God bless all these folks and thanks for the laughs. I watched this show all the time as a kid, didn’t realize there were all these hilarious “adult” jokes in their answers.
I get missing my childhood. Not only the tv shows and not having to worry about my bills. Just going to school and hanging out with friends ❤. When we are kids we want to be adults and when we get to be adults we want to be kids. Funny how we think.❤😀
14:12 Mary Ann giving her sweet innocent response, and Brett jumps in with, "oh I'm gonna give her such a punch one of these days" and Betty jumps in so fast and says, "for the first time in my life I'll help ya". This show was always hilarious.
It was banned because it over did the allowable number of naughty references. Eating mushrooms, sniffing markers, premarital sex, gay dating, and ladies of the night. It WAS network television in 1974.
LOVED CNR's 'sailor' bit; 'so, he's a normal guy, is there something wrong with that,' then going into his fey, double-entendre pose - had Gene (and others there, I'm certain) cracking up.
Gene having the time of his life. Who wouldn't love this job? Betty is so quick. Still is! And Orson with the shrooms, pen huffing and the banned word Nympho? But I bet it was really the Sailor joke.
Just read on Yahoo News, that Mary Ann Mobley has died. She lost her battle with breast cancer, but now she's at peace. She was always such a sweet sweet gentle soul. I think she brought extra bit of class to "Match Game". She sure had a wide range of Broadway, film and television roles after her reign as Miss America. Early reports said that she was 75, but later reports from her family are saying she was 77. May she rest in peace, and prayers to her family.
Fannie Flagg isn’t on this episode, but she’s still around too. There must be something lucky about being in the lower right position on Match Game. It causes you to live forever!
@@georgemaster9271 In an interview Gene Rayburn said that the studio head moved it around a few times and he felt that's why the show finally failed. Which makes sense. It was number one for years and years.
+Uke Den Charles Nelson Reilly, Liberace, Paul Lynde... EVERYBODY knew they were gay and nobody give a shit. It wasn't a problem for the TV audience. But if you actually mentioned the word, all hell broke loose.
I’m so happy I found this show Just love all the cast .... I’m also so very happy to see it on the game show network It’s hard to believe that this show can come back on TV and on RU-vid and be just as big a hit .... what makes it so good is the natural flow between the characters .....I love all the stars and I applaud them once again Amazing .....
John Campagnoly Gene pretty much ran the whole production as he's said in many interviews, including his time in 1996 on the Maury show when Brett Somers quietly comes out on stage.Peter Tomarken even was surprised.
+Bryan George I know this post is almost a year old but check if your cable company carries Buzzr. It shows this, Dawson-era Family Feud and and a bunch of other older game shows.
Uh, no. Being willing is NOT the same as being a Nymphomaniac. That's like saying asking for a second helping is the same as being a Glutton. No bueno.
I can't believe I lived those days and was a contestant 9n many shows with my name then Debbie King.wish I had all the uploads I was a riot with Paul Lynde on Password in 70's
This was my fave game show. I was in my teens when this was new, so I watched it during summers and holidays, until it was placed at 6:30pm, weekdays. This game and Hollywood Squares were great about placing the best tv stars as players, on each. Both games were funny, but Match Game was funnier.
Maybe, but I think it had more to do with Frank being picked up by a sailor. Charles' reaction was very funny. (Anyway, thanks for posting all these shows.)
Orson Bean was on one of my favorite episodes of "Will and Grace." He plays a retired teacher, and gay role model for Will. He and his friend Sharon (played by Piper Laurie) uncomfortably remind Will and Grace of themselves. The thing is, Orson Bean is said to be extremely politically conservative, for example, opposed to gay marriage,and is the father in law of the late Andrew Breitbart. I always wondered what things were like on set.
The SAILOR responses went well beyond what the censors would typically allow back then. But then again, this game-show often went way over those lines and was still televised. Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Lynde were actually well known Gay Celebrities that made their fortunes flaunting that fact on national TV back in the '70s and early '80s. Even though most people wouldn't give them the time of day on the street, very large portions of the country invited them into their homes every evening, through their Television sets.
