Tattletales - Gene Rayburn Hosts (Dec 9, 1975)

[@dstott84]

1975. Year I graduated high school. Forty-two years later, I still love watching these "oldie" game shows.

[@kathygermack1990]

Me too!!!

[@cindyrafn3438]

Me too

[@theastewart6721]

Me too!

[@alisontopalian8592]

I graduated in 76. Watched this and match game all the time

[@cindynewman902]

I graduated in 1975 also. Scarborough, Ontario, 🇨🇦

[@jackiwheeler6963]

I love these old shows. Thank you!!!!

[@MamaofaWrestler]

It's so cute how Elaine adores Bobby❤!

[@user-vo5kv9qi6k]

Elaine said she was so in love w him. Later Married Neil Simon. God's Blessings 🙏

[@AlbieGray]

Gene Rayburn was HILARIOUS! There was NOTHING that guy couldn't do! RIP Gene Rayburn, you are making heaven LAUGH up there. And Heaven is having a GRAND OLD TIME! :D

[@kristabrewer9363]

UM ok

[@suzanne9622]

The network made a huge mistake firing Gene from the nineties updated Match Game due to his age being revealed on ET. Nobody they used could ever come anywhere even close to filling his shoes.

[@lissalives1]

Bobby Van died from brain cancer. I’m sorry, but in this modern world, no one should be dying from any type of cancer. Bert Convey would also die from the same thing 11 years later. 💔

[@zipdrive]

I agree 100%. I firmly believe that most of these "foundations" are fronts to take in untaxed dollars and basically pays mortgages and cars and vacations for the high end doctors and probably worse.. administrators. It's my opinion that their motos are...suck them dry before they die.

[@ajk]

That's exactly it. It's why you'll never see a "cure", too much money in the treating of as is for one and charities for two. Not sure this is the place for that discussion though, but it's what I've long believed.

[@shadfour]

Bobby Van grew up in the Bronx. His real name was Robert Stein. At a Friday night dance held at Hunter College which was located in the Bronx. This was in the 1950’s. His friends asked Bobby to dance. He was amazing. We cheered him on & wished him a success. Lost Bobby to soon

[@helanesolomon1724]

Harriet Guralnick He was an amazing dancer and man. Elaine Joyce was interviewed in the 1990s and she called Bobby the love of her life. My heart went out to her. They knew each other so well.

[@emilyhayek1132]

Bobby and Elaine were a gorgeous couple and fun and so entertaining. Clearly so much love there. So very sad he passed so young. So sad and difficult for Elaine. Hope she found happiness with Neil Simon, her third husband. She seemed happy when pictures of the couple were published. Sure hope she had some happiness with him. She deserved some happiness after being a widow ads young

[@rishibeauty8889]

these were way before my time, but I love watching old reruns of Gene Rayburn. He is the best game show host ever!!

[@mary-annemueller9885]

One of the best.

[@patriciacercone2226]

@@mary-annemueller9885 Convy and Trebek were the best for me.

[@brookehanley3659]

You cannot deny Gene's talent as a host.

[@benhallums3230]

RIP GENE WOOD, MARK GOODSON, BILL TODMAN, DOROTHY JO GIDEON BARKER, BOBBY VAN, BERT CONVY, GENE RAYBURN (The Star of MATCH GAME 75 "1975"), IRA SKUTCH, FRANK WAYNE, PAUL ALTER, THEODORE COOPER, etc.

[@janeporter818]

Amen to that!!

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I think he was really good for Tattletales because you had to have a certain way to do the show.

[@LionofthetribeofJudah650]

Facts! Gene was naturally funny

[@brookehanley3659]

Gene was a natural fit for the show

[@frankp3]

Gene was a true professional who could fill in on ANY game show!

[@markschildberg1667]

True but he was totally in his element on the CBS version of Match Game. It really brought out the comedian in him.

[@debraroufs5535]

Totally love this show, it would be fun to try again 🥰🕊

[@RolandTaylorJr]

Anne Convy's and Dorothy Jo Barker's responses to the second question are my all-time favorites

[@rons5128]

Ann Convy’s answer and follow-up answer about what she kiddingly wanted burning in the house are best game show replies of all time.

[@MamaofaWrestler]

@rons1528 I totally agree!!!

[@37vivian]

And then Elaine yells out that she should have said the same. 😂

[@HelenaHandbasket-qj8hx]

Dorothy Jo had a good one, too.

