Match Game 77 (Episode 1119) (Shelly BLANK)

[@wmkyle1]

Lol when Betty threw the written card up to Charles and he said no, it's not " Shelley Beans". Classic

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

My first thought was Shelly Long, but I know she wasn't on anyone's radar yet for another five years.

[@crystalheart9]

Sometimes it's difficult to remember the shows, music, people and politics that were relevant for the time.

[@beckydutra6543]

I wish Pat had won the big money, she was so sweet.

[@noampitlik2332]

Shelly Winters was great in The Poseidon Adventure.

[@pencils812]

There was something about her that bugged me when I was a kid.

[@randalljamison5359]

Shelly Winters was in some very cool movies in the 60s and (especially) the 70s.Who Slew Auntie Roo? was my favorite.

[@kevansf]

Shelley Winters is also a "Match Game '7x" alum! She occupied the sixth seat in episodes 16 to 20 back in 1973. This was before either Brett or Charles had first appeared. The full panel that week was: Dick Gautier, Barbara Stuart, Jack Carter, Jo Ann Pflug, Richard Dawson, and Shelley Winters.

[@edwardlozano8807]

Nobody had remembered Shelley Fabares from "The Donna Reed Show"?

[@katherynemero9355]

She also had a number one song too. Singer AND actress.

[@beckydutra6543]

She was in a movie with Elvis. Then played on Coach. 🥰

[@wmkyle1]

" Johnny Angel" was Shelly's big hit

[@ts.elliot5870]

Way before my time folks.

[@beckydutra6543]

​@@ts.elliot5870before my time as well, but I've always loved Elvis (and before my time) and watched Coach.

[@eddieafterburner]

6:24 I can’t believe they let Betty say “a-hole” on air back in ‘77

[@ts.elliot5870]

Nothing wrong with a...hole perfectly normal wink wink.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

I never saw a single episode of the series "We've Got Each Other" or "The Betty White Show".

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

All the betty white are on KZbin in low quality, only lasted 14 episodes, they talked about it on more episodes of this than aired

[@pencils812]

The Betty White Show was not very entertaining. I see why it didn't last.

[@pencils812]

And by The way, the ones I saw on KZbin were recorded on Nick at Night. That's a kids channel. At least it made it to reruns.

[@jerradriggs2884]

Betty White is hard for me to put up with? She's very plastic and fake.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Apparently no one watched it. Networks pulled the plug quickly if the show didn't track quickly. Mary Tyler Moore's variety show only lasted 3 shows.

