Meg only won the game because of (the fabulous) Ron Palillo's "gnaw" answer, and then completely ignored him. He was very smart (and had the $500 answer).
H/H match update and End-of-Week Recap: ... ~~~Today's Action: Our champion needs to match the final two - Nipsey and Betty - to achieve a tie and stay in the game... ... And both Nipsey and Betty deliver the necessary green hair! ...And our champion goes on to eke out a win in the tie-breaker (thanks to Ron!), thus clinching her third victory. Today's audience match question: " ________ Bubble" (My thoughts: Double, Soap, Tiny) The celebs: Richard (Soap), Betty (Bubble), Brett (I'm Forever Blowing) The choice: Soap The answers: Burst Your, Soap, Double (Ha! I had the top answer and the stars didn't!) Our champion will undoubtedly choose Richard again. They've matched once and failed once. This is now King Richard's 14th consecutive play and now he's been chosen 99 of the past 105 times. (Charles answered three of the remaining questions and Rosemary Forsyth, Nipsey Russell, and Fannie got one each.) Richard has matched 65 of his 154 most recent attempts (42.2%), 48 of his last 111 attempts (43.2%), 28 of his last 61 attempts (45.9%), and 4 of his last 14 attempts (28.6%). His overall success rate is 41.7% and this is his 632nd attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Betty has matched 19 of her 38 attempts (50.0%), and Brett has matched 28 of her 68 attempts (41.2%). Nipsey has answered 8 questions without a match yet. The other two panelists have never been chosen for a head-to-head question. Today's H/H question: "Voyage ________ " (My first thought is "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." Besides the novel and 1961 film, it was the name of a popular TV series from 1964-1968.) Richard begins writing immediately, but the camera cuts away to show the contestant thinking. When it returns to Richard, he's finishing his answer. It's hard to tell, but I'm not sure he had enough time to write my long answer. But what else is there? I guess I'll soon see... The contestant say "Voyage of the Damned." (Never crossed my mind. It's a 1976 film that I'm unfamiliar with. I was watching more TV reruns than movies in the theater back in 1976.) Richard mentions the series I had thought of, but I was right that his answer was shorter: "of the Damned." Richard scores his 264th H/H match today. ~~~The Week that Was: Although the tape of episode 968 has gone missing and we didn't get a chance to see it, it was still possible to ascertain the H/H choice and outcome of that show: Richard was chosen (by the current champion) and scored a $5,000 match. This means we had five H/H questions for the week, but only two matches - Richard 2/5 This is the second consecutive week in which only Richard played the H/H. I count 11 such weeks just going back to episode 891... Quickly recapping this week's panelists: *Richard* had a par week, matching two out of five attempts. He ends the week with a very good 41.7% accuracy overall. *Brett* sat idle for the 22nd consecutive week. She's sitting at a good 41.2% *Betty* White finished her 51st week of 75. Not having an opportunity to play a H/H question, she remains locked in a tie with (an absent) Charles. They both have an excellent 50.0% accuracy rate. *Nipsey* Russell completed his 16th week (of 28 total) without getting another shot to score his first H/H match. He has made eight attempts to date. *Ron* Palillo completed his fourth week (he's only got one to go), still without being called on to answer a H/H question. *Tudi* Wiggins completed her one and only week on the MG panel without getting a shot at the head-to-head. ~~~Looking ahead to next week, the good news is that Charles is back! The bad news is that there are two new faces on the panel (at this point in the show, there's a huge bench of familiar faces and "old friends" to have on, so I don't see the wisdom in introducing two new celebs in the same week, especially when neither will be around enough to feel like they've become a true part of the Match Game family. ...At any rate, here are the folks who will be joining our three steadfast regulars next week: -----Semi-regular Fannie Flagg will drop by for her 57th week of 90. Her H/H accuracy rate is a fantastic 48.1%. -----Dick Smothers will make his debut. It's be his first of only two weeks on the panel. -----Meg Bennett will make her debut. It'll be her first of only two weeks on the panel. ~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (Note: An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (Note: For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.) Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 wins in 7 attempts). TIE: Charles - 50.0% (33 wins in 66 attempts). TIE: Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts). Fannie - 48.1% (13 wins in 27 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Richard - 41.8% (264 wins in 632 attempts). Brett - 41.2% (28 wins in 68 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 970, excluding the lost/missing/damaged episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, and 910. (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!") -- Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. Additionally, these stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969.
