Match Game PM (Episode

[@jeffreyzeiss1326]

Great show and lots of fun. Must give Charles Nelson Reilly credit for being such a good sport!!!

[@megamanj2004X]

This was an awesome episode an a very touching gesture on Charles's part!

[@rickw1100]

This kind of spontaneous fun is what made Match Game the unique and classic game show it was...how great was CNR here! Lmao!

[@coldwinter5710]

He absolutely looked 20 yrs younger! I hope he did decide to get a good toupe. Thx to Charles! That took serious guts to do on national TV.

[@DomenicDee]

That contestant did look better with the toupee, almost a perfect fit! LOL

[@njpubadjuster3710]

And the color was a great match, too .

[@Spokenfan]

We just watched this episode today on Buzzer, it was hilarious 👏 Charles was such a wonderful talented sweetheart, we surely miss him. Thank you for sharing 👍👍 Stay safe healthy and happy 😃✝️🇺🇸

[@MatchGameProductions]

Glad to be back posting for all of you again. It's been awhile! Sorry for the long layoff

[@iilhares]

Glad to have you back, I absolutely love this show.

[@wolfyhound]

+MatchGameProductions You rock!!!

[@Dune137]

Love this show. Thank you so much for posting these.

[@LVSignChick]

It's 2023, so I'm catching these all but uploaded...Love the effort and dedication to put these where everyone can enjoy!

[@xcinder360]

One of my favorite episodes of MGPM! Thanks, and welcome back!

[@PlanetRockJesus]

Hilarious. I've been having so much fun lately watching these old Match Games, and this was a great one. Charles took the cake!

[@sushicourier]

That guy really looked so much better with that toupee.

[@kipmurray2291]

Charles is the best!!

[@chrisandersen930]

shouldn't the title have read: Match Game PM (Episode #215) (Charles Rips Off His blank) ?

[@bobbydimarzio]

+Chris Andersen Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

[@maryallison0509]

Chris Andersen That’s funny!!!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

And Eva always served that sludgy coffee and cream with her infamous hotscakes.

[@PapaVanTwee5]

In the Super Match, when Gene told her she could choose one of the stars answers or "think" f one on her own, I thought, "Leading the witness!!!"

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Love episodes with Eva. You know that you are guaranteed a few laughs with her comments/answers/accent & not 100% understanding of English.And throw in Joyce Bulifant with alot of her ditzy answers & a perfect voice to match her ditzyness, you know you're bound to hear some answers that will have you cracking up HARD because they make no sense usually.

[@newstarcadefan]

You know, I did like Joyce's pun for a nun.

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

newstarcadefan -- Joyce def. has some good lines here & there that will crack u up, to go along with her less than average intelligence answers that she gives sometimes as well. Either way she's usually pretty damn funny

[@MusicloverLiz]

I agree. I also love the episodes with lovely Eva.

[@tripdefect87]

I could listen to Eva Gabor talk all day, she has such a lovely voice~

[@pegtooth2006]

tripdefect87 Zsa Zsa Gabór passed away in 18th of December 2016, aged 99 years. Eva keeled over as corrected to me in following comment..

[@trevmo]

No she didn't ....July 4, 1995

[@pegtooth2006]

Heez Unfadeable sorry you are correct. I was thinking Zsa Zsa Gabour the other sister.

[@trevmo]

Yes Zsa Zsa passed away back in 2016

[@pegtooth2006]

Heez Unfadeable this is an awkward zigzag thread. lol

[@Scixxy]

I suspect this is one of the "after lunch" episodes.

[@beckymurphey6611]

Scix I

[@gerberbernstein7360]

Yes, and most of the celebrities drank theirs.

[@fscap811]

@@gerberbernstein7360 That's what the "after lunch" comment meant.

[@arealmench]

That toupee looked great on the contestant, almost perfect! ...RIP Charles Nelson Rieley (no pun intended)

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

loved Match game. you never knew what was going to happen

[@MajorSeventh]

Great episode, thanks! I had to look up Renée Richards, I had no memory of him/her at all.

[@VicGChad07]

Late to the comment, but I only just heard of Richards -- the former Richard Raskind -- a couple of years ago through a Celebrity Trash question in _You Don't Know Jack Sports._

[@roadwarrior6810]

They gave away some big bucks in this episode.

[@GetToTheFarm]

15k in late 70s was worht 60K nowdays

[@Paulywint]

I have this episode on tape, and it was so funny when Charles gave the contestant his toupee.

[@paullarue2010]

Yeah. That reminds me, of my buddy, Wayne Greene.

