I finally figured out that there's method to Patti Deutsch's madness. She chooses zany, off-the-wall answers for both contestants in Round 1 - figuring it doesn't hurt anything to deny each of them 1 point, equally. but in Round 2 she answers seriously for both. (I've also seen her do this in tie-breakers - come through with the definitive answer.)
Yes, there was some pressure from the producers to have the sixth seat "leave them laughing" with an amusing response because it's a bit boring to hear the same one or two answers repeated over and over. This was why they restricted that final position to a select few semi-regulars (mainly Fannie, Betty, Patti, Joyce, Marcia) who had the chops to pull off that seat. (They also put Mary Wickes there a couple of times, and in the past Jo Anne Worley and Kaye Stevens often held that spot). Also, I read a lot of comments about Patti (and other panelists) "costing the players money" with their "bad" answers. There's a lack of reasoning behind those comments. First, the winning contestant earns exactly the same $100 for winning 6 to 5 in the second tie-breaker as they do for winning 1 to 0 after the first two rounds, so failing to match Patti doesn't cost them anything. (They are of course, free to choose Patti or not for an audience match suggestion or head-to-head, so she doesn't "cost" them anything there either.) Further, if Patti (or any other panelist) never matches anyone (as if sometimes claimed), then it also costs no one anything, it just turns a 4-2 game, for example, into a 3-1 game. Finally, Patti has a droll sense of humor, but she's also quite sharp, and when the game is on the line, she either matches the contestant, or, when the contestant gives a rotten answer, Patti matches most of the rest of the panel. Also, she's only played the head-to-head twice so far, but she matched once. Granted, that's a tiny sample size, but I'm sure Richard would be delighted if he could match half of the time. Going into today's episode, he's matched 43.2% of all of his attempts, compared to Betty at 50.0% (!), Charles at 48.6%, and Fannie at 48.5%. Oh, and Brett, who everyone loves to say never matches anyone? She's matched 43.3% of her 71 head-to-head questions so far. Yes, a tad bit better than Richard! (Perception vs. reality.)
They were referring to Richard Nixon without actually saying his name. He lived in San Clemente and became very reclusive after his impeachment from the presidency.
H/H match update: ... ~~~Today's action: The challenger fails to score a single match in two rounds, and our champion easily wins a second shot at the Super-Match. *Today's audience match question: "Sweet and________"* (My thoughts: Sour, Salty, Tangy) The celebs: Patty (Sour), Richard (Low), Brett (Lovely) The choice: Sour The answers: Lovely, Low, Sour - Kudos to the panel who not only got them all, but offered them in the proper order from highest to lowest value! It's worth recalling that yesterday Patty also offered the $500 suggestion, but the champion went with Richard's answer and won $250 instead, and then went on to not match with Richard. I'm wondering if the champion might not choose Patty today? We're probably down to our next-to-last H/H of the week, and so far it's been all Richard. I'd really love to see Patty score her first H/H match (and George score his third)! Well, she did hem and haw. She seemed truly undecided. But Richard seems to have this magnetic pull when it comes to the head-to-head. He has literally been on the panel with FIVE other stars all with better or much better track records at matching, and he's still chosen every single time. Even after failing to match with certain champions repeated times in the past, those champions continued choosing him. The man's got charisma. Anyway, this is now King Richard's 41st consecutive H/H attempt. (No other celeb has played a head-to-head question since Fannie in 1132.) Stats: Richard has matched 142 of his 328 most recent attempts (43.3%), 81 of his last 188 attempts (43.1%), 34 of his past 80 attempts (42.5%), 20 of his past 53 attempts (37.7%), and 3 of his past 11 attempts (27.3%). His overall success rate is *42.2%* and this is his 806th attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: George Kennedy has matched 2 of his 2 attempts (100%), Patti Deutsch has matched 1 of her 2 attempts (50%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Brett has matched 30 of her 71 attempts (42.3%), and Richard has matched 340 of his 805 attempts (42.2%). Patty Duke Astin has answered two H/H questions so far without scoring a match yet. *Today's H/H question: "Blue________"* (I think Blue Moon is the most obvious, general answer. The Blue Boy is also a renowned painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Also, "Blueboy" was a sort of gay version of "Playboy" magazine, but I doubt the contestant or Richard would think of that. Blue Monday and Blue Grotto also come to mind, but I'll stick with Blue Moon.) Richard seems to already be writing when he glances over at Patti. He stops writing and looks for a moment, apparently at her suggestion(s). Whatever he sees doesn't seem to change his mind. Our new champion offers my alternate answer: "Boy." To say there was a smattering of applause would be to exaggerate the audience's reaction. I'm not surprised. Richard also chose "Moon." No H/H match today. ~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (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). Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts). Charles - 48.6% (34 wins in 70 attempts). Fannie - 48.5% (16 wins in 33 attempts). (*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 42.3% (30 wins in 71 attempts). 42.25352% Richard - 42.2% (340 wins in 806 attempts). 42.18362% Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1169, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)
Amazing how enduring some things are: They're talking about the musical "Hair" back in 1978 and I just saw a big stage production of it in 2023. I wouldn't be surprised if people are still seeing it on its 100th anniversary in 2068 (it debuted on Broadway in 1968).
