I loved Dawson as a Fued host, but I'll always like him better from Match because he was himself on there without all the writer input. So my order would have to be Dawson, Combs, Anderson, O'Hurley, and Karn.
Richard Dawson is from the South of England less than ten miles from where I live and have grown up. Why does he speak with an American accent? He left England at 23.
@111knucklehead after he was fired his finances went down the drain, then his wife divorced him, then he was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for suicide, THEN he committed suicide
For the time 70's-80's he was considered classy; if he were in the game now, a lot of the stuff he did then would be considered harassment. But he is an original no doubt. #1 in my opinion
Richard Dawson is one rank above Anderson, IMO. Dawson, to me, is the second worst host of Feud due to his constant kissing of female contestants that really turns me off since 2006.
I get creeped out every time I see Richard Dawson constantly kissing the female contestants. This is a good enough reason why I miss seeing Combs' Feud on GSN nowadays. Right now, if I were to watch any version of Feud, it would be Steve Harvey's by a landslide. At least Harvey's version would do me until the day Combs' Feud was to return to GSN.
The comeback should have been in 1988. Mark Goodson was very wrong for baning Richard from Family Feud. If he had hired Richard back in 1988 Family Feud and The Price Is Right would have had a great block on CBS. Just like Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune only in daytime.
Also we could have avoided the whole MESS from 1999-2006 and Feud could have celebrated it's own 25th. The only thing they would have to worry about is who would replace Gene Wood as announcer and later on Richard himself.
@telewatcher89 I liked Ray Combs though. He was funny. I'm glad he got to do a run even if he got fired by the man he was trying to replace. Although, if Richard did come back in 88 it might have prevented Ray Combs from hanging himself because him getting fired was part of the reason he hung himself. I'm glad Ray got to do some hosting on Family Feud although GSN really keeps throwing him under the bus for taking off his version.
@puttputtking I like Ray Combs too, but I believe some of the problems that the show and Ray Combs had could have been prevented if Goodson put his ego aside and asked Richard to come back. Richard cared about Family Feud just as much as Bob Barker cared about The Price Is Right. None of the other hosts cared about Feud as much as Dawson.
@telewatcher89 True. I think the Feud was created for Dawson, because if you watch Match Game you'll see most everybody wanted to match with Richard. That's why they started spinning the wheel so other celebrities could have a chance to guess. Since almost everybody wanted to match with Richard, I think Family Feud was possibly created for Dawson and that's why he comes off as a good host, and according to a lot of people the best.
@DanaDenali Amen to that, I would much prefer Dawson over Barker
Sure Dawson had some backstage moments, but @ least he wasn't afraid to admit his mistake and when he cameback to Feud in the mid-90's, @ least he ended on a REAL High Note, Barker on the other hand, sure he's been on TV for 50 years, the problem is that he causes too much drama, but unlike Dawson, he doesn't apologize for what he's done and plus, he has issues w/Betty White and Betty got an SAG for being on TV for 60 years.
They should've kept this version going with Richard Dawson assuming the helm as host of F.F. cause the O.J. trial was pretty much over in the fall of 1995 when the verdict was read, and since it was over it would've brought the viewers back instantly, so it's their big ass mistake in cancelling it.
Anyone who had a chance to watch this '94 run of Feud probably remember the DelVecchio family. IMO, they were the most memorable family from this short-lived incarnation of Feud. They were fun people.
I also want to say that it was such an honor to hear Gene Wood say Richard Dawson's name once again, and also, Gene Wood and Richard Dawson were close friends for years and I'm sure that Dawson does miss Gene Wood.
Richard Dawson, The King of the Feud, Ray Combs started out good, but then he got too overrated, Louie Anderson was terrible, Karn was pretty good, but @ least the 300 point rule cameback and O'Hurley is trying to improve and as for Al Roker, he wasn't Family Feud material.
It's cool, but I don't like how they replaced the second part of the theme w/a loop of the first part, which makes it a bit more repetitive than the original.
Now, 1st off, I was SO glad to see Dawson back hosting the Feud after almost 10 years, but, I wonder was Bob Barker so happy to see his I guess to say his old friend Richard Dawson back in the same studio where TPIR, Y&R and B&B are taped?
I'll betcha that Doug Davidson, Bobbie Eakes and Melody Thomas Scott were happy to see him back on Feud once again.
Doug was on the Feud for Soap Week during the 94-95 version and Dawson did mention Doug hosting TPIR and I do think that Melody was on there, too since she is popular on Y&R
@talladegajunkie1439 Yeah right. Someone says that with every host change on the current version. The fact is Dawson was never asked to host the current version and Gene Wood was never asked to be the announcer.
Dawson does need to come back now, he needed to come back in 1988. What they need now is a good decent host who's willing to host long term (and not suggest/agree to messed up changes like Louie Anderson).
