My Game Shows, (The) Match Game
Gene Rayburn
NBC, 1962-69:
The 1962 pilot; guests are Peggy Cass and Peter Lind Hayes [SM/843.6, also BZR]
An all-star episode from 1964 w/Bennett Cerf, Henry Morgan, and Robert Q. Lewis vs. Joan Fontaine, Betty White, and Peggy Cass [GSN/119.9]
1964; guests are Orson Bean and Jayne Mansfield [GSN/D42.2]
CBS, 1973-79 ("Match Game '7X"):
The 1973 pilot; guests are Bert Convy, Arlene Francis, Jack Klugman, JoAnn Pflug, Richard Dawson (RD), and Betty White (BW) [SM/163.4, also BZR]
'73 -
The premiere episode; guests are Michael Landon, Vicki Lawrence, Jack Klugman, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and Anita Gillette [SM, also GSN/485.1 and BZR]
The 3rd episode (w/same guests as above, the first Super Match win, and first question machine technical issue!) [SM, also BZR]
Guests are Bob Barker (his first appearance), Arlene Francis, RD (sitting on the top tier!), Michael Learned, Richard Thomas, and Della Reese [SM, also GSN/230.6]
Guests are Bert Convy, Jaye P. Morgan, Charles Nelson Reilly (CNR, his first appearance), Brett Somers (BS, ditto, sitting on the bottom tier!), RD, and BW [OC, also SM and GSN/230.7]
Guests are Dick Gautier, Barbara Stuart, Jack Carter, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and Shelley Winters [GSN/230.8 or 313.6, also BZR]
Guests are Bert Convy, BS, Jack Carter, Lucie Arnaz, RD, and Nanette Fabray [GSN/313.8]
Guests are Bert Convy, Loretta Swit, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, and Kaye Ballard [BZR]
Guests are Morey Amsterdam, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, RD, and Ruta Lee [GSN/313.9, also BZR]
Guests are Bobby Van, Elaine Joyce, CNR, BS, RD, and Nanette Fabray [GSN/314.8, also BZR]
Guests are McLean Stevenson (MS), Loretta Swit, Stu Gilliam, BS, RD, and Ann Elder (Includes the infamous "undie blooper"!) [GSN/313.7, also BZR]
Guests are Robert Culp, BS, Jack Klugman, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and Pat Carroll [GSN/330.1]
Guests are Nipsey Russell (his first appearance), Loretta Swit, CNR, BS, RD, and BW [GSN/D125.5]
Guests are Pat Harrington, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and BW [GSN/464.5]
Guests are Bert Convy, BS, Jack Carter, FF (her first appearance), RD, and Ann Elder [GSN/788.14]
Guests are Jim Backus, BS, Nipsey Russell, Patti Deutsch (PD; her first appearance), RD, and BW [GSN/403.3]
Guests are Bill Cullen, BS, Jack Klugman, Cass Elliott, RD, and Loretta Swit [SC, also GSN/412.7]
Guests are Robert Vaughn, BS, MS, Nancy Dussault, RD, and BW (a blooper occurs in the Super Match!) [GSN/675.1]
Guests are *Robert Q. Lewis*, BS, Morey Amsterdam, Joyce Bulifant (JB; her first appearance), RD, and Ann Elder [GSN/412.6]
Guests are Bill Daily (BD), BS, Jack Carter, Judy Carne, RD, and Fannie Flagg (FF) [GSN/430.13]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Beverly Garland, RD, and BW (The turntable goes nuts at the end of game 1!) [GSN/D29.2]
Guests are Jack Cassidy, BS, CNR, June Lockhart, RD, and Loretta Swit [GSN/106.2]
Christmas episode (w/same guests as above, and Charles as Santa!) [GSN/547.9]
New Year's Eve episode; guests are Bert Convy, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and Gail Fisher [GSN/101.1, also BZR]
'74 -
Guests are Larry Hovis, BS, CNR, PD, RD, and Madlyn Rhue [GSN/510.15]
Guests are Joe Flynn, BS, CNR, Linda-Kaye Henning, RD, and BW (whose birthday is celebrated at the end of the show!) [SC, also GSN/236.3]
Guests are Greg Morris, BS, Morey Amsterdam, Juliet Mills, RD, and FF [GSN/D62.4]
Another episode w/same guests as above [SC]
Guests are Larry Hovis, BS, Rip Taylor, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and Peggy Cass [GSN/416.2]
Guests are *Larry Blyden*, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and Kaye Stevens (Bert Convy appears to plug his new show, "Tattletales"!) [GSN/272.6]
Guests are Steve Allen, BS, CNR, FF, RD, and Kaye Ballard [GSN/267.13]
Guests are Bert Convy, BS, Dick Gautier, Elaine Joyce, RD, and Ann Elder (Mark Goodson appears to present a gift to Gene in honor of MG's success!) [GSN/113.10]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Bill Cullen, BS, CNR, PD, RD, and BW [both GSN/236.5, 236.12]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Allen Ludden, BS, CNR, JB, RD, and FF [both GSN/412.8, 957.6]
Guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Chelsea Brown, RD, and Jo Anne Worley [GSN/272.12]
Guests are Rosey Grier, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, RD, and Kaye Stevens [GSN/374.5]
Guests are Ron Masak, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and FF [GSN/329.10]
Guests are Bobby Van, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and BW [GSN/272.7]
Guests are Jack Carter, BS, CNR, Trish Stewart, RD, and Kaye Stevens (Gene snags his mike cord in Trish's heels, w/hilarious results!) [GSN/272.11]
Guests are Greg Morris, BS, CNR, Anne Meara, RD, and Ann Elder [GSN/267.6]
Guests are Bert Convy, BS, CNR, Louisa Moritz, RD, and Kaye Stevens (Karen Lesko is a contestant; watch for references to the classic "pretty nipples" outtake!) [GSN/345.3]
Guests are *Jack Narz*, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [GSN/167.1]
Guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, JB, RD, and Loretta Swit [GSN/374.9]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Don Adams, BS, CNR, Mitzi McCall, RD, and Elaine Joyce [both GSN/329.4, 329.8]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, PD, RD, and Marcia Wallace (MW) [GSN/329.6]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Anson Williams, BS, CNR, FF, RD, and Kaye Stevens [both GSN/416.4-5]
Guests are a crazy MS, BS, CNR, Joanie Sommers, RD, and Ann Elder [GSN/403.4]
Guests are Alejandro Rey, BS, CNR, Juliet Mills, RD, and Jo Anne Worley [GSN/374.12]
Guests are Donald Ross, BS, CNR, PD, RD, and FF (Charles gets sadistic during the Super Match!) [GSN/403.5]
Guests are Charlie Brill, BS, CNR, JB, RD, and MW [GSN/463.1]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, and FF [SC]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Anita Gillette, RD, and Jo Anne Worley [GSN/374.13]
Guests are Robert Morse, BS, CNR, Adrienne Barbeau, RD, and FF (During game 1, Robert reveals an answer too soon, so the question gets thrown out!) [GSN/412.9]
Guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Penny Marshall, RD, and BW [GSN/364.11]
Guests are Arte Johnson, BS, CNR, Michele Lee, RD, and BW (*Mark Goodson* fills in for Charles during the first question!) [GSN/376.1]
Guests are Michael Evans, BS, GB, JB, RD, and FF [BZR]
Guests are Charlie Brill, BS, Richard Deacon, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and PD [GSN/583.2]
Guests are *Gene Wood*, BS, Gary Burghoff (GB), Amanda Blake, RD, and JB [GSN/136.1]
Guests are Jack Carter, BS, Orson Bean, Louisa Moritz, RD, and BW [GSN/376.2]
Guests are Allen Ludden, BS, GB, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [GSN/406.11]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, GB, Phyllis Newman, RD, and PD [GSN/375.1]
Guests are James Darin, BS, Nipsey Russell, Juliet Mills, RD, and BW (Jack Narz appears to plug "Now You See It"!) [GSN/373.8]
