Match Game - McLean Stevenson takes over

[Bestmanme08]

Stebvenson was afraid of Conrad Bain (formerly of vampire soap Dark Shadows)!

[MsMemphisFlyer]

i love this show i always love McLean rip

[TheRichFather]

Gene: The Son of a Bitch Hit Me... LOL.

[DWolf2k2]

You have to love it when the panelists take over the mic.

[Fartingbellybutton]

McLean Stevenson said the biggest mistake he ever made in his life was leaving M*A*S*H*

[maclovindotca]

@Fartingbellybutton Absolutely !, I saw a later episode of match game 77 with him and he was not nearly as happy.

[MsMemphisFlyer]

@Fartingbellybutton i agree



[ivegotalongdong]

that blonde is SO HOT!!

[landrykkb]

McLean's acting career died 21 years before he did when he decided to leave MASH!I think he just got typecasted as Colonel Henry Blake to the point where people couldn't see him as anybody else.

[pdlbean]

looooool "Would you kiss it?" This is the best!

[cranberries45]

McLean Stevenson is awesome! Amazingly funny and charming.

[landrykkb]

McLean Stevenson could have been the ideal host for one of the following incarnations of Match Game as opposed to Ross Shafer or Mike Berger because he was hilarious.

[wkndsquire]

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. The fun the panel had on this show always staggered me. You really never knew what to expect. And, thankfully, the higher-ups never seemed to worry too much about the time consumed by the constant off-the-subject banter and host/panel playtime. Nowadays, game execs would probably get nasty e-mails from sponsors telling them to move it along. What a time for TV. I miss everyone and everything involved. Bravo to all.

[SueBeaWho]

EXCEIIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlbieGray]

It was also interesting to see Jonelle Allen (Berrenger's; Palmerstown USA; Generations, et al) on the panel this time around.

[mjg443]

lol drunk ...I LOVE MATCH GAME

[landrykkb]

We all know Colonel Henry Blake loved to engage in a drink now and then with Hawkeye and Trapper John!LOL

[AtarahDerek]

And Henry Blake takes Newkirk's position on a game show, and ends up taking over the show! Ah, McLean. I wondered what he did after MASH.

[MrLogoman007]

4 failed sitcoms.

[tjbigdog64]

Damn funny stuff although the quality is way off!

[jholland802]

Gene is sooooo drunk

[rlrshepherdstown]

Did you all know that most of these things you see on the show were just acting , because if Charles & Gene both serious , then Mark Goodson would kick them out ,and cancel the show . Because Gene was laughing at the end , even though Charle got a little rough with Gene . Of Meclean got another chance to Host apart of the show .

[JENBETH5]

who is the guy from one life to live?

[WhoseLineAnyway]

Country singer Bill Anderson

[JENBETH5]

Thanks!

[Whatevrmakesyoubreak]

You gotta love Mclean :)

[AlbieGray]

I've said it many times before, and I will say it again. This was the classic comedy game show! These were FUN!

[TheBrianJ]

Next time I ever get angry at anybody, I'm going to randomly shout "I DON'T LIKE THESE THINGS!"

[MildApplause]

McClean was about 25 years ahead of his time when it came to gameshow hosting - if he hosted a gameshow that way today it'd be huge!

[mateo096]

I have to agree. His sardonic tone would make him one of the most popular hosts today!

[WillBackbone]

McClean ruined his career when he left M*A*S*H

[palmercomm]

Good to see Col. Blake take command as CO on this show!

[HarveyRex23]

As far as the Colonel Blake character goes. Did you know when McLean Stevenson died on February 15th 1996 from a a heart attack, that the other guy who played Colonel Henry Blake in the M*A*SH movie with Donald Sutherland. Actor Roger Bowen died the next day? February 16, 1996.

[rickyleepilfer]

I always liked the McLean Stevenson character on M*A*S*H

and it has finally occurred to me why. His personality is very

similar to Ray Raynor the children's television show host in

Chicago during the 1970's.

[jtslady87]

Gotta love McLean!

[madpoetzsociety]

CNR actually hit him!