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missjohnR · 05-24-2005, 05:34 PM

Who remembers the 70's game show, Match Game hosted by Gene Rayburne? I'm 23 almost 24 soon and I love the match game. I watch it everyday on GSN. I also like panelists. I go on-line once and a while to see what they are up to, who's alive, who's dead, etc., I don't like the Match Game hosted by another guy in the 90's.

Mr. Television · 05-24-2005, 05:36 PM

I love Match Game. I watch it everynight on GSN.

dawsongirl · 05-24-2005, 11:06 PM

The other guy sucks. He's so boring!

Mr. Television · 05-24-2005, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

The other guy sucks. He's so boring!

He's so boring, we don't even know what his name is.

Living In a '70's Dream · 05-25-2005, 11:56 PM

I Love the Match Game; it is definitely my all time favorite game show, but unfortunatley I do not have GSN...

musicradio77 · 05-27-2005, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by missjohnR

Who remembers the 70's game show, Match Game hosted by Gene Rayburne? I'm 23 almost 24 soon and I love the match game. I watch it everyday on GSN. I also like panelists. I go on-line once and a while to see what they are up to, who's alive, who's dead, etc., I don't like the Match Game hosted by another guy in the 90's.

"Match Game" is still the show ever on GSN. Gene Rayburn was the best and so did the 1990 version with Ross Shafer.

HopeLangeFan · 06-27-2005, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk

I love Match Game. I watch it everynight on GSN.

I love this! I watch it when I can!

MrWarmth · 06-27-2005, 08:57 PM

Ooh, I used to love when Elaine Joyce was on. VaVa Va Vooom!

JacknJanetLove · 07-11-2005, 12:30 AM

Match Game is awesome! It's my favorite! I love Brett & Charles! They're too funny! I also like Fannie.

Mina · 07-16-2005, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JacknJanetLove

Match Game is awesome! It's my favorite! I love Brett & Charles! They're too funny! I also like Fannie.

Me too! Fannie's just as funny as Brett and Charles, I think.

Chicken Lips · 07-27-2005, 12:38 AM

I love Match Game! I watch it everyday on my lunch hour! Gene is the best. One thing bothers me - it's almost as if the stars picked their favorite contestants and then came up with totally off the wall answers for the other contestant. You know like if the question was something like "Scary Sam was so scary...[How scary was he? ] when the neighborhood kids saw him, they all BLANKED. So the contestant would answer something like "screamed" or "ran away" or something, but the stars would say something like "went in the house and watched tv" or "went to the store to buy scary juice" or something really dumb (even dumber than the contestant's answer), but for the favored contestant, usually no matter how obscure a question was, the star's usually all matched except for Fannie or Patty (usually on the bottom right - not Betty White though - she was usually dead on, too) because they would come up with the absolute dumbest answers. Rarely did Fannie or Patty come up with a match - and that is usually only when the non-regulars didn't screw up and actually matched a non-favored contestant.

Maybe I'm imagining all of this in my cynical little world, but I don't think I am.

Mikado · 07-27-2005, 01:52 AM

T'was a great show...i loved it...too bad i cant watch it now

GrandGame1440 · 08-01-2005, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by musicradio77

...and so did the 1990 version with Ross Shafer.

NOT! (Only when Brett & Charles were there)

Harper49 · 08-01-2005, 07:59 PM

The remake was called What The Blank was hosted by Fred Willard and it was piloted for FOX but they just passed on it, Maybe syndication would be picking it up. It'll make it to air.

grinch · 08-13-2005, 07:44 PM

Match Game was so fun on so many levels-
first,The totally unscripted off the wall antics of the panel and Gene RayBurn.(Like the time Gene Climbed up into the audience or the time the cast of The Carol Burnett show unexpectedly walked on the set and Played a round of the game)
Second,It is a great show to watch to learn how to read body language.Watch the stars right before they reveal an answer on the Super Match portion of the game (where the contestant goes for the big money). Richard Dawson is THE master of masking (It's a body language techique where you don't reveal anything with your body language.It takes real skill to do it)
Third,The wit of Richard Dawson. He always had a funny line.If you wanted to win on Match Game,any regular viewer knew to call on him.He was amazing accurate on many matchs and In my opinion was definately one of the reasons for its success.The show wasn't the same once he left.
reason 4- Amazing Moments.During a week when Paul Williams and Betty white were Panelists,Betty made a funny insult about Paul.He was brillant in the way he took her comment and made it into a compliment.
reason5- the wackiness of Gene Rayburn
Finally ,the interaction among Gene Rayburn,Richard Dawson, Brett Somers,Charles Nelson Reiley,Betty White,Fannie Flagg and some of the other semi-regulars was pure Fun.
Without a doubt-one of the best Game shows ever and it still holds up good today.

