Match Game "New Years Day" Marathon

Enjoy all the first episodes of the year for Match Game from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s

[@masterskrain2630]

Match Game was the most anarchic game show ever... and it was hilarious.

[@scientifico]

I think The Gong Show might have something to say about that.

[@dorothy1]

This show started in 1973. They are all deceased now. Bret lived the longest.

[@markjohnmarsh7144]

Fannie Flag is deceased?...

[@BlueLineGroovy]

First MG I’ve seen in years and years. What a riot !! I recall my mom watching this and just loving it... now I understand why.

[@alexiandrahillstromkazsano8261]

Ol)p ppp9p

[@kristiencallas7386]

My best show ever is match game

[@mainecoon6514]

I love the Match Games of the '70s.

[@DrCheyenneCM]

@@mainecoon6514 . . . . . .by m9 . qq q6q75qqt

[@QueenAlexis556]

It wasn't as good after Richard Dawson left

[@khaotix64]

MGHS was such an underrated show. Wish it would've ran longer

[@davidhallett8783]

Run longer in english

[@beverlysomerville6838]

Dorothy is hilarious 😂. Bet she was embarrassed when she watched it later

[@TheScouser1234]

omg she drives me batty ugh everyones taste is different obviously ...

[@Samantha2994]

The charisma that Gene Rayburn had is unbelievable, he was so genuine , he just loved people… The joy and fun came right through the screen … The cast on the show but having so much fun Richard always had a great comeback I’m so glad it’s back on the air and we get to see these wonderful people that make you so happy… The only person and I would compare Gene Rayburn to is Tom Bergeron who would be a great candidate to host the show today… but the magic between the cast members and guests cannot be repeated… Charles Nelson Riley was another favourite …. All in all The most perfect show 🌈

[@johnnycash578]

WHEN HE SAID BALDIE I ALMOST DIED LAFFIN

[@deejay8403]

Harry Reynolds is none other than comedian Reynaldo Rey!

[@jamaalthecashier]

I can’t believe Mr. Reynaldo Rey was on the Match Game! He’s a legend!

[@sharcrum]

Says he's died in 2015

[@SirenScorpio]

I was looking for this comment .. was the 1st I noticed. ❤️

[@ttintagel]

Icebox and refrigerator were good answers for the igloo question. What better sign of wealth can you have than something expensive that you absolutely don’t need?

[@facebookcom-ej7dm]

Would love to see game show contestants’ updates 40+ years later Like when they originally introduce themselves “I’m a singer/ secretary/mechanic” etc, and where they went from there and where they are now

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Deceased 😣

[@Coxtoasten12]

@@wynottgivemore9274 Sad but true. Gene, and Richard were the best. Gene had the best mic in game show history. lmao

[@agathakilgallen8453]

Unfortunately most of these great stars are dead.

[@yochananbendavid57]

This guy; the young animator Butch Hartmann does quite well and goes on to be worth 50 million dollars!

[@bestfriends65565]

.

[@evalu3260]

I never realized how many books Fanny Flagg wrote. 💕

[@agathakilgallen8453]

And she literally just published another one.

[@evalu3260]

Agatha Kilgallen what’s the title?

[@agathakilgallen8453]

@@evalu3260 The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

[@agathakilgallen8453]

On Sale 10/27/20

[@evalu3260]

Agatha Kilgallen thanks sweetie 💕

[@chrisfitzchrisfitz5182]

None of the comments match this Match Game/Hollywood Squares show...... i like this combo version of the two shows- too bad it didn’t last!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Wow, 20:00 …….the contestant Dorothy? Was she for real? Punching, screaming, pounding….never seen one quite like her before!

[@RedTsunami-mx2mo]

Happy new year hope you have a very blessed 2024!

[@Tre404]

The first male contestant, Harry Reynolds, later became known as comedian Reynaldo Rey! His timid demeanor on this early show belies his persona 20 years later in his appearances on BET's "Comic View" and many others.

[@chrisjohnson2772]

HOLY SHIT!! RAS PUS... POSSE.

[@Triton1051]

i THOUGHT _he looked just like him!_ now i know why! XD

[@Tre404]

@@chrisjohnson2772 ... Yessir!

[@cindykaywebster4643]

And I still miss Betty!

[@QueenAlexis556]

I'll never miss Betty as long as I can keep binge watching Match Game ☺️

[@jeanettereid9262]

Gene Rayburn is a great showman and thoughtful person!

