Talk:Match Game
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With all these game show revivals, I thought it would be interesting to see a cartoon version of the Match Game or other celebrity panel show (such as Hollywood Squares, Battlestars, etc.).
- A cartoon would be cool. Kind of like Laff-a-Lympics. --Shaggy
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[edit] When was the first "how ____ is it?"
Right now on the gameshow network the reruns are in 1974. I noted that when Gene Rayburn says "Dumb Dora is so dumb..." that the crowd does not say "How dumb is she?"
Does anyone know when that started?
I'm watching an episode right now on GSN and Gene said that "Dumb Dora's boat was sinking so she threw ______ overboard." and there was no "How dumb is she?". The contestent said "herself" and Gene said "We'll Dumb Dora must of been that dumb." One of the celeberties said "I'm wondering how dumb Dumb Dora is." I'm guessing it started from that episode.
It was sometime in '75 because I've been watching it on GSN and at first the panel was starting it and then the audience started. Splent 20:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
- The "how ___ is it?" was also a staple of The Tonight Show - I doubt Match Game invented it. --Jajasoon 15:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Johnny Carson did "How cold/hot was it?" long before the 1973 Match Game revival (Carson hosted The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992). However, there is another connection between Match Game and Tonight: Gene Rayburn was the announcer and sidekick of Steve Allen's Tonight Show (in the early 1950s), and, in fact, substituted for Johnny on several occasions in the 1960s. 147.70.242.40 00:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Low ratings
Is there a source for the CBS version being on the brink of cancellation early in the run? I've never seen this information before, and the text below, where it notes the show shot to #1 in six weeks, seems to contradict it.
You might be thinking of the NBC run of the show.
[edit] Split the 60's MG into its own article
We've already split the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour into a separate article. I was wondering whether an article on the original The Match Game (the 1962-1969 version) is in order, since its rules and gameplay were different from the one we all know and love. The MG '73 and all subsequent incarnations (save for MG/HS Hour) should be together, since the premise is the same. [[Briguy52748 20:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)]]
- Weak oppose. I don't think there's enough info there to warrant a split. Lambertman 23:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposal to add Template:split
Go to article, click "edit the page", and realize that the article's size is at least 40 kilobytes. This is because we have long entries about so many versions of Match Game. I was wondering if it's best that this page splits up into different articles. Click The Price Is Right and see for yourself. --Gh87 04:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Incorrect Information
The number of shows that were run are different on the panel at the right and in the first few sentences. Someone should fix that. --216.11.55.3 18:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] In the intro, you can hear the Password/Password Plus/Super Password error sound
In the intro to some of the shows, you can faintly hear the four beeps used on Password when the contestant gives an invalid clue. Some other times, you can also hear it during the cue music. I'd like to add this observation to the article, but I'm unsure how to phrase it, and I'm not sure if or how it can be sourced. Mooinglemur 07:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
I think it's the stage crew saying hi to the celebrities in a wierd way. Once, I heard that sound, and Richard Dawson was holding up a card that read, "Hi Johnny" or something. I know of an episode where Richard wrote something along the lines of "Johnny Olsen is less handsome in person" and then Johnny Olsen said, "Oh, come on now!" LOL.--Ephraim225 20:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
