Great channel.. I used to work second shift in 1973 in the Air Force and watched Match Game every day before work. Great memories. Just as funny today as ever.
This was my favorite game show to watch back in the day if I was home from school. I rode the school bus so it was already done by the time I got home but my mom would tape record the audio for me sometimes.
So funny! He predicted this when he wore that red, white and blue plaid jacket. He said there might be a problem in the future because he was running short on wardrobe. 😂
Someone commented that Steve became an Actor. I googled Steve Nave & he sure did! He gained real success in Casting & Producing. Early on, Steve was a Model & played for the Giants & Phillies rookie teams, too! God bless (RIP)💞
2:33 For all of the people who keep asking about Gene Rayburn's height: IMDb lists McLean Stevenson as having been 6'2½", so Gene looks to be 5'10" at the most. However, IMDb also lists Gene as having been 6'1". Obviously, our eyes and both of IMDb's claims cannot be true, so Gene's height is _________.
Betty White earns her 5th head-to-head match win this time (out of 12 tries, giving her a very good 41.7% success rate). Richard tops the list at most wins (6 out of 22 attempts, giving him a success rate of 27.3%, the lowest on this list). Bert Convey has 4 (out of 12 tries for a 33.3% success rate). Brett has 3 (out 10 tries, 30%) Charles has 2 (out of only 3 tries! - 66.7%). Others with 2 head-to-head wins: Jo Ann Pflug 2 out of 7 tries (28.6%). Jack Klugman 2 out of 5 tries (40%). Stu Gilliam 2 out of 5 tries (40%). (7 other celebs have achieved one head-to-head match.) It's interesting to note that Richard has the most total successful matches, but he's also appeared on every single episode, which no other celeb has done. However, his actual success rate ranks as the absolute lowest of these 8 celebs who've had the most head-to-head matches. *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 to 95, excluding the lost/missing episodes 31, 32, 33.
Ellen was a bit more loose in this..smiled a bit more..I think she was nervous and relaxed more after the initial start of the show... definitely more animated..
I don't remember Match Game from the old days but it sure is better than most of the garbage on TV today And we didn't have to pay an outlandish cable bill in the 70's
When Gene hugged Ellen after she won the five thousand, just before the break, she looked down at Genes hand on her shoulder and really looked as though she was very uncomfortable. She did appear very subdued as a contestant.
@6:15; thanks a lot Brett; who in the hell would have said; "his own General Grants Tomb"; you just cost Charlene the game trying to be funny. And it didn't even get a laugh.
Brett's joke answers are still far better than Joyce Bullifant's frequently dumb ones. Patti, too, at least hers were funny, compared to Joyce's. Joyce herself is funny to watch.
@@bethdibartolomeo2042 I rather read a dumb answer, but a real one, instead of a pretending to be funny answer. I never like Brett, always interrupting, pretending to sing, etc, She wasn't funny at all.
I realize that this is intended to be a very light-hearted game, but with so much money on the line - they REALLY needed to iron out their matching rules. These judges are just so dumb/inconsistent that I swear they are basing it on which "pretty girl" they want to see win. Hugged=grabbed? WTF?
Was this contestant an actress or something she looks familiar then again probably just looks like anyone from a soap opera or a country singer in the day.
This episode is hysterical!! Sometimes I wonder what happened to people's sense of humor? Today's shows/movies/reality crap are not funny. Our society has become self-absorbed. "Everyone look what I'm eating, look how cute I am/the cat is/the dog is/look how funny/blah, blah, blah." 🙄 And then I see one of Drunky Clowns brother is running the country 🤦🏽♀️ Ty for letting me vent, I'm done. 😎
I never had a crush on Robert Vaughn but gee he looks cute and sexy here. I in fact had a crush on his tv partner, David McCallum and a really big one on Richard Dawson duing his Hogans Heroes period. But that passed pretty quickly lol.
