We all know when CBS revived Match Game in 1973, the intent was to emulate the all-star panel of NBC's Hollywood Squares, even though by this point, Match was firmly entrenched as an afternoon show.
However, in the winter of 1964, Mark Goodson & Bill Todman, along with NBC, decided to try an all-star week on Match, to benefit the Boy & Girl Scouts of America, which at the time were two separate entities (I've heard they have wanted to merge the groups).
On the women's side: Peggy Cass (To Tell The Truth, ex-The Hathaways), Betty White, Joan Fontaine.
For the men: Bennett Cerf (What's My Line?), Henry Morgan (I've Got a Secret), Robert Q. Lewis (four months removed from Play Your Hunch).
Oh, what fun.
Rating: A.
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