[@jim8858]

What was scary about the 78 episode was that Lillian said she was married 14 years and had 9 children and 10 grandchildren. Until she explained it, it seemed her 10 grandchildren were born to parents no older than 14. Scary

[@kitbentley4256]

I didn't like Brett's cattiness when I started watching this show,but she's grown on me..lol

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Not I, she just keeps getting more and more annoying to me.i mean I know she isn't even alive anymore...and that to me is the most annoying,I know that she will always be annoying,I really appreciate the episodes when she is away.

[@kitbentley4256]

Watch the episode's with Faye Stevens,ull see Bret isn't so horrible after all lol

[@wynottgivemore9274]

@@kitbentley4256 i wouldn't know how to find an episode with Faye Stevens, i googled ,and they just show a lot of obituaries for a lot of non stars with faye in the name,I'm sure there are more annoying but it doesn't help me,knowing others are worse,brett just didn't know how to shut her trap. The only thing that medicated for me was that charles would lovingly tease her about it. I know most people say that you can tell what time of the day it was ,by how "obnoxious " tipsy the stars were...so ill give them ,her some leeway i guess,i know i when i used to drink ,i admit i was intolerable at times.😞

[@kitbentley4256]

I meant Kay Stevens,my phone did an autocorrect when I was trying to put in her name

[@wynottgivemore9274]

@@kitbentley4256 i just put in match game faye Stevens and it took me to kaye,...all the same. Brett would haven't been so annoying i guess ,but for the fact she was on 90% of the episodes. And i guess im just hard to please.😊

[@LimitlessThinker]

See you there gang! Happy New Year!❤

[@Mu5096rdgh]

Here's hoping. 🤞🏼😊❤️

[@pegtooth2006]

When Dorothy matched at 5 points after all her bodily anxious squeaks and tortured squeals, I frankly needed a cigarette... Wow... around 13 minutes into this presentation.

[@TheScouser1234]

I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT SHE MADE SICK TO WATCH ..HATED THE PHONE LAUGHS AND SQUEALS..SO JUST SWITCHED OFF...NEXT ..TASTE OR LACK THEREOF IS A STRANGE THING....LOL

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Wow, I'm surprised to see Nellie Oleson on MGHS.

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

She was in the pilot, Beth. She is very nice

[@anartmaker]

Gene was the best and Richard was too. loved seeing the celebrities of that era who were guests too. I Miss Betty White. She was a doll.

[@pyramidjeopardydude25]

Can't wait happy new year

[@Kittymay98]

The contestant, Dorothy was a hoot! 😆

[@marlenekoditek3941]

Bambi was not a doe he was a baby deer buck.

[@Mu5096rdgh]

I don't blame Richard for leaving, that was a bit of a slap in the face coming out with that wheel, it was not his fault they would pick him. His answers always made more sense.

[@kayenome4942]

Q

[@Mu5096rdgh]

Kaye Nome Q ? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@donegottooold]

I saw the show when it first aired. The least they should have done was to inform the celebrities of the change. It was a slap to Richard as well as contestants. They might as well have said, "you're winning too much money and we're going to stop it."

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Maybe so,but what i think is that they should haven't have had regular starss on the show so often...loke have real stars ,and have more of them,random and not like half of them be basically fixtures on the set...it must have been reall hard for them to get actual movie stars willing to come on a real time or more so to them with no lines written for them ,and to show the world that they are just ordinary people like everyone else...and as im writing this ,i realize that the show is great,whats not great is that in the beginning of this show,they used to discard the film thinking it wasnt worth saving...it was only in later years when they started to realize there was money in reruns. 😕😞😊 so that only leaves a few gems in the ruff .🙂

[@francesdeaver6371]

@@donegottooold ii

[@rbrucewilliams2924]

This was fun - all of the first new year shows (Jan 1, 2, or 3). I’d like to see a compilation of games where the player chose their own endgame word instead of the 3choices. Does anyone keep that detail for episodes?

[@williamgause4029]

The wheel was a bad game idea That idea was the final end of Match Game

[@scottkeimig8571]

Damn Janice was fine back then!!! You knew Richard new it! 😆

[@johnnycash578]

ARSENIAL HALL WHAT A GEEK

[@pamhowden8161]

Happy new year for 2021

[@pamhowden8161]

Happy new year 2022!

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

Happy New year 🎉 everyone.

[@sallyozuna3883]

80+THOUSAND are dead since January from the Coronavirus.

