Match Game 78: Part 1.

[TheBambam2371]

starting at 6pm gsn is playing the classics excpt perry card sharks friday nights at 6 pm diffrent time may very for your time zone but in my time zone it starts at 6pm

[IGottaSneeze7]

NO ONE BOOS BRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IGottaSneeze7]

UM did brett die im so clueless about her

[married2ed]

@IGottaSneeze7 Unfortunately she died a couple of years back.

[IGottaSneeze7]

@married2ed awwww im crying

[thirdperiodpain]

How come all the question's have a perverted under tone?

[Iceland1944]

Rayburn Fever!

[billnmike]

Best. Show. Ever.

[LMA629]

I chose nuns too!!!

[trlwd1]

Thank you Xerock. I accidentally clicked on your name and was brought to your website. I don't mean to overstep but I can't help but wonder why on earth you even bother engaging these people in conversations about subjects that are so explosive? People said some horrible things to you. Don't you feel it's pointless to even attempt to make people like that see and understand your point of view?

[trlwd1]

Thanks, justmomagain. It's amazing how understanding and forgiving most people are on this comment page. I actually thought "dumb bitch" was pretty accurate in response to my awful answer. I totally understand where that person was coming from. I respect all answers and reactions to my answer. Even the ones that sting a little more than others. Every answer and reaction is valid and deserves to be heard. Take care all....Love, Didi

[tdickensheets]

We miss Match Game.

[nomicrowave]

"Nudists" and "nuns" were both great answers, I had "sheep".

[genesislover]

"Nudists" was a great answer, but "nuns" is super kinky.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

VH1 is going to have to put out " I love the 70s - Volume 3 " to cover game shows and special tv shows like Kasey Kasem's Top 40, Wide World of Sports, Big Blue Marble, etc. There was just to many things going on in the 70s to cover with volume 1 and Volume 2.

[spocko87]

@chroniclerofthe70s When is this coming about?



[chroniclerofthe70s]

@spocko87 Your guess is as good as mine. Wish VH1 would release the first two volumes on dvd.

[keiwansaunt]

where has good t.v. gone?

[narnia0100]

Why is Richard Dawson in like almost all of the Match Game episodes?

[crissrudd4554]

@narnia0100 He eventually left by around '78.

[edgehead451]

King Kong was thrown out of the baseball stadium because when they told him it was time for the seventh inning stretch, Kong went out and stretched the BANANA.

[jrbburg]

Pitcher was my answer too haha

[thishereguitar]

1. What drug was McLean on? 2. I think there's no demonstrable evidence that Head Start is effective (nonetheless I support it). 3. Who in the name of God is Brett Sommers, other than a game show panelist?

[jestman5]

33 years later and it's still an awesome ass show

[makeghandi]

Brett spelled didn't "din't"...

[robertdowneyjrlver]

holy crap Richard is hot!

[FiddleDeeDee2]

@robertdowneyjrlver Mmmm...He sure is!

[robertdowneyjrlver]

holy crap richard is hot!

[cdgrnr]

I love Brett!!

[jessi1971]

I was thinking KIng kongs PETER

[TheKirb90]

UH OH PRO PIPE ROFL

[MyFreedomChannel]

I would have said mannequins.

[cdgrnr]

@MyFreedomChannel Me too

[pixi2nv]

hahahahahahhaha charles man that guys voice is the bomdiggity

[jinn13]

I like the way the questions always had a sexual inuendo. Too bad someone never gave the real answers LOL.

[morg942212]

"guy who mentaly undresses...." "nudists" ahahah ;)

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

It's so nice not to hear that fake audience noise during the questions like what was played during the syndicated years!

[mthivier]

The contestant with the long blonde hair looked like Marcia Brady.  LOL

[80sfreak1983]

I LOVE MATCH GAME.I watch it everyday on GSN,along with Family Feud.Also Brett and I share the same B-day.

