Arlene Francis admitted, the last time she was on the show, that she didn't watch television. That makes for a very out-of-touch player on Match Game. The game is LOADED with popular cultural references.
H/H match update: ... Our stalwart regulars Charles, Brett, and Richard are joined by all "veterans" (as Gene often puts it) once again for this 113th week of Match Game which originally aired in early October 1975. Bob Barker is back for his third week (of 8 total). Bob is another celeb who will sit in the #5 chair (for 3 weeks in 1978) following Richard's departure. Bob has already been chosen for the H/H twice, but hasn't yet scored a win. Arlene Francis also returns for her third week (of 6 total). She was chosen for the H/H once, but didn't match. Interestingly, she and Bob were already on the panel together, way back on the second week of the show in 1973, along with Della Reese, Richard Dawson, Richard Thomas, and Miss Michael Learned! And sixth-seat semi-regular Fannie Flagg is back! (At 90 weeks, she's #4 on the list of most frequent Match Game celebs, surpassed only by our regulars). Coming into this week, Richard has been the overwhelmingly dominant choice for the head-to-head match for over a month now. Of the past 20 H/H matches, Richard has played 18 of them, matching 8 of those 18 times. Well, let's see who the winning contestants choose this week... ... all I can say is Good Gravy, Marie!!! My jaw dropped when the returning champion (who scored 5 grand with Richard last time) selects Brett today! (Brett did match both contestants in the first two regular questions today, and she had just come up with the #1 audience response despite being chosen third. She's also the second most selected celebrity for the H/H match overall, today being her 48th attempt.) This is Brett's first time at the H/H since episode 541. (I've noticed that there are two types of champions: The ones who choose the same celeb every single time, win or lose, and the ones who rotate, choosing two or even three different celebs during their reign.) Today's H/H question: "William ________" I immediately thought of William Tell, and it looked like Brett started writing immediately too, and hesitated only a moment before sticking the card in the slot. The contestant was a bit more hesitant, but she finally said Tell, and when she did, a look of dismay came over Brett... ...but she was just acting! Brett scores her 19th H/H match. This is the first time that someone other than Richard has had a successful H/H match since Patti Deutsch back in episode 538. Also, this puts Brett back ahead of Richard in accuracy stats. The two have traded places at least 7 or 8 times so far, and they never seem to drift very far apart in overall accuracy (despite common perception). And let's not forget Charles and Fannie, who both have a better track record than Brett or Richard! Maybe they'll get a chance to help a contestant win money this week too. Here's the updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 83.3% (5 wins in 6 attempts). TIE: Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts). Fannie - 50% (9 wins in 18 attempts). Betty - 46.9% (15 wins in 32 attempts). Charles - 45.2% (19 wins in 42 attempts). Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts). Brett - 39.6% (19 wins in 48 attempts). Richard - 39.2% (121 wins in 309 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 561, excluding the lost/missing episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325. (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!")
@@MatchGameProductions I think I was trying to say that both Bob Barker, Arlene and Richard were all on the same week the first time time they were on MG73. And of course Gene.. ;0)
My thesaurus lists "truss" as a synonym for "brace". I think that's what Carol was trying to get at, but couldn't think of the word. It should have been a match. In fact, "cast" should have been a match, since a cast is bandages soaked in plaster to brace a broken bone. Isn't that a bandage/brace by definition?
I agree, especially about "truss" and about that being what Carol meant, but expecting Ira to think more than superficially is asking a bit much. Even that is hit or miss.
