This is the same lady that answerred that the athelete catapiller bought 100 pairs of tennis shoes and a "accordion". How the hell did she ever win the game?
@guilttascharged She won the game because she got one of those ridiculously easy questions about chest size in which "Twiggy" was the only obvious answer matching the entire panel.
@FlamingoKicker I remember him as Donald Segretti in the 1976 movie All The President's Men. Other than that, Lou Grant and MG appearances, I can't think of any other place I've seen him.
I think they cracked up like that because she had made a similar mistake earlier in the same game lol. This one was just the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.
On an earlier game, Gene gave Ginger a fill-in-the blank that said "The salesman said, 'That caterpillar must be an athlete. He bought a hundred sneakers of shoes and a ______." Ginger said "accordion".
Same thing for the American version of "Whose Line..." Can you imagine the chaos that would've erupted among Ryan, Drew, et al. if COLIN MOCHRIE had uttered that reply?
It doesn't mean anything. It's a funny goof-up of the early children's show 'Kukla, Fran, & Ollie'. Ginger somehow, in some bizarre alternate universe of her mind, confused 'cuckoo' with 'Kukla' and thought that 'cuckoo' was the name of the puppet. She either goofed up Fran's name with 'friend' or she actually thought 'friend' was the name of one of the characters on 'Kukla, Fran & Ollie'.
Everything about this clip is absolute comedy gold! From the answer, to Bill and Gene's reaction, to Robert's question to possibly come back if he got it back, to his joke answer (and Elaine's telling him the audience was different, so they wouldn't get it)! Pure comedy gold!
I heard Bill Daily on a radio talk show discussing this about ten years ago, and he said he found it so funny because he used to direct the Kukla Fran and Ollie show back in the 50's. He said this was his favorite moment from the various game shows he appeared on.
The audio is much faster than usual in this clip. Am I to assume that that's because GSN has always used the tradition of speeding episodes up to fit the schedule, and make room for commercials?
For those not old enough to remember? There used to be a live-action children's show called "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie." A lovely woman named Frances was the hostess. Kukla was a clown with a red rubber ball for a nose. And, Ollie--a one-horned, leopard-spotted dragon with a Beatle haircut--was his best friend. Both of the latter were hand puppets, of course, voiced by the versatile Burr Tillstrom.
This is what I used to watch after school. It still beats everything else that still goes on after school. Too bad Gene Rayburn died, and too bad CBS dumped the show.
Big deal she made a simple mistake. she thought the show was "Cuckoo Friend and Ollie" instead of kukla.... It was wrong for them to ridicule her for that. (to that extreme anyway)
You are right, she should not have been ridiculed in that way. She should have been booed off the fcking stage along with any prize money revoked for being so damned stupid.
I don't think she was INTENTIONALLY ridiculed. But, this game show was aired during the 1970's. And, people her age--at that time--were most likely children in the 1950's/early Sixties. And, these children usually watched shows like KF&O on Saturday mornings. Hence, the natural assumption that she would be familiar with the correct title of that show, and not use it so...unexpectedly.
Well, it certainly has MY vote for "Worst Ever Response By A Match Game Contestant".. and also for "Best Reaction By A Match Game panel (including Gene)"
Talk about timing, that's the perfect word for her, cause judging by this video, she is Cuckoo, and I bet she goes "Kukla" for Cocoa Puffs.
themoviegoer1975 1 month ago
Cuckoo Contestan! I make mistakes too!
StatManSteve 4 months ago
Cuckoo Contesant
StatManSteve 4 months ago
HA HA HA THE WORST ANSWER EVER!! LOL!
dgigante 5 months ago
It's not Cuckoo, Friend and Ollie. It's Kukla, Sam and Irving! :)
ShiksaWithChutzpah1 7 months ago 3
What kind of a person is Ginger? Cuckoo Friend of Ollie!
AEMoreira81 7 months ago
This is the same lady that answerred that the athelete catapiller bought 100 pairs of tennis shoes and a "accordion". How the hell did she ever win the game?
guilttascharged 8 months ago 5
@guilttascharged She won the game because she got one of those ridiculously easy questions about chest size in which "Twiggy" was the only obvious answer matching the entire panel.
epaddon 2 months ago
I miss richard
trashyourplace 8 months ago
To quote Jeff Foxworthy, "This woman's out there driving tonight, that scares the hell out of me
themoviegoer1975 9 months ago
I guess Gene has forgotten it now.
tryithere 10 months ago
Dumb "____"
tryithere 10 months ago
That 'squeak' before Bill Daily laughs makes this clip even funnier!
untitleme61 10 months ago
I wish they had the "Jock Cousteau" episode of Match Game where Edie McClurg cackled her ass off.
charlespeterwatson 1 year ago
It would be great for Gene to host Jeopardy!
head909 1 year ago
@head909 R.i.p. Gene Rayburm. he died in 1999 :-(
CanadianLog08 1 year ago
how can you do that, come and shes a blonde too
whistlesbass 1 year ago 2
Well, she might as well be a Cuckoo Friend of Ollie!
