Match Game 76 (Episode 644) (BLANK Foxx!) (Happy Heavenly 86th Birthday to Richard Dawson)

[@יעליעקב-ת4מ]

❤Richard Dawson...One and Only💋

[@crystalheart9]

Wasn't he so handsome.😘

[@beatlequeen06]

It doesn't matter if you liked Richard or not because he was the best panelist in terms of getting the contestants money. He's missed terribly by all of us Match Game, OG Family Feud, and Hogan's Heroes fans.

[@Observer-jw8wv]

You are absolutely right. He was the best player by far and wanted the contestants to win. He was also more concerned than the others about keeping it tasteful. Very few doo-doo jokes from Richard. He was a tremendous talent and I miss him! Also, for all the natter about how "everyone hated him," it's clear when you watch the episodes that Betty and Fannie adored him, and Charles, Fannie, Joyce and yes GENE -- as well as many other panelists -- all liked him and found him very funny. I think his crankiness during the last few months on the show tends to seep into how people remember him on this show. But he was its true star.

[@jjryan1352]

@@Observer-jw8wv tasteful? He was always making sexual jokes and suggestions to even semi-attractive contestants. He is an integral part of the show though and it wouldn't have been as good without him.

[@MooncricketsInc]

@@jjryan1352 They all made corny sexual jokes to attractive female contestants and some of the fellow female stars. Was part of the show, although it wasn't in your face and way too obvious.

[@jjryan1352]

@@MooncricketsInc that's exactly what I just said. No need to repeat it.

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@jjryan1352 Actually, it was BETTER without him

[@michellepost2986]

Richard was so cute, I had a crush on him as a child when watching Hogan's Heroes new. I liked Family Feud with him as host.This game was cool with Asner and Radar on it.

[@ts.elliot5870]

I didn't have a crush on him but I really enjoyed Hogan's Hereos. If I remember right Hogan's Hereos was on after school as was MatchGame. I was aware of MG but I would've gone for Hogan's Heros as a ten year old boy.

[@timothyball7502]

No way did Betty White would have thought she live to 99 this year 2021. Happy maybe but will Betty White live to 100!

[@susanbezio6708]

Sadly she was 10 days short of reaching 100 when she passed. January 2022 RIP

[@fjccommish]

It was terrific that she didn't make it to 100.

[@edwardlozano8807]

seeing the notice that today was Richard Dawson's birthday, then saw the Betty White sign: "Happy Birthday to Whomever"....:)

[@MatchGameProductions]

Edward Lozano I actually was trying to post this episode to match up to Richards birthday today!!

[@margaretkinnaman3154]

Edward Lozano Great job MatchGameProductions! Richard would be pleased by your posting I bet.

[@pencils812]

Where is episode 645?

[@crissrudd4554]

Happy birthday Dickie boy. RIP :(

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: After winning $5600 last time, thanks to an incredible H/H match with Betty, our champion gets to try his luck at the Super Match for a second time. Today's audience match question: "________ Fox" The celebs: Richard (Desert), Betty (Redd - Betty acknowledged that Redd Foxx spells his name different from the spelling in the question), and Edward (Br'er) (Interesting how the contestant altered his choices - last time he chose the three female panelists. Also interesting because Edward had a decent response ready to go, not always the case for the third celebrity to be called on, and a huge contrast from his performance in the main game.) The choice: Red The answers: Twentieth Century, Sly as a, Redd Wow. Only one celeb suggestion appeared on the audience match board, but it was the one our champion selected! Since he chose Betty yesterday and matched, and selected her suggestion both days, I wouldn't be surprised if he chooses her again for the H/H match today, but there's a chance he'll mix it up the way he did for his audience match choices... He stays the course and picks Betty again! Today's H/H question: " ________ Truth" My first thought was Sojourner Truth, but then for the recent "______ Parks" I went with "Rosa" and matched no one (Bert Parks was the answer). I think this time I'll go for "To tell the truth." Beyond a common expression, it was a very popular game show (also by Goodson/Todman), and Betty White herself appeared on it many times (40 times according to some sources). Betty meditates for a moment before writing her answer. She doesn't look terribly confident, however. When the camera cuts to the contestant, he's got that same big smile he had yesterday, as if he's confident he's thought of the best answer. The contestant confidently answers "to tell the truth." It's almost impossible to read panelists' expressions in the H/H match, but Betty looks either shocked or disappointed. With little in the way of preamble, Betty reveals the winning answer! Two H/H wins in a row! Betty scores her 17th H/H match today! Given that episode 645 is missing, here's an early End-of-week H/H match recap: There were 4 H/H matches this abbreviated week (with episode 645 not available), and 3 wins: Brett 1/1, Richard 0/1, Betty 2/2 Another great week with 3 different celebs playing the head-to-head. Betty overtook Charles in the H/H accuracy rankings only two weeks after Charles had moved ahead of her. Gary ends the week (filling in for Charles ) with his incredible 83.3% accuracy rating intact. Edward completed his second (of six) weeks without having been chosen for the H/H match. Marcia Rodd also ends her brief MG career without having a chance to help a contestant win big in the H/H. Looking ahead: --Charles returns (!), and so all three regulars are present and accounted for once again. (No knock on Gary, but CNR is irreplaceable.) --Gary hangs around for a second consecutive week, shifting to the #1 seat, with another shot at defending and possibly improving upon his 83.3% accuracy rating! --Fannie is back in that semi-regular seat, and her H/H track record is a tad better than even Betty's! --Susan Howard appears for her first of only two weeks. (Her second week will be episodes 681-685) Here's the updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 83.3% (5 wins in 6 attempts). TIE: Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Fannie - 52.6% (10 wins in 19 attempts). Betty - 50% (17 wins in 34 attempts). Charles - 47.7% (21 wins in 44 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 40.3% (147 wins in 365 attempts). Brett - 38.5% (20 wins in 52 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 644, excluding the lost/missing episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325. (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!")

