(1962) Gene Rayburn Match Game PILOT

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  • @jdollinter
    @jdollinter4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this takes me back to early childhood, my foster Dad would come home from the shop for lunch after my Mom spent the morning doing her ironing watching these game shows, I remember the smell of her fabric softener, it smelled like a pink baby's blanket. Later the lunch smells of fresh perked coffee and soup, sandwiches, hard boiled eggs, pickles, green onions, radishes, Ernie liked hot things like those little yellow peppers that made your eyes water. We would listen to Paul Harvey on the radio..."This is Paul Harvey..good day" ! She would then read the mail she received from her grown Daughter back East who's husband was an AF jet mechanic . It's odd how an old game show theme can open a window on the past. Gawd, I'd give anything to revisit the early 60's, just for a day, to see my deceased folks again and be their little boy instead of the old man I am now. JD

  • @TaliaGSings

    @TaliaGSings

    3 жыл бұрын

    This was so awesome to read, thank you for deciding to share this 🙏🏼

  • @rcschmidt668

    @rcschmidt668

    2 жыл бұрын

    Paul Harvey was king of “the rest of the story.” I wish like you do.

  • @terrybuckalew6874

    @terrybuckalew6874

    2 жыл бұрын

    you sound precious

  • @mehboobkm2018

    @mehboobkm2018

    2 жыл бұрын

    good old memories

  • @allenjones3130

    @allenjones3130

    2 жыл бұрын

    The song "A Swingin' Safari", recorded by Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra, was the theme song for the original "Match Game".

  • @davebetts9843
    @davebetts98432 жыл бұрын

    An interesting, somewhat serious version of what we would LOVE in the '70's. Gene was a natural for this kind of game show!!

  • @uncleruckus2974
    @uncleruckus29744 жыл бұрын

    gene was 45 but looks so much younger thanks for uploading

  • @prchristman
    @prchristman10 жыл бұрын

    I was in the Match Game audience in February 1968 (aired the next month or so), and to a then-15-year-old it was fun. The celebrity guests were Morey Amsterdam and Phyllis Newman. Two shows were filmed in the same day--about an hour and a half. At the start of the second show, Gene Rayburn commented that some of the audience members (unchanged from the first show, of course) looked very familiar. The set was a nice maroon and wood (not the same as in this pilot). I wasn't on camera at any point. Sorry for all this reminiscing, but this brought it back.

  • @prchristman

    @prchristman

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bob Frost I dimly remember that NBC taped the old Match Game at Rockefeller Center on Wednesdays and Fridays (3 on Wednesday, 2 Friday). And the bonus round, where some large number of people were supposedly surveyed, involved the answer of only one person or just a very few that the contestants had to match. It was easy to get tickets. No waiting list lasting for months on end.

  • @4seeableTV

    @4seeableTV

    8 жыл бұрын

    +prchristman Now, most game shows will tape a week's worth of shows in one day. I went to see Wheel of Fortune a couple of years ago. They taped 2 shows before lunch with one audience, then 3 shows after lunch with another. So if they tape all week long, that's five weeks worth of programming. Very efficient.

  • @prchristman

    @prchristman

    8 жыл бұрын

    +CrazyWedz I can't imagine them taping all week long. They'd be done with the year in three months or so. Anyway, it was great fun back in 1968 to see all that color on a show I watched on a 1952 back-and-white set.

  • @prchristman

    @prchristman

    8 жыл бұрын

    +CrazyWedz Just a P.S. Gene Rayburn was the announcer on the Steve Allen program and participated in skits. Great way to gain comedy experience, and he showed it all the time.

  • @4seeableTV

    @4seeableTV

    8 жыл бұрын

    +prchristman That's true.

  • @keosh777
    @keosh7772 жыл бұрын

    I was 3 years old when this aired. I can't remember watching any Match Game shows, but, am now enjoying them on youtube these days.

  • @hcombs0104
    @hcombs01042 жыл бұрын

    Gene Rayburn looks so young. He was, in fact, 44 years old at this point.

  • @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living

    @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, Gene always looked younger than his age.

