Match Game 78 (Episode 1333) (Linda "Hulk Hogan Ex-Wife" Wins with Charles) ($5,000)

David Doyle, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Elaine Joyce, Raymond Burr, and Joyce Bulifant

[@johnperry4572]

FYI.....Elaine Joyce.....and Joyce Bulifant are both still around.....and sadly.....are both recent widows.....Elaine Joyce (now 73) was married to legendary playwright Neil Simon....and Joyce Bulifant (now 82) was married to veteran character actor Roger Perry....both of whom passed away in 2018

[@johnperry4572]

I seem to remember a Perry Mason episode that featured Joyce Bulifant as an accused murderess.... can't find it on KZbin....thank God for MeTv....Perry Mason airs twice a day.....UPDATE....I just found 2 episodes of Perry Mason she did....The Case Of The Surplus Suitor (S6 E19) from 1963....and The Case Of The Ice Cold Hands (S7 E16) from 1964....thanks Wikipedia...lol

[@johnperry4572]

@@eyehatefarcebook11 She appeared in 2 of the old black & white episodes..... And I just found them.....The Case Of The Surplus Suitor (S6 E19) from 1963.....The Case Of The Ice Cold Hands (S7 E16) from 1964...Thank you Wikipedia....lol

[@robertblack2752]

just watched this episode on tv and never realized that was the future Linda Hogan, but now I see the resemblance to Brooke.

[@40bpaula]

Ha! Gene said, I think it was, Betty had 15 kids and she did it the hard way...no twins or triplets. Charles says her husband can't come to the show cause he's exausted. I say, why is he exausted? She's the one who had to push all the babies out! 15 kids! Man, I hope they have a farm or something.

[@seahawks10000]

Wow, never knew Linda was a contestant on Match Game. She had to be at least 20 years old in that game.

[@RealDaveTalk]

jason walcott she was 19, 5 years later she married Hulk Hogan in 1983, she was 25 and Hulk was 30

[@kristabrewer6736]

Did you not watch yesterday's show!

[@SteveHolsten]

This was a great panel & fun to watch...

[@nowitsabadtime]

Oh wow, I just watched this episode on t.v., what a crazy coincidence! Would've never guessed that was Linda Hogan. How cool

[@Jakey740]

Contestant Linda C. AKA the future Mrs Hulk Hogan.

[@poolside123canadian7]

Holy crap I didn’t put 2 & 2 together. Too bad it didn’t last but wow!😎

[@SteveHolsten]

@@eyehatefarcebook11 We got to watch Hulk when he came to Memphis to wrestle in 1979. He was going by Terry Bollea when he came in, but then he started calling himself just "Hulk" a couple of weeks later. Ed Leslie (Brutus the Barber Beefcake) came in a week or so later saying he was Hulk's brother. He was calling himself Eddie Boulder. Hulk had a great face run with Jerry Lawler in 79, but he came back in as heel in 1982. I've never liked Hulk as a heel.

[@SteveHolsten]

@@eyehatefarcebook11 Yeah

[@ROXI-zq4fg]

Any idea how they met?

[@joeambrose3260]

I kept thinking where have I seen that face. What a knockout at 19, reminds me of Dorothy Stratten

[@nestorsuan2182]

Gorgeous Elaine Joyce !! :) Wonderful Raymond Burr !! :) Great win Charles !! Love this Match Game !!

[@kevansf]

