Guess I can try wayback machine again.
Also, no latchkey here, but definitely came home from school looking forward to that 3:30 Match Game '73, '74 etc.(xp)
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Thanks!
The Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour (1983-1984)
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Alec Baldwin is viciously owning the doofus contestants on this. Returning in the new year with more episodes apparently.
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Monday, 26 December 2016 04:30 (seven years ago) link
I watched some of the new ones, and must say the show loses something when the host/panel/contestants aren't drunk/stoned/blasted to the gills.
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 26 December 2016 06:21 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/T3VKnTH.jpg
― Wes Brodicus, Monday, 26 December 2016 11:17 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KtGmEo9.jpg
― Wes Brodicus, Monday, 26 December 2016 11:21 (seven years ago) link
https://68.media.tumblr.com/1912ea643bd83c44cba92cfd0e073ad4/tumblr_mywrvriFwn1s8watwo1_500.jpg
RIP Patti
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 July 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
She was the best. My dream Match Game panel always starts with Patti.
― Josefa, Saturday, 29 July 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
I saw your obituary post and looked up some images on Google--just can't remember her for some reason. A local station here plays old Match Game episodes. Whenever I stop for a couple of minutes I remember everybody, but not her.
― clemenza, Saturday, 29 July 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
Buzzr actually just was running a set of '75s she was on while pregnant. There's also an ep from '78 they show from time to time that features Rayburn making his entrance w/two small children--Gary Burghoff's daughter and the son Patti was pregnant with in those earlier episodes!
I was inspired to look up some Match Game stuff on wiki last night, and discovered that Joyce Bulifant (still alive, btw) is the biological grandmother of Jenny McCarthy's 'Autistic' son.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
Accidentally posted this elsewhere...that '78 episode w/the kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWi3K-Olmk
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
I was inspired to look up some Match Game stuff on wiki last night, and discovered that Joyce Bulifant (still alive, btw) is the biological grandmother of Jenny McCarthy's 'Autistic' son.― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, July 29, 2017 2:47 PM (seven hours ago)
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, July 29, 2017 2:47 PM (seven hours ago)
Edward Mallory was the grandfather. Joyce Bulifant & her then-husband Edward Mallory appeared as one of the celebrity couples on Tattletales in 1974; they were divorced the same year, which is probably a speed record.
Joyce Bulifant has an interesting marital history: in the 1960s she was married to James MacArthur ("Dan-O" on Hawaii Five-O); later she was married to Elizabeth "Bewitched" Montgomery's ex-husband. Later still she was married to Jo Anne Worley's ex-husband. Worley and her husband also appeared on Tattletales the same year Joyce Bulifant was on with her then-husband.
― Josefa, Sunday, 30 July 2017 02:30 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I was just looking up Joyce Bulifant today. Helen Hayes AND Jenny McCarthy as in-laws, that's bonkers.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 30 July 2017 04:08 (seven years ago) link
Just stopped on an episode with Denise DuBarry, who I have no recollection of whatsoever, here or anywhere else. Exceptionally beautiful, but so painful to watch--Rayburn starts off by saying it's a tradition on the show that new panelists get a kiss, she's sort of "Uh...okay," and he goes ahead and plants a real kiss on her. Then he tries to cover his tracks by kissing Dawson, another panelist, and a contestant.
Hanging my head in shame for my favourite decade.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
Buzzr's doing a rarities week starting tonight. RN they are running an ep of Choose Up Sides, a 50s game show for kids hosted by Rayburn and his cohost Mr. Mischief...
http://www.game-show-utopia.net/gene/cusmrmischief.jpg
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 01:12 (seven years ago) link
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
Interesting to see how the seating conforms to Josefa's taxonomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uskfXFKvdJk
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
The cast here is, in seated order: Bobby Van, Elaine Joyce, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Richard Dawson, and Nanette Fabray. Notice how Elaine Joyce is sitting in Brett Somer's canonical set and Nanette Fabray is sitting where Elaine might otherwise sit.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
Based on: Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020
upper left = comedianbottom left = eye candy (people like Lee Meriweather)bottom right = funny lady or kookbtw two misspellings in that screen shot - should be Nipsey and Fannie― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:15 (fifty minutes ago) linkand I misspelled Meriwether― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:18 (forty-eight minutes ago) link
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
Convenience link to: PO9: ILX HOLLYWOOD SQUARES!!!