I love Richard I dont get why some people didnt, my mom never liked him because she didnt like how he kissed everyone, I always thought he was sexy dont ask me why but back in the day he was very dreamy, I dont know I just think he was charming.
No it did not! His wife and children left him and his comedy clubs went under, though it didnt help matters that he was fired from 'Feud but I REFUSE to subscribe to the "Johnathan Goodson caused Comb's suicide" theory.
It's on the circuit...the episode is Schneidmiller/Stewart. I've heard it's the debut, but at least two other episodes have been claimed as such, so I don't know when it really aired.
Interesting note...one of the contestants on this show was on Match Game in 1977. She won the Super Match with Richard, and even brought the autographed MG card with her.
I also heard that Mark Goodson wouldn't have let Dawson come back, because when Dawson first hosted, he said something like "Dawson is an a** and he'll never work for me again as long as I live." Then he dies in '92, so in '94 Jonathan Goodson (Mark's Son) decides to bring back Dawson, and I remember seeing another video on here, (I think it was Combs Finale Part 2 of 2. I'm not sure though.) Anyway, they felt like Jonathan was spitting on his father's grave when he asked Dawson to come back.
You damn right on that. Jonathan... thank you for bringing Richard back and whomever did the theme here (speed-up jazz theme)... SOUNDS F**kING GOOD!!!
Jonathan just followed the advice of Mr. Harris Cattleman who strongly advised Goodson that if Family Feud was going to survive (which it was doing poorly in the ratings in 1993-94) he should bring back Richard Dawson and give people a renewed interest in the show having the original and most identified person with the show back on. Was it the right decision: well given the short life of FF94 I would say no in hindsight. J. Goodson just made a BUSINESS decision that didnt pan out in the end.
exactly, he was pressured into making a big change to the show, because they risked not coming back, I heard Joanthon has sinced said he regrets the decision becuase he fears it may have contributed in part to Ray committing suicide later that year.
I can see J. Goodson feeling regret, given what eventually happened to Ray. As sad as it was that Ray Combs took his own life, i get annoyed when people over the years have laid the blame of Combs' suicide soley on Family Feud and J. Goodson. It certainly did not help matters to be sure, but Ray could have bounced back into something else, perhaps even a second run at 'Feud later. We'll never know. It happened, it's sad, Rest in piece Ray.
I think (and I'm somewhat guessing cause I ahven't seen too mcuh of this season yet) that Richard jokes alot about waiting so long to come back. I've seen a promo where he said something like "all those years ago, we I left, I forgot to turn off the air conditioning, I just got the bill for $138,000." lol
I was told by someone that was at the taping that the standing ovation lasted exactly 14 minutes and 37 seconds. That audience member just happened to be a track and field runner and had a stopwatch in his coat pocket at the time.
Well, thanks alot for the info. Is there any place I could go to see the entire ovation? I remember watching The Feud as a kid and Dawson was my favourite host, ever.
any hardcore gameshow fans realize this was done in the (now) Bob Barker Studio? That's right... the Price is right stage. Look at the floor (white). You can see contestants row. Also... look at the curtains in the crowd shots.
@mightydyckerson I think by the mid 90's, "Family Feud" and "The Price Is Right" were probably the only 2 game shows taped at Studio 33. However, in the 70's you had "TPIR", "Match Game", "Carol Burnett Show", "Joker's Wild" among others being taped at Studio 33. I know stage hands had to been working over time back in those days.
Richard was to be the lead in Hogan's Heroes but his English accent was too strong. Bob Crane took the lead role instead. He didn't get along with Crane. Ironically, Richard introduced Crane to the man that wound up killing Crane (Carpenter).
Richard's first wife, Diana Dors - whom he divorced in 1966, died in 1984. That might have had something to do with him leaving Family Feud that year. He met his current wife in 1981 when she was a contestant on FF. Then had a baby daughter in 1990 when Richard was 62. He married the mother whom he had been with for 9 years in 1991.
Actually, Richard didn't leave the show by choice. The first run of Family Feud ended in 1985. ABC dropped the show reluctantly because the show had dropped drastically in the ratings over time. The show was picked up by Viacom and went into syndication for a brief period before it fianlly went off the air.
Actually, it was already IN syndication at that time, having been there since 1978. It too got cancelled in '85, and aired for one more year in reruns in certain markets.
I love Family Feud but this version NEVER took off. Richard Dawson is a really good host but something happened to him. I don't think it was his weight so much it was his energy. They also fucked the show up really bad. Family Feud never regained respect after Ray Combs. Ray was a good host. Louie Anderson stunk like a bad fart,Richard Karnes was boring,but the new guy John O'Hurley is good he brought new energy in the show again.
I was so glad when Richard came back, he will forever be FAMILY FEUD, and plus, Ray Combs was OK, but a little too sarcastic, Louie was terrible, Karn was good and O'Hurley is doing a great job so far on Feud.
and also, Richard Dawson coming back to the feud was great, but too bad the pre-emptions of the O.J. Simpson Case caused the Feud to be canned before coming back 4 years later.