  • @alexeimscruz2893
    @alexeimscruz28932 жыл бұрын

    Man, Gene Rayburn and Johnny Olsen go way back!!! Praise the Lord and thank the isolation for the binge wonder that is Match Game 👏😄👌

  • @marygraham3189
    @marygraham31894 жыл бұрын

    WOW. Who knew?! They improved it greatly over the years.

  • @kristabrewer6736

    @kristabrewer6736

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol YEP

  • @huntonpeck
    @huntonpeck6 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating to see the origins of Match Game, one of my favourite shows in the 70's. Different format, and definitely less risqué than the version I grew up with.

  • @fourpoint64

    @fourpoint64

    3 жыл бұрын

    you can see some of the similar things in family fued

  • @ccie12933
    @ccie129335 жыл бұрын

    Gene has one of those great microphones that also double as a wrench.

  • @JeffChilds

    @JeffChilds

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gene always had the best microphones.

  • @weatherboi

    @weatherboi

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe Alex Baldwin uses this same microphone Gene use in today's Match Game episodes

  • @genkatqltr737
    @genkatqltr7375 жыл бұрын

    Wow, so that was the beginning. Gene looked like a kid. No comparison to what came later, in prize money or hi jinks! Thanks for posting.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dickie Dawson was so witty and charming. He was the best part of The Match Game ‘74,’75

  • @Celluloidwatcher
    @Celluloidwatcher Жыл бұрын

    So much for the Seventies version of The Match Game which is played repeatedly on the Game Show Network, KZread, and other venues. It's really great that the original version from the Sixties is being played on this medium, providing many more memories. Thanks for sharing.

  • @rtususian
    @rtususian2 жыл бұрын

    I don't remember watching this version, but I realize now I had to have watched it, but I do remember the theme song! It has been in the back of my mind since that time, but I had forgotten where I had originally heard it, it was this show! I was born in 1961 and in the late 1960s I went with my mom every 6 months into NYC for my eye doctor appointment at 39th Street and Lexington Avenue, usually around 10:30am. Then my mom and I would walk to the Grand Central Viaduct Ticket Office where we would choose free tickets to game shows that were being filmed that day! They were all arranged on a desk and we could choose whichever ones we wanted. We saw To Tell The Truth, What's My Line, Concentration, the original Jeopardy with Art Fleming, and so many more. Just a few short years later all those game shows moved to California. Nowadays only some soap operas are still taped in NYC, but of course they don't have audiences. Can you imagine if soap operas had a live audience? I think they would be much more popular again.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    So cool! Thanks for sharing these great memories:)

  • @jackiehusein6267
    @jackiehusein62675 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! What a blast from the past!! Before I was born!! Gene Rayburn classic.

  • @douglasghiz1287
    @douglasghiz12874 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P. Gene Rayburn

  • @jackmessick-noaafederal5671
    @jackmessick-noaafederal56713 жыл бұрын

    The pilot was taped the day before I was born. I can barely remember this version in color on television when I was 5 or 6 years old, but the catchy musical intro has stayed with me.

  • @designsonyouinparis
    @designsonyouinparis3 жыл бұрын

    Love this version! Brings back such sweet childhood memories!

  • @armorybrunotjr.3204
    @armorybrunotjr.32044 жыл бұрын

    I remember the original "Match Game" (1962-69) and the theme song, "A Swingin' Safari" by Bert Kaempfert. I like the panels that show MATCH followed by a ringing bell when the contestants and celebs are making a match. RIP, Gene Rayburn, Johnny Olson and Peggy Cass.

  • @georgemaster689

    @georgemaster689

    2 жыл бұрын

    And to think that a good portion of the panelists would appear on the CBS 70s and PM versions and the daily syndicated shows.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    And Peter Lind Hayes

  • @CoCotheTurtle

    @CoCotheTurtle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SuperC888 A Jack Narz clone!

  • @riverdealer
    @riverdealer5 жыл бұрын

    amazing how much the game changed from the pilot to the current model

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    It didn’t change too much. The premise is still the same. Your answer has to match studio audience. It just got a lot raunchier and racier. Things were pretty tame in 1963.