New Year's Eve episode (w/same guests as above) [GSN/101.2, also BZR]
'75 -
Guests are Robert Vaughn, BS, GB, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and Mitzi McCall [GSN/583.3]
Guests are Greg Morris, BS, GB, JB, RD, and FF [GSN/463.14]
Guests are Bert Convy, BS, GB, Mary Ann Mobley, and BW [GSN/236.9]
Guests are Dwayne Hickman, BS, GB, Carol Lawrence, RD, and MW (During the Super Match, Gary mis-hears the Head-to-Head phrase, so it gets thrown out) [GSN/414.2]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, GB, Trish Stewart, RD, and PD [GSN/375.6]
Guests are Clifton Davis, BS, GB, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and FF [BZR]
Guests are Shecky Greene, BS, GB, Elaine Joyce, RD, and BW [GSN/106.7, which has tracking problems first few minutes, also BZR, w/better video quality]
Three consecutive episodes; guests are Bob Barker, BS, GB, Rona Barrett, RD, and FF [all GSN/375.8-10]
Guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, GB, Lee Meriwether, RD, and JB [BZR]
An episode w/same guests as below (save for *Johnny Olson* filling in for Gary!) [GSN, also BZR]
Guests are Leslie Nielsen, BS, GB, PD, RD, and MW [GSN/927.10]
Guests are Tom Bosley, BS, GB, Meredith MacRae, RD, and FF [GSN/412.10]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, GB, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [GSN/463.2]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, GB, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, and PD (During game 2, Brett says a possible answer aloud, so the question gets thrown out) [GSN/466.11]
Guests are Orson Bean, BS, GB, Lynda Day George, RD, and BW [GSN/463.15]
Guests are Ron Masak, BS, GB, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and JB (Gene goofs during the 1st Super Match!) [BZR]
Guests are Buck Owens, BS, GB, Gloria DeHaven, RD, and PD [GSN/412.13]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, GB, Karen Morrow, RD, and FF (a debatable ruling is made in the Head-to-Head Match; precedes the episode below) [GSN/412.11, also BZR]
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, Madlyn Rhue, RD and BW (This is CNR's first show back after his 7-month hiatus!) [GSN/463.3, also BZR]
Guests are Jack Albertson, BS, CNR, Lynn Redgrave, RD, and PD (During game 1, Jack reveals an answer too soon, so the question gets thrown out) [GSN/463.4, also BZR]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Lee Meredith, RD, and JB [GSN/930.8]
Guests are BD, BS, CNR, Ethel Merman, RD, and FF (has a funny opening!) [GSN/463.5]
Guests are Jack Cassidy, BS, CNR, Conny Van Dyke, RD, and BW [GSN/399.2]
Guests are Bert Convy, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and JB (has a hilarious Super Match!) [GSN/588.5]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Allen Ludden, BS, CNR, Dolly Martin, RD, and BW [both GSN/D60.2, 257.4]
Guests are Bill Macy, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and BW [GSN/463.6]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Joan Collins (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and PD [GSN/75.7]
Guests are Robert Urich, BS, GB, Jamie Lyn Bauer, RD, and FF (or is it Greta Garbo??) [GSN/876.11]
Guests are Avery Schreiber, BS, CNR, Lana Wood, RD, and JB (Gene confronts a cameraman!) [GSN/930.7]
Guests are Bobby Van, BS, CNR, Sarah Kennedy, RD, and BW (Johnny Olson makes an on-camera appearance!) [GSN/463.16]
Guests are BD, BS, CNR, Dr. Joyce Brothers, RD, and PD [GSN/463.9]
Guests are Bob Barker, BS, CNR, Arlene Francis, RD, and FF [GSN/231.4]
Guests are Sheldon Leonard, BS, CNR, Louisa Moritz, RD, and FF (Champion Carol Bartos is defeated w/a record total of $20,850!) [GSN/930.17]
Three consecutive episodes; guests are Alex Karras, BS, CNR, Barbara McNair, RD, and JB (everyone except Brett switches seats for episode 2, and Alex grapples w/a female pro wrestler in episode 3!) [first 2 GSN/231.10; 478.15, last BZR, also have BZR copy of episode 2]
Guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, and PD [GSN/583.4]
Guests are William Shatner, BS, CNR, Julie Harris (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and FF [GSN/463.7]
Guests are Clifton Davis, BS, CNR, Rona Barrett, RD, and BW (features a VERY emotional contestant!) [GSN/75.11]
Guests are Ed Asner (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Julie London (ditto; Gene kisses her!), RD, and FF [GSN/463.8]
New Year's Eve episode; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Jody Donovan, RD, and FF [GSN/101.3, also BZR]
'76 -
Guests are Marvin Hamlisch, BS, CNR, Isabel Sanford, RD, and BW [GSN/106.4]
Guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and MW [GSN/463.10]
Guests are BD, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and FF [GSN/463.11]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Bonnie Franklin, RD, and PD (ends w/camera shots for the "next week" plug) [SM/763.9]
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, Susan Howard, RD, and FF [GSN/663.6]
Guests are Joey Bishop, BS, CNR, Arlene Francis, RD, and JB [GSN/583.5]
Guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, Kate Jackson, RD, and PD [GSN/927.6]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and FF [GSN/589.6]
Guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Bonnie Franklin, RD, and FF [GSN/583.6]
Guests are Bill Cullen, BS, CNR, *Janice Pennington* (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and BW [GSN/103.8]
Guests are Donald Ross, BS, CNR, Isabel Sanford, RD, and PD [GSN/515.8]
Guests are Ron Palillo, BS, CNR, Jo Anne Worley, RD, and FF [GSN/463.12]
Guests are Tom Poston (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Barbara Sharma (ditto; Gene kisses her!), RD, and PD [GSN/515.10]
Guests are Greg Morris, BS, CNR, *Anitra Ford* (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and BW [BZR]
Guests are Dick Gautier, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, and BW [GSN/466.13]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Juliet Prowse (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and FF [GSN/583.7]
Guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Donna Mills (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and PD (Gene has a real "breakthrough" during the intro!) [GSN/930.5]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are BD, BS, CNR, Bennye Gatteys, RD, and FF [both GSN/554.5-6]
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, Sarah Kennedy, RD, and FF [GSN/374.8]
Guests are Pat Morita (his first appearance; Gene kisses him!), BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and PD [GSN/930.18]
Guests are Robert Hegyes, BS, CNR, Ethel Merman, RD, and FF [GSN/115.1]
Guests are Joey Bishop, BS, CNR, (former 60s MG contestant) Lynn Deerfield (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and BW [GSN/930.4]
Guests are Ed Asner, BS, CNR, Trish Stewart, RD, and PD [GSN/583.8]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and JB [GSN/583.9]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Nancy Kulp (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and JB [GSN/663.5]