ROFL! Another fine episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROF! Love ya Charles! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Fannie! :0) ROFL! Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) New suit? ;0) You can't blame the mic for the dumb noises from this show.. ;0) You carrying you magic wand.. ;0) Have you three thought about getting out of show business.. ;0) brace! ;0) How can we start, we haven't shown the first item up for bids. ;0) cast! ;0) truce fitted with a safety belt! :0) sling! ;0) Trazan fell off his vine and now his blank is in a sling.. That will be our next question.. ;0) I hate people who try to be funny.. This is for Bob Truss or Concunceses! ;0) Mother in law! ;0) Remember the audience that this is just a game and here to have fun and not important for us to match. dentist! ;0) boo! ;0) You chance maybe come up now.. ;0) If you say and show it you get booed but if you know it rotten you just turn it over quietly then no one notices and they don't boo... until later.. ;0) drawers! ;0) The other way, no this is what I want to do.. ;0) The world is too much with me congress man.. ;0) nose! ;0) finger! ;0) It is a sad question.. ;0) shoes! ;0) What is the one thing I don't wear? socks! Because at age 21 my sister got to keep them.. ;0) bicycle! ;0)
I have read of families so poor that they couldn't afford shoes for all of the children, so two children shared a pair and in the cold weather, they went to school on alternating days.
Bartos-Olson, round 1, question A: "Safety important at my age; me wear HELMET now." (Bzzt!) Round 2, question B: "He'd just had ORAL SURGERY, and he figured someone must have been taping him while he was under." (Bzzt!) Question A: "On the NOSE!" (Ding!) Super Match, part 1: FIGHT Part 2: TELL Bartos-Schinholster, round 1, question A: "One pair of GLASSES, and that's why his face looks that way." (Bzzt!)
Look. TPIR Match Game and Tattletales were originally on in the afternoons as a block. It's more of a CBS thing than Bob itself. These three shows cross-pollinated in some capacity during this time
Arlene Francis was a National Treasure!
The flamboyant Charles Nelson Reilly
Thank you so much for posting these! They bring back such good memories of watching the show as a kid.
I 💘LOVE ARLENE FRANCIS RIP MY LOVELY LADY
So me wear a diaper...🤣
And now some more of your favorite Star-Studded Celebrity Match Game ✌
Thanks for posting bro
At this point, Match Game daytime panelists are used on Match Game PM.
Double pay.
Of COUSE! but I didn't know both shows were on at the same TIME
Arlene Francis admitted, the last time she was on the show, that she didn't watch television. That makes for a very out-of-touch player on Match Game. The game is LOADED with popular cultural references.
I find it refreshing that she could live life without television
Gene wasn't up on pop culture so it's possible to play and be successful. Many of the questions went back to the same answers over and over again.
H/H match update:
...
Our stalwart regulars Charles, Brett, and Richard are joined by all "veterans" (as Gene often puts it) once again for this 113th week of Match Game which originally aired in early October 1975.
Bob Barker is back for his third week (of 8 total). Bob is another celeb who will sit in the #5 chair (for 3 weeks in 1978) following Richard's departure. Bob has already been chosen for the H/H twice, but hasn't yet scored a win.
Arlene Francis also returns for her third week (of 6 total). She was chosen for the H/H once, but didn't match. Interestingly, she and Bob were already on the panel together, way back on the second week of the show in 1973, along with Della Reese, Richard Dawson, Richard Thomas, and Miss Michael Learned!
And sixth-seat semi-regular Fannie Flagg is back! (At 90 weeks, she's #4 on the list of most frequent Match Game celebs, surpassed only by our regulars).
Coming into this week, Richard has been the overwhelmingly dominant choice for the head-to-head match for over a month now. Of the past 20 H/H matches, Richard has played 18 of them, matching 8 of those 18 times.
Well, let's see who the winning contestants choose this week...
... all I can say is Good Gravy, Marie!!! My jaw dropped when the returning champion (who scored 5 grand with Richard last time) selects Brett today! (Brett did match both contestants in the first two regular questions today, and she had just come up with the #1 audience response despite being chosen third. She's also the second most selected celebrity for the H/H match overall, today being her 48th attempt.) This is Brett's first time at the H/H since episode 541.