I was starting my junior year in high school when Dawson Returned for the 1994-95 season even though he wasn't the same man that he was when he did the show 9 yrs earlier. but it was good to see him make an big comeback to the feud.
His comeback onto the show sucks. First of all, the old gameboard was made to be just as important as the show's host, and the show's announcer. It was part of the show! The newer incarnations fail because of this. You can't change anything on the gameboard or it's just not going to be Family Feud. And, I don't care for the new music.
I Remember when I First saw this, I was 9 years old and I was a fan of Ray Combs, I saw this new set and new look with four players I'm said "This is Different." Then Richard came on and I yelled, "MOM!," Something happend!", "There's this old fat guy hosting Family Feud instead of Ray Combs!", and Mom said, "That's Richard Dawson, He was the original host of Family Feud."
This is a Great Version,And it was great to see Richard Dawson get a standing ovation,as he deserved,Only other host to get that is Bob Barker! I only wish this version lasted longer.And the Theme Song was great,with the Jazzy Opening.The only thing I wish they still had was the Family Room where they did the Pose,and Came on Down.
this set is way better than that junk on the current run of feud..
and the dance remix of the feud theme they used here (it was recorded around the same time as the night time price is right music)(similar sound ot it) would work great on the current show
I onced did a report on " Family Feud 1994" in High School a couple years ago and one of the kids said, "Uh Jessy, isn't the host supposed to be Ray Combs?", I asked "Why are you asking me that?", the kid said, "Because of the Sound of the Strikes, the board answer reveal sound in Fast Money, The spectrum Colors on the faceoff podium and The Bankroll-Bullseye Game, Then he said, "Those sounds weren't there when Dawson was host in the 70's and 80's."
When I saw this... I was so glad to see Richard back and hear the remix of the original FAMILY FEUD! Also, how in the world, they went to the game board of the Top 01-08 answers?
Biggest game show perve ever.
bluestriker4444 2 weeks ago
He seemed like a great guy.
toptalkradio 2 weeks ago
The BEST game show host ever!! Thanks for the memories Richard:)
favre16 4 months ago
WTF was number 1?
Sambarre 5 months ago
I loved Dawson as a Fued host, but I'll always like him better from Match because he was himself on there without all the writer input. So my order would have to be Dawson, Combs, Anderson, O'Hurley, and Karn.
ilovecampcar22 6 months ago
@ilovecampcar22
and more recently steve harvey.
jmjfanss 1 month ago
Richard Dawson is from the South of England less than ten miles from where I live and have grown up. Why does he speak with an American accent? He left England at 23.
bigbosscentral90 6 months ago
@bigbosscentral90 His accent decreased little by little over the years and then just sort of suddenly went almost to zero.
AvuncularFeldspar 6 months ago
@AvuncularFeldspar If you watch the episodes of Hogan's Heroes, he speaks with a fake Cockney accent :P
HCShannon 5 months ago
@111knucklehead after he was fired his finances went down the drain, then his wife divorced him, then he was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for suicide, THEN he committed suicide
jamstar1 7 months ago
Dawson > Combs
336ac 7 months ago
The crowds reaction was genuinely moving. :)
artgal80 7 months ago
For the time 70's-80's he was considered classy; if he were in the game now, a lot of the stuff he did then would be considered harassment. But he is an original no doubt. #1 in my opinion
redactor96 9 months ago
I like watching this, but when I watch this I can't help but think how much I miss Ray Combs.
puttputtking 11 months ago
Richard Dawson is the best host of Family Feud, there hasnt been another host that has been as beloved as him.
johnnycajxrt 11 months ago 8
@johnnycajxrt What about Bob Barker?
puttputtking 11 months ago
@puttputtking as far as i know, Bob Barker never hosted Family Feud
johnnycajxrt 11 months ago
@johnnycajxrt I didn't know you meant Family Feud. I thought you meant any other game show host in general.
puttputtking 11 months ago
1: Steve Harvey
2: Ray Combs
3: Richard Dawson
4: John O'Hurley
Best 4 IMO
DarkSilverMusic1397 11 months ago
My top 3 favorite Feud hosts:
1. Ray Combs
2. Steve Harvey
3. Richard Karn
Richard Dawson is one rank above Anderson, IMO. Dawson, to me, is the second worst host of Feud due to his constant kissing of female contestants that really turns me off since 2006.
JonSea31 1 year ago
I get creeped out every time I see Richard Dawson constantly kissing the female contestants. This is a good enough reason why I miss seeing Combs' Feud on GSN nowadays. Right now, if I were to watch any version of Feud, it would be Steve Harvey's by a landslide. At least Harvey's version would do me until the day Combs' Feud was to return to GSN.
JonSea31 1 year ago
@JonSea31 - Are you serious?? Ray combs?? The dude was horrible!! C'mon, man....