Too early for Blue Lagoon, I suppose. (1980) But the movie was based on a 1908 book of the same name. Don't know how well known the book would have been though.
I was wondering if he was serious when he said for anyone interested in hiring him to contact their office....could that have possibly been an arrangement for all contestants? Imagine the fiasco that that could cause.
Richard is such an ass this week! Not sure why but very noticeable. He doesn’t smile much, his voice is very raspy. He is also smoking like a chimney during the week too! Richard starts wearing coat and tie on each episode from 1166-1221. Wonder if he is doing this because of Family Feud becoming a hit?
The next week 1171-1175 IMO is even worse. I think he smiles maybe once during that week. 1176-1180 is a tad better but only by a small margin. 1181-1185 he’s back to grumpy while 1186-1195 he livens up a smidge. Was he told that they would inevitably bring in the Star Wheel and this was his response?? Oddly he’s back to normal for most of 1196-1220. Did they give him a raise or something so he would at least change his tude??
crissrudd4554 Richard really is amazingly better from 1196-1220. He is joking around, smiling, and seems happy to be there! IMO, I think we was given a raise!
Perhaps. Any number of things could be the reason. He still has a few funny moments in 1231-1240 which is funny since they came right after 1226-1230 where he’s in full on grump mode.
Is Richard sick this week? He seems more tired and rundown than he does angry. He also sounds a little hoarse but it could be that he was extremely overworked during this time. Poor guy.
MG and FF were half hour shows. They each taped like 5 shows per day. So he literally worked 5 hours a week total both shows combined How in the world could Dawson be tired from working 5 hours per week?
@@brianb.5473There's more to it than that. There are production meetings, editing, taping promos, doing interviews for the affiliates, meeting with sponsors. Not to mention the stress of launching a new program.
blue moon was so obvious. sometimes u have to go with what will just be an obvious match. blue boy. ugh😑even tho we had a blue boy painting in our house in the 70s! 😆 it was common
I’m not saying the contestant’s not attractive in her own way, but a lot of girls who knew they wouldn’t win would compete because it was a pretty reliable way to win a little scholarship money back then. Fannie Flagg was in the Miss Alabama pageant something like 6 or 7 times knowing full well her grades weren’t good enough to actually win but she could maybe get a runner up position and some scholarship money.
no she WAS'T. For Patti to have been copying off saint Richard, she would've had to come up with sensible answers! (but then again, saint Richard gives rotten answers a lot too, doesn't he)
Mickey caught Minnie kneading the Pillsbury Doughboy
I finally figured out that there's method to Patti Deutsch's madness. She chooses zany, off-the-wall answers for both contestants in Round 1 - figuring it doesn't hurt anything to deny each of them 1 point, equally. but in Round 2 she answers seriously for both. (I've also seen her do this in tie-breakers - come through with the definitive answer.)
Patti was quite brilliant actually and was way ahead of her time.
That's funny I was just thinking the same thing regarding the way she answers. 😊
Yes, there was some pressure from the producers to have the sixth seat "leave them laughing" with an amusing response because it's a bit boring to hear the same one or two answers repeated over and over. This was why they restricted that final position to a select few semi-regulars (mainly Fannie, Betty, Patti, Joyce, Marcia) who had the chops to pull off that seat. (They also put Mary Wickes there a couple of times, and in the past Jo Anne Worley and Kaye Stevens often held that spot).
Also, I read a lot of comments about Patti (and other panelists) "costing the players money" with their "bad" answers. There's a lack of reasoning behind those comments. First, the winning contestant earns exactly the same $100 for winning 6 to 5 in the second tie-breaker as they do for winning 1 to 0 after the first two rounds, so failing to match Patti doesn't cost them anything. (They are of course, free to choose Patti or not for an audience match suggestion or head-to-head, so she doesn't "cost" them anything there either.)
Further, if Patti (or any other panelist) never matches anyone (as if sometimes claimed), then it also costs no one anything, it just turns a 4-2 game, for example, into a 3-1 game.
