The Real Match Game Story: Behind the Blank

[@notconnorhiggins]

For those of you commenting regarding the poor quality of the video, my only response is: good luck finding a better version. I spent hours scouring the web looking for any trace of this documentary and this was the one and only version I was able to dig up. I wish it looked better too, but it's better to have a low-quality version online than to have no trace of it at all. It's honestly amazing that there's any surviving record of it. As best I can tell, it only had a *very* limited DVD release and was otherwise just aired by GSN a handful of times in and around 2006.

[@Milesco]

Nobody's blaming you -- they're just making the inevitable observations on an image quality issue that is so significant that it cannot be ignored.

[@MegCazalet]

Thank you for the work you do! Recording history is valuable.

[@chipper2462]

People have gotten spoiled by HDTV...This thing was probably uploaded using slow dsl internet...Instead of a nicer quality that might have taken hours,they opted for fast and not so great but watchable.....I enjoyed it...Thanks!!

[@Milesco]

@@chipper2462 : I haven't been spoiled by HDTV. I had a standard definition TV all my life, and still do. I'm used to it. But with all due respect, this isn't even standard definition (SDTV). It's more like AZDTV -- Almost Zero Definition! 😁 __________________ (But once again, I don't blame the uploader, and being that I'm a big Match Game fan, I'll gladly take whatever behind-the-scenes documentary coverage I can get! 😄)

[@MrVosslerAzelas]

I dunno it adds a bit of old school charm to it. I'm nearly 50 and watched this show when I was a kid. Memories my friend. That's what it's all about.

[@ritaalexander6036]

If anyone is complaining about the quality of the video, they are just wanting to complain. It's a great clip. You did a good job. Thanks

[@goldie862]

There's such a special place in my heart for this show. I would watch as a child, with my mother, when home sick from school. Two months ago, my 88 year old dad died and my 86 year old mom came from NJ to live with me in Florida. Now we watch the reruns together on Game Show Network. Circle of life I guess you could say ❤❤❤

[@mj6962]

Poor Gene. He was definitely THE BEST host/entertainer/emcee of all time. The multi-talents, energy, wit, spontaneity and overall joy he brought to the program MADE the show. There will never be anyone as good as he. Gene, you are truly appreciated, and greatly missed. I’m so glad he can live on through channels like this.

[@dewalt4594]

@Creeping Normality you didn't have to know them personally to know the things that them and they all did. In the late 80's there was a book written an it was said that Richard Dawson was said to be the most creepiest man on TV . Just because a handful of women didn't mind , there were hundreds that said they felt very uncomfortable. Three out of the four producers that worked with Dawson, said he was awful to work with an around. He was known to be very conceited and pout when things didn't go his way or he wasn't the center of attention. I can't remember what the name of that book was but I ended up finding it again years later when my mom passed away amongst all the things that she had and her room. I personally would rather watch all of the match games where Richard Dawson isn't in it but that's just my opinion

[@paulyricca3881]

👱🏻‍♀️U CRAZY , THE BEST HOST WAS BUDDY LESTER IN 1940 , 👱🏻‍♀️STOP HATING!

[@townhall05446]

@@dirtydragon9 Yes, we all saw how the women fought him off from getting a kiss. /sarcasm Settle down.

[@townhall05446]

@@dewalt4594 And I am sure all those women who felt uncomfortable were found by the author who was not trying to make a negative point in the first place. Tell me what was HER name and who is her 'wife'?

[@CookieCaspari]

Gene Rayburn was a joke

[@mbsthecomeup5396]

I'm 43 and just discovered this show due to my cable being cut off and using an antenna to pick up as many channels as I could get. My cables back on and I still watch this show! 🤣 Best double-entendres on TV in 2020 💯💯💯

[@elizabethgabber157]

Thank you for uploading this video. Of course it’s blurry, that was the only copy you could find and it’s very fascinating. I’m 75, but I have been watching Match Game now ever since I found BUZZRTV on the Internet and over the air/antenna tv. I love Richard Dawson. And I love Gene Rayburn and Brett And Charles.... and all the guests. I lived through those years without watching the show, I wasn’t home then, and now it’s taking me back to 1973-1995. I loved all of them. Thank you Jimmie Walker..... so many people. And Lynne Rayburn, I’m glad to see you and your dad, whom I adore. And I love Betty White. These shows are a big part of my life. Thanks again Mr Higgins for uploading this. Elizabeth Gabber, Salinas, CA

[@Cydonia2020]

One of the defining shows of my childhood. Gene, Brett, Charles and Richard-l will never forget you....or the laughs.