  • @UNOwen1
    @UNOwen19 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed seeing this, thanks. While this IS the pilot for Match Game, for those who Might not know, there've been around 5 iterations of the show. This - from '62-'69 - was the first. The one most people recall I's the iconic early 70's through the early '80's version. I love Peggy Cass, and for those who might not know, this version (as well as such series as ToTell The Truth), were filmed here in NYC - NOT LA. That's why there'd be a different group of 'celebrities' which could be used on series like these. I think Goodson-Todman were VERY smart to stay with Gene Rayburn as host for the 2nd, iconic version of Match Game, which is unusual, as when anything gets revamped, they usually start from a 'clean slate,' sets, rules... hosts - they almost always go & new everything's brought in. This is also why new versions almost always fail (esp. If they do this with a well-known & likes series), because the things which made the original popular are gone, & they're memory's are still close enough to irk people. This was the 'one-in-a-million' times it worked.

  • @paulcooper8818

    @paulcooper8818

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good comment

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    A lot of the questions were written by Dick DeBartolo .. MAD magazine’s gag writer.

  • @40bpaula
    @40bpaula3 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow! this is my first time ever seeing this episode. I loved it. Man, Rayburn was so young. I've got to find out when they hammed up the show to what i remember when i was a kid. that was fun to watch.

  • @steve760

    @steve760

    3 жыл бұрын

    1973. The revamped, raunchier Match Game debuted then, although it was still pretty tame for at least a few months.

  • @rcschmidt668
    @rcschmidt6682 жыл бұрын

    And even back then, it was a Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Production. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @scarsdale22
    @scarsdale222 жыл бұрын

    I love these older shows. I was not in the USA at the time, but I sense the greatness, civility and class of this gear country. Terrific show

  • @jvolstad

    @jvolstad

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree.

  • @donaldmarcus9655

    @donaldmarcus9655

    8 ай бұрын

    Till the Communists got jealous decided to come in here and sneakingly buyout all the evil people

  • @stacyannnelson1586
    @stacyannnelson15866 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is so great seeing the humble beginnings of what match game has turned out to be. Great concept worked out the little ins and outs and ups and downs and stayed with the original Gene Rayburn. Thanks for posting this was a joy to watch.

  • @jeanthibodeau8686

    @jeanthibodeau8686

    5 жыл бұрын

    stacyann nelson

  • @stevebieber8411
    @stevebieber84114 жыл бұрын

    Before my time, didn't know this existed, very cool! Love the electro-mechanical displays that flip when they "match" kind of like an old pinball machine. Also actually using your brain and remembering the $ value of the winnings in the bonus round (no displays).

  • @jeprice08
    @jeprice089 жыл бұрын

    So this is where it all began, huh? I like it! I don't care what anybody else says, I...LIKE...IT!!!

  • @jeprice08

    @jeprice08

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Yeah!

  • @jeprice08

    @jeprice08

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Is it possible for me to shake hands with you via keyboard? You see, I'm an old soul too!

  • @jeprice08

    @jeprice08

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Shakes hand. :-)

  • @zimjun7

    @zimjun7

    9 жыл бұрын

    Keith Evers The contestants are much more relaxed here! A few were calm like the celebrities.

  • @jeprice08

    @jeprice08

    9 жыл бұрын

    zimjun7 That was 60s television, I guess! Not that there was anything wrong with it.

  • @bannedheretic2971
    @bannedheretic29713 жыл бұрын

    December 5, 1962 was a Wednesday. I guess there's a small chance that my mom had our Zenith black and white television (set into the wall in our wood paneled den between two vertical bookshelves, very modern!) tuned to this show...I was a little over a year old and four of my five older siblings were in our home, but my three older sisters were probably at school that day...my dad was at work... nice to think about that day.

  • @therealhawkeyeii7888
    @therealhawkeyeii78884 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Never knew it went back that far. I remember watching it in the 1970s, but this is a good fifteen years before I started watching.

  • @hardlines4
    @hardlines43 жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest game shows ever

  • @jacquievickers4579
    @jacquievickers45793 жыл бұрын

    OMG Gene Rayburn looks sooo young! Wow.

  • @joelluis4988
    @joelluis49888 жыл бұрын

    I've always wondered how it all started, this is definitely the best way to watch!

