The Dating Game
The Dating Game (76 episodes)
ABC Daytime, 1965-73
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Marcia. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Valerie (a young Steve Martin is a bachelor in game one!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Barbara. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Sandy (A young John Ritter is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1967) First contestant: Sivi Aberg, future game show hostess, picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Denise [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (12-1-67) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Cindy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Vivian (A mother/daughter combo are the two contestants, and they both look the same age!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1968) First contestant: A bachelorette named Carol. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Lynn. (Video gets slightly jumpy sometimes, more frequently during the last ten minutes or so) [KINw/OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1968) First contestant: A bachelorette named Carol. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Muriel [KINw/OC/CC-1/A-]
- (1968) First contestant: A bachelorette named Debbie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Judy (Tracking line present in the bottom of the video) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1968) First contestant: Teri Garr picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1968) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Barbara. Second contestant: Susie Mathers (Jerry's sister) picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (5-20-69) Video only... no audio!! (Ripped from YouTube) [KIN/CC-1/A]
- (1969) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Judy. Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Karen (Video is very dark-tinted) [KINw/OC/CC-1/B]
- (1969) A partial episode featuring a bachelorette named Julie (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half an episode due to its length) [KIN/CC-1/B-]
- (1969) A ten minute clip of an episode featuring a bachelorette named Debbie (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half an episode due to its length) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1/70) First contestant: Angela Cartwright picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Michelle [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1970) First contestant: A bachelorette named Linda. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Gail (Casey Kasem is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1970) First contestant: Karen Carpenter picks a bachelor. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Linda. (Karen sings "Close to You" in the opening!! Meanwhile, Richard Carpenter is one of the three bachelors in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1/71) First contestant: A bachelorette named Jill. Second contestant: Peter Lawford picks a date. (Peter's round is... well, it's something) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (2-12-71) First contestant: Barry Livingston picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Loreta (Barry has a question featuring Jim Lange, whom he claims wouldn't look too good in a bathing suit, which Jim respectfully disagrees with. :) This is a special pre-Valentine's Day episode) [GSN/CC-2/B+]
- (1971) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Melody. Second contestant: Lois Nettleton picks a bachelor!! [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1971) First contestant: A bachelorette named Cindy. Second contestant: Vicki Lawrence picks a bachelor [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (4/71) Spring Vacation Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Yolanda. Second contestant: Ron Howard picks a date [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1971) First contestant: A bachelorette named Toni. Second contestant: Ann B. Davis picks a date [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (4/71) Spring Vacation Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Robin. Second contestant: Maureen McCormick picks a date. (I, as usual, question the music choices Chuck Barris uses for this show. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" doesn't exactly scream "dating music" to me. Jim Lange looks like he just woke up and had to run to the studio or else he'd be late, and it makes him look uncannily like John Denver) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (5/71) First contestant: A bachelorette named Pauline. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Marcia (Boom mic almost whacks poor Jim Lange in the head in the intro but he either never even notices it or is a true professional. Jim's hot tip for dieting: "sit back and watch The Dating Game". The second contestant has played Lucy in local Peanuts plays and certainly sounds the part!! One question features Jim Lange and... hot pants?) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (6/71) First contestant: A bachelorette named Bonnie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Didi. (A question in the first game features Jim Lange!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (7-2-71) Four of July Weekend Special. First contestant: A bachelerotte named Giselle. Second contestant: Joe Namath picks a bachelor [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (10-31-71) First contestant: Leif Garrett picks a date. Second contestant: Vincent Price picks for a woman. [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Bonnie. Second contestant: Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop pick for a child. [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Pam. Second contestant: Gary Grimes picks a bachelorette. (GSN slips and pieces of commercials from the show's original broadcast slips in at various points!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) Alumni Day. First contestant: A bachelorette named Jill. Second contestant: Edd "Kookie" Byrnes picks a bachelorette. [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Vicki. Second contestant: Michael Jackson picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Sonya. Second contestant: Legendary jazz musician Jimmy Smith picks a bachelerotte [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Chris. Second contestant: Richard Dawson picks a date!! (Bachlelorettes 1 and 3 in game two are sisters) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Linda. Second contestant: Barry Williams picks a date [GSN/CC-1/A-, also available with OC in A quality]
