RIP Denise DuBarry 1956-2019

LOVE Brett's yellow! 💛

Daisy talking about her ex-husband: "I had to put him down." Yikes!

I thought of "WEIGHT Watcher", too, but didn't know if it was around yet in 1978, and also knew that it's technically "Weight Watchers" but that they didn't have the "s" up on the board... 🤷‍♀️

Richard was so good with the older contestants.Just warms the cockles of your heart. 😊🙂😊❤️🙃🙃

GSN is showing the Denise DuBarry episodes from 1978, this week May/June 2023. Just thought I would do some research on Denise, and I was surprised to learn she died in 2019 after contracting a rare fungal illness called Candida auris. She was only 63. 😔😔. She married three times, her second husband was actor Guy Lockwood. They had one daughter. She would later marry a third time and have three sons. She had quite the eclectic career.

She had a dream message, so cool.

LOVE Daisy's green! 💚

😘😍Loved him very much 👼 Godbless his soul 🌹💃

H/H match update and preview of the week ahead: ... This is now week 245 of our favorite classic game show (the show ends with week 291 and episode number 1455). These episodes were taped on April 28, 1978, and originally aired in late May of 1978. These are the last few weeks before some major changes: the Star Wheel arrives in 1246, and Richard departs in 1285... Our stalwart regulars are all in their places with bright, shiny faces, and they're joined by: ~~~Semi-semi-regular Mary Wickes, holding down the sixth seat this week. This is Mary's 12th week (of 14), having last visited in episodes 1176-1180. This is now her third time in that sixth seat, where she will also spend her final two weeks, which, incidentally, will both be Star Wheel weeks, meaning she's quite likely to get at least one shot at a H/H question before all is said and done. It's a bit surprising that no one has yet called on her, given she's appeared on 55 programs so far. But, considering Richard's grip on that aspect of the game, maybe it's not really that surprising... ~~~Nipsey Russell, who returns for his 22nd week (of 28 total). Nipsey joined the Match Game family back in episode 61 (the lucky 13th week of the show), and most recently appeared in episodes 1186-1190. Nipsey will also be one of the many men rotating through the fifth seat after Richard's departure (Nipsey will spend episodes 1306-1310 there). Speaking of Richard, Nipsey and Richard both failed to match on their first 8 H/H questions. Richard scored his first H/H match on his *ninth* try (in episode 58), and it'll be interesting to see if Nipsey does the same on his ninth try. Will that be this week, or will we have to wait for the Star Wheel? ~~~Last but not least, Denise DuBarry makes her Match Game debut (pucker up, Denise, here comes Gene!). This is her one and only week on the program. After a string of 13 weeks where Richard played all the head-to-head questions, followed by four straight weeks where Richard shared the H/H spotlight a bit, we returned to another all-Richard week last time, and he matched in one of his four attempts. Reviewing the past 99 weeks, Richard has played *431* times. Everyone else combined played *60* times. (Charles had 17 opportunities, Brett 14, Fannie 13, Betty 6, Lynn Deerfield 1, Gary Burghoff 1, Rosemary Forsyth 1, Nipsey Russell 1, Meg Bennett 1, Scoey Mitchell 1, Trish Stewart 1, Marcia Wallace 1, Dick Martin 1, and Don Sutton 1.) Percentage-wise, Richard climbed a tiny bit last week - he's now answered *87.8%* of all the H/H questions during these past 99 weeks (still below his recent peek of 88.5%). Richard starts the week off with a very good track record, having matched 42.4% of his H/H questions, but he lags behind Brett who has matched 43.1% of hers, and well behind Charles who's matched 48.7% of his. ~~~Today's action: The prior episode ended in a tie, so we begin with a tie-breaker today. The challenger scores five matches with the Match Game stock answer "John." The champion can't keep up, ultimately falling short by a single "Garden." After winning two games, she departs with a credit of $700. *Today's audience match question: "________Watcher"* (My thoughts: Bird, Weight, Silent) The celebs: Richard (Girl), Brett (Bird), Charles (Weight) The choice: Girl The answers: Bird, Girl, Weight - Kudos to the panel for getting all the answers, and kudos to Charles for getting the top answer in the third position! Our first-time champion has a shot at $2,500 now. I'd be shocked if she picked anyone not named Richard Dawson. (If she does, it'll be his 850th H/H question to date!) (It almost seemed silly to ask her.) This is now King Richard's seventh consecutive H/H question (he's only matched once in this current streak so far). His most recent mega-streak of 70 consecutive H/H questions began after Fannie played in episode 1132 and ended when Betty was called on in episode 1200. (Since then he's watched Betty play again in 1205, Brett in 1206, Dick Martin in 1209, Don Sutton in 1212, and Betty again in 1213.) Stats: Richard has matched 162 of his 372 most recent attempts (43.5%), 101 of his last 232 attempts (43.5%), 40 of his past 97 attempts (41.2%), and 23 of his past 55 attempts (41.8%). His overall success rate is *42.4%* and this is his 850th attempt so far. For the sake of comparison: Charles has matched 34 of his 70 attempts (48.6%), Brett has matched 31 of her 72 attempts (43.1%), and Richard has matched 360 of his 849 attempts (42.4%). Nipsey has answered 8 questions without yet scoring a match. Neither Mary Wickes nor Denise DuBarry has yet answered a H/H question. *Today's H/H question: "Skate________"* (Another really easy one? Other than skateboard, what is there? Skate on thin ice? No. Skate park? Too modern a concept. Skate key? Pretty old-fashioned, even for 1978. I have to think we'll get a match today!) Richard files his card promptly, without consulting his lower-tier colleagues. He seems to think this one is obvious too. Our new champion quickly and confidently gives the predicted answer, and the audience loves it! Richard is smiling. I know this is going to be a match. Naturally! Richard scores his 361st H/H match today. ~~~Here's our updated leader board showing the 11 celebs with at least 3 H/H matches, ranked by accuracy: (An asterisk before a celebrity's name signifies that she has "retired" from the show and her H/H stats are now complete.) (For tied scores, I consider the one with the greater number of matches to be higher; if the matches are equal, the celeb who first achieved that score goes on top.) Orson Bean - 100% (4 matches in 4 attempts). TIE: (*)Jo Anne Worley - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). TIE: Joyce Bulifant - 75% (3 matches in 4 attempts). Gary Burghoff - 71.4% (5 matches in 7 attempts). Betty - 51.2% (21 matches in 41 attempts). Charles - 48.6% (34 matches in 70 attempts). Fannie - 48.5% (16 matches in 33 attempts). (*)Jo Ann Pflug - 44.4% (8 matches in 18 attempts). Brett - 43.1% (31 matches in 72 attempts). Richard - 42.5% (361 matches in 850 attempts). Bert Convy - 33.3% (5 matches in 15 attempts). *These stats include every head-to-head match from episode 1 through 1221, excluding the missing/damaged/unavailable episodes: 31, 32, 33, 311, 312, 313, 324, 325, 645, 910, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, and 1030. *Also, note that episode 849 was never produced. (These stats do, however, include the H/H results of missing episode 968 as those results were revealed in episode 969. Note: There was no H/H in missing episode 1035, as we learn in 1036.)

