Gene: Patti will you show us your answer? Patti: I'm afraid! LOL, this is probably the funniest thing ever. Debralee and Richard made me laugh so hard, as did Charles. LOVE THEM ALL!!!!
It was nice to see this clip in its entirety as opposed to bits and pieces that was shown on a game show special a few years back. This was classic, and Match Game is FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!
Dawson gets a lot of crap for this little episode, but honestly, I think it was warranted. And he seems to be genuinely pissed that the contestant is getting screwed.
choclytgremlins He wanted the fair outcome on both MG and FF. If you want another prime example of bad judging look up Match Game 77 Richard Explodes Again. Its just like this. The contestant gave the answer of 'bag'. Some celebs wrote paper bag/sack which were considered matches. Richard wrote plastic baggie and was buzzed. Ira refused to match him since paper and plastic dont match. But the contestant never specified a particular bag. As long as its a bag shoudlnt it match???? Richard got a bit agitated that time too and rightly so.
CULTURED pearls would certainly fit (go to) "finishing school" perfectly! And "night school" fits because of the idea of education. I think Charles was allowed because he circled "school", he's designated the main part of his answer that way before. The judge's decisions were outrageous, an exact answer wasn't required for first and second round questions.
My impression is that the Dawson/Producer conflicts on MG/FF came from the fact that Richard always had the contestant's back no matter what. The producers didn't like it because it cost them prize money/fed Richard's ego, but at the same time, Richard knew that the whole point of the game was for the contestants to relax, have fun, and win some money. I really think a lot of the stories about Richard Dawson being some monstrous egomaniac are either false or grossly exaggerated by Hollywood execs who thought they ruled the world. Watch Howie Felscher in the Family Feud doc on E! and tell me that's a reliable witness.
But "finishing school" is a type of school, as is "scuba diving school" (which bizarrely, WAS accepted!). They're all types of school, therefore they are all correct.
Everyone is missing the reasoning the judge was using. A scuba diver would find pearls, which was the subject of Dora's stupidity; so there were two matches in that answer. "Night school" only has one match, and it's tenuous.
In fairness, it's not uncommon for British people to point at something with their middle finger, although I suspect that had someone questioned him, that would have been his cover story.
Asner and Brett's answers were technically correct, although not the exact word. Charles enclosed the word in a box, so it is a general and rightfully accepted. Debralee and Richard's answer, while specific, DID contain the word school, even though it's a grey area. Richard was correct. College is not the word 'school', but it is a higher form of the word. Patti's answer should have been accepted, as college classes could be scheduled at night, hence night school. Match Game's lax rules caused many problems. Take a look at the response in the final CBS episode. Gene said the contestant's answer had to be the exact match. She responded "Snug as a bug in a rug". Brett's answer was "Snug as a bug", and the judges accepted that answer.
@@jasonbeard4713 Since I wrote my comment 16 years ago (it just came up in my memories since you responded!), I've watched many episodes of MG on the Game Show Network, and they have been incredibly lax over the years. I saw answers that were far more diverse, rung up as matches. The contestant gave a blanket response which should have netted him 6 matches.
WoW. I'm with Richard when he said he couldn't believe it! If they allowed Scuba diving school, they should of allowed any kind of school. finishing school, night school, dance school, art school, charm school, the list could go on forever!! either the judges were idiots, or they really didnt want that guy to win!!
Scuba Diving School was accepted for School, yet Night School and Finishing School was not accepted for school?!? YET, a Party Girl is considered a Hooker? I've seen some bad judging calls in the past, but I think this was the worst of such cases. I'm just watching this episode right now on the GSN Marathon and I still can't believe it!
Actually, Richard left Match Game to pursue hosting Family Feud full-time. Good catch with the middle finger, though. It definetely looks deliberate...and the censors missed it.
HERE`S my summary on it he (the contestant) said school, school could mean any type of school doesn`t matter thus he should of got all 6. Maybe the judge should go to judge school LOL
The best answer was finishing school. Since the pearls were cultured and back in that era, girls were sent to finishing school to BE cultured so they could catch a good husband.
If I'm not mistaken, they invited the guy back on a later show, and admitted that it was a gaf not giving him credit for the three other points eh should have had
Come to think of it, how do the answers given relate to the mention of cultured pearls in the question? I guess "scuba diving school" (or "lessons") is the best answer.
Really? How so? Was it the selection of the second question? Question 1 would always suck and one of the two round two questions would be a 6 out of 6 er and the other one would be "pick a number", just to try and prevent ties. Where was the fixing?
Gene always seemed very neutral when it came to that. And really, with a show like this, you need him to be that way with the panelists and judge going at it.