[@darrendonovan7230]

what a different world it was you would never see a condom ad or viagra back the in the 70s

[@charleswhite1630]

@@darrendonovan7230 no but the fasinationation with the boobs wad so ridiculous. Now the new match game Alex Baldwin is stupid, gross, tadtless, vulgar, and I'm not easily offended. Dumb questions.

[@rudy-dz5dh]

in mu opinion brett was a total idiot

[@tj921able]

Best comment here ⬆

[@jackiwheeler6963]

​@@tj921ableagree!!

[@keyman6689]

This show was one of those rarities that captured lightning in a bottle. It was magical and that's something you can't recreate, as all the failed attempts to revive it proved. It's also why a new generation of fans are discovering it decades later. Right people, right chemistry, right timing. Unfortunately nothing lasts forever, but it's great to look back and enjoy all over again!

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

3:30 p.m. was the perfect time slot as it caught everyone from housewives to students and anyone else who was able to watch. America's happy hour.

[@seanwalker7101]

Going through cancer…I have been binge watching match game and it has brought me so many great memories and mental relief. Thank you for posting this documentary, it has brought some joy my day. :)

[@jackiwheeler6963]

I hope this year 2024 has you doing well!

[@superlate97]

Anyone else watch Match Game 73-78 after school?

[@missmable6015]

Yep, I did.

[@nickhill8612]

@@missmable6015 So did I.

[@missmable6015]

@@nickhill8612 👌👍🙂

[@nickhill8612]

@@missmable6015 I guess I was the only one who liked match game Hollywood squares. I thought it was a great idea.

[@Kayleighpj2992]

I always do

[@Chiefsfan0213]

I was born in the 90s and I grew up watching the re-runs. Brett was always the reason I loved this show. Her and Charles where the best. Her reactions to helping people win in the super match are the most genuine. I would’ve loved to have had a conversation with her and get one of her hugs. Thank you for uploading this.

[@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687]

Thank you for this. Match Game was before my time but I found Brett and Match Game in 2020 and now Brett is my biggest hero in life I love her so much and she means the word to me. Thank you for seeing and loving Brett like I do which I wish more did. Brett is the reason I watch too and continue to watch in order. Brett's reactions are always genuine she loved helping the contestants win and her face is beaming whenever it's a match and it's the cutest thing ever. I often dream of getting a hug from Brett and talking to her too. I call them Brett hugs now because they are so warm and so real that one hug from Brett would make all my worries disappear. I wish I could sit down with Brett and talk to her too. The relationship/friendship with Brett and Charles will never be done again on a game show. What they said to each other was all in fun banter, they loved each other and were best friends. Only Charles can make Brett laugh like that and it's the cutest thing ever. I have also noticed only Brett and Charles give each other little kisses and hugs after their playful banter and Charles only kisses Brett and it's the cutest thing ever. A friendship like Brett and Charles will never be done again. To the people who hate on Brett and Charles and think what Charles says to Brett is real they don't deserve to watch Match Game and I feel so sorry for them because they are missing out on a magical friendship. Brett and Charles are the best and the heart and soul of Match Game and always will be.

[@townhall05446]

No, her wasn't the best.

[@billbill5326]

I greatly appreciate all the effort you put into bringing us this video. Match Game is and always will be my favorite game show. ❤

[@micheall1127]

You'll never be able to find this chemistry again

[@maryrobison1984]

My husband and I watch this show every evening! We love it!!! Love Gene Rayburn, Brett and Charles Nelson Riley 😊

[@wendycarroll9813]

I was a contestant in 1976 and yes, I chose Richard!