  • @joeygagliardi7380
    @joeygagliardi73805 жыл бұрын

    Wow,,, what a major change from the 70's version. However Gene could make any show a Winner. Did enjoy, but was before I ever could see this version. Thanks for all these enjoyable and descent Game Shows. They had such a touch of respect for themselves and others.

  • @fscap811

    @fscap811

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was only 11 when the bw version was on, but I liked it. They sometimes had sports stars on (I remember Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford). But there was no way the old version could compare to the new one with 6 entertainers there who tried real hard to be funny. Even Gene was a lot more crazy than he was in the NY version.

  • @charlesbear5867

    @charlesbear5867

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gene was such a sexist. Couldn't stand him.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    **DECENT**

  • @joeygagliardi7380

    @joeygagliardi7380

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SuperC888 That does not describe that hairdo. or wig,,,

  • @stillknower3544
    @stillknower35446 жыл бұрын

    Wow, Johnny Oleson was announcer on this version too! And Gene looks at times here like he wants to adlib so bad!

  • @kennethsouthard6042

    @kennethsouthard6042

    4 жыл бұрын

    There was one Match Game from the 70s where Gene said that there was one time in his career where he did a game show where Johnny Olson was not the announcer and it went badly. It's obvious the two enjoyed working together.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Olson was the longtime announcer for the original To Tell the Truth and What's My Line?, and spent over a decade as the announcer for both Match Game and The Price Is Right, working on the latter series at the time of his death. RIP JOHNNY OLSON

  • @crystalheart9
    @crystalheart98 жыл бұрын

    This is so funny, the earlier shows were so prim and proper. I think Gene really made this show when he was allowed to be himself and make the show much more entertaining. I don't think it would have lasted without him, he was a great host for Match Game. And I was 11 years old at the time of this pilot.

  • @larrynemecek5746

    @larrynemecek5746

    7 жыл бұрын

    ALL shows were prim and proper. Seen the original "The Price Is Right" with Bill Cullum and the four players in suits and ties and nice dresses and Mr/Mrs on their placards?

  • @glenslater8813

    @glenslater8813

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@larrynemecek5746 Bill CULLEN

  • @vilstef6988

    @vilstef6988

    Жыл бұрын

    Goodson-Todman shows were civil and uncomplicated and rather classy compared to their competition.

  • @MsJanetLouise

    @MsJanetLouise

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought this version was much better than the one of the 70's. I was a kid in the 70's and thought of him as a dirty old man...

  • @vilstef6988

    @vilstef6988

    Жыл бұрын

    To really put your head in a time warp watch What's My Line through most of it's run. I think most of it is available on KZread. Well dressed panelists, some wit and always politeness. I think if one of the panelists cursed, John Daly would have personally given them the Heave-ho!

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor4 жыл бұрын

    In the pilot, the celebrity captains on each team sat in the middle of the team's table. In the actual series, the celebrities were seated at one end of their team's table in such a way that the two celebrity captains sat next to each other. Peggy Cass was a regular celebrity panelist on "To Tell The Truth" in the 1960's and 1970's, which like "Match Game", was also produced by Goodson-Todman.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re right ! There is a YT video with OrsonBean seated near Jayne Mansfield

  • @stewartscarborough4608
    @stewartscarborough46086 жыл бұрын

    The times they are a changin. Notice he asked the men where they worked, and asked the women where their home is.

  • @kevansf
    @kevansf10 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful pilot show. It really was a good game and Peggy Cass was a delight. I had never heard of Peter Lind Hayes, but he was great too. Gene looked so young, like he was 35 or something (although he was actually a bit older than that). I had to laugh at 12:38 when Gene said "It's been a very exciting game, one of the most exciting..." Since it was the first episode, it sort of had to be the one of the most exciting ones so far! (I know, he must have meant one of the most exciting TV games shows of all time, or something like that.) Still, at the moment, it struck me as unintentionally humorous. Finally, I was wondering how they were going to award the winnings. I figured each of the two "civilians" would get the amount won ($225 today). No way would they be so cheap as to divide it between the two teammates, I thought. Ha! They did divide it! Each winner walked away with 112.50! Too funny. This was actually a pretty good show, but not even in the same league as the now-classic "Match Game '7x".