- (1972) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Linda. Second contestant: Actress Mariette Hartley picks a date (Two of the bachelors in game two can't even be bothered to pronounce Mariette's name correctly in the beginning. In this episode we found out Robert Reed has been on this show and I am stunned no one has reran this) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (3-17-72) St. Patrick's Day Special. First contestant: Actor Butch Patrick picks a bachelorette. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Helen (Bachelorette #1 accidentally says "good afternoon, bitch" instead of Butch and it's tremendous, and then HE PICKS HER which is amazing. "I liked her hello!!") [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (5-12-72) Mother's Day Special. First contestant: Child actress Dawn Lyn picks a date for her Mother. Second contestant: A bachelor named Greg asks questions of the Mothers of the three potential girls that he could date, in certainly a bizarre premise (This features the "she likes to park" moment that has appeared on many blooper specials!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (7-11-72) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Marty. Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Phyllis (I don't think "Ain't No Sunshine" really sets the mood for a dating game show, Chuck) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1972) #187-DAT-72, First contestant: A bachelorette named Ellen. Second contestant: Marcia Wallace picks a date (Taped 9-5-72. Audio is buzzy) [SMw/slate+OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) #189-DAT-72 First contestant: A bachelorette named Sharon. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Denise (Taped 9-5-72. Audio is a little buzzy and video has major glitchy issues for a few minutes at a few points. One question is about Jim Lange's tie? At the end of the episode Jim Lange announces that the next few weeks of tapings will take place in New York City) [SMw/slate+OC/CC-1/B]
- (12-25-72) First contestant: A bachelorette named Audrey. Second contestant: H.R. Pufnstuf picks a date for a child. (Christmas episode. In the first game, contestants have Christmas present boxes on their heads) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (3-29-73) First contestant: Louisa Moritz picks a bachelor. Second contestant: Rip Taylor picks a bachelorette. (April Fools Day episode) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1973) Eight minutes of an episode featuring a bachelerotte named Carol (Ripped from YouTube) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (4-16-73) Easter Week Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Michelle. Second contestant: Maureen McCormick picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (4-17-73) Easter Week Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Ginny. Second contestant: Danny Bonaduce picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (4-19-73) Easter Week Celebration, with both stars of Tom Sawyer looking for dates!! First contestant: Jeff East picks a date. Second contestant: Johnny Whitaker picks a date. (Both rounds are super fun!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Gretchen. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Dallas. (You ever find yourself thinking "You know, I would buy the shit out of a CD of jazzy covers of popular songs used on The Dating Game"? Just me? OK) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Jeannie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Judy. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Mary. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Connie (Game two is a minor disaster as bachelor #1 just doesn't even answer two of the questions Connie asks, even with Jim Lange trying to repeat the questions for him) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Jackie [GSN/CC-1/B+]
ABC Primetime, 1966-70
- (10-6-66) First contestant: A bachelorette named Karen. Second contestant: Sally Field picks a bachelor (Premiere of the nighttime version. Robert Vaughn is a bachelor in the first game!! Features the "say something really mushy to me" "cream of wheat" moment that has appeared on blooper specials. Sally's entire game is general features three great contestants!! Video swaps between being snowy and not snowy every fifteen seconds or so. Audio is good and unaffected though) [GSN/CC-1/B+ and B]
- (10-13-66) First contestant: A bachelorette named Chris. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Marsha (Bobby Rydell, Paul Petersen, and Lee Majors are bachelors!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (6-17-67) Special Pre-Father's Day episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Gail. Second contestant: Groucho Marx picks for his daughter!! (Les Brown, Durward Kirby, and Charlie Barnett all answer questions for their sons in game one) [RPT/CC-1/B-]
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Madonna. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Patty. (Sammy Jackson, and a then unknown Tom Selleck are bachelors in game one, and Bill Dana and Casey Kasem are bachelors in game two!! The euphoric SCREAM of the audience when Madonna picks her bachelor in game one sums up how great this show is. Jim Lange had been building up this guy as having known her beforehand in the past and how this would likely be the last chance he would see her and then she picks him and the audience, as if they're the audience in a movie where the guy wins over the girl on the football field. It's fucking great. Meanwhile, Bill Dana straps game two on his back and CARRIES it) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Nancy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Susan (Burt Reynolds is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (10-31-67) A brief clip of a bachelor named Steve picking out his date, who happens to have been a contestant on another Chuck Barris game, Dream Girl of '67!! (Ripped from YouTube. Clip runs about five minutes) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1968) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Vivian. Second contestant: A bacheleorette named Linda (Dave Madden, Dick Martin, and Rip Taylor are bachelors in game one, and Desi Arnaz Jr. is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (2-7-68) Valentine's Day Special. First contestant: A bacheleorette named Mitty. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Donna (Actor Raymond St. Jacques is a bachelor in game one. Actor Bill Mumy and musician Craig Hundley are bachelors in game two. The second game features a really sweet ending that shows off the show at its best, when it has heart) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (12-19-68) Christmas episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Joanne. Second contestant: Rod McKuen picks out a date. (Joe Correro, Jr. of Paul Revere and the Raiders is a bachelor!! Awkward moment in game one where the bachelorette clearly regrets the guy she picked, especially when she realizes that she used to know one of the other bachelors from horseback riding lessons) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1969) First contestant: A bachelorette named Sondra. Second contestant: Dina Martin, daughter of Dean Martin, picks a bachelor. (Richard Dawson and Bill Bixby are bachelors in game one, and a then-unknown Steve Martin is a bachelor in game two!! Game one is a blast and another great example of how fun this show can be. Everyone has great answers and even the one non-celebrity bachelor does a great job keeping up!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (3-29-69) First contestant: Marc Copage, picking out a date for his father John. Second contestant: Farrah Fawcett picks a date (Pre-April Fools' Day episode so there's a big skit and practical joke played on poor Farrah at the end) [GSN/CC-1/A+]