I was so upset with Brett after seeing her answer during the final game. SERIOUSLY!!??!! That wasn't the time for a joke!! UGHHHHHHHH Every time I try to give her the benefit of the doubt she highly disappoints. I'm hoping that she gets better as I continue to watch future episodes. I ALREADY know that she became royalty and I kind of den mother🤨😔😲
@@Tre404 THANKS for replying 😏😎 ACTUALLY I love to make people laugh and NOT TO BRAG BUT I AM THE LIFE OF THE PARTY...#IJS ALSO I was just stating a fact. The name of the game is MATCH not Joke. And I didn't fault her for telling a joke JUST that wasn't the time for it. She didn't help other contestants either in future shows. Which is why she wasn't picked as much when it came to Super Match. Which is what I was initially talking about. #KeepWatching
@Lisa1111 her granddaughter Tayla is in the pic with me. She tours with Conway's grandson and they are Twitty and Lynn. I found Tayla by accident and forever blessed
Jamison-Hoey, round 2, question B: (lay out; see previous episode) Question A: (just holding up the card, probably) STATUE IN CENTRAL PARK First Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Betty) WAY (if asked after Betty) CHURCH Part 2: CREAM Hoey-May, round 1, question B: "The way they walk, I figured she was MOONED by one." (Bzzt!) Question A: "May it fly into your BEDROOM LATE AT NIGHT." (Bzzt!) Round 2, question A: "No, see, it was raining, so his nose was RUNNING." (Bzzt!) Second Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Richard) EAR (if asked after Richard) KETTLE
Steve Nave became a working actor and it looks like he had a pretty good career... sadly, it doesn't do him any good now... he died of cancer in 2015... www.imdb.com/name/nm0623081/
The 1st questions answer for Ellen was so obvious. Then the question for Charleen was just stupid, confusing and the answere was certainly not obvious. Not fair but they do have a choice between A or B so I guess.. But Bretts stupid answer didn't help at all.
.... ... ...McLain Said "good~will", For Clothes... ... ...i dress beter than the people that go too Brooks Brothers... ... ...at "goid~will", McLain "your the best", ... ... ...the kiss, with Charlene, in episode 93(1973 was way over the top, and Perfect McLain Stephenson! this episode he was the "ShowMan"... ... ...exiting! llove Brother brent! 💘
Actually no! He just wasn't famous. I looked him up on IMDB and he's got a lengthy list of credits - he did some soaps in the early 80's, appearances on Leno (as a skit character, not a guest) and a few others through to the present. He is listed as "Himself" for this Match Game episode.
One thing that you won't see on T.V. today, especially games shows is this kind of touching. Things have sure changed. This was all fun and innocent. Can't to that today, could be brought up on sexual charges. Which is a good thing nowadays, I suppose. But, back then it was all about the fun and laughter.
I'm spending the Great COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 binge watching Match Game.
The Great COVID-19 pandemic? What's so great about?
Don't answer. That's rhetorical.
Hollywood Squares was wild, but for sheer INSANITY, you had to watch Match Game!
Hell, yeah! Aren't ad-libs fun?
Me who watched mghsqh...why?
When I need a good laugh I watch an episode of match game their so damn funny.😆😆😆
Great channel.. I used to work second shift in 1973 in the Air Force and watched Match Game every day before work. Great memories. Just as funny today as ever.
One of the funniest game show's ever!!
The Largo @ 1:49 was a Strip joint that was bought out only a few months after this was filmed, and became the World Famous Roxy Theater.
Thanks!!🤔😏
thank u for the history lesson VERY COOL!
Awesome I didn’t get the gag!
Never a dull moment watching match game 73 😆😆😆
I used to run home from School to watch this show every week day afternoon. Couldn't wait.
This was my favorite game show to watch back in the day if I was home from school. I rode the school bus so it was already done by the time I got home but my mom would tape record the audio for me sometimes.
This is my favorite episode so far. You can tell it's unscripted. I love the random humor. Lol @Goodwill.
McLean was a really funny wacky guy
I think he's annoying.
He's out of his mind. I did not appreciate his clothes removal. 😵😄
So funny! He predicted this when he wore that red, white and blue plaid jacket. He said there might be a problem in the future because he was running short on wardrobe. 😂
Mclean “does anybody know where Goodwill is”
Someone commented that Steve became an Actor. I googled Steve Nave & he sure did! He gained real success in Casting & Producing. Early on, Steve was a Model & played for the Giants & Phillies rookie teams, too! God bless (RIP)💞
He was also the host for a number of beauty pageants.
Robert Vaughn actually matches someone!!
good actor, but dumb as a stump... lol
A republican.
The game is harder than it appears especially if you don't watch it often.
Poor mclean he'll be remembered for only one thing, leaving one of the most successful comedies in tv history.