Drumrdude1973 11 months ago
@Drumrdude1973 u have no taste. combs was very good
Lifty4ever 8 months ago 2
2 people don't know that Richard Dawson is a P-I-M-P!
thejoint25 1 year ago
My favorite hosts, in order, are Dawson, O'Hurley, and Karn.
Living legend, Dawson.
^_^
ed88888 1 year ago
What was number 1 "family feud moment" as voted by the viewers?
immortalperser 1 year ago
Best hosts: Combs, Dawson, Anderson
Worst: Harvey, Karn, Hurley(although Hurley was not embarassingly bad)
iambernig 1 year ago
@iambernig Steve Harvey isn't a bad host at all, in fact he's the BEST host since 1999. WAY better than Lazy Louie.
Top 3 hosts:
Dawson
Combs
Harvey
telewatcher89 1 year ago
@telewatcher89 Roger that!
luvaboy772 1 year ago
@telewatcher89 Combs was retarded!! I'd go with
1 Dawson 2 Harvey 3 O'Hurley. lol
whatimesit 1 year ago
@whatimesit at least it ain't drew carrey lol
TheAlmightyJoker 1 year ago
@TheAlmightyJoker It's Carey, and what's wrong with Drew Carey? He is doing a good job hosting the TPIR!
puttputtking 11 months ago
@whatimesit What do you mean Combs was retarded! He was the best in my opinion. My choices are
1. Combs
2. O'Hurley
3. Harvey
puttputtking 11 months ago
@iambernig
idk, i actually thouht Karn was a pretty good host! ^.^
That Louie guy just sucked though... -.-
wiigamer024 1 year ago
Wow.
MrPingPongSr 1 year ago
poor Ray, what a lost soul . . . r.i.p.
jazzman90405 1 year ago 2
i cant wait for the steve harvey one..
Titanator2010 1 year ago
wow he looks so different!
ThatArabGuy 1 year ago
that looks like the TPIR set
GameShowThemes 1 year ago
@GameShowThemes Yes, it sure does and actually it's the same studio that the price is right is taped at.:)
luvasia 1 year ago
@luvasia As was Match Game, Card Sharks and Press Your Luck.
TheJamesgordon43 1 year ago
@TheJamesgordon43 That's right.:)
luvasia 1 year ago
The comeback should have been in 1988. Mark Goodson was very wrong for baning Richard from Family Feud. If he had hired Richard back in 1988 Family Feud and The Price Is Right would have had a great block on CBS. Just like Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune only in daytime.
Also we could have avoided the whole MESS from 1999-2006 and Feud could have celebrated it's own 25th. The only thing they would have to worry about is who would replace Gene Wood as announcer and later on Richard himself.
telewatcher89 1 year ago
@telewatcher89 I liked Ray Combs though. He was funny. I'm glad he got to do a run even if he got fired by the man he was trying to replace. Although, if Richard did come back in 88 it might have prevented Ray Combs from hanging himself because him getting fired was part of the reason he hung himself. I'm glad Ray got to do some hosting on Family Feud although GSN really keeps throwing him under the bus for taking off his version.
puttputtking 1 year ago
@puttputtking I like Ray Combs too, but I believe some of the problems that the show and Ray Combs had could have been prevented if Goodson put his ego aside and asked Richard to come back. Richard cared about Family Feud just as much as Bob Barker cared about The Price Is Right. None of the other hosts cared about Feud as much as Dawson.
telewatcher89 1 year ago
@telewatcher89 True. I think the Feud was created for Dawson, because if you watch Match Game you'll see most everybody wanted to match with Richard. That's why they started spinning the wheel so other celebrities could have a chance to guess. Since almost everybody wanted to match with Richard, I think Family Feud was possibly created for Dawson and that's why he comes off as a good host, and according to a lot of people the best.
puttputtking 1 year ago 2
@telewatcher89 Also, I heard that Richard was considered coming hosting again in 2006, but he decided to stay retired, or something like that.
puttputtking 1 year ago
what does the O.J. trial have to do with The Price is Right?
AlmostParadise77 1 year ago
RIP Richard :(
newl0bstr 1 year ago
@newl0bstr richard dawson IS NOT DEAD!!!!!!
