Match Game 78 (Episode 1239) (Gene's Massage?) (Tie My Shoes) (GOLD STAR EPISODE)

Richard Paul, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Barbara Rhoades, Richard Dawson, and Fannie Flagg

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Thank you, Charles!

[@Mayday334]

Wow a blast from the past ❤❤🙋‍♂️

[@raymondcripps4101]

Fannie was letting it all hang out. Love it

[@sheristewart3940]

Fannie resembling a camel on its back was hilarious.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Grow-Up!!

[@sandrababb9062]

I have read two of Fannie Flagg books! Loved them! Showed everyone how talented she is

[@robg5209]

Laura Whipple was in the musical 'My Turn on Earth' (1986) !

[@edwardlozano8807]

Interesting "Get Smart" reference there!

[@voiceover-impressionist]

I do a way better Maxwell Smart than Dawson did! Among other voices. Some are on my KZbin channel..

[@ricobhi]

First woman county sheriff in 1978 is pretty cool!

[@anjie0301]

Thanks for uploading these episodes! Contestant Gary is one of my faves. He's a cutie😄. I love his voice as well. But yeah, thanks for the effort and time that it takes for all of this.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Barbara Rhoades was in The Shakiest Gun in the West with Don Knotts. Its a hilarious old western movie.

[@ricobhi]

Poor Dolly Parton missed out on being the most obvious answer to that camel question

[@tamillafleck583]

Fannie seemed genuinely embarrassed when Richard confirmed that she did in fact sleep on her stomach!

[@40bpaula]

Yeah, my eyebrows went way up when he said that.

[@sheristewart3940]

Good acting. What else? Get yo mind outa da gutter!

[@VynceMontgomery]

Dick / Nuts was ol' Dickie Dawson sliding a tag past the censor.

[@sheristewart3940]

LOL

[@volvo1971]

Fannie is adorable.

[@adamfox9245]

I'm in love with Fannie!

[@ts.elliot5870]

The sound system mustve s*cked. I know Brett and Chsrles didnt pay attention but at one time or another apmost everyone asks Gene to repeat the question.

[@travis303]

Anybody remember the shoe phone?

[@susanbezio6708]

Maxwell Smart agent 86.

[@3169frog69]

i am still in love with Fannie,

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Guilty Pleasure

[@randydellinger2996]

Most of Gene’s entrances were weird but this one is just plain stupid.

[@pencils812]

He was hoping his silliness would drive up the ratings?

[@VynceMontgomery]

To get into shoes... a shoe lift, certainly!

[@shavkatpanda]

12:13 "those who can, do ..." not "those who do, can" :)

[@beckydutra6543]

If the other contestant said bounce it would have been another tie

[@RjBenjamin353]

Barbara R. Was gorgeous!!

[@beckydutra6543]

It's a good thing Meriam won, because they would have to bring her back, with the mistake Gene made saying her answer. She would have won earlier Because she would have gotten 5 instead of 3 which the other girl tied her with.

[@sheristewart3940]

I just couldn't get over that ill fitting pantsuit and the fact that she says she owns a dress shop. No fashion sense there!

[@trevorpanno516]

Miriam picked A for every round and did well except for round 2 and the first tie-breaker when Gene accidentally said the answer.

[@pencils812]

But she got a tie with the alternate question, so that was not too bad.

[@trevorpanno516]

I completely drew a blank on the question involving King Kong and Czechoslovakia.

[@kevansf]

It was sweet how the new challenger picked B so that the champion could still have her A.

[@trevorpanno516]

Ordinarily Richard Dawson would write John Dean on the Nixon questions.

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Brett always has trouble understanding the story!

[@trevorpanno5371]

I pretty much drew a blank on the question involving King Kong and Czechoslovakia.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Think hockey checks.

[@cinemaholic730]

I thought he ATE a check haha

[@CousinOresama]

I thought bounce, but didn't think it very clever, and didn't think it'd match as much as it did.

[@sheristewart3940]

I thought cash. Never considered bounce! Too violent.

[@kevansf]

It seemed unusual for a tie-breaker in that there was no real definitive answer (in my opinion). I got the "Czech"/"check" joke, but I couldn't figure out how to make it pay off. My final answer was he got arrested for trying to kite a check.

