Product Details

• Actors: Gene Rayburn, Rod Serling, Phyllis Newman, Johnny Olson, Ed McMahon
• Directors: Ira Skutch, Jim Elson, Mike Gargiulo, Rodger Wolf
• Format: Color, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: March 13, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MTFFVS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,320 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #36 in Movies & TV > DVD > TV Game Shows
• For more information about "The Best of Match Game - Dumb Dora Edition" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Get ready to match the stars as we play everyone s favorite Big Money Match Game! On DVD for the first ever this is your chance to experience 8 of the greatest episodes of this iconic game show uncut and beautifully transferred from their original masters.As one of the most popular television game shows in the 70s and early 80 watch a nostalgia masterpiece with a sharp fashion sense and a disco diva style. Match Game is a classic with a rich TV history watched by millions over its broadcast lifetime and now fondly remembered as part of growing up around the TV set.From your favorite stars including Match Game perennials Brett Somers Charles Nelson Reilly Betty White and Richard Dawson to Gene Rayburn s custom microphone and crazy antics this collection has it all!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 787364779192

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this with the Match Game boxset - it's disc 1, February 10, 2007

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joseph Corey "party favors columnist" (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Match Game - Dumb Dora Edition (DVD)

I've been enjoying the Match Game boxset with the wonders of Charles Nelson Reilly. But you do not want to buy this as the "buy together" package since "dumb dora edition" is merely the first DVD in the boxset. If you don't want the boxset (which you should). This is a good min-treat.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for those who are on a tight budget, February 17, 2007

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David Palomares "mrmatchgame" (Boston, Ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Match Game - Dumb Dora Edition (DVD)

Yes this is disc one, but if you could not afford the 4 disc box set then this is for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dumb Dora Is So Dumb...., January 14, 2010

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Match Game - Dumb Dora Edition (DVD)

This is a single disc of "Match Game" from its very early days (1973-1976), and given its price since it went out of print, it's probably wise to buy one of the multi-disc sets that are a better value. For fans of the show, this disc is interesting as it has the very first Match Game episode hosted by the legendary Gene Rayburn plus several others. (As an aside, I noticed how quickly the writing of the questions improved after the debut episode.) There is also a special feature starring frequent panelist Brett Somers, who, sadly, passed away in 2007.

The games are as entertaining as they were when they first aired, but it would have been nice to have more consecutive shows in the set. The panelists are a varied lot, some of whom have vanished into obscurity in the thirty-something years since their were made. Others are noteworthy, and several became forever linked with the show, notably Richard Dawson, Brett Somers, and the always entertaining Charles Nelson Reilly, who passed away just a few months before Somers.

This is one of the original franchise of good clean fun television game shows, and if you don't mind paying the price, this is a genuine piece of television history.