H/H match update for episode 1333: ... ~~~Today's action: One of our more unlucky champions (she struck out twice in a row on the audience match) is defeated after having won three games. But it wasn't a total washout - she did score a H/H match with Richard Paul for $2,500, and so her total prize money is $3,050. *Today's audience match question: "The Seven________"* (My thoughts: Dwarfs, Deadly Sins, Wonders of the World) The celebs: Brett (Dwarfs), Charles (Deadly Sins), Elaine via Joyce? (O'clock News) The choice: Dwarfs The answers: Wonders of the World, Seas, Dwarfs Oh, thank goodness! This will be the very first head-to-head question all week! And it's been frustrating not having any (no time on Monday, and two Audience Match fails on Tuesday) because there are so many celebs I'd like to see get a shot: there's Joyce who's #2 on the leader board, but she's only had 5 H/H questions total, so I'd love to see her stats fill out a bit. Then there's Elaine, who has 2 H/H matches, so one more would move her to the big leader board. Then there's David Doyle who's never gotten a chance to answer a H/H yet. And of course, Mr. Burr only has two more days total on the panel after today, so if he's going to get a question, it's got to be soon! And so, who does the wheel stop on? Charles! (No double.) Oh well, I love seeing Charles (and Brett) play the H/H, so I'm happy, even though a tad disappointed that a celebrity with less H/H experience didn't get a shot. Stats: Charles last played (and matched) in 1322. He's matched 16 of his 31 most recent attempts (51.6%), and 40 of 80 attempts overall (50.0%). This is now his 81st H/H question. He hasn't played quite as much as Brett (88 attempts for her), but he's achieved more matches (barely: he's had 40 matches; Brett's had 39). Of course, no one is even close to Richard in either total attempts or total matches (373 matches in 878 attempts), but, interestingly, both Brett and Charles have been more successful at matching the contestants in the head-to-head segment, percentage-wise (see leader board below). *Today's H/H question: "Princess_______"* (This sounds familiar. I'm not sure, but it sounds like a H/H that Richard had once. Or maybe it was an audience match? Anyway, my first thought was Princess Grace, so I'll say that.) Charles has an answer right off the bat. He pauses a moment as if to get Brett's reaction before writing a second answer. Meanwhile, it looks like our new champion has an answer in mind, and she looks happy with it. Charles again seems to confer with Brett before filing a card. I have no idea if it was his first or second answer, or if he followed Brett's advice or not. Our bubbly champ is chomping at the bit to give her answer. And it's the same one I gave. The audience loves it, their reaction is a 10. Charles gives a look to Brett, but I can't decipher what it means. He's got a playful smile now, so that augurs well... Yes, it's unanimous today! "Grace." CNR scores his 41st 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 or he has "retired" from the show and their 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 matches in 4 attempts). Joyce Bulifant - 80.0% (4 matches in 5 attempts). (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 62.5% (5 matches in 8 attempts). Charles - 50.6% (41 matches in 81 attempts). Betty - 46.9% (23 matches in 49 attempts). Fannie - 46.2% (18 matches in 39 attempts). (*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 matches in 18 attempts). Brett - 44.3% (39 matches in 88 attempts). (*)Richard - 42.5% (373 matches in 878 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 matches in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1333, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. (Note: 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. There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036. These stats do, however, include results of episodes 1309 through 1317, found on channels other than this one.

[@poolside123canadian7]

Am I the only one who thought of the Seven Seas besides the audience that day they surveyed?😏

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Why would you *tell* the audience that you wanted to get lemonade for them, if you hadn't actually gotten it? :D

[@ricobhi]

Those contestants are 19 and 22 years old. They look much older!!!

[@donaldleroy6502]

Wow Mrs Hulk is 🔥, in fact I think she may have been a lady wrestler because she looks very athletic

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

Great memories 👍

[@danaase43]

joyce and joyce, WOW

[@beckydutra6543]

Now she's worth 20mil. Dang!

[@johngomes8874]

Say your prayers, eat your vitamins , win at match game !!

[@sarahstark-v2q]

Linda is very good looking.

[@berniehobabykat]

110°...WOW.... Poor Raymond Burr needed a couple extra shakes of Gold Bond😳🤣🤣

[@gregorypadgett4339]

I'm also Greg from Indiana! 😅

[@jasminequinones5359]

😂👋

[@24chataway]

WOW, she looks exactly like that now!

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

She looks like the human version if Miss Piggy. lol

[@jeffclement2979]

Love that Elaine Joyce

[@kylito23]

Cheerleader says ready ok

[@evalu3260]

Gene Rayburn doesn’t walk out with the same air that Steve Harvey does in my opinion.

[@40bpaula]

@David Exactly! Gene had some humility and dignity. I just can't with that Steve Harvey.

[@kristabrewer6736]

Steve Harvey is a HYPOCRITE!! saying he's a Christian and TALKIG the way he does!!

[@johnperry4572]

Is it just me...or is contestant Betty a dead ringer for Peggy Cass

[@SteveHolsten]

I don't know but Betty & Elaine were Hottt sexy baby dolls. You know what you do with a baby doll I hope. You lay 'em down & play with them!

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying again! Wow! Dayton! Sigh, love that blue ;0) ROFL! Oh love ya Charles! Gene I am ready.. ;0) ROFL! OH! Charles is hot today! ;0) She is the second contestant to take the other route to the blue dot.. ;0) ROFL! Love ya David! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! ROFL! Love Raymond! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Joyce! ;0)

[@berniehobabykat]

OH JEEEEEZZZZ... another Follicular Flanders 🙄🙄😑🙅🏻‍♀️