Match Game PM (Episode 1) (Premiere)

The very first episode of Match Game PM from 1975 with:
Clifton Davis, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Elaine Joyce, Richard Dawson, and Joyce Bulifant.

[@joanrosseel5111]

I’ve watched all the daytime MG’s up to Richard Dawson’s departure and I’m now just beginning the PM’s!

[@MatchGameProductions]

Make sure to watch from the playlists here on my channel!

[@georgemaster689]

@@MatchGameProductions This would be great to watch during another lock down during the pandemic.Too bad I wasn't of age in 1975 or I would have taped all episodes and kept them until new technology came into play,and I would transfer the old tapes to new VHS.

[@pencils812]

@@MatchGameProductions why was this different from regular MG? I don't understand the rules here. This is my first time watching MG PM.

[@LVSignChick]

What I'm doing now...

[@LVSignChick]

​@@pencils812One and done with the contestants-no carryovers like the daytime version...

[@timothyball4906]

This is 2020, December, and now is a great time to make this show happen. Craig Ferguson is the host. The celebrities any are okay. Make it at night, AND let it be live. Oh what fun this can be. Craig, read my comment and get busy and do this.

[@fscap811]

When I first started watching the Game Show Network years ago, they used to show the original air date at the bottom of the screen. Then they just stopped and I could never figure out why. Part of the reason why I like watching these old game shows is for the nostalgic feeling I get and seeing the air date was part of that. Did the powers that be at the GSN think that by showing the original air date people would tune it out because it was "old"?

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

GSN went to hell in a hand basket completely around 2003, but it was great in the 90’s and I remember them showing the month and year to the shows especially when they showed “The Price Is Right.” I just didn’t like Win TV. I first discovered GSN in ‘97, when I was only 8 years old, and I got a kick out of watching reruns of TPIR with Bob with dark hair and then new episodes with him with white. I wish there were a network that showed rerun of complete daytime line ups from the 70’s game shows and soaps. That would be the coolest nostalgia ever!

[@joanrosseel5111]

And OH, it’s so refreshing to see and hear Richard happy again. 🤣

[@pencils812]

I just switched to these after finishing MG 73 to 78 (episode 1285) Richard's last. I also watched the next 5 without him (Bob Barker in his place) just to see what it was like.

[@wolfyhound]

"Don't knock it til you've tried it." hahahaha.

[@joorcawhisperer9733]

Loved this show as a kid

[@davidganderson870]

And we're off with Match Game PM. I just finished watching the final episode of Match Game Syndication, so it's odd to suddenly rewind the clock back 7 years. It's wonderful to see Richard back again, and in great spirits. A very funny episode (short circuit, lol), with a nice 5k win to boot.

[@joanrosseel5111]

“Richard, what would we do without ya?” You’ll find out, Gene.

[@memoryrinehart]

Why is this theme song so addictive?

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

Thanks for the ending credits!

[@Tedybear315]

Must have been 'cold' in that studio that night... Elaine Joyce is one of my favorites

[@nicholasbeebe8044]

GSN needs to bring back Match Game 90 . loved the episodes of Soap Opera week

[@georgemaster9271]

Nicholas Beebe..I thought MG90 was horrible,with the exception of Charles Nelson Reilly as the only panelist from the CBS/PM versions(Brett was only on a few airings of this).

[@jim8858]

My first response for the robot question was "rust infection"

[@cheyennemauritz9911]

Circuit break

[@Floymin]

Richard's "shower" answer: Did the audience cheer the answer... or his great Paul Lynde impression?

[@michaelnivens6267]

both

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Floymin great impression! 2 cheers!

[@wookinooki9023]

omg the young Clifton Davis................. divine! 😛❤

[@JordanMB94]

Decided to play along and combine the 70's & 1990 format where I still aim to match all 6 celebrities, but also try to match the two contestants too, with each match being worth $50 and matching someone multiple times is permitted, unless a celebrity matched in round 1 ( which didn't happen in this episode). I matched 14 times with multiple matches with Richard, Charles and the contestants. I would've gotten a total of $700 in the front game and $500 for "Ball & chain" but missed out on the head to head where I said "Dump-ster) I won an imaginary $1200!!! 😊

[@scootover7]

That South Super Match was a tough one. So many great answers

[@pegtooth2006]

Elaine's outfit is nice.

[@ellDiavolo666]

that moment with mrs Robot just killed me HAHAH. TY MGP!!!