One of the things that I love about Match Game is that Gene does and says all kinds of things that no game show host today could ever get away with doing. Even back then, I don't think you would have seen Bob Barker, Burt Convy, or other hosts behaving like Gene Rayburn. I would say he was one of a kind.
Betty does quite well....as well. She's positively SWELL. Love her impulse to act as if she's going to take off her clothes when she hears the word "strip"....and Richard's 5-4 Impulse....Oh..it's 5-4...I have to go...gets up. LOL Always ready to entertain. Just love them.
IMDB is clearly off. Ms. Wiggins comes off as reserved here but she was quite the daytime soap villainess in her day. Her son on "Love of Life" in the mid 70's was played by Christopher Reeve pre Superman.
@@Floymin You may very well be right??, but if I go to the deli and ask for ham, I promise they won't give me baloney. And I'm very confused how you'd think that's trolling, I'll gladly admit to the fool part. Also, it was a double answer, in other shows they stated they had to go with the first response when someone had two answers on their card. Absolutely not disputing both are pork.
O'Brien-Jones, round 2, question A: (lay out; see previous episode) Tie-breaker, question B: "I wanted to say one of those Indochinese girls who cover their necks wth rings, but I couldn't remember the tribe's name, so I said STONE." (Bzzt!) Question A: (just holding up the card) BURY Super Match, part 1: SOUTH SEA Part 2: TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA O'Brien-Baldoff, round 1, question B: "*Our* Gene Rayburn? Gotta be HAM." (Bzzt!) Question A: "These answers just aren't weird enough for Willie; I said PORCUPINE COSTUMES." (Bzzt!)
Dude had a good six inches on Rayburn and looked like the head biker in a Corman flick. I think he just wanted to assert his dominance so he wouldn't get picked on by the other inmates...er....celebrities
Mike Sebastian I only heard them mention he was gone for a little while and that he would be back, but they did not say why. I believe he was mad at brett, she hit him at the end of one of the last episodes before he suddenly went absent.
@@BUSTERMAYHEM When he came back I think Gene asked how his mother was so Charles mother was sick and he took that weekend off to take care of her. I think it was only one weekend he was missing, two weeks of shows..
( Wonder how many still have the winning blue cards signed by the stars ).....i know there are those who think Brett is so fabulous..but she should have been dropped from the show after the 1st show. She's only on there because of her ex Jack Klugman ( no wonder he divorced her ... She's so annoying)
Can you stop bringing up the marriage of Brett and Jack. It's a game show and Brett has often said it's the BEST job she's ever had. A marriage between stars should not be brought up. They loved each other, they had two boys. They may not have always been together but they still cared for each other and we see Jack back on Match Game too. If Jack never suggested Brett the show wouldn't be as funny.
@@MooncricketsInc yes its the innapropriate comments and unnecessary touching. many women were uncomfortable and they were just as offended back then. the only difference is that they were too afraid to come forward
@@hellomynameishello2159 You know for a fact they were offended and uncomfortable? The celebrities were aware of his kissing and the contestants that were fine with it let him put a hand around them, and the ones that weren't, didn't. I'm pretty sure the female contestants were aware of his hugging and kissing as well, and still agreed to be on the show.
@@MooncricketsInc youre definitely a man lmfao. female celebrities such as joyce bulifant and sharon farrell literally came out and said he made them uncomfortable but they were told not to speak up. so unless you know what that feels like, i would stop talking
Nipsey Russel is a poetic genius
Just thinking that. I think he would have become a MUCH BIGGER star in this generation. Brilliant!
He was on a lot of game shows, was always a solid player and usually the funniest on the panel.
I like Nipsey's little poems!
Thank you for putting these up! They're very entertaining.
