Match Game

Match Game
CBS
September 8, 1979
Game Show
DVD
B-

Rita Moreno is the "new kid" and, as Brett points out, having spacy Bill Daily be the one to show her how to play is not the best idea.  If I haven't mentioned it before, this seems to be the year that the composites of faces really got going.

Match Game '77

Match Game '77
CBS
February 29, 1977 [sic]
Game Show
DVD
B

Obviously there was no Leap Day that year, and since this aired on a Friday, the date was more likely the 25th, but the DVD packaging says the 29th, so we'll go along with it.  And if that seems arbitrary, it's nothing compared to the infamous "school riot."  Judge (and producer) Ira Skutch decides that "college" matches "school," and so does "scuba diving school" but not "finishing school" or (arguably the best match) a frightened Patty's "night school.  Richard and Debralee are understandably upset, and the audience rebels, too.  After the commercial break, Brett and Charles make peace through humor, although there's still a bitter aftertaste.  (Luckily, just about everyone says "hooker" for the next question.)

Match Game '75

Match Game '75
CBS
July 28, 1975
Game Show
DVD
B-

Patty Deutsch is the most entertaining one here, although Charles does zing Gene, and it is interesting to see Joan Collins at that time.