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...After the question “are you related to the Dick DeBartolo whose name appears on the Match Game credits?”, the second most asked question is:
Do you get residuals from those endless reruns of theold Match Game shows? Well the answer is technically “yes”. I got residuals just once. When the shows first went over to the Game Show Network I got two checks. I remember hearing that some money would...
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