Let’s see… Gene Rayburn was a guy with a goofy mug who made his living pretending that Jack Klugman’s ex-wife was a celebrity, that Nipsey Russell was a brilliant poet, and that the words “boobs” and “tinkle” never stop being hilarious.
Which means Gene Rayburn was the Benny Hill of game shows.
Peter Noone was the Gene Rayburn of the British Invasion.
Richard Tandy was the Gene Rayburn of Electric Light Orchestra.
John Paul Jones was the Gene Rayburn of Led Zeppelin.
(I need a nap)
How filthy was it?!
It was the Fanny Flagg of filthy minds.
It was sooo filthy, they tried to brainwash him, but couldn’t find enough __________.
Showing your age, Mr. Arm. 
Gene Rayburn said, “I’m so old, I buy gallon sized jugs of ___ at Costco.”
(Prune juice? Viagra?)
Turtle was the Gene Rayburn of Entourage
Gene Rayburn was such a bad hunter, he tried to shoot a bear with a ________.
ETA: Is anyone else reading this thread with The Match Game theme running through their head?
Not me, but I am picturing all the posters in the thread dressed in 70s polyester outfits.
And one in an egg sweater.
(The skinny mic really was the Gene Rayburn of mics, though, wasn’t it?)
I saw Gene Rayburn star in a performance of A Christmas Carol in the '80s. Ebeneezer Scrooge was the Gene Rayburn of Charles Dickens.
The Rayburn office building in Washington DC is the Gene Rayburn of office buildings.
Yeah… I got nothing…
“If The Beatles represent the most successful version you can be of a thing, then by that definition The Rolling Stones are The Beatles of music, not counting The Beatles. John Lennon is The Beatles of The Beatles.” – Dana Gould
Gene Rayburn was the most Gene Rayburn it was possible to be.
Therefore, it can be safely said that Gene Rayburn was the Gene Rayburn of Gene Rayburns.
If you repeat the name Gene Rayburn often enough, you begin to imagine a scientific phenomenon called “gene ray burn.” It makes your children long-legged and leering and fond of saying “blllll-lank.”
Not the main theme, but the little bass line* when they’re writing answers.
*with the Wah guitar on the first beat of each measure.
I pretty much go through life with The Match Game theme running through my head. It’s the Gene Rayburn of theme songs.
Get ready to match the stars…
That oughta do it.
Marshall is the Gene Rayburn of the HIMYM gang.
Elaine Benes is the Gene Rayburn of the Seinfeld crew.
(Apologies, Ms Louis-Dreyfus)
Johnny Olson was the Gene Rayburn of Goodson-Todman announcers.