[@greglauer]

Contestant Becky was just lovely. Clifton Davis was/is one of my favorite TV actors. And I just HATE when Gene got snotty like he did at 18:14. The contestant was clearly looking at the cue card to figure out which answer he wanted to pick. Sheesh!

[@michaelnivens6267]

Clifton also wrote a great song , " Never Can Say Goodbye "- Gene is a good host except when he is an asshole to contestants or has no clue of modern (60-70s) music and performers- Brett has the same affliction

[@madizzle90]

That is very rare when the three audience responses don't any of the ones the panel gives.

[@aquiariots72]

Not sure what went wrong time wise, but Gene Rayburn was in panic mode to get everyone to hurry up through the whole show; watch and see.

[@snuffereet]

+aquiariots72 this was heavily edited. you can tell... they probably did so much talking and joking that they ran wayyyyout of time. had to fit it in 30 minutes

[@michaelnivens6267]

when Gene rushes things he is unfair to the contestants and the panel

[@billhosko7723]

@@michaelnivens6267 good grief... it made it more exciting...

[@michaelnivens6267]

@@billhosko7723 -opinions vary

[@dagdogg]

If I was Johnny Olson doing the opening, I would have said "Richard Dawson, Thank you" or "Richard Dawson, I love you, too!".

[@LVSignChick]

He has answered such in various episodes of the daytime...

[@jalenbuchinski9344]

match game pm is the best

[@georgemaster9271]

Jalen Buchinski..Buzzr runs the CBS daytime version so much! This would spice up the schedule a bit.

[@gerryu21220]

Is it my imagination, or does the video suddenly speed up with the flea question?

[@michaelnivens6267]

way to go , Richard !!!

[@rbrucewilliams2924]

The aspect ratio is stretched on this episode, but there’s another KZbin posting where that is corrected. Watch that instead.

[@johnalang]

I LOVE Gene's impressions.

[@CalinAliSo]

wow! i like it!

[@dannydinosaur73]

"Mrs. Robot said to Mr. Robot...you look like Christian Slater."

[@bonnieroggensees6003]

I wonder if they change the questions last minute since no one was getting any questions matched??

[@timothymclorin]

Match Game PM (Episode 1) (Premiere) gsn play everyday april 2009

[@glennmarshall4693]

i can see why some of these regulars are on the show so much, they are good at ad libbing

[@danbarker4857]

I hope Buzzr gets MGPM, I'm sure they will.

[@georgemaster689]

Dan Barker Sunday nights from 6-7pm(west coast)with rerun of same airing from 9-10pm(west coast).

[@scootover7]

Holy crap Joyce matched. I love Joyce she is funny and classy.

[@zaius316]

I used to think Elaine Joyce and Joyce Bulifant were the same person!

[@timothyball4906]

Yeah, hair is different.

[@timothyball4906]

Joyce isn't enough to make them the same girl.

[@PuckStopsHere02]

Interesting how the first episode of the new match game had south ___ and ball and ____ as part of the super match!

[@jaredstevens9687]

the best of matchgame on dvd but more matchgame collections with host gene ray burn from the 70's and 80's.also they should come out with the matchgame from the 60's with host gene rayburn.

[@DENo1MatchGameFan]

Sadly, there are only a handful of the 60's version of "Match Game" left, so there wouldn't be enough to fill a whole DVD set.

[@walterhager1264]

Elaine Joyce was and still is a very beautiful woman.

[@JackPlatt]

What was the airdate for this first episode? What confuses me is that they had the "Record a Call" 80 so I thought 1980. But Richard was ousted in the daytime version because he was tired of the show and was doing Family Fued. Yet, he seems happy on this episode.

[@christohr9957]

They're bringing this show back! Saw Alec Baldwin on a talk show recently, so much fun!

[@louistenore3876]

frist epsoide as we know of remember synicated shows had no certain order back then

[@joanrosseel5111]

louis tenore it had to be tho...Both contestants were starting from scratch!

[@johnalang]

Joyce matched! It's a miracle!

[@suckmyassloser3641]

John Lang She matched both times but the judge didn't count sleeping with.

[@frankramirez8618]

Two not very bright blondes. First time for me. Gots to download this episode.

[@danalong1237]

The weekly nighttime version of Match Game (titled Match Game PM) was seen in the Lexington area on WTVQ-TV Channel 36 and in the Louisville area on WLKY-TV Channel 32, the same station which aired a lot of syndicated game show offerings!

