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The question: The Martian said, “On Mars, our women have lightbulbs instead of _____s.”

Did you know that there’s a rumor that Fannie Flagg is from Mars? I say no more. But we all know what she looks like. I said buzzums.

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Number 1: This was not Chuck calling attention to an alleged wardrobe malfunction: it was in answer to a Match Game ‘78 Episode 1249 question regarding someone thinking he saw a camel but it was just _____ lying on her back (to which the contestant and Brett and Charles answered Fannie Flagg and she played super dumb about 😂).

Number 2: Fannie Flagg’s blouse is just Like That. Deliberately.

Number 3: Fannie Flagg is So Especially Hot this Whole Entire week.

Like.

Girl.

🥵

Charles Nelson Reilly brings attention to Fannie Flagg’s wardrobe malfunction

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Yes, Match Game audience and panelists, I obviously agree she’s sexy.

But the running gag started when she was still dressing like this:

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Match Game ‘75 Episode 512

From Billings, Montana.

Jim and Sarah Walton:

Dear Mr. Dawson,

[…]

We always feel sorry for you sitting next to darling Fannie Flagg and you look so drab. Anyway, we’ve decided to make you a sweater that will outdo anything Fannie will ever wear. We hope that it fits you and you’ll wear it the next time Ms. Flagg shows up.

Richard Dawson’s crowd-sourced sweater:

Meanwhile, Fannie Flagg and what she’s wearing next to him:

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Match Game ‘76 Episode 708 Question: Last Christmas Santa Claus must’ve been drunk. Instead of filling my stocking, he filled my _____.

Contestant: That terrible harness all us ladies wear: bra.

Just Some Guy (Ron Palillo from Welcome Back, Kotter [another 50% homosexual panel!]): Well, I was gonna say bra, but I figured why not get as much as you possibly could? So I said pantyhose.

Brett: You know why he didn’t say bra? Nobody he dates wears one anymore.

Ron: You got a point there.

Gene: No, she’s got two!

Brett: You devil!

Gene: I’m a rascal.

Brett almost makes a Fannie Flagg joke but then simply says

Charles: It was the origin of that beautiful Christmas saying.

Gene: What?

Charles: Thank you for helping me. It was the origin of that beautiful Christmas saying.

Gene: Which goes?

Charles: No, the what is better. It’s shorter and it keeps in it meter. It reminds me of that wonderful Christmas saying: My cups runneth over.

The audience is clapping but not that enthusiastically, and Charles is mouthing, “Nothing!” with a bemused grin.

Gene: No, it might’ve worked if you’d said, “My C-cup runneth over.”

Charles: Got off of it in a hurry.

Jo Anne: No it’s a D. It’s really a biggie.

Gene: Speaking of D-cups 😏…

Jo Anne: Oh! Aren’t you cute to notice that with Fannie Flagg right down the street?

Brett: A group of D-cups!

Jo Anne: A brace of D-cups!

Gene: Instead of filling my stocking he filled my _____. And [the contestant] said bra.

Jo Anne: Well since we’re on the subject [operatically]:

Gene: I would’ve said shoes. I’d’ve blown the whole game.

Richard: Another thing I’m taking to the draft board: bra.

Gene: And speaking of…

Fannie: Remember when everybody burned their bra? They didn’t have to run up stairs.

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In another instance of a round 1 question in round 2, the Match Game ‘78 Episode 1282 Question is: Bill said, “This t-shirt craze is really wild. I just saw a girl with a basket of fruit on her front. She had the biggest _____s I ever saw.”

Contestant has said watermelons and Just Some Guy has matched with just melons.

You know what? I think Fannie’s been away too long. I said grapefruits. If she’d been with us, I probably would’ve thought melons.

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Match Game ‘76 Episode 758

Gene: What does it say on your front there?

Fannie: It says Rent This Space.

Audience woos and wolf whistles.

Brett: She’s tired of giving it away!

Audience dies laughing

Brett: Got you that time!

Audience continues dying laughing.

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Me, playing along at home: If this girl picks Brett to give an answer she’s definitely going to say something weird about her absent pal Fannie Flagg.

Now, Fannie’s no longer with us. She’s doing a play in New York, and I don’t want us to forget her. So I’m going to say BIG BUST!

Audience cheering.

Fannie Flagg 😍!

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Match Game ‘78 Episode 1177: The dude contestant is wearing a watch with no face where the inner workings are visible. Gene makes a big deal about it, and then the lower tier of the panel does a bit about stealing it when Gene brings it over for them to see it more closely. Gene then frisks them all.

The Stripper starts playing as Fannie stands up for her turn.

And Gene gets right up in there to retrieve that watch.

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Contestant: My husband said it’d look better on Fannie Flagg.

Gene: Why don’t you come over, and we’ll just switch right now?

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It doesn’t land with the audience or Gene, but this is one of my personal favorite Charles Nelson Reilly burns (Match Game ‘77 Episode 1019):

Gene, to Fannie: Anything you want plugged?

Fannie opens her mouth to say something, but Brett cuts in:

Brett: Just my blouse.

Gene: Really?

Fannie: Yes. Brett loaned me a blouse and she has to talk about it.

Gene: She fills it out a little better than you do, Brett. 😏

A few minutes later…

Charles: It was lovely backstage when Brett gave the shirt to Fannie. And then Peter Falk gave his coat to Brett.

Bonus Baffling Clothes Sharing Moment:

Fannie Flagg Match Game ‘77 Episode 1042

Brett Somers Match Game ‘77 episode 1044

Of all the blouses to swap, why this super ugly one?! 😂

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The question: One elephant said to another, “Noah has some tough rules. Before you can get on his arc you have to go through _____.”

Contestant: The only thing I can think of is a pair.

Fannie Flagg: I’ve got a pair!

Gene: Everyone says you’ve got a beautiful pair. 😏

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Gene: Speaking of buns 😏… what do you have for us, Fannie?

[audience starts wolf whistling]

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Match Game 74 Episode 359

Question:

Fannie Flagg said,

“I have a tee shirt with a picture of a mountain on it. I lent my tee shirt to Brett.

When she put it on, the mountain turned into a _____.”

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In my top 5 favorite recurring bits on Match Game, my number 1 might actually be when Charles Nelson Reilly writes one of his novella answers (especially when it doesn’t match and is way better than the contestant’s answer [I also love Brett’s novella answers but they are almost always So Stupid {affectionate}]).

Match Game ‘77 Episode 992 Question: When 97-year-old Mr. Pervis died, he went out in style. Pervis went backstage at Radio City Music Hall, and the Rockettes _____ed him to death.

Contestant (kind of a dickbag, tbh): Tap Danced

Charles Nelson Reilly:

They high kicked him in their 4th of July costumes on the Nativity set with the orchestra playing to the tune of “Hello, Dolly!”with new lyrics: “Goodbye, Mr. Pervis!”

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Match Game PM Episode 134 Final Round Question: Fannie Flagg—

Audience getting riled up.

Gene: I say Fannie Flagg and somebody went, “Woo-oo-oo!”

Audience getting more riled up.

Final Round Question (continued): Fannie Flagg was a precocious little girl.

Audience getting even more riled up.

Final Round Question (continued again): On her 10th birthday, she _____ed her training bra.

Audience getting So riled up.

Contestant and panelists she hadn’t matched previously all say burn.

And audience continues being riled up.