Match Game 78 (Episode 1212) (See Don Sutton's Dodgers NL Champs Ring) (With Prize Plugs)

[@danielplascencia1667]

Rip Don Sutton 1945-2021

[@thebrinksf69]

"Don, you want to try it?" Betty: "Why don't we finish the game first?"

[@emilywerner3930]

Typical Betty for you 🤣😭

[@garfield2439]

Lol

[@jessechristian8665]

What is it with these older celebrities? Sex was so funny to them. "That's what she said" type quips would have these teenagers roaring with laughter.

[@KristyKins]

RIP to both Mr. Don Sutton & Mrs. Betty White. 🕯

[@pottswedding24]

RIP Don Sutton

[@edwardlozano8807]

One of three NL Championship rings that Sutton would get with the Dodgers ('74, '77, '78) and four championship rings (he would get an AL Championship with Milwaukee in 1982)...

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... ~~~Today's action: Our champion finished her fourth audience match in yesterday's show, and now she's about to try her third (she suffered on audience match fail) head-to-head question. She failed to match with Dick Martin on her first go, but did match with Richard her second time... Here comes her big decision... It's Richard. His current streak is now two, but his most recent mega-streak of 70 consecutive H/H attempts began after Fannie played in episode 1132 and ended when Betty was called on in episode 1200. (Since then he's watched Betty play again in 1205, and then Brett in 1206, and most recently Dick Martin in 1209.) Stats: Richard has matched 160 of his 365 most recent attempts (43.8%), 99 of his last 225 attempts (44.0%), 38 of his past 90 attempts (42.2%), and 21 of his past 48 attempts (43.8%). His overall success rate is *42.5%* and this is his 843rd attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Betty has matched 20 of her 40 attempts (50.0%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Brett has matched 31 of her 72 attempts (43.1%), and Richard has matched 358 of his 842 attempts (42.5%). Patty Duke Astin has had two attempts without a match, and Don Sutton has yet to be chosen for a H/H question. *Today's (first) H/H question: "________Support"* (Child support? Arch support? Emotional? Financial? Additional? Bipartisan? Broad? Continued? Enthusiastic? Lumbar? Mutual? Nutritional? Overwhelming? Public? Staunch? - No one thing really stands out. I'll say child support.) Our champ looks uncertain for a moment. When we see Richard, he's writing, but pauses to look over at Betty's suggestion(s) and then appears to change his answer. The contestant looks like she's ready to answer. Richard finishes off camera. Ding. With a confident smile, our champ offers the predicted answer: "Child." The audience sounds rather enthusiastic. Do we have another winner today? I'm guessing we do, judging from Richard's expression. Indeed! Another $5,000 for our champ! Richard scores his 359th H/H match today. ~~~ Our champion secures a fifth victory thanks to her "Toilet" bowl, with one extra "Terlit" to spare from Betty! *Today's audience match question: "Crime________"* (My thoughts: Scene, Victim, of the Century) The celebs: Richard (and Punishment), Brett (in the streets), Don (doesn't pay) The choice: Doesn't Pay The answers: Punishment, Wave, Doesn't Pay - Kudos to Don for coming up with the top answer in third position! Our champ made a wise choice! (And got to kiss Don Sutton to boot.) Now, will she stick with Richard (they have matched twice in a row now), or will Don's lips tempt her to try him for the head-to-head? Those sexy lips win out! Richard will sit out as Don Sutton plays this one! (Don makes the third celeb this champion has called on, after Dick Martin and Richard. Few champions choose more than one or possibly two different stars, although there was one champion quite some time back who actually scored a match with each one of the three regulars!) Stats: None! This is Don's first time at bat! (Little pun there.) For the sake of comparison: Betty has matched 20 of her 40 attempts (50.0%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Brett has matched 31 of her 72 attempts (43.1%), and Richard has matched 359 of his 843 attempts (42.6%). Patty Duke Astin has had two attempts without a match, and Don Sutton is now playing his first ever H/H question. *Today's (second) H/H question: "Hog________"* (Hog wild or hog-tied? I'll say wild.) Don shuts his eyes and seems to meditate for a moment before checking in with Brett. Watching him write, his answer looks longer than the two I thought of, but I can't be sure. Don is biting his nails as Gene asks our champ for her response. She says "Hog calling" which doesn't sound great to me, but it is a long answer, so maybe that's what I saw Don put down? The audience's opinion of her answer matches mine. Not enthusiastic to be certain. But that doesn't mean we won't have a match... The audience seems to like Hogwash. Well, all eyes on Mr. Sutton. He wrote Hog "Heaven"! Of course! Duh! That sounds like a great answer to me. Dang it, Don Sutton does not become the 39th MG celebrity to score a H/H match, at least not 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 matches in 4 attempts). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 matches in 7 attempts). Betty - 50.0% (20 matches in 40 attempts). Charles - 48.6% (34 matches in 70 attempts). Fannie - 48.5% (16 matches in 33 attempts). (*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 matches in 18 attempts). Brett - 43.1% (31 matches in 72 attempts). Richard - 42.6% (359 matches in 843 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 matches in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1212, 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.)

[@markjamesmeli2520]

It looks like Mr. Sutton was wearing a giant Brillo pad on his head. Ahhhh....the age of the "perm."

[@kevansf]

That wasn't a perm. It was his natural hair.

[@zacheryalderton9502]

Advanced to the world series

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Burbank, California is the "Hollywood of the San Fernando Valley". Warner Bros. is headquartered there as is Disney Animation.

[@matty67]

Rip don sutton

[@halffasthaiku7526]

Gene told contestant he ironically met defeat on a question about boating but no. It was a question about football bowl games.

[@donaldleroy6502]

Nice to see a full figured young lady on the show

[@TheBestofAlexandra]

Why does Gene’s coach voice always sound like Nixon? 😂

[@bigdawg7703]

The cloths started to get much better in the late 70s than those in the early 70s. The polyester craz was atrocious.

[@SteveNoskowicz]

They needed to turn off Brett's mic more often.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

I have a few Don Sutton autographs in my baseball card collection.

[@briancigoi7899]

There value just went up..RIP Don Sutton

[@bettyclark3707]

Doctors used to house calls. Back in 1962-63, when my mom had cancer, the doctor would come to the house to see her.

[@garfield2439]

Lol love you Betty 💕💕💕💕

[@Golbez1991]

1:09 Boo!!! Boooo!! :D

[@kathyodom5372]

Betty's hat looks like a Tribble.

[@pencils812]

I wonder what it's made of. I guess it's faux fur, thinking that an animal lover wouldn't wear a real fur hat.

[@jools01]

17:53 😂 oh miss white!

[@briancigoi7899]

Child support 😭

[@revinevan87]

78 dodger were robbed. really bad call went in favor of the yankees

[@adamfox9245]

When, which game?

[@revinevan87]

@@adamfox9245 i'm not sure. it involved reggie jackson being out at 2nd i think, and he interfered with the throw to 1st.

[@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