I think Ellen looks like Ronnie Clair Edwards ( Cora Beth ) on The Walton's.
Bryan Chase Yes!
Bryan Chase Same personality too...
Watching the previous episode, I assumed that it WAS her in a Kirstie Alley-esque 'before-they-were-famous' game show appearance.
Interesting you say that.
Never watched The Waltons much but was thinking here clothes & hair looked very 1800s.
@@UberLummox The Waltons was set in the 20th century, not the 19th.
My mom and I watched this during the summer and really enjoyed it!
Can't believe "broad daylight" wasn't up there
I even gasped at his jockey shorts! My goodness!
2:33 For all of the people who keep asking about Gene Rayburn's height: IMDb lists McLean Stevenson as having been 6'2½", so Gene looks to be 5'10" at the most. However, IMDb also lists Gene as having been 6'1". Obviously, our eyes and both of IMDb's claims cannot be true, so Gene's height is _________.
@@sdlively27 it's hard to believe a lot of the b.s. that comes out of some
people's pieholes
Ellen looks like Helen Crump on the Andy Griffith Show.
WOW! she really DOES
Nancy Dussault would soon co-host Good Morning America
Went on to "Too Close for Comfort".
Only place I know her from is Too Close for Comfort (and a guest appearance on Full House)
@@kristabrewer6736 Guest appearance as Andy's ex-turned-singer on WKRP.
Betty White earns her 5th head-to-head match win this time (out of 12 tries, giving her a very good 41.7% success rate).
Richard tops the list at most wins (6 out of 22 attempts, giving him a success rate of 27.3%, the lowest on this list).
Bert Convey has 4 (out of 12 tries for a 33.3% success rate).
Brett has 3 (out 10 tries, 30%)
Charles has 2 (out of only 3 tries! - 66.7%).
Others with 2 head-to-head wins:
Jo Ann Pflug 2 out of 7 tries (28.6%).
Jack Klugman 2 out of 5 tries (40%).
Stu Gilliam 2 out of 5 tries (40%).
(7 other celebs have achieved one head-to-head match.)
It's interesting to note that Richard has the most total successful matches, but he's also appeared on every single episode, which no other celeb has done. However, his actual success rate ranks as the absolute lowest of these 8 celebs who've had the most head-to-head matches.
*These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 to 95, excluding the lost/missing episodes 31, 32, 33.
Ellen was a bit more loose in this..smiled a bit more..I think she was nervous and relaxed more after the initial start of the show... definitely more animated..
I think it was winning money that broke her wall down.
I can’t tell if Ellen was very seriously determined or just has resting mean face.
Wow! Ellen finally smiled!
Eminem finally smiles; WHEN, HOW OFTEN?
I don't remember Match Game from the old days but it sure is better than most of the garbage on TV today
And we didn't have to pay an outlandish cable bill in the 70's
I agree with it being better than most of the garbage on TV today. However, just remember how many channels you had back then.
@@deanstrand4260 Quality rather than quantity.
McLean is hilarious...
11:50 O.O I had no idea you could say that on television in the 70's.
WTF? McLean couldn't get someone to do his laundry?
It was a running joke this week about borrowing clothes for the show.
I can't believe that Brett isn't flirting with Steve the way she did with that contestant named Bill.
Love McLean. He's was one super funny guy.
His comedy knows no bounds. Even funnier on other episodes.
Yet hi sitcom was junk lol I love him on here until he gets creepy
I was 9 in November 1973, and I had a HUGE crush on him. He should've been a talk-show host.
@@NimsQuarloYa think?
Don't tell me; McClean is auditioning for Chippendales...
Good for Ellen! The real Ellen came out and she is wonderful! 🥰
McLEAN 😍🥵🔥
I like McLean's outfit.
Fits pretty good! But a little itchy.
Whatever became of "Steve." Best two minutes of television.
Loved Ellen's1940s hairdo! She was retro before this show became retro!
Richard Dawson always loved to be the center of attention
Are there any other McLean episodes
Dried figs and rice a roni if you lost at least you were regular.
She reminds me of Anita Corsaut, who played Helen Crump on Andy Griffith
Wow- 2 of the main sponsors are rice and figs!
$5,000 in 1970 would be the equivalent of $30,000 today!
Ellen was much more relaxed and less severe in this episode. She did seem to not think too much of Steve though.
