Match Game 77 (Episode 923) ("The 99 Sing-A-Long")

[@caseyyarnold2959]

I thought of 99 bottles of beer....right away.

[@shaleyvale272]

How could anyone not have heard of 99 bottles of beer on the wall?

[@MajorSeventh]

Avon lady? Wow, blast from the past.

[@Toral3533]

I was thinking of the Fuller Brush man, even more of a pastblast, but not as good an answer.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

You can still get Avon from a lady . And Tupperware too I believe. And a few other things, if Covid didn't choke them all out.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@Toral3533 good answer if it had been older !! Did you know you can still get Fuller Brush products? Seriously.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

A,B,C,D,E F, or G major 7th? With or without Aug?

[@beckydutra6543]

She, the winning contestant, is very pretty!

[@pencils812]

Orson said Charles was going for her!

[@SeekerNJWC]

If there's a post with the most attractive contestants - she should definitely be on it!

[@JohnD-ij1ol]

Sharon is very pretty! That sweater she's wearing doesn't leave much to the imagination!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Little did Gene know , those WERE the good old days. Transport me back !!

[@joebertolini3518]

How out-of-touch were the celebrities who had never heard of "99 Bottles of Beer"?

[@marywoodruff6640]

Loved Linda on "Mission Impossible." This was a fun ep.

[@retrochick9993]

"This is like a dirty Sesame Street!" 😆

[@randydellinger2996]

Sharon is a cool gal.

[@Floymin]

My school always sang "Take one down, pass it around". Anyone know which region has which version?

[@RepentfollowJesus]

In Texas its if one of those bottles should happen to fall. But rarely I would hear your version.

[@SeekerNJWC]

I'm from New Jersey and that's how 'we' always sang it ("...and pass it around").

[@kimkearney5419]

Midwest and East coast. We sang it "take one down, pass it around"

[@danpatrick9080]

Ohio...is take one down etc

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

An increasingly rare find for MG fans: A week where fully half of the cast is still alive*: Orson, Lynda, and Joyce! *as of Sep. 2017

[@mortenu.5606]

If you go back 16 years - Everybody was alive apart from Gene and Johnny

[@rhyancoleman6462]

RIP Orson Bean

[@feudfan55]

As of June 2021, only Lynda and Joyce are left.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@feudfan55 is Lynda related to Susan Day George? If so, how?

[@tonyassino9538]

Isn't it - ' Take one down and pass it around? '

[@greglauer]

The way my parents taught me back in the 1970's when I was a kid was the way they did it in this episode. I never heard the "take one down and pass it around" version until the early 1980's.

[@orangie84]

I think there was a movie in the 80's that corrupted the lyrics. The way they sing it here is the proper way.

[@Toral3533]

I learned it their way, the proper way. I like the new version, though.

[@hotroddaddy-et4xg]

that's the way canadians sing it. ..we love our beer..why waste a beer??

[@kd5you1]

@@orangie84 It was used in the movie Ghost & probably others too.

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Too bad this was a few years early for 99 Luftbaloons

[@orangie84]

Yeah I too find it hard not to say the obvious current pop culture answers. I keep repeating in my head now remember this is the 70's.

[@kd5you1]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I thought of the red luft balloons. But I was a teen in the late 70s so I knew better.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: Playing the part of the "villainess" today is Orson Bean, whose "Pulse" sent our champion packing. He had won one game and $1,200. Today's audience match question: "99 ________ " (My thoughts: Bottles of Beer, Cent Store, Per cent) The celebs: Richard (in the shade), Charles (and 44/100 percent pure), Brett (degrees) The choice: and 44/100 percent pure The answers: 44/100 Percent Pure, 100, Bottles of Beer on the Wall (Second day in a row that Charles's suggestion was selected and scored $100.) Once again, given we have a new champion, it's hard to be certain who she'll choose for the H/H, but I'd guess: Richard 95%, Charles 5%. No surprises. This is now King Richard's 34th consecutive time playing the H/H, and he's been chosen 57 of the past 59 times. (Charles answered the remaining two questions.) Looking back, Richard has has been on a hot streak lately, matching 45 of his 111 most recent attempts (40.5%), 28 of his last 68 attempts (41.2%), and 8 of his last 18 attempts (44.4%). For the sake of comparison: Orson has matched 4 out of 4 attempts (100%), Joyce has matched 3 out of 4 attempts (75%), Charles has matched 33 of his 65 attempts (50.8%), and Brett has matched 28 of her 68 attempts (41.2%). Today's H/H question: "Reform _______ " (This sounds really easy. Reform School. What else is there?) I already have a feeling we're going to have another match. The contestant is gently nodding, as if satisfied with her response, and Richard files his answer almost immediately. Our new champion quickly and confidently gives the predicted answer. It's unanimous. Richard scores his 244th H/H 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). Richard - 41.4% (244 wins in 589 attempts). Brett - 41.2% (28 wins in 68 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 923, excluding the lost/missing/damaged episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, and 910. (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.

[@RandysVault]

yep..yep..Love match game here in Alaska.

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

*rings bell* Avon call.. *gets punched in the face*

[@beckydutra6543]

Joyce Bulifant is still alive at 86, 😊. Her first husband was James MacArthur who played Danno on Hawaii Five-0, interesting. (And which they had children together. )

[@corrinewadino8771]

99 bottles of beer on the wall

[@XMLarry]

That contestant does look a bit like Emperor Tiberius, hopefully he's not anything like him (for those of us who know our Roman history)

[@slade307]

I wasn't thinking of a toga for James. My first thought was seeing James with some paints. I'm younger than James and know who Henny Youngman is. However, I didn't think of him as saying "Take my wife please." I'm aware of the joke though. I have seen Silent Movie too. "Who's Funn?"

[@qualqui]

James looks totally the splittin' image of Gene Wilder.

[@shaleyvale272]

Correct lyrics : 99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, you take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer inn the wall.....

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Inn the wall?

[@jefftanner3803]

It's " Bottles of Beer on The Wall"! NOT WAY!!

[@wcwindom56]

that is not the same lyrics to 99 bottles of Beer that we were taught... our's goes "take one down, pass it around. 98 bottles of beer on the wall. etc

[@jamesbonnen]

14:25 Also take one down pass it around is an option for the song

[@markjamesmeli2520]

During Joy's 1st round question, there are some audience members that are booing EVERY response.

[@chuckbracken]

Lord hostile bunch

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Why did no one say 99 problems?

[@martybass7376]

Joys husband captain died in 2017

[@sophie20001]

Joyce is the worst

[@Toral3533]

Love her, great fun, but a terrible speller.

[@musicloverme3993]

@@Toral3533 On MG "spelling doesn't count"

[@joebertolini3518]

@@musicloverme3993 : It's a damning statement that "Spelling doesn't count". And it's even more damning that the celebrities, who are all rich and beautiful, are so fucking stupid that they are the terrible spellers, which reflects poor education if not sheer stupidity on their parts.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

@@joebertolini3518 stick it ... How's that for spelling it correct.

[@joebertolini3518]

@@scottm.franklinnc7942 : Your spelling is good, but your grammar is terrible. For one thing, you need to say "correctly". It's a fucking adverb; "correct" is an adjective. The word being described (modified) is "spelling", used as an action word, not as a noun. Action words are correctly modified by adverbs. Are you sure you want to get into a "gun fight" when you aren't carrying the proper weapon, which in this case is a better education?

[@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