AEMoreira81 1 year ago
@AEMoreira81 lol, good one
Wheeloffortunefan999 8 months ago
LMMFAO!!!
gogokris85 1 year ago
LMAO, how do you confuse Kuckla with Cuckoo!
And Bill Daily cracking up had me in tears also!
lol!
4NG3L3Y3S 1 year ago 2
fail....
ManaKnightCloud 1 year ago
@ManaKnightCloud an Epic one to be exact.
mhmrules 1 year ago
This woman is a moron...a funny moron, but a moron nonetheless!
Deevah4ever 1 year ago
epic!
forsberg2007 1 year ago
I think Robert misspelled his joke answer on his card.
hallpriest9 1 year ago
Was that guy on anything other than "Lou Grant"? I can't remember seeing him in anything else after that.
FlamingoKicker 1 year ago
@FlamingoKicker He played Shelly Winters son inBloody Mama with a then unknown Robert Deniro'
macemcguire 1 year ago
@FlamingoKicker I remember him as Donald Segretti in the 1976 movie All The President's Men. Other than that, Lou Grant and MG appearances, I can't think of any other place I've seen him.
badwx 1 year ago
@FlamingoKicker Walden was also on the ground-breaking Showtime-exclusive sitcom "Brothers" (1984-1989).
Tubewings 7 months ago
How did she even get to the Star Wheel to begin with? Her opponent must have been REALLY bad!
Cuda123087 2 years ago
Cuckoo, Friend and Ollie. Well, at least she got ONE name right! lol
Gamers4rLife 2 years ago
She didn't even get the "Fran" part right. She said Cuckoo, Friend and Ollie. LOL that makes it even worse but funnier.
estupido7490 2 years ago
Wow, and I thought "Pin Needle" was stupid. That beats all!
MsCymbalCrash 2 years ago
I love the fact that Gene decides to spin the wheel hysterically laughing. Oh that's too funny.
smithfan31 2 years ago 16
This has been flagged as spam show
its kinda funny, its not hilarious; its weird how people like laughing at someones ignorance
david1965af 2 years ago
I think they cracked up like that because she had made a similar mistake earlier in the same game lol. This one was just the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.
endorphinz 2 years ago
what was her other mistake
DEATHEXISTFOREVER 2 years ago
@DEATHEXISTFOREVER
On an earlier game, Gene gave Ginger a fill-in-the blank that said "The salesman said, 'That caterpillar must be an athlete. He bought a hundred sneakers of shoes and a ______." Ginger said "accordion".
charlespeterwatson 2 years ago
That's what kept 'Jaywalking' on The Tonight Show for a long time.
charlespeterwatson 2 years ago
Same thing for the American version of "Whose Line..." Can you imagine the chaos that would've erupted among Ryan, Drew, et al. if COLIN MOCHRIE had uttered that reply?
Carycomic 2 years ago
It would be funnier in person than watching it on youtube.
electrifiedwaters 2 years ago
It probably would be, if we could get some 1970s clothes, and time travel to 1975
the06bug 2 years ago
This is so famous now someone should find Ginger.
Djarra 2 years ago
I watched this episode when it first aired 30 years ago. I've been looking for this clip. I laughed until I cried.
donnyreb 2 years ago 3
Poor Robert Walden. At least he got back at Ginger with 'accordion'.
charlespeterwatson 2 years ago
An answer like that would've driven me BAT SHIT CRAZY!
