Match Game 77 (Episode 987) ("The Gospel Song")

Avery Schreiber, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jo Ann Harris, Richard Dawson, and Fannie Flagg

[@corrinewadino8771]

What a beautiful voice and what a beautiful song! I’m a pastor/EVANGELIST, and I have never ever heard this song! So beautiful I’m gonna look it up, absolutely beautiful! And with her beautiful voice, she just lights up, that is THE HOLY GHOST LIVING INSIDE OF HER! HALLELUJAH THANK YOU JESUS! AMEN!

[@michaelnivens6267]

Singing to God , absolutely beautiful , and refreshing - Amen

[@michaelbarkley9055]

Jo Ann Harris is absolutely beautiful! Still living and looking great!

[@alainm5291]

For someone who didn't understand the question, she gave a smart answer !!

[@onion6foot]

Love Dawson's Brando.

[@kevansf]

Too funny the expression on the challenger's face at 2:14 in response to Gene's little joke.

[@imnmbrone1492]

Mr. Dawson looks so dapper 🥰

[@kevansf]

Charles looks dapper with that bow tie /sweater combo!

[@beckydutra6543]

That Gene, his cut ups are hilarious! 🤣🤣

[@pencils812]

So silly!

[@Cablecol]

BEAUTIFUL GOSPEL SINGER ...GREAT ENDING💞💯🙏

[@kristabrewer6736]

Dottie was GREAT! I loved her voice, and I LOVED that she sang a worship song! (I'm also thrilled that that guy lost with saint Richard again. Lol, he picks him the first time and lost, so of course he had to lose with him the second time)

[@rockaway2k]

Well, the first time Richard’s British Empire answer could’ve gone either way. I thought Roman Empire myself. The second time Richard was chosen, the man flat out blew it. Communist Party was a pretty obvious answer, IMHO. While the choosing of Richard was overwrought to many, who would you have chosen for ONE answer and $30,000 in today’s money on the line?

[@timothyball7502]

My Mother The Car, Avery Schreiber. Fun show with many fabulous actors. 6-14-2022

[@kevansf]

H/H match update: ... Today's action: Our champion wins his second game thanks to Brett's hairy "Chest." *Today's audience match question: "Montgomery ________"* (My thoughts: Ward, Clift, Alabama) - If it were Match Game 2023, I'd say Montgomery Burns. The celebs: Brett (Ward), Charles (Alabama), Fannie (Clift) The choice: Ward The answers: Alabama, Clift, Ward - First time in a while that both I and the celebs thought of all three answers, but I had them in proper order, so I beat the stars today! Second time in a row that our champ scores the top audience match answer. He missed with Richard on the H/H match last time, and he didn't even call on him for a suggestion today. Does this mean the bromance is off? Will he try matching Brett today? No and no. "Let's go Richard once again," he says. This is now King Richard's fifth consecutive play again, and he's been chosen 111 of the past 122 times. (Charles answered three of the remaining questions, Fannie also took three, and Rosemary Forsyth, Nipsey Russell, Meg Bennett, Scoey Mitchell, and Brett got one each.) Stats: Richard has matched 70 of his 166 most recent attempts (42.2%), 53 of his last 123 attempts (43.1%), 33 of his last 73 attempts (45.2%), and 9 of his last 26 attempts (34.6%). His overall success rate is 41.7% and this is his 644th attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Charles has matched 33 of his 66 attempts (50.0%), Fannie has matched 14 of 29 attempts (48.3%), and Brett has matched 29 of her 69 attempts (42.0%). Neither Avery nor Jo Ann has yet had a chance to answer a head-to-head question. *Today's H/H question: "Communist **________** "* (Well, given this is 1977, one phrase that was common back then was Communist China, so that's what I'll say. Communist Party would be my second choice.) Richard begins writing immediately, but the camera pulls away from him, so I don't get a clear picture or how much he writes, but it looks possible that the first letter he writes is a C (or maybe I'm just imagining it). "Communist China," he says, receiving a polite-to-moderate round of applause. Well, he and I are on the same wavelength at least. Will Richard join us? Oh. The loop I saw Richard write wasn't a C - it was part of a P. He wrote: "Party." (Just like yesterday, Richard tries to shift the blame by saying that a TV anchorman should have thought of Communist Party, but I'd argue that Communist China was in the news more than the Communist Party.) No match today. ~~~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). 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). TIE: Charles - 50.0% (33 wins in 66 attempts). TIE: Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts). Fannie - 48.3% (14 wins in 29 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 42.0% (29 wins in 69 attempts). Richard - 41.6% (268 wins in 644 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 987, excluding the lost/missing/damaged episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, and 910. (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!") -- Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. Additionally, these stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969.

