Is Robert Q. Lewis holding up two fingers at the start? That's the Cub Scout sign. The Boy Scout sign is three fingers. And one finger? That's the Freeway sign.
It would be nice if GSN showed more classics like they did when they debuted. As with seemingly every network they have gone so far astray it is sad now. Of course many game shows were erased by the network or went out live with no tape even existing so I understand there are limits. However GSN had plenty of shows they aired and was a great network at one time. I don't even get GSN any more but have a feeling I am not missing much.
Henry Morgan was a fairly popular radio show host in the late 1940's and 1950's. He was called a humorist and a satirist. But by the 1960's the only gigs her could get were as a game show panelist.
@sportsoracle Actually, the theme for the original Match Game is "A Swingin' Safari," by Bert Kaempfert. I have an album with this song on it -- only took me 30 years to find it! ;-)
@snickpickle And if my memory serves me correct (I was a toddler then!), "A Swingin' Safari" was a minor hit on top-40 radio during early 1963 (maybe peaking around #25??) as a result of its exposure on "Match Game".
I remember watching this with my aunt who passed away many years ago. To this day, I could never figure out what Henry Morgan was really known for. And who'd a thunk that Betty White would still be around and so hot, when all the rest have been gone for decades!
how about we start up a petition to create a new cable channel called "GSN Classic".a channel that shows only classic game shows like this,what do you think?
I remember watching this show in the afternoons after school. I believe it ran on NBC. I remember one of the sponsors being Fritos Corn Chips with the original "Munch a bunch of fritos corn chips" jingle. I loved this show, but could not stand the 1970s version. Gene Rayburn was also on the long running NBC radio show MONITOR and Steve Allen's sidekick on the original TONIGHT SHOW.
Only 11 of the 1960s version of the Match Game exist. A real shame since these were truly classic Match Game episodes. Too bad Goodson-Todman destroyed these classic tapes.
they should do a revival of this version, i think it would be a great success,unlike all the attempts to revive the 70s version,all of which failed miserably.
Am I the only one that thinks that it would be nice if GSN left the original commercials in all their shows to make everything more authentic? I know that many of the products that the shows were sponsored by no longer exist, but it would be nice to see them anyway.
They need to bring back the older shows that had when GSN first started. I'd like to see the 50's version of "The Price is Right", hosted by Bil Cullen. They also need to bring back the older episodes of TPIR with Bob Barker. Right now, we'll just have to settle for bad quality videos on YouTube.
@travis7310 . I completely agree. GSN always spoils the end credits of the few classic game shows they show by shrinking them down and promoting the new crap they air. We don't get to see the ads for the prizes. I would bet a years salary that the boobs programming GSN are the same boobs programming TV Land. Both channels have been ruined.
@travis7310 It pays to have advertisers. Lots of them. No way would GSN, or any channel, afford to do that. They did goof up and aired the original commercials a couple times, but I'm sure whoever caused that got in big trouble.
The Game Show Network sucks today. They need more vintage game shows and more of a variety of them rather than the crappy new game shows and those stupid GSN Live segments and hosts. Whoever is programming GSN and TV Land for that matter should be fired.
I loved when GSN first came out. It showed lots of the older game shows. Monday through Thursday at 8:00 (cst) I looked towards to watching the old 70's Newlywed Game. Although I wasn't born until '79, I have to say those episodes were HILARIOUS. Now? I only watch Match Game. I agree these new shows are not that good. They should stick to more classic episodes fewer new ones.
@zibbyzubb A-men! One of the reasons I switched to digital cable was because of GSN. A friend of mine told me they were showing a lot of the old game shows such as the original Password (w/Allen Ludden), Beat The Clock & To Tell the Truth (both hosted by Bud Collyer), What's My Line? (w/John Charles Daly), and many more. Sure brought back a lot of childhood memories; I wish they would show these old classics again. AND LEAVE IN THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS!!!
