Match Game 76 (Episode 799) (Happy Birthday Jack in the Box)

[@vivianhamilton616]

I love how Dick illustrates his answers.

[@danfieldingistheman3071]

Rest In Peace Della. You were and still are one of the greatest celebrities to ever come along and now you really are an angel in Heaven :)

[@dannyhill8797]

as of 11-20-2017, Fannie Flagg is now the only surviving panelist from this week....

[@mlg1948]

DanFieldingistheMan I ditto that remark. She was great.

[@noampitlik2332]

Yes. Fine singer. As for her Match Game answers.....well.

[@garfield2439]

@@dannyhill8797 Betty was still alive. She just passed this year

[@ts.elliot5870]

Bart is adorable! Total 70s look!

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Something tells me we're going to see Bart again. I think Fannie's "General" slip will trigger a redo.

[@branagain]

Yes, he came back two episodes later.

[@Julie-sl8ul]

THEY SHOULD HAVE THROWN OUT THE QUESTION IMMEDIATELY!!!

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

The obvious answer for all us Big Valley fans is, Richard Long. (He played Jared Barkley.)

[@pencils812]

Oh yea.

[@sharcrum]

Genes hair is impeccable in this episode!

[@pencils812]

Hair plugs for men!

[@sharcrum]

@@pencils812 his hair could have had a show of it's own! Different in each episode! Great in one and crazy in the next!!

[@pencils812]

@@sharcrum 😀

[@minutewithmark7564]

So is Charles..

[@sergtchannel]

02:54 I believe Brett threw that, Fannie could have gotten hurt, but she did close her eyes, great reflexes on her part!

[@mikehunt4986]

18:45 "What he wants is head." Don't we all.

[@whitneyford1639]

No matter what specific meal Fannie might have picked, the judges would have matched it anyway. Fannie didn't cheat anyone.

[@Imnotyourmamaluke]

See but that isn't always the case. I've seen enough of these shows to know it depends on the day the guy who decides a match is having. There are definitely inconsistencies in this show. Idk, but I don't think Fanny meant to blurt it out like that.

[@walkerbrown8591]

Loved the uproarious reaction to Charles answering “puss”

[@paul-u2y9y]

this theme music takes me back to jr. high, id come home and watch this then merv griffin.

[@earlofopsis1307]

Mary VanMeer passed away on October 14, 2016.

[@garfield2439]

So did he get to return for Fannie's error

[@barbaracataldo566]

Jolly Rancher! I don't think they existed back then, though.

[@katherynemero9355]

The jolly rancher was introduced in 1949 by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen. Maybe it wasn't as popular in 1976.

[@johng618]

@@katherynemero9355 WE LOVED THEM IN JR HIGH '77-'80. WATERMELON AND GREEN APPLE WERE THE BEST!

[@shalimar1657]

Jolly Rancher was a pirate ship

[@kathyodom5372]

@@shalimar1657 You're thinking of Jolly Roger.

[@mariellclement8092]

@@katherynemero9355 I sure ate my share of them. They had the long, flat ones. Loved the sour apple and the grape. The watermelon were good too.

[@pencils812]

Brett was on Barney Miller?

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

Happy birthday jack

[@brettgb1314]

Loved the intro. Teamwork. :)

[@mapleleaf0]

Well, according to 2Majesties' link, it all worked out for Bart in the long run, but I don't think it was fair when Fannie told Mary to go "general"

[@kathyodom5372]

Nobody suggested Jolly Rancher?!?!?

[@pencils812]

My favorite childhood candy.

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: (After winning $5,600 in a single game, our last champion was defeated in the closing moments of yesterday's program.) And so we start today's show with a brand-new champion's first go at the Super-Match. Today's audience match question: "Jolly ________" (My thoughts: Roger, Good Fellow, Green Giant) The celebs: Richard (Green Giant), Dick (Roger), and Fannie (Good Fellow) The choice: Green Giant The answers: Old Saint Nick, Roger, Green Giant Our new champion won $500 with Richard's suggestion. After a momentary pause with Fannie yesterday, I suspect the "Match Richard Dawson Segment" will return today... Breathless from her smooch with Richard (and/or the excitement of winning a little money), she selects Richard. He's missed his last three attempts in a row, and matched 4 of his 16 most recent attempts. Going back a little further, he's matched 11 of his 32 most recent attempts which is a respectable 34.4%. Also, Richard is still at 199 matches, will this finally be number 200? Today's H/H question: "_______ Long" (This one seems hard to me. If it's a name, I can't think of who might be top of mind in 1976. Huey Long comes to mind, but that's a shot in the dark. Maybe looking at "long" as a generic word will help. Foot-long? They didn't have Subway Sandwich shops then, so I'm not sure if that was a common phrase. I'll stick with Huey and accept my loss today.) The contestant looks discouraged and disheartened. I don't blame her. There are some super-easy questions, and then there's this one. The camera cuts to Mr. H/H and he's staring pensively into the void. He turns toward Della and scratches his head. Back to the contestant who seems to have either thought of an answer or simply accepted the fact that she's not going to win $5,000 today. Richard finishes writing and files his card. The champion says "The only thing I can think of is 'sing-along'." She definitely gets points for creativity. It's definitely a valid answer and I can't criticize it because my answers were pretty lame. It seems like an unlikely match, but I wouldn't rule it out. Now I can't wait to see what Richard wrote... Gene suggests my answer "Huey." --- All eyes on Richard: he wrote "So." --- Today's was a lousy H/H question. No match today. (And Richard slips back below Brett on the leader board for the dozenth or so time. Those two have been practically joined at the hip as far as their success rates at the H/H match, not unlike Charles, Fannie, and Betty who tend to cluster together around 50%) Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (Note: An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (Note: 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). Gary Burghoff - 83.3% (5 wins in 6 attempts). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Charles - 51.0% (27 wins in 53 attempts). TIE: Betty - 50.0% (18 wins in 36 attempts). TIE: Fannie - 50.0% (13 wins in 26 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 41.3% (26 wins in 63 attempts). Richard - 41.2% (199 wins in 483 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 799, excluding the lost/missing/damaged episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, and 645. (As per MatchGameProductions, these episodes "are nowhere to be found and also aren't in the Goodson/Todman Library. Sadly, looks like they are lost forever!")