MoccaPrincess223 1 year ago
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He's a f*cking disgusting pervert.
watch?v=dqzzvb0xoZI
MuZicStaTion09 1 year ago
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@MuZicStaTion09 And you're a dipshit faggot. But thanks for stopping by.
mightydyckerson 1 year ago 4
@mightydyckerson winner!
livemannsf 1 year ago
Dawson is a legend. King of game show hosts right here
DanaDenali 1 year ago
@DanaDenali No. Bob Barker is the King of game show hosts! Also a legend as well!
puttputtking 1 year ago
@puttputtking I second that... Barker, Dawson 1-2
PsychoB32 1 year ago
@DanaDenali Amen to that, I would much prefer Dawson over Barker
Sure Dawson had some backstage moments, but @ least he wasn't afraid to admit his mistake and when he cameback to Feud in the mid-90's, @ least he ended on a REAL High Note, Barker on the other hand, sure he's been on TV for 50 years, the problem is that he causes too much drama, but unlike Dawson, he doesn't apologize for what he's done and plus, he has issues w/Betty White and Betty got an SAG for being on TV for 60 years.
tnawcwvictoria 1 year ago
They should've kept this version going with Richard Dawson assuming the helm as host of F.F. cause the O.J. trial was pretty much over in the fall of 1995 when the verdict was read, and since it was over it would've brought the viewers back instantly, so it's their big ass mistake in cancelling it.
adamdicy 2 years ago
the man who kissed everybodies wife
uptown1317 2 years ago 3
@uptown1317 and mothers and aunts and sisters and grandmothers and female cousins lol
MoccaPrincess223 1 year ago
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BMANBLAKNBLU 2 years ago
What Is The Number of that channel in the east?
CanadianLog08 2 years ago
WWOR 9.
Fartingbellybutton 2 years ago
what was voted the all-time greatest feud moment? if someone has it, post it plz
=]
barber215 2 years ago
It was the episode when Gene Wood introduced Sammy Davis, Jr. and then Richard has Sammy host the first question.
If you search "family feud moments" you'll see the clip with moments 5 through 1 on it.
tpirfan 2 years ago
He never liked the Bulls-eye segment.
carchavtube 2 years ago
Anyone who had a chance to watch this '94 run of Feud probably remember the DelVecchio family. IMO, they were the most memorable family from this short-lived incarnation of Feud. They were fun people.
gfalcon 2 years ago
Its time to start RUNNING!!!
reniisgod 2 years ago
I also want to say that it was such an honor to hear Gene Wood say Richard Dawson's name once again, and also, Gene Wood and Richard Dawson were close friends for years and I'm sure that Dawson does miss Gene Wood.
Richard Dawson, The King of the Feud, Ray Combs started out good, but then he got too overrated, Louie Anderson was terrible, Karn was pretty good, but @ least the 300 point rule cameback and O'Hurley is trying to improve and as for Al Roker, he wasn't Family Feud material.
tnawcwvictoria 2 years ago
Finally. I have been trying to get my friend to c that Anderson was worse than Karn and u have finally agreed with me. Thx.
bigweezey 2 years ago
lol
zEvArAnO 2 years ago
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SpeedDemons1983 2 years ago
Dawson's Return Theme was composed by Edd Kalehoff.
tnawcwvictoria 2 years ago
This theme sounds good & cooler than all the themes.
BMANBLAKNBLU 2 years ago 3
It'd make a great theme for the current version...I love the classic theme, but it just doesn't fit w/the set.
WhatsAYak 2 years ago
hey... this music & cues stuff is better that the classic theme. I can feel the spirit with the classic s**T, Edd's version kick ass!
BMANBLAKNBLU 2 years ago
It's cool, but I don't like how they replaced the second part of the theme w/a loop of the first part, which makes it a bit more repetitive than the original.
WhatsAYak 2 years ago
What do you mean repetitive? I like how they did a jazz, guitar and saxophone style. Sounds good, right?
BMANBLAKNBLU 2 years ago
Combs commited suicide -.-
spearrbk 2 years ago 2
in 1996 yea. Combs was fired in 1994.
SpeedDemons1983 2 years ago
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Id kill myself too if my last name was COOOMBS!!
maggot666punk 2 years ago
Lol tourettes guy ftw :D
spearrbk 2 years ago
Thats wrong. he was the best family feud host in my opinion.
bigweezey 2 years ago
It was clearly a Tourettes Guy reference. No need to get your panties in a wad. Dawson owns Combs anyway.
maggot666punk 2 years ago
Hey there, I have one question:
Now, 1st off, I was SO glad to see Dawson back hosting the Feud after almost 10 years, but, I wonder was Bob Barker so happy to see his I guess to say his old friend Richard Dawson back in the same studio where TPIR, Y&R and B&B are taped?
I'll betcha that Doug Davidson, Bobbie Eakes and Melody Thomas Scott were happy to see him back on Feud once again.
tnawcwvictoria 2 years ago 4
These 03 weren't on the Dawson's version, were they? Doug hosted the TPIR in the evenings.
BMANBLAKNBLU 2 years ago
Doug was on the Feud for Soap Week during the 94-95 version and Dawson did mention Doug hosting TPIR and I do think that Melody was on there, too since she is popular on Y&R
tnawcwvictoria 2 years ago
Also, TNPiR model Julie Cialini did a week of FF featuring Playboy centerfolds that season, and Dawson mentioned her gig on TPiR as well.