I wish Nipsy could have been a regular.
After threatening the contestant I'm surprised he didn't say "knuckle sandwich".
Betty was around 55 here and still a FOX
Meg only won the game because of (the fabulous) Ron Palillo's "gnaw" answer, and then completely ignored him. He was very smart (and had the $500 answer).
Too bad Tudi only did one week of Match Game, she really seemed to be having fun
H/H match update and End-of-Week Recap:
...
~~~Today's Action:
Our champion needs to match the final two - Nipsey and Betty - to achieve a tie and stay in the game...
... And both Nipsey and Betty deliver the necessary green hair! ...And our champion goes on to eke out a win in the tie-breaker (thanks to Ron!), thus clinching her third victory.
Today's audience match question: " ________ Bubble" (My thoughts: Double, Soap, Tiny)
The celebs: Richard (Soap), Betty (Bubble), Brett (I'm Forever Blowing)
The choice: Soap
The answers: Burst Your, Soap, Double (Ha! I had the top answer and the stars didn't!)
Our champion will undoubtedly choose Richard again. They've matched once and failed once.
This is now King Richard's 14th consecutive play and now he's been chosen 99 of the past 105 times. (Charles answered three of the remaining questions and Rosemary Forsyth, Nipsey Russell, and Fannie got one each.)
Richard has matched 65 of his 154 most recent attempts (42.2%), 48 of his last 111 attempts (43.2%), 28 of his last 61 attempts (45.9%), and 4 of his last 14 attempts (28.6%). His overall success rate is 41.7% and this is his 632nd attempt so far.
For the sake of comparison: Betty has matched 19 of her 38 attempts (50.0%), and Brett has matched 28 of her 68 attempts (41.2%). Nipsey has answered 8 questions without a match yet. The other two panelists have never been chosen for a head-to-head question.
Today's H/H question: "Voyage ________ "
(My first thought is "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." Besides the novel and 1961 film, it was the name of a popular TV series from 1964-1968.)
Richard begins writing immediately, but the camera cuts away to show the contestant thinking. When it returns to Richard, he's finishing his answer. It's hard to tell, but I'm not sure he had enough time to write my long answer. But what else is there? I guess I'll soon see...
The contestant say "Voyage of the Damned." (Never crossed my mind. It's a 1976 film that I'm unfamiliar with. I was watching more TV reruns than movies in the theater back in 1976.)
Richard mentions the series I had thought of, but I was right that his answer was shorter: "of the Damned."
Richard scores his 264th H/H match today.
~~~The Week that Was:
Although the tape of episode 968 has gone missing and we didn't get a chance to see it, it was still possible to ascertain the H/H choice and outcome of that show: Richard was chosen (by the current champion) and scored a $5,000 match.
This means we had five H/H questions for the week, but only two matches - Richard 2/5
This is the second consecutive week in which only Richard played the H/H. I count 11 such weeks just going back to episode 891...
Quickly recapping this week's panelists:
*Richard* had a par week, matching two out of five attempts. He ends the week with a very good 41.7% accuracy overall.
*Brett* sat idle for the 22nd consecutive week. She's sitting at a good 41.2%
*Betty* White finished her 51st week of 75. Not having an opportunity to play a H/H question, she remains locked in a tie with (an absent) Charles. They both have an excellent 50.0% accuracy rate.
*Nipsey* Russell completed his 16th week (of 28 total) without getting another shot to score his first H/H match. He has made eight attempts to date.
*Ron* Palillo completed his fourth week (he's only got one to go), still without being called on to answer a H/H question.
*Tudi* Wiggins completed her one and only week on the MG panel without getting a shot at the head-to-head.
~~~Looking ahead to next week, the good news is that Charles is back!
The bad news is that there are two new faces on the panel (at this point in the show, there's a huge bench of familiar faces and "old friends" to have on, so I don't see the wisdom in introducing two new celebs in the same week, especially when neither will be around enough to feel like they've become a true part of the Match Game family.