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and BW (whose mother is in the audience!) [GSN/546.8]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Dr. Joyce Brothers, RD, and PD [GSN/D60.4]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, RD, and BW (Actress Brianne Leary is a contestant!) [both GSN/663.3-4]
Guests are Bob Barker, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and FF [GSN/20.7]
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, Susan Sullivan, RD, and JB [GSN/930.3]
New Year's Eve episode; guests are Joey Bishop, BS, CNR, Elizabeth Allen, RD, and FF (contestant Jane Baker later appeared on "High Rollers" and "Card Sharks", and Mark Goodson makes an appearance at the end!) [GSN/101.4, also BZR]
'77 -
Guests are Mel Tillis, BS, CNR, Bonnie Franklin, RD, and FF [GSN/501.2]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Della Reese, RD, and BW [GSN/236.10]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Sarah Kennedy, RD, and FF [GSN/663.18]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Dick Gautier, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD and FF (Gene fights w/the cameraman in episode 1, and Richard and Fannie impersonate Brett and Charles in episode 2!) [both SM]
Guests are Peter Isacksen, BS, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and FF [GSN/612.5]
Guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and BW [GSN/596.2]
Three consecutive episodes; guests are Leslie Nielsen, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, RD, and JB [all GSN/614.8, 613.10-11]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and JB [GSN/663.2]
Guests are Abe Burrows (his first appearance; Brett kisses him!), BS, CNR, Rosemary Forsyth, RD, and BW [GSN/515.13]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Arlene Francis, RD, and PD [GSN/502.1]
Guests are Don Sutton, BS, CNR, Ethel Merman, RD, and FF [GSN/583.10]
Guests are Tom Hallick, BS, Dick Martin, Mary Wickes, RD, and BW [GSN/583.11]
Guests are Dick Smothers (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Meg Bennett (ditto; Gene kisses her!), RD, and FF [GSN/663.19]
Guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [GSN/596.3]
Guests are Arte Johnson, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, RD, and PD [GSN/636.1]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, JoAnn Harris (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and FF (Gene has to force the doors open to enter!) [GSN/663.1]
Guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Lee Merriwether, RD, and FF (Earl, the Super Match board operator, makes an appearance!) [GSN/735.13]
Guests are BD, BS, CNR, Trish Stewart, RD, and Mary Wickes [GSN/167.2]
Guests are Ed Asner, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and PD (Includes the infamous "school riot"!) [SM, also GSN/D125.6]
Guests are Greg Morris, BS, CNR, Roz Kelly, RD, and JB [GSN/663.20]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Suzanne Somers (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and PD [GSN/930.2]
Guests are Dick Smothers, BS, CNR, Minnie Pearl (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and FF (Joyce Bulifant makes a couple of appearances!) [GSN/675.5]
Guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Lee Merriwether, RD, and BW [GSN/663.21]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and BW [GSN/735.1]
Guests are Bob Barker, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, RD, and JB (A male audience member pays $100 to kiss Eva at the beginning!) [GSN/167.3]
Guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Connie Stevens, RD, and FF (Gene goes nuts and climbs OVER the audience!) [GSN/167.4, also BZR]
Guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Juliet Prowse, RD, and PD (features a funny contestant named Bertha!) [GSN/735.2]
Guests are Ron Palillo, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [GSN/596.4]
Christmas episode (w/same guests as above; Charles dresses as Santa, and Roger Dobkowitz makes an on-camera appearance!) [BZR]
New Year's Eve episode; guests are Richard Deacon, FF, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and JB [GSN/101.5, also BZR]
'78 -
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and FF [GSN/464.6]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Helaine Lembeck (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and BW [GSN/464.7]
Guests are *Joe Garagiola*, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and BW [GSN/252.8, also BZR]
Guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Didi Conn, RD, and FF ("The Carol Burnett Show" cast makes an appearance, and Gene goofs during the closing!) [GSN/D149.1, also BZR]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, RD, and BW (who strips!!) [GSN/565.4, also BZR]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Susan Sullivan, RD, and MW (Richard and Charles play tic-tac-toe on Gene's jacket!) [GSN/735.3, also BZR]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF (Gene has trouble w/the doors during the opening!) [GSN/735.14, also BZR]
Guests are Gary Crosby BS, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and FF (Helen Rayburn makes a brief appearance!) [GSN/167.5, also BZR]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Ethel Merman, RD, and FF (Johnny Olson makes an on-camera appearance!) [GSN/241.1, also BZR]
Guests are Bernie Kopell, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and BW (One of the contestants is named Betty White; guess who she picks as her Super Match partner!) [GSN/138.7, also BZR]
Guests are BD, BS, CNR, Sarah Purcell, RD, and BW [GSN/252.9 & 267.5, also BZR]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Arlene Francis, RD, and PD [both GSN/241.5; 267.14, also BZR]
Guests are Don Sutton, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and BW [GSN/515.9, also BZR]
Another episode w/same guests as above (Roger Dobkowitz makes a brief on-camera appearance!) [BZR]
Guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Didi Carr (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and MW [GSN/253.1, also BZR]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Denise DuBarry, RD, and Mary Wickes [RPT]
Guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, a gloomy RD, and BW [GSN/103.9, also BZR]
Another episode w/same guests as above (Johnny Olson makes a brief on-camera appearance, and Gene has some fun w/Pop Rocks!) [BZR]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Hope Lange, RD, and PD (Gene enters w/Gary's daughter and Patti's son in episode 1, and w/Gary and Patti themselves in episode 2!) [both BZR, also have episode 2 from GSN/515.12]
Guests are Richard Paul, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, RD, and FF (Gene screws up during a tie-breaker!) [GSN/515.11, also BZR]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Vicki Lawrence, RD, and BW (Gene screws up during the Super Match!) [GSN/515.7, also BZR]
The first episode w/the Star Wheel; guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Sharon Farrell (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), RD, and Mary Wickes [GSN/485.4, also BZR]