@zibbyzubb They are even missing out on the '80s and '90s that I grew up with. All that's there now is '70s Match Game, '80s $25,000 Pyramid, '70s Card Sharks, and '70s Family Feud, with the rest 1999+! They need a second network called GSN Classic just like you have VH1 and VH1 Classic.
@unclesporkums One thing I find very strange is that some of the new TV channels are actually bringing a pretty decent mix of old things (like, the Hub is airing a lot of '70s and '80s sitcoms and a few other things from that era as well as their own shows).
Bennett Cerf edited a dictionary. You would think he would come up with a more technically correct answer to the question of most common word used . . . like -- is.
I remember this version, from my childhood. I always loved the theme music ("Swingin' Safari"), and was disappointed when the 70's show didn't have the same theme. The 70's show was much more fun, but occasionally a bit embarrassing ---
Hopefully, those episodes are from the last two years when there were plenty of John and Mary questions, the Telephone Match, and when were first heard that "John saw the Statue of Liberty (blank)ing in the harbor." One of Dennis Weaver's teammates responded "tinkling." (That question later popped up on Match Game '73 with the same answer. The 1967-69 years saw The Match Game really loosen up with some really great hilarious spontaneous moments from on-stage and the audience.
The Match Game was definately a way to get a start in success. It was simplistic, a little serious, and was adapted into several formats afterwards. The matching portion was the reason why it was called MATCH GAME in the first place. Gene Raybern knew how to handle himself and the game on this one by doing it his own way; with control and humor along the way. It may be dull and week but it was popular for some reason. It would recommend seeing if you have nothing else to do. 4.5 stars for this.
How about Match Game 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 69? (Somebody already said Match Game 64.) If the 70's version had the year after it (Match Game 73, 74, 75, and so on), why didn't the 60's version have the year in the title?
Match Game shows of the 1970s was a ressurrected version of the 1960s origional so an accompaning year was added to the 70s version to distinguish the different versions.
The year was added to indicate that the show was new and slightly different from the original show. Once the year was added to the title, the producers just kept it up for a few years out of habit.
Joan Fontaine was a highly regarded actress. She turns 91 on Oct. 22. Olivia deHavilland (sp?) is her sister. She's alive as well. Joan supposedly had an IQ of 160. Not that you would necessarily know that from watching this show.
It might have moved a bit slow but like someone else metioned it was a different time in the US.
I was just a little kid and consider myself lucky to have been able to watch these "original" shows (e.g. Concentration, etc). Glad to see that some of our history has been saved.
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Sure it is boring my today's standards, but it was a different time, a different nation. I always liked this version better than the corny, silly, risque, unfunny 1970s version - another reason to hate the 1970s.
I prefer this version but that could be because GSN has run the 70s version in the ground. I am sick of that version and of FF which GSN never seems to tire of airing. Now, granted only 11 of 1,760 episodes of the NBC daytime version exist I can under stand that not many will be seen.
wOh wow! I haven't seen this version since I was kid. This to me was the innocent version. No Dumb Dora or Old Man Periwinkle questions. NNo Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, or Richard Dawson either.
This is really strange! I had read somewhere on the Internet that these tapes were erased over or destroyed, except for 9 of them; which were in the Library of Congress in Washington.
Well anyway, I haven't seen this version in 40 years.
WOW! I never saw the original Match Game before, as I wasn't around until the 70s. It's interesting how "clean" these questions are, compared to the types of questions that lend themselves to risqué answers in the 70s Match Game. Also, we don't hear about Dumb Donald, Dumb Dora, and Old Man Perrywinkle here.
Ever since I were a Child I have always enjoyed watching Match Game & have always admired Gene Rayburn . He was the King of all of Gameshow Hosts . A Swingin Safari was the heartbeat of the Match Game ,and I own it all .
Gene said in an interview that the game in this show was very weak. And let's face it MG 73-82 was just a party, screw the game, who cares. Let's drink in between tapings and party with America!