[@corrinewadino8771]

I’d love it when they bring the contestants back! That is so cool.

[@crystalheart9]

Terry where ever you are you are adorable and I'm so happy you won!

[@Observer-jw8wv]

Lassie was a very funny answer by Brett at 15:43 and it was just plain weird how Gene argued against it. I guess he really didn't know Lassie was a male dog??

[@lesburns7395]

playing a female dog, so it was a girl name, male equivalent would be Laddie

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'm glad Terry won the super match, now he can afford a much better suit. How's this for a Patti D answer? Rin tin tin

[@deboragustin9980]

That Ed chose answers he knew wouldn't match. He just didn't care about the contestants. He just wanted to be funny. Well he wasn't.

[@wcwindom56]

I've noticed a few of them did that

[@janejayne8152]

Ed Asner = tedious. I felt bad for the contestants when celebs not very good at "matchgame" were on the panel. Like Gene used to emphasise the key word. Greetings to all who pass this way.

[@sdlively27]

Did match 11 times in the seasons I have tracked so far.. (MG74-75,79, MGPM, MGSynd)

[@jjryan1352]

@@sdlively27 all you had to do was look on IMDB. 30 episodes.

[@pencils812]

He did match tooshy to buttocks.

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Edward Asner 2. Brett Somers 3. Gary Burghoff 4. Marcia Rodd 5. Richard Dawson 6. Betty White

[@barbarajohnson3781]

Happy birthday to you Richard 🎂 heaven time drink for me

[@kristabrewer6736]

GROW UP!!!!

[@rds5263]

Krista Brewer what old are you? You remind me of a 12 year old. Just woundering its weird for somone keeps posting grow up when you don't agree.

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@kristabrewer6736Pious much?

[@annika_panicka]

@@kristabrewer6736 SHUT UP!!!!

[@corrinewadino8771]

My brother used to date red Fox NIECE. He said their home was absolutely gorgeous and they used to go over there to go swimming in Las Vegas. Now, I heard that his show was really nasty! Also, I seen him in Las Vegas talking with some people he had his sunglasses on he was all dressed up and looked really nice.

[@corrinewadino8771]

Funny story, I used to do commercials a lot of of them. Well, one day I used to sell cars also I went to work and I just got done Doing a commercial. And I walked in and one of the guys cause the guys always teased me, that’s why I back in the day you seem very few women car salesman. Well anyway, one guy yelled across the showroom and he said hey Ellsworth! That used to be my Married last name. And he said did you shoot a commercial today? And I said yes! All happy that everybody heard it. And he said what was it for Alpo? LOL! I was so mad at him because I was so embarrassed

[@steveyounker7897]

Terry is loveable, and good for him, but he has no neck! I can only imagine what I would look like up there, but I think at least my head would turn. Someone said he looked like a serial killer. What do those look like, exactly?

[@mlchc9004]

Betty White is awesome, 2 wins in a row.

