Family Feud Last Episode (RIP Richard Dawson) (1985 Finale)

[@kizpaws]

What a kind and gentle spirit Richard Dawson was. His speech at the very end was so moving, RIP, you are loved. ♥

[@Derek-b8q]

One of the most dignified and touching goodbyes.

[@charliegeraldjr5926]

D I watched this and my mom and dad cried

[@leonardjulius6098]

Richard Dawson was a man who understood the human spirit in all of us.

[@charlesrichey3353]

Richard Dawson was one of the most caring & genuine hosts ever! No matter, he was very open & humble! To me, The Greatest Ever All-time Host of Family Feud & then Ray Combs! We miss you Bud!

[@chadgervais6323]

Charles Richey Dawson and Combs made that show. once Louie Anderson took over, and ever since, The Feud has felt more like a low-rent, third tier network show. Goodson and Todman must be spinning in their graves.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Chad Gervais Amen! I honestly can’t watch the newer episodes. Family Feud for me is 1976-1995. I don’t care if Steve Harvey has brought the ratings up. The show is more like “Family Sleaze” today. ABC should have never moved Family Feud to 11:30 where it was going up against the 2nd half of “The Price Is Right” on CBS.

[@ImperialRadioYT]

the greatest television personality, to me, then Carson of course

[@DrummerAar0n]

An amazing man, and so underrated, he would have been an excellent inpirational speaker. This episode/clip is wonderful, but it's not complete without watching "Richard Dawson's Unaired Speech (1985)"...Richard was upset because he forgot to read a very special card in his pocket on-air. ...if the clip doesn't touch your heart - check your pulse! Personally, i consider Richard to be the best overall game show host of all-time. Mr. Richard Dawson - A True Legend

[@KevinBenecke]

Family Feud is not the same now. They never asked stupid questions like they do now. I am so glad that they were able to pull off a win for the last show. Rest in Peace.

[@bettycogswell9851]

I like Steve Harvey but the version he has should be X Rated...

[@TheTerrylwg]

I agree; it's like the writers are all a bunch of 15-year-old boys. A family can't watch the show together anymore, which is such a shame.

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@TheTerrylwg Sadly, that seems to be the way a lot of TV is going; hence the reason why years ago my wife and I "cut the cord" and have never looked back. "Comedy" shows, sitcoms, game shows - it's like going back in time to hear sniggering little boys or teens in the school locker room - and you'd think most people would have outgrown that in the years following. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be the case.

[@DorvellTStewart]

Fortunately or unfortunately, (it’s all in how each individual chooses to look at it,) times change and standards change.

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

It's all trash now. Every question is about sex.

[@r_l_o6324]

Thank you for posting this. Richard was a brilliant person. ❤

[@steveforrester9413]

Classiest game show host ever. Thanks for uploading this most memorable, heart- touching episode!

[@carlsmith7796]

Fantastic!!! Richard Dawson is the king of game shows

[@crissrudd4554]

Richard Dawson. RIP to my idol!! He is sorely missed!!!!

[@nickyviolaguitar]

He was simply the Best!

[@AnnieRegister]

Richard was a Blessing in a time that the world needed acceptance, love, and kindness. We lost a terrific human being, God took home another great man.

[@ghettogadget206]

"Because they love you Richard" -classic

[@josephmichael-comingsoon8865]

In heaven they asked 100 people who the best game show host was and 100 people said Richard Dawson. RIP Richard we had a lot of fun those 9 years

[@LarrytheKing16]

That should be a Sudden Death question for Steve Harvey episodes.

[@drewski1535]

SUVEY SAID (Ding) 💯

[@monkee5th]

Don’t forget Bob Barker The Price is Right, Gene Rayburn Match Game, and Dick Clark the Pyramid

[@karenleemallonee684]

OMGoodness, so true, so true!!! Rest in Peace, Richard🌹

[@zeeboss2762]

@@monkee5th Alex Trebek from Jeopardy as well! I stopped watching Jeopardy! after his passing..... Pat Sajak from Wheel Of Fortune is alright as well

[@ChihuahuaboyDH]

R.I.P., Howard Felsher, Richard Dawson, Gene Wood & Mark Goodson. :'(

[@darrendoyle568]

ChihuahuaboyDH when did Howard F pass

[@markgardner4426]

don't forget Bill Todman

[@newstarcadefan]

This is a very heart-felt speech. Richard was only human just the same, and let's face it he settled down. I barely got a chance to see his 1994 revival (that got cancelled because of the numerous preemptions of the Haiti situation).

[@KevinMeno2008]

And the OJ Simpson murder trial & infamous Ford Bronco chase

[@CelestialWoodway]

Heartfelt speech!

[@bettycogswell9851]

Loved this man and he met the woman of his dreams here. Doesn't get better than that...