[thefungarian]

@trlwd I realize it's been said before, but seriously... no need for apologies. I thought you were just delightful and an entertaining member of the show.

For what it's worth, I hope whatever 'bad memories' you have of the show are lessened from all of us who clearly empathize (and who couldn't after reading your post?)

I was going to say what a shame if this caused/added to your exit from show business, but as long as you're happy right now that's what matters. You did fine.

[smagnanamus]

When Gene is saying the players name (around 2:00) he slipped in the "C" word.

[Paulwhoisvegan]

Wow! This is absolutely historic! A black woman who is not a slave back in the 70s! I bet Martin Luther was watching this show happily!

[bikerty67]

I always thought gene look like he was 6 foot 4 and he was only 5'7 , he look taller on tv

[TheKirb90]

Best Game Show Ever!

[wannawatchu66]

@xx18ashes, "dumb bitch," huh?

Isn't it amazing how the internet allows for the absence of common decency and decorum by allowing cowards like you to call names from behind the anonymity of a computer. And I don't say "amazing" in a good way.

[rebafan19]

right

[Sanosuke004]

Betty White has since passed on...

[joey507304]

No, she hasn't.

[Sanosuke004]

She's said to not be passed into the new life.. but she's close to 90! :P

[els9874]

@Sanosuke004 ummmm.....where the hell have you been? Betty White is alive and well and hotter than ever!

[aniraina21]

y'know, i got the dvd vol 1 of this match game and now i'm very inteested in this show...it's very funny...i like it!

[MercuryRis]

This show just seemed liked one big party and the best job ever, lol. Answer #2=umpire, lol.

[MercuryRis]

Geez i woulda said department store mannequins...lol loved this show.

[narusaku5878]

erm, it seemed like Richard & Betty White had the same answers, lol

[SuperPAC]

You aren't the only one who noticed that.

[Kinoakim]

@narusaku5878 sometimes I wonder how much copying was going on, lol. That being said it could also just be a case of great minds think alike. And I do think both Betty & Richard were great players. :)

[frankho99]

@narusaku5878 yes betty is looking a Richard's answer at 5:53

[gofntown]

wow i love this show i wish i was alive to be on it ;D, Betty whitee <33 she's such a good person & Brett is hilarious I don't really like dawson very much he's a pig

[trlwd]

This is Didi Carr 31 years after the airing of this show. I just heard about it being on YouTube and watched it in absolute horror! Somehow I thought "Perverted" in my mind instead of "Kinky" and then I tried to think of the most perverted thing I could imagine. Next thing I knew that stupid, offensive answer just blurted out of me. I was so terrible at the game (obviously) and very very nervous! I'd give anything to be able to take that horrific answer back! I humbly apologize to you all.

[poetnk]

Not nearly as bad as some of the answers we've seen on this show! You did a great job anyway. Always thinking about the contestants being the nervous ones unable to think of answers, but the panel ran into that very same problem more often than not.

[trlwd]

Thank you so much "poetnk". You have no idea how much I appreciate what you said. Yes, I was as nervous as can be believe it or not. I actually wasn't too keen on doing the show at all but my agent thought it would be good publicity. Now, that was publicity I could have lived without! Talk about "OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FOOT!" It wasn't long after that I got out of show biz altogether, became a mom and my beautiful baby girl is turning 30 this month! Now SHE'D be great at the Match Game!

[SuperPAC]

I've seen far worse answers from panelists. I thought you did a great job as well.

[estupido7490]

Could you tell us more about Match Game's workings when you were doing it? I'm an actor myself and wish so badly sometimes I would've been born in the 60's or 50's so I could've come on Match Game. What was it like backstage? What was your career like? How about our beloved panelists?

[estupido7490]

You were beautiful back in the day by the way. Can only imagine your daughter must be gorgeous.

