Went to work soon as the cartoon ended. Work, to my surprise, was even quieter than Wednesday. People are either out enjoying the continuing gorgeous weather, taking their last weekend at the Shore before the cold weather becomes permanent, or waiting for the Eagles game tomorrow or their day off on Monday. I swept the store, cleaned the bathroom, and pushed carts. After a new girl arrived, I let her sweep the store, then taught her where to put the carts and how to load and unload the trash cans. No trouble whatsoever.
Hurried home and straight into the shower. Had dinner, then spent the rest of the night with today's Match Game Saturday Classics marathon. Sexual gags abounded on Match Game, from Richard Dawson kissing half the women in sight to the skimpier outfits on some of the younger ladies like Charlene Tilton in the syndicated run. Betty White turned up in another syndicated episode in a short and glittery red dress before Sharon Farrell fell on Richard Paul in response to a question about mud wrestling. Gene had to explain to Debralee Scott that he found overbites were very sexy after a question making fun of them later in the syndicated run.
Richard was far from the only person who flirted with the opposite sex. Fannie Flagg openly chased a good-looking male gym teacher in 1975, while McLean Stevenson kissed panelists instead of the contestant when people won in 1973. Everyone was especially good to a lovely little old lady named Bertha in 1977, bringing her drinks and tissues and a seat. Johnny Olson brought her drinks. Donald Ross happily flirted with a pretty miss in 1976, despite him being married (to fellow panelist Patti Deusch).
As many panelists pointed out, if the answer to the question wasn't "Howard Cosell," it was likely to be discussing chests. Vicki Lawrence gave the first chest answer on the very first week of the show in 1973. Abby Dalton, Brett Somers, and Fannie Flagg were so offended by that "boobs" answer in one episode, they walked off. Almost the entire panel walked off after a "boobs" answer a little later in the summer. In a 1974 episode, Gene unties the halter on Elaine Joyce's dress after she gives him as an answer to whom Frankenstein's monster would replace on the panel, leading him and Richard to help fix it.
It's sex, chest areas, and matching in this sexy, unique, and truly outrageous marathon!
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