Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour

Show Summary

Aired: 1983 - 1984
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

This short-lived blend of "Match Game" and "Hollwood Squares" had a workable premise: two new contestants played the "Match Game" portion of the show, with the winner going on to the "Hollywood Squares" portion against the previous day's champion. The winner of the "Hollywood Squares" section was the day's champion and went on to play the "Super Match" bonus round from "Match Game."

Gene Rayburn, the original host of "Match Game," hosted the MG portion and was a panelist on the HS portion. Jon Bauman, "Bowser" from the group Sha-Na-Na, hosted the HS portion and was a panelist on the MG portion.

These days, the main theme can be heard as a car prize cue on "The Price is Right."

Comments

musicradio77Posted: 12/06/2005

I've never seen that opening before, but I've never watched it since I was a kid. That show lasted one season and it was a short-lived game show mixed with "Hollywood Squares" and "Match Game" all into one. The opening theme was long before the theme song currently be used as a car prize plug on "The Price Is Right" where one of the announcers (Rod Roddy and Rich Fields) was shouting "A NEW CAR!"

GroundRoundRestaurant85Posted: 12/07/2005

It Was Funny

crinos43Posted: 03/02/2006

MG/HSH was a great idea, but it made for a boring idea when you ruin some of the most basic rules for one game.
In the hollywood Squares portion of the show, even if it guaranteed an automatic win for one player, all incorrect answers were awarded for the opponent.
I do love the big video wall though, and I LOVE the intro music.

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