question B: "Vell, you know vhere Bayer come from, ja? Zhe gave birss' to a GERMAN!" (Bzzt!) Question A: "I actually did see a couple of episodes once - but that still kept me ignorant enough to say HAIR." (Ding!)

[@john-k4v1c]

Even white people can cook this. You dont have to act like only Hispanic people are able too cook these dishes. I can and have cooked these items just as well as you. Dont need to act like I have to cook with Love from another culture. So tired of this .

[@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

[@Michelles222]

Kathy is a sweet contestant. Richard really loved the women who were with child. I loved her maternity clothes. Loose and pretty. I do not understand nowadays why women wear the tightest clothes when they are with child. I do not like it really. Doesn't look comfortable for the baby or the expectant mother. To each her own.

[@sdlively27]

I love hearing what the answer the writers were looking for on a question when Gene mentions it sometimes. But 6 pound bear and Montazooma Hall, from MG74, are really really strange answers Ira! At least to me.. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine episode with the comedy team of Dawson and Rayburn returning... ;0) ROFL! Love ya Fannie! ;0)