[@weirdalfan1980]

Richard Dawson is my favorite Feud host perhaps my favorite game show MC next to Bob Barker.

[@carolynwoolverton8810]

Contestants signed they were agreeable. A kiss on the cheek was for luck stemming from Richard's first days as a host. He only kissed mature ladies on the hand. IF you would watch his last tv legends interview he explains this. His last wishes were that he had shared as much love & kindness as he could.

[@SteveHolsten]

This was so sad knowing it was Richard's last one. I guess it was the first time he quit since I see another video that he returned in 1994.

[@rwboa22]

Richard Dawson didn't truly quit on the first run: he didn't want to do the daytime network Feud and only wanted to do the nighttime syndicated Feud only, however Viacom decided to end production altogether. In essence Dawson's attitude at that time, combined with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune being more popular, caused Family Feud's first run to come to an end.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Richard Dawson will forever be Family Feud He's THE Best Dawson > Combs ANYDAY!

[@davidng2336]

Combs is very close. Everyone else completely sucks @$$.

[@ashleyyy5484]

Aww I almost cried very sad speech

[@OAleathaO]

Gamergirl Ashley I grew up watching this show with my grandma. Even though I never met him he always felt like he was part of the family (no pun intended). Such a shame that when he says at the end, "I never thought I'd ever be part of something where I could be touched by so many people and be able to touch them." that the audience takes it the wrong way. He meant it as being touched emotionally.

[@jeremyarnold1429]

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[@jeremyfoley7385]

It's been 10 years since Richard Dawson had been gone. He was a great Host, but Family Feud will never be the same without him. He was a funny man too,

[@Camop-iz9kt]

I attended a FEUD taping in Sept. of 1978. It's the same studio at the ABC Prospect Lot where LET'S MAKE A DEAL was taped during it's ABC run. It was extensively remodeled years later.

[@zalinahosein4498]

A very good man....bless you richard

[@markmarkofkane8167]

The best host. RIP. And great actor.

[@shaneblankenship8193]

i teared up a little myself

[@AJLizotte418m]

"I'd say he looks about 65. I think his neck looks about 90" Dawson on Reagan

[@coreypayne7470]

What a way end the show with a win

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Everyone was *so* sad! What a wonderful moment in TV history. I still wish one of the two family heads had said, at the beginning, "I have five members of my family here instead of four, because Richard Dawson has been a member of family every night for the last nine years."

[@brendonflannigan6451]

I like to see more Richard dawson on tv as repeates as well as u tube for family feud from brendon

[@Stuartasmith2]

This was one of the saddest days of my life. Saying goodby to all those good people I was fortunate to worked with, both at MGP and ABC. It was truly the end of an era. Richard was always good to me and I thank him, Mark Goodson and Howard Felsher for what they did for me and my family. Sure I went on to work on other shows but, there's nothing like your first. 🤟 P.S., Just a little side note, a story I once heard. While :Richard was visiting in Las Vegas, a White woman came up and asked Richard "How can you stand kissing all those N's"? (N word), Richard quickly replied, "I have no problem kissing Black people, it's C#nts like you I can't stand!" That is just one of the many stories that made me proud to work with Richard.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Wow that’s amazing you got to work for the show! I believe to this day that Family Feud was the longest run ABC daytime game show. I once before received a autograph photo from Richard Dawson about 17 years ago. Still have it. I wish I could have met him in person.

[@Schlomothebest]

He was a fierce Democrat, no wonder why he liked to kiss black people!

[@Lupton2000]

Someone said that Gene Wood was having a hard time controlling his emotions. He showed he was a very genuine and loving man.

[@dianeoliver9041]

Don’t know why their ratings were so low, my whole family loved this show & I would have loved to have gotten a kiss from Richard Dawson, it wasn’t sexual, he just loved people. Such a sweet loving man & will never be another like him. Still a Fan. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💔

[@scottleung9587]

It’s partly because Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy were just starting to catch fire at the time.

[@michaelfiedler2760]

Richard was the greatest ever he's truly missed and loved Linda

[@dereklangley8582]

Ray and Richard both died on June 2nd.

[@cpklapper]

I remember the humanity he brought to his role on “Hogan’s Heroes”, but never heard this part of his backstory, the part about D-Day.

[@ItsBlackjack115]

The last ABC episode prior to tonight's primetime telecast of Celebrity Family Feud.

[@johnsdao3917]

Miss him every day a treasure

[@Lupton2000]

30 years ago today:)

[@nickyviolaguitar]

Richard you were a Great man with a Heart of Gold and we miss you! Simply the Greatest TV Game show host of all time. Rest in Peace!!

[@pmointernet]

RD was a beautiful soul.