[@georgemaster9271]

Paul W. save it for posterity!

[@darkroommonster]

The PM set always reminds me of the confederate flag

[@intense4200]

i always thought the same thing. prolly no accident since all of TV is deep psychological programming...

[@rebeccakilburn9227]

Oh my gosh I have thought that forever, thank you for saying something. I thought that I was alone it this

[@intense4200]

+intense4200 oh my goodness! i looked up Marie Dressler. here is even more programming. read the jean harlow interaction: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Dressler

[@PlanetRockJesus]

Ha! Me, too!

[@StLawrencePlace]

darkroommonster ...except the background is orange

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

This was the most zany game show ever on TV.

[@pattypark8548]

Still is! Alec Baldwin is the host!

[@joeygagliardi7380]

Eva was so beautiful, sweet and actually not Phony at all as her sister Zsa Zsa, it makes me mad when people think that Eva is Zsa Zsa. She has a Marvelous personality. They could not have had Zsa Zsa on the Show, she would have been insulting the Contestants. Can't help but love Charles,, take him as he is,, nothing false but his hair. Thanks for this Great Episode!!! 2019

[@accam6734]

Joey Gagliardi She was talented, too. So good on Green Acres.

[@LATVERIAN1]

I used to have such a crush on Joyce. Come to think of it, I "STILL" have a crush on Joyce. What a doll.

[@glennmarshall4693]

got to really like Brett and Charles

[@jimgodofbiscuits]

Glenn Marshall I liked Brett but the only thing about her is she had to be talking all the time..way more than anyone else on the panel. And what was with having gene read half of the questions specially for her, right next to her like she didn't understand, was it a hearing problem? Fanny Flag had her image on her shirt in one episode when she was young, she was a looker in her day. The cigs and drinking didn't do her, nor any of us, much good. Still weird to see them smoking. Richard was something like 4 packs a day. But I remember this show fondly as a teen and watch all the time on youtube lately. They have most if not all and play in order most of the time so you see the end of those that ended before a winner or before the winner had a chance at the "super" match. Gene went a little overboard on the kissing, including good looking contestants at times, he may have been lucky to miss the "me too" movement. :) Also a lot of comments that would be anti-gay or racist today.

[@mikehunt4986]

Charles, yes. Brett, hell no.

[@bingbongbong12]

What a great episode: crazy antics, a big win, has it all!

[@tvpmark]

Yeah, nice of Charles to do give that contestant a good set of hair, while Brett helped the other contestant win big.

[@fintan3563]

I love CNR toupee and all! 💜💜💜

[@glennmarshall4693]

I find Joyce to be really cute

[@PlanetRockJesus]

Yes, and I loved that pattern and colors of her dress.

[@genkatqltr737]

That's the prettiest I've ever seen her. The dress is lovely and I like her hair fixed like that. 👗

[@pencils812]

She was in a Crest toothpaste commercial.

[@Zeuszgrl]

Aww, that woman who won was on Cloud Nine !

[@stevenklimecky4918]

That was actually kinda brilliant. Much love, C.N.R.

[@r.a.r.6715]

This was when entertainers entertained for the audience and not for their own self esteem.

[@STNeish]

So strange seeing this with no Richard Dawson...

[@pencils812]

Yes.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

I love it when Johnny said, "From _Flo_, Joyce Bullifant." _Flo_ was a short-lived spinoff of _Alice_.

[@vjmlhds]

You know she was the original choice to play Carol Brady on "The Brady Bunch"? But they thought it best that the mom should play things straight opposite the wacky housekeeper (it would have reverse with Joyce as Carol as then Alice would be the "straight man"), and thus enter Florence Henderson and the rest is history.

[@pencils812]

She was in a Crest toothpaste commercial.

[@brucedavis3816]

Man he looks good with that toupee!!!

[@MENNENGER]

I love this part of the show, its sooooooooooooo fun.

[@catherinejohnson3644]

I literally screamed laughing at that moment. Even though it said it in the title, it still caught me off guard. Brilliant.

[@JohnWinsted]

the joke at 7:54 ... I'm still laughing at it.

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Excellent presentation.

[@pencils812]

The opening was cool!

[@paullarue2010]

I think of Tiffany. She is a violinist, who softly touched my hand. Her violin caught my attention, & I had a conversation with her. My friend, Wayne Greene, mentioned this Country love ballad from Lonestar. The ballad is called "Amazed".

[@danicegewiss862]

What does this have to do with this episode of Match Game?

