Match Game 77 (New Year's Day Show) (Episode 873)

[@JRIJR75]

Here we are watching ~45 years after the original run… I wonder if people will still be watching 45 years from now.

[@Werewolf0216]

"Charles is doing artwork and won't hurry" -- I love how goofy Brett & Charles are with each other.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Not to mention they both went glasses shopping together.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: Hard to believe it's 1977 already! Once again, it's Joey who hands our champion a victory - his fifth now - with his "Nose." Today's audience match question: "Bat ________" (My thoughts: Man, Cave, Mobile) The celebs: Fannie (Man), Brett (Boy), Joey (-ter up) The choice: Man The answers: And Ball, Boy, Man First time our champ has gotten the top answer (100, 100, 250, 0, 500). It's also noteworthy that this champion tends to mix it up when calling on celebs for suggestions. He's asked everyone on the panel at least once now, and Brett was his only repeat selection today. Some of my favorite champions have been the ones who choose several different celebs for the head-to-head, and this champion seems to be headed in that direction. Here's his H/H history so far: 1) Richard (match) -- 2) Richard (match) -- 3) Charles (no match) -- 4) Audience match fail -- 5) ?? I'd say Richard 30%, Charles 30%, Fannie 30%, Brett 10% He comes home to Richard. Mr. Dawson has matched 24 of his 63 most recent attempts (37.1%) and 7 of his last 20 attempts (35.0%). Today's H/H question: "Jack and _______" (The producers obviously decided they wanted to start the year off on a winning note, so they selected the easiest question ever in the history of the head-to-head match. Seriously, there's only one answer and I'm 99.99% sure we'll get a match today.) Even Gene is chuckling and joking about how easy this one is. The contestant says the obvious. ("Jill.") Richard scores his 223rd H/H match today. (And he pulls ahead of Brett on the leader board again for the umpteenth time.) 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 - 51.6% (33 wins in 64 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 - 41.2% (223 wins in 541 attempts). -- 41.21996% Brett - 41.2% (28 wins in 68 attempts). -- 41.17647% Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 873, 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.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

I used to watch CPO Sharkey, but I don't remember Elizabeth Allen. I'll have to go back and look for some episodes...someplace.

[@wolfyhound]

"I knew he'd come crawling back" made me rewind the bit just to watch it again.

[@Bobalicious]

George was in danger of becoming a regular.

[@charlesrothera6623]

king kong adopted bambi!

[@draconiclady0610]

Brett: Bambi was a little doe. No...Bambi was a little buck, he wasn't a doe. He was originally a ROE deer, but Disney changed him into a White-tail deer.

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Bambi wasn't a doe, he was a fawn/stag.

[@danareynolds1786]

Just like Charles, I heard "out of", but just the first time Gene said it.

[@LVSignChick]

I also heard "out of" as well...

[@PV-pu5iu]

George is adorable.

[@jamesbonnen]

i would have thought there would be a football game playing on CBS on New Year's DAt

[@antster1983]

This episode aired 3rd January 1977.

[@grievousangel09]

George had me worried there for a second.

[@ifiwereamatchgamepanelist6779]

Frederick-Crom, round 1, question B: "No, see, in this version, Bambi's mother gets killed by a dinosaur, so Kong ADOPTS him." (Bzzt!) Round 2, question A: "Not unless you plan to get a massage at the HEALTH INSPECTOR'S OFFICE." (Bzzt!) Question B: (just holding up the card, probably) NOSE Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Fannie) MAN (if asked between Fannie and Brett) BOY (if asked after Brett) MOBILE Part 2: JILL Frederick-Zwelling, round 1, question B: "Makes sense to me; who speaks French at a CHINESE RESTAURANT?" (Ding!) Question A: "See, I figured she was like someone out of a horror movie, so I said she had a SNAKE PIT in her house…" (Bzzt!)

[@anreuphoria5]

BAMBI !!!

[@kathyuhrig8023]

GENE ALWAYS catered to Brett whom needed A HEARING AID!!!!!

[@stephenwilliams8963]

They had Disco dancing classes in college back then ??

[@pencils812]

Lol.

[@pencils812]

After watching over 800 episodes, I've concluded that some of the contestants lie in their intro statement.

[@susanb2015]

I did the Hustle in the 6th grade.

[@MatchGameProductions]

He was defeated in the next week. Edward Asner, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, RD and PD.

[@pamhowden8161]

Happy new year!

[@lynbaker3973]

joey : " i hope one day all of you are third"

[@JeremyYost]

King Kong blanks Bambi. LOL. I love the Seventies.

[@grahamwaters3962]

Jeremy Yost I thought ate. Lol

[@jadynmiller8202]

What year airing this episode on GSN?

[@grahamwaters3962]

Jadyn Miller 1977... That's why it's match game 77.

[@lesburns7395]

@@grahamwaters3962 but GSN didn't exist in 1977

[@grahamwaters3962]

@@lesburns7395 no shit... I'm telling him what year it aired...

[@lesburns7395]

@@grahamwaters3962 no shit indeed. the ? was, what year did it air on GSN

[@annahelander2881]

There are a lot of Horrible Hannahs these days... GAK!

[@ts.elliot5870]

There are a couple of this bulletin board.

[@jadynmiller8202]

+MatchGameProductions, What month and year began airing on GSN of Match Game 77 episodes?

[@YamiSphinx]

January 3rd 1977

[@corrinewadino8771]

I thought massage parlor was the answer also

[@pencils812]

Charles had a crush on George.

[@jerdog71]

1:44

[@aidadador8383]

They should have limited B.S.' blue cards...ridiculous writing a "novela" for every answer...heh...heh...heh😱🤪🥴

[@kevansf]

You should have seen yesterday's episode: CNR used five or six cards for one of his answers!

[@agmack886]

did a african male contestant get defeated or retire undefeated during the 1st week of Match Game 77?

[@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