[@bufnyfan1]

sadly Dorothy Jo passed away from lung cancer and Bobby Van and Bert Convy both died of brain tumors

[@retroguyretail1976]

and bob is the only one still around at almost 97 next week

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Bobby and Elaine was such a cute couple.

[@bettycogswell9851]

@@retroguyretail1976 Elaine Joyce is still alive..

[@georgemaster9952]

Was there anything Mr.Rayburn COULDN'T do? He hosted this show so flawlessly! Talk about multitasking!!

[@pattiecake11]

True, he's the best in the business, and a nice person too!

[@EightCrosstown]

Gene said it at 0:43 literally: "The reason why I am going first is that I'm the best". He couldn't have said it any better, haha!

[@LynxSouth]

@ZoneFighter1 No matter who else is the host, Bert Convy never gives an answer and shuts up, he just keeps talking. Convy did the same to Richard Dawson. I think it's like how doctors make the worst patients, Convy makes an unruly player on his own show.

[@cristywyndham-shaw5111]

​@@LynxSouthAgree, he was annoying.

[@maristella287]

Very was very cute as a player on his own show. I wanted to hear the story. He was fun.

[@norelcopc2431]

Dorothy Jo once said that she and Bob had something in common. She said "I love Bob Barker and Bob Barker loves Bob Barker."

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

that makes perfect sense if you are a game show host.

[@kaylegirvin184]

he cheated every chance he go,_ he. got ALMOST DIVORCED, & MARRIED HIS BLONDE MODEL FROM THE PRICE iS RIGHT ... BOB BARKER . HE HAD A SUSPICIOUS FEELING, SHE WAS CHEATING ON HUM, WHICH SHE WASN'T... ( GOSH! IMAGINE that! How dare her! ) Lmao::SO HE DUMPED HER & SHE SUED HIM; BECAUSE HED PROMISED TO MARRY HER. SHE LOST. IT WAS AWFUL FOR THAT GIRL!

[@kaylegirvin184]

@@aldredmique I got a new phone. Those who know me know my keyboard only would function on Caps; (I wasn't mad). Anyhow, I wished I'd "NOT" had told what ALL I know. Better to NOT say anything at all. Its sadly true though. I'm SO glad he never divorced his wife for Diane I do believe the platinum blonde was; for his Love of his life; his "Beloved Wife". She was SO good to him. So Alfred Mique; I'm going to keep it quiet & let dead dog lay about where there laid. The outcome stayed status Quo. He'd of NEVER left his wife. She was a GOOD Woman. It was a well known fact. He admitted wrong doing. Tabloids back in the mid 1980's took this fact & blew up the magazines. His wife was such a good lady; Dorothy Jo kept a stiff upper lip. She "knew" he was going "NOWHERE "; & he knew it too. He was so into himself anyways; & he knew no other would be able to understand him loving himself as much as he did..me admitted this too; & Dorothy Jo put him high up on a pedestal like a trophy. She was Very Much "In Love" with her Husband. "Diane" FINALLY figured it out too. No doubt she's Happily moved on... Have a good day.

[@suzanne9622]

Wow, poor Dorothy Jo. Why did she stay in such an unhappy marriage. And all the time I thought they had something special... Sad.

[@rhonda7480]

@@kaylegirvin184 I really think you have mixed up some information here. While no one can attest to knowing all the facts about another's marriage, Bob and Dorothy Jo had a great marriage. Bob did not get involved with Dian until the 1980s, several years after Dorothy Jo passed from lung cancer in 1981. Dian was known to date older, rich men including Carol Burtnett's ex husband Joe Hamiliton. Her family cut off contact with her years ago for her lifestyle choices. She was burned when she got fired and decided to sue TPIR. I doubt Bob Barker was a perfect man but he loved Dorothy Jo and wore her family ring until the day he died.

[@rhonda7480]

I wish television executives knew and respected television history. These three guys are great examples of what a good game show host should be: funny, quick witted, experienced in show business or broadcasting, HUMBLE, and smart. Today, they hire any "personality," and it is just awful. A host is a very important component and shouldn't be handed to just anyone.

[@Paul71H]

10:14 - One of the funniest Tattletales answers ever! (But Dorothy Jo's answer at 12:14 was good too.)

[@MarkLipka]

*I love Gene's youthful silliness! He is definitely one of the best game show hosts ever!* *It's probably a tie between him & Bob Eubanks.* 😄

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Bert was so good as a host and a player on this game show.

[@CarolynLouise99]

Gene Rayburn is The Best!!

[@pamhowden8161]

I agree with that statement!