[@JohnDoe-le7ml]

1:15 in, and we can say that there's no way this *specific* show would fly today

[@teresapflaumer5717]

Today's world couldn't have this show...who the fuck cares! Match Game rules! Fuck this world!!!

[@pumajlr]

Peter was also a contestant in Password Plus (August 27, 1979).

[@HelloooThere]

Most of them (including Gene) seem very disrespectful of Bowzer.

[@peterharris302]

In 1983-1984, Gene and Bowman did the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour for NBC -- trying to beat THAT dead horse. It was the last major show for them both. It was not a good show.

[@kevinmiller1985]

To Hello There-how so?

[@HelloooThere]

@@kevinmiller1985 ignoring him, frowning when he spoke…like ungrateful and disrespectful dude!

[@nykkiflandiva7963]

Ava was a gorgeous woman!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Eva was the idol of my youth!

[@robertlongwill8856]

She definitely was a gorgeous woman. And a great actress

[@youknowwho1962]

Linda is absolutely gorgeous!

[@Doug41160]

Charles is a helluva lot more funnier than Richard ever was.

[@JohnDoe-le7ml]

jump to 15:33 if you're looking for the toupee moment.

[@navetdusang7472]

Thank you, love!

[@FUCKALLYOUHATERZ10]

Thank you😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrDanamp]

Yes, I was hoping somebody would put up the time! Thanks!!

[@shalawndillon2260]

Brett + Charles = A big full of laughs! They're a hoot!

[@donaldleroy6502]

My answer to the rocket Roger question would have been he left his shadow at the starting line

[@pencils812]

The contestant said shoes, Joyce said Nike's and they matched it. Just another moment of inconsistency. Oh well, at least thr guy who lost got to try on Charles' wig!

[@paulrosen8905]

I still miss the friendly banter between Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Sommers.

[@prwhite1000]

Eve was a good answer.

[@scottsrush]

Now this was a game show!

[@paullarue2010]

Reminds me of Wayne Greene showing me that head. His driver saw him doing that, & stopped that van. Wayne was sent home, because I saw that head of his.

[@genkatqltr737]

Linda is a pretty and so petite lady. Brett was rather subdued.

[@paullarue2010]

Wayne Greene did that to me, and his driver stopped the van, because of Wayne Greene showing his bald head to me.

[@pencils812]

Are you ok now?

[@catfan5055]

The bald guy was also on Password plus. He won $8900 and made the same joke as renting his dome out.

[@robertmirabelli163]

It's ironic that Jon Bowzer and Gene Rayburn share a game show in Match Game/Hollywood Squares hour.

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Joyce is irritating.

[@dannyroybal7394]

Down Payment On A House !!! 10 4

[@ragemanchoo82]

@Matchgameproductions When did they start doing the PM series?

[@ldchappell1]

+ragemanchoo82 Matchgame PM aired from 1975 to 1978. The "Star Wheel" towards the end of the show was added during the last season so this episode is from 1978.

[@StLawrencePlace]

ragemanchoo82 1975

[@fscap811]

@@ldchappell1 Match Game PM ran from Sept '75 to Sept '81 according to Wikipedia so unless you look for the copyright at the end of the credits you can't be sure what year it's from. This one says 1980, but if you check the episode number, this one is #215, it says it was aired on January 20, 1981

[@vjmlhds]

@@fscap811 Wow. This episode aired on Ronald Reagan's inauguration day, which also happened to be the day the hostages returned home from Iran. With all that going on, who knows if this episode actually saw the light of day in it's first run?

[@glennmarshall4693]

Bowzer used to have a rock and roll show at the CNE in Toronto about 20 years ago, it was pretty cool

[@Katzi_]

Glenn, I think it was called The Pop & Rocker Game. It didn't last too long though.

[@shadfour]

Bower is trained as a pianist.

[@calebsantos1308]

When did this air?

[@StLawrencePlace]

Caleb Santos late 1980 early 1981 but recorded in 1980

[@kingramaxi7065]

Greatest game show ever..... Period. Thanks to booze and cocaine

[@maryallison0509]

It happens at 15:37

[@Eddie42023]

9:35 and Charles DOESN'T. If I had a nickel for every time my cowboy brother-in-law told me not to pick up a cowboy hat by the rim...

[@nestorsuan2182]

Brett is wonderful!

[@MrHeem94]

Good for her!

[@PlanetRockJesus]

And she was beautiful, with that lovely smile.

[@alexandraashland2981]

I so love this show!!!

[@markbra]

What ever hap end to ladies first on the contestant intro ???