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
They hadn't quite set the canonical seating in most of the Match Game '73s. Only Dawson was present at the beginning, with Somers and CNR joining as they went along, but they didn't become regulars till late in the season, or maybe in '74.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
x-posts That's an early episode from before the seating arrangement got solidified, with Elaine Joyce obv taking Brett Somers' rightful seat there.
To elaborate on my seating taxonomy -
top left: comedian or impressionist, hunky actor, not-very-bright actor, any actor from a new TV show, athlete, sometimes a "hip" dudetop middle: Brett Somerstop right: Charles Nelson Reillybottom left: eye candy, ingenue, not-very-bright actress, glamorous older starbottom middle: Dickie Dawson, later frequently Bill Daily or Bart Braverman, later still McLean Stevensonbottom right: funny lady, kook, oddball... having red hair a plus
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
Elaine Joyce being a looker was a natural for the bottom left, but since she was also a bit of a kook she could take the bottom right when needed
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
Scoey Mitchell is an example of a "hip" dude who would properly be in the top left seat
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
Neither I nor my mom--who was alive when it aired--had any knowledge of the original, serious version of Match Game til we watched Behind the Blank. It seems like a gag, a la "Homonym" in 30 Rock. Even the first dozen or so episodes of the rebooted version had very generic, overly broad unfun questions. "Mary was hungry and went to the store and bought blank" or whatever.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
Yeah those early episodes are odd to see... I said this upthread but oftentimes early on the questions would be of a leading type as if they were trying to entice the stars to say something risqué, but at first none of the stars would bite since they weren't sure what was allowed on daytime TV. Then one day Bert Convy says "boobs" and the floodgates are opened.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah and later on it was the reverse wasn't it? The setup sounded dirty with the "blank" in it but the "correct" answer was tame. "Daffy Dory was astounded by the size of the plumber's blank" but the logical answer would be wrench.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
right, and the best was when on occasion you would get a naive contestant who would "go there" and say something definitively out-of-bounds. I think eventually the contestants were pre-coached on what words to use for what, but being on the spot during the actual taping they would sometimes forget these guidelines
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
That elaborated seating taxonomy may be the greatest thing ever, Josefa. Wondering if a similar thing could be done for other game shows, although I'm not sure I would care nearly as much.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
I’d love to see a toxicology report on an average episode of Match Game 74. Mötley Crüe couldn’t handle the volume of drugs and alcohol in those bodies. pic.twitter.com/VIyYGEQUUq— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 20, 2021
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 01:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJHICKg2Mkg
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link
Gene Rayburn only came here to use a skinny microphone and kick some ass. Looks like he’s done talking. pic.twitter.com/Ea1bS0eI3n— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) December 1, 2021
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Get ready to match the stars!
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 05:45 (two years ago) link
Orson Bean!
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link
Brett Somers!
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 11:37 (two years ago) link
Charles Nelson Reilly!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 February 2022 16:14 (two years ago) link
Scoot Japson!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:32 (two years ago) link
Joyce DeBrille!
Debralee Scott!
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
Who is Joyce DeBrille?
― Josefa, Friday, 11 February 2022 18:43 (two years ago) link
Assuming those are joek names and Joyce DeBrille is a play on Joyce DeWitt.
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
Except Debralee Scott is real.
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:54 (two years ago) link
Couldn't tell you about Scoot Japson though.
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:55 (two years ago) link
Tonight's episode brought to you by the bottle of Southern Comfort under the table of RICHARD DAWSON!!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
xp Scoop Jackson I guess
― Josefa, Friday, 11 February 2022 18:57 (two years ago) link
I want Louisa Moritz in one of these fake people’s seat
― Josefa, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:00 (two years ago) link
I was going for more of a Scoey Mitchell homage. He's still alive! 91
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
So it seems that Scoey Mitchell was a bit actor, but his main claim to fame is being on Match Game? Could that be true?
― Josefa, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
I remember asking my mom who he was and she knew of him from things other than Match Game but yeah I guess he's like Charles and Brett and well basically all the regulars: C level celebrities prior and now best known for being on Match Game.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
My mom is just a trove of "who's that? What were they in?" knowledge. She got hooked for awhile on watching Tattletales on GSN too, interesting to see how some couples interact on that show given her knowledge of how their marriage turned out
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link