Meet Earl…The ‘Match Game’ Answer Board Operator

On September 1, 2014 - TV History


Meet Earl…The ‘Match Game’ Answer Board Operator

This is part of the reason Gene Rayburn and ‘The Match Game’ were such a perfect match, and hit! More clips from the show to come today! Stay tuned, enjoy and share! – Bobby Ellerbee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Up_ONDV22E

Gene Rayburn provides the audience with a rare glimpse of Earl.

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3 Comments

  1. Glenn Lowney September 2, 2014

    Does anyone know Earl’s last name? I’m a game show historian (I’ve researched for/contributed to “The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows Vols. 2 and 3,”) and have asked numerous people, to no avail. Earl’s last name would make a great factoid for any subsequent game show book.

  2. Lou Spinnazola September 2, 2014

    I always loved Gene’s antics on the Match Game set!

  3. Gary Walters September 1, 2014

    I always thought that hosting Match Game from Los Angeles really perked up Gene Rayburn, and his funny bone. It was in January 1975 that NBC Radio decided to end ‘Monitor’, the network weekend service out of Radio City New York for 20 years, of which he was one of their hosts.