With a Little Help From My Matches

Began the morning with breakfast and one of my earliest CDs. Mom bought Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for my 15th birthday in 1994, along with the original cast album for the Cole Porter show Can-Can. I've had both CDs ever since. This was my first real exposure to the Beatles outside of songs on the oldies stations, and it was a revelation. Though the title song, "With a Little Help From My Friends," and "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" occasionally turned up on the radio, this was my first time hearing other classics like "She's Leaving Home" and "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

Hurried off to work even before the CD ended. No problems here. I spent the entire afternoon pushing carts, and wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else. The weather was gorgeous. It was sunny, bright, breezy but not windy like it has been, and much warmer, into the mid-40's. A college age boy and a high school boy did the sweeping and the trash and sometimes helped me with the carts. We were mildly steady, but nowhere near as busy as last weekend. I was in and out with little trouble.

Rushed straight home after that and into the shower. Spent the rest of the evening having dinner and watching tonight's Match Game marathon. Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly weren't the only folks who wore wigs, hair pieces, or hats on the show. Brett and Fannie brought their Easter bonnets to the Easter episode the week Tom Bosley was on in 1975. Lee Merriweather sported a long, wavy red wig later that year. McLean Stevenson wore a curly blonde wig in imitation of Leslie Easterbrook next to him in one syndicated episode. Squeaky-voiced sitcom actress Sydney Goldsmith sported nifty hats and headbands the week she was on the syndicated show. Joyce Bulifant wore wigs during an earlier syndicated week so Gene wouldn't confuse her with Elaine Joyce.

Phyllis Diller was probably best-known for her unique wigs. She sported a beaded wig in one later syndicated episode and a huge poofy cotton-candy wig on an episode of Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, complete with pink feathered blouse. She turned up in her most memorable wig on Match Game '90. She went punk rocker in a magenta mohawk that matched the one worn by Ronn Lucas' punk puppet Chuck Roast. I think Chuck had a bit of a crush on her (in so much as he seemed to like anyone). 

Phyllis wasn't the only one on Match Game '90 who wore a wig. Rip Taylor hit Fred Travelena with his toupee during Christmas week for doing a bad impression of him. Bill Kirkenbauer later wore two wigs, a Beatles-like hair cut in one episode and long red locks that made him look like a Sanderson Sister in another. 

Possibly the most memorable wig turned up on a later episode of Match Game PM. A personable, balding young man made such a good impression and was so funny, Charles gave him his toupee. It actually did make him look twenty years younger. Brett even grabbed him for a kiss after that!

Wig out with some of the most memorable hair fashions on the show in these hilarious and heartfelt episodes!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Let's Wig It Out Marathon