[@georgemaster689]

Dana Long WABC(ABC7)New York City had this on Saturday nights at 7:30pm.

[@danalong1237]

KABC-TV in Los Angeles also carried it, as did WLS-TV in Chicago, and the first season of Match Game PM was seen on then-CBS affiliate (now ABC affiliate) WHAS-TV in Louisville.

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

In Evansville, Indiana, this aired on Monday evenings opposite "The Price is Right" with Dennis James. It must've confused some how Johnny Olson could be in two places at once.

[@georgemaster689]

@@kevinfitzmaurice4072 It's the magic of videotape.

[@danalong1237]

Every Friday night at 7:30pm on WLKY Channel 32 in Louisville, as a lead-in to the original Donny & Marie variety show.

[@martincaidin4166]

hey, that guy's wife was a former contestant

[@Ibhenriksen]

Haha Richard Dawson avoids hugging the John Lennon look a like.

[@mollyhatchett8428]

John Lennon? I dunno, I think he rather looks like Harold Ramis. Ok, maybe he does look a bit like Lennon.

[@andrewgrove1691]

The contestant looks like john lennon

[@dakotalovett2450]

Yes he does

[@danielsamuels5857]

So was this the nighttime syndicated version because I still think Match Game 77 and 78 was the daytime version.

[@LVSignChick]

Any of the MGs that contain a year is the daytime version....

[@ITPalGame]

You would never see anyone say "they are all around us" these days.

[@ITPalGame]

M Fox I don't know what the point of this reply was, pointing out what I already commented on.

[@walterhager1264]

No everybody would freak out and say omg she hates homosexuals or something like that.

[@brianaa.273]

You would never see anyone say "they are all around us" these days.

[@skipmoto3438]

"They're all around us "

[@LandondeeL]

Nice of you overdubbing the Match Game theme at the end, but couldn't you unsqueezed the picture as well?

[@whatdidoursurveysay]

Probably, but the quality would be really, really cruddy.

[@paullarue2010]

That's how Wayne Greene, got busted for saying that.

[@noeljokait]

Brett God bless her but she had a short circuit in her brain almost all the time with her answers.

[@GeneralZod99]

I hated her answers and thought she was terrible on the show

[@georgemaster689]

It always annoyed me when Brett wasted cards to give a single solitary answer.Sometimes four or five at a time! Ugh!

[@georgemaster689]

It always annoyed me when Brett wasted cards to give a single solitary answer.Sometimes four or five at a time! Ugh!

[@tinamarie86]

What I always wanted to know is how they were able to record 5 days worth of the daytime MG & one episode of MGPM in one day? Or do I have the recording schedule all mixed up?

[@jamesweigh3178]

Tina Marie They taped 2-3 shows before lunch/dinner, taped another 2 shows, then the PM show. After each show they would change clothes etc. The lunch/dinner were well known and the panelists usually drank. The shows after lunch were much more lighthearted, as a result.

[@pencils812]

I've heard so many stories about how they tape. People have said they taped every other weekend, on both Sat & Sun. I can tell that that they taped 5 per day of the regular daytime show because the 3 guest panelists would be the same, and sometimes some of the guy's wouldn't change clothes. I've heard they taped the PM show right after the 5 regular shows, but that would be only 2 per weekend, every other weekend, so only 4 per month? Wasn't this on each weekday? I'm confused.

[@pencils812]

Ok, I just looked it up. Apparently MG PM was only on once a week.

[@dannyhill8797]

the thing about Elaine Joyce's comment ''they're all around us'' wouldn't go over so easily today...

[@alexkotas7486]

Meaning?

[@memoryrinehart]

Danny Hill Right. I'm surprised THIS debut episode wasn't banned.

[@paulapayne7940]

That answer confused me.

[@shalimar1657]

@@paulapayne7940 She was just joking.

[@paulapayne7940]

@@shalimar1657 thanks i was lost

[@byronbriscoe9598]

buzzar need more classics and new game show updates

[@timothyball4906]

Clifton Davis went Adventists. So Clifton won't do this now!

[@ragemanchoo824]

Do you have episode 2?

[@snuffereet]

South .... so many today would say south PARK.

[@revinevan87]

So, either the episodes in the playlist are out of order, or they aren't labeled correctly. Which is it?