[@Dan-nt2yb]

wendy carroll ....wow!....do you have a tape of it for yourself? That’s awesome my friend👍🏾 Dan Victoria Canada

[@rossboss5072]

but did u kiss Richard?!

[@Helo_rides_for_commies]

Everyone chose Richard.

[@user-om9fw4ce4e]

Thats incredible Wendy. Did you win much money?

[@lucabrazi3067]

wendy carroll I thought you looked familiar

[@bryantmoore204]

Television in the 70s period will go down as arguably the greatest decade for tv. It made stars. It gave old stars a second life. Innuendo was kings which led to spontaneity and cheekiness.

[@georgemaster689]

Too bad I didn't record this! I wished I did.

[@StinkySobaccos]

Match game is STILL one of my favorite shows on GSM. What a great group of personalities!

[@victorkreitner754]

My mom is 86 years old. She still watches Match Game every afternoon on GSN. I need to show her this video.

[@deanrane1961]

Watching Match Game as a kid in the 70's, I really didn't get most of the jokes & innuendos, but the fact that everyone was having such a fun time in that party atmosphere made it one of my favorite shows. Not only has it held up after all these decades later, it's way more entertaining than most of the crap on daytime tv now.

[@elizabethbrauer1118]

Grew up with Match Game, in my teens, and watch it on YT still. Gene was one of a kind. I loved his goofiness, his devilish smile, and his high energy. Seems like everyone loved him, with the possible exception of Richard. Gene also reminds us that when we retire, we should get out and enjoy life as much as possible.

[@QueenAlexis556]

Yes I've heard that Richard & Gene didn't care much for one another. I wonder why that was?

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

@@QueenAlexis556 I heard just the opposite. Dawson was always eyeing Gene up & down & even invited him over for lasagna dinners.

[@ArnoldwilliamDow]

I was born in 68 and this was my favorite show as a kid. I still love it till this day there will never be another even close.

[@cowapocalypse75]

RIP my fave panelist "Miss Weird" Patti Deutch. Always delivered brilliantly in that tough 6th cleanup position. A true comedy genius and a true delight.

[@nanajanamike]

Loved Patti...& her husband Donald on"Tattletales".

@@nanajanamike they were very good on tattletales, you are right about that

[@toasteee252]

She and betty gave some of the best answers...as well as fannie

[@mattmiklos5360]

I am 57 in a month, I couldn't wait for this show..Gene with all of these greats..COULD NEVER FAIL!!

[@dannyboy7777777]

It was my favorite show then and still today. My wife and I just love the show. So happy there are stations that still play it.

[@christianhafer9819]

I watch this show every day on Buzzr. Love Match Game.

[@davidstanden480]

I grew up with this show. It breaks my heart that most of these people are no longer with us.

[@richard41783]

Unfortunately, it's called 'getting older'.

[@jas22]

i know! i love it on Buzzr... but at least its preserved, on quality recordings, compared to, say the Honeymooners, which is visually terrible (but i like the show anyway!).

[@jas22]

@Joseph LaFrance wow - i do remember her. she did Password, too. oh, that's sad.

[@warrenny]

Breaks your heart? I don't get it.....did you expect they will never die? It's not a tragedy, it is just life.

[@Repunza]

@@warrenny Dude go F yourself

[@beers1968]

The show without it's host Gene Rayburn and its original celebritie's will never take off. There was a different chemistry between the host and celebrities that they will never find in 2019. As many times they tried to redo Match Game, it never went anywhere. I love Match Game and still watching it in 2019 re-runs of the 60's, 70's, 80's. No one could Ever Take Gene Rayburn's Place.... ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidferro3976]

"No one could Ever Take Gene Rayburn's Place.... " Especially the talentless, unfunny Alec Baldwin.

[@mra57]

I don't watch much new TV or movies so I didn't recognize any of the panelists on the A.B. reboot.