NY4Life 2 years ago
i quit! lol!.
mferg240 2 years ago
I dont get this. Cuckoo friend and ollie? What does that mean, someone please explainzzz?
lawrencetimmons94 2 years ago
It doesn't mean anything. It's a funny goof-up of the early children's show 'Kukla, Fran, & Ollie'. Ginger somehow, in some bizarre alternate universe of her mind, confused 'cuckoo' with 'Kukla' and thought that 'cuckoo' was the name of the puppet. She either goofed up Fran's name with 'friend' or she actually thought 'friend' was the name of one of the characters on 'Kukla, Fran & Ollie'.
charlespeterwatson 2 years ago
It's a whole lot funnier to those of us who remember Kukla, Fran, & Ollie.
charlespeterwatson 3 years ago 2
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!" LMAO! XD
jonnyveliky 3 years ago 3
I have never laughed so hard! I love this show!
cartoongameshowfan76 3 years ago 3
Everything about this clip is absolute comedy gold! From the answer, to Bill and Gene's reaction, to Robert's question to possibly come back if he got it back, to his joke answer (and Elaine's telling him the audience was different, so they wouldn't get it)! Pure comedy gold!
HuskerDu2 3 years ago
The dumbest answer in the history of game shows.
MalubaySyecado 3 years ago
lmao bill daily's reaction is priceless.
Indy788 3 years ago
I Quit lol
kaz454 3 years ago
i saw this two days ago and its super funny and bill was killing himself laughing
i think bill hit his mic when he was laughing ..i heard a thud
kaz454 3 years ago
i think bill pissed himself
kaz454 3 years ago
I heard Bill Daily on a radio talk show discussing this about ten years ago, and he said he found it so funny because he used to direct the Kukla Fran and Ollie show back in the 50's. He said this was his favorite moment from the various game shows he appeared on.
Mpoconnor7 3 years ago
No wonder he looked like he was about to bust all his ribs laughing! :)
ericandy88 2 years ago
One stupid girl. LOL!
onenonlyprincess2 3 years ago 2
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
ShelltoonTV 3 years ago
i never got that
kaz454 3 years ago
I think what she said was a title of a TV show
bsandejas 3 years ago
why did gene say that
kaz454 3 years ago
When he said that, he was pounding on the bonus game wall, which there was a prop man inside.
I'm assuming that was Gene's way of warning the guy inside to get away while he could.
rickhh1 3 years ago
Robert Walden's query at 1:38 equally cracked me up!
gatorman295 3 years ago
I'll never forget that as long as I live
trent100100 3 years ago
I remember watching this when it first aired. I thought she had the answer sewn up. I guess nerves just hit her big time.
kcallen70 3 years ago
The audio is much faster than usual in this clip. Am I to assume that that's because GSN has always used the tradition of speeding episodes up to fit the schedule, and make room for commercials?
auburn4wins 3 years ago
Bill and Gene's reactions are priceless!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
maybe its because im not old enough, but im not getting the joke. could someone explain?
lookitsagrape1 3 years ago
Look at some of the earlier comments and you'll see that she was confusing "Cuckoo" to "Kukla" of an old TV program called "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie."
We'll have to post one of the episodes where Kukla and Ollie appeared on this show when the time comes.
SuperPAC 3 years ago 3
I knew Fran Allison from Kukla Fran & Ollie, she would have loved it!
DrakeGrad 3 years ago
Brett: I QUIT!!!
LOL, I love Brett, she was always my favorite.
estupido7490 3 years ago 3
"Where did you get these people?!?", "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!", and "It's not cuckoo, fran, and ollie; it's kuckla Sam and Irving!"
lukegreen3 3 years ago 2
Now just a minuaite it not cuckoo freind and olie it's, CUCKOO, SAM BOB AND BETTY AND CHARLES LOL
dim432 3 years ago
LOL at Gene saying its Kukla Sam & Irving.
Good answers would have been bird or clock!
tomgene1976 3 years ago
Even the Match Game Wheel was up for some spinning after that answer. lol :)
esetorsido 3 years ago
For those not old enough to remember? There used to be a live-action children's show called "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie." A lovely woman named Frances was the hostess. Kukla was a clown with a red rubber ball for a nose. And, Ollie--a one-horned, leopard-spotted dragon with a Beatle haircut--was his best friend. Both of the latter were hand puppets, of course, voiced by the versatile Burr Tillstrom.
Carycomic 4 years ago
Thanks!
KlipKultur 3 years ago
You're welcome. :-)
Carycomic 3 years ago
If you listen closely, at 0:35 while Gene is behind the turntable he says "where did you get these people?!?"
Maybe the best reaction by a host to a bad answer in game show history. I think only Dawson in the "September" incident comes close.
walterlv01 4 years ago 21
Forgive me, but Dawson's "September" supasses this. It took him at least three minutes to get himself together and ask the same question.