WhatsAYak 2 years ago
He should still be hosting damnit.
tygersflowerz 2 years ago 55
@tygersflowerz, he was considered for the 2010 show. Damn shame he wasnt picked for the job.
talladegajunkie1439 1 year ago
@talladegajunkie1439 Yeah right. Someone says that with every host change on the current version. The fact is Dawson was never asked to host the current version and Gene Wood was never asked to be the announcer.
Dawson does need to come back now, he needed to come back in 1988. What they need now is a good decent host who's willing to host long term (and not suggest/agree to messed up changes like Louie Anderson).
telewatcher89 1 year ago 2
@talladegajunkie1439 I just heard Steve Harvey is taking over. I think he's the first good choice in a very long time.
tygersflowerz 1 year ago
@tygersflowerz I can't wait to see that.:)
luvasia 1 year ago
@tygersflowerz
he sucks..
ThatArabGuy 1 year ago
@ThatArabGuy You suck more.
mightydyckerson 1 year ago 4
When I first saw Richard Dawson was back, and it totally caught me by surprise one morning, it was like seeing an old friend again;-)
It may have been short-lived, but it was truly a delight to have him back!
snoops71 2 years ago 10
was this shot at TPIR studio?
Cjl99 2 years ago
Yes. This was shot at the famous Studio 33 AKA Bob Barker Studio.
eleljep 2 years ago 2
is he alive or dead?
thefireman101 2 years ago
He's still alive, he's pretty old though. It would be fantastic if he came back and did just one show.
NoleMan007 2 years ago 36
Sometimes I wish he could have stayed with Family Feud for its whole run.
ngarcia103 2 years ago 4
I love Richard I dont get why some people didnt, my mom never liked him because she didnt like how he kissed everyone, I always thought he was sexy dont ask me why but back in the day he was very dreamy, I dont know I just think he was charming.
latinahoney123 2 years ago
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dawson was (and IS still) an arogant ASS
ivegotalongdong 2 years ago
and NOW here'szzzzzzzzzzz RICHARD. Lets START the faaaaaamilyyyy feuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud
newman20072008 2 years ago
Richard Dawson was the best host ever!
FilmNMusicBuff77 2 years ago 4
Is this what caused Ray Combs to hang himself? That was a tragedy.
Caterpillarjon 3 years ago
that did not happen yet
earnhardtlivesE 3 years ago 3
No it did not! His wife and children left him and his comedy clubs went under, though it didnt help matters that he was fired from 'Feud but I REFUSE to subscribe to the "Johnathan Goodson caused Comb's suicide" theory.
judanmcgregor 2 years ago 4
Loved to see Richard back on here again. Nice set and theme, too
weathermaniac1 3 years ago 5
I agree. Bring this theme back and him back. Today's set is fine & extend the damn "X" buzzer. short sound one sucks!
BMANBLAKNBLU 3 years ago
Great to see Richard come back but hated to see Ray go! I love watching both of them are great!
cartoongameshowfan76 3 years ago 4
It's on the circuit...the episode is Schneidmiller/Stewart. I've heard it's the debut, but at least two other episodes have been claimed as such, so I don't know when it really aired.
Interesting note...one of the contestants on this show was on Match Game in 1977. She won the Super Match with Richard, and even brought the autographed MG card with her.
supersaver87 3 years ago
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RIP Ray Combs
Jesus, Dawson has really, well, gotten old and fat. Pretty sure the girls wont want to kiss him anymore.
AaronV1228 3 years ago
AaronV1228: That was cold and cruel. I hope you feel good about it.
HonorableJ 3 years ago
I didn't mean for it to sound so cruel, he has just changed so much.
I apologize.
AaronV1228 3 years ago
damn you oj
tothepoint79 3 years ago 5
WAIT A MINUTE! If that was the #2 of the count down, WHAT WAS #1!?
Abdubaction94 3 years ago 2
Sammy Davis Jr. guest-hosting on the original version.
supremetaco 3 years ago 3
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they shouldn't show the bankroll-1st round on here.
BMANBLAKNBLU 3 years ago
Mark Goodson would regret the decision to bring back Dawson for two reasons:
1) Family Feud would be cancelled a year later.
2) Ray Combs would eventually kill himself.
KOHF34 3 years ago 4
Yeah...but Combs had other problems in life...his ex-wife for example.
nWoJeRiChO 3 years ago 3
And him being paralyzed from a near-fatal car wreck back in June, 1994 is another good example of Ray's problems.
gshowguy 3 years ago
I also heard that Mark Goodson wouldn't have let Dawson come back, because when Dawson first hosted, he said something like "Dawson is an a** and he'll never work for me again as long as I live." Then he dies in '92, so in '94 Jonathan Goodson (Mark's Son) decides to bring back Dawson, and I remember seeing another video on here, (I think it was Combs Finale Part 2 of 2. I'm not sure though.) Anyway, they felt like Jonathan was spitting on his father's grave when he asked Dawson to come back.
puttputtking 3 years ago
You damn right on that. Jonathan... thank you for bringing Richard back and whomever did the theme here (speed-up jazz theme)... SOUNDS F**kING GOOD!!!