[@Ruth-b8c]

Beautiful lady, voice and song!

[@tonyphillips1112]

this episode should be COMEDY GOLD

[@eddieafterburner]

14:33 Terry asks for a kiss but mysteriously there are no comments and faux outrage about what a “creep” and “perv” she is. Imagine that.

[@shedjammer87]

Richard's Godfather was spot on!

[@laurenewittmer2511]

I matched with "milk the cows"! 🐄

[@kristabrewer6736]

lol, probably everyone did

[@MikeSebastianVideos]

Wow, and today Montgomery Ward is no longer. 😐

[@punchline43]

Neither is Montgomery Clift : (

[@tiffanyoneail8030]

I get magazines from Montgomery Ward

[@susanbezio1529]

Montgomery Wards is on line for shopping.

[@danpatrick9080]

These were middle class people

[@MensAsses33]

That was a lovely song 🎵

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Martin Luther King Jr. used to pronounce Montgomery, Alabama, "Muh-gum-ruh".

[@UberLummox]

Or Muh goam ruh. And also, "Warshinton".

[@irishmermaid4]

Goodwill Ambassador to Cuba? Don Rickles, of course!

[@chaynebutler9572]

I would have made a joke out of the term, "Goodwill" ambassador, and said "The Salvation Army."

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

ROTF Don Rickles as ambassador, God help Cuba 😆😆😂😂

[@ts.elliot5870]

I would've said Brett. LoL

[@zapataattack5843]

You can tell Avery loved hearing her sing gospel. I loved it too! ❤️

[@Cablecol]

Terry is kind of slow isn't she?? 🤣...Billy was a good answer even though she needed the question thoroughly spelled out for her.🙄

[@eddieafterburner]

She was sweet. But yeah, I wasn’t expecting her to do as well as she did. I thought “Billy” myself and thought she’d get 5 or 6 matches out of it.

[@wmkyle1]

I thought for sure Johnny say MG76 after announcing the celebrities and switched to 77 before introducing Gene. I rewound it back and swore I heard it.

[@MensAsses33]

Some men don't have chest hair.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

It’s better without

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

From the Eddie Cantor sang, "The Dumber They Come, The Better I Like 'Em", I dedicate this song to dear Terry Hunt. Beautiful girl and a little on the slow side. The dumber they come the better I like 'em 'cause the dumb ones know how to make love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppTIdZmGgctlntk

[@mlg1948]

Pleeeease. This is a game show!!! It’s not a political or religious forum. Get over yourselves! By the way she had a beautiful voice no matter what the song.

[@FD2003Abc]

I love these "after the break" episodes. The whole cast, especially Gene, are 3 sheets to the wind!

[@Tre404]

Which is strange, being that Gene did not drink alcohol.

[@sdlively27]

Not to mention this is a Tuesday show before the dinner break.. ;0) And Gene didn't drink because of a ongoing medical reason..

[@carawolfe5321]

Tre404 did he use other substances? I’m not saying he did, just saying Alcohol isn’t the only possibility!

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Dawson didn't drink either.

[@randydellinger2996]

You don’t have to drink to be 3 sheets to the wind.