[@MDCSWildcats86]

Nighttime shows like this were aired out of order, as there were no returning champions and stations wanted something "Big" to open with. When FF aired in syndication during the RD era, the season premiere was always the first taped "big win" for this reason.

[@mra57]

How fast do you need to talk if the tie-breaker ends in a tie?

[@XPFTP]

back then 5 grand get u a new car. hahaha

[@snhtown9]

Another funny routine by Richard @ 7:15.

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

PLEASE FILL ME IN HOW WAS RICHARD DRIVEN AWAY? I WASN'T AWARE

[@jamesweigh3178]

dominic piscopo Because the contestants usually selected Richard Dawson for the head to head, producers added a wheel. The wheel was used by contestants to determine which celebrity was to be used for the head to head and would also determine the amount to be sought. Dawson admittedly saw this as an effort to slight him.

[@pencils812]

Watch the documentary The Real Match Game Story: BEHIND THE BLANK. Brett and Gene's daughter both speak negatively of Richard.

[@scottburton9701]

Hands down,the second greatest game show of all time after "Jeopardy".

[@mollyhatchett8428]

DAMN! Clifton Davis is HOT!❤️

[@georgehinckle2028]

ya, Eric Campbell. 2 super matches. hmmm. i don't get it. nope, don't get it.

[@georgemaster9271]

43 years ago today(9/8/75)

[@JJfromPhilly67]

Oh my some very non-PC stuff here...kissing a man, "they're all around us."

[@jamesweigh3178]

A wonderful time. We were stronger, then.

[@martybass7376]

Fish

[@cheyennemauritz9911]

Some times you love her and Some times Brett is so annoying

[@ericcampbell9672]

sense when did they have 2 super matches at the same time

[@orangie84]

I was wondering that myself like did they give that contestant a second chance? Also I myself believe in second chances. So since you wrote sense instead of since perhaps you also need a second chance ; )

[@greglauer]

I think it was a way to increase the amount of money they could possibly win. My memories of the PM version are kind of sketchy but I think that originally the contestants were only one for one episode and then gone. To make up for that, they found a way to make it possible to win more money. BUT...that's all from some pretty hazy memories and I might be completely wrong.

[@LVSignChick]

For this version, the contestant gets two cracks at the Audience Match, with the two results added then multiplied by 10 for the Super Match...That setup came in handy he got skunked on the first one....

[@beverleygomez7963]

Joyce is sweet but talks like a baby. Lol

[@lynn0511]

Wow, when 5K could buy a WHOLE house

[@bradgearly]

Hosted by Gene Rayburn.

[@markbock839]

i never liked brett somers cause she always put down jack klugman or charles nelson reilly.elaine joyce was beautiful in a kooky way

[@georgehinckle2028]

sail? sail. um. sail? ok sail. what ON fucking earth is sail an oversized women even mean in human historty? sail what? did you bring your own sail? sail. ok. sail.

[@sallyversace]

This isn't quite as good as the regular Match Game. The writing seems lazy and the whole thing seems rushed.

[@9262XYZ]

So...if you miss the audience match, they just give you a new question? That's stupid. If you're unsure of the top answer, you should intentionally blow it and hope that the next question is better. You should just get nothing if you miss it.

[@joanrosseel5111]

Why two super matches??

[@joylessmann5171]

One thing I hated about the contestants is they would get a correct answer from 1 person n still pick Richard Dawson who I couldn't stand I hate RD Charles was always my favourite he was the funniest one on the panel

[@alexkotas7486]

What do you have against Dawson?

[@michaelnivens6267]

many hated him - Gene , Brett for example - they resented his popularity and were very petty and jealous

[@sallyversace]

I like Richard but it would annoy me too when one of the other panelists would give a much better answer for the audience poll but the contestant would still pick Richard to win the money.

[@paulapayne7940]

Opinions varry.

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

ELAINE N JOYCE COULD PASS 4 TWINS

[@shalimar1657]

Not even close. Joyce was butt ugly.

[@Joe-yd8mf]

9 years 11 home's , subsidized housing. ugust

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF PAUL LYNE DOESN'T GET ANNOYED WITH RICHARD'S CONTINUOUS STUPID INTERPRETATIONS

[@billhosko7723]

jfc karen... both, are gone in 2020....

[@alessandra523]

I hate Richard Dawson I don't find him funny at all

[@memoryrinehart]

Alex L. He is...

[@michaelnivens6267]

He was very funny , the best player and the heart and soul of the show