- (1969) First contestant: Johnny Whittaker picks a date. Second contestant: Dionne Warwick picks a date (Dionne Warwick performs during the opening!! Johnny's game is adorable) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
The New Dating Game, 1973-74
- (1973) First contestant: Arnold Schwarzenegger picks a date. Second contestant: Miss USA Amanda Jones picks a date. (My original copy of this came from a 2003 GSN rerun (this version is in full and comes from the Jim Lange 2014 tribute marathon) that cut Amanda's game entirely and I never knew why. And now that I've seen it I know why: it sucked) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Gail. Second contestant: Dick Clark picks out a date for an American Bandstand regular. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) 4. First contestant: Judy Norton picks out a date. Second contestant: Ann B. Davis picks out a date (Taped 8-17-73. Ripped from YouTube. Cuts off in the middle of Ann's game, counts as half of an episode due to its length) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
- (1973) First contestant: Suzanne Somers picks out a date. Second contestant: Ken Norton picks out a date [GSN/CC-1/A+]
- (1973) First contestant: Richard Dawson picks a date. Second contestant: Julie Budd picks a date (One of Richard's questions involves Jim Lange) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1974) 27. First contestant: Actress Candy Clark picks out a date. Second contestant: Actress Kaye Stevens picks out a date (video swaps between being snowy and not snowy every fifteen seconds or so. Audio is good and unaffected though. Taped 10-5-73) [GSN/CC-1/B+ and B]
Syndicated, 1978-80
- (1979) A 30 minute blooper/highlight reel for the 1978-79 season that features various uncensored and/or funny moments and out-takes from that season. Including a great behind the scenes bit where the director comments on the situation going on in the show while giving stage directions, having trouble giving out said directions due to laughter!! Jim Lange "faints", Bob Eubanks "hosts", Johnny Jacobs messes up trying to read fee plugs, Jim Lange gets a pie in the face, and more!! [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
- (1978) First contestant: A bachelorette named Patrice. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Candace (Andy Kaufman is a bachelor in game one) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1978) A partial episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Judy (Ripped from YouTube. Christopher McDonald is a bachelor!! Counts as half of an episode due to its length, which is only fifteen minutes. Features the entire first game and ending segment/ending credits only) [OB/CC-1/A-]
- (1978) An eight minute clip. First contestant: Tane McClure, daughter of Doug McClure (Ripped from YouTube. Contestant Alan has a super interesting story about being on the show: http://www.catalystghoststories.com/#!Backstage-at-The-Dating-Game/c1iw8/363F657A-2326-4C00-BB27-5198C47BF142) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1978) A nine minute clip. First contestant: A bachelerotte named Debbie (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/C+]
- (1978) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Sandy. Second contestant: A bachelor named Carl (Ripped from YouTube. Bachelor #1 in game one has some winners such as "I'm a sidewalk", and "I'd bring my dog Fluffy, AWOOOOOO") [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1978) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Virginia, in maybe one of the most absurd rounds I've ever seen (Ripped from YouTube. Missing the entire first game but includes the intro and the first contestant choosing which of the three bachelors she wants as her date. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (1978) Second contestant: A bacheleorette named Sayra (Ripped from YouTube. Missing the entire first half and cuts off during fee plugs. Counts as half an episode due to its length) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (2-2-79) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Marilyn (A pre-fame Bryan Cranston is one of the bachelors!! Only the second game. Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Has some tracking issues but definitely watchable) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Janey. Second contestant: Jimmie Walker picks a date!! [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorotte named Linda. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Ingrid (Bob Saget is a bachelor in game one!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Kerry. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Lea (Pee-wee Herman is a bachelor in game one!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Mandy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Gina (Phil Hartman is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: Teri Copley before she was famous!! Second contestant: A bachelorette named Elaine (Ripped from YouTube) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Patti (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Bachelor #3, Sandey, is A+. Bachelor #1 takes a swipe at Bob Eubanks!! He also flunks pretty terribly to the point where he doesn't even get a kiss from the bachelorette, and shows his displeasure when he realizes he got snubbed after #2 gets a kiss. Pretty bad typo in the credits featuring "Jim Lang") [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) Alumni Day. Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Robin (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Sandey is still here, and he's still A+) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: A bacheloroette named Terri (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Sandey is still here and is once again still A+) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: Teri Copley, before she was famous. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Elaine (Ripped from YouTube) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Donna. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Kim (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1979) A half of an episode with a bachelorette named Gloria (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [SM/CC-1/B+]