[@deboragustin9980]

First time there is a heavy set contestant on the show. I don't recall any others.

[@noampitlik2332]

And how many episodes with two caucasian men?

[@kristabrewer6736]

um... ok

[@brianb.5473]

Because people got outside and stayed active back then. Today so many refuse to work and just sit inside playing video games. Maybe this lady had a medical condition that made her gain extra weight.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Rude

[@martybass7376]

Wow she actually sing

[@XMLarry]

Goodwill Ambassador - Nixon

[@9patriko]

Montgomery Ward does still exist. Go to Ward.com

[@pencils812]

I used to shop there.

[@helenlogsdon7822]

Dad called it Monkey Ward

[@markkonzerowsky8871]

Terri seems to have had a bit of a crush on ol' Geno.

[@UberLummox]

"Warshington"

[@caroldannenberg9778]

Back when people weren't afraid to say they were Christian.

[@dadeodadeo3532]

Wondering if you’d make the same comment now if you were a Muslim?

[@caroldannenberg9778]

I'm sure I wouldn't --- but I'm not!

[@caroldannenberg9778]

I think everyone should be free to express and celebrate their religion without fear of "offending" someone, and that we should accept each other. I didn't say anything negative about Muslims; I just made an affirmative statement about Christianity. Why does that offend you? If I like rock music and someone else likes country, would they be offended if I said rock music is the best? If I went to University A and said it was a wonderful school, would someone who went to University B be offended? If I said I was married to the sweetest man in the world, would my married friends be offended, thinking I was implying that their husbands weren't as sweet? Of course not. So why can't we celebrate our religion without offending?

[@2Majesties]

There's a Christian church every 500 ft in this country and no shortage of Christian influence on e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. On what alternative FoxNews planet do you live??

[@caroldannenberg9778]

I have actually never seen Fox News. But I do see that it's practically against the law to say anything good about God or Christianity in public. Your response and the other response I got show this. I'm not sure where you see Christian influence on everything. If a store puts up a Christmas tree as decoration, people get offended because the word "Christ" is in Christmas tree. Employees are banned from wishing someone a Merry Christmas, instead they must say Happy Holidays. A friend ended the message on her work answering machine with "God bless," and her boss told her to remove it. Schools used to have Christmas Concerts with carols, now they have "Winter Concerts" with songs like "Grandma got run over by a reindeer." The USA is increasingly secular. Where do you see Christian influence? In abortion? Gay marriage? The banning of the use of Jesus' name on the National Day of Prayer? Now I'll wait for the vicious attacks on this post, which will further prove my point.

[@mrjack4808]

Good to see Fannie Flagg clap her hands to this song.

[@roseannfox7871]

Men had permanents then.

[@beckydutra6543]

Brett looks so pretty.

[@laurenewittmer2511]

Her hairdo is PRETTY! 🤩

[@garfield2439]

😝🤢🤮

[@UberLummox]

Cary Hunt? (hardyhar)

[@3markle]

Standing on your toes to plant a seed is a hilarious absurdist joke. Host is too banal to appreciate it.

[@Tre404]

...and contestant was too dumb to know she was banal.

[@UberLummox]

@@Tre404 Yup!

[@eddieafterburner]

That it is, although as sweet as she was, I seriously doubt the depths of her intellect and humor were such that she consciously and intentionally composed her response as a sophisticated joke.

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Gene, never afraid to show his ignorance, tho this time I believe that he had no clue

[@eddieafterburner]

19:55 Avery claps on 1 and 3 🤦‍♂️ #WhitePeopleClapping

[@antster1983]

Avery (who bears some resemblance to Captain Lou Albania) hardly ever matched with anyone. And they have a pop at Scoey Mitchlll and Patti Deutsch!

[@Tre404]

That would be Lou ALBANO!

[@ts.elliot5870]

​@@Tre404That's Captain Lou Sir! Lots of good memories of him being cray cray.

[@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