(I've noticed that there are two types of champions: The ones who choose the same celeb every single time, win or lose, and the ones who rotate, choosing two or even three different celebs during their reign.)
Today's H/H question: "William ________"
I immediately thought of William Tell, and it looked like Brett started writing immediately too, and hesitated only a moment before sticking the card in the slot. The contestant was a bit more hesitant, but she finally said Tell, and when she did, a look of dismay came over Brett...
...but she was just acting!
Brett scores her 19th H/H match.
This is the first time that someone other than Richard has had a successful H/H match since Patti Deutsch back in episode 538. Also, this puts Brett back ahead of Richard in accuracy stats. The two have traded places at least 7 or 8 times so far, and they never seem to drift very far apart in overall accuracy (despite common perception).
And let's not forget Charles and Fannie, who both have a better track record than Brett or Richard! Maybe they'll get a chance to help a contestant win money this week too.
Here's the updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy:
Orson Bean - 100% (4 wins in 4 attempts).
Gary Burghoff - 83.3% (5 wins in 6 attempts).
TIE: Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts).
TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 wins in 4 attempts).
Fannie - 50% (9 wins in 18 attempts).
Betty - 46.9% (15 wins in 32 attempts).
Charles - 45.2% (19 wins in 42 attempts).
Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 wins in 18 attempts).
Brett - 39.6% (19 wins in 48 attempts).
Richard - 39.2% (121 wins in 309 attempts).
Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 wins in 15 attempts).
*These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 561, excluding the lost/missing episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325. (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!")
I think Bob and Arlene were on in 1973
Nick Johnson they sure were!
Fannie Flagg is the only one left in the panel
It would be nice if you didn’t say who was going to win in the description.
I know :( he's ruined the show for me at least 4 times by doing that (I didn't even bother watching them)
Did anybody think that Tarzan wore a diaper after his accident?
13:20 " OK Earl, let's see it."
OMG wow was this the first episode with Arlene Francis. First time I remember seeing her on the show.
Kathy B this is Arlene’s third week of shows.
MG73: 6-10
MG75: 451-455
MG75: 561-565
@@MatchGameProductions Same week of Bob Barkers first week it looks like, before the circus came around so to speak.. ;0)
Stephanie Lively not sure what you mean? Can you specify!
@@MatchGameProductions I think I was trying to say that both Bob Barker, Arlene and Richard were all on the same week the first time time they were on MG73. And of course Gene.. ;0)
@@sdlively27 Yes before Brett, Charles and Fannie
My thesaurus lists "truss" as a synonym for "brace". I think that's what Carol was trying to get at, but couldn't think of the word. It should have been a match. In fact, "cast" should have been a match, since a cast is bandages soaked in plaster to brace a broken bone. Isn't that a bandage/brace by definition?
I agree, especially about "truss" and about that being what Carol meant, but expecting Ira to think more than superficially is asking a bit much. Even that is hit or miss.
"One pair of bicycle"
Fannie was priceless!
One pair of eyeglasses would have been good answer.
I don't understand why they didn't share one pair of GLASSES?!?!
Gene has a magic finger?
ROFL! Another fine episode! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Gene! ;0) ROF! Love ya Charles! ;0) ROFL! Love ya Fannie! :0) ROFL! Love the entrances, silliness, voices, acting and the fun Gene! ;0) New suit? ;0) You can't blame the mic for the dumb noises from this show.. ;0) You carrying you magic wand.. ;0) Have you three thought about getting out of show business.. ;0) brace! ;0) How can we start, we haven't shown the first item up for bids. ;0) cast! ;0) truce fitted with a safety belt! :0) sling! ;0) Trazan fell off his vine and now his blank is in a sling.. That will be our next question.. ;0) I hate people who try to be funny.. This is for Bob Truss or Concunceses! ;0) Mother in law! ;0) Remember the audience that this is just a game and here to have fun and not important for us to match. dentist! ;0) boo! ;0) You chance maybe come up now.. ;0) If you say and show it you get booed but if you know it rotten you just turn it over quietly then no one notices and they don't boo... until later.. ;0) drawers! ;0) The other way, no this is what I want to do.. ;0) The world is too much with me congress man.. ;0) nose! ;0) finger! ;0) It is a sad question.. ;0) shoes! ;0) What is the one thing I don't wear? socks! Because at age 21 my sister got to keep them.. ;0) bicycle! ;0)
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I see you've been hanging out with Dumb Donald too long.
