Match Game PM (Episode 121) (Richard Dawson's FINAL MGPM EPISODE)

[@baytownbud]

Thanks for the memories, Richard Dawson.

[@WPPCProductions]

Ditto.......

[@StLawrencePlace]

baytownbud what a fitting supermatch question

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

What memories 🥱

[@kristabrewer6736]

I bet they did that on purpose!

[@marshallgibson3918]

Bad memories.

[@beers1968]

Gene Rayburn was the Best Game Show Host....No one could do what Gene did in his life time...Phenomenal, Extraordinary, And The Greatest of All Time....🔥💯

[@corrinewadino8771]

The last police officer we had, had the personality of a snail. This guy Willard is just wonderful! He has a wonderful personality! And most cops, 98% of them are really good people.

[@corrinewadino8771]

Joyce Bulifant is still alive! Absolutely gorgeous! She has taken very good care of herself! She’s so gorgeous now you should see her and look her up. She also has a brand new book out. I’m so glad that that’s one of the panelist that are still living.

[@pencils812]

An end to an era. You know Betty will miss him the most.

[@valensinclair6750]

Richard's ego checked him out of this game about 2 years prior to him leaving.

[@kristabrewer6736]

I'm not sorry that saint Richard is leaving, but if his ego was so huge that his show was never mentioned; well... they DID mention it on these PM episodes. And he DID seem happier on the PM episode, so I wonder why he left

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

Good riddance-adios-don’t let the door hit you in the a**, GOODBYE !!! Yeah !!

[@ShamrockParticle]

​@kristabrewer6736 if I recall, the taping schedule was as follows: Monday - Wednesday Dinner break PM, Thursday, Friday Hosting two series and all the extra taping involved, Richard was probably feeling burnt out but had a respite due to dinner.

[@corrinewadino8771]

My husband and I love the wheel! It gives contestants even a better chance! To win more money! We also love our police officers, and I hope that this police officer, Willard heals soon!

[@margaretcrittenden1272]

Love this show

[@scottburton9701]

Buzzr presently airs "Match Game PM" during the week-A certifiable classic!

[@maynardsmoreland]

After watching these excruciating last episodes with Richard, I feel the need to cleanse myself with the "Burns and Cuts" episode.

[@crissrudd4554]

Or Trench Hand or Admiral Color TV or something.

[@SteveHolsten]

Why???

[@frederickvonfinkelstein8729]

Admiral Color TV is the best one ever - not just in PM but the whole series. Replay value of that episode is off the charts.

[@CousinOresama]

What about the "School Riot"?

[@kristabrewer6736]

I'm not sorry that saint Richard is leaving, but if his ego was so huge that his show was never mentioned; well... they DID mention it on these PM episodes. And he DID seem happier on the PM episode. And at the end when he said, Thanks for the Memories, I bet they did that on purpose!

[@corrinewadino8771]

We said, GIVE me a CHANCE!

[@corrinewadino8771]

All these shows have been back to back 0 to 0

[@crissrudd4554]

Ughh this was always a hard watch. I’d rather watch Richard’s final CBS episode. Also Brett technically should have been asked to give another answer. Thanks a million doesn’t fit with Thanks for_____. I think they just winged it at this point and didn’t care. Also 17:49 Richard’s last genuine smile.

[@MooncricketsInc]

True, but the good news is we know there will be another few good years of him on FF to watch and enjoy. Watched about 10 episodes with the wheel now and while it's nice to see people win with other celebrities, they don't add the same humor and wit Richard did. It also seems to me they made the wheel slow down drastically on certain names now after it landed on Richard quite a lot the first week of its debut.

[@todddepue681]

Charles and Brett, bless them, were the most consistently entertaining ones throughout the run of the show. Dawson turned moody and moved on, Rayburn got desperate (especially the way he fawned over MacLean after he became a regular) but Charles and Brett just played on like the musicians on the Titanic.

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

THANK YOU!! FINALLY someone else who gets it and understands. This is how I see it too. Brett and Charles were and are the heart and soul of Match Game. Brett and Charles stayed LOYAL until the end. Everyone LOVED Brett and Charles and no one said a bad word about them. Everyone hated Dickie Dawson even Gene Rayburn's daughter didn't get the fuss over Dickie. I'm so glad he left what a big ego. Can't stand him.

[@pencils812]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 well in the MG documentary, Brett admitted that she clapped and was happy when Richard didn't match the contestants. So that means she found joy when the contestants were disappointed. That's mean spirited.

[@pencils812]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 well, in the MG documentary Brett admitted to clapping and being happy when Richard didn't match the contestants. That means she found joy when the contestants were disappointed. That's mean spirited.