05-24-2005, 05:34 PM	#1
missjohnR KELLIE PICKLER IS #1 Frequent Poster Join Date: May 06, 2005 Location: Somewhere in the East where alot of people NEVER heard of. Posts: 434	Match Game Who remembers the 70's game show, Match Game hosted by Gene Rayburne? I'm 23 almost 24 soon and I love the match game. I watch it everyday on GSN. I also like panelists. I go on-line once and a while to see what they are up to, who's alive, who's dead, etc., I don't like the Match Game hosted by another guy in the 90's.

05-24-2005, 05:36 PM	#2
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07-11-2005, 12:30 AM	#9
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08-13-2005, 07:44 PM	#15
grinch Grinch Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 25, 2005 Location: Claremont,NH Posts: 31	Match Game Match Game was so fun on so many levels- first,The totally unscripted off the wall antics of the panel and Gene RayBurn.(Like the time Gene Climbed up into the audience or the time the cast of The Carol Burnett show unexpectedly walked on the set and Played a round of the game) Second,It is a great show to watch to learn how to read body language.Watch the stars right before they reveal an answer on the Super Match portion of the game (where the contestant goes for the big money). Richard Dawson is THE master of masking (It's a body language techique where you don't reveal anything with your body language.It takes real skill to do it) Third,The wit of Richard Dawson. He always had a funny line.If you wanted to win on Match Game,any regular viewer knew to call on him.He was amazing accurate on many matchs and In my opinion was definately one of the reasons for its success.The show wasn't the same once he left. reason 4- Amazing Moments.During a week when Paul Williams and Betty white were Panelists,Betty made a funny insult about Paul.He was brillant in the way he took her comment and made it into a compliment. reason5- the wackiness of Gene Rayburn Finally ,the interaction among Gene Rayburn,Richard Dawson, Brett Somers,Charles Nelson Reiley,Betty White,Fannie Flagg and some of the other semi-regulars was pure Fun. Without a doubt-one of the best Game shows ever and it still holds up good today.

05-24-2005, 11:06 PM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,134	The other guy sucks. He's so boring!

05-25-2005, 11:56 PM	#5
Living In a '70's Dream Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2005 Posts: 3,427	I Love the Match Game; it is definitely my all time favorite game show, but unfortunatley I do not have GSN...

06-27-2005, 08:57 PM	#8
MrWarmth Comedian Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 24, 2005 Location: Atlantic City Posts: 207	Ooh, I used to love when Elaine Joyce was on. VaVa Va Vooom!

07-27-2005, 12:38 AM	#11
Chicken Lips Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 26, 2005 Posts: 5	I love Match Game! I watch it everyday on my lunch hour! Gene is the best. One thing bothers me - it's almost as if the stars picked their favorite contestants and then came up with totally off the wall answers for the other contestant. You know like if the question was something like "Scary Sam was so scary...[How scary was he? ] when the neighborhood kids saw him, they all BLANKED. So the contestant would answer something like "screamed" or "ran away" or something, but the stars would say something like "went in the house and watched tv" or "went to the store to buy scary juice" or something really dumb (even dumber than the contestant's answer), but for the favored contestant, usually no matter how obscure a question was, the star's usually all matched except for Fannie or Patty (usually on the bottom right - not Betty White though - she was usually dead on, too) because they would come up with the absolute dumbest answers. Rarely did Fannie or Patty come up with a match - and that is usually only when the non-regulars didn't screw up and actually matched a non-favored contestant. Maybe I'm imagining all of this in my cynical little world, but I don't think I am.

07-27-2005, 01:52 AM	#12
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,886	T'was a great show...i loved it...too bad i cant watch it now

08-01-2005, 07:59 PM	#14
Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	The remake was called What The Blank was hosted by Fred Willard and it was piloted for FOX but they just passed on it, Maybe syndication would be picking it up. It'll make it to air.