Most of us were budding actresses just paying out rent I got quite well known later but even dating many stars I hadn't idea I was THAT CUTE.LOL IF ONLY I WAS A little bit younger AND KNEW WHAT I KNEW NOW.go BETTY WHITE LOVED MEETING YOU THEN..STILLOVE YOU NOW FELLOW CAPRICORN AND ANIMAL LOVERS STILL AWAKE IN COSTA RICA. YOUR COMMENTS ARE FUN ZZXZZX
This episode was not banned, nor were any others. The people posting them say it to get you to watch. Lots of old commercials say the same thing. If you were old enough to watch TV back then, this show was TAME! Go check out an episode of All in the Family or Laugh In!
You are irresponsibly stating your personal opinion as fact; and you are dead wrong. MatchGameProductions has posted scores of this show's episodes, and only two are listed as being banned from the Game Show Network because of The Left's obsession with "political correctness." What was TAME then is often INSENSITIVE to the "liberal" entertainment industry of today.
It is fact. I've seen virtually every episode that has aired, many far less PC than this one. TV has become way more conservative over the years. It seems to be more a reflection of where we want to be. Watch a few clips of All In The Family, Laugh-In, even the Courtship of Eddies Father. That was typical broadcast TV in the 60s and 70s.
You're missing the point. "Banned" in this context means that The Game Show Network, which is currently rerunning the show, will not air this episode. Their rationale is that the term "nymphomaniac" is offensive to women.
Le Trebuchet There are so many examples of things being "offensive" to women, gays, blacks, etc. on Match Game that it's surprising that they chose that of all things to be the basis of a ban. If the network was very PC, it wouldn't show this game show at all.
Jake Jenkins I used to work for NBC New York, and you would not believe the prudes that censor for its Standards and Practices Department. I'm sure The Game Show Network is much less restrictive -- especially if a show is popular; but gays and feminists are especially militant these days, and one letter can make a network cower.
There are still a few celebrities that are still alive, that have appeared on the match game. Like Jimmy Walker and Joyce B. Plus, Orson Bean just passed away. None had to apply for welfare while working on the show. They lived long successful lives 😊.
Charles Nelson Reilly, GREAT banter at 13:41 "to be a little different" and "the look" at 14:03. Back then, homosexuality was almost totally in the closet.And Orson Bean's multiple references to drugs.Wow, this was a racy show.
Banned due to Nymphomaniac?? I doubt that, there was alot worse words on those shows. I sometimes think people use BANNED just to get hits and or views.
Tim Moore i agree with you but for it to be banned from the game show network NOWADAYS for the word Nymphomaniac. I've heard word on Family Fued....LMAO
Scott Fields I seem to remember a 'Sanford And Son' episode, entitled 'My Kingdom For A Horse', aired around the same time, in which Fred used that same word. It wasn't banned. I don't think anyone even cared that they used it. It certainly didn't bother me.
Amazing how much they did get away with back then. You have to remember that Barbara Eden was not allowed to show her belly button on I Dream of Jeanie.
@@hotroddaddy-et4xg You're EXACTLY right! People used to have so much fun making jokes and joking around. NOT Now days!! Everything has to be Politically correct and You have to worry about hurting someone's feelings or offending them. Watch episodes of the Tonight Show from the 70's or Dean Martin's Show or Roasts. THAT was humor and fun. AND, they ALL smoked without offending Anyone. All the shows from the 60's and early to mid 70's people smoked all the time. WHATEVER! This country gets worse and worse Everyday!
A long time ago in the early 60s my English teacher was having a baby and it was evident after a while. She was the first woman to teach while she was pg! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You're not alone -- I thought the same thing! We were SOOO innocent as kids back then (plus, you gotta admit that they were BICKERING like a husband and wife).
Orson Bean is hilarious. "Just a quick sniff of my maker and I'll be ready." LOL! Wow! That Chris girl, the contestant, is beautiful. I remember watching this show when I was a kid all the time, this brings back a lot of memories. I loved this show and love it again.
I remember watching shows like this when I was a kid; that's how we learned innuendo -- especially sexual innuendo. I can't watch this stuff now, but if I did I bet I'd find tons of innuendo on these shows, especially Hollywood Squares, Family Feud, and The Newlywed/Dating Games.
Do you realize what the shows use as language now! Oh my goodness, your ears close when you hear the words that you hear today! Now they use curse words like it is everyday language! When Lucy was pregrant , she couldn;t say that word! Where have we gone wrong! Now anything goes!