[trlwd]

To Estupido7490, Thank you for your comments. I didn't think I was so beautiful back then, but I do appreciate the compliment. My daughter is much more beautiful for sure! I don't remember too much about backstage at the show other than they had a gorgeous fruit basket filled with everything imaginable in my dressing room when I got to the set. It was so sweet of them. Maclean Stevenson came in to say hello and welcome me and then Richard Dawson invited me to play backgammon with him.

[feudfan55]

@trlwd It's good that you're here. But you were beautiful here and most likely still are. You looked like a great game player.

[fwbh]

Didi, I just want to thank you for allowing your episodes to air. Some celebrities, like Valerie Bertinelli, Adam Arkin, and Anitra Ford, didn't clear their appearances which means we can't see them on GSN. Again thank you!

[trlwd]

@fwbh Hi! I didn't even know that you could clear or not clear your appearance on GSN. But either way I wouldn't have objected (even with that stupid answer I gave which is so embarrassing to me even now, thirty two years later!) I think it's a wonderful window into the past. Many of the celebs are gone already. And can you believe how Betty White has endured and is still one of the funniest ladies in show biz? Have you seen the Match episode where Kirsty Alley was a contestant? That was a trip!

[fwbh]

Oh yes I have. That was great to see her as a contestant. Have you seen the Jenny Jones and Brianne Leary episodes where she was a contestant? Those were great as well. If you'd like, I can post some others for you as I have all the episodes for the most part of Match Game.  There was another week you appeared with Bill Anderson BS CNR RD and MW. You seemed a bit more nervous that week, but it was fun to see Gene's reaction for the new kid on the block! HAHA. Great to hear from you! Nick

[trlwd]

Hi Nick, Well, to tell you the truth, other than the piece of the episode someone posted here where I'm giving that totally brainless answer I've never seen myself on any of the match games...ever! Can you believe it? I'd love to see some of the ones I was on That would be a real kick! Watching myself from those days feels like I'm watching another person altogether. What a trip!

[fwbh]

I have a treat for you. I'm going to go find your first episode of the week. I have to transfer it to DVD, so look for it tomorrow. This is so awesome to talk with a person who got the chance to be on Match Game. I'm truly honored!

[trlwd]

Nick, did you get my replies from yesterday? I'm going out of town for awhile, be back in mid Feb but wanted to make sure to thank you for downloading that first episode and when I wrote to you it didn't say that it sent so I came here to send you my thanks. Didi

[rjspear]

Don't worry about it Didi. It still brings back some great memories. take care

[Kinoakim]

@trlwd First of all I think it is completely awesome that you posted here. I love Match Game and it's great actually hearing about your experience on the panel. Now that answer might have been a little stupid but giving stupid answers is just part of the fun of Match Game. Everyone has done it, including the regular panelists who had way more experience than you. So don't be embarrassed, I had a lot of fun watching your episode. :)

[binsk]

@trlwd aw you poor thing! We ALL say stupid things, you just did it on tv. :) You are beautiful by the way and I am glad you are having a happy life!!!

[trlwd]

binsk Thank you for your kind words. I think you're right. We all say stupid things every so often in life. And you're absolutely right...I said something really stupid in front of millions of people on tv!!!!!!!!!!! And who knows how many more people will see that episode now that it's on youtube. So I get to keep on being stupid for all the world to see..... FOREVER!!!

[mmdillons]

@trlwd I've probably seen every Match Game there ever was, and I can assure you that you never said a stupid thing on that show, EVER. Your presence on the show was PERFECT. That's just the way it is -- so deal with it! :o) (It's a shame you can't appreciate yourself all these years later -- you were a delightful, funny, bright, humble, genuine breath of fresh air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[trlwd]

@mmdillons Thanks! How sweet are you! So many people here have been very kind to try to make me feel better about what I said. I really appreciate that!