LJascony 4 years ago 5
@walterlv01 - Yes, the "September" moment was incredibly funny!!!
er6789er 1 year ago
She didn't even get the names right Kukla, Fran and Ollie - not Cuckoo, Friend and Ollie.
There are at least two other answers though. Cuckoo Bird or Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs
jdohe 4 years ago
"he could say it, it's possible he's got that on that card, CUCKOO FRAN AND OLLIE!"
Wheeloffortunefan999 4 years ago
"in the first place, it's not cuckoo FRAN and ollie, it's KUKLA SAM AND IRVING!" LOLOLOLOL!
Wheeloffortunefan999 4 years ago 2
Unbelievable! How can someone muck up such an EASY answer as that! Absolutely astonishing!
AlbieGray 4 years ago 4
WHAT?! WHAT?! THE HECK?! Frendanali?!?!?! You shoulda said CLOCK!!
the06bug 4 years ago
That's Fran and Ollie.
TVLubber 4 years ago
XD!!
Love it, especially when Gene and Bill lose it!
shinigami518 4 years ago 5
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES"!!! LMAO!
fedexpope2 4 years ago 4
She even got her OWN answer wrong, saying Cuckoo, FRIEND and Ollie (instead of Fran). What a dipstick!
LawrenceDavis 5 years ago
Not to mention, the friend of Fran and Ollie is actually named Kukla.
Jnelson09Returns 4 years ago
Bill and Gene's reactions are priceless!
rpedjr 5 years ago 4
Ah, for the days of innocense and fun...
HypnoToad72 5 years ago
Accordian! If it was actually the answer he gave Gene probably would have gone into cardiac arrest!
bluebear1985 5 years ago
Actually, "Accordian" is a reference to a regular round question featuring the same contestant, in which she gave "accordian" as a dumb answer.
TnAdct1 5 years ago
is it just me or is this thing not loading properly suddenly? I went to show my friend this clip and it never loaded! :(
freeek04 5 years ago
It's not you. Everytime they upgrade YouTube, something like this happens. I'll report it.
SuperPAC 5 years ago
They need to bring this show back!!! Unfortunately celebs would want too much money...
MightyD88ny 5 years ago
Classic
DiscoEv 5 years ago
This is what I used to watch after school. It still beats everything else that still goes on after school. Too bad Gene Rayburn died, and too bad CBS dumped the show.
author 5 years ago
Didn't even have to see the whole thing to know he would say clock. Funny clip though.
bigfoot060775 5 years ago
awwww.be niccceeee!
averypack13 5 years ago
Big deal she made a simple mistake. she thought the show was "Cuckoo Friend and Ollie" instead of kukla.... It was wrong for them to ridicule her for that. (to that extreme anyway)
nocards1967 5 years ago
You are right, she should not have been ridiculed in that way. She should have been booed off the fcking stage along with any prize money revoked for being so damned stupid.
FedUpWithIdiots10 4 years ago
I don't think she was INTENTIONALLY ridiculed. But, this game show was aired during the 1970's. And, people her age--at that time--were most likely children in the 1950's/early Sixties. And, these children usually watched shows like KF&O on Saturday mornings. Hence, the natural assumption that she would be familiar with the correct title of that show, and not use it so...unexpectedly.
Carycomic 4 years ago
The audience was too busy laughing to boo anyway.
Billiam95 3 years ago
Hear how sped up the action is...that's cause these new airings of MG on GSN are time compressed even more so than in the past...
stoogeyp 5 years ago
bill daly lost it. lol.
supahip 5 years ago
such tension
digitalsnow 5 years ago
among them all, it was one really bad answer that still came to gene's mind when interviewed years later
DesiluTrek 5 years ago
Well, it certainly has MY vote for "Worst Ever Response By A Match Game Contestant".. and also for "Best Reaction By A Match Game panel (including Gene)"
professor1966 5 years ago
She actually said "Cuckoo Friend and Ollie."
And even if she misheard the question, Gene did show her the card. I think she just misheard the title of the show.
G4M35H0W543V4 5 years ago
She must have not heard the question right. Not only that, she said the title wrong. The actual title is "kukla, fran and ollie".
foxygirl1977 5 years ago
For those who don't know...there was a show on in the 50s (I think the 50s) called "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie"
BillyBear 5 years ago
Her answer was so dumb!
(HOW DUMB WAS IT!)
It was so dumb that I rated this movie blank stars.
(I said he rated it FIVE stars!) :D
G4M35H0W543V4 5 years ago