First episode ever ….. 1973
Match Game
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badguybuster
Blackhawk
I wasnt even alive at that time
With this crowd wouldn't you bet your life be a better headliner?
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coach
Hunter
The year I graduated high school.
I keep telling myself I'm not old, just well used and worn.....then folks post stuff like this and it brings back enjoyable memories of movies, shows and even commercials from back "then". It's all fine and dandy until someone replies they weren't even born yet....
But then again there are folks on here that are 20 plus years my senior......
1973? If I'd known then what I know now. 
I remember watching "You Bet Your Life" hosted by Groucho Marx, of the Marx Brothers.
They were reruns as the show ended in 1961.
Watched him as a child in the 1960's on a Zenith black & white tube TV.
They were reruns as the show ended in 1961.
Watched him as a child in the 1960's on a Zenith black & white tube TV.
I enjoyed the one on in the 70's. Both the day and night shows. Gene Rayburn and Bert Convy were good hosts and the panel guests were funny.
I know there were some others afterwards but I don't recall seeing them. A while back I came across it and Alec Baldwin was the host....I couldn't stomach him, and that was before his gun incident BS. There's a new one now with Martin Short but I haven't seen it.
Nothing will compare, in my opinion, to the time of Rayburn/Convy and the panel guests of those times.
I know there were some others afterwards but I don't recall seeing them. A while back I came across it and Alec Baldwin was the host....I couldn't stomach him, and that was before his gun incident BS. There's a new one now with Martin Short but I haven't seen it.
Nothing will compare, in my opinion, to the time of Rayburn/Convy and the panel guests of those times.
gwpercle
Bearcat
That was what I thought also ...
Looked it up
Match Game first aired ...
December 31, 1962
Not sure about the 1973 date .
Gary
I remember that host and what a creepy guy he was.
Which one.....there were a few......
Forget his name, the guy in vid above
Gene Rayburn served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He went on to fly combat missions in the Pacific Theater with the Thirteenth Air Force and was stationed at Anacostia Naval Base. [1, 2] . Second Lieutenant Rayburn flew 89 combat missions. He flew a B-17E Flying Fortress famously named "Yankee Doodle,"
Alick Baldwin is a creepy guy . He was the Match Game host for while until he murdered someone on a movie set
Alick Baldwin is a creepy guy . He was the Match Game host for while until he murdered someone on a movie set
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I was 3 and a 1/2. But you know Gen X, as latch key kids, our parents were at work, so we could stay up and watch tv.
Gene Rayburn. He was actually the best one in my opinion.
I found him creepy, lecherous and not a bit funny and I like bawdy humor. I never did care for the show either so theres that also. To each their own.
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gunman42782
Hunter
I still watch Match Game almost everyday. There's a game show channel that has it. I still love it after all these years.
" Say the magic word and the Duck comes down "
"Why a duck?"
Is there something special 'bout that "lost episode"?