Match Game 62-69 (from 65 on)was a large part of my weekdays along with You Dont Say! from 3:30-4:30 every afternoon coming home from school..Gene Rayburn was the best part of the show, even if the game was weak..
Thanks for posting this. Without this 60's version, we probably wouldn't have had the classic 70's version we are more familiar with. And even when the 1973 version started, they didn't have naughty questions. Those came as the show stretched its wings.
That ship's bell was used as the win bell on virtually every Goodson Todman game show in the mid 60's! (I'd love to get my hands on that ship's bell sound effect!) I STILL own the board game of THE MATCH GAME from the'60s--and still play it!
I remembered this version when I was a toddlet/kid! Liked "A Swingin Safari" as the theme, the Telephone Game where a home viewer & studio audience member matched head to head (inspired the 70's bonus round) & the Famous Ship's bell (also heard on the original Jeopardy! when a Daily Double was hit).
Unfortunately, it was opposite my brother's favorite local kids show, Kitirik.
hmmm..reminds me of my childhood-my dad and brother wanted to watch 'highway patrol'(ktla channel 5)while I wanted to watch kcop channel 13-felix the cat-so i got the 1958 packard bell;they got the 1967 zenith-but i got the zenith when i watched mr rogers neighbor hood cuz it had UHF...
Charles and Brett may not be there, but there's plenty of Betty White!!
MrWilliamtom 3 weeks ago
i like the match game from 70s
matchgamelover 1 month ago
@matchgamelover But if this version wasn't on first though, we wouldn't have had the classic 70's version we all know and love!
DENo1MatchGameFan 1 week ago
Ah yes! I remember this from when I was a little girl. No "Who's My Baby's Daddy" or any of this other junk that's on today.
nanlisa 4 months ago
ya kno i almost cried cause it was so much simple
i loved that how iif you made a mistake
it was alright and now if you make a mistake
YOUR FREAKIN SHOW GETS TAKEN OFF THE AIR
why
koolA1dmann 5 months ago
These "All-Star" teams were an all-star team of legendary panelists from Goodson/Todman game shows.
And that made this episoe even more entertaining.
altfactor 6 months ago
Is Robert Q. Lewis holding up two fingers at the start? That's the Cub Scout sign. The Boy Scout sign is three fingers. And one finger? That's the Freeway sign.
thishereguitar 6 months ago 2
This dates me, I remember watching this occasionally at my Grandma's house. I was five at the time. She wouldn't have let me watch the 70s version!
On a tangent, this was about the same time grandma taught me to say "think" not "fink"
rgjraccoon 7 months ago
Not only did I not know there was an original version of this show, I had no idea Gene Rayburn hosted that, too!
Thanks for sharing this!
Crotchrot 8 months ago
These people were all rich, they must be laughing on the inside that the prize money was only $2-300.
tryithere 11 months ago
ROBERT Q LEWIS --- of The Name's The Same old old TV game show ! wow.
jsicolts 1 year ago
Gene Rayburn and Betty White Haven't changed a bit
fluteplaya22593 1 year ago
@fluteplaya22593 Gene Rayburn has changed plenty. He's been dead for about a decade.
mrp454 1 year ago
@mrp454 i know but i was saying from this version of match game to the one in the 70s
fluteplaya22593 1 year ago
To anybody wondering, SuperPAC has the full episode uploaded. Look up "match game january 1964."
GSNSmashFan3 1 year ago
It would be nice if GSN showed more classics like they did when they debuted. As with seemingly every network they have gone so far astray it is sad now. Of course many game shows were erased by the network or went out live with no tape even existing so I understand there are limits. However GSN had plenty of shows they aired and was a great network at one time. I don't even get GSN any more but have a feeling I am not missing much.
storrs19 1 year ago
Henry Morgan was a fairly popular radio show host in the late 1940's and 1950's. He was called a humorist and a satirist. But by the 1960's the only gigs her could get were as a game show panelist.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago
THANK YOU! I had this theme stuck in my head and was not sure what show it was!!!
