bpatrick said:Mark Goodson thought the
audience-match bonus round on "Match Game" would make a good game in
itself. The result was "Family Feud," and in time the only thing the two shows
would have in common was that Richard Dawson moved from panelist on "Match
Game" to host of "Family Feud."
Dawson actually did double duty from 1976 to 1978, as panelist on Match game and host of the Feud. He would leave Match Game after becoming tired of it, while hosting his own show at the same time. The last few weeks of Match Game featured Dawson practically playing the game straight -- just giving the answers without smiling.
vjm said:Mark said:Wasn't Wayne Rogers on some sitcom on Monday nights during the run of Trapper John?
Wayne Rogers was in a show called "House Calls" with Lynn Redgrave (where he played a doctor), which ran on CBS from '79-82.
After its first season, Redgrave was replaced with Sharon Gless (the future Cagney of "Cagney and Lacey"), following a dispute over Redgrave bringing her newborn baby to the studio to allow for breastfeeding. Redgrave filed a lawsuit against Universal, but the case was dismissed several years later.