  • @joeykardos7602
    @joeykardos76028 жыл бұрын

    I remember the original "Match Game" quite well! It was on NBC every day during my early childhood!

  • @blitzburghbilly7813
    @blitzburghbilly78135 жыл бұрын

    Ooh Mr. GENE RAYBURN IF YOU ONLY (KNEW) 👈🏼 .... WHAT WAZ TO COME 11yrz. LATER.... ( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) Match Game 73

  • @8avexp
    @8avexp4 жыл бұрын

    I used to watch this version. In fact, I was on a tour of NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center in July of 1967 and we happened to walk by Studio 8-H, where this show was taped, just as a taping session was taking place.

  • @bsteven885

    @bsteven885

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why does Studio 8-H sound so familiar? Which other shows were produced there?

  • @kevinfitzmaurice4072

    @kevinfitzmaurice4072

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Saturday Night Live," for one. And NBC News used it for years on election nights.

  • @johnluedtke5976
    @johnluedtke597610 жыл бұрын

    Many of my friends didn't believe this show existed. They also weren't aware of the theme song SWINGIN' SAFARI!

  • @zimjun7

    @zimjun7

    9 жыл бұрын

    John Luedtke so THAT'S the name of it! thank you

  • @garyeisenberg9475

    @garyeisenberg9475

    5 жыл бұрын

    @ The version in the pilot is Billy Vaughn's. But Kaempfert's was the one used through most of the show's run. One of my most precious and enduring sets of childhood memories was watching "The Match Game" with my grandmother and hearing Gene Rayburn sign off with "This is Gene Rayburn, for The Match Game, saying so long!" followed by the playing of "A Swingin' Safari."

  • @dadoctah

    @dadoctah

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was aware of it, but it was only about 15 years ago that I found out the title. In fact, that's one of the main things I was hoping to find when I saw this clip come up in my Recommendations.

  • @larrynemecek5746

    @larrynemecek5746

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@garyeisenberg9475 And then "You Don't Say" right afterward.

  • @scotth.9170

    @scotth.9170

    3 жыл бұрын

    I loved the game shows from the sixties-Password, To Tell The Truth, You Don’t Say, Match Game and Jeopardy! I eventually got on Jeopardy!

  • @heidifedor
    @heidifedor4 жыл бұрын

    Well this is no fun, they’re all sober.

  • @robertharkins5737

    @robertharkins5737

    3 жыл бұрын

    First episode. The after party got wild I bet.

  • @wiedep

    @wiedep

    3 жыл бұрын

    The 'sober' production was cancelled with weeks to run on the contract. Show staff decided to make changes and the show numbers improved, NBC reversed the cancellation and the rest is TeeVee history. See it here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/oH58q6WEl5Wzm8o.html

  • @jamescowley1710

    @jamescowley1710

    3 жыл бұрын

    greatest day in America....They're all sober...so enjoyable...

  • @markjamesmeli2520

    @markjamesmeli2520

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well...you never can tell.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unlike Brett !! 🥴😵‍💫

  • @charlesyoung9980
    @charlesyoung99804 жыл бұрын

    12:37. It's been a very exciting game, one of our most exciting games..... DUDE, IT'S THE PILOT LMAO!!!

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    If this is exciting to you.. your life must be pretty boring!! Lol 😂 🥱

  • @thebambino4728
    @thebambino47284 жыл бұрын

    Never even knew THIS VERSION EXISTED !!

  • @shanemike3070

    @shanemike3070

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing, I was born that year

  • @thebambino4728

    @thebambino4728

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shanemike3070 LOL - SO WAS I !

  • @williampalenik7306
    @williampalenik73062 жыл бұрын

    Never knew that Match Game was on before I was born, I am used to the 70's version of the show

  • @stenoch
    @stenoch4 жыл бұрын

    I remember this version of the game. It came on just after "You Don't Say" with Tom Kennedy. Both lots of fun for a schoolboy in the '60s.

  • @patrickvecchio8138
    @patrickvecchio81384 жыл бұрын

    Gene Rayburn asks the guys “What do you do for a living” ? He asks the women,”Where is your home” ? Try that today.

  • @toddburgess8285

    @toddburgess8285

    4 жыл бұрын

    Patrick Vecchio also my first thought.