[@Kayleighpj2992]

I love that game show too

[@dhhaysitejera3822]

In 1973, I was only 10 years old and I remember watching it with my sister. We both loved but loved this show. We enjoyed it so much because how crazy and funny Gene Rayburn was and the rest of the stars of the 70’s. I have never seen this documentary and just found out about things that I didn’t know. Thank you so much. I didn’t care about the quality of the video at all. This brought me so much memories of our childhood. We, my sister and I, still look at the reruns and call each other up to talk about it. ❤️❤️❤️

[@jeffreygonzales8393]

Great Show ... I loved watching Fannie Flagg . Today i watch re-runs of Match Game on Pluto's Buzzer just to see Fannie Flagg 💋

[@jthoen61]

I remember watching The Match Game when I was a kid. I loved Gene Rayburn. There's no other host like him. You can try to create a new Match Game, but it's not the same. The chemistry everyone had on the original, you can't duplicate that and shouldn't even try.

[@mikeklimczak9600]

I watched Match Game 73-78 back in college and still watch it today. Timeless fun!

[@ComedicPause]

I'm 28, and I've always loved game shows. I caught a few episodes on GSN one day, and I instantly fell in love with the jokes and the camaraderie. It was a very comforting and fun watch; none of the personalities felt fake. They don't make stuff like this anymore. Everything else made today feels fake and overly produced in comparison.

[@massapower]

Gene Rayburn's anniversary passing is coming up on Nov 29th, 2019 ( 20 years to the date )

[@cliffordscharff8536]

I always remember the date of Gene Rayburn's passing which was exactly six months after my dad passed in 1999.

[@JeffBoen]

I'll always remember it because it's my birthday. Loved the show so much after school as a kid. Thanks for the great times Gene, Richard, Brett (Susan), Marcia and Charles. :)

[@hankaustin7091]

God rest his beloved soul.

[@66kprdwd]

Gene lived not too far away from where I live on Cape Cod. He was cremated and his ashes scattered in his daughter's garden. His daughter has said that the last 10 or so year of his life, Gene was still upset about Match Game being canceled. Sad.

[@LlyleHunter]

I saw Gene Rayburn in a very exclusive show store at the Quincy Markets in Boston Massachusetts in the summer of 1978. I’m 6’2 but couldn’t get over how tall he was and his shoes must have cost $1500.00 even then not to mention that the suit that he was wearing had to cost a few thousand. He was quite impressive just because you had to notice him but he was also very poised and gracious.

[@toddowen7099]

Greatest game show I ever watched!! Still my favorite! Thank You Gene Rayburn and all the people that were on the show!!

[@jacobsnana98]

I still watch The Match Game every weekday morning from 8-10. If I can't watch it, I record it. My all time favorite game show

[@edsmith6504]

I smiled through the whole video, and I'm still smiling.

[@missmable6015]

Me too🙂

[@jackiwheeler6963]

I've watched it several times! 😢😢😊

[@madmadhatter]

Thank you! I was OBSESSED with watching Match Game last year and could not find this special no matter how hard I tried.

[@scottburton9701]

A certifiable classic-RIP Gene Rayburn,Brett Somers,Charles Nelson Reilly,& Richard Dawson.

[@zekest]

watch this show every week

[@barrylonyai1530]

@@zekest i was watching it when i was very very ill and going thru cancer in the hospital during the early A.M. hours when i could not sleep and i would laugh so hard and so much .and i still watch it @ home today in 2019 i grew up in the 1970s there were many many many great great old and young actors and actresses and host and comedians and they all were very very funny . and many many other great great game shows from the 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s today game shows just stink !

[@barrylonyai1530]

Buzzer network is the best network for all of are past game shows i watch it all of the time with my wife and are parents and we all love it . that was real true T.V. not like today . T.V.

[@cindywinter504]

....and Debra Lee, Marcia Wallace, Patty Duke, Patty Duechs, Bill Cullen and so many more.

[@barrylonyai1530]

@@cindywinter504 betty white is still alive and kicking and she has had a great great long long career and many many guess appearances on game shows with her husband when he was a live and they were a great and a great couple . she must be doing some thing right and correct living a good long life .

