-=> JOE MACKEY wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-
JM> A few surviving original Match Game shows from the early '60s have
JM> surfaced on You Tube.
JM> There were six guest panels, two teams of three men/three women, who
JM> had to match other players answer, which was written on card, etc.
JM> Gene Rayburn was the host.
I'll have to look for those - were they black and white?
My parents both worked when I was growing up, and I watched a lot of
afternoon TV. I remember watching Match Game all the time, and
wondering who the hell Charles Nelson Reilly and Rose Marie were,
since I'd never seen them in anything else...
JM> One show from 1964 the panel were asked "Name some electric item
JM> found in the bedroom".
JM> The common answer was an electric blanket.
JM> In the comments someone wrote:
JM> 1964: Electric blanket.
JM> 1974: A vibrator.
Reminds me of the "Newlywed Game" when asked where is their favorite
place to make "whoopie" (in the house). I'll leave the answer to the
reader.
> All I can think of is the numerous deals from "Hollywood Squares",
JM> That show often had answers that somehow got past the censors.
Host: "How many men in a professional hockey team?"
Paul Lynde, snickering: "About half..."
Circle gets the square!
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