[@chrischeshire6528]

When I hear Johnny Olson do the products mid show and the music plays I think of Pac-Man, and when I play Pac-Man I think of Match Game.

[@CousinOresama]

🤣😂

[@theskilz00]

Richard to Gene: "you look like a snake" How thinly veiled was that?😂

[@paperbackonly8438]

I thought climb a Czech but you know … slow f*

[@hagstruan1140]

It’s amazing how many gold star episodes there are in the countdown to Richard leaving.

[@hagstruan1140]

Scott Miller maybe other celebs getting more exposure as spotlight moves off Richard?

[@MatchGameProductions]

We have a good amount of things occurring including the star wheel introduction, new set, etc! Richard was really good for Episodes 1231-1255 for the most part. That’s because the wheel spun on him a lot! From 1258 on, the wheel never once spun on Richard Dawson. How crazy is that?

[@hagstruan1140]

MatchGameProductions WOW. It would be interesting to calculate the odds of that! I always thought it was weird it landed on him the first time it was spun (and Mary Wickes had to be loud about it LOL)

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

Only six episodes left until the star wheel and only 46 until Richard Dawson leaves the show.

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

Oh thank goodness and both can't come soon enough for me. I love my Match Game and my Brett so much and wish Match Game wouldn't go so fast I'm just counting down to The Star Wheel and his last episode I hate Richard Dawson.

[@CousinOresama]

And the death of the show. Richard goes on to bigger and better things.

[@CousinOresama]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 There you go with your hatred again. Those two actions were the death of the show. Richard goes on to bigger and better things.

[@pencils812]

I've been watching these in order from episode number one. This has been about 5 years worth of shows. It will be weird and sad to see the drastic changes. The set gets changed somewhere in here too. None of the panelists were perfect but all had a place there and each had their own set of fans.

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@pencils812 It'll be weird only because he's been on it from the beginning, but it'll also be better

[@40bpaula]

Okay, Richard What's it who's it's impression of Thom thumb was cute. He sounded like Moms Mabley. Brett's on the other hand just sounded pathetic. The saying is "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." Lol. I love Fannie Flagg. She funny.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Grow Up!!!

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736Hope you find peace.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Czech, not check.

[@Gator11srq]

Gold Star for all that. At 3:17 we got to see a tall dashing redhead stand up, on top of that.

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Gator11srq - when she stood up and towered over Gene I was blown away.

[@todddepue681]

Actually in the first tie breaker, Gene screwed up reading the question so they had to throw it out and start over. But as usual he cant stand to admit making a mistake so he skipped over that part in his recapping of the game thus far.

[@sheristewart3940]

Actually he eluded to hoping the stars would razz him about it for laugh fodder throughout the show, but they didn't pick up on it.

[@riverbandit58]

And just like that, Laura Whipple is gone

[@thebrinksf69]

sad. So beautiful

[@001111bc]

The writerrs blew that one. The question should have been "King Kong went to Prague because he wanted to bounce a blank" ... But because they said Czechoslovakia, they gave away the joke.

[@GYPSYG514]

& the contestant STILL gave the wrong answer... lol

[@sheristewart3940]

LMFannieOff

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

_Carter Country_ didn't last long.

[@randydellinger2996]

It’s that “time of the month “ for Gene again.

[@Pronzini1]

barbara Sharma is a very hot and intelligent woman.......I like her a lot

[@GYPSYG514]

That's Barbara Rhodes

[@RjBenjamin353]

Mirriem went on to win WWF championship.

[@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

[@lynsilva7037]

They should have got rid of Charles years ago. He thinks he runs the show. He was constantly disrespectful to Gene. Always running him down about the suits. Constantly telling him that he should do this or that since he was the host. Charles is constantly eating on the show even though told there was no eating while the show was airing. He’s always running Brett down. Rude, thoughtless, inconsiderate and much more. I just don’t understand how he got away with it. I for one enjoyed the show much more when he wasn’t there!

[@garfield2439]

No Brett Charles was hysterical

[@lonewolfette]

Brett and Charles were good friends.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Brett and Charles were, not only the best of friends, but they were the two that MADE that show!

[@swolfe9668]

Charles was amazing an incredibly funny