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Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank questions.
Apr 23, 2018 · Origin Story: Tetris and Chain Shot! While the basics of match-three games owe a lot to card games like Solitaire and geometric physical puzzles like Polyominoes, the origins of the video games you...
Nov 25, 2006 · Such were the strict language codes of “Match Game,” the ribald game show of 30 years ago that introduced American housewives and children — anyone home in the afternoons — to the inscrutable...
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- IT BEGAN IN A CONFERENCE ROOM. During a corporate “creative” meeting in the early 1960s, Goodson-Todman staffer Frank Wayne had an idea. “Try this,” he said to his co-workers at the conference table, “write down something about an elephant—and try to write the same thing that you think the others will.”
- ITS EARLY TECHNOLOGY LEFT SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. The Match Game debuted in December 1962, with Gene Rayburn as the host and Bert Kaempfert’s catchy “A Swingin’ Safari” as the theme song.
- A MAD WRITER’S “SAUCE” QUESTION MADE THE GAME SAUCIER. Dick DeBartolo was a Match Game question writer, and a freelance writer for MAD Magazine. The Match Game had been on the air for 10 months when Goodson approached DeBartolo to give him a “heads up” that ratings were sagging and NBC was hinting that the show would be canceled after its one-year contract was up.
- THE SHOW HAD SOME A-LIST CELEBRITY FANS. When the show became a hit, everyone’s contracts were renewed and soon a variety of A-list celebrities were clamoring to play.
Jul 31, 2016 · Frank Wayne, who later executive produced The Price Is Right for many years, created The Match Game for Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions. It premiered on NBC as a daytime quiz show in 1962 (it aired at 4:00 where I lived).
Mar 11, 2014 · From the TK41 days at NBC days to the Norelco days at Television City and LOTS more. After a great intro, the real history of the show that began in 1962 at NBC starts a 3:05 with TK41s at 4:00, but there are great studio shots all through this 45 minute piece from GSN.
Apr 18, 2020 · Producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman tried to appease Richard by hiring him to do his own game show, Family Feud, inspired by Match Game ’s “Super Match” round, in 1976. It soon took...