[@Redmenace96]

pure gold. Glad I found this on YT. Charles would tease Brett Somers? Probably said, "I smell fish" every once in a while? AND Brett Somers loved it and laughed!! Now that is tolerance and the root of comedy, and pure gold. 9/10ths of the young people today would find both celebrities intolerable. I loved it.

[@markdanielczyk944]

I loved Match Game as a kid, I still love it now! Cannot think of a better cast than Gene, Brett, Charles, Richard, Betty and the others. Funny as hell, and still stands the test of time!

[@TheGameFreak000]

Match Game was before my time, but GSN introduced it to me years ago. I came to love it, and Charles Nelson Reilly is a legend.

[@dr.alexander7039]

I was born in the late 90s and I LOVED this show. I always for some reason gravitated to pop culture that my parents and grandparents were exposed to (The Honeymooners, Sinatra, Flinstones, Andy Griffith, The Price is Right, Match Game, Family Feud, Sanford & Son)

[@maxhubmann1696]

I’m 16 years old and I’m in the same boat as you!

[@usnatv2007]

​@@maxhubmann1696I'm 17 and right behind you.

[@Jeff-zx6st]

Wonderful video. I'm a child of the '60's and '70's and I really miss watching that show. But most of all, I miss Gene Rayburn.

[@ashtonmerritt5232]

Hello There if you have cable you can still watch it on buzzer

[@NoviJimB]

I started watching Match Game in 1973, when I was in junior high. I liked it a lot back then, but like it even more now, here in 2022. Much of it was over my head back then, and it's that much better as an adult. Now I REALLY get it! Best game show ever, best panel ever, and best host ever. Like so many things in entertainment, whether it's TV, movies music, whatever, it was a combination of the 'artists' and the times. I've been watching reruns for the last few years, and will continue to as long as it stays on. Thanks Mark Goodson, Gene, Brett, Charles, Richard and all the others who made that show what it was and still is - simply the best.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

I've been discovering these shows over the last year. Working my way through them. I was 13 back in 73 and probably over my head if we even saw it. Loving it now.

[@jmysterio100]

I watch the reruns usually and have fallen into the weird and possibly creepy habit of looking up who is still alive. Not surprisingly I'd say 95% of them are no longer with us. Some shows everyone on the panel (and of course Gene Rayburn) are gone. It's somewhat sad...you see them back then, 40-50 years ago, full of life and having fun then you realize they're long gone. I wish I could go back to that decade, I hate the way the world is today. Everyone seems mean.

[@Mornblade]

Death is definitely depressing.

[@jasonphillips8032]

50 years ago the same stuff was happening that’s happening today. Presidents shot, civil leaders murdered, war, poverty. Nothing has changed except 24 hour news cycle.

[@jeanthibodeau8686]

Jay, I do the same thing. I was a child in the '70's and watched after school so I love jumping right back into these shows on U tube. I look em up to figure out how old they were there and to kind of keep a part of them alive if that makes any since.

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

@@jasonphillips8032 There's always been strife in the world but today it's different. It's gotten downright nasty. I was born in '58 so 70s were my teens and 20's. You could be friends with someone on the polar opposite end of you politically. Left didn't mean socialist globalists that would tolerate no other point of view than their own. Right didn't mean blaming single mothers and groups of people for everything and saying women shouldn't have been given the right to vote. I've always been Centrist - agreeing with the Right on some things, the Left on some things but most often seeing a fair compromise in the middle. I've spent most of my adult life going middle road, people, middle road and no one hated me for it. Now, if I don't agree with everything on the Left - and Left and Right have both become too extreme - I'm labelled a far Right bigot even as I call the actual far-Right out on their antisemitism and how utterly stupid it is to believe a tiny minority controls the world. Because I dare love this country and capitalism and appreciate all both have given me, I'm automatically labelled right-wing conservative. I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination. I just appreciate what I have and don't resent the rich because I realize I wouldn't have it without their zeal for creating that socialism stifles. OP is right. Right or Left - everyone's just gotten so d*mn mean.