[@brendagz5417]

And Forward...Pass was not easy

[@fjccommish]

She was evil. Thank God she didn't make it to 100.

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@fjccommishOuch that's harsh.

[@beckydutra6543]

​@@fjccommishwhat??!

[@DoloresRoberts-hy5uy]

​@@fjccommish--- How very RUDE of you. SHAME. speaking ill of the dead.

[@beckydutra6543]

The contestant reminds me of Shelly Long or her character, from Cheers. Looks like her and same mannerisms. 💞

[@susanbezio6708]

Olga from Benson, not Shelley Long

[@beckydutra6543]

​@@susanbezio6708true

[@lisaevans7293]

Watch Bret during first question. She says high to gene and starts writing so betty starts talking to him playfully, Brett starts yelling at Gene then says ok and starts writing, Gene walks away and Brett gives Betty a nasty look, Betty looks very uncomfortable. From what ive heard over the years betty and brett were good friends but i dont know.

[@pencils812]

I wonder if they were all swingers.

[@beckydutra6543]

What's wrong with that Ed Asner. 😦

[@donaldleroy6502]

I can't tell if Ed's jacket is made of vinyl or some other type of "pleather" substitute but I DO know it's fugly as can be. On a positive note, I already 💘 Betty but she endeared herself even further with her self deprecating humor

[@royveteto4134]

it's cousin oliver from brady bunch verses gretchen kraus

[@wcwindom56]

I dont think Terry changed outfits for this episode

[@MensAsses33]

Some episodes were taped on the same day.

[@mikeoxhertz526]

Next episode he has this pleather jacket right off the KMart rack.

[@patwillis4509]

Terry resembled John Denver

[@garfield2439]

That's who I couldn't figure it out thanks

[@susanbezio6708]

Chris Farley

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@AlexandreLimbergernot really no. Just an average guy on national TV.

[@corrinewadino8771]

RED BUTTONS

[@dannyroybal7394]

Terry Reminds Me Of A Madd Scientist

[@pencils812]

Hahaha.

[@susanbezio6708]

Chris Farley

[@brendagz5417]

💯

[@ts.elliot5870]

That's a good thing!

[@NMC21887]

I really need to stop binge watching these episodes. I just found out Ed Asner died and I was on this episode. The last time I binged watched these, I was on a Bill Daily episode and he died when I was watching that.

[@tomitstube]

i liked ed asner but between him and brett they were a very annoying pair. ed and his long empty pauses (you could tell gene was getting annoyed with him) and by 1976 brett was especially annoying, period. she would always exclaim, "i have the perfect answer", and it would inevitably be a dud.

[@generay4054]

I get tried of her yelling at Gene when she matched the round before. Gene never say he was perfect but gee don't yell at him. You rarely match anyway so it is habit to come to you for your answers.. ;0) Even Richard isn't perfect.. I have been so sick of that Encino hotel jokes 2 seasons ago.. sigh.. Stop with the baby talk as well.. grr

[@ts.elliot5870]

Agreed Brett was totally annoying by this point. If I were the producer I would've closed the open bar and taken away all the mirrors and razor blades. Maybe Brett would calmed down.

[@MaxStax1]

It was really rude of Ed Asner to throw away one of that ladies chances by trying to be funny and answering Wa-Wa. She probably still would have lost as the guy got an easy one but still, he didn't know that. R.I.P Richard Dawson.

[@tomitstube]

i think he was trying to use a euphemism of "mans junk".

[@mrnmrsifl]

Ends a run of 319 consecutive available eps starting with #326 in Dec '74. Then with the Anitra Ford eps now available, there's another run of 263 on the other side.

[@pencils812]

Where is episode 645?

[@corrinewadino8771]

That makes me so mad when Gary tries to imitate Charles! He’s not even close and he’s not even funny. And he has an attitude.

[@pencils812]

7:38 Gene pretending to shoot the audience with his microphone.

[@sdlively27]

Well Betty managed to wrestle the title away from Richard who just wrestle the title away from Charles the week before. ;0) Betty won the week giving away 11,000 in head to head and audience match matches with 10 matches for the semi regulars. Brett won for the regulars giving away 5,500 dollars in head to head and audience match matches. Richard gave away 500 dollars in an audience match match. Both Richard and Brett matched 8 times this week to tie for the regulars.

[@jasonhurd4379]

Terry was REALLY creepy. That unibrow, and his disturbing grin totally weirded me out. And the way he said 'buttocks' was the stuff of nightmares. 😱

[@jacobestevez7570]

I know, right?

