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Sheldon Leonard,
Brett Somers,
Charles Nelson Reilly,
and Fannie Flagg
as we play the star-studded, big-money Match Game '75.
[audience applauding]
And now, here's the star of Match Game '75,
[audience cheering]
I'm Big Eddie.
[audience laughing]
He's Big Eddie.
Thank you, Johnny Olson and friends.
[audience applauding]
Nice to have you back. Nice to have you back.
Nice to have you back.
And nice to have you back.
And you and you and you.
How can we do it without you?
I ask you how can we do it without you?
How could you do it without us?
We couldn't.
Very easy. No. Here's what we're gonna do,
We're gonna say to hello to Carol Bartos and Rick Latini.
[audience applauding]
How are you?
Terrific.
Now, if you were tuned in last time we were togethe,
you realize that this young lady
Big Mo
when she achieved $20,850.
[audience applauding]
How do you feel?
Fanta
My house has been a mad house.
Your house has been a mad house?
Yes, my mother ran home and called everybody she knew,
and they all called me this morning.
Yes?
And it's terrific.
Are they helping you spend the money?
Well, you know what's the nicest thing for me
is I haven't had a car, and I've had to...
Every time I needed to go somewhere,
I call someone and say, "Can you give me a ride?"
And
say,
Oh, how nice.
[audience applauding]
Now, she's gonna be challenged by this young fella here, Rick.
We're meeting him for the first time.
We'll ask him to tell us a little bit about himself.
Okay, I'm a teacher.
I live in Sherman Oaks.
And my wife is gonna have our first baby in three weeks.
In three weeks? That's very nice.
[audience applauding]
We wish you well.
Thank you.
What do you teach, Rick?
I teach 4th, 5th and 6th grade.
4th, 5th and 6th grade.
Uh-hmm. At the same time.
That's an interesting challenge, isn't it?
Yeah.
And you'll find this an interesting challenge, too,
and we'll start that in a minute or so.
But right now, let's do this.
Bing! Push a button, reveal our first-round questions,
ask Rick to make a selection.
I'll take B for baby.
B for baby.
Three weeks for him and his wife.
Here it is.
When Fat Phyllis waddled in to the com
g service,
they took one look at Fat Phyllis and they said,
"Forget about a man, Fat Phyllis,
we're matching you up with a blank."
[audience laughing]
Everybody writes.
Fat Phyllis, computer dating service.
"Forget about a man, Fat Phyllis.
We're matching you up with a blank."
Okay, that's very good.
You didn't forget
Not yet.
Terrific.
Alright.
What have you been doing since we saw you last time?
I did "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
starring Jack Nicholson.
Don't ask me 'cause
I'l
ow.
No, you won't.
What are you wearing there? Is that an Indian headdress?
It's called a bird of prey?
It's a bird of prey?
[audience cheering]
Take one look at her bird and you...
Yeah.
[audience laughing]
I beg your pardon.
Alright, here we go.
Now, Rick, are you ready? Here it is.
Fat Phyllis waddled in to the computer dating service,
and they took one look at her and said,
"Forget about a man, Fat Phyllis.
We're matching you up with a..."
Hippopotamus.
A hippopotamus.
[audience applauding]
Good answer.
He could be in show business. Is that right, Sheldon?
Yes, he could be in a menagerie, too.
What did you say?
Well, I'm menagerie-oriented, as well.
E Hippopotamus
.
Any large animal will do here. Brett?
Yeah, now, hippopotamus is a terrific answer.
There's no question about it.
And I just have to get mine up here.
Now, I said a very nice...
good-looking whale.
Yes.
Whale is another large mammal. Yes, Charles?
Another elephant. I'm sorry, Rick.
Two elephants and a whale so far.
Two elephants and a whale.
He's looking for a hippopotamus. What do you say, Louisa?
Well, I don't think we have those in Cuba.
What? Whales?
Hippopotamus.
You don't have hippopotamuses and whale?
No.
( Hippotomi.
Hippotomi.
But I said I match him with a hip...
Hippopotamus.
Hippopotamus.
[audience applauding]
No hippos in... Alright, Richard?
Well, because Betty White, you know, has trained us all
to be nice to animals...
That's right. Be kind to animals.
I wanted the lady, what's her name, Fat Phyllis?
Fat Phyllis, right.
I wanted her to have something large that wouldn't talk back.
So, I said a blimp.
A blimp.