[@daviddoyle543]

I do the same thing. Also when watching Johnny Carson.

[@dietz7229]

Its been almost 20 years ago that the great Gene Rayburn passed away. He was the king. Long live the king.

[@1dbanner]

I watched re runs of Match Game in high school during the late 90s, and it was heaven. There have been so many attempts to revive it but the original cannot be topped.

[@spaceviking4966]

Great show. I still watch it today.

[@Milesco]

So do I!

[@duro66cher]

I still watch it every chance I get. Still as funny now as it was then.

[@Stratman78]

When "The Howard Stern Show" (WWOR-TV 1990-'92) did a parody of 'The Hollywood Squares' called 'The Homeless Howiewood Squares', Gene Rayburn was one of the panelists along with Jaye P. Morgan & a few other "unusual" panelists. Howard Stern not only gave ample time to Rayburn, but couldn't believe he wasn't hosting a game show. That episode was first broadcasted on February 22, 1992 (Season 3, Episode 7).

[@HipsterDoofus100]

Back when stern was actually entertaining

[@missmable6015]

I love Match Game, I still watch Reruns of it.❤️

[@catherinecolby7369]

Thanx sooo much for posting this I have also been searching. Loved Gene Rayburn in the 70s, watch him now on Buzzr every morning

[@garyfricke7618]

At 66, I watch the reruns with a SMILE ON MY FACE, AND A TEAR IN MY EYE.....

[@lorindamartinez4337]

That was the greatest show I still watch it today just love all of them

[@matthewdouglas3567]

I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that game show!!!! The stars were just so great!!!!

[@karenmallonee3867]

Wow, Match Game began when I was only a week old, New Years Eve of 1962. I watched it faithfully Everytime I spent time with my Grandma...we loved it! Now I am watching it all over again at the age of 57 on my phone. I haven't been able to afford cable so I can't watch TV, but oh how I love KZbin!!! I sure have a new respect & love for Gene, Richard & Charles...I miss them so much!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful tribute to Match Game!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@gailtrotman5256]

Gene was the best Emcee and can never be replaced.

[@pencils812]

I wonder if Brett was serious when she said they were happy to see Richard leave, and that they were happy when he didn't match.

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

I’m sure she was serious. She was so nasty 🤮 w/her remarks & jealous of anyone who got a second more attention than her.

[@SymbolOfPeace8]

Our generation lost out on having these lovely and impactful people on our screens. Gene Rayburn along side Ray Combs will live on forever in syndication in our hearts forever ❤️

[@markhealey3660]

Match Game won’t work like a well oiled machine without the original four! Classy, irreverent, intelligent, funny, and most of all, brilliant!

[@myronbedner5163]

I know they got the new one out with Alec Baldwin as host and he's not a Gene Rayburn.

[@williamhaynes7089]

@@myronbedner5163 - watched 1 episode and that was all I could take of that

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

A thing for its time....priceless

[@crazeenydriver]

I used to watch this as a kid after school in the 70s and loved it

[@lorimiller4301]

Ditto ☺

[@missladwig5308]

Did you get to meet Gene Rayburn?

[@mikes3827]

Same! There was something SO comforting about coming home from school, sitting on the couch with mom and my sister, and watching Match Game. I liked Gene, but didn't REALLY appreciate how important he was to the show's success until years later. The chemistry and interaction Gene had with the celebrities would have been difficult to pull off with another host.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

yes it was this and then the newlywed Game.. 1980 through 1984

[@tats5880]

My parents both work, and my older sister would be watching this. And I would have to argue that I wanted to watch Mike Douglas's because John Lennon was guest or someone else who I wanted to see. She won a lot of the times because my mother would be on her side, but I did get to watch Lennon..

[@redkos]

As a little boy, I never missed the original Match Game for 2 reasons. One was the theme song, "Swingin Safari" & the other was Gene Rayburn. When I was in grade school, Match Game came back & even better than before. I still had two reasons I watched Match Game. The first was Gene Rayburn, & the next was the hilarious Brett Somers. Thank God we have reruns today!

