Match Game: Gene's Suit looks weird

[ivegotalongdong]

fanny fag.... she was paired with another one - dick seargent - on a lot of 'couples' things

[TheBlueyedblond]

I think the hairstyles in the 1970's were just awful!

[cyberjar88]

All right, I'll say it: Who shot the couch?

[ReverendSyn]

@cyberjar88 Dammit you beat me to it.

[weariesky]

Of course Brett was the first one to crack. I'm surprised she kept a straight face that long!

[MrNexic]

don cherry wants his suit back gene

[yetanotherdavid]

Look how glam Brett and Fannie are. 

[ostrich67]

That appears to be the Black Stewart tartan.

[er6789er]

That suit was hip back in the day...

[berezin99]

Little known fact. Brett Sommers is a Canadian.

[ivegotalongdong]

@berezin99

"was" a canadian... i saw her one-woman tour before she died. absoultey entertaining! another little known: Her and Jack Klugman never divorced. may have been the longest legal separation in HollyWEIRD

[ClassicsWEREandARE]

oh the 70's

[TroyOi]

Sometime in the 70's I saw Gene Rayburn on a Manhattan street wearing a solid pink suit. It definitely stood out, and wouldn't work on just anyone, but because of his stature and good looks, he was able to pull it off. (Also, I suppose, just that fact that he was Gene Rayburn didn't hurt.)

[m74k3H]

I'd wear that suit

[nightstringers]

a station break in Poland lol lol lmfao

[travis7310]

Well, actually, they're all motionless when Gene comes out of the doors.

[travis7310]

I like Bert and Brett are sitting there motionless. :)

[estupido7490]

Oh my goodness, even for the 70's that suit was bad and they all knew it, haha! The pink shirt with the red tie underneath simply completed the ensemble.

The reaction from the panelists was absolutely awesome.

[eskiewolf76]

I was wondering what happened to that old sofa!!! HAHA!!!

Seriously, Match Game is a classic, and it needs to come back on regular TV, not just GSN (which still shows it, just not as often).

[WhoBoy93]

I want it to be released on DVD (or at least put up on the internet).... ;)

[eskiewolf76]

Actually "The Best of Match Game" is already out on DVD (You can find it on Ebay). They need to release more episodes to make a Volume 2 at least!

[ZombiedustXXX]

Back in the 1970's, people didn't seem to mind if they used the same material patterns to make couches or suits. I would bet that suit is made from 100% DuPont Herculon.

[81zed]

Betcha it's got Staingard on it too. LOL! That is the WORST looking suit I have ever seen. I grew up in the '70's and even my father wouldn't have bought something like that.....even it it was on Sale!!!! LMAO!!!

[ZombiedustXXX]

Oh yeah 81zed! My pops wore a white belt, with white shoes a few times. He NEVER would have worn that suit!

Herculon was a syththetic and coarse weaved outdoor lawn furniture type of material.

Salesmen used to demo a piece of Herculon (saw it with my own eyes), by stabbing sharpened pencil through a couch in the furniture store. Repairing the damage took just a few seconds of rubbing the hole! The fibers would re-align!

The Greek god Hercules + nylon = HERCULON!

[81zed]

Haha! Kinda like a Billy Mayes or a Ron Popeil (Roncho Enterprises) informercial, eh??

[Stratman78]

81zed and ZombiedustXXX, that is the greatest suit I have ever seen! And I would buy it, even on sale! And I would wear it just for the shock factor.

[81zed]

I think you'd be the talk of the town! The chicks would dig it!

[Stratman78]

If I was to wear that suit, I think people would look at me today as a 70's reject.

But I'd still want one.

[81zed]

You know, clothing today is so....so....so BORING. Especially for the guys. It's amazing what a little colour can do for you. lol!

[DejectedPanda]

Fannie could look pretty hot when she wanted to.

[ericandy88]

From Gene's much leaner days as a used car salesman.

[tyacdc1987]

yikes! what a terrible suit

[ericandy88]

What I like especially about this clip is that all of the panelists look ahead as if to say, "No eye contact." But that could also be because they do not want to cross their eyes to solve the 3-D puzzle on Gene's suit. LOL

Jack Carter is the one that finally makes the first joke about it, but just imagine how Charles would have had a field day with this one (I do not think he was a regular yet).

[miketodd67]

That's one fugly suit.

[bigweezey]

lol fugly. nice word.

[hankaaron1961]

That contestant's blouse is almost as ridiculous as Gene's suit.

[rwboa22]

I don't know which suit was odd looking, Gene's suit on MG '73, or the suit worn by "Lucky Suit" Hal Scherer during his run on TJW in '78?

[cartoongameshowfan76]

Love how the panelist is trying not to look at Gene and his suit!

How clothes styles have changed!

[slightlyperturbedmax]

Station break in Poland!

That's hilarious

[StFidjnr]

Looks like a station break in Poland's capital Warsaw.

[IDLERACER]

I think Gene is upholstered quite nicely.

[kpyng]

That suit is a masterpiece - not!!!

[Stratman78]

It IS a masterpiece! And I really mean it. No joke. :))

[kpyng]

I think my retinas got burned the first time I saw it. You should see the bills from my opthalmologist. ;-)

[RayNDeere]

Brett was cracking up. Jack told her to hold it in.

[Gorbachenko]

The only thing missing is the big red nose and giant exploding shoes

[rlrshepherdstown]

You know if any Episode of Match Game is good enough to put on a DVD , then I say it is this one from Match Game 73 . Really I think Gene looked kind of cute wearing that suit ,and he sure got a big kick out of it too .

[Brandiig]

Yes that video clip is priceless. It is very funny.

[TheMatchGameClub]

I had to rewatch this again because it was so funny, but maybe Gene did it for a laugh, *shrug* who knows? (Other than Gene.)

[rlrshepherdstown]

Picture yourself as Gene Rayburn and you wore an outfit like that and everyone ignored you when walked out on stage , what would you have done or said ? As for me , I'd probably laugh too like Gene did .

[SuperPAC]

This is one of my favorite moments on Match Game. The panel's reaction is priceless.

[TheMatchGameClub]

OMG! I love this episode!! For that and the fact that this WAS Fannie's first apperance!! =D

[rlrshepherdstown]

Hey , This one of my top favorite Episodes of Match Game 73 and I thought that outfit looked so cute & funnnnny on Gene . LOL ! Thanks For Posting that .

[MistressElvira96]

Oh man! That's Fannie Flagg's 1st appearance! Can you please post the whole episode???!!!

xoxo

[reddropdrop]

I just made a neopets account called matchgame! My neopet is CharlesNelsonReilly! :D