brorob78 1 year ago
What year is this?
henrygrove100 1 year ago
Ah yes, the classic game show that gave us the theme song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
sportsoracle 1 year ago
@sportsoracle Actually, the theme for the original Match Game is "A Swingin' Safari," by Bert Kaempfert. I have an album with this song on it -- only took me 30 years to find it! ;-)
snickpickle 1 year ago
@snickpickle And if my memory serves me correct (I was a toddler then!), "A Swingin' Safari" was a minor hit on top-40 radio during early 1963 (maybe peaking around #25??) as a result of its exposure on "Match Game".
altfactor 6 months ago
I remember watching this with my aunt who passed away many years ago. To this day, I could never figure out what Henry Morgan was really known for. And who'd a thunk that Betty White would still be around and so hot, when all the rest have been gone for decades!
Simon5005 1 year ago
how about we start up a petition to create a new cable channel called "GSN Classic".a channel that shows only classic game shows like this,what do you think?
saml760 1 year ago 4
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blozier2006 1 year ago
@saml760 motion seconded
blozier2006 1 year ago
@saml760 I like the idea. They should do the same with TV Land. Only programs of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Nothing newer than 1979.
zibbyzubb 1 year ago 2
I remember watching this show in the afternoons after school. I believe it ran on NBC. I remember one of the sponsors being Fritos Corn Chips with the original "Munch a bunch of fritos corn chips" jingle. I loved this show, but could not stand the 1970s version. Gene Rayburn was also on the long running NBC radio show MONITOR and Steve Allen's sidekick on the original TONIGHT SHOW.
bluesdca 1 year ago
I totally agree! These are the gems!
flolouise7 1 year ago
It wasn't that much fun, but I loved seeing Betty White <3
linnkristin94 1 year ago
Only 11 of the 1960s version of the Match Game exist. A real shame since these were truly classic Match Game episodes. Too bad Goodson-Todman destroyed these classic tapes.
MrPolkajohn 1 year ago
Aaaaw... No love for Brunettes? :(
FiddleDeeDee2 1 year ago
ugh....boreing
scarypowers 2 years ago
@scarypowers yeah u r
65ludwig 1 year ago
@65ludwig blow me
scarypowers 1 year ago
@scarypowers thats your moms job................
65ludwig 1 year ago
@65ludwig ...that would put you and mom out of a job....
scarypowers 1 year ago
they should do a revival of this version, i think it would be a great success,unlike all the attempts to revive the 70s version,all of which failed miserably.
saml760 2 years ago
Wow! The original Match Game was a much cleaner show than it's '70's redux.
No risque questions here,just a good old fashioned game show.
cmulwee001 2 years ago
Am I the only one that thinks that it would be nice if GSN left the original commercials in all their shows to make everything more authentic? I know that many of the products that the shows were sponsored by no longer exist, but it would be nice to see them anyway.
travis7310 2 years ago 30
that would be awesome... if everything on the channel was from that time, including the commercials.
Bethmusic2 2 years ago
They need to bring back the older shows that had when GSN first started. I'd like to see the 50's version of "The Price is Right", hosted by Bil Cullen. They also need to bring back the older episodes of TPIR with Bob Barker. Right now, we'll just have to settle for bad quality videos on YouTube.
travis7310 2 years ago 2
@travis7310 You're not the only one. They should have left those old commercials in.
jfpl7672 1 year ago
@travis7310 . I completely agree. GSN always spoils the end credits of the few classic game shows they show by shrinking them down and promoting the new crap they air. We don't get to see the ads for the prizes. I would bet a years salary that the boobs programming GSN are the same boobs programming TV Land. Both channels have been ruined.
zibbyzubb 1 year ago 2
@travis7310 It pays to have advertisers. Lots of them. No way would GSN, or any channel, afford to do that. They did goof up and aired the original commercials a couple times, but I'm sure whoever caused that got in big trouble.
