Match Game 78 (Episode 1157) (Richard's "Whip Blankout") (With Prize Plugs)

[@markjamesmeli2520]

I like these COMEDY GOLD dubs. The audio quality is great,, the volume is consistent and the picture is very clear. You can see that Gene went back to a lighter shade of hair here, compared to a week and a half ago.😄

[@cinemaholic730]

I love the shirt Charles is wearing in this episode. Also love when he mouths to Gene "I don't care" haha.

[@thebrinksf69]

Gene: What can we do in 20 seconds? Brett: The same thing you used to do in 20 minutes Betty: What are you going to do with extra 10 seconds? hahahahah

[@neitajames6029]

🤣🤗

[@hamdammit]

Match Game is the greatest television show that has ever existed.

[@edwardlozano8807]

this version at least!

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Amen. I second that motion.

[@jonathanashbeck3740]

Match Game was one funniest game shows too

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

I'd have to say it's a great show and funny as well but I think Mash was the best show that ever aired.

[@mlchc9004]

Love it most especially the episodes with Betty White in it

[@themermaidstale5008]

I don’t think CNR ever listens first time the question is read.

[@kathyodom5372]

Avery was the original "Frito Bandito".

[@deborahnorriscollins4146]

Nearsighted means things are blurry the farther away it is, as in NEAR- SIGHTED. The questions on here always seem to imply the opposite.

[@edwardlozano8807]

Difference between then and now...today, you couldn't get away with the "Fat Freddie" question because there would be someone complaining that they were offended!

[@40bpaula]

Alot of the questions on this show would be flagged by someone. People don't have the same sense of humor today as back then. things change. We're in the time of bullying that can lead to suicide or people shooting up schools and post offices, etc. To me, the Fat Freddie joke wasn't that bad. I've heard worse these days.

[@beckydutra6543]

Well, I think people have always been hurt by derogatory comments, but now people are letting it be known.

[@beckydutra6543]

But it's all in fun on this program! 😁

[@MooncricketsInc]

Most of these questions would offend and make this 300 IQ crowd that's been born the past 2 or so decades go into lynch and torch mode on twittergrambook.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Yes, today someone would find the 'Fat Freddy' question. And I was going to say, "And you know, that's really just fine" -- but it doesn't even have to be fine. It just has to NOT be a good-enough reason for anyone to conduct themselves in public like someone who's being constantly attacked by ballot-box-stuffing illegal immigrants.

[@neitajames6029]

Avery a bit weird, but he's grown on me. He never failed to make me laugh. You got me with whip and chill, I was thinking on another level, whip and chain. Like Brett. Don't be shocked, Handcuffs was my next thought Hey I'm Happily Married.😉🤨☺️. Neita.

[@earlofopsis1307]

Christy lost on the infamous "trash can vs. waste basket" episode 1124. Glad she got another chance.

[@screenplayhouse4932]

Thank you. I knew her face immediately but couldn't remember what happened.

[@nadja1618]

Pat went overboard with those curling-ironed 'wings'.

[@themermaidstale5008]

It’s Farrah Fawcett-esque.

[@garfield2439]

I 🤔 so too

[@donaldleroy6502]

Glad to hear that Charles and Gene pronounce Nevada correctly as in nevahhda I've heard so many people pronounce it nevaaada that is SOOO wrong. Once again more inconsistencies from the judges since hanging is not the same as STRANGLING

[@LVSignChick]

The commercials for the state of Nevada pronounce it (using your phonetic spelling) as Nevaaada as opposed to Nevahhda...Think it's a "locals" thing...

[@satenique3805]

I agree, only in the match game universe does strangling and hanging mean the same. Wonder when we'll see Clarisse (sp?) back for this wrong call.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

It's nice to actually see the end-credits. I really hate that the Game Show Network mangled the end of so many of these episodes.

[@themermaidstale5008]

Sometimes though watching the full full shows on GSN it seems as if the camera crew is trying to catch the panel members drinking or smoking in candid shots.

[@pencils812]