[@dannyroybal7394]

Dick Gautier Was Cool

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Too much

[@travis7310]

The only one living in this episode is Fannie Flagg. I don't know about the contestants, though.

[@Julie-sl8ul]

Psychiatrist joke would be MOMMY 😂

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Dick Gautier 2. Brett Somers 3. Charles Nelson Reilly 4. Della Reese 5. Richard Dawson 6. Fannie Flagg

[@MajorSeventh]

Someone was _awfully_ amused by "puss." The contestant Bart looked like the guitarist Tom Scholz of Boston without the adam's apple.

[@pencils812]

He reminded me a little bit of Shawn Cassidy.

[@ts.elliot5870]

Going for a deep cut on that one.

[@mehmetokay7073]

What Bart wants is head. He has a face.

[@sophie20001]

That was unfair to Bart. Fanny cheated.

[@pantherlilly003]

It's OK in a few episodes he will be back on. They realized it sounded like cheating.

[@mlg1948]

Asta Video good Fannie just erred. Glad they brought him back. Only fair.

[@halffasthaiku7526]

Shaneeza Aziz How could they not throw that question out???!!!

[@kristabrewer6736]

I can't BELIEVE 13 people actually LIKED this ridiculous comment (guess they know Fannie any better than you did). Fannie would NEVER cheat!!

[@branagain]

Didn’t they have Jolly Ranchers in 1976?

[@ts.elliot5870]

Jolly Ranchers originated in 1949.

[@kellykonoske91]

Hope they brought Bart back. He got screwed

[@sharcrum]

Agreed

[@ts.elliot5870]

Bart did come back but he bombed that time too.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

He is so cute

[@ottojones3162]

Mary, if you are still single look me up.

[@lesburns7395]

single and 85

[@helenlogsdon7822]

So?

[@bigjohn3928]

Almost everyone is dead.....Life can be depressing.....

[@770WT]

Thanks for reminding us, try cheering up for our sake.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Who is this "Gravy Marie" Brett keeps mentioning?

[@pencils812]

Lol

[@kristabrewer6736]

LOL she, no doubt got that her mother. My mothers favorite phrase is "Holy Hannah." There used to be a lived there (long fore she moved up there), named Hannah

[@mikehunt4986]

Was Earl's summer "vacation" paid? lol

[@pencils812]

Does he ever return? He left after that male contestant was disqualified.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@pencils812 Yes he comes back eventually.

[@kristabrewer6736]

@@pencils812 yes

[@timothycarpenter9552]

When is the St. Patrick's Day Parade Gene?

[@helenlogsdon7822]

March 17

[@paul-u2y9y]

blankS being plural just screams spurs.

[@770WT]

Bart resembles Shaun Cassidy

[@steveyounker7897]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not a big fan, but I have watched some rodeo in my time, and I don't believe that rodeo cowboys wear spurs. They don't wear them in horse racing either, although they might have at one time, I suppose. But that's obviously the answer the writers were looking for, and she did well with it. Good thing Betty White wasn't there.

[@antster1983]

➡️ Nothing

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I went for the obvious for the psychiatrist question, I said he sat on the NOTEPAD.

[@musicloverme3993]

I thought INVISIBLE FRIEND. You see the psychiatrist needs a psychiatrist himself!

[@helenlogsdon7822]

His coat

[@Julie-sl8ul]

Dang she's goofy

[@pencils812]

Does Earl ever return?

[@kristabrewer6736]

yes

[@ckohne]

United States is just one of 35 countries in America

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying! ;0) Why would they be upset if Richard give Fannie an answer, they throw them to each other all of the time.. ;0) What happened to Bart's one match???? It was gone at the end..

[@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

Fannie, with her tacky clothes, her corny name, and her cheatin' ways.

[@sharcrum]

She's none of that. But the judges were responsible for not calling that.

[@sdlively27]

@@sharcrum Yea, even Gene looked over to Ira before continuing to get Mary's answer, I think he heard her but wasn't sure but it threw him because he thought Mary won the game.

[@sdlively27]

@@sharcrum Yea, even Gene looked over to Ira before continuing to get Mary's answer, I think he heard her but wasn't sure but it threw him because he thought Mary won the game.

[@sdlively27]

Free spirit flying! ;0) Why would they be upset if Richard give Fannie an answer, they throw them to each other all of the time.. ;0) What happened to Bart's one match???? It was gone at the end..