Finally, Patti has a droll sense of humor, but she's also quite sharp, and when the game is on the line, she either matches the contestant, or, when the contestant gives a rotten answer, Patti matches most of the rest of the panel.
Also, she's only played the head-to-head twice so far, but she matched once. Granted, that's a tiny sample size, but I'm sure Richard would be delighted if he could match half of the time. Going into today's episode, he's matched 43.2% of all of his attempts, compared to Betty at 50.0% (!), Charles at 48.6%, and Fannie at 48.5%. Oh, and Brett, who everyone loves to say never matches anyone? She's matched 43.3% of her 71 head-to-head questions so far. Yes, a tad bit better than Richard! (Perception vs. reality.)
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Another fine ticket plug at 7:51!
I would marry George in a second. He is sooo sweet. 🥰
What did the San Clemente Kid / Recluse refer to? I looked it up but cannot find anything.
They were referring to Richard Nixon without actually saying his name. He lived in San Clemente and became very reclusive after his impeachment from the presidency.
How did I guess Charles would do the head turn like Brett in the intro 😂😂😂
Blue Moon was a song by the Marcels.
Good song.
H/H match update:
...
~~~Today's action:
The challenger fails to score a single match in two rounds, and our champion easily wins a second shot at the Super-Match.
*Today's audience match question: "Sweet and________"*
(My thoughts: Sour, Salty, Tangy)
The celebs: Patty (Sour), Richard (Low), Brett (Lovely)
The choice: Sour
The answers: Lovely, Low, Sour - Kudos to the panel who not only got them all, but offered them in the proper order from highest to lowest value!
It's worth recalling that yesterday Patty also offered the $500 suggestion, but the champion went with Richard's answer and won $250 instead, and then went on to not match with Richard. I'm wondering if the champion might not choose Patty today? We're probably down to our next-to-last H/H of the week, and so far it's been all Richard. I'd really love to see Patty score her first H/H match (and George score his third)!
Well, she did hem and haw. She seemed truly undecided. But Richard seems to have this magnetic pull when it comes to the head-to-head. He has literally been on the panel with FIVE other stars all with better or much better track records at matching, and he's still chosen every single time. Even after failing to match with certain champions repeated times in the past, those champions continued choosing him. The man's got charisma.
Anyway, this is now King Richard's 41st consecutive H/H attempt. (No other celeb has played a head-to-head question since Fannie in 1132.)
Stats: Richard has matched 142 of his 328 most recent attempts (43.3%), 81 of his last 188 attempts (43.1%), 34 of his past 80 attempts (42.5%), 20 of his past 53 attempts (37.7%), and 3 of his past 11 attempts (27.3%). His overall success rate is *42.2%* and this is his 806th attempt so far.
For the sake of comparison: George Kennedy has matched 2 of his 2 attempts (100%), Patti Deutsch has matched 1 of her 2 attempts (50%), Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Brett has matched 30 of her 71 attempts (42.3%), and Richard has matched 340 of his 805 attempts (42.2%). Patty Duke Astin has answered two H/H questions so far without scoring a match yet.
*Today's H/H question: "Blue________"*
(I think Blue Moon is the most obvious, general answer. The Blue Boy is also a renowned painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Also, "Blueboy" was a sort of gay version of "Playboy" magazine, but I doubt the contestant or Richard would think of that. Blue Monday and Blue Grotto also come to mind, but I'll stick with Blue Moon.)
Richard seems to already be writing when he glances over at Patti. He stops writing and looks for a moment, apparently at her suggestion(s). Whatever he sees doesn't seem to change his mind.
Our new champion offers my alternate answer: "Boy." To say there was a smattering of applause would be to exaggerate the audience's reaction.
I'm not surprised. Richard also chose "Moon."
No H/H match today.
~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy:
(An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.)
(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).
Betty - 50.0% (19 wins in 38 attempts).
Charles - 48.6% (34 wins in 70 attempts).
Fannie - 48.5% (16 wins in 33 attempts).
(*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts).
Brett - 42.3% (30 wins in 71 attempts). 42.25352%
Richard - 42.2% (340 wins in 806 attempts). 42.18362%
Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts).
*These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1169, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)
Amazing how enduring some things are: They're talking about the musical "Hair" back in 1978 and I just saw a big stage production of it in 2023. I wouldn't be surprised if people are still seeing it on its 100th anniversary in 2068 (it debuted on Broadway in 1968).
Considering that Minnie was a mouse I woulda said nibbling on the doughboy
Good one.
@@pencils812 I've watched so many of these that half the comments I've made I can't even remember the question
There were two Oscar winners (George Kennedy and Patty Duke), but they weren't on the same row...
Too early for Blue Lagoon, I suppose. (1980) But the movie was based on a 1908 book of the same name. Don't know how well known the book would have been though.