BMANBLAKNBLU 3 years ago
Jonathan just followed the advice of Mr. Harris Cattleman who strongly advised Goodson that if Family Feud was going to survive (which it was doing poorly in the ratings in 1993-94) he should bring back Richard Dawson and give people a renewed interest in the show having the original and most identified person with the show back on. Was it the right decision: well given the short life of FF94 I would say no in hindsight. J. Goodson just made a BUSINESS decision that didnt pan out in the end.
judanmcgregor 2 years ago
exactly, he was pressured into making a big change to the show, because they risked not coming back, I heard Joanthon has sinced said he regrets the decision becuase he fears it may have contributed in part to Ray committing suicide later that year.
gameshowfreak2007 2 years ago
I can see J. Goodson feeling regret, given what eventually happened to Ray. As sad as it was that Ray Combs took his own life, i get annoyed when people over the years have laid the blame of Combs' suicide soley on Family Feud and J. Goodson. It certainly did not help matters to be sure, but Ray could have bounced back into something else, perhaps even a second run at 'Feud later. We'll never know. It happened, it's sad, Rest in piece Ray.
judanmcgregor 2 years ago 3
His wife was leaving him.. that's what happened.. He wanted the fued to go to an hour long, and the producers didn't want that..
ThaddeusChallis 2 years ago
I second on this... thanks a lot to the damn triail. Plus... today's FEUD, will be like this... plus the music & game board.
By the way... which theme of FAMILY FEUD is the best?
BMANBLAKNBLU 2 years ago
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After this clip Richard Dawsoms had backstage buttsecks with a stagehand/set designer and was fired all over again.
tobyattack08 3 years ago
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buttsecks? Dude if you are going to tell a joke...make sure you spell it right dumb fuck
chax1971 3 years ago
I think (and I'm somewhat guessing cause I ahven't seen too mcuh of this season yet) that Richard jokes alot about waiting so long to come back. I've seen a promo where he said something like "all those years ago, we I left, I forgot to turn off the air conditioning, I just got the bill for $138,000." lol
gameshowfreak2007 3 years ago 2
Can anybody tell me how long the ovation was?
lovesjfk 3 years ago 3
I was told by someone that was at the taping that the standing ovation lasted exactly 14 minutes and 37 seconds. That audience member just happened to be a track and field runner and had a stopwatch in his coat pocket at the time.
tobyattack08 3 years ago 2
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Stupid mutt Toby
bigbruvofenglanduk 3 years ago
Hi Toby:
Well, thanks alot for the info. Is there any place I could go to see the entire ovation? I remember watching The Feud as a kid and Dawson was my favourite host, ever.
lovesjfk 3 years ago 2
Go to the studio and start clapping for 14 minutes and 37 seconds. This will re-create the Dawson ovation.
tobyattack08 3 years ago 6
He's talking about the FIRST syndicated show.
supremetaco 3 years ago
Actually the first syndicated show debuted in 1977, not 1978.
nextbarker 3 years ago
You see Richard Dawson never dreamed that he would ever have a job like Family Feud, that's what he said in his Finale at the end of the show.
kole2lole 3 years ago 3
any hardcore gameshow fans realize this was done in the (now) Bob Barker Studio? That's right... the Price is right stage. Look at the floor (white). You can see contestants row. Also... look at the curtains in the crowd shots.
PBAbrianVT 3 years ago 5
how the hell they change it to dawson's set & back to the PRICE set then?
BMANBLAKNBLU 3 years ago 2
Game show sets are not permanent. They are set up and taken down as needed - that includes TPIR. It's been that way for decades.
mightydyckerson 3 years ago
@mightydyckerson I think by the mid 90's, "Family Feud" and "The Price Is Right" were probably the only 2 game shows taped at Studio 33. However, in the 70's you had "TPIR", "Match Game", "Carol Burnett Show", "Joker's Wild" among others being taped at Studio 33. I know stage hands had to been working over time back in those days.
coolwafferman 1 year ago
@BMANBLAKNBLU tv magic lol
MoccaPrincess223 1 year ago
Richard was to be the lead in Hogan's Heroes but his English accent was too strong. Bob Crane took the lead role instead. He didn't get along with Crane. Ironically, Richard introduced Crane to the man that wound up killing Crane (Carpenter).
jdohe 3 years ago 2
Richard's first wife, Diana Dors - whom he divorced in 1966, died in 1984. That might have had something to do with him leaving Family Feud that year. He met his current wife in 1981 when she was a contestant on FF. Then had a baby daughter in 1990 when Richard was 62. He married the mother whom he had been with for 9 years in 1991.