Guests are MS, BS, CNR, Didi Carr, RD, and BW (Gene has the turntable sent back so he can chat w/a departing contestant, but gets his mic cord caught underneath it!) [BZR]
The last episode w/the original set; guests are Henry Morgan, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and JB (Includes the first-ever daytime $10,000 Super Match win!) [GSN/526.1, also BZR]
The first three episodes w/the new set; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Susan Richardson, RD, and FF [all GSN/485.5; 554.15-16, also have new set debut from BZR]
Guests are BD, BS, CNR, Bonnie Franklin, RD, and MW (Johnny Olson makes an on-camera appearance!) [BZR]
Guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF (during the Super Match, the champion answers too soon, so the Head-to-Head phrase gets thrown out!) [BZR]
Guests are Richard Paul, BS, CNR, Jo Ann Harris, RD, and BW (Gene has a group of audience members sing the theme from "Oklahoma"!) [BZR]
Guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Lorrie Mahaffey, RD (his last appearance!), and JB [GSN/546.1, also BZR]
Guests are Richard Deacon, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, Bob Barker (watch for his subtle Dawson reference at the beginning!), and FF [GSN/546.3, also BZR]
Two consecutive episodes; guests are Robert Mandan, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, Richard Paul, and BW [both GSN/546.4-5]
Guests are GB, BS, CNR, Loni Anderson (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), MS, and MW [GSN/546.6]
Guests are Tab Hunter (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Marilu Henner (ditto; Gene kisses her!), Dick Martin, and FF [GSN/546.7]
Guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, Nipsey Russell, and BW [GSN/546.9]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Valerie Bertinelli (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), Ed Asner, and Patty Duke Astin [GSN]
Guests are Greg Morris, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, BD, and FF (Gene makes a wild entrance!) [GSN/546.10]
Guests are Robert Walden, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, Richard Paul, and Mary Wickes [GSN/546.11]
Guests are Robert Pine (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Loni Anderson (not her first appearance, but Gene kisses her anyway!), Bob Barker, and PD [GSN/559.3]
Guests are Bart Braverman (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Erica Hope (ditto; Gene kisses her!), Arte Johnson, and FF [GSN/559.5]
Guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Nancy Lane (ditto; Gene kisses her!), Don Sutton, and BW [GSN/559.6]
Guests are Guich Koock (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Mabel King (ditto; Gene kisses her!), Ken Olfson (same story), and MW [GSN/559.8]
Christmas episode; guests are Joe Santos, BS, CNR, Carol Jones, Dick Martin, and FF (Charles and Brett pretend to be Santa and a little kid for the entire episode!) [GSN/559.9, also BZR]
New Year's Eve episode (actually aired 1/2/79); guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Connie Stevens, Jack Jones, and BW [GSN/101.6, also BZR]
'79 -
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Dolly Martin (not her first appearance, but Gene kisses her anyway!), Dick Martin, and PD [GSN/757.1]
Guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Brianne Leary (her first celeb appearance; Gene kisses her!), Bob Barker, and JB [GSN/757.3]
Guests are Joe Santos, BS, CNR, Lorrie Mahaffey, BD, and MW (Champion Joanne Rupp becomes the new all-time top winner w/$22,400!) [GSN/1025.9]
Guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, Scoey Mitchlll, and FF [SM/167.6, w/ticket and fee plugs, also GSN/612.1, sans both]
Same episode as above, but Marc Breslow's directions are audible throughout the ENTIRE show! [SM/167.7]
Two consecutive episodes from same week as above [both GSN/612.2-3]
Guests are Foster Brooks (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Lorna Patterson (ditto; Gene plans to kiss her, but his Binaca falls apart!), Dick Martin, and BW [GSN/612.4]
Guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Loni Anderson, Jack Jones, and JB [GSN/612.6]
Guests are Kukla & Ollie, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, Arte Johnson, and FF [GSN/612.10]
Another episode w/same guests as above (Puppeteer Burr Tillstrom reveals himself at the end!) [GSN/612.11]
Three consecutive episodes; guests are Don Galloway, BS, CNR, Lee Merriwether, BD, and PD [all GSN/613.1-3]
Guests are Fred Grandy, BS, CNR, Connie Stevens, Bill Cullen, and MW [GSN/613.4]
Three consecutive episodes (which never aired on CBS); guests are Orson Bean, BS, Dick Martin, Brianne Leary, BD, and FF (Champion Carolyn Raisner becomes THE all-time top winner w/$32,600!) [all BZR, also have eps. 1 and 3 from GSN/1025.10; 613.12]
An episode from the final week (w/same guests as below, and never aired on CBS) [GSN/613.13]
The never-aired (on CBS) and unacknowledged last episode; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, GB, Elaine Joyce, BD, and MW [GSN/485.6]
SYNDICATED (weekly), 1975-81 ("Match Game PM"):
The 1975 premiere episode; guests are Clifton Davis, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and JB [GSN/207.3, also 485.3]
1975; guests are William Shatner, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and JB [SM, also GSN/490.12]
1975; guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Lynda Day George, RD, and PD [GSN/253.2]
1975; guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Joan Collins, RD, and PD (has a hilarious Super Match!) [GSN/230.9]
1975; guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Sarah Kennedy, RD, and MW [GSN/253.4]
1975; guests are Sheldon Leonard, BS, CNR, Dr. Joyce Brothers, RD, and FF [GSN/534.3]
1975; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Madlyn Rhue, RD, and BW (Gene's microphone falls apart near the end!) [GSN/230.10]
1975; guests are BD, BS, CNR, Kate Jackson, RD, and BW [GSN/253.3]
1975; guests are Bob Barker, BS, CNR, Arlene Francis, RD, and FF [GSN]
1975; guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and PD [GSN/404.7]
1975; guests are Dick Gautier, BS, CNR, Melinda Fee, RD, and BW (has a hilarious Super Match!) [GSN/403.6]
1975; guests are Joe Silver, BS, CNR, Esther Rolle, RD, and PD (Bern Bennett announces) [GSN/231.2]
1975; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Jody Donovan, RD, and FF [GSN/635.1]
1976; guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Bonnie Franklin, RD, and PD [GSN/404.5]
1976; guests are Ed Asner, BS, GB, Marcia Rodd, RD, and FF [GSN/253.5]
1976; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Susan Howard, RD, and FF [GSN/788.13]
1976; guests are Joey Bishop, BS, CNR, Janice Lynde, RD, and PD [GSN/491.1]
The 1976-77 season premiere (now w/the 3-round format); guests are Pat Morita, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and PD [GSN/414.8]
1976; guests are Robert Hegyes, BS, CNR, Ethel Merman, RD, and FF [GSN/231.3]
1976; guests are Soupy Sales, BS, CNR, Madlyn Rhue, RD, and BW [GSN/366.3]
