Match Game '75: Who's Euell Gibbons?
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Lynn Hayes' second-round question reads: "Euell Gibbons said, 'A strange thing happened to me this morning -- I cut my finger, but, instead of blood, BLANK came out.'" Lynn struggles for an answer because she has no idea who Euell Gibbons is.
Bobby Van...I LOVED him...RIP Bobby.
Aww, Lynn was so cute, too.
I watch match game everyday. I like watching everyday they run episode of it everyday and weekends on the buzz channel. A whole funnier than today's shows
RIP Dickey Dawson
And Brett and Charles and .....
Euell Gibbons was a spokesman for Grape Nuts Cereal in th 1970's.
There was a Euele Gibbons spoof on Electric Company, and that video brought me to this one. I was a baby in the 70s, so Gibbons was probably before my time. I am surprised that Gene was willing to explain who Gibbons is, because my feeling is that the whole idea of being a Match Game contestant is to know about celebrities. In fact, Gene gave away an answer because he talked about Gibbons eating hickory nuts, and two of the celebrities said that.
jeopardy60611 - Rayburn also has gone on the record multiple times talking about how weak the format of the show is. He and the panel basically were the show, and they knew it, and the crew responsible for enforcing the rules also knew it.
Sap is ultimately the definitive answer.
"Ever eat a pine tree? Many pahts are edible." (intentional misspelling of "parts" as Euell used to say it)
Having absolutely no clue who Euell Gibbons is either, I came up with the same answer she did.
I had some bowls of Grape Nuts this very morning. True story.
Charles is the master
Sap is a great answer.
I think Gene was overly helpful here with his coaching. If the contestant didn't know who Mr. Gibbons was, well, that was her tough luck.
I agree that "sap" is the best answer, but I don't think Gene was being overly helpful. The poor woman had no clue who Euell Gibbons was. And Gene's assistance wasn't really all that helpful anyway. (Although Brett's blurting
out "Pine tree!" was on point -- but I'm not sure the contestant heard her.)
But I also think it's a bit unfair to ask a question about a person whom the contestant doesn't have any idea who he is. There's simply no way the contestant is going to be able to give a good answer if he or she doesn't know
who the person referenced in the question is. Maybe a situation like that they should dump the question and try again. Just as a matter of fairness. A contestant could be smart and witty and give good, matchable answers, but if he doesn't know who the person in the question is, he doesn't have a chance.
(I don't believe that the outcome of a round of Match Game should turn entirely on luck. Of course, an element of luck is always present, and that's unavoidable. But as I said, if a contestant doesn’t even know who the subject of the question is, then the whole question is a complete dead loss and the contestant has *no chance* of getting a single match, let alone winning. The contestant could be brilliant -- a regular Oscar Wilde -- but if he doesn't happen to know the particular person who is the subject of the question, he's doomed. Any other question, the contestant could get 6 matches. I don't think the outcome of the game should be that dependent on a single unfortunate question. That's like the outcome a football game being determined by who wins the coin toss.)
Actually, Euell Gibbons died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, a complication from Marfan syndrome.
LOL Richard rolling with his eyes 1:17
Euell Gibbons is an outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets, famous during the 1960s.
grape nuts - the cereal EG used to push on tv!
i wonder when did this episode air in 1975....according to his wikipedia page Euell Gibbons passed away in December of that year
Missy, the blonde kinda looks like Eve Plumb of the Brady Bunch.
Very pretty hair and I also thought Jan. Yea, I answered 12 years later, lol.
Omg, Brett Summers and Charles Nelson Reilly owned this show. Much like Paul Lynne owned the Hollywood Squares.
Bobby Van and Brett Somers would both later guest-star on episodes of Battlestar Galactica. (/uselesstrivia)
love the shirt Charles
Lol, that poor contestant looks so ashamed and embarrassed.
I remember crying when my mother told me that Euell Gibbons had died. Grape Nuts was my favorite cereal when I was a kid -- honest injun.
Lynn is a serious cutie, though. I'd forgive her!
euell gibbons died of arterial sclerosis (hardening of the arteries), ironic for a health nut.
Who is/was the blonde Sarah next to Richard?
With informative sites all over the web these days, (i.e. Google, Wikipedia, etc.) there's no need for such arguments anymore. But to answer your question, he died in 1975 at the age of 64.
Bi-carbonate of fig leaf came out.
I thought of syrup. I wonder if the show would have accepted that as close enough to sap or not? I thought the funniest answer was sawdust.
Good lord. Betty White still alive.
Grape Nuts might have been what did him in. lol. Stuff is like eating aquarium gravel or ground corral I imagine or even kitty litter. JK
Considering the amount of TV channels in the 70s and euell was on damm near every grape nuts commercial. She probably didn't watch much TV.
Why did Euell Gibbons have purple kids? Cause he had Grape Nuts.
Back when Betty white was in her 80s.
She was in her 50s
How did they all not say "SAP?" Wasn't that a fairly obvious answer for anybody with a touch of wit?
She must be Maria deMedeiros' twin sister.
@Lava1964 maybe he liked what he saw and wanted a lil time later with her! she was a cutie pie!
Tree sap.
That woman looks like the cartoon character from daria
I said what Charles Nelson Reilly said.
@er6789er First of all, it's pretty sick to laugh at someone else's death. Second of all, you're completely wrong. His death was the result of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, a complication from Marfan syndrome.
That $5600 she won is worth 35000. now. She can’t be too upset
what gets me about this is that the contestant doesn't know anything about these people who are in the questions. It is like Gene expects them to know that.
It's funny everyone on the panel knew who Euell Gibbons was...maybe she was just uninformed.