...At any rate, here are the folks who will be joining our three steadfast regulars next week:
-----Semi-regular Fannie Flagg will drop by for her 57th week of 90. Her H/H accuracy rate is a fantastic 48.1%.
-----Dick Smothers will make his debut. It's be his first of only two weeks on the panel.
-----Meg Bennett will make her debut. It'll be her first of only two weeks on the panel.
~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy:
(Note: An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.)
(Note: For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.)
Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 attempts).
TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts).
TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts).
Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 wins in 7 attempts).
TIE: Charles - 50.0% (33 wins in 66 attempts).
TIE: Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts).
Fannie - 48.1% (13 wins in 27 attempts).
Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts).
Richard - 41.8% (264 wins in 632 attempts).
Brett - 41.2% (28 wins in 68 attempts).
Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts).
*These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 970, excluding the lost/missing/damaged episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, and 910. (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!") -- Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. Additionally, these stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969.
Betty White delivers a supreme fake out at 3:18. Also, some rather unusual panelists coming up on the next week of shows.
Love her when she fakes giving wrong answers... she’s so believable when she does it
Dick Smothers is one-half of comedy legends The Smothers Brothers, and Meg Bennett is a favorite among soap opera fans...
Why in the world did Gene get so physical with the contestant Ed? Holy Cow!
One of the things that I love about Match Game is that Gene does and says all kinds of things that no game show host today could ever get away with doing. Even back then, I don't think you would have seen Bob Barker, Burt Convy, or other hosts behaving like Gene Rayburn. I would say he was one of a kind.
I thought that was great.
I thought gene was an ass wipe!
Cows aren't holy
Do you realize that Gene was having fun with Ed, right
Richard is always so good at faking that he had the wrong answer.
Anyone who watches knows his trick.
@@pencils812 am with ya
Betty does quite well....as well. She's positively SWELL. Love her impulse to act as if she's going to take off her clothes when she hears the word "strip"....and Richard's 5-4 Impulse....Oh..it's 5-4...I have to go...gets up. LOL Always ready to entertain. Just love them.
I haven't seen it yet; you mean saint Richard ACTUALLY matched
How times have changed? Green hair is actually pretty common now in some places.
Betty gave the definitive answer... SPURS!
ROFL! The Gene Rayburn sandwich! ;0)
Dont know if I could have maintained my composure if Gene grabbed me by the neck. Risky move. The guy didnt look like he was to happy about it either.
Didn't grab him by the neck, he grabbed his shirt, and did it jokingly.
@@MooncricketsInc clearly, people are so uptight and soft these days it's pathetic
I'm quite composed but getting that treatment would upset my equanamity.
They should have asked a different question for the "Bone" segment ...seeing that someone in the audience yelled, "Bury"
But she didn't use that answer and won on her own. Gene did get on to the person who yelled it out.
Meg blinks in Morse Code
"From 'Love of Life', Tudi Wiggins" ... but IMDB lists her on the show for one episode in 1980.
HUH?
IMDB is clearly off. Ms. Wiggins comes off as reserved here but she was quite the daytime soap villainess in her day. Her son on "Love of Life" in the mid 70's was played by Christopher Reeve pre Superman.
IMDB isn't always right.
"Ham and/or baloney'??? Apple and/or Chevrolet.
You do know that baloney was originally made in large sausage wraps, right? If you can associate sausage with pork, why not baloney?
@@Floymin because it ain't
@@lesburns7395 The origin of baloney (bologna) is Mortadella, which is pork. Bad trolling, fool.
@@Floymin You may very well be right??, but if I go to the deli and ask for ham, I promise they won't give me baloney. And I'm very confused how you'd think that's trolling, I'll gladly admit to the fool part. Also, it was a double answer, in other shows they stated they had to go with the first response when someone had two answers on their card. Absolutely not disputing both are pork.
@@Floymin Mortadella is better unless you have a pistachio allergy.
I believe I heard a little help from the audience at 7:05...
You did...should have been a "do over"
Gene addressed the issue a pinch later...While the audience member did say "Bury" loud enough to be heard, she did choose "Chew"...