[@jacquelinellewellyn5010]

My name is Dekari Dacosta and I will be there in a little bit

[@dnbtexas]

It’s 180,000 now. 😔

[@pamhowden8161]

Happy new year!

[@joshuasmith6439]

David Ruprecht! Shortly before Supermarket Sweep fame a few years later.

[@jordandaluz2129]

Do you know which time mark?!

[@MeowingKittyCat]

@@jordandaluz2129 I found it: 2:27:31

[@UnderstandingDarkness]

“Bail bond, you could use that hahaha “ yikes! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@paulcaron400]

Dorothy was adorable 🥰

[@QueenAlexis556]

She was hilarious 😂

[@QueenAlexis556]

@SubMan You seem annoying 😳

[@zazelby]

That's the Butch Hartman of Fairly Oddparents and Danny Phantom fame as a contestant at around 2 hours in, I'm pretty sure.

[@iamathousandapples]

No doubt about it, that's definitely butch

[@jennygreen3994]

I think they probably started the wheel partly because the celebrities got tired of Richard always getting picked. It was so obvious and they wanted equal time. I don't think it was the money. The advertisers paid for the prizes.

[@evalu3260]

Richard may have demanded more money on the show too because he was always getting picked. I like the idea of the wheel.

[@agathakilgallen8453]

If you watch Match Game Behind The Blank you will find that this is true. Even Richard got tired of everyone picking him instead of the others.

[@paulalegg4971]

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[@AuntiiLadiibug]

@@paulalegg4971 ~o^8~ =x++2*==0.071392=== HUH?!?

[@diananutt1517]

🍀There must have been a lot of viewers besides me who wanted to see the fantastic guest panelists participate instead of always the pouty, groping Dawson. When you have a Mary Wickes, an Ethel Merman, a Nipsy Russell and so many more gems that come up with matches as often or MORE often than the spoiled one, find a way to let us enjoy their brief visits.

[@peggymcintyre7974]

Connie Stevens was so cute!

[@shaaronie]

Yes, she was. She had the most uniquely beautiful eyes!

[@feudfan55]

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day for 1977-78 and 1978-79 were each a day late.

[@cindykaywebster4643]

Connie Stevens is so beautiful!!

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

I can't remember many of these " celebrities ".

[@zacheryalderton6466]

HAPPY 2020

[@Droosmom1970]

God I love the ones with Dorothy

[@cindykaywebster4643]

I can’t believe that lady contestant agreed with the answer the black Seabass grows legs!!!

[@RedTsunami-mx2mo]

I am in a motel so I am watching on my Roku to commit I using my phone and I see that it's really not live. I am watching two different episodes

[@pattip2788]

Bald eagle comes from old English balde, meaning ‘white’.

[@angelabrito273]

GENE IS BEST GAME SHOW HOST OF ALL TIME ,WATCHING RERUNS ALL THE TIME,LOVE MATCH GAME

[@valeriea.larsson1687]

I agree! Why did they replace him later on? It is no good without Gene Rayburne!! How sad.

[@cindykaywebster4643]

Bret’s wig looked great!

[@rberka555]

What's with all the Match Game episodes on KZbin suddenly?

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Brett with her constant need to be talking.

[@evalu3260]

Yes. It was so annoying to hear her mouth in the background all the time.

[@evalu3260]

I don’t know but I’m happy they’re here. I love Match Game. 💕

[@glendathegoodwitch6987]

I think they have been one YT for a while and only recently gained traction.

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Maybe copyrights have expired?

[@perryarrington8446]

This version of the MATCH GAME was doomed from the start without "THE GREAT GENE RAYBURN" but the choice in host to the game sounds like a 1926 gangster. The producers couldn't have picked a worse host literally if they tried..

[@valeriea.larsson1687]

So where is Gene Rayburn? How could they ever replace him? I no longer care to watch without him.

[@SuperC888]

Match Game 78 ep 1130 .. Wait.. no Brett??

[@mallyhusband6942]

Looks like Harry didnt come back after all.

[@ajk]

When did they finally make it where the trailing player went last in Round 2? I was surprised that they were still doing it by NYD of 74. I thought it woulda changed by then.

[@jeanettereid9262]

Love Gene Rayburn!

[@3506Dodge]

Carol seems to have walked out of a Doris Day movie. She seems unreal.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

Do you mean Connie?