@hallpriest9 Sometimes the answers had to be exact & sometimes they could be very broad. This caused some contestants to protest that the judges would require more exact answers from contestants they deemed less attractive as a contestant & were offered to appear again on the PM version or another of the producer's shows. Eventually Match Game became more broad as far as excepting answers. Short answer for limited space.
Gene Rayburn & Richard Dawson are my mom's top 2 favorites in The Game Show World. To see them have an argument was hilarious!... I wonder what would have happened if my top 2 favorites in The Game Show World had an argument... that'd be way cute!
I remember the B questions were always slam dunks, usually the punchlines to famous jokes. Almost on the level of "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other (blank)."
The other factor that Ira forgot is that some of the panel use the play on words in the question, considering if you listen to the clip that Gene emphasized "Cultured pearls" hence Finishing School, Scuba Diving school, College which are play on words and fits his answer for Dumb Dora.
The judging on this program was bizarre. This show was fun, but there was a fundamental problem with it. There was some prize money involved and yet NOBODY took the game seriously. Not even the judges.
Gene Rayburn was cool, but he never seemed to support the contestants very much. He took the "corporate" viewpoint more often when it came to matching.
I wish we had more gameshows like this. They should consider revitalizing the Match Game, maybe put people like Regis Philbin, Bob Saget, all I can think of right now.
According to Webster's Dictionary, "finishing school Function: noun Date: 1832 : a private school for girls that emphasizes cultural studies and prepares students especially for social activities" He should have got all 6. Night school is classes at night.
The general rule, as I understood it, is that you can't match a general "school" with a specific, "Finishing School" and "Night School". They should NOT have accepted "Scuba Diving School". "College" on the other hand, being a general answer in itself, is an acceptable answer. The judges fouled up. I'm glad to hear they invited him back for another shot.
There's a reason why this is my favorite game show of all time, and this is it. Everyone fights for the answers to match the contestants, and sometimes, it gets downright weird.
Unfortunately, not they should not have. The rule was used multiple times throughout the series. No general to specific matches - so CNR's answer should have been disallowed as well, despite the stress on the term itself. College is a synonym of school, and is therefore acceptable. Rough, but it is consistent.
It would have been interesting to see what would have happenedif all the "school" answers had come before the "college" answers. There was absolutely no logic to the judge's decisions.
Finishing school is the same thing as college, and scuba diving + night school are both types of school. School is very general so every varient should be there.
I'm amazed at how they accepted some but rejected others which weren't really all that different. How weird. Anyway, I had loved the show as a kid but forgotten how it worked. I think it was pretty tough!
As I recall this was the BIGGEST bone of contention between the judges, the panelists and the contests-trying to match a general answer with one that wasmore specific.
The game shows at that time were under strict judging rules dating from the 50s Quiz Show scandals...Gene could NOT have overruled or have replaced the judge appointed by CBS Practices and standards.
I was talking about the regulars (Gene, Richard before he left to host Family Feud, Brett, and Charles). Betty wasn't a regular, but she showed up a lot of times.
My only possible explanation is that the judges were confused mid-way through and thought he said college, which is a specific type of school. Not trying to defend the judges, but trying to figure out how this could have happened
2:30 Not judges. A judge. My theory about how everything went off the rails is that the judge got pissed at the way Charles argued his case. (Spelling out school & talking down to him.) And then the judge decided to flex his authority w/Debralee & Richard. It was a battle of egos & the poor contestant was caught in the middle of it.
I really LOVE how "judge" asked Charles Nelson Riley 'did you mean school & his response was What does S.C.H.O.O.L spell!?! :)
I can NEVER get tired of watching this show over and over. Never seen this one. He should have got ALL 6!
Dumb Dora is SO dumb!
Yes I agree 😮
Gene: Patti will you show us your answer?
Patti: I'm afraid!
LOL, this is probably the funniest thing ever. Debralee and Richard made me laugh so hard, as did Charles. LOVE THEM ALL!!!!
Debralee and Richard started a riot.
It was nice to see this clip in its entirety as opposed to bits and pieces that was shown on a game show special a few years back. This was classic, and Match Game is FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!
Dawson gets a lot of crap for this little episode, but honestly, I think it was warranted. And he seems to be genuinely pissed that the contestant is getting screwed.
choclytgremlins He wanted the fair outcome on both MG and FF. If you want another prime example of bad judging look up Match Game 77 Richard Explodes Again. Its just like this. The contestant gave the answer of 'bag'. Some celebs wrote paper bag/sack which were considered matches. Richard wrote plastic baggie and was buzzed. Ira refused to match him since paper and plastic dont match. But the contestant never specified a particular bag. As long as its a bag shoudlnt it match???? Richard got a bit agitated that time too and rightly so.
