basheerbrother
Match Game was a funny show I have to admit, I didn't really want to like it because my dad kept saying how awesome and hilarious it is and to be totally honest with you usually when he likes something and swears that it is very funny it turns out to be really the opposite. But he was right about this one.It is on in reruns on the game show channel or whatever it is called and it is from the seventies. Basically a host reads a one line statement with a blank in it to the contestants and six guests who are or were celebrities at the time. If the contestants fill in the blank with the same word as any of the guests they get a point for each correct match, and so on.Simple but pretty funny. I was really very surprised how well it seems to have held up.
DKosty123
It is hard to imagine, or remember Gene Rayburn doing anything besides hosting Match Game. This series in 1973 was the best one. It has the classic announcer Johnny Olsen who helped add to every game show that he did.Rayburn was a great host. He even subbed for Steve Allen on the Tonight Show in the 1950's. I am sure this back ground helped as Rayburn is on top of his game here.Between the great celebrities, the amazing questions, and the contestants this show hits home runs so often, that it is hard to imagine them having an off day. This is the only time in TV history where a question like - When old man Periwinkle reads his favorite story, his favorite character is (blank)? and the entertainment flies onto your television screen and the punch lines are flung out in a hurry by everybody.
I_Am_The_Taylrus
SPOILERSAs you know if you read my comments, nobody does, by the way, I am a huge fan of game shows. Well, this little game show just happens to be my favorite. Come on, how could you not this? You know everyone has fun, this is anything but serious, everyone is probably a bit drunk, you can basically do anything but doing something bad or nasty, and come on, this is just plain fun! How could you not like some of the most famous game show moments of all time, including the 1977 School Riot, other mistakes, puns, and more. I can not name all the moments, that would take days. Gene Rayburn (RIP) is one of the greatest game show hosts of all time, along with Bob Barker from the Price is Right, and he was a panelist for a short while, by the way. Everyone knows, though, that the best and most prolific panelists are Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Richard Dawson. On Head-To-Head Match you should always choose Richard. Most of the time he matches the contestant. Then he left in 1978 for time to do Family Feud, which is another great game-show. This show was the best game show until the Star Wheel came. That kind of ruined it. That made the contestants spin a wheel. When it landed on a certain celebrity, you had to try to match that celebrity.Here is how you play. There are six celebrities, called panelists, and they are two contestants. Gene Rayburn says something, with the word blank in the sentence. The panelists write down what they think is that blank. The contestant tries to match the panelist. There are two rounds. Whoever wins gets $100 and then plays Audiece Match. There is something like Rocky *blank* and the contestant calls on 3 panelists. They give what they think is that blank. The third answer is $100, second is $250, and the top is $500. If they get one of those they play Head-To-Head Match. Let's say that they won $500, they then play for $5000. They try to match the celebrity. If they do, they win the $5000. If they do not, they win the $500.Overall, this is one of the finest game shows ever. It is one of the funniest, one of the most famous, and one of the most iconic ever. This totally deserved to be number one of the Fifty Greatest Game Shows Of All Time. When I say that I mean it was number one, and it could not have been anything less. Yeah, it is that good. Trust me, if you absolutely love game shows, you have to watch this. Nothing is wrong with this, well, except for the Star Wheel. Anyway, I guess there is nothing else to say. This is an excellent game show. Everything has already been said about this game show. Well, I guess I can say just watch this and be entertained for one of the best thirty minute-long game shows ever.10/10Recommended Shows: Family Feud, The Price Is Right, and Wheel of Fortune.
ajlposh
I am a huge game show fan, but this one is probably the best, along with Hollywood Squares. I was not around when this was on during it's run on CBS. But I have watched the reruns on GSN so many times, and I have grown to love it. Gene, Brett, Charles, Richard and company are very funny. The questions are so dang funny. I loved the one where they all tried doing Jimmy Durante impressions. It's not your average game show. It's kind of more like a classroom, with the whole panelist bickering like mad. I mean, you can be 10 years old and love this show like mad. I say that if you haven't seen this, go watch it on GSN. It's on three times a day and once again, its great.
