Were you a fan of The Match Game? Host Gene Rayburn and his lovable cast of regulars (and guests alike) provided some of the most entertaining game show moments of the 1960s and ‘70s. But like any game show, there were also a lot of fun and interesting things going on behind the scenes.
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Rayburn’s Success Was Hard to Define 01:42 - Rayburn Liked Working With His Friends 03:24 - Marathon Filming 04:03 - A Connection To MAD Magazine 04:55 - Forbidden Words 05:36 - A Planned Out Seating Chart 06:27 - Easy on the Laughs 07:17 - Outro
In this video, we dive into some of the things you might never have heard about The Match Game. We talk about Gene Rayburn giving people a look behind the curtain when it came to the ways he was a great host. And how he developed a specific rapport with each of the Match Game regulars so that it basically became like watching your favorite family play each time. We dive into some behind-the-scenes things you might have never heard before, like the fact that the seating was very specifically planned out by a person and/or personality type, or how the producer once warned Gene Rayburn that he was getting too many laughs.
We talk about how there were certain words you couldn’t say on television in the 1960s and ‘70s, and how if you tried to push the envelope as a panelist, you were given a very stern ultimatum. And we talk about the crazy shooting schedule that the show adopted, and how it made for a very ‘loose’ set sometimes. And we also get into how the legendary MAD Magazine may very well have saved The Match Game from getting canceled in its first season. So check out this video today, to learn about all of the fun behind the scene secrets of The Match Game, and much more.
Gene Rayburn Exposed All the Secrets of Match Game
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