1976; guests are Ron Palillo, BS, CNR, JB, RD, and Mary Wickes (contestant Linda Biggett was on the CBS "Joker's Wild" finale a year earlier) [GSN/416.3]
1976; guests are Bert Convy, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and FF [GSN/404.12]
1976; guests are Dick Gautier, BS, CNR, Della Reese, RD, and FF [GSN/619.5]
1976; guests are Greg Morris, BS, Charles Nelson Reilly, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [735.4]
1976; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Didi Conn, RD, and PD [GSN/554.10]
1976; guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, Roz Kelly, RD, and BW (both the regular and "sudden death" tie-breakers are played) [GSN/414.9]
1976; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and FF (during the Super Match, the champ bombs BOTH Audience Matches!) [GSN/401.8]
1976; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Lee Merriwether, RD, and FF [GSN/628.2]
1976; guests are Don Sutton, BS, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and FF [GSN/636.6]
1976; guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, RD, and BW [GSN/374,14]
1976; guests are Bob Barker, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and FF [GSN/716.6]
1976; guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and BW [GSN/366.4]
1976; guests are Joey Bishop, BS, CNR, Elizabeth Allen, RD, and FF [GSN/636.10]
1977; guests are Ed Asner, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, and PD [GSN/D119.1]
1977; guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Della Reese, RD, and BW (Richard and Betty impersonate Brett and Charles during one question!) [GSN/271.8]
1977; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Rosemary Forsyth, RD, and JB [GSN/479.8]
1977; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Sarah Kennedy, RD, and FF [GSN/788.7]
1977; guests are BD, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and BW [GSN/478.9]
1977; guests are Ron Palillo, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and PD [GSN/271.9]
1977; guests are Dick Gautier, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, RD, and FF [GSN/271.10]
1977; guests are Orson Bean, BS, CNR, Lynda Day George, RD, and JB (contestant Allison McCall was on "Card Sharks" a year later) [GSN/399.14]
1977; guests are Leslie Nielsen, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, RD, and JB [GSN/635.11]
The 1977-78 season premiere; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and FF [GSN/930.1]
1977; guests are Hans Conreid, BS, CNR, Sarah Kennedy, RD, and BW (contestant Ken Thomas was on "Wheel of Fortune" 3 years later) [GSN/366.6]
1977; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Conny Van Dyke, RD, and FF [GSN/478.10]
1977; guests are Dick Smothers, BS, CNR, Minnie Pearl, RD, and FF [GSN/403.7]
1977; guests are Gary Crosby, BS, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and JB [GSN/788.11]
1977; guests are Bill Cullen, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and FF (contestant is Tom Hendricks was on the "Blockbusters" premiere week; ironic, huh?) [GSN/472.1]
1977; guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, RD, and MW [GSN/671.1]
1977; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and PD [GSN/502.5]
1977; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Meg Bennett, RD, and FF [GSN/788.12]
1977; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Polly Holliday, RD, and FF (Future Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick is a contestant!) [GSN]
1977; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Sarah Purcell, RD, and BW [GSN/478.6]
1977; guests are David Landsberg, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, RD, and MW [GSN/506.8]
1977; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Juliet Prowse, RD, and PD [GSN/412.14]
1977; guests are Tom Poston, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, and BW [GSN/440.3]
1977; guests are Richard Deacon, FF, CNR, Mary Wickes, RD, and JB [GSN/267.9]
1978; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Dr. Joyce Brothers, RD, and MW [GSN/478.7]
1978; guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, and PD [GSN/735.5]
1978; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, RD, and BW [GSN/480.7]
1978; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Ethel Merman, RD, and FF (B&W due to reception problems, end credits missing) [OC]
1978; guests are Tom Dreesen, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, RD, and JB [GSN/735.15]
The 1978-79 season premiere (and the debut of the new set and Star Wheel); guests are BD, BS, CNR, Bonnie Franklin, RD, and MW [GSN/271.11]
1978; guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, and FF [GSN/374.1]
1978; guests are Richard Paul, BS, CNR, Jo Ann Harris, RD, and BW [GSN/441.1]
1978; guests are Dick Martin, BS, CNR, Lorrie Mahaffey, RD (his last PM appearance), and JB [GSN/441.2]
1978; guests are Richard Deacon, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, Bob Barker, and FF [OC, also GSN/441.3]
1978; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Donna Pescow, Jack Klugman, and BW [GSN/271.12]
1978; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Loni Anderson, MS, and MW [GSN/459.4]
1978; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, Raymond Burr, and JB [GSN/370.5]
1978; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Judy Landers, GB, and BW [GSN/370.6]
1978; guests are Robert Pine, BS, CNR, Loni Anderson, Bob Barker, and PD [GSN/271.13]
1978; guests are Joe Santos, BS, CNR, Carol Jones, Dick Martin, and FF (The turntable won't work during the opening, so Gene takes matters into his own hands!) [GSN/459.7]
1979; guests are Robert Walden, BS, CNR, Audrey Landers, Bert Convy, and Patty Duke Astin [GSN/272.1]
1979; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Dolly Martin, Dick Martin, and PD [GSN/272.2]
1979; guests are Robert Pine, BS, CNR, Susan Richardson, Richard Deacon, and FF [GSN/272.3]
1979; guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Brianne Leary, Bob Barker, and JB [GSN/374.4]
1979; guests are Avery Schrieber, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, GB, and FF [GSN/414.3]
1979; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, Dick Martin, and FF [GSN/459.5]
1979; guests are Guich Koock, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, Paul Williams, and BW [GSN/459.6]
1979; guests are Darryl Anderson, BS, CNR, Donna Pescow, Richard Paul, and PD [GSN/375.5]
1979; guests are Kukla & Ollie, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, Arte Johnson, and FF [SM, also GSN/272.5]
1979; guests are Fred Grandy, BS, CNR, Connie Stevens, Bill Cullen, and MW [GSN/404.11]
1979; guests are Orson Bean, BS, Dick Martin, Brianne Leary, BD, and FF (contestant Mark O'Connor was on the "Card Sharks" premiere a year earlier) [GSN/735.6]
1979; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, GB, Elaine Joyce, BD, and MW [GSN/412.15]
1979; guests are Joe Santos, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, and MW [GSN/305.10]
1979; guests are Conrad Janis, BS, CNR, Dolly Martin, Dick Martin, and MW [GSN/305.11]
1979; guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Lorrie Mahaffey, Gary Crosby, and BW [GSN/788.8]