The end credits always seem to be the same people. I'm wondering why there is so much interest in them.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... ~~~Today's action: I predict the champion won't match all five remaining celebs to achieve a tie. This isn't one of those questions with an obvious answer. I wonder who today's "villainess" will be... Right off the bat, it's Avery. I agree with the judges: "kissing" is not the same as "making love." (It actually looks like she didn't match any of the celebs.) This champion had won only a single game, but it was a good one! She pocketed $5,600 in prize money. *Today's audience match question: "Whip and________"* (My thoughts: Chair, Chill, ???) - The last few months some of these have been really tough! The celebs: Richard (Buggy), Betty (Chair), Brett (Chain) The choice: Chain The answers: Chair, Chain, Chill Not bad. She picked the best possible suggestion that was offered to her. And $250 isn't bad lately, considering there were three total fails with the audience match just last week. Now on to the H/H. I imagine she'll choose Richard even though she took Brett's suggestion for the audience match. "Richard for a change." Ha! Gotta love her wit! This is now King Richard's 26th consecutive H/H attempt. Stats: Richard has matched 136 of his 313 most recent attempts (43.5%), 75 of his last 173 attempts (43.4%), 56 of his last 129 attempts (43.4%), 28 of his past 65 attempts (43.1%), and 14 of his past 38 attempts (36.8%). His overall success rate is *42.3%* and this is his 791st attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Betty has matched 19 of her 38 attempts (50.0%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Richard has matched 334 of his 790 attempts (42.3%), and Brett has matched 30 of her 71 attempts (42.3%). Neither Avery Schreiber nor Barbara Rhoades has yet answered a H/H question. *Today's H/H question: "Front________"* (Door popped into my head immediately, so I'll stick with that. But front yard sounds good too. Front and back. Front and center. Front end. Front of the line. Several reasonable answers today.) Richard also finds immediate inspiration. He begins writing immediately and although he glances at Betty, he shows no hesitation when it comes to filing his answer. The new champion is ready and gives the predicted answer. The audience loves it as much as I do. It's unanimous. Richard scores his 335th H/H match today. ~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.) Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 wins in 7 attempts). Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts). Charles - 48.6% (34 wins in 70 attempts). Fannie - 48.5% (16 wins in 33 attempts). (*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 42.4% (335 wins in 791 attempts). Brett - 42.3% (30 wins in 71 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1157, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)

[@amberola1b]

I sometimes can`t help but think that Gene and Charles are not the best of celeb buddies the way they keep trading gentle barbs with each other. But I also think Charles is a bit overly sensitive.

[@themermaidstale5008]

I just read about Gene Rayburn on Wikipedia and that Charles was a stand-in a at one point during Gene’s stage career. The article about him also discussed how Match Game changed its format from the 60s version and remarked about “funnier and more risqué questions”.

[@pencils812]

Gene was the one who got Charles on the show. Charles pretended to be sensitive about the jokes sometimes, and I'm sure they remained close. When Gene made a MG come back in the 80s, Charles returned but Brett didn't.

[@tonystone1016]

Doing ten shows over two days could wear on anyone. I wonder if the show would've been funnier if Charles had been in the first seat. Brett's constant talking over people and silly answer took away some of the Lustre from Charles time.

[@kevansf]

Nah. I think "Chuck" is just playing a grumpy character. In fact, I could picture him doing the voice to a "Grumpy Cat" character in a film.

[@LVSignChick]

Rare case of Richard not having a solid answer for the Audience Match, but then none of the answers really worked..."Whip and....."????

[@kevansf]

I guess it depends on how you define "rare," but here are the times Richard was chosen to give the first suggestion and he gave an answer that wasn't on the audience match board. (I only started noting these with episode 900 because I'd gotten tired of hearing Richard berating contestants for not choosing his suggestion.) Episodes 901, 902, 906, 911, 914, 921, 923, 927, 949, 975, 977, 978, 980, 981, 989, 997, 1004, 1005, 1013, 1040, 1077, 1079, 1086, 1089, 1104, 1106, 1111, 1114, 1115, 1122, 1124, 1137, 1141, 1151, 1157 (This doesn't count all the times he was chosen second or third and gave a clunker; these are the only the times when he was chosen first.)

[@wcwindom56]

wow, she does look like Sandy Dennis

[@themermaidstale5008]

I think more of a blonde Mackenzie Phillips.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

A bit better

[@skipmoto3438]

Wonder what the error could have been...........NOT. Ira.Skutch.

[@sdlively27]

I try to find the other time the contestant was on, when they bring them back, to see what happen but I can't find this one. It must have been a couple weeks ago or something. Does anyone know where Christie Piper was on? I thought I found her but Gene says her last name different and she had braces at the time.

[@garfield2439]

@@sdlively27 I just remember it was a few episodes back I think and the other contestant was Christie too

[@garfield2439]

Episode 1124 she said garbage can and the panel said waste basket and it's wouldn't accept it so she lost

[@willwaning3476]

Now he has a canned laugh.

[@timswain1815]

All the bdsm references in the 1970s MATCH GAME are surprising.

[@Bobalicious]

Whip and Fold

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Binge-watch this playlist long enough and it will gradually occur to you that the contestants were almost all **terrible**.

[@tonystone1016]

Sometimes it's the contestants, sometimes the celebrities lose focus on matching the contestants and let's be honest sometimes the question stink.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

@@tonystone1016 The guy who couldn't understand the Volkswagen Rabbit question is still one of my all-time favorite moments of television. Right up there with Johnny Carson using a cannon to blow up the basketball-shooting toy.

[@Bobalicious]

...are you serious?

[@AnnaJuist]

Wow...Brett is right...Christy Piper looks exactly like Sandy Dennis

[@mikamoldovan9654]

0:18

[@annika_panicka]

💋 A funny and adorable moment indeed. I love the pull into the next frame and the sweet kiss. Betty and Richard seemed to really love each other as friends and played off one another so well for the five years they were on MG together. He's always happier when she's around.

[@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