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The Best of Match Game - Dumb Dora Edition

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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.

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

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.

If you look on the cover it says,' Dumb Dora Edition. The problem with this is there was not one Dumb Dora question on this whole DVD though there is a good thing about it. It is for all of you Michael Landon fans out there as he appears in two Match Game episodes. Brett Somers talks about her time on Match Game in the bonus section. Guests are Michael Landon, Jack Klugman, Vicki Lawrance, Loratta Swit, Mclean Stevenson, Fannie Flag, Eva Gabor, Arte Johnson, Marcia Wallace, Avery Schreiber, Richard Dwson, Charles Nelson Reilly and Betty White. Best of Match Game DVD Collection If you care to give this one a shot this has more episodes and of course more laughs.