[@kevansf]

~~~Today's action: Today it's Mary Ann Mobley in the role of the "villainess." She was the champion's last hope for a tie score, but instead of "Boobs," Mary Ann revealed "Hose" and the game was over. Our smiling and gracious champion had won three games and $650. (I'm always a bit sad when a champion wins multiple games and has so little to show for it in the way of prize money.) *Today's audience match question: "Shelly________"* (My thoughts: Winters*, ???, ???) - I'll pass on the rest of this name question. Too much work trying to remember who was famous nearly a half century ago. *Spelling doesn't count! I thought of Shelley Winters since she's a "Match Game '7x" alum. She occupied the sixth seat in episodes 16 to 20 back in 1973, but wasn't chosen to answer a H/H question. Shelley was actually a MG panelist before either Brett or Charles had first appeared. The full panel that week was: Dick Gautier, Barbara Stuart, Jack Carter, Jo Ann Pflug, Richard Dawson, and Shelley Winters. The celebs: Richard (Winters), Betty (Berman), Charles via Richard (Mann) - Coincidentally, all three suggestions are for people named "Shelley" instead of "Shelly" as spelled in the question! The choice: Winters The answers: Fabares, Berman, Winters (All of the answers are also "Shelley" - not a single suggestion or answer matched the spelling in the actual question!) With a new champion comes a new guessing game: Who will she choose for the H/H match? Not much suspense though, it seems obvious that this champion will follow the crowd... No hesitation. This is now King Richard's 15th consecutive time answering the H/H question, and he's matched 2 of his past 5 times which is about par for him overall, but looking back over the past five weeks or so, he's definitely been on a hot streak. Stats: Richard has matched 122 of his 277 most recent attempts (44.0%), 61 of his last 137 attempts (44.5%), 42 of his last 93 attempts (45.2%), and 14 of his past 29 attempts (48.3%). His overall success rate is *42.4%* and this is his 755th attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Betty has matched 19 of her 38 attempts (50.0%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Richard has matched 320 of his 754 attempts (42.4%), Brett has matched 30 of her 71 attempts (42.3%), and Mary Ann has matched 1 of her 5 attempts (20.0%). Tom Poston hasn't yet had a shot at a H/H question. *Today's H/H question: "Code________"* (After years of working in a hospital I have to say Code Blue. But there's also code red, code breaker, code switching, others...) The champion looks pensive. Richard is scribbling away, but he looks toward Mary Ann and pauses, reevaluating his answer. He seems to push it aside and look to Betty as if to get her input. We see the champion, still weighing the possibilities, and when the camera returns to our H/H King, he's writing something again. One last look at Betty, and he files his card. This one took him longer than average. I'm wondering what choices he was debating. I guess we'll see in a moment... (Just before the camera returns to center stage, I see Mary Ann's hand discarding a card, apparently containing her suggestion. Did Richard take her suggestion? It looked that way to me, but impossible to be sure.) Our new champion surprises me by saying "Mark." I honestly am not sure what a "Code Mark" (or "Codemark") is or might be. The audience give a unified, but soft, awwww. Gene says he was stumped and didn't think of anything. Richard offers two suggestions ("Word" and "R" - I'm not sure I heard/understood that second one) before revealing his final answer: "Three." Yikes. Apparently that was a tough question for 1977. I think it would be easier today, with Code Blue being so well-known through TV dramas and such. No H/H match today. ~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (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). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 wins in 7 attempts). Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts). Charles - 48.6% (34 wins in 70 attempts). Fannie - 48.4% (15 wins in 31 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 42.4% (320 wins in 755 attempts). Brett - 42.3% (30 wins in 71 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1119, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)

[@samyleigh3246]

Omg was Shawn high? 😆 Too much giggling. ✌️

[@pencils812]

Lol . Just happy.

[@ts.elliot5870]

She was from Iowa. She was just nervous. They aren't going to let the contestants go out in the parking lot and smoke a blunt.

[@Alex-nf1jy]

"CODE RED" OMG how the hell did they act that dumb saying it was a hard word to pick 12:59

[@stormin1261]

remember its1977 not 2007

[@ts.elliot5870]

There isn't a single good answer for Code blank.

[@geraldswirsky8834]

Unfair!

[@corrinewadino8771]

Why didn’t anyone say, A FOOTBALL? For Notre Dame

[@lvelez1999]

Ok, I hope I misheard the 2nd lady contestant. But, what did she say her baby daughter's name is? I surely hope that I am wrong ugghh God bless

[@lvelez1999]

Oh "Peanuts," ok. Phew. I think she should stick with Michelle. God bless them. So cute

[@lvelez1999]

I thought she said something else. God help my ears

[@grape512]

Yep... each time that I heard her say her daughter's name it sounded like something else! You're so right that she should stick with the name Michelle.

[@randalljamison5359]

I thought Shelley Hack but she hadn't joined Charlie's Angels yet.I think that year she was in Annie Hall.

[@trevorpanno5371]

That head to head would have been easy if it was in reverse.

[@deboragustin9980]

I thought of code blue or code red.

[@laurenewittmer2511]

Shelly Smith 🙂 *She was a frequent panelist on both "Pyramid" and "Password", but I don't know if she was ever a panelist on "Match Game"... 🤔

[@crystalheart9]

I thought of code red or code blue.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Code name

[@crystalheart9]

@@ts.elliot5870 👍

[@pencils812]

Why does Charles have all that thick hair bushed out from the back of his head?

[@ts.elliot5870]

He tries to do a mini pony tail once in awhile.

[@MrAlienmagnet]

Mary Ann Mobley was beautiful, but so dull!

[@pencils812]

Well she sure snapped at Brett when Brett tried to speak over her !

[@patcrites5274]

I don't think Mary Ann was dull, I think she was very entertaining

[@peggiegreen4420]

Code Red

[@molinalong3468]

Your missing Shelly Duvall - the actress from the shining 1980

[@molinalong3468]

Match game

[@katherynemero9355]

This episode was 1977. Shelly Duval was in the future- 1980.

[@kenretherford2892]

@MadelineTopper Want to chat?

[@cinemaholic730]

Yes! Shelley Duvall was my thought to. I would have thought she would have been a bit of a name in 1977 having made a bunch of Robert Altman movies by then.

[@beckydutra6543]

Isn't it Code red?

[@themermaidstale5008]

I didn’t know about Code Red until A Few Good Men.

[@jools01]

17:17 😂

[@kristabrewer6736]

The answer was obviously Code Blue, but I was sooooo happy when saint Richard lost for the third time in a row!

[@2Majesties]

Tom Poston joins Ed Asner as one of the worst players ever.

[@sprayarm]

I have said that many times... Tom Poston is absolutely horrrible

[@patcrites5274]

In my opinion Tom Poston was a lot better the Ed Anser

[@ts.elliot5870]

IMHO Tom Poston was a major drag on the Newhart Show.