1979; guests are Don Galloway, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, Richard Paul, and JB [GSN/788.9]
1979; guests are Ted Lange, BS, CNR, Lorna Patterson, Foster Brooks, and MW [GSN/735.7]
1979; guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Judy Landers, Richard Paul, and JB [GSN/788.6]
1979; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR, Rita Moreno, BD, and PD [GSN/267.7]
1979; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Randi Oakes, BD, and MW [GSN/374.2]
1979; guests are Alfie Wise, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, BD, and BW [GSN]
1979; guests are Steve Kanaly, BS, CNR, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Paul, and FF [GSN/788.5]
1979; guests are Freeman King, BS, CNR, Betty Kennedy, BD, and JB [GSN/376.5]
1979; guests are Jim Staahl, BS, CNR, Anita Gillette, Bart Braverman, and Debralee Scott [GSN/735.8]
1980; guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Gina Hecht, BD, and FF [GSN/583.12]
1980; guests are Robert Pine, BS, CNR, Stephanie Edwards, BD, and FF [GSN/534.4]
1980; guests are Fred Grandy, BS, David Doyle, Dawn Jeffory, BD, and MW (has a hilarious Super Match!) [GSN]
The 1980-81 season premiere; guests are GB, BS, CNR, Holly Hallstrom, Dick Martin, and JB [GSN/374.10]
1980; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Rita Moreno, Gary Crosby, and BW [GSN/103.7]
1980; guests are Richard Kiel, BS, CNR, Mary Ann Mobley, Paul Williams, and MW [GSN/788.4]
1980; guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Dolly Martin, BD, and Debralee Scott [GSN/735.9]
1980; guests are Peter Marshall, BS, Dick Martin, Elaine Joyce, Bill Cullen, and BW [GSN/365.4]
1980; guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, Jonelle Allen, Allen Ludden, and BW [GSN/398.11]
1980; guests are Charlie Siebert, BS, CNR, Phyllis Davis, Robert Donner, and MW [GSN/374.11]
1980; guests are Richard Paul, BS, CNR, JoAnn Pflug, BD, and JB [GSN/735.10]
1980; guests are Fred Travalena, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, and Debralee Scott [GSN/412.16]
1980; guests are Don Sutton, BS, CNR, Phyllis Davis, Bart Braverman, and MW [SM, also GSN/344.13]
1980; guests are Ted Lange, BS, CNR, Susan Richardson, Robert Donner, and JB [GSN/717.10]
1980; guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, Dolly Martin, BD, and Debralee Scott [GSN/788.3]
1980; guests are Fred Grandy, BS, CNR, Marjorie Wallace, Gary Crosby, and FF [GSN/505.13]
1980; guests are Brian Patrick Clarke, Jack Klugman, CNR, Elaine Joyce, Robert Donner, and MW (Jack goes nuts during the Super Match!) [GSN/364.10]
The last episode (though not mentioned) from 1980; guests are Bart Braverman, BW, CNR, JB, BD, and MW [GSN/397.3, also 486.7]
SYNDICATED (daily), 1979-82 ("Match Game"):
The 1979 premiere episode (preceded by a great promo!); guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, BD, and FF [SM/D60.1, also GSN, sans promo]
1979; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, Dick Martin, and Patty Duke Astin [RPT/145.4]
A full week of shows from 1979; guests are Robert Pine, BS, CNR, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dick Martin, and BW (Kirstie Alley is a contestant in eps 2-4!) [all GSN/635.2-5, 657.5, also have SM of Tue-Thu. shows]
1979; guests are Jack Carter, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, BD, and Abigail Van Buren (her first appearance; Gene kisses her, but ends up wearing her lipstick!) [GSN/635.7, also BZR]
Another 1979 episode w/same guests as above [GSN/472.2]
Two consecutive episodes from 1979; guests are Robert Walden, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, BD, and JB (Ginger "Cuckoo, Friend, and Ollie" Morris is a contestant!) [both GSN/D64.3, 635.9]
1979; guests are Nipsey Russell, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, Dick Martin, and Nancy Lane [GSN/657.6]
1979; guests are Joe Santos, BS, CNR, Donna Pescow, BD, and Patty Duke Astin (Everyone walks off the set at one point!) [GSN]
Another 1979 episode w/same guests as above [GSN/472.3]
1979; guests are Richard Deacon, BS CNR, Charlene Tilton, Bob Barker and BW [GSN/D29.3]
1979; guests are Foster Brooks, BS, CNR, Sarah Purcell, Scoey Mitchlll, and FF [GSN]
1979; guests are Ronny Graham, BS, CNR, Susan Richardson, Arte Johnson, and FF [GSN/805.2]
1979; guests are Freeman King, BS, CNR, Betty Kennedy, BD, and JB (Charles has some fun w/the "PM" sign insert!) [GSN]
1979; guests are Bill Cullen, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, BD, and BW [GSN/D37.3]
1979; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Phyllis Diller (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), Fred Travalena, and JB (Charles arrives late w/no makeup, so the makeup man gives him a hasty powdering!) [GSN/675.2]
1979; guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Charlene Tilton, BD, and Patty Duke Astin [GSN/49.7]
1979; guests are Wesley Eure, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, Bob Barker, and MW [GSN/44.1]
1979; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, Bart Braverman, and JB [GSN/675.4]
1979; guests are Alfie Wise, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, BD, and BW [GSN/675.7]
1980; guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Gina Hecht, BD, and FF [GSN/675.9]
1980; guests are Gary Collins, BS, DM, Debralee Scott, BD, and BW (Future CNBC host Donny Deutsch is a contestant!) [GSN]
1980; guests are Fred Grandy, BS, David Doyle, Dawn Jeffory (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), BD, and Rita Moreno (not her first, but she demands to be kissed anyway!) [GSN/676.5]
1980; guests are Peter Marshall, BS, Dick Martin, Bonnie Franklin, BD, and MW (Peter and Gene trade places during the opening!) [GSN/D29.4]
The 1979-80 season finale; guests are Jim Staahl, BS, Bart Braverman, Holly Hallstrom, BD, and Debralee Scott [GSN/D67.1]
1980; guests are George Kennedy, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, and BW [GSN/236.11]
1980; guests are Jimmie Walker, BS, CNR, Connie Stevens, Bart Braverman, and Debralee Scott [RPT/589.12]
1980; guests are Gary Collins, BS, CNR, Susan Richardson, Richard Paul, and JB [GSN/596.6]
1980; guests are Alan Oppenheimer (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Laurie Walters (ditto; Gene gives her a BIG kiss!), Dick Martin, and BW (blurry picture, but watchable) [RPT/167.9]
1980; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, Dick Martin, and BW [RPT/596.5]
Two consecutive episodes from 1980; guests are Peter Marshall, BS, Dick Martin, Elaine Joyce, Bill Cullen, and BW [both GSN/717.6, 717.8]
1980; guests are Richard Deacon, BS, Fred Grandy, Louise Sorrel, BD, and JB (has reception problems first 2 minutes or so) [RPT/145.3]
1980; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Paul, and FF (Gene has a real "breakthrough" during the intro!) [SM, also RPT/167.8, which is missing small part of opening]
1980; guests are Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, BS, CNR, Eva Gabor, Arte Johnson, and JB (Bowzer tries to play the MG theme on a toy piano!) [GSN/836.10]
