# Did any famous person ever marry his/her date on the Dating Game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637 "2013-12-06T03:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/1 "2013-12-06T03:45:25Z")
Seems like the kind of thing that might have happened once. Any knowledge? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/2 "2013-12-06T06:18:55Z")
define “famous”. Also, do we know that any person, ever, on the Dating Game married their winning date? ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/3 "2013-12-06T07:28:07Z")
That’s another good question. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/4 "2013-12-06T16:34:27Z")
I don’t think it happened on _The Dating Game_, but the UK version, [Blind Date](http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Blind_Date), led to at least three marriages. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/5 "2013-12-06T17:13:46Z")
I worked on the Dating Game and Newlywed Game 1969-1970. At that time the staff was not aware of any couples from the Dating Game getting married. There were two or three people who were on Newlyweds who later appeared on Dating Game. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/6 "2013-12-06T17:46:05Z")
I remember back in the late 60’s, one couple on the Dating Game won a free trip - to my tiny hometown in Illinois for a parade/festival they had once a year. I remember thinking, “Boy, talk about a crappy first prize!” Sure enough, the “lucky couple” showed up and got a decent reception of applause as they rode the float in the parade - but she was drop dead gorgeous and he was a pudgy nerd, and you could tell they had barely spoken with one another, let alone discuss marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/7 "2013-12-06T18:10:13Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > I worked on the Dating Game and Newlywed Game 1969-1970. At that time the staff was not aware of any couples from the Dating Game getting married. There were two or three people who were on Newlyweds who later appeared on Dating Game. Wait a second, Newlywed Game then Dating Game? Did they get divorced between, or was this a case of the TV show using actors who weren’t necessarily actually married/dating? ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/8 "2013-12-06T20:05:23Z")
They were divorced. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-famous-person-ever-marry-his-her-date-on-the-dating-game/675637/9 "2013-12-07T02:56:10Z")
Great answers, everyone, thank you!