Same with William Tell ✌
Bob was a good sport on that one, but what exactly is a cast, if not a brace and a bandage?
Depends adult diapers would have been a great answer for the Tarzan question.....if Depends were around back then....
My first thought was an orthopedic loin cloth.
@@LynxSouthYou and I would have been shut out. " Suspenders " was my first instinct.
I'm pretty sure they were. June Allyson might have even been pitching them by then.
I have read of families so poor that they couldn't afford shoes for all of the children, so two children shared a pair and in the cold weather, they went to school on alternating days.
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I thought: kittens.
@@amandajstar ??
I guessed Tarzan would be wearing a seat belt. Or a helmet.
It's obvious what Debbie Shinholster's ancestors invented. : )
Panelists:
1. Bob Barker
2. Brett Somers
3. Charles Nelson Reilly
4. Arlene Francis
5. Richard Dawson
6. Fannie Flagg
That leaves Fannie Flagg as the only celebrity whose still alive today on "Match Game"!!
Bartos-Olson, round 1, question A: "Safety important at my age; me wear HELMET now." (Bzzt!)
Round 2, question B: "He'd just had ORAL SURGERY, and he figured someone must have been taping him while he was under." (Bzzt!)
Question A: "On the NOSE!" (Ding!)
Super Match, part 1: FIGHT
Part 2: TELL
Bartos-Schinholster, round 1, question A: "One pair of GLASSES, and that's why his face looks that way." (Bzzt!)
It was a missed opportunity not calling her Little Debbie. She even has a light blue and white plaid dress on.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was from Maine. Brett was mixing him up with the English poet, William Wordsworth.
No, she said that Wadsworth Longfellow was from Maine. The confusion is yours, not hers.
Nice outfit for Gene, compared to what he usually wears.
Pie crust. I drew a blank after that.
Pie plate. Pie in the sky.
Brett acting like it wasn't a simple answer. 🤨🙄
Carol is going to be on for awhile.
GOOD!! thanks for ruined the show
Sorry Gene, but your old man Tarzan Impersonation was horrible ✌
I agree same with the old man voice
Mr. Periwinkle was the perfect character for Gene to use his old man voice. Any other characters he tried it with just didn't work.
Depends
I unfortunately met Fannie Flagg. I walked away thinking how grateful I was I never read Fried Green Tomatoes.
WOW! My first thought was William Shakespeer
David looked thoroughly ticked-off at losing. Guess you can't blame him. Has anyone seen the consultation prize?
Was it varnish again?
It's consolation prize haha
William Tell....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell
How about Feb. 2022
Were you binge watching then?
Smpenczeki guess i was you gave thumb down for that ❔
@@cricketcustomer2164 no. Not at all.
What else would old Tarzan wear BUT a cast. Debbie is a sweetie and she DOES look twelve
I said a) a harness or b) a parachute.
Did contestant David Olsen give anyone else the creeps?
again, if a tie is a scarf, than a sling is a brace. No consistency
Yeah, the dong didn't make sense.
I think
I hate Bob Barker. All he does is push his stupid show.
I ro not mind Bob Barker on Match Game, but I do agree with you about going overboard about promoting The Price Is Right on there though
Look. TPIR Match Game and Tattletales were originally on in the afternoons as a block. It's more of a CBS thing than Bob itself.
These three shows cross-pollinated in some capacity during this time
I LOVE Bob Barker. Wonderful man.