1980; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Susan Howard, GB, and MW [GSN/472.4]
1980; guests are Robert Donner, BS, CNR, Marjorie Wallace, BD, and MW (A question gets thrown out, and producer Ira Skutch appears to explain why) [GSN/167.10]
1980; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Jonelle Allen, MS, and Debralee Scott (Charles "injures" Gene with a paper cut, so McLean takes over hosting while he recuperates!) [GSN/167.11]
1980; guests are George Kennedy, Betty Kennedy, CNR, Phyllis Diller, MS, and FF [GSN/883.9]
1980; guests are Bart Braverman, BW (who hosts briefly!), CNR, JB, BD, and MW [GSN/167.12]
The 1981-82 season premiere; guests are Richard Paul, BS, Dick Martin, Holly Hallstrom, MS, and Elaine Joyce [GSN/D67.3]
1981; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, Richard Deacon, Connie Stevens, MS (who hosts part of the show, again!), and Debralee Scott [GSN/401.9]
1981; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Edie McClurg, Paul Willams, and JB [RPT/589.14]
1981; guests are Robert Donner, Patty Duke Astin, CNR, Betty Kennedy, MS, and JB [RPT/589.13]
1981; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Jonelle Allen, BD, and Patty Duke Astin (A contestant makes a side bet w/the panel!) [GSN/756.13]
1981; guests are Fred Travalena, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, MS, and FF [GSN/596.7]
1981; guests are *Tom Kennedy*, BS, CNR, Gail Farrell, MS, and JB [GSN/102.1]
1981; guests are David Doyle, BS, CNR, Holly Hallstrom, MS, and BW [GSN/401.10]
1981; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR (who hosts a question and 1/2 in round 1!), Eva Gabor, MS and MW (Time runs out before Super Match can be played) [RPT/D18.5]
Another 1981 episode w/same guests as above (Includes a hilarious ticket plug!) [OB/275.3]
1981; guests are Conrad Janis, BS, Paul Williams, Edie McClurg, MS, and Debralee Scott [GSN/113.3]
1981; guests are Richard Paul, BS, Dick Martin, Sharon Farrell, MS, and BW (who makes a grand entrance!) [GSN/756.14]
1981; guests are David Doyle, BS, BD, Syndey Goldsmith (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), MS, and JB [GSN/756.15]
Another 1981 episode w/same guests as above [GSN/402.10]
1981; guests are Robert Donner, BS, CNR, Melody Thomas (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), MS, and MW (crazy Rochelle Anapulski is a contestant!) [GSN]
Another 1981 episode w/same guests as above [GSN/117.3]
1981; guests are Ted Lange, BS, CNR, Audrey Landers, MS, and Edie McClurg [GSN/401.11]
1981; guests are George Gobel (his first appearance), BS, CNR, Stephanie Edwards, MS, and Elaine Joyce [GSN/241.3]
Another 1981 episode w/same guests as above [GSN/241.4]
1981; guests are Fred Grandy, BS, CNR, Leslie Easterbrook (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), MS, and FF (Ted Lange appears and takes Fred's clothes!) [GSN/167.13]
Two consecutive episodes from 1981; guests are Willie Tyler & Lester, BS, CNR, Lynn Redgrave, MS, and MW [both GSN/657.7, 717.11]
1981; guests are Bill Cullen, BS, CNR, Sharon Farrell, MS, and Edie McClurg [GSN/370.4]
1981; guests are Marty Cohen (his first appearance; Gene kisses him!), BS, CNR, Debralee Scott (who also kisses Marty!), MS, and Edie McClurg (end credits missing) [RPT/145.1]
1981; guests are Scoey Mitchlll, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, MS, and BW [GSN/195.2]
1982; guests are Bart Braverman, BS, CNR, Abby Dalton, MS, and MW [GSN/138.8]
1982; guests are Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Irlene Mandrell, MS, and FF (A temporary "blackout" occurs in the middle of game 2!) [GSN/139.1]
1982; guests are BD, BS, CNR, Jennilee Harrison (her first appearance; Gene kisses her!), MS, and Edie McClurg [GSN/140.1]
Another episode w/same guests as above [GSN/267.15]
A 1982 episode from the final week (w/same guests as below) [GSN/136.6]
The last episode (though not mentioned) from 1982; guests are Skip Stephenson, BS, CNR, Melinda Fee, MS, and BW [SM, also GSN/418.16 or 486.8]
Ross Shafer:
Two pilots from 1989 (hosted by Bert Convy); guests are Brad Garrett (BG), Marsha Warfield, CNR, Khrystyne Haje, Jerry Van Dyke, and Teri Copley [1 SM, 1 GSN]
The 1990 premiere episode; guests are Joe Alaskey, Ilene Graf, CNR, Sally Struthers, Chris Lemmon, and Daphne Maxwell Reed [OB/184.4, also GSN]
1990; guests are Jonathan Prince, BW, CNR, Vicki Lawrence (VL), Joe Alaskey, and Deborah Harmon [OC/291.8]
1990; guests are Ronn Lucas (RL) & Scorch, Edie McClurg, CNR, Gloria Loring, Bill Kirchenbauer, and Jacklyn Zieman [OC/291.9]
1990; guests are BG, MW, CNR, Khrystyne Haje, RL & Scorch, and Robin Strasser [GSN/267.16]
A full week of shows from 1990; guests are Fred Travalena, BS, CNR, Sally Struthers, Vince Champ, and Shannon Tweed [all GSN/675.6; 675.8; 675.10-11; 676.1, also have one ep from OC/388.2]
1990; guests are Jonathan Prince, Edie McClurg, CNR, Khrystyne Haje, RL & Scorch, and Paula McClure [GSN/267.3]
A full week of shows from 1990; guests are Bill Kirchenbauer, BS, CNR, VL, RL & Scorch, and Deborah Tranelli [all GSN/676.6-10, also have one episode from RPT/429.12]
1990; guests are BG, Shelley Taylor-Morgan, CNR, Phyllis Diller, RL & Chuck Roast and Dana Fleming [OC]
1990; guests are John Byner, Edie McClurg, CNR, Nancy Stafford, RL & Scorch, and Susan Norfleet [OC]
1990; guests are Bill Kirchenbauer, MW, CNR, Gloria Loring, JM J. Bullock, and Anne-Marie Johnson [OC, also GSN/406.5]
1990; guests are Fred Travalena, Beverly Garland CNR, Sally Struthers, RL & Scorch, and Susan Norfleet (precedes the episode below) [OB/D65.1]
1990; guests are BG, Robin Strasser, CNR, VL, Joe Alaskey, and Carol Susskind [OB/D65.2]
Four consecutive 1990 episodes from "All My Children Week" (including the Halloween show, w/everyone in costume!); guests are Walt Willey, BS, CNR, VL, RL & Scorch, and Jill Larson [all GSN/717.1-4, also have Halloween show from OC, as well as RPT/D65.5 and another copy from GSN/760.1]
A 1990 episode from "Loving Week"; guests are Fred Travalena, BW, CNR, Shelley Taylor-Morgan, Perry Stephens, and Lauren-Marie Taylor (small part of opening missing; features an EXCITED Super Match winner!) [OC]
1990; guests are BG, Dana Fleming, CNR, VL, Richard Simmons, and Lisa Canning [GSN/510.3]
1990; guests are Bill Kirchenbauer, Meredith MacRae, CNR, Sally Struthers, Tom Villard, and Rebecca Arthur [GSN/510.2]
Christmas 1990 episode; guests are Fred Travalena, Sally Struthers, Rip Taylor, Susan Norfleet, Tom Parks, and MW [GSN/229.10]
New Year's episode from 1990 (w/everyone in formal wear); guests are Bruce Baum, VL, BG, Edie McClurg, Roger E. Mosley, and Pat Musick (part of end credits cut off) [GSN/361.1]
1991; guests are BG, VL, CNR, Khrystyne Haje, Bill Kirchenbauer, and Rhonda Bates [OB/267.12]
1991; guests are Fred Travalena, Dolly Martin, CNR, Khrystyne Haje, Jason Stewart, and Jo Anne Worley [GSN/106.8]
1991; guests are BG, Edie McClurg, CNR, Pam Stone, Bruce Baum, and Erin O'Connor (Bob Hilton announces) [GSN/735.11]
1991; guests are Christopher Hewitt, Pam Stone, CNR, Diana Jordan, Roger Behr, and MW [GSN/728.6]