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CULTURED pearls would certainly fit (go to) "finishing school" perfectly! And "night school" fits because of the idea of education. I think Charles was allowed because he circled "school", he's designated the main part of his answer that way before. The judge's decisions were outrageous, an exact answer wasn't required for first and second round questions.
My impression is that the Dawson/Producer conflicts on MG/FF came from the fact that Richard always had the contestant's back no matter what. The producers didn't like it because it cost them prize money/fed Richard's ego, but at the same time, Richard knew that the whole point of the game was for the contestants to relax, have fun, and win some money. I really think a lot of the stories about Richard Dawson being some monstrous egomaniac are either false or grossly exaggerated by Hollywood execs who thought they ruled the world. Watch Howie Felscher in the Family Feud doc on E! and tell me that's a reliable witness.
Dumb Dora is SO dumb!?
They accepted College...they even accepted scuba diving school...but they would not take finishing or night school??? I call bullshit!
I'm sure someone mentioned this, but I LOVE how Richard surreptitiously flips off the judge at 2:58.
I like how Debralee and Richard were fighting for the contestant. He got screwed over.
The contestant was invited back soon afterwards and won a 6-4 tiebreaker.
But "finishing school" is a type of school, as is "scuba diving school" (which bizarrely, WAS accepted!). They're all types of school, therefore they are all correct.
Love this show
Richard, Bret, Charles = CLASSIC TV
The judge was so inconsistent it wasn't funny. How do you accept "scuba diving school" and not "finishing school" or "night school"?
Because Charles had the word "School" boxed in in his answer, but Debralee, Richard, and Patti did not. That's how the hilarious chaos happened.
College is not spelled school
Everyone is missing the reasoning the judge was using. A scuba diver would find pearls, which was the subject of Dora's stupidity; so there were two matches in that answer. "Night school" only has one match, and it's tenuous.
@@heddalee There was no reasoning, idiot.
One of the most wildest reactions to wrong answers. Loved it!
Right answers!
Game show chaos at its finest. A truly classic clip, thanks for sharing.
The judge needs to go to "judge school.
Ira was very well aware of his actions. They were on purpose and not fair in any regard.
Richard flipped the judges off at 2:57
William Fuselier LMAO
In fairness, it's not uncommon for British people to point at something with their middle finger, although I suspect that had someone questioned him, that would have been his cover story.
He did that often on the Feud too, I think it’s just the finger he points with
Dumb Dora is do dumb?
@@MegaZeldafan1 how dumb is she?
The fair thing to have done would be to award everyone who had "school" in some form, and dock "college" giving the contestant four total.
I agree a thousand percent.
If it was that much of a judgement call issue, throw the question out and replace it.
This is the greatest injustice in the history of the world.
I think the guy should have gotten all 6 matches. How the judge could decide "college" is the same as "school" but "school" is not, is beyond me.
Asner and Brett's answers were technically correct, although not the exact word. Charles enclosed the word in a box, so it is a general and rightfully accepted. Debralee and Richard's answer, while specific, DID contain the word school, even though it's a grey area. Richard was correct. College is not the word 'school', but it is a higher form of the word. Patti's answer should have been accepted, as college classes could be scheduled at night, hence night school. Match Game's lax rules caused many problems. Take a look at the response in the final CBS episode. Gene said the contestant's answer had to be the exact match. She responded "Snug as a bug in a rug". Brett's answer was "Snug as a bug", and the judges accepted that answer.
@@jasonbeard4713 Since I wrote my comment 16 years ago (it just came up in my memories since you responded!), I've watched many episodes of MG on the Game Show Network, and they have been incredibly lax over the years. I saw answers that were far more diverse, rung up as matches. The contestant gave a blanket response which should have netted him 6 matches.
WoW. I'm with Richard when he said he couldn't believe it! If they allowed Scuba diving school, they should of allowed any kind of school. finishing school, night school, dance school, art school, charm school, the list could go on forever!! either the judges were idiots, or they really didnt want that guy to win!!
Scuba Diving School was accepted for School, yet Night School and Finishing School was not accepted for school?!? YET, a Party Girl is considered a Hooker? I've seen some bad judging calls in the past, but I think this was the worst of such cases. I'm just watching this episode right now on the GSN Marathon and I still can't believe it!
Scuba diving was allowed because a diver would find pearls. The other answers were only vaguely useful.
College got accepted
2:56 Yeah! You give them the finger, Richard!
Terrible judging. The question should have been tossed out and replaced.