When Gene hugged Ellen after she won the five thousand, just before the break, she looked down at Genes hand on her shoulder and really looked as though she was very uncomfortable. She did appear very subdued as a contestant.
She looked fine 2 me.
Ellen reminds me of Yvonne DeCarlo.
McLean was AWESOME
How would that suit jacket look on Gene? But McLean wanted to wear that one instead; went better with the tie, but I don't think with the pants.
So, was McLean wearing a hair shirt? 🤔
Good catch yes!
@6:15; thanks a lot Brett; who in the hell would have said; "his own General Grants Tomb"; you just cost Charlene the game trying to be funny. And it didn't even get a laugh.
I know, Brett tries too hard to get a laugh
Brett's joke answers are still far better than Joyce Bullifant's frequently dumb ones. Patti, too, at least hers were funny, compared to Joyce's. Joyce herself is funny to watch.
@@bethdibartolomeo2042 I rather read a dumb answer, but a real one, instead of a pretending to be funny answer. I never like Brett, always interrupting, pretending to sing, etc, She wasn't funny at all.
Brett acted like she was the big boss
Yup. She was a self absorbed asshat.
You think some of the answers were intentional to make contestants lose once they won too much
YES. But also to sandbag contestants whom they did not like.
0:10 SHIRTLESS MACLEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know. DISGUSTING!
@@kristabrewer6736 Eye of the beholder. The only disgust is in your own mind.
McLean hilarious
I realize that this is intended to be a very light-hearted game, but with so much money on the line - they REALLY needed to iron out their matching rules. These judges are just so dumb/inconsistent that I swear they are basing it on which "pretty girl" they want to see win. Hugged=grabbed? WTF?
I agree 100% the game is totally unfair. Brett always gave stupid answers like she did again in this episode. The players didn't have a chance
"General Grant Tomb"??? WTF is wrong with that woman?
Was this contestant an actress or something she looks familiar then again probably just looks like anyone from a soap opera or a country singer in the day.
Someone else said she looks like Cora Beth from The Waltons! Soon as I read that I went YEAH! That's who she reminds me of :)
Most of the women were beautiful back then.
This is rare indeed, one of the first episodes I've never seen before. They musta dropped the N from Mrs.Hoeys name
Sorry to see Charlene go!
I love match game! what gold star Episode?
Steve was adorable!
I didn't like his 1st answer the r word on what the gorilla did to Barbara at the zoo. Like really that's the 1st thing that came to his mind?
Ellen I can see is a huge fan of Betty
Today I have been mostly eating yams
Brett: Talk about no shame.
This episode is hysterical!! Sometimes I wonder what happened to people's sense of humor? Today's shows/movies/reality crap are not funny. Our society has become self-absorbed. "Everyone look what I'm eating, look how cute I am/the cat is/the dog is/look how funny/blah, blah, blah." 🙄 And then I see one of Drunky Clowns brother is running the country 🤦🏽♀️ Ty for letting me vent, I'm done. 😎
I bet your a lot of fun to hang out with
I never had a crush on Robert Vaughn but gee he looks cute and sexy here. I in fact had a crush on his tv partner, David McCallum and a really big one on Richard Dawson duing his Hogans Heroes period. But that passed pretty quickly lol.
The BLANK is back.
I was so upset with Brett after seeing her answer during the final game. SERIOUSLY!!??!!
That wasn't the time for a joke!! UGHHHHHHHH
Every time I try to give her the benefit of the doubt she highly disappoints. I'm hoping that she gets better as I continue to watch future episodes. I ALREADY know that she became royalty and I kind of den mother🤨😔😲
You need to get out more. It was just a silly television show. You must be a lot of fun at the family reunion!
@@Tre404
THANKS for replying 😏😎
ACTUALLY I love to make people laugh and NOT TO BRAG BUT I AM THE LIFE OF THE PARTY...#IJS
ALSO I was just stating a fact. The name of the game is MATCH not Joke. And I didn't fault her for telling a joke JUST that wasn't the time for it. She didn't help other contestants either in future shows. Which is why she wasn't picked as much when it came to Super Match.
Which is what I was initially talking about.
#KeepWatching
Ellen reminds me of Loretta Lynn 🤗
Oh how I miss her!!!!!
