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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.
Gene Rayburn (born Eugene Peter Jeljenic; [1] December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American radio and television personality. He is best known as the host of various editions of the American television game show Match Game for over two decades.
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In 1962, Rayburn was hired to host a new show called The Match Game; he hosted this for seven years on NBC. Rayburn would go on to host a new version of Match Game for CBS and later syndication; he would host it from 1973 to 1982.
Maybe no one but Rayburn — that smooth, honey-voiced former Tonight show announcer and ex-host of such game shows as Dough Re Mi — could make the double entendres sound like family...
He was the host of the popular game show, "The Match Game." The Match Game in its original version ran on NBC's daytime lineup from 1962 until 1969. The show returned with a significantly changed format in 1973 on CBS (also in daytime) and became a major success, with an expanded panel, larger cash payouts, and emphasis on humor and innuendo.
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.
