[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Nov 25 2005, 01:56 AM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Nov 24 2005, 10:44 PM\']I believe Rayburn cleaned up his act in '75. The long hair always strikes me as odd, too, but, yeah, it was Hollywood in the 70s.
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I believe he chopped the mop right around the time
Match Game PM debuted, which indeed was 1975. Perhaps this was so he'd be a bit cleaner-cut for the nighttime viewing audience.
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My theory is he just looked in the mirror one morning and said, "Wait a minute, I'm 57 years old, right? I need to fix this..."