[@veronicaguido7790]

Gene Rayburn was the best, when they brought Jon in, I think was a mistake. But that is just my opinion.

[@hardlines4]

You are correct!

[@mainecoon6514]

I know it's important to keep up with the times but I much prefer the 70's Match Games, the music, the stage, the turning squares with the panelists in the beginning.

[@veronicaguido7790]

Maine Coon yes. And there will NEVER be another Gene Rayburn. ❤️

[@dawnemerson3604]

Agree

[@TheScouser1234]

JOHN WAS AN OBNOXIOUS MORON..WHAT WERE THEY THINKING MAKING HIM CO ANCHER WITH A GENIUS LIKE GENE RAYBURN,,UGH. ?

[@perryarrington8446]

Oh, and this guy was the worst choice to take Rayburn's place ever. Dude is absolutely horrrible.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

49:00 …… contestant says “waitress” and gets no match for “waiter”?? You can hear CNR mutter “that’s not fair”.

[@jamesbonnen]

76 waitress should have been accepted from Charles

[@richardwind2859]

Actually Lunch is dinner Breakfast Lunch/dinner then Supper

[@jacquelinebell6201]

That want fair when they wouldnt accept waiter/waitress. They've accepted those sort of answers before.

[@kaatz60]

Diane Cromm looks fairly stoned.

[@benhallums2951]

THE MATCH GAME 1962 OFF AIR PILOT PEGGY CASS & PETER LIND HAYESSERIES THE ACTUAL SERIES IN LIVING COLOR JANUARY 2, 1963 ARLENE FRANCIS & SKITCH HENDERSON. JANUARY 2, 1964: SHARI LEWIS AND HUSH PUPPY & MILT KAMEN. JANUARY 4, 1965: ĴAYNE MANSFIELD & BENNETT CERF. JANUARY 3, 1966: BARBARA FELDON & DON ADAMS. JANUARY 3, 1967 (THE NEW LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE MATCH DEBUT) CARIL LAWRENCE & ED McMAHON . JANUARY 2, 1968: DINA MERRILL & CLIFF ROBERTSON AND...JANUARY 2, 1969: DIANA SANDS & BERT CONVY. MATCH GAME 73 JUNE 25, 1973 & JULY 2, 1973 CBS-TV MICHAEL LANDON, VICKI LAWRENCE, JACK KLUGMAN, JO ANN PFLUG, RICHARD DAWSON & ANITA GILLETTE.

[@charlesb5333]

They cheated the one contestant waiter waitress and yet they accepted tv, tv set and television.

[@kitbentley4256]

Bambi was a buck lol not a doe..poor Bambi

[@jamesbonnen]

Match game 75 I wonder what editing had to be done

[@bjradrian3983]

Oh Lord Dorothy's back. 😒😒....

[@johnnycash578]

IM SO GLAD IM NOT BALD

[@johnnycash578]

she should have said buggy ORSON BUGGY LOL

[@yochananbendavid57]

The young animator grows up to be Butch Hartmann. Worth 50 mil dollars! 😂

[@perryarrington8446]

By this time a hybrid of the two programs became a mockery of ithe 70's MATCH GAME...the show was a joke to put it miildly. Sas, to say the least.

[@tonystrychard2529]

only thing I wished the showed the last years show that showed the the old sign of year then new years... plus the sign of year changed and all the balloons they had with them all singing Auld Lang Syne..then they could have showed the first show after new year's....oh well...guess you can't have it all...

[@SenorChubbs420]

Despite this comment showing it had been edited, I have absolutely no idea what this doofus is trying to say. What the actual fuck? At the very least they wrote “could have” instead of “could of”, so congrats on that small victory. Let me guess, trump voter???

[@tonystrychard2529]

@@SenorChubbs420 I would have used correct English being a Trump supporter wouldn't I had...but no...used the dementia laden...biden talk so you dem-o-rats can understand...

[@pamhowden8161]

Happy new year!

[@SenorChubbs420]

@@tonystrychard2529 Your response seems grammatical and cogent. Did you hire someone to write that for you, like trump hired someone to take his SATs?

[@dpm8630]

Before he was Reynaldo Rey.

[@teedawg11]

Is it just me or is his microphone smaller than usual

[@iwantthe80sback59]

It was expandable, like a telescope. Sometimes it was short and sometimes long.

[@cindykaywebster4643]

Seems like most of the panel agrees with me

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

lol 9 kids in 14 years doesn't seem weird to me. My parents had 8 in 10 and they come from 14 and 12.

