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The Match Game

  • 1962-1969
  • 8 seasons
  • NBC
  • Game Show
  • TV-G

This is The 1st Edition of the program. Composed of 2 Teams of 3 Members (2 In-Studio team members and 1 Star Team Captain) are writing answers to an question {e.g.: Name a part of a chicken} that'll/this'll read(ing) by the host/star (Gene Rayburn) and one(1) member of the team wrote/writes the answer {e.g.: Leg}. The 1st and 2nd Members of the team has/having the same answer is/are matched and that'll/this'll be worth 25 points (10 points-early in the run from December 31, 1962 to February 8, 1963) and the star team captain matched the same answer and that'll/this'll be worth 50 points (20 points). The 1st Team score 100 points wins the game and collect $100 and played "The Studio Audience Match." In "The Studio Audience Match", That/This has 3 Secret Survey Questions which it This/That all occurs the date this/that held/holds the 3 Questions prior to the broadcast of "The MATCH GamE". Each 1 of the 3 secret survey questions that/this has/having the all-time popular answer will be match by the same 3 members of the winning team called "THE BEST ANSWER." Each matching answer that'll/this'll determine what he or she thinking up that/this answer of their judgment is valued at in the following - 1 Person Matched worth $50, 2 People Match worth $100 and All 3 People Match includes A Star Team Captain worth $150 and the possible total of the 3 questions is worth $450 and that/this can be added to $100 and can be the perfect total of $550. The Game Continues before time's up with the sound of whistle blow and the 2 members of the team has the highest cash amount became today's winners. On the weekday of February 27-March 3, 1967 Before the show is over...There's "The Telephone Match" becomes a feature to the program. The Host reads the question {i.e.: _____ Soup} to the home viewer via telephone call and picks 1 member of the studio audience (by a number from 1 to 100+) will match the answer {i.e.: Vegetable Soup} as well the member wrote the answer and that's a match wins the share of jackpot started at $500. $100 will be added when it's a mismatch {i.e.: Alphabet Soup}.

Season 8 Episode Guide

20 Episodes 1969

Episode 1

Chelsea Brown & Robert Morse

Mon, Sep 1, 1969 25 mins

"The MATCH GamE" Welcomes 2 New Star Team Captains are Actress-Comedienne Chelsea Brown and Actor-Comedian Robert Morse to begin Season 8.

Episode 2

Episode #8.2

Tue, Sep 2, 1969 25 mins

Episode 3

Episode #8.3

Wed, Sep 3, 1969 25 mins

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Episode 4

Episode #8.4

Thu, Sep 4, 1969 25 mins

Episode 5

Episode #8.5

Fri, Sep 5, 1969 25 mins

Episode 6

Brenda Vaccaro & Tom Kennedy

Mon, Sep 8, 1969 25 mins

"The MATCH GamE" Welcomes 2 New Star Team Captains are Movie & Television Actress Brenda Vaccaro & Tom Kennedy "You Don't Say!"

Episode 7

Episode #8.7

Tue, Sep 9, 1969 25 mins

Episode 8

Episode #8.8

Wed, Sep 10, 1969 25 mins

Episode 9

Episode #8.9

Thu, Sep 11, 1969 25 mins

Episode 10

Episode #8.10

Fri, Sep 12, 1969 25 mins

Episode 11

Don Meredith & Burt Reynolds

Mon, Sep 15, 1969 25 mins

"The MATCH GamE" Welcomes 2 New Star Team Captains are The Quarterback of The Dallas, TX Football Cowboys Don Meredith & Movie & Television Actor Burt Reynolds and Bill Wendell fills in for Johnny Olson.

Episode 12

Episode #8.12

Tue, Sep 16, 1969 25 mins

Episode 13

Episode #8.13

Wed, Sep 17, 1969 25 mins

Episode 14

Episode #8.14

Thu, Sep 18, 1969 25 mins

Episode 15

Episode #8.15

Fri, Sep 19, 1969 25 mins

Episode 16

Betty White & Brian Keith

Mon, Sep 22, 1969 25 mins

"The MATCH GamE" Welcomes The Last 2 New Star Team Captains are Movie, Radio & Television Actress-Singer-Comedienne Betty White & Brian Keith "Uncle Bill Davis-FEDDERSON & HARTMANN'S Family Affair."

Episode 17

Episode #8.17

Tue, Sep 23, 1969 25 mins

Episode 18

Episode #8.18

Wed, Sep 24, 1969 25 mins

Episode 19

Episode #8.19

Thu, Sep 25, 1969 25 mins

Episode 20

The Match Game's "Cancelled on NBC-TV."

Fri, Sep 26, 1969 25 mins

"The MATCH GamE" Says Goodbye to NBC-TV after 8 Seasons & 1752 Shows and Gene Rayburn Bids Farewell to NBC-TV Viewers and on Monday-Friday September 29-October 3, 1969 George Schlatter & Ed Friendly's "Letters to Laugh-In" Takes Over The 4:00-4:30 PM Time Slot in living color on NBC-TV.

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