Me too ❤️
@Lisa1111 her granddaughter Tayla is in the pic with me. She tours with Conway's grandson and they are Twitty and Lynn. I found Tayla by accident and forever blessed
How wonderful! God Bless friend 🙏🏽❤️
Haha cool I was born in 73
'72 here :)
That poor wanna be actor got figs as a consolation prize. lmao
That "wanna be actor" BECAME a successful actor and producer. Hopefully the Academy gave out awards that were better than figs.
The first winner in this episode makes me uncomfortable.
Was this the start of Rotten Rodney?
I think ole Gene was into that Ellen just a bit wasn't he? Maybe that's where Richard Dawson learned his kissing habit?
Richard was sexy...Gene was not lol
Paul Revere, my butt is tired. Broadway. Nose is Huge. Eardrum.
21:02 - Funny how images of meat always apered so unappetizing in pre-'80s advertising.
17:32 Returning champion winner!
Jamison-Hoey, round 2, question B: (lay out; see previous episode)
Question A: (just holding up the card, probably) STATUE IN CENTRAL PARK
First Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Betty) WAY
(if asked after Betty) CHURCH
Part 2: CREAM
Hoey-May, round 1, question B: "The way they walk, I figured she was MOONED by one." (Bzzt!)
Question A: "May it fly into your BEDROOM LATE AT NIGHT." (Bzzt!)
Round 2, question A: "No, see, it was raining, so his nose was RUNNING." (Bzzt!)
Second Super Match, part 1: (if asked before Richard) EAR
(if asked after Richard) KETTLE
I immediately thought of statue too. By the way, what is "broad church"?
very classy woman
Ellen looks a lot like Beverly D'Angelo.
Also what's funny D'Angelo played Ellen in the vacation movies
Yeah! Especially when she smiles!
WOW froma relative if the actress that played iCarly to Beverly D'angelo. WWWWWOWWWW ....
The resemblance are UNCANNY!!!
I thought the challenger was snooty at first. 1st impressions can be wrong.
Rice a roni for Steve...
Nose is the obvious answer. It really is. Undershorts--what?
I like it
Steve is a cutie
Steve Nave became a working actor and it looks like he had a pretty good career... sadly, it doesn't do him any good now... he died of cancer in 2015...
www.imdb.com/name/nm0623081/
ua-cam.com/video/xw06G8R5Uh8/v-deo.html
First horizontal credits
Well spotted!
Well spotted indeed. Was it done in other shows ever?
Ellen looks like a serial killer 😜
The 1st questions answer for Ellen was so obvious. Then the question for Charleen was just stupid, confusing and the answere was certainly not obvious. Not fair but they do have a choice between A or B so I guess.. But Bretts stupid answer didn't help at all.
McLean was SO funny!
Scorchio 😊
Who is Nancy?
She co-hosted Good Morning America from 1975-81, Was on Too Close To Comfort, numerous plays, acting roles.
she was on an episode of Full House too
McLean has very sexy body 😍 rip 🙏
.... ... ...McLain Said "good~will", For Clothes... ... ...i dress beter than the people that go too Brooks Brothers... ... ...at "goid~will", McLain "your the best", ... ... ...the kiss, with Charlene, in episode 93(1973 was way over the top, and Perfect McLain Stephenson!
this episode he was the "ShowMan"... ... ...exiting!
llove Brother brent! 💘
Ellen is beautiful, she should be on broadway.
11:52 Did Steve just say "raped" 😦 ........ crickets
Will Ferrell should it on Step Brothers, lol!
The guy must have had to stay in real estate doesn't look like any person who went on to be an actor unfortunately?
Actually no! He just wasn't famous. I looked him up on IMDB and he's got a lengthy list of credits - he did some soaps in the early 80's, appearances on Leno (as a skit character, not a guest) and a few others through to the present. He is listed as "Himself" for this Match Game episode.
@@martinsorenson1055 Good for him! Thank you!
Muriel Rush, I always mixed her up with Patti Duke.
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One thing that you won't see on T.V. today, especially games shows is this kind of touching. Things have sure changed. This was all fun and innocent. Can't to that today, could be brought up on sexual charges. Which is a good thing nowadays, I suppose. But, back then it was all about the fun and laughter.
nooo way....things are too PC now. people today have no sense of humor, and are way too serious.
golden nest...
shoe buffer...
Guess acting didn't work out huh Steve?
See my reply to SuperLeilani33 !
@@martinsorenson1055 good research & good for Steve!!
He did: www.imdb.com/name/nm0623081/