[mmdillons]

@trlwd No need to apologize! It's a GAME show -- less-than-perfect answers were what made it interesting!!! Can you imagine if everyone gave great answers all the time? Nobody would watch!!! PS You that you were superb on Matchgame; you should be beaming with pride, and DEFINITELY not HORRIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrPaladino]

@trlwd Didi, I think for 1978 that was a plenty kinky answer, under the circumstances. I'm sorry you didn't get any matches. There's an old saying about television: "That's Hollywood". Thanks for being part of our memories. :)

[boothl232]

@trlwd Actually there was nothing wrong or offensive about your answer. The answer covered both perverted and kinky (kinky as we always used it meant perverted).  Don't worry about it. May the New Year bring you and yours all the best.

[LtSeth242]

@trlwd not to be rude, or anything at all, but if you are Didi Carr, 31 years later, i'm just curious... How do you know how to use the internet lol? I always thought the older generation was stupid when it came to using the internet. Again, i mean no offense whatsoever.

[yandrsupreme]

@trlwd Didi, I watched every episode of Sugar Time and loved it! I wish it would be repeated or released or something! I also remember you on an episode of Cross-Wits.

[justmomagain]

@trlwd Didi, the world was a much different place back then, and we just didn't think the same way we do now. I just consider it a sign of the times, and the changes that have taken place.

[Xerock]

@trlwd

Didi, you're still awesome.

[wasjohnny]

god I love this show. It's like watching your drunk relatives try to play a parlor game at Christmas.

[PsYcHoFaB]

"There's no way that's what the question says, Dr. Gredman." lolol

[iMoviePhil3a]

My god, the whole top row is dead! :(

[kevykev38]

I could never understand this show.  I loved the show way back when but i could never understand it. All the questions are almost impossible to answer. I understand that the celebs have to "Match" the answer the contestant's answer.

[inspectorfetz]

That's too bad. It was a show built around finishing jokes.

[kevykev38]

Aha! Thanks for the info ..

[TheGuardianDemon]

Richard was such the MAN, and hot too

[bellyflopman]

lol at 7:19 she spelled "didn't" wrong and wrote "din't"...idk if she did it on purpose but thats hilarious

[ChukNorrisHas12Moons]

Wow! Didi Carr thinks mentally undressing CHILDREN is kinky?!? There's no WAY someone could say that today and get away with it.

[amp1616]

man!! i miss this show so much!! (i like to mention that for some reason i answer better on 70's gameshows then the ones they have now. dont know why considering i was born in 1988 lol)

[BCraingirl]

"children"?? child molesters maybe but not 'kinky'!

[BCraingirl]

I wish I could get the Game Show Network, but watching it here is the next best thing!

[Elfan1965]

Charles answer was hilarious!

[bigweezey]

Brett hated that star wheel

[AceMover]

Ok, I haven't been able to find out this info yet... what studio was Match Game shot in? Was it Studio 33 (now the Bob Barker studio)?

[pettyofficer30]

Where they now film "Bold and the beautiful" at T.V. city is where Match game was filmed.

[soultrainyungin76]

yeah this is the BB studio

[mullethead201]

If I'm right, this is the last year with this set.

[viiviiixxtactic]

Where do they get these contestants?

[ohbaybie]

richard dawson is the man.

[bribabytt]

I echo the commenters who've given "shortstop"; that's what immediately popped into my brain, and Gene's too, I'd wager.

"Children"? How awkward and off-putting. I feel sorry for Didi Conn, who I have absolutely no idea why she was a celebrity.

[SkeetersPage]

Carr, not Conn. Conn was in "Grease", but you're right.

[coloh08]

wtf! children?!

[xx18ashes]

what kind of answer is children? dumb bitch

[Fordguy772]

love this game show

[smi9127]

one of my fav game shows

[pat4luigi13]

SuperPAC, thank you so much for posting these videos. I used to watch this all the time with my grandmother (in the 2000s).

[AmericanGreek]

"play hard but play mcLean"

haha

I love Betty White!!!

[magic1995]

im 13 and i LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

[Xxmarikis07xX]

@magic1995 i totally agrree with you nd im 17 ^_^ :D

[SakuraAvalonBleac25]

ROFL

[pixigirl999]

I absolutely love Match Game. Haven't had cable in a couple of years. It's nice to be able to watch my fave game show ever!! Thanks for posting

[wizdum25]

Mannequin is the definitive answer....hence the term "dress". Even Richard didn't think of it.  ... Bret "din't" lol.

