Marcia Wallace Finally Matches during the week. "A Star is Born!" Panel: Dwayne Hickman, Brett Somers, Gary Burghoff, Carol Lawrence, Richard Dawson, and Marcia Wallace
How could Gene Rayburn and/or any of the panel not know "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary? The song peaked at #2 in 1963 and I'm sure everyone on the panel, including Gene, was old enough to have heard it.
Not their kind of music I think and Gene wasn't in radio in the 60's.. ;0) I believe for the most part the 30's 40's music was probably what they grew up with and liked. But I could be wrong.. ;0)
"Young Frankenstein" had very recently premiered in theaters when this episode was taped. I'm a little surprised nobody thought of it. It was a huge success at the box office.
Well, we've gone an entire week without a successful H/H match... Richard missed an amazing times 5 in a row. Yesterday we had Gary's debacle. Today the contestant chose Carol Lawrence and gave what I thought was the obvious answer to what seemed like an unusually easy H/H match. But Carol's mind went in a different direction... Anyway, here's the updated leader board showing the 10 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: TIE: Orson Bean - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 100% (3 wins in 3 attempts). Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Betty - 50% (13 wins in 26 attempts). Fannie - 46.2% (6 wins in 13 attempts). Charles - 45.7% (16 wins in 35 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 34.6% (66 wins in 191 attempts). Bert - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). Brett - 32.1% (9 wins in 28 attempts). And for trivia's sake, here are all the celebs who have ever been chosen for a H/H match without winning (in alphabetical order): Lucie Arnaz - chosen 1 time Patty Duke Astin - chosen 1 time Kay Ballard - chosen 1 time Bob Barker - chosen 2 times Amanda Blake - chosen 1 time Larry Blyden - chosen 1 time Joyce Bulifant - chosen 1 time Jack Cassidy - chosen 2 times Bill Cullen - chosen 1 time Richard Deacon - chosen 1 time Stephanie Edwards - chosen 2 times Nanette Fabray - chosen 2 times Arlene Francis - chosen 1 time Dick Gautier - chosen 1 time Larry Hovis - chosen 1 time Carol Lawrence - chosen 1 time Ruta Lee - chosen 1 time Robert Q. Lewis - chosen 1 time Meredith MacRae - chosen 1 time Mary Ann Mobley - chosen 4 times Jaye P. Morgan - chosen 1 time Robert Morse - chosen 1 time Nipsey Russell - chosen 7 times Joanie Sommers - chosen 1 time McLean Stevenson - chosen 1 time Jimmie Walker - chosen 1 time *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 390, excluding the lost/missing episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325. (As per MatchGameProductions, these episodes "are nowhere to be found and also aren't in the Goodson/Todman Library. Sadly, looks like they are lost forever!")
Had this been a few months later, "Young Frankenstein" would have one of the three up there (it had been only out a few weeks at the time of taping)...
Gary Burghoff is definitely not funny, however I guess on a lighter note, around when this was being taped, Gary had first child which is a daughter. Only married twice which for actors that's a huge achievement when most had multiple wives and kids with different mothers. Why does everyone always choose Richard Dawson? Almost seems like the contestants think every other panelists are kinda ignorant.
FWIW, I've really been thinking about why contestants so often picked Richard for the Super Match. First, when the game first started, he was a more familiar face than other panelists due to his Hogan's Heroes role & appearances on Laugh-In; Betty White was highly recognizable, but she didn't play as regularly. --Second, he was almost always there, somebody they knew from watching the game at home, very dependable and familiar (again, in another way). Only Brett was there as much or more (I think; haven't counted). --Third, the position he sat in, front and center, was the most prominent and in the middle of the contestants' view while also being close and accessible (not high up and back like the top tier), which helped it/him have a sort of psychological closeness or familiarity (yet again). --Fourth, he has a strong and charismatic presence with a bit of gravitas as well as a lower, smooth speaking voice, which conveys confidence, strength, leadership, and other desirable qualities. It also helped that he was good-looking. --Fifth, he said many caring and supportive things to contestants in general and his Super Match contestants in particular, and his facial expressions and gestures such as crossing his fingers backed up what he said, so players really believed he cared. He also expressed regret when he didn't match them. All panelists did this, but it's still a plus for Dawson. --Sixth, he was pretty good at playing the game. --Last, once it became common for contestants to choose him, it made it more likely that other contestants would do the same; another kind of familiarity, as most humans do what they've seen others do, especially in unusual circumstances. (Edit: changed the format)
@@LynxSouth I think it's a LOT simpler than that. Richard had an inate sense of knowing what the contestant would likely say. He often matched responses that seemed highly improbable. Richard was also the panelist least likely to come up with a "cute" answer just to be funny.