[@CousinOresama]

You know, I think that the downfall of MG, whether daytime or PM, started when they began heavily editing the show, especially the banter between the panelists and Gene as they were writing their answers. That used to be some of the best parts of the show. It is almost non-existent on the PM version. The second was the introduction of the Star Wheel. That just added an element of luck that didn't need to be there. Some panelists were very consistent in matching contestants, so being able to pick who you wanted was a help. The last was when Richard left. The best panelist by far. MG was never the same, and it showed in the ratings, which tanked, while Richard's Family Feud stayed at the top for years. I will keep watching MG, but it won't be the same.

[@CousinOresama]

@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 You know, I think that the downfall of MG, whether daytime or PM, started when they began heavily editing the show, especially the banter between the panelists and Gene as they were writing their answers. That used to be some of the best parts of the show. It is almost non-existent on the PM version. The second was the introduction of the Star Wheel. That just added an element of luck that didn't need to be there. Some panelists were very consistent in matching contestants, so being able to pick who you wanted was a help. The last was when Richard left. The best panelist by far. MG was never the same, and it showed in the ratings, which tanked, while Richard's Family Feud stayed at the top for years. I will keep watching MG, but it won't be the same.

[@corrinewadino8771]

It is not thanks for the memory, it is thanks for the memories

[@yvonnepeters1914]

I said Twinkies too. Lol

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Burbank is the Hollywood of the San Fernando Valley. Warner Bros. Studios is based in Burbank.

[@40bpaula]

Unlucky Louie said, "I just won the worst contest ever. First prize is a week in...jail.

[@CousinOresama]

My thought was "prison," but yeah, if it was only a week, that would be jail and not prison.

[@Echognomics101]

Jail was my first thought, too. How horrible could Burbank and Cleveland be? I also thought of Compton, but that might be more modern than 1978. Maybe not, too.

[@veedejames721]

Was Joyce really that blank or was she acting.😳. Junkyard and junk food is two different things. The rest of her answers still shock me. They did call on Richard a lot. I think it got to be too much. 😥.vee 🙂👋

[@Echognomics101]

She was trying to make a joke about old car parts being "junk" food. I get the pun she was going for, but it really wasn't all that funny. She's trying way too hard. Joyce had some good one-liners on here, but this was just weird and disjointed. Not sure how she heard "junk food" and started thinking "how can I make it about a junkyard?" And how would one even eat a carburetor at Communion? Would a Catholic priest place the carburator directly on your tongue? And Jesus surely did not lift up and break an old car part at the Last Supper to feed it to his friends.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Puppies are furry children.

[@Liberal_From_Prairies689]

The wheel was such a dumb idea.

[@timothyball7502]

To me the reason for a wheel is the contestants chose Richard to often. The other five didn't have much of a chance. A wheel gave the six an equal chance. 1-11-2022. My opinion, D. Courtesy.

[@timothyball7502]

Courteau, is the name. Dumb computer changes it, not me. 1-11-2022

[@barbarajohnson3781]

Yes thanks for memories Richard l will miss you 😘 😢 ❤ ripped 🙏

[@robertwalker387]

Sue gave such terrible answers. Funny how the cop could sit at a desk and play Match Game but couldn't sit at a desk and do police work. His back didn't seem too bad when he spun that wheel almost off the stage too. Anyway, your tax dollars at work. Can't believe they didn't mention anytime during the show, not even at the end, that this was Richard's last appearance on Match Game PM. Tells you what they thought of him I guess.

[@keith3970]

There is something seriously wrong with Joyce Bulifant.

[@antster1983]

I'm gonna compose a poem about Richard Dawson in the style of those "In Memoriam" poems written by an unknown (since 2010) author under the alias "E.J. Thribb (17½)" for British satirical magazine Private Eye... "So, Farewell Then Richard Dawson, Match Game magnet. You started out As one of Hogan's Heroes Then you went on to be a Star Match. Then came Family Feud. And finally you Were The Star. Which meant This game No longer matched With your ego." -E.J. Thribb ($17,500 won)

[@johnmactorsinger]

First prize was a week in hell

[@pencils812]

🔥

[@kristabrewer6736]

That's so Funny (not)! Most people are spend "their entire life" there!

[@sassatlast9226]

Joyce Bulifant annoyed the heck outta me! 😠 Rarely matched, and wasn't as funny as she thought she was! And her voice was like nails on a chalkboard.

[@pressureworks]

Carburetors !!!!!! Don't ya just Luv Joyce !!!?!?!?!!??!?

[@darsongsify]

Stupid answers she always had!