[@patriciacercone2226]

@@pamhowden8161Good sometimes, annoying other times. I think Bert Convy was better.😊

[@christopherangel6690]

Just goes to show you that all these hosts could do anything and not miss a cue

[@susieuramoto7491]

This episode is brilliant! Thanks for posting.

[@povertyspec9651]

This show was awesome!

[@Marckymarc71]

Sad and ironic--both Bobby Van and Bert Convey died in their 50s from brain cancer :(

[@benhallums3230]

Bert Convy Died in 1991 & Bobby Van in 1980 and leaving both Mrs. Anne Convy & Miss Elaine Joyce as widows and no more Miss Joyce Married 3 Times and now She's Married to Mr. Odd Couple Neil Simon and Mrs. Convy is still at home with an new life for herself.

[@cmcb09]

Ben Hallums Bert and Anne split up a couple years before he died, he fell for a pretty young thing. She refused to grant him a divorce until 5 months before he died, so he could be married to his new love when he passed away.

[@maristella287]

It has always been hard to fathom that Anne and Bert split before he died and he married someone. I can't imagine the drama and turmoil...

[@maryannlampe5622]

😞

[@maryannlampe5622]

​@@cmcb09That was nice of her, but sad at the same time. How long were Bert and Anne married?

[@Wizardof]

Nursing home in the 70s had this on everyday on Ch 2. It was quiet during those game shows and soapoppers.

[@lianelayman6584]

I still watch the show.

[@susanrice9439]

Another great host was the late Mr Allen Ludden the host of the original password and password plus because Allen Ludden seem to be a stannd up kind of guy.

[@ItsMeMissV369]

Betty White’s husband❤️

[@theastewart6721]

Agreed!

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I wonder if the fun and games KZbin channel has any of when Allen Ludden guest hosted this show.

[@JJJBRICE]

Gene Rayburn does this show with his Match Game style .

[@Melissa-uv8wg]

Love it 😂

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

This show aired the day after my 20th birthday.

[@lorraineb.4698]

Gene did such a great job hosting Tattletales. He could have easily done this show!

[@calalilygirl]

Gene did a great job at this episode.

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Why was Gene so uptight and getting short with Bert Convy?

[@dianedizayee2439]

Harpoon_Bakery Maybe because Bert is clearly the most handsome man in the room.However, Bobby is very cute and charming.

[@janethartwig774]

Gene was downright rude to Burt Convy, totally unacceptable behavior. What an obnoxious person.

[@earlegavin5931]

I liked Gene he was a great host. He did not check his ego at the door,nor was he happy with Dawson leaving match game he should of been happy for him.

[@elizabethramirezsierra3700]

R.I.P. Gene Rayburn

[@sandradomazet2042]

So cute ....all of them.❤️

[@m.e.d.7997]

Show has stood the test of time. Great watching 50 years later! Gene easily could have hosted this show. The Match Game twist made it even funnier

[@caesarfiorini]

WOULD ALWAYS WATCH WHEN GETTING HOME FROM HS

[@jamesklatt]

In 1976 nbc would put the gong show up against tattletales in the 4:30 pm time slot.

[@maristella287]

I never saw this show when It aired back then.

[@_WooWho]

I love Gene's entrance.

[@MamaofaWrestler]

Haha! Smoking allowed during the show! Bobby Van!

[@debbiem6406]

I thought Gene was particularly over-bearing and bossy (as Bert said) in this episode.

[@janethartwig774]

Personally, Gene usually seemed obnoxious to me. I didn’t much care for him on Match Game either.

[@robertsvorinich3732]

@@janethartwig774 I agree, real creepy with women

[@emilyhayek1132]

@@janethartwig774 he was a really good host BUT I thought at times on Matchgame he made fun if contestants answers and didn't need to as it looked very ungracious to audience and was embarrassing to contestants. He just needed to be less overbearing and more gracious as a host

[@bettycogswell9851]

I totally agree. Turned me off...

[@maristella287]

Yez, Gene was very bossy and wound up.

[@billgorman481]

At the height of Gene’s strengths!

[@vietpir]

It’s Rayburn’s version of Tattletales because it’s Tattletales Match Game style.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I thought it was good.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Bob Barker also guest hosted the show too.

[@jh6925]

Where is the episode that Bobby Van hosted

[@maristella287]

I doubt Bobby Can ever hosted Tattletales.

[@AlbieGray]

Gene Rayburn could have put a hilarious spin (pun intended) on Wheel of Fortune! his antics on Tattletales were evidence on this!