[bshaunagrant]

Why is Betty stealing Richard's answers?

[MarkThompson01]

bshaunagrant, I'm glad that you noticed that. I was about to say the same thing when I saw your comment.

[lynette1953]

uh children ....

[Hondo20132]

Richard left due to the Star Wheel.

The wheel was still fun to watch, though.

[mylesspike119]

R.I.P. Gene Rayburn, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, and McLean Stevenson.

[solidgoldeasyaction]

children...

awkward silence ensues

[greg5566]

"It's home in a drawer and just continue and tell about the new star wheel and shut up!"

[greg5566]

What the heck is "In the Beginning"? This is '78, Maclean Stevenson is surely going to join M*A*S*H soon.

[greg5566]

Oh, I'm so dumb! All this time I had him confused with B.J.! That's so stupid! McLean was HENRY for god's sake, not B.J.

Henry had already left M*A*S*H in 1978.

[ilovekenthovind1]

I new they would say nudists!

[nebraskame]

Shoulda said Kong stretched the "short stop."

[shikumaru15]

Did they make up these questions or is there like a book that has these questions? or phrases of filling in the blank.

[HJPK123]

Didi's first answer is some kind of rotten to me..

[wizdum25]

Today, that answer would not have made it to air.

[jonhut111]

gene rayburn was born about 20 miles from my town that i live in.

[bradybunch63]

mentally undresses himself, would have been my answer.

[PsyCouture]

Someone remind me of what show(s) McLean was on. I was born in '76, I remember HIM, I just can't seem to think of anything

[mikewilder]

You probally remember him most as CO Blake on M*A*S*H

[sknyrd77]

or "Hello Larry"

[mort3965]

Betty White must have been copying off of Richard Dawson...like back in grade school. Ha

[YazDawg]

exactly! thumbs up

[ACNC1]

I remember watching this as a kid and when I saw charles without his wig it freaked me out...

WHAT HAPPEN TO HIS HAIR i thought

[nawaarimasen]

"mentally undress nudists", hahaha! ^_^

[LiberalNoob]

Brett Somers passed away on September 15, 2007. She was 83 years old.

[SagitarianVeggie]

I don't think one would get away with "children" as an answer today where everyone is now going apeshit about sex offenders.

Yeah, I thought of "field" too.

[Landrew120880]

I first thought of "Mannequins".

[chunksloth]

You are absolutely right.

People are insane nowadays.

[united772]

I love that theme song

[bettesbaby]

there was one I thought about for the first question, he undressed mannequins

[dagdogg]

@bettesbaby I would have wrote "Mannequins".

[bettesbaby]

odd, I bet on short stop....to stretch something short....shows what I know. when did Brett die??? I loved that woman!!

[CarCrazy12804]

RIP Brett and Charles!

[bulafritz]

Richard Dawson always looks bored to death...

[a1cjlock]

Nah.. He's just angry because Mark Goodson keep screwing him in one way or another! lol

[njboricuaparati]

This was '78 and he wanted out of MG. He had his own show already.

[a1cjlock]

RIP CHARLES

[pthornburg]

RIP Gene, McLean, and Brett, too

[yourasthma]

i had 'nuns' too

[BaronSCameron]

MAN I LOVE THESE!!!

[ryanschroer]

It's weird...Richard CAN be funny when he wants to be. I guess as long as he doesn't smile it's okay be funny.

[Lava1964]

Agreed: Richard Dawson and Betty white are game show all-stars.

[rjvonbokern]

Great video, Match Game is one of the best game shows

ever. Also, trust me Richard Dawson & Betty White don't

need to copy any answers, they're 2 of the great game

players of all time.

[seant426]

uh, do richard and betty copy ea. others answers?