http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs14/brett76.jpg
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.citypages.com/canderson/images/charles.jpg
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4-fJne9ZO50/TB_fLhXA2MI/AAAAAAAAALI/wAfXfugR40g/s1600/dawsonmatch.jpg
http://www.infinitydish.com/tvblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/young-betty-white.jpg
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
"The world's DUMBEST advertising agency,they just hird Nipsy Russell to do a commercial for BLANK"
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/matchgame7382pm/match_game_photos/thumbnails/600x450/nipseyrussell79_1_.JPG
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
This morning I got a ride into work from some friends and we wound up trying to remember the name of the 70s game show that some other friends of ours used to get stoned and watch where everyone was basically always drunk and ridiculous all the time. Then, not 10 minutes after I got to work, someone posted about Match Game on FB and now you start this thread. I know he just died and all but it's still weird. Anyway, it ruled and so does your thread.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Check Betty out!
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m527a9FJ0y1qz6f9yo1_r3_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
omg
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/06/05/154287229/why-every-70s-game-show-must-bow-down-to-match-game
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
many eps on youtube
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CXofT.jpg angelfired from above
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AfgSX.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
2nd-best game show ever (Gong Show wins by a coke-filled nose)
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
amazingly, my parents let me watch this when I was 11 or 12. Or maybe it was Grandma, who didn't get half the allusions?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
R.I.P. Charles Nelson Reilly (1931-2007)
i only saw this when i was 'sick' as a child, but it was awesome -- gene rayburn's foot-long mike, cnr being fey, barely shaded references to things i didn't understand. dawson was always the best, tho -- i'm amazed that he was only 79 because he always seemed like the exhausted voice of epic experience
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/815/MG155PattiDeutsch10.jpg
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://ll-media.tmz.com/2008/04/18/0418_jack_klugman_brett_somers_austin_scarlett-1.jpg
. . . kenan?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TWbkN.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
This show seems ground zero for '70s appreciation for the people who weren't there at the time. I love it.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
How I appreciate decades I wasn't alive for:
40s: vague appreciation for the good guys winning WWII50s: "Tutti Frutti"60s: Mad About the 60s collection70s: Match Game80s: Bloom County
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/plGhx.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
fly in my suophttp://i.imgur.com/y3CUu.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7Bou2.png
Pat Moritahttp://i.imgur.com/eq2pe.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
silby will you play your fabulous part in the 2012 presidential election or not
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
Bill Murray is kind of a straight Charles Nelson Reilly.
http://askabartender.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/match-game-41.jpg?w=450
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
next few screencaps courtesy my sisterhttp://i.imgur.com/w3GJd.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5aBj8.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1LSgh.png
http://i.imgur.com/Jqtby.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/MHGOL.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:16 (eleven years ago) link
this suithttp://i.imgur.com/82eZO.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, June 6, 2012 1:05 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
do you mean voting or running or screencapping
Those triangles and circles were so enticing when I was 5 years old.
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HVEH9.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
ppl who have figured out how to livehttp://i.imgur.com/Njz75.png
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.whitewolfzone.com/images/joann/joannpflug5.jpg
The ever-alluring Jo Ann Pflug
― Josefa, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://img1.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/8/i/8ife4s5aixbmxims.jpg
Joyce Bulifant as Cleopatra
― Josefa, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
brett somers
http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs17/brettsomersA.jpg
― that's why ZOG controls the radio (brownie), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
p sure that's Vegas comic Jack Carter up there
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
and holy crow, he's still alive and working.
He can currently be seen in the Showtime series Shameless as Stan, the old racist bar owner.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
Who's the white guy with the 'fro? Peter Bonerz?
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
A contestant.
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
LOL the shade CNR shot Brett every time she made a none-too-veiled reference to his sexuality
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
I would watch this on GSN but 7:30 a.m. seems a little early to fire up the tv. I get a twinge of guilt just turning it on at 2:00 for Jeopardy.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, was also wondering about dude with the hair, my best guess was Marty Allen.
― I don't know what to read so I am reading it here (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
That plaid is first-degree Rayburn
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
I saw him once walking around one of the ponds in Central Park, the one near the Summerstage, near where Al Bundy/Ed O'Neill gave a briefing to Steve Martin in The Spanish Prisoner. He was dressed pretty much the same and had a smile frozen on his face. Only the wand mic was missing. I didn't say anything to him but now I would have.
― I don't know what to read so I am reading it here (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Should've offered to buy him a drink probably.
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 17:55 (eleven 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 01:13 (six 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 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJHICKg2Mkg
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 02:32 (two 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
I believe Scoey Mitchell was more of a Broadway actor who did a little TV and film on top of a ton of game shows.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
interesting to see how some couples interact on that show given her knowledge of how their marriage turned out
There's a wild week of Tattletales featuring Bob Crane and his widow who supposedly had him off'd.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:45 (two years ago) link
That’s why Tattletales is the darkest show that’s ever been on US TV. Imagine doing that show nowadays,
― Josefa, Saturday, 12 February 2022 01:03 (two years ago) link
Wow at this latest.Just found an image of Scoey Mitchell as a boxer with Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell looking on which, of course, was from an episode of That Girl.Also came to note that it doesn't seem Conny Van Dyke has been mentioned yet.
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 February 2022 21:11 (two years ago) link
RIP Scoey Mitchell (92)
― Josefa, Friday, 25 March 2022 03:47 (two years ago) link
RIP. May his memory be a BLANK.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 March 2022 03:51 (two years ago) link
Lol, didn’t know he was Jewish.
Real name was Scoey Mitchlll, which is not a typo believe it or not.
― Josefa, Friday, 25 March 2022 03:54 (two years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcThU56S7s7IC9hIquM8LJzTcjOJ1-Oy0uj0hg&usqp=CAU
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 March 2022 04:29 (two years ago) link