[@Precept53]

This was a great find! Thanks for posting, I throughly enjoyed watching this!

[@john.m.shukites]

I grew up on Sylvester Ave just blocks from where Gene spent his childhood years in a Christopher, IL. As a child I wanted to establish contact with Gene but sadly he died before I could do that. As a kid from Christopher, seeing Gene get recognized for his contributions to television makes me proud to be kid that grew up down the street from Gene nearly a century after the fact.

[@Jeff98177]

Watching Match Game was like being invited to your parents' cocktail party. There were jokes and innuendos that went right over the head of little me, but for the most part, it was a blast to watch.

[@townhall05446]

Hollywood Squares was like that too, only much better - the jokes on HS usually went well beyong saying 'boobs'. Nothing was off limits. Now everyone can't wait to find a reason to wet their pants over something said even in jest.

[@1Cheytown]

I first got introduced this watching GSN while my grandmother was in the hospital (essentially dying- a 5 foot nothing 90 lb 83 year old has no business undergoing a bypass surgery) and I fell I love with it. That regular trio of panelist and Gene were GOLD

[@1Cheytown]

Cinnamon Glow Yes and no...while she got out of the hospital, she went straight into a rehab center and died there a couple of months later.

[@RobinHood-1961]

My favorite game show growing up. I used to run home from school to watch the show. There will never be any game show to compare to Match Game. I make sure I watch the reruns. I miss this show and all the guests.

[@hardlines4]

One of the greatest game shows ever

[@stephaniebibb9102]

Match Game was my favorite game show, I used to watch it with my grandma when I was on summer vacation in the mid 70's. I was too young to understand most of the jokes, but grandma was laughing hard! TV of today can never match the shows back then!

[@QueenAlexis556]

I too watched it with my grandparents. The episodes from 1974 & 75 were the best in my opinion ☺️

[@johnalang]

Thanks for bringing this back

[@larrywt656]

I'm actually old enough to (barely) remember the original 60s version, but the 70s version was and still is my favorite game show of all time. Coming home after school and heading straight to the TV to catch it from the open.

[@alanhorowitz3796]

I was a kid in the '70s and it had never occurred to me that the seating order was deliberate. The leading male, the "dummy" seat, etc. But it really worked. And, yes, I do recall how most people did, in fact, choose to the one-on-one with Richard Dawson. He struck me as being very well read, well spoken and very intelligent.

[@nomadpi1]

In my life, nearing four score years, I've seldom watched television (being a movie buff) , but my mother used to watch Match Game and sometimes I sat and watched it. I consider it the best Game Show ever made. The panel was witty, facile, inspired and able to twist answers to be somewhat double entredes. Gene Rayburn was the perfect inspiration for the panel's twists of language.

[@nativevirginian8344]

I was a kid when this was on. In the summer we’d stay in the basement, playing barbie dolls and board games, and watching Match Game. Fun times and happy memories!

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

The timing, the celebrities, the questions, the jokes, the era....it was like a national all-age happy hour at 3:30 p.m. Such a perfect storm of pop culture that can never again be duplicated. It was as close to an internet as what we had then (except for ARPANet of course).

[@timtaylor2001]

Its better to watch Match Game on the Buzzr Network because they don't edit the show or speed up the tapes for commercial breaks.

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

Best is here on You Tube - entire channel dedicated to it: Match Game Productions.

[@georgemaster9271]

timtaylor2001 And at times they show fee plugs in between.The Born Blonde from MG73 is the most classic product of all.

[@georgemaster9271]

At least Buzzr doesn't crunch credits.At times ticket info is left in certain shows.Like going back to these shows heydays.

[@jb888888888]

I keep staying tuned to Buzzr because Johnny Olsen tells me that _Secret Storm_ is next, but it never shows up.

[@marydelossantos4468]

@@jb888888888 or Tattletales

[@matthewbaduria]

This is one of My Uncle Mike's all-time favorites, he likes all the crazy questions, and Richard Dawson. he was a huge Match Game fan.