[audience applauding]
Forget about a man, Fat Phyllis.
We're matching you up with a hippo according to Rick.
I know according to him.
I said blimp, unfortunately.
Two blimps.
Two blimps, one hippo.
Two elephants and one whale.
Alright, now, we've got this for you, Carol.
Your first-rounder goes like so.
Isadora kicked the vacuum cleaner salesman
out of her house after he turned on the machine
and sucked her blank into the bag.
[audience laughing]
She kicked the vacuum cleaner salesman out of her house
and sucked her blank into the bag.
He's trying to sell her a vacuum cleaner, you see.
I see.
I'm all finished.
I won't mind.
She kicked him out, you see.
She kicked him out.
She kicked him out. She got angry with him.
He turned on this machine
and sucked her blank into the bag.
Everybody ready up here?
Alright, Sheldon's got his answer.
Okay.
We come to Carol.
Isadora kicked
the vacuum
clear out of her house after he turned on the machine
I think it's terrible. Bust.
(Audience) Boo.
They don't like.
The audience doesn't like her answer.
And it's rather painful to think about it.
[audience laughing]
Because that must have been a 12 horsepower engine.
[audience laughing]
She said sucked your bust into the bag.
That's what she said. What do you say, Sheldon?
Uh, the name Isadora set in memory train.
Oh, yeah.
Relating to Isadora.
ght.
Isadora Duncan was killed when g an automobile
and her scarf trailed out and got...
Seven veils.
Yeah.
That's right. Okay.
Very obtuse answer.
Very literary.
Yes.
But I have no use...
Don't get fancy with us, Sheldon.
What do you say?
Yeah, that's what I said.
Yeah.
I say "Eh, sucked her wig in there."
Sucked her wig into the bag. That's a good one.
[audience applauding]
There you go. What do you say, Charles?
I said *** or pantyhose depending on what day it was.
[audience laughing]
That's another powerful machine I tell you there.
Holy mackerel. What do you say, Louisa?
Well, he was mad, so he stuck her head into the...
[audience laughing]
He wasn't mad. She was mad.
Oh, but they were both mad.
Will you listen to me, Louisa, when I read these questions
and pay attention to what's going on here.
I'm here.
Otherwise I'm gonna have to shoot down
your bird of paradise or whatever that is.
[audience laughing]
It'll bite.
Oh, it will bite.
Okay, I'll keep my distance there.
What do you say, Richard?
Um...
[audience laughing]
I thought the wig got sucked in. Yeah.
The wig.
Okay. Isadora kicked the vacuum cleaner salesman
out of their house after he turned on the machine
and sucked her blank into the bag.
And Carol said bust. What do you say?
Well, I said dress.
Her dress. Okay.
So, it's 1-0 in favor of Rick at the end of Round 1.
Round 2 coming up after this message.
I'll stick with B.
B it is.
Everybody plays except Louisa.
Except Louisa.
I don't play.
(Brett) Doesn't that come as a surprise?
She thought she was in the dummy seat.
Yeah.
[audience laughing]
That's usually the dummy seat. No, I'm only kidding about that.
At the restaurant, one fly said to the other,
"Hey, there's a blank in my soup."
[audience laughing]
At the restaurant, one fly...
Two flies were talking you see in this restaurant.
One fly said to the other,
"Hey, there's a blank in my soup."
I want to make sure this is right.
Hello, darling.
(Richard) Hello, darling.
It's really nice to see you again.
Everybody ready up there.
Little blue-eyed devil.
Alright, put it in the slot.
We come over here to Rick Latini.
Rick, at the restaurant, one fly said to another...
He says, "Hey, there's a blank in my soup."
Spoon.
(Audience) Boo.
Two flies are talking you see.
Yeah.
I'm gonna have a talk later with you, Rick.
[audience laughing]
Sheldon, what do you say?
Well, I'll tell you that the problem I had
with the previous contestants was that I was getting
too intellectual about the whole thing.
That's right.
Now, you dummied up a little, right?
I dummied up a little.
I figured what's gonna happen, a fly in a soup.
All of a sudden, he looks around and says to his friend,
"Hey, look at this. There's a spoon in my soup."
Oh!
[audience applauding]
I don't understand the whole thing.
(Brett) I don't either.
[in French acce] Maybe they are not so dumb after all.
No.
[audience laughing]
What did you say? I don't know...
Good gravy Marie! I didn't even come close to spoon.