Hondo20132 10 months ago
Is there a name for the theme music used at the beginning of the segment?
raiders1967 2 years ago
It's called "A Swignin' Safari" by Billy Vaughn. The version heard on the show was by Bert Kaempfert.
travis7310 2 years ago 2
Dear Adam Nedeff, I grew up watching the original 1960's and 1970's
versions of"The Match Game>..and I liked both. The 1960's NBC TV Network edition may not have
risque qualities of the later 1970's version. But..it was still fun.
143AC 2 years ago
The Game Show Network sucks today. They need more vintage game shows and more of a variety of them rather than the crappy new game shows and those stupid GSN Live segments and hosts. Whoever is programming GSN and TV Land for that matter should be fired.
zibbyzubb 2 years ago 33
@zibbyzubb
I loved when GSN first came out. It showed lots of the older game shows. Monday through Thursday at 8:00 (cst) I looked towards to watching the old 70's Newlywed Game. Although I wasn't born until '79, I have to say those episodes were HILARIOUS. Now? I only watch Match Game. I agree these new shows are not that good. They should stick to more classic episodes fewer new ones.
marinetiger29 1 year ago
@zibbyzubb A-men! One of the reasons I switched to digital cable was because of GSN. A friend of mine told me they were showing a lot of the old game shows such as the original Password (w/Allen Ludden), Beat The Clock & To Tell the Truth (both hosted by Bud Collyer), What's My Line? (w/John Charles Daly), and many more. Sure brought back a lot of childhood memories; I wish they would show these old classics again. AND LEAVE IN THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS!!!
jfpl7672 1 year ago
@zibbyzubb I totally agree
scarypowers 1 year ago
@zibbyzubb They are even missing out on the '80s and '90s that I grew up with. All that's there now is '70s Match Game, '80s $25,000 Pyramid, '70s Card Sharks, and '70s Family Feud, with the rest 1999+! They need a second network called GSN Classic just like you have VH1 and VH1 Classic.
pannoni1 1 year ago
@zibbyzubb Amen! Couldn't have said it any better!
unclesporkums 1 year ago
@unclesporkums One thing I find very strange is that some of the new TV channels are actually bringing a pretty decent mix of old things (like, the Hub is airing a lot of '70s and '80s sitcoms and a few other things from that era as well as their own shows).
Hondo20132 10 months ago
@Hondo20132 I know! I think that's awesome! :)
unclesporkums 10 months ago
@zibbyzubb I think whoever is programming today should be tarred and feathered, LOLOLOLOL.
Juliaflo 7 months ago
@zibbyzubb Wow...you hit it RIGHT on the head. I know I'm two years too late, but I was saying this SAME thing to my wife about GSN AND TV LAND.
joejacky33 1 week ago
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@zibbyzubb Wow...you hit it RIGHT on the head. I know I'm two years too late, but I was saying this SAME thing to my wife about GSN AND TV LAND.
joejacky33 1 week ago
Bennett Cerf edited a dictionary. You would think he would come up with a more technically correct answer to the question of most common word used . . . like -- is.
soulierinvestments 2 years ago
I was born in '71 so I didn't see this version. Not sure how i like it.
CadillacL 2 years ago
I remember this version, from my childhood. I always loved the theme music ("Swingin' Safari"), and was disappointed when the 70's show didn't have the same theme. The 70's show was much more fun, but occasionally a bit embarrassing ---
DavidWhatsHisName 2 years ago
Funny questions... "How much money should a woman spend on a hat?"
philipjayfry 2 years ago
Joan Fontaine!!!!
wpml10 2 years ago
I loved the 70's show but I love this 60's music!
EmeraldSapphire2425 2 years ago 3
I love how they had to raise their hands when they finished their answer. I guess the "ding" hadn't been invented yet..LOL
OaktownABQ 3 years ago
good
momoiunder17 3 years ago
the theme song was called "Swinging Safari"
yearinyale 3 years ago
What is the name of that opening tune???
brewcity59 3 years ago
Swinging Safari
GarfieldnPyramid 2 years ago
Its a shame NBC destroyed most of The Match Game episodes!
cartoongameshowfan76 3 years ago 3
Yes only less than a dozen exist but it's said that another 100 episodes may exist someplace.