[@kmakhlouf4387]

I love Charles Nelson Reilly. I just do. Reilly had to fly to N.Y.C. to have his toupee' fitted and with that I expect they were very well made and very expensive. What a guy, Charles! ha ha- who wants to bet with me that the Bowser greaser (?) guy in this show is the same actor who played the inbred child in Spider Baby (Maddest Story Ever Told)? if not, serves him well and this Bowser fellow and my old dentist looked like the same person.

[@orhugs]

15:35 is wen he takes it off. The joke itself sort of starts on and off at 9:15

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

He was such a good salesman he also sold: sheep shit to a Shepherd, a Chinaman rice, and an Eskimo ice...

[@DBR00]

Thinking of You was my choice.

[@lilbluefoxie]

why is there such a choppy edit at 22:16

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

starch. 🤣

[@Cml725]

Classic classy!

[@LionofthetribeofJudah650]

Wow have times changed

[@patriciawickholm3617]

These guys are the best!! The new show is trash.

[@spockboy]

15:34 toupee away.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

That's the best!

[@italiantraditionalcatholic2390]

Definitely Sacrilegious!!..

[@canyoubelievethis220]

Something about the contestant who won at the end reminds me of Esther Rolle from "Good Times." What an actress. RIP, for sure.

[@ZEZERBING]

just clean fun

[@makeadifference4all]

They have that late 1970s look, except Joyce Bulifant, who jumped a few years ahead in fashion.

[@versatilians]

Eva Gabor, has got to be the WORST Match Game panelist...EVER!! lol :D

[@robertszvetics210]

+Chuck Lambert (Collard Green) watch it or she might cook you some hotcakes darling

[@MusicloverLiz]

I love her!

[@nancyhoke5187]

If you watch the credits at the end you will see the copy write is 1980. GREAT SHOW!!!!

[@LVSignChick]

Found this out after binging on Card Sharks: Goodson-Todman shows would show the copyright as the date (year) they were recorded as opposed to when they aired...

[@orangie84]

ok Gene is next

[@peterharris302]

By this time (the middle of the 1980-1981 season), Joyce Bulifant's role on Flo had been reduced to an occasional guest-star role and she wasn't in the opening credits. What ever happened to her?

[@rigeur071]

I believe that she guest-starred as the mother of David Spade's character on Just Shoot Me. Don't know about anything since then.

[@danicegewiss862]

She does character work occasionally. She normally plays a character's mother or grandmother.

[@pencils812]

She was in a Crest toothpaste commercial.

[@hibiscusfreak]

No toupees! Bald men are SO sexy! Why doesn't anyone realize this?

[@DA90027]

15 grand in 1979 was a good down payment 3 bedroom homes here in Los Angeles then were about 100,000

[@Bigwave2003]

Such an annoying episode with everyone talking over each other at the same time.

[@wolfyhound]

+Bigwave2003 They must have had issues with the audio mixer that day.

[@PlanetRockJesus]

That's what makes it so much fun, with Gene Rayburn as the stern schoolmaster, keeping them all in line.

[@Yellow-Rose]

I did like how unhinged they all were; artists at their best.

[@mckennalester2248]

I was very surprised he did it because it takes while to set it again he wore a hat for a bit. Did peter keep the hair

[@pencils812]

I wonder how much the wig cost. Gene told Eva to send him one....she owned a wig business.

[@bilkrimson]

Funny

[@joylessmann5171]

This Artie guy is horrible n he's trying too hard to be funny n he's not

[@joylessmann5171]

I don't like this bowzer either his voice is annoying

[@calvada1]

joyless Mann R.I.P. Artie Johnson

[@pygiana16]

Who and what was Bowzer?

[@bobmcdonald2905]

Lead singer for Shanana.

[@kevinmiller1985]

His dog. Lol.

[@danicegewiss862]

Bass singer for Sha Na Na. Google their music. They did music of the 1950's rock n roll era.

[@danvuletici5885]

gold

[@RaisingHellAgain]

A down payment hell back then you could have paid in full for that amount

[@intense4200]

+swampmammytheone measuringworth.com says: In 2014, the relative value of $15,000.00 from 1980 ranges from $36,700.00 to $90,900.00.

[@danicegewiss862]

I believe she lived in California. That would have been a nice down payment, but still a down payment in California.

[@HelloooThere]

They see very un-necessarily disrespectful of Bowser.

[@HelloooThere]

@@acp865 k that's yr opinion

[@HelloooThere]

@@acp865 It is clear we have a LOT of disagreements here. I'm going OUT of this thread!

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

They see?

[@HelloooThere]

@@alexandermacdougall7873 m

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

@@HelloooThere that doesnt really clear it up