  • @larrysintay4456

    @larrysintay4456

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good days!

  • @mrufino1

    @mrufino1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha! I just said the same thing to my wife. Times have changed (thankfully)

  • @EdsterIII

    @EdsterIII

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mrufino1 Why thankfully? So that now even a joke can make you a outcast? Screw that. This SJW GARBAGE is a joke. If people weren't such pu$$ies the world wouldn't be in such chaos.

  • @mrufino1

    @mrufino1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Edster III I’m thankful that times have changed and women can make different choices. Not sure that that has to do with what you said. I’m not criticizing gene Rayburn, it was the way things were and I agree that people don’t have to be so sensitive to jokes.

  • @BeingRomans829ed
    @BeingRomans829ed5 жыл бұрын

    This is the Match Game back before Charles Nelson Reilly, Fanny Flagg, Betty White, and every other answer was "boobs".

  • @bozsongz3652
    @bozsongz36524 жыл бұрын

    Gene showed (even in a pilot) what funny and relaxed host he always was.

  • @CKC411
    @CKC4115 жыл бұрын

    I love the early tech on the show...raise hands when finished. Classic.

  • @algeborusas1883
    @algeborusas18834 жыл бұрын

    No one was drunk and no double entendres!

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube10 жыл бұрын

    what a shame only 11 of 1760 episodes exist. all the stars they had on that show, all lost.

  • @MrWolfSnack

    @MrWolfSnack

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is why it is important to save TV footage.

  • @will89687

    @will89687

    3 жыл бұрын

    NBC was terrible about saving its game shows. The biggest loss IMHO was the daytime Art Fleming Jeopardy.

  • @davidbezer5011

    @davidbezer5011

    3 жыл бұрын

    I found far more

  • @will89687

    @will89687

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidbezer5011 Like?

  • @jpolar394
    @jpolar3945 жыл бұрын

    I just love that Bert Kaempfert beat in the beginning of the show.

  • @nancyhahn4182
    @nancyhahn41827 жыл бұрын

    I love the old game shows! Thanks for uploading!

  • @laurelremington2056
    @laurelremington20562 жыл бұрын

    Gene looked so young in this episode!

  • @jthonn
    @jthonn3 жыл бұрын

    I wish they would have played all the old commercials.

  • @333ohmy
    @333ohmy6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this- I remember watching this in the early 60s. That music at the beginning is so memorable!

  • @mrmjb1960

    @mrmjb1960

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's "A Swingin' Safari" Played by Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra! His version made #1 in the Easy Listening Charts!

  • @Sheba531

    @Sheba531

    5 жыл бұрын

    Billy Vaughan recorded it too

  • @garyeisenberg9475

    @garyeisenberg9475

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Sheba531 Billy Vaughn's version is used in the pilot. In the 1964 shows that you can see here, it is Bert Kaempfert's version, and that was the one that had the longest run. On the day that Gene Rayburn's death was reported on the radio, it was "A Swingin' Safari" that was played in the background.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    What song did they use for the California match game ‘74?

  • @FarnhamJ07
    @FarnhamJ075 жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool to see the origins of the Match Game! It's not bad by any means, but certainly not nearly as entertaining as the 70s version. Pretty glad television became a little less strict in what they allowed on air!

  • @paulymac5513
    @paulymac55134 жыл бұрын

    I remember that tune more than the game when I was a kid, my mom had the TV on all the time while cooking.

  • @ozneroll2132
    @ozneroll21324 жыл бұрын

    I still remember that tune after all these years....I was 4 when this show aired

  • @floyjoy
    @floyjoy6 жыл бұрын

    Everybody had fun on this game show. Notice that Gene Rayburn asked the men contestants what do they do, and he asked the women contestants where do they make their home.

  • @arthurcrunden6107
    @arthurcrunden61073 жыл бұрын

    I vaguely remember this show but definitely remember the theme song

  • @omega311888
    @omega3118884 жыл бұрын

    wow! so different from the 70's one that i'm familiar and the 70's version was a VAST improvement! thank you for posting this :)

  • @bigred997
    @bigred9974 жыл бұрын

    can see why they changed the format. this could get boring very quickly.