[@josephgiuffre4775]

GREAT JOB, MG! THANK YOU.

[@nitavaldez6276]

Yes

[@eph2vv89only1way]

I’m surprised that no one said Billy’s Willy

[@steveburke1519]

Any answers referring to genitalia--no matter how creative--were not allowed back then. Contestants and stars were warned prior to taping. This was explained in a "behind the scenes" show I once watched.

[@eph2vv89only1way]

@@steveburke1519 ah. Ty for clarification

[@sanddabz5635]

Is anyone except Betty White alive from this show?

[@oxmysticchcneybunxo123]

Sanddab Z well, I’m on,y 11-12 minutes in, if Fannie is showed, she’s alive the age of 75. I’ll come edit it once I see who else.

[@maryspencer4975]

James Darren.

[@feudfan55]

James Darren and Juliet Mills are both alive.

[@peggymcintyre7974]

RIP, Betty White. She was almost 100.

[@annieh2900]

🙃

[@tonyhurd5697]

Dorthy : O.K. Guys let’s try “ B “ And we are off Zoooom !!

[@user-tx1do1ww5f]

😅

[@almondwoods5789]

Aussie

[@eve3363]

lol

[@jasonbeard4713]

7:40 Adorable and zany Dorothy!!

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

Brett is fun.

[@peggyroane2092]

The show was good. Gene was the best. The show would have been the very best game show if there was no Brett. She wasn't funny, just annoying. She had to keep asking Gene to repeat the cards as if she was deaf, but it was only her desire to have the camera aimed at her. Even when the person on her left or right was speaking, she would make sure she was in the same space as the camera was pointing at.

[@TheScouser1234]

a bit annoying but she grew on you AND AT LEAST GAVE GREAT ANSWERS MORE THAN RICHARD..... BUT WHY THEY USED WASTE OF SPACE REDHEADS LIKE PATTY Deutch AND A FEW OTHERS fanny and the skinny one both gay " but that didnt make them a bad person ' Richards copy cat line from PAUL LYNDE 9 funny man )...and THE redhead WHOS PHONY GIGGLING THROUGHOUT THE SHOW MADE ME PEWK..SHE DIDNT LAST LONG ..SIDLING UP TO RICHARD WAS AS BAD,,FORGOT HER NAME I WONDER WHY?

[@jacquelinebell6201]

That contestant Dorothy wS hyper! Way over the top. She got annoying after a while! Lol.

[@QueenAlexis556]

If you'll don't like Brett, why are you guys watching these episodes? If Brett irritated me like she does some of you, I'd never watch an episode with her in it 🙄 duh

[@filmguymike]

Seriously?...They didn't give her (Doris Dean) the waiter\waitress answer at 46:39 ? I think this is the first time I've ever been this shocked to anger by the producer of this show because of such poor judgement. Even Charles was shocked, because he had included the "correct" answer. The young lady (Janis Valentine) who was her successor was undeniably beautiful (which I believe was a determining factor). Shameful- Many times I have seen this show be a bit loose on the answer. But actually think about it, it's the same job, it's the same position separated only by gender. On a personal note as a white male I am kinda glad that the other contestant went ahead so we could see more of her but really at such a cost? Absolutely unfair in my oppinion

[@wandasway6882]

After turning down gender based answers so frequently I'm surprised the censors permitted the brothel (etc) answers with so many people being homeless, I even saw a video with a man living in a garbage dumpster.

[@BlueLineGroovy]

A few of the contestants were dunces. Gees.

[@TheScouser1234]

so were the stupid answers many of which were used when i was a contestant in mg 74 series 77 ?

[@shaaronie]

@@TheScouser1234 Too many trying to be funny instead of trying to match the contestant's answer. No wonder people kept picking Dawson. At least he tried to actually match the answer.

[@johnnycash578]

whats wrong with plastic bag you put trash in it

[@stephenjackson7797]

Bozos spelling "years" as plural instead of singular possessive "year's". Go back to fifth grade.

[@elizabethvasquez3618]

I've never seen Brett look so skinny she doesn't look very good poor thing!

[@sharcrum]

Where was she so skinny?

[@TheScouser1234]

poor Brett had Cancer godbless her..at least she could laugh at herself...

[@cindykaywebster4643]

And I still can’t stand Brett even though she looks nice!

[@priscillamangnall6131]

Lee Meriweather is such a bore.