GarfieldnPyramid 3 years ago
Well, GSN ought to get the rights to all those that exist; they only aired 2.
Hondo20132 3 years ago
Yes GSN should get the rights it would be great to see this again.
GarfieldnPyramid 2 years ago
Hopefully, those episodes are from the last two years when there were plenty of John and Mary questions, the Telephone Match, and when were first heard that "John saw the Statue of Liberty (blank)ing in the harbor." One of Dennis Weaver's teammates responded "tinkling." (That question later popped up on Match Game '73 with the same answer. The 1967-69 years saw The Match Game really loosen up with some really great hilarious spontaneous moments from on-stage and the audience.
Noveltooner 2 years ago 3
Wow, it's like a completely different show. Well at least it still had Gene Rayburn. :D
blahthefool 3 years ago 3
And Johnny Olsen. And Mark Goodson and Bill Todman.
Hondo20132 3 years ago
bless you for posting this
BurkeDevlin66 3 years ago
omg
rocker23333 3 years ago
Betty White and Peggy Cass also appeared on The 1970's version of Match Game as well as To Tell The Truth and What's My Line.
frankd1965 3 years ago
The Match Game was definately a way to get a start in success. It was simplistic, a little serious, and was adapted into several formats afterwards. The matching portion was the reason why it was called MATCH GAME in the first place. Gene Raybern knew how to handle himself and the game on this one by doing it his own way; with control and humor along the way. It may be dull and week but it was popular for some reason. It would recommend seeing if you have nothing else to do. 4.5 stars for this.
gamshwfan 3 years ago
How about Match Game 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 69? (Somebody already said Match Game 64.) If the 70's version had the year after it (Match Game 73, 74, 75, and so on), why didn't the 60's version have the year in the title?
nanlisa 3 years ago
Match Game shows of the 1970s was a ressurrected version of the 1960s origional so an accompaning year was added to the 70s version to distinguish the different versions.
yaggazoozy 3 years ago
The year was added to indicate that the show was new and slightly different from the original show. Once the year was added to the title, the producers just kept it up for a few years out of habit.
Cris43130 3 years ago
It's wild to see Bennett Cerf (away from WML?) Robert Q. (away from The Names The Same) and Henry Morgan (away from I've Got A Secret.
martinimerlin 3 years ago
The old spelling of blond which finally gave way to blonde because it looked better on boxes of hair dye. True story.
Gnillob802 3 years ago 3
Very interesting comment-did not know that
Muffy2314 3 years ago
Rose Nylund!!!
burgy76 3 years ago
Simple, people still had class and self respect. A rare virtue in our troubled current times.
soutache 3 years ago 4
LURVE BEtty White...she's the Game Show Queen!
It took me the whole show to realize I'd seen Joan Fontaine in a 1975 episode of Police Woman...and I recognized Peggy from the movie Auntie Mame.
MsTexas73 3 years ago
i love this show. No annoying lighting effects, no loud music
BTW, who is (was) Joan?
holden190 3 years ago
Joan was Joan Fontaine.
pbatommy 3 years ago
Joan Fontaine was a highly regarded actress. She turns 91 on Oct. 22. Olivia deHavilland (sp?) is her sister. She's alive as well. Joan supposedly had an IQ of 160. Not that you would necessarily know that from watching this show.
vantalge 3 years ago
man betty has been doin this show for a while!!
BarrettTV 3 years ago
It might have moved a bit slow but like someone else metioned it was a different time in the US.
