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The 60s game show where celebrities got tipsy and gave dirty answers on daytime TV.
TMDB
83

The Match Game (1962)

retro chaoscocktail hour energyunscripted disaster

Latest Episode

25 min

Season 1 • Episode 174

Latest

Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen

Aug 30, 1963

Overview

ComedyFamilyReality

In this panel game show, contestants try to match answers given by six celebrities to humorous and often risque fill-in-the-blank questions.

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Content warning
1960sgame showquizall-stars
celebrity culturesocial norms in fluxthe art of the double entendre

Standout Aspects

Acting

Gene Rayburn's mustache deserves its own Emmy.

Production

The cheap set design is somehow perfect.

Best for:Background: Perfect nostalgic noise while doing literally anything else.·Friends: Drinking game: sip when someone says something they couldn't today.·Binge: 174 episodes of increasingly unhinged celebrity behavior await.
Mark Goodson
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Creators

Mark Goodson, Bill Todman, Frank Wayne

First AiredDec 31, 1962
StatusCanceled

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitylow
Tonelight
Feellight
Seasons1·Episodes174
NBC

Top Cast

Gene Rayburn

Gene Rayburn

Self -Host

Johnny Olson

Johnny Olson

Self - Announcer

Ask about The Match Game

Opens AI chat

Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

The 1962 version flopped so hard it was canceled in 1969, only to be revived in 1973 with an even drunker cast and become a phenomenon.

Cultural

This was secretly one of the first shows to break television's ban on discussing sex, using fill-in-the-blanks to smuggle innuendo past censors who couldn't prove intent.

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