[@darrendoyle568]

I believe Elaine Joyce hosted a revival of The Dating Game in the late 80s

[@trecchannel4205]

D Fizzle She did for about a season. Then Jeff MacGregor took over.

[@mary-annemueller9885]

She didn't host.

[@darrendoyle568]

@@mary-annemueller9885 yes she did

[@darrendoyle568]

She did her closing phrase was See You next time and straight ahead

[@JJJBRICE]

I stand to be corrected if I am wrong . Bert Convy is the only game show host I have heard of who sometimes appeared on the show he hosted as a regular participant/ player .

[@mrwright7414]

Dorothy Jo is a hoot! Hilarious!

[@bluebear1985]

In addition to that, there was a show that was on with a kind of similar format in 1969 called "He Said, She Said". It was hosted by Joe Garagiola.

[@wesclay14]

There is a Tattletales with Bob Barker on KZbin somewhere.

[@ajk]

From a year later though. The one from this particular week isn't available that I know of.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

A few days ago I saw one.

[@1928gerry]

Gene sure ruined Tattletales by rushing everyone so fast; I much preferred Bert's slower approach.

[@janethartwig774]

Burt also never told anyone to shut up the way overbearing Gene did. Gene was such an egomaniac.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@janethartwig774 Say what you want, but this was one of the funniest episodes of the show!

[@shaywhite172]

What was on the late great Gene Rayburn's mind during the commercial break?, A Dumb Dora question or his Old Man Periwinkle routine from The Match Game '75.

[@thetalkingarchive4795]

Gene hosted the 1973 pilot of Tattletales, which was titled Celebrity Match Mates. There's only a picture of Gene on that set, but the episode hasn't been located. Hopefully, one day we will also get to see that.

[@pistolannie6500]

i agree... Gene was the best... My fav!

[@christophergaff2617]

Bob barker is always trying to upstage gene Rayburn

[@bettycogswell9851]

Gene was so bossy with Bert. He wouldn't even let him answer what he wanted..

[@janethartwig774]

Gene was basically a rude, obnoxious man.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I Thought Bert and Anne broke up before his death.

[@debbiem6406]

Yes. Bert was married to someone else for one year.

[@patriciacercone2226]

Actually, Bert was married the apparent gold-digger his daughter’s age just 5 months before his death. She had him dump Anne and try to keep their marital assets. Anne thwarted that plan until he begged to die with a young widow. It seems so out of his perceived character that one wonders if the brain tumor had changed his personality, values, character? He had certainly seemed obsessive about his age.

[@robmoir7524]

GENE RAYBURN was a great show host it would have also been cool to have GENE RAYBURN DO Nightmare THEATER NIGHTMARE

[@Madelow56]

BlueBear & Barney are both correct. The encyclopedia of Television Game Shows lists Tattletales as a reworking of Joe G.'s "He Said, She Said".

[@kristabrewer9363]

:( I don't understand why you wouldn't just upload these episodes in order. Many times, they skip for weeks, before another one comes up. I just now scrolled through and there was NONE for August and only ONE for September. I'm glad to see the episodes that ARE up here, but why post, for example, certain episodes in July, none in August, one in September and then I see some 1976 ones on here too. Instead of just posting random episodes, why not just post in order?

[@thechadmosher]

Just to drive you wild.

[@SueProv]

​@@thechadmosher Haha. Instead of thank you, you get complaints. Well a couple of years later....thank you. Watching these helps me relax if it's been stressful... it's just fun.

[@cristywyndham-shaw5111]

Jeez, Gene, s-l-o-w down! Why was he rushing through this like a maniac and rudely cutting people off? Very strange man. 😮

[@lorraineb.4698]

Loved him as Host!

[@nsm0220]

least Gene Rayburn can't damage this mic easily unlike his poor ecm 51 mic witch the mic had to go to a repair shop every week because Gene Rayburn had a habit to play his ecm 51 like a toy

[@ewalker3]

The fixed that by soddering gene’s mic so he couldn’t telescope it anymore. I’ve actually seen one of them myself some years ago when Barker was wanting to action off one of his old silver Sony mics - there were all in a box at tvc!

[@javiervelez5918]

Funny! But does the Star of Match Game host tattletales?

[@antster1983]

No, this was one of those "MC weeks" where Bert would host Monday and Friday's episodes, and the other episodes throughout the week would be hosted by another of the guest hosts, and Bert's then-wife would be there to play for those episodes. In this instance, Match Game's Gene Rayburn hosted the Tuesday episode, and the others were hosted by The Price is Right's Bob Barker and Show Offs' Bobby Van.