  • @newstarcadefan

    @newstarcadefan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Surprsingly, they decided to play it for comedy when the suits had the same complaints. In fact on the re-make that is better known, the same happened, but it quickly was played for comedy as well.

  • @leehope6948

    @leehope6948

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agree totally. Once they sexed up the questions & had more comic celebrities on the show. It brought bought both Gene & the audience to life. These earlier ones are great to see, however, I agree the '70's ones were superior..

  • @joerhoden4919

    @joerhoden4919

    3 жыл бұрын

    They did have some foreshadowing with the 2 fill in the blank responses. Richard from Alabama (ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

  • @CapeCloud9
    @CapeCloud911 жыл бұрын

    10 years to the day before i was born...... pretty cool... :)~

  • @rubber20021
    @rubber2002111 жыл бұрын

    great stuff! B&W Real TV, I do miss it a lot!

  • @joeygagliardi7380
    @joeygagliardi73805 жыл бұрын

    Wow the commercial was funny,, Bromo Quinine,, sounds like something that would be sold on the streets and snorted in this ERA.LOL!!

  • @kkakdugiman
    @kkakdugiman4 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I didn't know this show existed in the early 60s, which I didn't exist at that time.

  • @evonleue
    @evonleue5 жыл бұрын

    The theme song for the show back in these early days was "Swingin' Safari" by Bert Kaempfert & his Orchestra. In case you wondered...

  • @wannawatchu66

    @wannawatchu66

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, we knew, but thanks for the trivia.

  • @jackiecalhoun5815
    @jackiecalhoun58157 жыл бұрын

    I I've always liked match game. Wanted to be a contestant but never knew how to get on. So I played along at home. Most times I got the right answer. Rarely missed. Even though it's no longer a daytime regular, only syndicated episodes I still watch it. But there's an episode I haven't seen; it's one where a contestant won her match and came on stage to play for the studio audience round wearing a shorts. She looked so good that Gene Rayburn could hardly contained himself. I would be very appreciative if that episode would show up. thanx GSN.

  • @rogerscalf231

    @rogerscalf231

    9 ай бұрын

    They weren't shorts, they were " hot pants ".

  • @GoldwaterB
    @GoldwaterB4 жыл бұрын

    Gosh, they shook hands! The old days!

  • @markroberts9577
    @markroberts95774 жыл бұрын

    You could identify this show to the later version. Glad that theme song was changed!!

  • @madmadhatter
    @madmadhatter5 жыл бұрын

    This version shares more in common with Family Feud than Match Game. Interesting...

  • @beth2398
    @beth23983 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite game shows. I've been watching it on Buzzer, recently. Gene was cute here! Such a good host, too! Also, Johnny Oelson was there as an announcer!

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Olson was the longtime announcer for the original To Tell the Truth and What's My Line?, and spent over a decade as the announcer for both Match Game and The Price Is Right, working on the latter series at the time of his death. RIP

  • @madmadhatter
    @madmadhatter5 жыл бұрын

    How funny that it started out so different!

  • @SoJustCool
    @SoJustCool11 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could find episodes of Dough Re Mi, because my grandma whom I never met because she died when my mom was 15 was in it...and I never saw her before.

  • @uppitymoron1131
    @uppitymoron11315 жыл бұрын

    I was 13 years and 19 days old back then, which is why nostalgia is flowing from my eyes.

  • @kathyodom5372
    @kathyodom53729 жыл бұрын

    According to the blurb at the beginning, I was 1 year, 1 week and 4 days old when this aired (WOW).

  • @davidmoore535
    @davidmoore5354 жыл бұрын

    This is wayyy back before I was born!!

  • @hankaustin7091

    @hankaustin7091

    4 жыл бұрын

    so? not sure of the point of your comment...

  • @stevenzwolinski3047
    @stevenzwolinski3047 Жыл бұрын

    Just started watching match game 74 on KZread, i was born in 62 so this is a crazy coincidence ❤

  • @thewordkeeper
    @thewordkeeper Жыл бұрын

    Good gracious. Every answer should have been Rudolph. The deer has a song named for him and a number of movies made about him. Lol! Here it is decades later and Rudolph still ain't gettin' "no" respect. I really enjoyed this version. I remember back in the 60s and 70s my mother and I binged on game shows; especially *_The Match Game, Password and The Price is Right,_* mom's fav.