What do you say?
I said there's a man in my spoon.
[audience cheering]
Now, I think the audience is with us here.
Now, you know the old joke.
As the guy looks around, he says to the waiter,
"Hey, waiter, there's a fly in my soup."
The waiter said, "Don't worry, he's not gonna drink much."
"What's he doing there is doing the backstroke or whatever."
Yeah. So...
But...
Person.
A person. Certainly.
[audience applauding]
Now, Richard, I'm sure you understand it.
[imitating Sheldon] Well, the trouble with me
I've been going through it too intellectually.
[audience laughing]
And what the yo-yo...
[audience laughing]
Yeah?
Lucky yo-yo, I'm still going...
I put man.
You put man.
[audience applauding]
Now, Fannie?
Yes.
Did you hear about the two grasshoppers
that met each other?
No.
Okay, no, this grasshopper met an ant.
The ant said, "Hey did you know they named a drink after you"
to the grasshopper.
And
id,
"Oh, is there a drink called Harold?"
[audience laughing]
I said a person.
A person.
[audience applauding]
Carol, ag, you're in a good spot here,
two to tie, three to win.
Marvin said, "Dr. Quackenbush is a swell psychiatrist.
Instead of lying on top of his couch,
on t
nk."
[audience laughing]
That's what Marvin said.
Marvin said that "Dr. Quackenbush
is some swell psychiatrist.
Instead of getting me lie on top of his couch,
he lets me lie on top of his blank."
Got the idea?
Do you have his address?
[audience laughing]
That's good, sweetheart.
Yes, very good.
And I resented you looking straight at me
with those psychiatrist jokes.
No.
Oh, yes.
Nothing wrong with that.
No, nothing wrong with going to psychiatrists.
Yes, indeed.
I think you're trying to suggest something to me.
Splendid.
Alright. Now, put that in the slot there.
And it's all set, so we could carry on there.
Okay.
Oh, that's a good one, Louisa.
Very good. Alright, here we go.
Carol, Ma
is a swell psychiatrist.
Instead of lying on top of his couch,
he lets me lie on top of his..."
[audience applauding]
Why are you applauding?
Why are you applauding?
It's a dumb answer.
[audience laughing]
I don't know.
Ever been to a psychiatrist office?
Oh, well, that maybe the answer.
I don't think they have beds in the psychiatrist's office.
They have couches where the people lie down.
Leather usually. What do you say, Sheldon?
isa)
home.
[audience laughing]
Stay out of it, will you?
What do you say?
Well, my answer is a romantic answer.
It's about as romantic as I could get
on this medium, television, but, uh...
Lap. Okay.
There is one. And, Brett?
Well, you thought that was a dumb answer right?
Yup?
Oh, let's just say you ain't heard nothing yet.
I said he got her on top of a hat rack.
[audience laughing]
(Audience) Boo!
Aw. Aw.
Bed.
Bed.
I'm with you.
You want to see a woman of 40 cry?
[audi
ing]
You really do need medical attention.
With an answer like that. Charles?
I said nurse.
Nurse.
[audience applauding]
And if we don't reread the question,
we won't have to retape it.
That's right.
"Dr. Quackenbush is a swell psychiatrist.
Instead of lying on top of his couch,
he lets me lie on top of his..."
According to Carol, bed.
What do you say?
I say where was Brett last night wearing a red jacket?
Where was I last night?
I don't know.
Anyway...
Oh, yes.
Here.
Water bed.
[audience applauding]
One for you.
Alright, Carol is holding her breath 'cause she's been here
a long time.
She's won money than anyone has ever won on this game.
$20,850.
She's got two to go here.
And she needs one to tie.
But if she matches both Richard and Fannie, she can win.
Let's find out what happens?
I give up. Where was Brett last night?
[audience laughing]
She was at Joe Allen's.
How did you... Were you there, too?
I was there too.
I said nurse.
Nurse.
Alright.
Now, Carol, you've got to match Fannie,
or we're gonna have a new champion.
Oh, Carol, I have some land to sell you.
I said desk.
Desk.
So, Rick wins the game.
[audience applauding]
Oop. Congratulations to you.
Well...
Well.
You've won more money, and you've been here longer
tha
in over two years on the air.
We congratulate you, Carol.
Thank you.
We're very happy for you.
So am I.
$20,850.
Thank you.
[audience applauding]
While she's spinning off, we'll give you this message.