O'Brien-Jones, round 2, question A: (lay out; see previous episode)
Tie-breaker, question B: "I wanted to say one of those Indochinese girls who cover their necks wth rings, but I couldn't remember the tribe's name, so I said STONE." (Bzzt!)
Question A: (just holding up the card) BURY
Super Match, part 1: SOUTH SEA
Part 2: TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
O'Brien-Baldoff, round 1, question B: "*Our* Gene Rayburn? Gotta be HAM." (Bzzt!)
Question A: "These answers just aren't weird enough for Willie; I said PORCUPINE COSTUMES." (Bzzt!)
Scrubbing Bubbles
Name was changed from Dow Bathroom Cleaner to "Scrubbing Bubbles" in 1997. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrubbing_Bubbles
Dude had a good six inches on Rayburn and looked like the head biker in a Corman flick. I think he just wanted to assert his dominance so he wouldn't get picked on by the other inmates...er....celebrities
Brett is different when Charles isn't there.
She seemed inebriated here.
Yeah, she’s actually semi tolerable.
Brett Somers is Sooo Annoying
I totally agree with you
This may have been discussed in an earlier episode, but where was Charles?
I don't believe they ever said why he was gone this time around..
Mike Sebastian I only heard them mention he was gone for a little while and that he would be back, but they did not say why. I believe he was mad at brett, she hit him at the end of one of the last episodes before he suddenly went absent.
@@BUSTERMAYHEM When he came back I think Gene asked how his mother was so Charles mother was sick and he took that weekend off to take care of her. I think it was only one weekend he was missing, two weeks of shows..
BUSTER MAYHEM lmfao thats not why he left
@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 I wasn't being nasty. I love brett big time. She would've be fun to hang out with. I love Charles too. Peace.😀
I guess kissing the women is OK but he should have kept his hands off of Ed.
( Wonder how many still have the winning blue cards signed by the stars ).....i know there are those who think Brett is so fabulous..but she should have been dropped from the show after the 1st show. She's only on there because of her ex Jack Klugman ( no wonder he divorced her ... She's so annoying)
She's an heiress, big money. Jack divorced her eventually.
Can you stop bringing up the marriage of Brett and Jack. It's a game show and Brett has often said it's the BEST job she's ever had. A marriage between stars should not be brought up. They loved each other, they had two boys. They may not have always been together but they still cared for each other and we see Jack back on Match Game too. If Jack never suggested Brett the show wouldn't be as funny.
@@susanbezio1529 no she wasn't , just because she said it doesn't make it true
@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 It was pretty much the only job she had.
@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 still not nearly as funny as you and your odd, sad obsession with that annoying drunk skank
Just imagine the interesting (and sober) celebrities that could have used Brett's place.
You are a nasty person.
@@proud_brettsomersfanclub8687 Noam has hit the nail on the head.
Poor Meg, if I was her I'd go to a dentist or specialist to get those teeth fixed.
I thought she was really pretty, sweet, demure and charming, but I agree - her teeth were very distracting.
Has anyone seen the episode that Betty is talking about at the end of the video at 2:50?
th-cam.com/video/bEZkCnTKGW4/w-d-xo.html
gene is such a creep how did he get away with all of that
Yea, joking around, cheesy pick up lines,hugging and kissing sure made him an evil old creep...
How did people get so easily offended these days.
@@MooncricketsInc yes its the innapropriate comments and unnecessary touching. many women were uncomfortable and they were just as offended back then. the only difference is that they were too afraid to come forward
@@hellomynameishello2159
You know for a fact they were offended and uncomfortable? The celebrities were aware of his kissing and the contestants that were fine with it let him put a hand around them, and the ones that weren't, didn't. I'm pretty sure the female contestants were aware of his hugging and kissing as well, and still agreed to be on the show.
@@MooncricketsInc youre definitely a man lmfao. female celebrities such as joyce bulifant and sharon farrell literally came out and said he made them uncomfortable but they were told not to speak up. so unless you know what that feels like, i would stop talking
@@MooncricketsInc and how on earth are you so sure they were all fine with it? very hypocritical