On NBC's 1962-1969 "The Match Game" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Rezny@gmail.com · 12-10-2010, 12:15 AM

Which was a good game show and one reason that NBC was THE place to be for great daytime game shows in the 1960's.A couple of questions:1)Why did they add the studio audience-telephone match (a plus) and 2)Why did they change the theme,from the late Billy Vaughn's "A Swingin' Safari" to recorded music by Score Productions,about midway through its 7 year NBC run?Was it due to freshen it up a bit?

howilu · 12-10-2010, 11:55 AM

I thought the Telephone Match was a good idea and a good way to reach home viewers. They shouldn't have changed the Swingin' Safari theme. Maybe the producers decided to have a fresh sound or there might have been clearance problems later in in the run.

12-10-2010, 12:15 AM	#1
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	On NBC's 1962-1969 "The Match Game" Which was a good game show and one reason that NBC was THE place to be for great daytime game shows in the 1960's.A couple of questions:1)Why did they add the studio audience-telephone match (a plus) and 2)Why did they change the theme,from the late Billy Vaughn's "A Swingin' Safari" to recorded music by Score Productions,about midway through its 7 year NBC run?Was it due to freshen it up a bit?

12-10-2010, 11:55 AM	#2
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	I thought the Telephone Match was a good idea and a good way to reach home viewers. They shouldn't have changed the Swingin' Safari theme. Maybe the producers decided to have a fresh sound or there might have been clearance problems later in in the run.