# Memories of "The Dating Game" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692 "2006-03-01T23:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/1 "2006-03-01T23:26:55Z")
Did you watch “The Dating Game” back in the day? What can you tell me about it? What was the schtick? Anything particularly funny or annoying you remember? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/2 "2006-03-02T01:27:02Z")
The first thing to come to mind is that I knew someone who had been on it – one of my college roommates, but it was before I knew her. I ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/3 "2006-03-02T11:26:59Z")
I remember Jim Lange and the couples “Blowing a Big Kiss” to me at the end of the show. Dorky Double-Entendre questions. The classic looks on some of the contestants face when their “Date” came around the barrier. A clasic Chuck Barris production. Usually followed closely by the Newlywed game. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/4 "2006-03-02T11:44:23Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Dorky Double-Entendre questions. Same for the answers, too. “Bachelor number two, who would be your dream date?” “Not really. I’m not gay.” ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/5 "2006-03-02T15:16:50Z")
> [@Harriet the Spry](#): > > Did you watch “The Dating Game” back in the day? What can you tell me about it? What was the schtick? Anything particularly funny or annoying you remember? I remember Jim Lange’s incredible array of plaid pants 😃 According to Wikipedia, a good number of celebrities appeared both as current celebrities (Sally Field, Butch Patric, etc) and pre-fame (Suzanne Somers, Tom Selleck - who was on twice and lost both times): > **[The Dating Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dating_Game)** > > The Dating Game is an American television game show that first aired on December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the show on July 6, 1973, but it continued in syndication for another year (1973–1974) as The New Dating Game. The program was revived three additional times in syndication afterward, with the first from 1978 to 1980 as The All-New Dating Game, the second from 1986 to 1989, and the third from... VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/6 "2006-03-02T15:31:17Z")
I recall seeing Andy Kaufman on The Dating Game as Bachelor Number 2. It could have been a good joke if handled well, but Jim Lange was pretty clueless as to who he was (even though Kaufman had made a national reputation for himself by this time), and the Bachelorette was so vapid that the prospect of going out with this guy who gave weird anwers in a foreign accent could not have possibly intrigued her. I do remember when he wasn’t picked, Kaufman saying, “No no! I won! I answered all the questioons right!!” I cracked up! ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/7 "2006-03-02T17:00:19Z")
I remember seeing Michael Jackson on it. He was just a kid then. ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-the-dating-game/346692/8 "2006-03-04T20:54:00Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > I recall seeing Andy Kaufman on The Dating Game as Bachelor Number 2. It could have been a good joke if handled well, but Jim Lange was pretty clueless as to who he was (even though Kaufman had made a national reputation for himself by this time), and the Bachelorette was so vapid that the prospect of going out with this guy who gave weird anwers in a foreign accent could not have possibly intrigued her. > > I do remember when he wasn’t picked, Kaufman saying, “No no! I won! I answered all the questioons right!!” I cracked up! I remember that episode as well. I had already seen Kaufman on a network comedy showcase so I was familiar with the schtick. PeeWee Herman was on around the same time and got the same bemused response as Kaufman.