Or just correct the judge's error and give the contestant credit for the additional three correct answers on the bottom row.
Definitely.
A classic indeed! Even TV Guide recognized it as a fantastic clip!
They should have threw the whole question out and started again.
Ira was the producer and he made them suffer through his little mind games when he felt like playing them...
@@KingMacintosh2Ira is so awful! I understand why Richard wanted out
Actually, Richard left Match Game to pursue hosting Family Feud full-time. Good catch with the middle finger, though. It definetely looks deliberate...and the censors missed it.
He got hosed. The telling sign was the last answer "night school" which is of course..still SCHOOL!! in it's purest form :)
HERE`S my summary on it he (the contestant) said school, school could mean any type of school doesn`t matter thus he should of got all 6. Maybe the judge should go to judge school LOL
Wild clip! And that guy should've gotten 6 for 6!
The best answer was finishing school. Since the pearls were cultured and back in that era, girls were sent to finishing school to BE cultured so they could catch a good husband.
They should have at least brought him back for another chance. That would have been the fair thing to do.
brickmanonj they did if memory serves me right.
I'm with Richard and the other 2! They should have given it to him!!!
Agreed. Either that or all the answers should have been rejected.
Actually, there was ONE judge on "Match Game" - producer Ira Skutch, and this was probably the BIGGEST mistake during his time on the show!
Sweet :) I don't think he did that deliberately, some people point with the middle finger. Nice job noticing
The scoring system on Who's Line is it Anyway has more credibility
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If I'm not mistaken, they invited the guy back on a later show, and admitted that it was a gaf not giving him credit for the three other points eh should have had
If I was Goodson, I would've been there that day and Ira would've been out of his MG job.
Ira was either a producer or executive producer. You can find his exact title in the credits. He may have yielded a lot of clout.
"I think you gotta take the 'College' from 'em as well, then we'll REALLY have a riot!"
can you imagine what if the panel walks off the set due to this
If the judge gave him Scuba Diving School he should have gave him both finishing and night school as well. Either that or take away the colleges.
STUPID JUDGE!! THAT CONTESTANT GOT ALL SIX MATCHES!!!!!
Match Game is more than just a game show. That's truth.
Come to think of it, how do the answers given relate to the mention of cultured pearls in the question? I guess "scuba diving school" (or "lessons") is the best answer.
aint that the truth, bottom line he got screwed
School is school! What were the judges on, and can I have some?
electricalparade LOL!! Trust me, YOU DON’T WANT IT.
Match Game was notorious for being one of the most fixed shows since the late-50's scandals. This shouldn't surprise anyone.
Really? How so? Was it the selection of the second question? Question 1 would always suck and one of the two round two questions would be a 6 out of 6 er and the other one would be "pick a number", just to try and prevent ties. Where was the fixing?
I think this judge is currently employed as a National Football League referee.
Hey! Teacher, leave those kids alone!
Gene always seemed very neutral when it came to that. And really, with a show like this, you need him to be that way with the panelists and judge going at it.
whenever there's a dumb dora question, dora the explorer comes to mind
I mean she was kind of dumb. Asking where the bridge was when it was right behind her 🙄
The late Mark Goodson and Bill Todman sure did that to poor Ira.
For those who don't know, I have found out that one of the panelists in this, Brett Somers, has passed away just recently. She was 83. RIP, Brett.
Both Charles and Brett passed away in the same year. 2007.Brett in December. CNR in May.
@hallpriest9 Sometimes the answers had to be exact & sometimes they could be very broad. This caused some contestants to protest that the judges would require more exact answers from contestants they deemed less attractive as a contestant & were offered to appear again on the PM version or another of the producer's shows. Eventually Match Game became more broad as far as excepting answers. Short answer for limited space.
Gene Rayburn & Richard Dawson are my mom's top 2 favorites in The Game Show World. To see them have an argument was hilarious!... I wonder what would have happened if my top 2 favorites in The Game Show World had an argument... that'd be way cute!
Love seeing how much fun Debralee was having inciting the riot
I remember the B questions were always slam dunks, usually the punchlines to famous jokes. Almost on the level of "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other (blank)."
The judge was the producer. He wouldn't fire himself.
This contestant was ripped off.
School is school...no matter what type of school it is
@stargate121 Very subtle when doing so, don't you think? No one else caught it apparently.
Shame on Ira Skutch!
The contestant was gorgeous!
Oh my goodness Richard Dawson is just a stone cold fox
The other factor that Ira forgot is that some of the panel use the play on words in the question, considering if you listen to the clip that Gene emphasized "Cultured pearls" hence Finishing School, Scuba Diving school, College which are play on words and fits his answer for Dumb Dora.