[@kenyattasimpson8468]

Here comes the tears 😭

[@BarryH1701]

Richard Dawson was to Family Feud as Alex Trebek was to Jeopardy as was Bob Barker to the Price is Right. All were game show legends!

[@CaptainKeithMark]

He hosted that show for 80 years! Amazing.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

I think you mean 8.

[@luckyguy8547]

@@sureshmukhi23169.

[@checkerchamp8030]

I love how Richard Dawson knew that people had problems with his kissing but he did it anyway because that is just how he was. In that spirit, I am a guy but, I love you Richard Dawson. I loved you on Hogan's Heroes, I loved you on Match Game and I loved you on Family Feud. Just think, there are many kinds of love in the world but only one kind of hate. Think about that for a while. R.I.P. Mr. Dawson. Family Feud is not the same without you.

[@weirdalfan1980]

Richard Dawson has a voice that connects with you, very sincere and inviting ,whereas Louis Anderson doesn't seem to care if he's there, Steve Harvey production is popular because he can communicate with the black community where because the show is taped in Atlanta where real American families are.

[@DENo1MatchGameFan]

That's Howard Felsher, and yes he did. Howard didn't leave "Family Feud" - he was made executive producer, and Richard's daughter Cathy Hugart-Dawson took his place on the show as producer since he and Richard didn't get along.

[@wh4193]

He had two daughters? I thought he only had one, Shannon Nicole

[@DENo1MatchGameFan]

@@wh4193 I meant daughter-in-law - she was married to his son Mark.

[@wh4193]

@@DENo1MatchGameFan Ooh I see. Thank you for explaining!

[@DENo1MatchGameFan]

@@wh4193 No problem!

[@oldiesmusic76]

Richard is the man, no one else like him!! Btw, never have seen 4 single point rounds before the double, and no triple.

[@brendonflannigan6451]

I miss seeing him on tv from brendon

[@tashalynn29]

I completely forgot about those lollypop trees they had

[@qwertypirate3252]

"The bottom part."

[@tpir1972]

If they had waited one more month they would've had their 10th year celebration

[@jaimonkirkland4930]

Why are Number one answers higher in this version than it is in the newer one?

[@chrisarseneault5617]

God bless Richard Dawson

[@impalaman9707]

My dad's mother's maiden name was Dawson, so we always joked that we might be related to him

[@LatoyaLbqueenL114]

Better than the Steve Harvey version

[@GardevoirBoy]

This aired around the finale of the original 1984 set of Jeopardy.

[@megadrax0838]

16:11 The Bottom Part

[@ryanstrnad1852]

Was that just a one time thing where Gene didnt go through the list of first names with each family? In order to allow more time for accolades since it being the last show (at the time of course). Or did this become common practice especially in the last season (usually as a way to allow more time for an ad)?

[@PittsburghMarky]

#DawsonisFeud

[@bluebear1985]

This would be the ABC finale. The syndicated finale would come a few months later.

[@jedijones]

Did Dawson do a sign-off on the syndicated finale?

[@luckyguy8547]

i thought the syn finale was before the abc finale…

[@jillmahoney1009]

Was this his last show when he retired and came back after Ray Combs? Yes, I’m asking the actual date of this final episode?

[@JL-bv4wg]

I think Richard Dawson was the better MC of Family Feud ever. Some were good or pretty good, but he was the best host of the Feud anyday.

[@NotSoGoodGamer18]

“The bottom part” Perfect for a great finale

[@battletoads22]

I got all the state ones except Alaska.

[@loutenore33]

almost as sad as the oringal jeopardy run when that ended in 1975

[@MrLyosea]

15:49 In reality she wasn't that far off from his real age although I guess before the internet not many people knew famous peoples ages.

[@UxCANxDOxIT]

Well I mean, he was the president at the time of this...

[@tpir1972]

Howard Flesher left too produced Password Plus, didn't he?

[@ericbuhman5243]

Need to bring back the lollipop tree

[@pem1974]

That stupid credit crunch ruined the end..

[@Sonicfast2]

17:36 the last fast money win on the show

[@MatthewTheMattam]

I wonder why the show had ended?

[@Lava1964]

Declining ratings. It had run its course.

[@rwboa22]

@@Lava1964 also Richard Dawson was growing tired of the grueling taping schedules, as both the ABC daytime version and the nighttime Syndicated version was being done at the same time. Dawson wanted to quit production altogether, but then offered a compromise to do one more season only for Syndication (much like Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune today). Instead Viacom and Mark Goodson decided to end production altogether. Later, when Goodson revived Family Feud in 1988 for CBS Daytime (as a lead-in for TPIR) and nighttime Syndication, he decided to bring comedian Ray Combs in as host. After Mark Goodson's death and due to declining ratings, Jonathan Goodson (Mark's son) attempted to salvage the nighttime Syndicated version by getting rid of Ray Combs and bringing back Richard Dawson, who in truth was not the same as his 1976-1985 self due to his second marriage (he no longer kissed the female contestants; the Clarence Thomas accusations during his SCOTUS confirmation hearings and Bill Clinton's woes with Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones) may have also contributed), but it was due to world events, including the O.J. Simpson murder case, that ended the second run.