1991; guests are Fred Travalena, Gloria Loring, CNR, Sally Struthers, Roger E. Mosley, and Jo Anne Worley (a Star Wheel rarity occurs!) [GSN]
1991; guests are Bill Kirchenbauer, VL, CNR, Judy Landers, Arte Johnson, and Edie McClurg [GSN/728.10]
1991; guests are Fred Travalena, VL, CNR, Diana Jordan, RL & Scorch, and MW (Ross does a "Jim Peck" during the intro!) [GSN/735.12]
1991; guests are Jimmie Walker, Sally Struthers, CNR, Pam Stone, Soupy Sales, and Andi Methany [GSN/361.2]
1991; guests are BG, BW, CNR, Diana Jordan, Stuart Damon, and Edie McClurg [GSN/736.10]
1991; guests are BG (or is it CNR??), Dolly Martin, Dick Martin, Pam Stone, Lorenzo Caccialanza, and MW [GSN/742.7]
1991; guests are Michael Barrymore, Sally Struthers, CNR, Judy Landers, Avery Schrieber, and MW [GSN/757.10]
1991; guests are Bill Kirchenbauer, *Marjorie Goodson-Cutt* (and Pokey!), CNR, Audrey Landers, RL & Scorch, and Jo Anne Worley [GSN/139.2]
The last episode from 1991; guests are BG, Nell Carter, CNR, Diana Jordan, Bruce Baum, and Jacklyn Zieman (Future "Inside Edition" reporter Stacey Gualandi is a contestant) [OB/D18.3]
Michael Burger:
The 1998 premiere episode; guests are VL, Kristoff St. John, Judy Tenuta (JT), Nell Carter (NC), and George Hamilton (GH) [OC/251.2]
The 2nd episode (w/same guests as above); ATGS's Ed Stash is a contestant! [RPT/276.12]
1998; guests are Phil Morris, VL, Robin Leach, NC, and JT [OC/333.4]
Another 1998 episode w/same guests as above [SM]
Mandel Ilagan's appearance from 1998; guests are Richard Jeni, VL, Joshua Morrow, NC, and JT [OC/335.3, also SM]
1998; guests are JT, GH, Lauralee Bell, NC, and Jim J. Bullock [OC/316.9]
1998; guests are VL, James Avery, JT, NC, and GH (Includes the infamous "Playboy Bunny" question!) [OC/262.9]
1998; guests are VL, *Ben Stein*, JT, NC, and GH [OC/270.1]
1998; guests are VL, John Salley, JT, NC, and Bobby Collins (Veteran GS champ Scott Hostetler is a contestant) [OB/958.11]
The first episode w/the new set from 1998; guests are VL, Lorenzo Lamas, JT, NC, and GH [OC/270.6]
1998; guests are VL, Windsor Harmon, JT, NC, and J. Eddie Peck (Includes the infamous "Michael Jackson" question; the contestant's answer is censored, and he matches all 5 celebrities!) [OC/270.10]
1998; guests are VL, John Salley, JT, NC, and J. Eddie Peck [OC/333.2]
1998; guests are VL, Dax Griffin, JT, NC, and Nolan North (Michael gets kissed by ATGS's Tammy Warner during a break!) [OC/336.1]
1998; guests are VL, Jason George, JT, NC, and Brad Maule [OC/276.8]
1998; guests are VL, George Wallace, JT, NC, and Kin Shriner [OC/276.10]
1999; guests are VL, Richard Jeni, JT, NC, and GH [OC/300.7]
1999; guests are VL, Rondell Sheridan, JT, NC, and GH (Ex-FtM champ Sarabeth Rothfeld is a contestant!) [OC/316.7]
1999; guests are VL, Coolio, JT, NC, and GH [OC/333.12]
1999; guests are VL, Kevin Eubanks, JT, NC, and Windsor Harmon [OC/316.11]
Alec Baldwin:
The 2016 premiere episode; guests are Tituss Burgess, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Ian Black, Debra Messing, JB Smoove, and Sutton Foster [OC]
2016; guests are Jack McBrayer, Cheryl Hines, Ike Barinholtz, Leslie Jones, Josh Charles, and Leah Remini [OC]
2016; guests are Jason Alexander, Niecy Nash, Jack McBrayer, Ellie Kemper, David Alan Grier, and Sheryl Crow [OC]
2016; guests are Jack McBrayer, Niecy Nash, Jerry O'Connell, Ellie Kemper, David Alan Grier, and Natasha Lyonne [OC]
The 1st season finale from 2016; guests are Jack McBrayer, Leah Remini, Randall Park, Sarah Palin, JB Smoove, and Kristin Chenoweth [OC]
The 2nd season premiere from 2017; guests are Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines, Ice-T, Ellie Kemper, *Wayne Brady*, and Caroline Rhea [OC]
2017; guests are Andy Richter, Judy Greer, Skylar Astin, Caroline Rhea, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bellamy Young [OC]
2017; guests are Adam Carolla, Jenna Fischer, Justin Long, Cheryl Hines, Kenan Thompson, and Ana Gasteyer [OC]
2017; guests are Lamorne Morris, Casey Wilson, Mario Cantone, Niecy Nash, Scott Wolf, and Leah Remini [OC]
2017; guests are Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Matthew Morrison, Valerie Bertintelli, Taye Diggs, and Busy Phillips [OC]
2017; guests are Horatio Sanz, Niecy Nash, Mario Cantone, Martha Stewart, Lamorne Morris, and Casey Wilson [OC]
2017; guests are Adam Carolla, Wendie Malick, Chris Colfer, Christie Brinkley, Jay Pharoah, and Ana Gasteyer [OC]
The 2nd season finale from 2017; guests are Tituss Burgess, Sasheer Zamata, Darrell Hammond, Jane Krakowski, Rick Fox, and Constance Zimmer [OC]
The 3rd season premiere from 2018; guests are Joel McHale, Niecy Nash, Mark Duplass, Caroline Rhea, Jason Ritter, and Constance Zimmer [OC]
2018; guests are Jack McBrayer, NeNe Leakes, Max Greenfield, Christina Ricci, Kenny G, and Jane Krakowski [OC]
2018; guests are Adam Pally, Cheryl Hines, Ron Funches, Caroline Rhea, Mario Cantone, and Ana Gasteyer [OC]
2018; guests are Jack McBrayer, Ellie Kemper, *Anthony Anderson*, Yvette Nicole Brown, James Van Der Beek, and Anna Camp [OC]
2018; guests are Kenan Thompson, Niecy Nash, Thomas Lennon, Caroline Rhea, Mark Duplass, and Constance Zimmer [OC]
2018; guests are Jack McBrayer, Jennifer Lewis, James Van Der Beek, Ellie Kemper, *Anthony Anderson*, and Kate Flannery [OC]
2018; guests are Mario Cantone, Cheryl Hines, Adam Pally, Caroline Rhea, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Niecy Nash [OC]
2018; guests are Jack McBrayer, Christina Ricci, Ice-T, Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, and Nikki Glaser [OC]
The 4th season premiere from 2019; guests are Kenan Thompson, Ellie Kemper, Tyler Hoechlin, Sherri Shepherd, Horatio Sanz, and Jillian Bell [OB]
2019; guests are *Joel McHale*, Jane Krakowski, Finesse Mitchell, Caroline Rhea, Jason Biggs, and La Toya Jackson [OB]
2019; guests are Jason Alexander, Niecy Nash, Judah Friedlander, Constance Zimmer, Michael Che, and Erika Christensen [OB]
2019; guests are Mario Cantone, Raven-Symone, Oliver Hudson, Caroline Rhea, Finesse Mitchell, and Julie Klausner [OB]
2019; guests are *Joel McHale*, Rachael Ray, Jason Biggs, Caroline Rhea, Donald Faison, and Vanessa Williams [OB]
2019; guests are Mario Cantone, Raven-Symone, Hasan Minhaj, Caroline Rhea, Wayne Newton, and Sandra Bernhard (fellow trader/Buzzerblog contributor Christian Carrion is a contestant in game 1!) [OB]
2019; guests are Michael Che, Kirstie Alley, Chris D'Elia, Sherri Shepherd, Mark Duplass, and Brooklyn Decker (A clip of Kirstie as a contestant on the original MG in 1979 is shown!) [OB]
The 4th season finale from 2019 (it's a special "Code Blue" episode, w/all TV doctors and everyone in scrubs!); guests are *Joel McHale*, Mayim Bialik, Kal Penn, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, and Bebe Neuwirth [OB]
The 5th season premiere from 2020; guests are Mario Cantone, Jennifer Esposito, Adam Rodriguez, Angie Harmon, Michael Chiklis, and Melissa Fumero [OC]
2020; guests are Joel McHale, Amy Sedaris, Kevin Smith, Raven-Symone, Ne-Yo, and Malin Akerman [OC]
2020; guests are Thomas Lennon, Mary McCormack, Rick Fox, Caroline Rhea, Bob Saget, and Padma Lakshmi [OC]
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