[@scottb7946]

I still watch old re-runs of this show.

[@kd1163]

Show was great..loved Richard.

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

To anyone else missing this wonderful show because your cable company pulled the channel that reruns it, there's an KZbin channel called Match Game Productions that runs the episodes.

[@ghidrah76]

And you can watch it on Amazon!!

[@70sleftover]

I watch it for FREE over the air, no cable, on BUZZR (it's on a sub-channel of many over-the-air options we have where I live).

[@Wizardof]

Richard Dawson was "kicked upstairs" to his own show because he did so good. Early MG questions sound "feud-y".

[@markraymond3886]

What a great documentary. I hope, one day, a higher resolution version could be uploaded.

[@microdot153]

LOVE LOVE LOVE watching Match Game. I watch for hours every single day and am SO thrilled it is still on in reruns. I hope it continues to be offered forever.

[@NHseacoast]

Gene Rayburn commuted between Gloucester, Mass and Hollywood to film Match game in the 1970’s. He would do a week of filming then fly back.

[@pegjardin1954]

Wonderful!!! I enjoyed this video. The Match Game with Gene Rayburn is matchless!!!

[@cjack21276]

This wonderful documentary being narrated by Jamie Farr.

[@zimjun7]

Thank you! Didn't know it was him.

[@georgemaster9271]

Jamie Farr did good here.Betty White or even Bob Barker could have done this,too!

[@ronaldpeterson8162]

Sounds like Billy West impersonating Jamie Farr

[@jk9554]

now that you mention it - i thought that voice was somewhat familiar.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@ronaldpeterson8162 But, Ronald, it really is Jamie Farr (M*A*S*H) narrating THE REAL MATCH GAME 🎯 STORY: BEHIND THE BLANK which originally aired 💨 on GSN Sunday night 🌚, November 2️⃣6️⃣, 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣6️⃣, at 8️⃣ p.m. Eastern Time for an hour.

[@joeysnyder7532]

You can't replace Match Game 73-82 with any new Match Game reboots if you tried. Gene Rayburn was so brilliant and knew what it takes to host. You can't replace Gene Rayburn. You can replace Drew Carey though.

[@patriot428]

Best Game Show of all Time. Stars ✨ Money 💰 Comedy and Gene Rayburn. Thank You for the Amazing Memories

[@kiasax2]

I was a kid when this show was on and I laughed my rear off. Gene Rayburn was a fearless host.

[@kmclane12]

I loved this show!!! Blessings and Peace ❤️✝️

[@georgelayton2228]

There will never be another game show like Match Game in this lifetime I wish I could host a game show like Match Game

[@bradhamilton4405]

Sooooo many versions of Match Game over the years but I STILL think that the BEST version was being hosted by Gene Rayburn and announced by Johnny Olsen

[@timweatherill3738]

I loved this show and my mother and I would watch it religiously, any time I was home. Perhaps for that reason ~ and the memory of my mother's wonderful laugh, I cherish this program in my memory. It's just a game show, but it was, and Charles Nelson Reilly was right, a social engagement not only for the cast, but also for my mother and I.

[@eddieb7156]

I'm still watching MATCH GAME to this day, I wish they would air these old episodes n order, they keep skipping not just episodes but years also " MATCH GAME 70 SOMETHING 4EVER"

[@lindasaffles4189]

I loved Match hame then and o love it now. The best game show ever.

[@daleburrer1546]

Loved this game show as a kid and still do now.

[@laurenewittmer2511]

All I can say is WOW! 😳 Thank you for uploading this shocking, yet interesting, video! ❣ I've learned quite a bit! 😏

[@MarkMonforti]

This was great thanks for posting.

[@jackiwheeler6963]

Ive watched this several times and i still love it. Thank you!!

[@jodib4445]

I love Gene Rayburn!!

[@ladylestranj]

Absolutely LOVED this show, glad I got to experience it. Beat the Clock and The Liars Club were fabulous too.