As Gene became synonymous with the success of Match Game, his wife and daughter made appearances on television alongside him. Lynne made a rare cameo on the series in 1966.

During the 1960s, Gene would host the original version of Match Game on NBC (1962-69), which was heavily influenced by the very popular game show Password.

Gene Rayburn hosted Match Game from 1962-1968 and again from 1973-1984, and he presided over the lunacy with an impish glee and a refreshingly impatient attitude. Match Game could be a circus.

GENE Rayburn was the most frightening of all game-show hosts. Unlike most of the other hosts of the 1960s and ’70s – beaming mannequins such as Bob Eubanks (“The Newlywed Game”) or Wink ...

Here are eight tidbits you may not have known about “Match Game,” its original host, Gene Rayburn, and the other crazies who appeared on the show.

Original Match Game host Gene Rayburn takes the wheel for the Match Game bits, then three more celebrities run out to make the tic-tac-toe board, Gene trades seats with Jon “Bowzer” Bauman who ...

One of the best game shows in the history of television, "The Match Game" premiered 51 years ago on NBC during daytime from 1962-1969, and then on CBS from 1973-1979.

Rayburn’s understudy, who also had a small role in “Birdie,” was Reilly, later a fixture on the ’70s “Match Game.” 5. BRETT SOMERS BELONGED TO THE ACTORS STUDIO ...