[@TheWorldSpinsSlowly]

Don't worry, IT CAME BACK.

[@CaptainKeithMark]

6:40 “come on sweet t;ts”

[@eliocannella9958]

He said “come on, sweet Kim” ..please pay attention sir

[@kibaanazuka332]

"Tell me hold old you think Ronald Raegan is?" "80" The audience and Richard Dawson: 💀

[@luckyguy8547]

“i think he looks about 65. *i think his neck looks about ninety.* “ that killed me! 😂

[@Victoria-ni3tf]

Now with Steve Harvey has a crew that distorts players’ answers into lewd ones. So horrid. If I were a contestant I’d want to ask the totally different from Dawson, Harvey, WHY? ☮️💟 to Richard...

[@lancasterII]

What's sad about this is the very next day Dawson called up the producer, Cathy, his daughter in law, and told her to cut the part where he thanked Howard, his exec producer. That was bitter and cold. Yes he was gracious and loving but like so many of us he had a vindictive streak.

[@wh4193]

Maybe it's because he was emotional. I don't think it's because he was bitter

[@ChihuahuaboyDH]

Did anyone else find it rather odd that with Richard Dawson's sending thanks & salutations to "Family Feud" staffers/producers, Mark Goodson's name was not mentioned by Richard? I wonder if said omittance had something to do with Richard not getting along with Mark Goodson throughout much of "FF"''s run? Does anyone know if Mark Goodson was in attendance at RD's last "FF" episode? R.I.P., Mark Goodson, Richard Dawson & Gene Wood.

[@jedijones]

I don't know, but I've seen a celebrity run of Dawson's episodes where Goodson competed as a panelist. Also I believe one where he acknowledged Goodson's mother in the audience and Goodson was in attendance too.

[@lindaprior9335]

why were they saying finale show.. its still on????

[@cdent870]

This was the final show. The show didn't return until 1988 with Ray Combs as the host. Dawson came back for a few years in the 90s before retiring for good.

[@paullarue2010]

I wonder if a female violinist, would've been play a sad tune.

[@skye8312]

Richards going to marry Mandi

[@JasonRourhier]

If I would have been much older & If I would have been hosting the very last ABC FAMILY FEUD DAYTIME SHOW--- besides the regular $5,000--they would have also won $10,000 as a bonus as well as A NEW CAR 🚗!!(OF COURSE THAT,S WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE!!) RIP!! RICHARD DAWSON GENE WOOD HOWARD FELCHER & MARK GOODSON & CAN,T FORGET RAY COMBS!!

[@Jdat1212]

Sunscreen didn’t make the list lol. That alone dates the show ha ha But a scarf makes it. Too funny.

[@nimk]

"Pregnacy" XD

[@wh4193]

Omg 😂😂😂 That part came on as I read your comment.

[@dr.alexander7039]

No disrespect to Bob Barker and Gene Rayburn but Dawson was the best game show host of all time.

[@jamessimmons7480]

ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!!????? RICHARD DAWSON WAS ABSOLUTELY SICKENING TO SAY THE LEAST!!!! HE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE SO CUTE!!! I FOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT HIM TO BE CUTE OR ENTERTAINING IN THE LEAST!!!!! GOOD RIDDANCE TO HIM!!!

[@kylebulger4240]

Another series that gas false advertising and lies to us live on network television saying it’s their final episode when it’s actually not. Family Feud has Never been cancelled and has had five new hosts and three new announcers since Richard and Gene quit

[@zeeboss2762]

it was the final episode of the first run on ABC between 1976-1985. People at the time thought Family Feud was done for until in 1988 it was revived.

[@peterfernandez9670]

Kinda one sided

[@bobsilver3983]

The last moment he signed off with devil horns? Did anyone else see that?

[@crissrudd4554]

It's sign language for 'I love you'. That was how he usually ended every show.

[@OAleathaO]

crissrudd4554 So true. I don't remember the exact details but he started doing that after he got a letter from a deaf girl that said she loved to watch Family Feud. He truly was a great person.

[@ChihuahuaboyDH]

***** In doing the math, that little girl would be 43 years old now. R.I.P., Richard Dawson.

[@bmasters1981]

@@ChihuahuaboyDH Same age as Richard was at the top of the run in '76!

[@CaptainKeithMark]

He’s a hard core rocker.

[@decoro4]

do you have #9157-FFN-85 #973 Zappanti Vs. Carlson ?? I was on that one?? `1985 it was the one right before this one