jdohe 3 years ago
Actually, Richard didn't leave the show by choice. The first run of Family Feud ended in 1985. ABC dropped the show reluctantly because the show had dropped drastically in the ratings over time. The show was picked up by Viacom and went into syndication for a brief period before it fianlly went off the air.
misterd42 3 years ago 3
I didn't know that!
jdohe 3 years ago
Actually, it was already IN syndication at that time, having been there since 1978. It too got cancelled in '85, and aired for one more year in reruns in certain markets.
fatman50000 3 years ago
I love Family Feud but this version NEVER took off. Richard Dawson is a really good host but something happened to him. I don't think it was his weight so much it was his energy. They also fucked the show up really bad. Family Feud never regained respect after Ray Combs. Ray was a good host. Louie Anderson stunk like a bad fart,Richard Karnes was boring,but the new guy John O'Hurley is good he brought new energy in the show again.
smokes2468 4 years ago 3
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His return sucked, a little past his prime Id say.
SgtThomasBeckett 4 years ago
I was so glad when Richard came back, he will forever be FAMILY FEUD, and plus, Ray Combs was OK, but a little too sarcastic, Louie was terrible, Karn was good and O'Hurley is doing a great job so far on Feud.
and also, Richard Dawson coming back to the feud was great, but too bad the pre-emptions of the O.J. Simpson Case caused the Feud to be canned before coming back 4 years later.
tnawcwvictoria 4 years ago 5
I was starting my junior year in high school when Dawson Returned for the 1994-95 season even though he wasn't the same man that he was when he did the show 9 yrs earlier. but it was good to see him make an big comeback to the feud.
FeuDduDe29 4 years ago
what happened to his pinky ring?
Toadrick 4 years ago
Ray combs was better... Yes he was fired they mentioned it on the E! network about the show.
memelito 4 years ago
"HE'S BAAAACK" after his 9 years on hiatus
dianekroman 4 years ago 2
i miss this theme of FEUD! the jazz speed-up theme was better the the damn joh lewis parker version!!
BMANBLAKNBLU 4 years ago 3
His comeback onto the show sucks. First of all, the old gameboard was made to be just as important as the show's host, and the show's announcer. It was part of the show! The newer incarnations fail because of this. You can't change anything on the gameboard or it's just not going to be Family Feud. And, I don't care for the new music.
marcoschalesky 4 years ago
Richard will always be Family Feud's best host.
Adamdude111 4 years ago 5
Does anyone have the full episode from Dawson's first show in 1994?
nextbarker 4 years ago
I Remember when I First saw this, I was 9 years old and I was a fan of Ray Combs, I saw this new set and new look with four players I'm said "This is Different." Then Richard came on and I yelled, "MOM!," Something happend!", "There's this old fat guy hosting Family Feud instead of Ray Combs!", and Mom said, "That's Richard Dawson, He was the original host of Family Feud."
wrestlegameshow 4 years ago
I was 14 when Richard returned to the Feud; my family and I used to watch him on KABC during the day and on KNBC at night.
freewaydan 4 years ago 2
ENOUGH OF THESE PORN SITES, YOU LOSER!
BMANBLAKNBLU 4 years ago
is richard still alive
blcfny98 4 years ago
He is.
gameshowguy2000 4 years ago 2
yeah
mylesspike119 4 years ago
This is a Great Version,And it was great to see Richard Dawson get a standing ovation,as he deserved,Only other host to get that is Bob Barker! I only wish this version lasted longer.And the Theme Song was great,with the Jazzy Opening.The only thing I wish they still had was the Family Room where they did the Pose,and Came on Down.
More episodes!!!!
coolwafferman 4 years ago
Richard came back acting like Ray was never host.
wrestlegameshow 4 years ago 2
Because he felt that Ray screwed up the Feud or something, so he came back to make sure his baby was fixed.
TKnHappyNess 4 years ago
this set is way better than that junk on the current run of feud..
and the dance remix of the feud theme they used here (it was recorded around the same time as the night time price is right music)(similar sound ot it) would work great on the current show
ewalker3 4 years ago
I onced did a report on " Family Feud 1994" in High School a couple years ago and one of the kids said, "Uh Jessy, isn't the host supposed to be Ray Combs?", I asked "Why are you asking me that?", the kid said, "Because of the Sound of the Strikes, the board answer reveal sound in Fast Money, The spectrum Colors on the faceoff podium and The Bankroll-Bullseye Game, Then he said, "Those sounds weren't there when Dawson was host in the 70's and 80's."
wrestlegameshow 4 years ago
Richard Dawson and Ray Combs never got along.
wrestlegameshow 4 years ago
Where'd you hear this?
supremetaco 4 years ago
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
wrestlegameshow 4 years ago
Ok?
wrestlegameshow 4 years ago
When I saw this... I was so glad to see Richard back and hear the remix of the original FAMILY FEUD! Also, how in the world, they went to the game board of the Top 01-08 answers?
BMANBLAKNBLU 4 years ago