  • @boopah4365
    @boopah43654 жыл бұрын

    It's been a very exciting game, one of the most exciting! ...pilot episode.

  • @SuperC888

    @SuperC888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol 😂

  • @dansimon1686
    @dansimon16864 жыл бұрын

    How adorable was Peggy Cass?

  • @boopah4365
    @boopah43654 жыл бұрын

    "The big winners!..what are you gonna do with your $ ?" "Well its enough to get me back home."

  • @tomdynes9317
    @tomdynes93174 жыл бұрын

    The day I was born!

  • @astro8585
    @astro85855 жыл бұрын

    WIsh I could watch this without being so used to the 70s version which I watched when it couldn't be preserved on videotape or KZread by the average person. Seems practically like Password, if you want to work out the precise variations be my guest. Great that we can still see this.

  • @ablethevoice
    @ablethevoice10 жыл бұрын

    BTW The theme music was " A Swingin' Safari" recorded by Bert Bert Kaempfert and released a few months before the premiere of this show.

  • @MRYHuskerfan18
    @MRYHuskerfan1810 жыл бұрын

    that mic that Gene has!

  • @amymanns8023
    @amymanns80234 жыл бұрын

    Swingin' Safari by Bert Kaempfert , wow! Never seen Match Game from 1962, too tame for us that know it and love from the 70's

  • @gtoger
    @gtoger4 жыл бұрын

    30 points to whoever can dub in a 60's version of the 70's Match Game theme while they're writing answers.

  • @luisreyes1963

    @luisreyes1963

    5 ай бұрын

    The music used in the 70's version of Match Game was created by Score Productions.

  • @angelthman1659
    @angelthman16599 жыл бұрын

    It's like a combination of Match Game and Family Feud (by the same creators).

  • @WytZox1
    @WytZox15 жыл бұрын

    * Original version of Match Game had 2 teams each with 2 contestants and a celeb team captain. Years later it changed to new format with 2 contestants trying to match a panel of celebs that included Breet Somers and Charlews Nelson Reilly laughing at each other's quips. ☺

  • @Exotic3000
    @Exotic300010 ай бұрын

    Americans had class back then! ❤ Great show!

  • @4seeableTV
    @4seeableTV8 жыл бұрын

    Looks like they lost Rayburn's mic, so they made one from scratch with spare parts.

  • @ronflatter1235

    @ronflatter1235

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was built so that when he wore it around his neck, it would not rub against his clothing and cause a scratching sound.

  • @momichaux5054

    @momichaux5054

    4 жыл бұрын

    from a telegraph machine

  • @rondmc44

    @rondmc44

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember that as 5-6 year old kid. I watched this to remind myself on how it looked like.

  • @amandajstar

    @amandajstar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Heh heh!

  • @tracybrooks5971
    @tracybrooks59715 жыл бұрын

    Actually that lady that said Lassie is more point on than the rest, he didn't say 'breed' of dog....so I would have said Marmaduke! and what is up with Gene's microphone??? Thanks for putting this on here!!

  • @40bpaula

    @40bpaula

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I caught that too. i said Old yeller. i don't think marmaduke was around back then, was he?

  • @stephenholloway6893

    @stephenholloway6893

    Жыл бұрын

    He was around, since 1954. But speaking of Great Danes, Scooby Doo for example not yet.

  • @vilstef6988
    @vilstef6988 Жыл бұрын

    This was from when I was eight years old. I first saw the game with regularity when I was ten.

  • @AD-yi3qz
    @AD-yi3qz7 жыл бұрын

    Very cool. Thank you for posting.

  • @vilstef6988
    @vilstef6988 Жыл бұрын

    The instrumental which is the theme is a small hit from 1962 called Swingin' Safari.

  • @johnscanlan9335
    @johnscanlan9335 Жыл бұрын

    I remember going down to Rockefeller Center to see a taping of the Match Game!

  • @louistenore1657
    @louistenore16578 жыл бұрын

    the set looks like somebodys living room

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