[@earlegavin5931]

Richard Dawson also hosted

[@erikbunty2016]

@@earlegavin5931 And Jack Narz, too.

[@hudsongraham2603]

There are almost no more good game show hosts except for Alex Trebek, Vanna White, Drew Carey, and Pat Sajak but the rest of the new game show hosts are just not fun because all of these old legend ones died now

[@erikbunty2016]

And now Alex Trebek is gone, too.

[@georgemaster4225]

@@erikbunty2016 All we have left are Peter Marshall, Chuck Woolery,Pat Sajak,Bob Barker,Wink Martindale, amongst others.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

They should of asked Dorothy Jo a question about what would she do if she found out her husband was schtupping the models on his show.

[@MichiganMan1985]

Love Gene, but he was a terrible MC on this one. Rushing and cutting off their stories. And Blank questions made hm look like a one trick pony. Maybe he really was god rest his soul?.

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Was sad to hear Bert died so young, he was a great host. Not a huge fan of Gene from what have seen of him.

[@Pkuall4life]

stupidgsa 9:30 PLEASE! You would love it.

[@suzanne9622]

Elaine saying she doesn't like Bobby's mouth in front of the whole world not really nice. Must have been embarrassing for Bobby who is such a nice guy. Surprised at that answer.

[@miss_midge_]

"The one w/the beautiful cats n dogs"? UMMMMMM.

[@paulcanaday-elliott9834]

Is Gene drunk? He’s just a little too loose.

[@Jennifernguyen643]

10:22 OMG! That’s pointless😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonilynnmichalski4249]

Memories

[@jenniferclark9842]

Well, Gene, the fire could have spread to the garage...

[@770WT]

Not a fan of Rayburn outside of Match Game . Every show he's on he acts obnoxious .

[@janethartwig774]

Could be because he WAS obnoxious.

[@CarolynLouise99]

Yea He Did! :)

[@MamaofaWrestler]

Bobby: I signed a girl's panties once, she was in them at the time.

[@juanitajones7169]

Gene Rayburn.

[@pamhowden8161]

Yah gene!

[@CraigBaker96837]

10:25 Ooh... Ouch... Gonna need some ice for that one.

[@money7373]

18:46 FINALLY!

[@bettycogswell9851]

Gene was to bossy hosting this...

[@janethartwig774]

Gene Rayburn was so rude and bossy as the host of this show always telling everyone to shut up. I really didn’t much care for him on Match Game either.

[@DavidVJones]

@janethartwig774 I fully agree. He has many fans, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion... But I thought he had a rather fragile ego, "It's MY show" and "I'm the star..." He was creepy with all the kissong and his "binaca spray" bit on MG... Rude and obnoxious, at times, sums it up nicely. Was he good, a majority of the time on MG, yes. Most people love him, yes. Could he be a real jerk, yes... this hosting of TTs just adds further proof of that. Oh well...

[@lifewithemilysyndromelivin9956]

"His mother"

[@SueProv]

No wonder why Burt begged for a divorce from her when he was dying so he could marry the woman he loved. She embarrassed him on national tv. Google it if you don't believe me.

[@lifewithemilysyndromelivin9956]

@@nothanks000 I don't have to Google it. I know about that.

[@DavidNelsonM]

Love Elaine

[@user-ed4fv9nd3b]

Bobby Van looks like Russell Crowe.

[@amandajstar]

Without the magnetism and voice.

[@kevinheard8364]

Yes, Gene sounded "obnoxious for a day"; but then Orson Bean comes off to me as just plain obnoxious.

[@calalilygirl]

Yeah Bert wasn't quite as goofy and silly.

[@tripjet999]

Shouldn't have allowed deadly tobacco-drug use on the show!

[@dorothyjohnson3728]

Gene doesn’t let Bert finish his answer, but he lets drunken Brett yap all she wants on match game.

[@deborahmccartney5694]

I thought Gene was so annoying in this particular episode! Ugh

[@scottlareva9820]

I can see why Bob harassed so many Barkers "beauties"...Dorothy Jo was a buzzkill.....

[@tonibenedict5751]

I thought Dorothy Jo was hilarious...ive seen her in other episodes too though

[@SueProv]

She was probably dying a slow death of lung cancer. One of the questions revealed on Tattletales said that the doctor told her to stop smoking. Also google their photos she was very pretty. She looked bad here.

[@falanajerido6939]

I know burt uncomfortable

[@falanajerido6939]

Burt