[@hellomynameishello2159]

exactly! he was extremely creepy

[@cinemaholic730]

Really? I don't think that at all, I thought it was hilarious when he said buttocks. He seemed genuinely happy when he matched with Betty, I don't think he was creepy at all.

[@jjryan1352]

@@cinemaholic730 he did look odd but ya no reason to hold it against him. He acted normally. Kinda ironic the guy with the Jesus profile picture being so judgemental.

[@artielon]

Terry did have a somewhat creepy look and maybe even personality that could be used in movies. But the dude was harmless...

[@sdlively27]

ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Betty! ;0) ROFL! Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) Can we see your lining? Not you jacket lining your lining! ;0) soap! ;0) Ain’t it the truth! ;0) peanut butter! ;0) silly putty! ;0) potato salad! ;0) I’m all wash up.. ;0) feet! ;0) Somewhat response to Gene’s answer.. ;0) I notice you in the trees earlier! ;0) wa wa! ;0) teeth! ;0) We haven’t seen our feet since we were 12.. ;0) frisk! ;0) Rover! ;0) Spot! ;0) Fido! ;0) rear! ;0) That is a small animal.. ;0)

[@Observer-jw8wv]

MatchGameProductions, can you tell us what episode Melinda Potter was previously on and what the "possible irregularity" was? Also, Brett was actually funny (!) this time with that repartee about Lassie. She actually had her facts right... although as usual she went on a tad too long. It was funny when Betty jumped in and when Richard refused to.

[@cinemaholic730]

I loved when Brett said to Gene you said you're wife didn't understand that and when Gene said I never said that lol.

[@mrnmrsifl]

#617 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqqokJWQeb9pmKM Looks like there was a question where she answered "manure" and Charles said "cow, horse, or sheep dip" and they took it back. She lost 3-2.

[@steveyounker7897]

I love Ed Asner, and respect his activism, but he needs to press down on his pen harder. You can't read his answers!

[@der22672]

Is episode 645 missing from your library? It's not uploaded. Thanks.

[@sdlively27]

Remider: Episode 645 will not be uploaded because of tape damage for that particular episode that GSN and BUZZR could not broadcast it.

[@shoeshooey5464]

I was hoping this would be answered

[@pencils812]

Wow.

[@deanstrand4260]

I see I'm not the only one who thought that Terry was creepy. There was something not quite right about him.

[@jjryan1352]

He reminds me of the creepy bad guy in a Dirty Harry movie and possibly someone else from tv or film, possibly the hair from Wint and Kidd in a James Bond film. Seemed like a normal person, just a bit odd. Him and the first lady had a vague familiarity like they slightly resembled actors you can't quite place.

[@daverice2426]

​@@jjryan1352 I was thinking Mark David Chapman/John Hinkley Jr, but you nailed it with the Dirty Harry villain

[@ts.elliot5870]

Be nice he's just an average guy on national TV. No need for cheap shot. Say something positive.

[@beckysorenson5527]

I thought he looked like a nerd.

[@XMLarry]

For $10,000 I will carve your likeness out of marble. For $1.98 I will carve your likeness out of manure

[@jasonhurd4379]

I thought it would be chopped liver. Spent too much time in delicatessens, I guess.

[@mikeoxhertz526]

Terry was married but I swear he batted for the other team.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Be nice would you. Taking cheap shots is childish.

[@ts.elliot5870]

@mikeoxhertz526 wishful thinking I'm guessing. Gaydar going off?

[@RyanDavidZuidema]

Where is episode 645?

[@sdlively27]

Remider: Episode 645 will not be uploaded because of tape damage for that particular episode that GSN and BUZZR could not broadcast it.

[@martybass7376]

Final Truth. Pee wee gaskins

[@brenyou9574]

Sooooo weird

[@kristabrewer6736]

Happy HEAVENLY birthday to Richard Dawson? Are you KIDDING me?? (unless he asked Jesus into heart of course, I guess that's always a possibility)

[@dmnemaine]

Not everybody, not even all Christians, believe the same way that you do about who gets into Heaven.

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@dmnemainethank you she's a total pia.

[@97Senator]

Jamie Foxx?

[@darrelguilbeau7557]

Maybe Silver Fox.

[@feudfan55]

Not in 1976.

[@JAWrightonline]

He was about 15 years away.

[@wcwindom56]

Fido spelled Phideaux

[@pencils812]

Creative.

[@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