The judging on this program was bizarre. This show was fun, but there was a fundamental problem with it. There was some prize money involved and yet NOBODY took the game seriously. Not even the judges.
Anyone have the clip that would show us what became of this after the commercial break, and what the score turned out to be?
I wonder if any network execs had to deal with this. this has shades of quiz show scandal over it
Gene Rayburn was cool, but he never seemed to support the contestants very much. He took the "corporate" viewpoint more often when it came to matching.
Just commented on that. Could be, for reasons we may never know, he needed to be diplomatic to the "corporate" view.
I wish we had more gameshows like this. They should consider revitalizing the Match Game, maybe put people like Regis Philbin, Bob Saget, all I can think of right now.
According to Webster's Dictionary, "finishing school
Function: noun
Date: 1832
: a private school for girls that emphasizes cultural studies and prepares students especially for social activities" He should have got all 6. Night school is classes at night.
The general rule, as I understood it, is that you can't match a general "school" with a specific, "Finishing School" and "Night School". They should NOT have accepted "Scuba Diving School". "College" on the other hand, being a general answer in itself, is an acceptable answer. The judges fouled up. I'm glad to hear they invited him back for another shot.
There's a reason why this is my favorite game show of all time, and this is it. Everyone fights for the answers to match the contestants, and sometimes, it gets downright weird.
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Well.. not everyone. Some of them came up with stupid answers just go get laughs.
I know this is really old, and I'm not sure if it's been said, but I read somewhere that the contestant was allowed to return for another episode
@AnnacondaVice LOL!!!! I caught that!!!! That was funny! I don't blame him though, that wasn't a fair call
@GreenDeathFlavor Well, the reason for accepting "College" could stem from the use of "school" to sometimes mean "college".
@Kinoakim You're wrong. I am an expert. And Match Game was fixed. That's why they had to change the way they judged answers half way through its run.
Fixed? Towards whom?
Unfortunately, not they should not have. The rule was used multiple times throughout the series. No general to specific matches - so CNR's answer should have been disallowed as well, despite the stress on the term itself. College is a synonym of school, and is therefore acceptable. Rough, but it is consistent.
"QUIET!" LOL!
One word:CLASSIC!!!!!
"First victim of school riot. Man with shirt inside out. Found on school steps"
It would have been interesting to see what would have happenedif all the "school" answers had come before the "college" answers. There was absolutely no logic to the judge's decisions.
Charles was onto something with "Scuba diving school," if you recall the cultured pearls in the question.
Finishing school is the same thing as college, and scuba diving + night school are both types of school. School is very general so every varient should be there.
The subtle irony in the inconsistent judging was just plain bizarre.
Did Richard start hosting "Family Feud" after that?
I'm amazed at how they accepted some but rejected others which weren't really all that different. How weird. Anyway, I had loved the show as a kid but forgotten how it worked. I think it was pretty tough!
As I recall this was the BIGGEST bone of contention between the judges, the panelists and the contests-trying to match a general answer with one that wasmore specific.
Yeah, I'm wondering too, what happened after?
What cracks me up...is the game show was Gene Rayburn's creation. He was pretty much the judge on that show.
I love how Richard gives the finger at 3:02,
guy got robbed. Hopefully it didn't affect the result of the game.
The Match Game judge was so bad...(how bad was he)...he was so bad that instead of judging match game he should have judged BLANK.
@Anthony Guarino Not bad!
Himself.. for his stupid and arrogant behavior.
judged american idol
The game shows at that time were under strict judging rules dating from the 50s Quiz Show scandals...Gene could NOT have overruled or have replaced the judge appointed by CBS Practices and standards.
Betty was a semi-regular, along with the late Debralee Scott and Patti Deutsch on this clip.
Family Feud started in '76 two years before he left Match Game
I was talking about the regulars (Gene, Richard before he left to host Family Feud, Brett, and Charles). Betty wasn't a regular, but she showed up a lot of times.
That contestant Craig was so hot!
@Gnillob802 just curious do you have any proof to back up this statement?
My only possible explanation is that the judges were confused mid-way through and thought he said college, which is a specific type of school. Not trying to defend the judges, but trying to figure out how this could have happened
2:30 Not judges. A judge. My theory about how everything went off the rails is that the judge got pissed at the way Charles argued his case. (Spelling out school & talking down to him.) And then the judge decided to flex his authority w/Debralee & Richard. It was a battle of egos & the poor contestant was caught in the middle of it.
If I recall correctly, he did lose this one - but was invited back within a couple of weeks (and lost again).