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Rayburn appeared as a contestant during a tournament of game show hosts on the original version of Card Sharks in 1980 and was a celebrity guest on Password Plus several times between 1980 and 1982.
Orson Dean, Brett Sommers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Mary Ann Molly, Richard Dawson, and Betty White. As we play the star-studded big money Match Game '74. And now here's the host of Match Game '74, Gene Rayburn.
In 1955, he took over as host of the summer replacement game show Make the Connection from original host Jim McKay (and appearing with his WNEW morning show successor Gene Klavan). From there he hosted shows such as Choose Up Sides, Dough Re Mi, and the daytime version of Tic Tac Dough.
Match Game: With Gene Rayburn, Johnny Olson, Brett Somers, Richard Dawson. Host Gene Rayburn's five-day-a-week syndicated successor to the popular CBS game show, where two contestants could compete to match fill-in-the-blank phrases with answers provided by a panel of six celebrities.
Known for: Hosting Match Game. Gene Rayburn (born Eugene Rubessa December 22, 1917 – died November 29, 1999) was an American radio and television personality. Eugene Rubessa (pronounced /ruːˈbeɪʃə/) in Christopher, Illinois, was an only child of Croatian immigrants and graduated from Knox College.
21 kwi 2020 · On and off between 1962 and 1982, Gene Rayburn served as the host of various versions of the Classic TV game show Match Game. In between, he got his start in radio, worked with Steve Allen on...
NBC-TV, 4:00-4:25 PM EST (Live) Host: Gene Rayburn Announcer: Johnny Olsen The original MG bore little resemblance to the version we all know and love. Two three-member teams competed, each consisting of a celebrity and two civillians.
