'Never before seen' Match Game pilot?

[Jay Temple]

I hear many of the episodes were culled from the DVD set from a few years back.  I don't have my copy in front of me now...can someone confirm/deny?

Yes, it seemed like almost every "non-special" episode was also the DVD set, including one of the two MG'6x episodes.  The only '7x episodes that weren't on the DVD set was the one with Dick Smothers and the last one with Skip Stephenson.

When there's a marathon of a show I care about, I always check the .pdf against the Excel file where I keep track of my shows on DVD. Unfortunately, I forgot about the DVD set and wasted about 4 eps' worth of space.

[JMFabiano]

I hear many of the episodes were culled from the DVD set from a few years back.  I don't have my copy in front of me now...can someone confirm/deny?

Yes, it seemed like almost every "non-special" episode was also the DVD set, including one of the two MG'6x episodes.  The only '7x episodes that weren't on the DVD set was the one with Dick Smothers and the last one with Skip Stephenson.

Hmmmm....I thought the finale from '82 was there.

[Esoteric Eric]

I hear many of the episodes were culled from the DVD set from a few years back.  I don't have my copy in front of me now...can someone confirm/deny?

Yes, it seemed like almost every "non-special" episode was also the DVD set, including one of the two MG'6x episodes.  The only '7x episodes that weren't on the DVD set was the one with Dick Smothers and the last one with Skip Stephenson.

Hmmmm....I thought the finale from '82 was there.

The final syndicated episode (01.15.82) is on the DVD set.  However, the episode GSN showed from that week was the the Thursday episode.

[PYLdude]

I hear many of the episodes were culled from the DVD set from a few years back.  I don't have my copy in front of me now...can someone confirm/deny?

Yes, it seemed like almost every "non-special" episode was also the DVD set, including one of the two MG'6x episodes.  The only '7x episodes that weren't on the DVD set was the one with Dick Smothers and the last one with Skip Stephenson.

Hmmmm....I thought the finale from '82 was there.

The final syndicated episode (01.15.82) is on the DVD set.  However, the episode GSN showed from that week was the the Thursday episode.

So wait...the syndicated MG got pulled at midseason its last year?

[BrandonFG]

The final syndicated episode (01.15.82) is on the DVD set.  However, the episode GSN showed from that week was the the Thursday episode.

So wait...the syndicated MG got pulled at midseason its last year?

I think that was just the last new episode of that season, and reruns until the fall. I've seen local TV listings from spring of 1982 that still had Match Game airing.

[Adam Nedeff]

The final syndicated episode (01.15.82) is on the DVD set.  However, the episode GSN showed from that week was the the Thursday episode.

So wait...the syndicated MG got pulled at midseason its last year?

I think that was just the last new episode of that season, and reruns until the fall. I've seen local TV listings from spring of 1982 that still had Match Game airing.

Syndicated "Match Game" taped WAYYYYYY in advance. For season two, 1980-81, they finished taping the season in December '80. The date quoted for the final syndie week wasn't an airdate, it was a tape date.

[PYLdude]

The final syndicated episode (01.15.82) is on the DVD set.  However, the episode GSN showed from that week was the the Thursday episode.

So wait...the syndicated MG got pulled at midseason its last year?

I think that was just the last new episode of that season, and reruns until the fall. I've seen local TV listings from spring of 1982 that still had Match Game airing.

Syndicated "Match Game" taped WAYYYYYY in advance. For season two, 1980-81, they finished taping the season in December '80. The date quoted for the final syndie week wasn't an airdate, it was a tape date.

Ahhh...that makes more sense, thanks.

(might have helped to have had that info from the start)