Yea, this was the last episode of the 5 that they taped on a given day. I wonder what time they started their day. Imagine the contestants and audience members. How long did they stay there waiting?
Well Richard the week giving away 1,450 in audience match matches with 16 matches for the regulars. Carol won for the semi regulars giving away 500 dollars in audience match with 13 matches.. Gary gave away 500 dollars in audience match match as well. .
Did they really tape 390 episodes by 1975? Or are you counting each version of Match Game as a separate show, ie. Match Game, Match Game 73, Match Game 74 etc etc.? I just watched one from about 1979-80 if not later and it was labeled as episode 152, therefore my query.
Sean's Myth this was the 390th episode of the 70s version. MG Synd. Is a completely new run for the show which is why the episode count gets reset. This version ran from 1979-1982!
Yes, the 390 is an accurate count of episodes to date of the daytime Match Game with Gene Rayburn which debuted on July 2, 1973. With 5 episodes a week and 52 weeks in a year, there should be almost 260 episodes in a full year. (Probably fewer, due to holidays and preemptions.) 1973 was less than half a year, 1974 was a full year, and we're currently still in early 1975. The final CBS daytime episode --- #1,439 --- aired on April 20, 1979, which is why this classic iteration of MG is often known as "Match Game 7x" .
I'm not sure why all the hoopla over Marcia's correct answer today. Just "yesterday" (episode 389) she matched the same male champion's answer to Tony Orlando and Dawn actually being _______ by saying "married." (@17:45 in that episode). I love Marcia and her goofy answers, but this is hardly the first (or even second) time that she's matched. Still, it's a funny moment, but I think the video headline ("Marcia Wallace Finally Matches!") is misleading, and I'm not sure if it really qualifies as a "Gold Star" episode just based on that.
Puff the Magic Dragon is a perfectly cromulent answer. ("Cromulent" is a word that Marsha Wallace used on the Simpsons when she was the voice of Mrs. Crabapple.)
ROFL! Another fine after dinner episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Marcia! ;0) Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) Thank you Ira.. ;0) Richard rarely makes a mistake Brett.. ;0) bottle of booze.. learners permit.. ;0) parachute.. it is never attactive to see a grown women go to pieces on national tv.. I once heard that when the mind goes blank to say banana.. ;0) camera in shot.. ;0) You thinking deeply.. you are getting sleepy.. salami.. hot dog.. Bob Newhart will be proud of you.. ;0) loving.. undressing.. john.. brink.. I hope you come back every chance you get and make a fool of yourself Marcia.. ;0)
@@GratefulInRecovery "Valley Of The Dolls" was a 1960s novel by Jacqueline Susann that later was made into an unintentionally campy film starring Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, and Barbara Perkins. Susan Hayward had a featured role. It's since become a cult classic.
When Gene checks his watch and says it's 11:30 NY time, that means it was 8:30 CA time. Does anyone know how long these days were? I know they taped 5 in a day, and this episode was the last of the 5.
LOL he loses money for the contestant CONSTANTLY, but do you honestly think I can feel sorry for them? (Why NOOO). If they wanna be stupid enough to continue picking Richard KNOWING he's gonna lose for them, then they DESERVE to lose!
Young AND THE RESTLESS ($100 match) Puff THE MAGIC DRAGON (matched contestant, but not Richard) The pilot had an INSTRUCTION MANUAL (Bzzz) Strokes his violin with STRING CHEESE (Bzzz ... deservedly so) UNDRESSING the mannequins (one match) head first into the TOILET (Ding!) Valley FORGE ($250 match) 12 o'clock MIDNIGHT (Bzzz)
Aww 😄. Even though Gary is annoying . I think he's very adorable .I just think he tries too hard to be funny .when in reality all he needs to do is a couple of jokes here and there and stay quiet .👌😃
