History Funny / MatchGame

-->'''Gene''': [[TakeThat I THINK THEY STINK!]]
-->(The audience, contestants, and panelists cheer and applaud)

* One unaired moment had Gene committing a FreudianSlip when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmPB0MSZ5t0 introducing contestant Karen Lesko]]:
--> '''Gene:''' ...and with a great deal of pleasure, we introduce Karen Lesko. Hi, Karen. You know John.
--> '''Karen:''' Yes, I do.
--> '''Gene:''' Doesn't she have pretty nipples... uh, uh, pretty dimples there? ''[audience applauds for about twenty seconds]'' This woman has [[PunctuatedForEmphasis very pretty dimples]] in her cheeks, doesn't she?
* When a contestant was picking celebrities for the Audience Match:
-->'''Contestant:''' I haven't tried Betty yet.
-->'''Gene:''' I've tried Betty.
** Followed by Betty's real-life husband (''Series/{{Password}}'' host Allen Ludden) storming down from the top row in mock-rage.

* April 17, 1991: [[http://youtu.be/OHySDuf0ZHA Ross]] [[http://youtu.be/EZgCszG1XNU Shafer]] trips and falls down the stairs during his entrance, and plays it up for the rest of the show.

* April 18, 1991: [[http://youtu.be/OHySDuf0ZHA Ross]] [[http://youtu.be/EZgCszG1XNU Shafer]] trips and falls down the stairs during his entrance, and plays it up for the rest of the show.

** The icing on the cake was fellow lower tier panelist Jo Ann Pflug joining in imitating fellow guest Dick Gautier's mannerisms and his thousand-watt smile.

* April 18, 1991: [[http://youtu.be/OHySDuf0ZHA Ross]] [[http://youtu.be/EZgCszG1XNU Shafer]] trips and falls down the stairs during the opening, and plays it up for the rest of the show.

* UnfortunateImplications abound:

-->'''Contestant Ron Curry''': Uh, [[ShareTheMalePain Bar-Mitzvahed]].

** The icing on the cake was fellow lower tier panellist Jo Ann Pflug joining in imitating fellow guest Dick Gautier's mannerisms and his thousand-watt smile.

** Dawson and Creator/BettyWhite had done the same thing about a year earlier, but Fannie's Charles impersonation was the highlight of the whole thing.

* Unknown Episode: "Mean Marvin the athlete is really mean. ([[MemeticMutation How mean is he?]]) Yesterday he used his cat as a ''blank''. The answers were pretty standard, football and baseball bat, except for Charles Nelson Reilly who said [[CrossesTheLineTwice jockstrap]].

* Gary Burghoff was late one day due to not setting his alarm clock for Daylight Savings Time, so Johnny Olson filled his place. During the usual showing of the stars at the beginning of the show, the camera cuts to Johnny in Gary's place, reading off the cue cards; for himself, he announces "me, Johnny Olson".

* Gary Berghoff was late one day due to not setting his alarm clock for Daylight Savings Time, so Johnny Olson filled his place. During the usual showing of the stars at the beginning of the show, the camera cuts to Johnny in Gary's place, reading off the cue cards; for himself, he announces "me, Johnny Olson".

* Charles Nelson Reilly once made his entrance [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1LlxhaLIw by commandeering one of the contestant's seats.]]
** [=McLean=] Stevenson pulled this in '74.
'''[=McLean's=] card''': Out for Surgery.

-->'''Contestant Ron Curry''': Uh, [[ShareTheMalePain Bar-Mitzvahed]]

* September 1980: A heated argument over the success of the Shogun miniseries results in Charles smacking Gene with an answer card. Gene puts on an act and can be heard mumbling, "That son of a bitch really hit me!" [=McLean=] Stevenson "takes over" as host and reads the next question while an annoyed Gene sits in [=McLean's=] spot. Order is restored before the Super Match.

** McLean Stevenson pulled this in '74.
'''McLean's card''': Out for Surgery.

** As did McLean Stevenson in 1974.

* July 10, 2016: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91E4Db4TVXY In the Head-to-Head,]] the contestant had to exactly match with Rosie O'Donnell with "Spare _____". After discussing with [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]], Rosie locked-in her answer. When contestant guessed "Tire", Pete immediately pumped up his arms and shouted "'''''[[BigYes YEAH!]]'''''" well before Rosie could reveal what she wrote. Realizing what he just did, he then said, "[[LittleNo No,]]" and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere tried to walk off the stage]] before Rosie had him reveal the card for her. Seriously, the look of embarrassment on his face is ''priceless''.

* February 21, 2018: "Veronica said, 'My husband has a move he likes to do in bed called Baking the Cake. It's different every time, but I always end up covered in (blank).' " To merely read the contestant's answer and describe everyone's reaction to said answer wouldn't do it justice, so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvW0U00xuRo just watch]].

* April 23, 2017: "Little Red Riding Hood knew the wolf had eaten her grandmother, because his breath smelled like _____". What came out of the contestant's mouth had Alex literally on the floor.[[note]]For the record, it was a certain word, nominally pertaining to a feline, that could also be a crude slang term for a woman's genitals.[[/note]]

* February 21, 2018: "Veronica said, 'My husband has a move he likes to do in bed called Baking the Cake. It's different every time, but I always end up covered in (blank).' " To merely read the contestant's answer wouldn't do it justice, so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvW0U00xuRo just watch]].

* February 21, 2018: "Veronica said, 'My husband has a move he likes to in bed called Baking the Cake. It's different every time, but I always end up covered in (blank).' " To merely read the contestant's answer wouldn't do it justice, so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvW0U00xuRo just watch]].