Patti Deutsch sure put one to the panel when she answered, "baking." LOL
It takes a sharp warped minded person to play this game lmao
Contestant Debby was clueless! Neither of the first female contestants added any excitement. Haward was very dapper!
Gene was very sweet putting it out there about getting the guy a job!!!
I hope it helped him
I was wondering if he was serious when he said for anyone interested in hiring him to contact their office....could that have possibly been an arrangement for all contestants? Imagine the fiasco that that could cause.
Richard is such an ass this week! Not sure why but very noticeable. He doesn’t smile much, his voice is very raspy. He is also smoking like a chimney during the week too!
Richard starts wearing coat and tie on each episode from 1166-1221. Wonder if he is doing this because of Family Feud becoming a hit?
The next week 1171-1175 IMO is even worse. I think he smiles maybe once during that week. 1176-1180 is a tad better but only by a small margin. 1181-1185 he’s back to grumpy while 1186-1195 he livens up a smidge. Was he told that they would inevitably bring in the Star Wheel and this was his response?? Oddly he’s back to normal for most of 1196-1220. Did they give him a raise or something so he would at least change his tude??
crissrudd4554 Richard really is amazingly better from 1196-1220. He is joking around, smiling, and seems happy to be there! IMO, I think we was given a raise!
That’s literally the only option I think of that could make him change his tone. Too bad it was only a temporary healing.
crissrudd4554 i betcha they told Richard after Episode 1220 that the star wheel was coming in. Makes plenty of sense no?
Perhaps. Any number of things could be the reason. He still has a few funny moments in 1231-1240 which is funny since they came right after 1226-1230 where he’s in full on grump mode.
...caught Minnie poking the Pillsbury Dough Boy.
Is Richard sick this week? He seems more tired and rundown than he does angry. He also sounds a little hoarse but it could be that he was extremely overworked during this time. Poor guy.
It's all catching up with him doing this show and ff. I felt so bad for him. They should have let him out of his contract
I thought the same thing. I think the bags under his eyes are worse than usual.
Tired, withdrawn and not his past animated self.
They were all friends still.
MG and FF were half hour shows. They each taped like 5 shows per day. So he literally worked 5 hours a week total both shows combined
How in the world could Dawson be tired from working 5 hours per week?
@@brianb.5473There's more to it than that. There are production meetings, editing, taping promos, doing interviews for the affiliates, meeting with sponsors. Not to mention the stress of launching a new program.
blue moon was so obvious. sometimes u have to go with what will just be an obvious match. blue boy. ugh😑even tho we had a blue boy painting in our house in the 70s! 😆 it was common
All the jokes they made about Howard Cosell and his toupee......I wonder if it ever bothered Charles.
I wonder if it ever bothered Howard
Charles jokes about how much work his toupee was, so I'm guessing it didn't bother him.
Gad, Brett Sommers was drunk as a skunk.
Oh good something different 😂☺️☺️
That singing.......😮
Good for her
(grow UP)!
perhaps
BlueBoy is a famous gay magazine
Rodney Rotten = Gene Rayburn
Lol
Debbie Compton was a beauty contestant? 🤔
Thank you I thought it was just me. Maybe that's the best Missouri has
Yeah, Ikr?!?! 😳🤔
I’m not saying the contestant’s not attractive in her own way, but a lot of girls who knew they wouldn’t win would compete because it was a pretty reliable way to win a little scholarship money back then. Fannie Flagg was in the Miss Alabama pageant something like 6 or 7 times knowing full well her grades weren’t good enough to actually win but she could maybe get a runner up position and some scholarship money.
Could Patti make it anymore obvious she is copying off Richard. I’m actually starting to really dislike her on the show.
Patty who?
no she WAS'T. For Patti to have been copying off saint Richard, she would've had to come up with sensible answers!
(but then again, saint Richard gives rotten answers a lot too, doesn't he)
Everyone copied answers. The people on the top row could easily read the answers on the bottom row!
ROFL! Love ya Patti! ;0)
HAHAHAHA
The only way to explain Brett's long fissure in this show is that she was blackmailing the tv executives.
Gene was good friends with Jack and he begged him to let her be on.
I see ya still haven't learned to grow up yet ok
@@garfield2439 NONSENSE
Brett was an integral part of the show"s chemistry and success.
@@garfield2439I image Klugman paid for Brett's salary while she was on the show.
YAAAAAY she picked saint Richard twice in a row, and lost with him twice in a row
C'mon
Outrageous!
Has anyone seen the episode that Betty is talking about at the end of the video at 2:50?
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ROFL! Love ya Patti! ;0)