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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Match Game
Gene Rayburn. Gene Rayburn did both "Match Game 7X" and "Match Game PM".
No. The original "Match Game" from 1962 had 3 people on either side, with Gene Rayburn in the center, similar to the game show "Password."
| Who did most contestants choose on the head-to-head in the 1970's "Match Game"? | "Match Game" Trivia
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Richard Dawson. Before the wheel was ever spun, Richard Dawson went head-to-head with most contestants.
$20,000. There were 2 audience matches done in the nighttime version. If a contestant were to choose the most common answer on 2 Super Matches, they would have $1,000. You played for ten times that, or $10,000. If a contestant was lucky enough, they could win double that, or $20,000.
Yes. The host was different (Ross Shafer) and there was a timed match-up game as well. The first round was 30 seconds and the second was 45 seconds.
Michael Berger. Rayburn was on in the 1962 version and the 197X remake, then Ross Shafer took the reins in 1990. Wink Martindale was never host of the "Match Game."
100, 250, 500. The 1990 induction's Super Match started at $200.
Fannie Flagg. Fannie Flagg was on quite a bit, but she was not a regular. Fannie Flagg was also the author of "Fried Green Tomatoes."
Yes. Jack Klugman filled in for Brett Somers at least one time, as she was unable to be there for filming.
June 28, 1978. The first episode where the wheel to choose the celebrity was used on June 28, 1978.
1984. Gene Rayburn was also host of the "Match Game" during the "Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour" airing during the 1983-1984 season. The final episode of "Match Game" that stood alone with Rayburn appeared in 1982.
he had other entitlements. Richard Dawson left "Match Game" because he was doing that as well as "Family Feud" from 1976-1978. It became too much for him to handle doing two shows of each ("Family Feud" also had a nighttime version then).
| Was there a husband and wife team of celebrities on during the same week of "Match Game"? | "Match Game" Trivia 2
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Yes. Allan Ludden and Betty White were panelists the same week in 1980, just before the passing of Ludden.
Yes. Very few of them exist, as producers recorded over old tapes. The same falls prey for the original "Hollywood Squares" with Paul Lynde as the center square.
Johnny Olson. Johnny Olson did "Match Game 7X," and Gene Wood did "Match Game 90."
No. Charles came on during the show's third week.
there was no Super Match. A new sign with the new year was dropped each year, and when it became 1979, the show became syndicated so the year was ultimately dropped.
Abigail Van Buren. Abigail Van Buren was a panelist on "Match Game" in 1979 during the syndicated run.
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