If New York is called The Big Apple, what do they call Burbank? The Big Worm Doc you have to help me. My husband thinks he's a fire truck. Last night he came to bed with a Dalmation

Mary Porter passed away on June 13, 1996 and is buried in her home county of Schoharie, NY at Middleburgh Cemetery.

Denise DuBarry was a good sport for taking that kiss on the lips from the host....How times have changed! RIP Ms. DuBarry.

Garden was a great answer but I thought of an entire meadow or if she's THAT fat a spacious Prarie. Normally I don't comment about gene's suits but that is one sharp looking suit

Mary Porter looks exactly like my second mother-in-law and acts just like her. I miss her so much.

Some major network should bring this game show back. It was always my favorite. That and let's make a deal. I remember times I would be sick at home from school. I would lay on the sofa and watch these shows pretty much the whole morning and afternoon. The memories of that is very comforting.

Gene, spreading germs, keeping everyone's immune system working ❤

thanks for sharing.

You might notice that Charles is wearing different Glasses too. This is 1 out of 3 episodes where Charles wears these glasses, he goes back to his normal ones at episode 1224.

i feel like the only one who doesnt find brett annoying 😂 i totally why people feel that way though but i think shes a riot and the show would be boring without her. she definitely has a big mouth, but she is genuinely a kind person and cares for the show, the panelists, and the contestants.

I liked Mary Porter ! Sweet lady!

Denise was beautiful

Dalmatian

I like that one contestant's hair hat.

Umm guys it is 5 to 5 tie score but I guess it doesn't matter it is still a tie score so they will go to a tie breaker.. Must have been two weeks between taping.. ;0) ROFL! Love ya Charles! OHHH Charles in rare form today, love it! ;0)

Wasn't Mary Wickes one of the nuns in Sister Act?

At 8:34 the woman in the upper left square is my Spirit Guide. 😁

Daisy says a little tmi IMHO

Just wondering, this season only has 236 episode tape where the other seasons, outside of MG73 and MG79, had around 250 episode, does anyone know why the drop in episodes?

Burbank is the Hollywood of the valley.

the score is wrong, they were tied at 5, not 6.

Gene, Helen, and Brett went Disco dancing? Disco had totally jumped the shark already and it isn't even 1980 yet.

Was this the most pre-game kisses Gene gave in an episode?

I'd love to see Mary win again

did you know I read match game,s episode guide and in the 90,s version Mary Wickes was on for 1 week in either June or July before it got cancelled . can you upload that week of shows

Daisy seems very stoned.

mmm, Gene kissing Richard is kind of hot

Is Daisy a typical female from Detroit?

Typical no daddy in house

That's called sexual harassment folks.