After the first year of doing the Match Game rehearsals himself, Gene asked me if I would mind doing them.
Of course I’d love doing the Match Game rehearsals! (That way Gene could rest between shows. We did the whole week in one day. Two shows, Monday and Tuesday, in the morning. Lunch break, then the Wednesday, Thursday & Friday shows.) We had stand-ins for the...Another MAD Paperback Book uncovered in Dick’s Gadget Warehouse!
It’s MAD TALES FROM THE SCHOOL OF HARD YOCKS! Written by Dick DeBartolo, Illustrated by Harry North. They’ve been sitting in a sealed carton since 1991! And if you don’t believe me, just see the ‘warehouse yellow’ that has gracefully...One of my favorite things ever from the Match Game, the early version of the show recorded in New York City
Lauren Bacall was a frequent guest on Match Game. She was great. We had so much fun in the green room joking around, one day when I called her Lauren, she said: “please, call me Betty, that’s what my friends call me.” Wow! What a thrill to hear that!...Rayburn gets a chance to host The Tonight Show for a week while Johnny Carson’s on vaction!
Back in late 60’s Gene Rayburn was asked to host The Tonight Show for a week while Johnny Carson was away on vacation. Since Gene and I were working together on The Match Game and having a lot of fun, he asked me to come up with something silly we could do on...
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