I was just a little kid and consider myself lucky to have been able to watch these "original" shows (e.g. Concentration, etc). Glad to see that some of our history has been saved.
ttugarygregory 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Sure it is boring my today's standards, but it was a different time, a different nation. I always liked this version better than the corny, silly, risque, unfunny 1970s version - another reason to hate the 1970s.
bluesdca 3 years ago
My God this is boring.
kgoff989 3 years ago
Match Game 64!
cdcnyy 3 years ago 2
I prefer this version but that could be because GSN has run the 70s version in the ground. I am sick of that version and of FF which GSN never seems to tire of airing. Now, granted only 11 of 1,760 episodes of the NBC daytime version exist I can under stand that not many will be seen.
storrs19 3 years ago
wOh wow! I haven't seen this version since I was kid. This to me was the innocent version. No Dumb Dora or Old Man Periwinkle questions. NNo Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, or Richard Dawson either.
This is really strange! I had read somewhere on the Internet that these tapes were erased over or destroyed, except for 9 of them; which were in the Library of Congress in Washington.
Well anyway, I haven't seen this version in 40 years.
nanlisa 3 years ago
1 They were on kinescopes!
2 they were showed live, and many were not recorded for posterity
secondchance1977 3 years ago
this show and your namesake arre two shows whose retoolings are better than the originals (mg 7x and press your luck)
smashwhammy 3 years ago
I have the 7th edition of n last of Match Game game....
Lehnerd57 3 years ago
This is from 1964.
William.
nwest1140 4 years ago
WOW! I never saw the original Match Game before, as I wasn't around until the 70s. It's interesting how "clean" these questions are, compared to the types of questions that lend themselves to risqué answers in the 70s Match Game. Also, we don't hear about Dumb Donald, Dumb Dora, and Old Man Perrywinkle here.
jeopardy60611 4 years ago
Ever since I were a Child I have always enjoyed watching Match Game & have always admired Gene Rayburn . He was the King of all of Gameshow Hosts . A Swingin Safari was the heartbeat of the Match Game ,and I own it all .
rlrshepherdstown 4 years ago
This is pretty much one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Thanks SO much for uploading it.
justaguy12345 4 years ago
Gene said in an interview that the game in this show was very weak. And let's face it MG 73-82 was just a party, screw the game, who cares. Let's drink in between tapings and party with America!
007InMiami 4 years ago
For a weak show, it lasted 7 YEARS!
pbatommy 3 years ago
Yeah but there was what three channels back then. Of course it lasted seven years. Hey it was Rayburn that thought it was weak.
007InMiami 3 years ago
Match Game 62-69 (from 65 on)was a large part of my weekdays along with You Dont Say! from 3:30-4:30 every afternoon coming home from school..Gene Rayburn was the best part of the show, even if the game was weak..
TimL2005 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Without this 60's version, we probably wouldn't have had the classic 70's version we are more familiar with. And even when the 1973 version started, they didn't have naughty questions. Those came as the show stretched its wings.
cooper79jeffr 4 years ago
That ship's bell was used as the win bell on virtually every Goodson Todman game show in the mid 60's! (I'd love to get my hands on that ship's bell sound effect!) I STILL own the board game of THE MATCH GAME from the'60s--and still play it!
pbatommy 4 years ago
Me too! I got the 5th edition.
QBCNetwork 4 years ago
I have a sixth edition.
pbatommy 4 years ago
I remembered this version when I was a toddlet/kid! Liked "A Swingin Safari" as the theme, the Telephone Game where a home viewer & studio audience member matched head to head (inspired the 70's bonus round) & the Famous Ship's bell (also heard on the original Jeopardy! when a Daily Double was hit).
Unfortunately, it was opposite my brother's favorite local kids show, Kitirik.
QBCNetwork 4 years ago
hmmm..reminds me of my childhood-my dad and brother wanted to watch 'highway patrol'(ktla channel 5)while I wanted to watch kcop channel 13-felix the cat-so i got the 1958 packard bell;they got the 1967 zenith-but i got the zenith when i watched mr rogers neighbor hood cuz it had UHF...
renofirvine 3 years ago