[@CousinOresama]

You know, I think that the downfall of MG, whether daytime or PM, started when they began heavily editing the show, especially the banter between the panelists and Gene as they were writing their answers. That used to be some of the best parts of the show. It is almost non-existent on the PM version. The second was the introduction of the Star Wheel. That just added an element of luck that didn't need to be there. Some panelists were very consistent in matching contestants, so being able to pick who you wanted was a help. The last was when Richard left. The best panelist by far. MG was never the same, and it showed in the ratings, which tanked, while Richard's Family Feud stayed at the top for years. I will keep watching MG, but it won't be the same.

[@scottburton9701]

Richard Dawson was trying to get out of his Match Game contract as he was extremely busy hosting "Family Feud"-Well,he finally got his wish!

[@joeambrose3260]

Baloney

[@johniringan8460]

And later became onerous with the FF management and crews.

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

@@joeambrose3260💯

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

@@johniringan8460 big nose, rubber lips, Dawson was a nasty, arrogant, conceited (abt what I don’t know) you-know-what. Goodbye!!

[@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

[@corrinewadino8771]

Give me a chance with my first thought

[@donaldleroy6502]

I know damn well Joyce was goofing around, I've watched her on password and she's got a brain in that head

[@pencils812]

Are you able to see my comment about Joyce's book?

[@donaldleroy6502]

@@pencils812 I may be able to if I knew which season and episode, at this very minute I'm watching mg 75 , trying to exhaust ALL the episodes from this year, then 76 77 and so on but no matter what show or year I will always seek out your comments as you do mine

[@pencils812]

You can get the hardcover for $6.71 online.

[@pencils812]

Ok. I was posting in this thread where you could get her book, and it keeps getting deleted. Maybe it's against the rules to mention websites?

[@donaldleroy6502]

@@pencils812 yes, you mean her book online for $6.71? Yes I just now received it, since I'm VERY old fashioned I think I'll just visit my library and see if it's available for check out

[@garfield2439]

I love Richard they did him so wrong. 💔 Breaks my ❤️

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@pencils812]

He did seem happy on Family Feud.

[@kristabrewer6736]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marshallgibson3918]

The shows without dawson are SO much better.

[@Politicalfan17]

They treated Richard horribly. But one is left to wonder if that final audience match was a final nod to Richard.

[@stevenerler4242]

Aaaw, boo freaking hoo. Overrated Richard had a tantrum after the wheel was introduced. See ya, and don't let the door hit you in the blank on your way out!

[@StLawrencePlace]

*sings Thanks for the memories in my bob hope voice*

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

Thumbs up 👍

[@IvoryM1986]

So, as one era ends, another chapter of the show begins, as the bottom center seat will be getting frequent rotations until McLean Stevenson or Bill Daily takes that permanent spot, and it'll still be some time before the Wheel lands on the celebrity sitting on the bottom center seat again, but it still wouldn't be as frequent. As Richard finally exits, there has not been a single undefeated champion at this point.

[@crissrudd4554]

Yep. Sadly the show never had one undefeated champ in the pre-Wheel era. The closest I believe was Carol Bartos in 1975.

[@pencils812]

You Betty was the most disappointed. She loved Richard. She flirted with him constantly.

[@Drchainsaw77]

This is one of those shows that went on too long. It was circling the drain in '77, and it should have been put out of its misery well before this point.

[@TheLordHighXcutioner]

Joyce was awful on this show. Dawson leaves the show and it gets taken off CBS. He was the real star of the show not Rayburn.

[@crissrudd4554]

The show wasn’t canceled til the following year. It was already gradually declining by this point anyways after the show’s time slot was moved the previous year. Also as big a Dawson fan as I am Match Game would never had been Match Game without Gene Rayburn! Gene is the heart and soul of this show regardless of who is on the panel!

[@WPPCProductions]

Disagree with Rayburn.The show would flop or struggle without him .Also I give Brett and Charles credit too for hanging on.

[@WPPCProductions]

Agree .Gene was Match Game as Richard was Family Feud and Bob Barker was The Price is Right,Alex Trebek is Jeopardy,Pat Sajak is Wheel of Fortune. and Monty Hall was Lets Make a Deal.I can go on more but I'll keep it simple. But I still watch the other hosted game shows on the tele or here on KZbin as some get boring.. Gene was very entertaining ,Funny and kept the show moving even there is technical production problems and other issues that happen as the tape rolls on as the show is getting recorded. After Richard left .CBS probably lost some more viewers which added to the decline of its ratings. Probably what killed the PM show is other syndicated shows at the time.

[@adamfox9245]

WRONG!Rayburn was amazing..

[@sdlively27]

I have not watched MG90 or MG98 but I can't see MG without Gene. I would add Charles as well. I think Gene kept the MG60's going for 6 years, I can't see anyone else hosting it. Even Roger say he thought it was the best person to host that show.

[@richardwhite5633]

Joyce is worse that Brett