Match Game 77 (Episode 892) (Your Wig Is Inside Out!)

[@johnalang]

ALWAYS love Nipsey's poems

[@dannyhill8797]

they're great and never miss the mark......

[@kwdrm1]

I agree.

[@pencils812]

No one like him!

[@tomy5868]

more Nipsy please.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: When Richard didn't give our champion "VD," it was all over. Defeated after a single match, she departs with $350 in winnings. Today's audience match question: "Bone ________ " (My thoughts: Dry, Yard, Marrow) The celebs: Richard (Dry), Charles (China), Nipsey (Head) The choice: Dry The answers: Head, Marrow, Dry Cut and paste from the last few shows: Once again, I can't imagine this champ choosing anyone but Richard. No excitement in the H/H again today. Richard has been chosen 28 of the past 30 times. (Charles answered the remaining two questions.) Richard has matched 31 of his 82 most recent attempts (37.8%) and 14 of his last 39 attempts (35.9%). This will be Richard's 560th (!) attempt overall. Today's H/H question: "Cable _______ " (Hmm. Cable TV? Would "TV" match "television" since it's not an "exact match"? There have been at least two prior H/H matches when non-exact matches have been allowed, so probably. I can't think of a better answer than that...) Richard is checking with Joyce and then asks for a clarification (when Gene first read the question, I heard "Table blank," so maybe Richard was also unsure). Once "cable" was established, Richard quickly writes and files his answer. It looks short... TV?) "TV" she says. The audience half groaned and half applauded. Well, it's up to our H/H King to decide now... Richard doesn't waste a second before revealing "Car." Now that I hear it, it's a pretty darned good answer. But the way I've been matching the contestants, I think I should be a celebrity panelist! 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). 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). Charles - 50.8% (33 wins in 65 attempts). TIE: Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts). TIE: Fannie - 50.0% (13 wins in 26 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 41.2% (28 wins in 68 attempts). Richard - 40.9% (229 wins in 560 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 892, 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!") -- Also, note that episode 849 was never produced.

[@kwdrm1]

As usual, Nipsey's poem didn't mince words.

[@beckydutra6543]

Sorry, so glad Mary did not win. Or I should say, glad Kathy won.

[@karlenewarner8170]

She didn’t seem impressed with the humorous side of the show.

[@funfunster]

Mary looks like she's constipated.

[@billyshepard5514]

Roz Kelly was already fired from Happy Days when this question was asked

[@beckydutra6543]

Well she smiled at the end . 😊

[@kathyodom5372]

She's what I would call a sore winner.

[@matthewzukowski4219]

cable vision was the time Warner of the day

[@garfield2439]

Yep Joyce wants to know what 🦴 marrow is🤪

[@grahamwaters3962]

For the farm team question, I thought pitch forks... It's a play on words. Lol

[@CousinOresama]

I thought eggs. Don't know why they would have thrown do-do. Then again, don't know why they would have thrown eggs, except that they are somewhat close in shape.

[@noampitlik2332]

Snow White would have turned blue-purple due to lividity.

[@jamesbonnen]

In the 80's cable TV would have won

[@Golbez1991]

I love Richard's coffeebean shirt.

[@pencils812]

Ok, for the longest I thought they were baseballs because he often wore that shirt with a tennis racket sweater. Someone else said they were nail heads. You say coffee beans. I'm not sure what they are.

[@KevinPare]

How many variations of the King Kong toothpick question have there been now?

[@beckydutra6543]

I'm watching this again, and I still don't like Mary. She seemed to act entitled 🙄 When she won the 250 match on the previous show, she's the only one I've ever seen frown at that.

[@vivianhamilton616]

That was the impression I got too.

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Contestant Kathy was adorable.

[@genkatqltr737]

1977 - "cable car" popular answer, "cable TV" audience didn't like. 2018 - "cable TV" is a good answer, while "car" not nearly as good. What a difference 41years make!

[@Vanilla0729]

And today I thought "Bone Spurs" would have made that list

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

Fran-Jenkins, round 1, question A: "Nipsey and I could start a roulette table; I said Snow White turned ROSE RED." (Bzzt!) Round 2, question B: "He wanted to look good on camera, so he used it as a MAKEUP BRUSH." (Bzzt!) Question A: "'For the man who has EVERYTHING: this will cure about half of it." (Bzzt!) Super Match, part 1: HEAD Part 2: TELEVISION Jenkins-Delgado, round 1, question B: "They're trying to keep the game clean, so they just pitch HAY." (Bzzt!) Question A: "I was going to say pantyhose, but you said it was plural, so I put STOCKINGS. Same idea, right?" (Bzzt!)

[@CousinOresama]

Still don't know why you won't put answers into context. BZZT!

[@stacylulubee553]

What did Joyce’s card say? “To the man that has _____?” Looks like is says Not Passy Hiseyam?

[@shannonburns2525]

Mary didn't look to happy to be there

[@brenyou9574]

She was an unhappy bat

[@garfield2439]

She comes across very snooty

[@kristabrewer6736]

I noticed

[@Sbaxter1989]

I HATE THE palm tree question. how does a palm tree loom like a tooth pick??

[@grahamwaters3962]

Scottie Baxter it never said the palm tree had the palm fronds on it. Lol. It could just be the tree part

[@JennyDeLisio]

Gene was acting a little off right before the bonus match 🧐

[@guskund3971]

The ads ruin it

[@johnalang]

"VD" ? WOW....that's the raciest answer yet!

[@dannyhill8797]

that surprised me as well in the year 2017; but moreover, what sense did it make??.......

[@dannyroybal7394]

BONEAGUARD!!!

[@beckydutra6543]

Mary was the worst contestant I've seen. 😬

[@beckydutra6543]

I don't like her

[@garfield2439]

I thought it was me being critical to I started to see all the posts on her lousy attitude

[@donaldleroy6502]

As much as I 💘 the color green, that is one fugly outfit on Cathy

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

No love lost between the former Mrs. Klugman and the current Mr. Feud!

[@Stoogewriter]

By this time Richard was unhappy with the show. If memory serves correctly, there was some backstage jealousy over Richard's immense popularity with the contestants.

[@dannyhill8797]

it has been said that Brett somers ''didn't like'' RD, but that she didn't regard him as an enemy..and there's no such thing as believigg they all got along with each other all the time..if you look closely, there are any number of 'expressions' that pretty much tell that story despite the laughter and applause.....there also seemed to be 'something' with Brett and Fanny Flagg: those two went at each other any number of times..

[@sdlively27]

@@dannyhill8797 No, I believe Fanny and Brett were good friends at the time and spend time with each other. ;0)

[@sdlively27]

I don't know about that but did you see that slap Brett threw at Charles as Gene was coming out??? Wow. ;0)

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

@@dannyhill8797 You are SO wrong about Brett and Fannie Flagg. Brett and Fannie were good friends. Don't start these nasty comments and rumours. Fannie Flagg actually wrote an article about Brett and Charles I suggest you look it up and read it you might gain some knowledge.

[@crissrudd4554]

You have this labeled as 76

[@MatchGameProductions]

Thanks for being so alert! I was in such a 76 mood for so long!

[@crissrudd4554]

I understand ;)

[@sanford943]

If I am not mistaken they said the girl who played Fonzies girl friend had been on match game. It was Suzie Quatro and she was never on match game

[@sanford943]

@@lauriel5543 when? It isnt on her imdb page

[@storylass9071]

she was on the panel, and her first visit she chewed gum like a cow, really bad. I think they read her the riot act 'cause she didn't chew it any more. She was trying to recreate her role as Pinkie Tuscadero (spelling shot) on Happy Days. They were gong to have her as a regular but she caused so much trouble to work with she only made three shows.

[@feudfan55]

You’re thinking of Roz Kelly, who was on in November 1976.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Fonzie's girlfriend was so on Match Game (and not really that long ago)

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@storylass9071 They would NOT have her the riot act! Her gum chewing was disgusting, but if that was her first time on the show, maybe she didn't know!

[@martybass7376]

Panties

[@wcwindom56]

I agree get Roz Kelly back - she hot

[@FlamingoKicker]

What the hell is "cablevision"?

[@dannyhill8797]

back in ''the early days'' of cable television, it was referred to as 'cablevision'..Viacom's tag line was ''settle with television - select with cablevision..''cablevision'' seems to be an early contraction (of sorts) for ''cable television''....

[@pencils812]

In the Midwest we had ON TV. There was only one channel. I remember seeing all the late 70s & early 80s horror flicks at home on the ON TV box.

[@Floymin]

Are you really so obsessed over me correcting you that you would make the same mistake on purpose TWO MORE TIMES???

[@MatchGameProductions]

Honestly, was truly a mistake. Thanks for being so alert to all my mistakes!

[@dannyhill8797]

gotta love the sarcasm in that response......

[@garfield2439]

@@dannyhill8797 I do 🤪😂😂😂