- (1980) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Autumn. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Lisa (Ripped from YouTube. Watermark on screen. Missing first few minutes. Joey D'Auria of Bozo the Clown fame (and Whisper from Yo-Kai Watch if you like anime) is a bachelor in game 1) [OC/CC-1/A]
- (1980) First contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie (Ripped from YouTube. Only the first half. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1980) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Diana (Only the second game, eight minute clip) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1980) The first ten minutes of an episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Andrea (Ripped from YouTube. Video is a little blurry and fuzzy) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (4-18-80) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Patty (Ripped from YouTube. Only the second half. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Taped from the final week of tapings of the show!! Taped 11-28-79) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1980) First contestant: A bachelorette named Debra. Second contestant: Jaye P. Morgan picks a bachelor. (Final episode. Chuck Barris makes a random but awesome cameo in the beginning sweeping the floor, and then makes a cameo in the end wandering around on the stage while everyone dances. Jim Lange takes off his jacket during the credits for some reason. Um, OK) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
The All-New Dating Game, 1986-89
Elaine Joyce (1986-87)
- (1986) The second half of an episode featuring a bachelorette named Kelly. (A then unknown Judd Apatow is one of the bachelors!! Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (1987) First contestant: A bachelorette named Vanessa. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie. (Ripped from YouTube. A set of twins are the first two bachelors in game one!!) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1987) First contestant: A bachelor named Frank (Rhonda Shear is one of the bachelorettes!! Ripped from YouTube. Cuts off after about 12 minutes. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OC/CC-1/A-]
- (1987) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Constance. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Ritha [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (5-20-87) Alumni Day. First contestant: A bachelorette named Tracy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Gina Marie [OC/CC-2/B+]
Jeff MacGregor (1987-89)
- (1987) First contestant: A bachelorette named Ladia (Only the first half. Counts as half an episode due to its length. Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1988) First contestant: A bachelorette named Marcy. Second contestant: A bachelor named Ray. (Really small tracking line on the top of the screen) [OB/CC-1/B-]
- (1988) A partial episode featuring Charlie O'Donnell as the bachelor!! (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OB/CC-1/A]
Syndicated, 1996-99
Brad Sherwood (1996-97)
- (1996) First contestant: A bachelor named Eric. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Leia (Very blurry video) [GAMETV/CC-2/B]
ABC Daytime, 1965-73
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Marcia. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Valerie (a young Steve Martin is a bachelor in game one!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Barbara. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Sandy (A young John Ritter is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1967) First contestant: Sivi Aberg, future game show hostess, picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Denise [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (12-1-67) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Cindy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Vivian (A mother/daughter combo are the two contestants, and they both look the same age!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1968) First contestant: A bachelorette named Carol. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Lynn. (Video gets slightly jumpy sometimes, more frequently during the last ten minutes or so) [KINw/OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1968) First contestant: A bachelorette named Carol. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Muriel [KINw/OC/CC-1/A-]
- (1968) First contestant: A bachelorette named Debbie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Judy (Tracking line present in the bottom of the video) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1968) First contestant: Teri Garr picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1968) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Barbara. Second contestant: Susie Mathers (Jerry's sister) picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (5-20-69) Video only... no audio!! (Ripped from YouTube) [KIN/CC-1/A]
- (1969) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Judy. Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Karen (Video is very dark-tinted) [KINw/OC/CC-1/B]
- (1969) A partial episode featuring a bachelorette named Julie (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half an episode due to its length) [KIN/CC-1/B-]
- (1969) A ten minute clip of an episode featuring a bachelorette named Debbie (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half an episode due to its length) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1/70) First contestant: Angela Cartwright picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Michelle [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1970) First contestant: A bachelorette named Linda. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Gail (Casey Kasem is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1970) First contestant: Karen Carpenter picks a bachelor. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Linda. (Karen sings "Close to You" in the opening!! Meanwhile, Richard Carpenter is one of the three bachelors in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1/71) First contestant: A bachelorette named Jill. Second contestant: Peter Lawford picks a date. (Peter's round is... well, it's something) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (2-12-71) First contestant: Barry Livingston picks a date. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Loreta (Barry has a question featuring Jim Lange, whom he claims wouldn't look too good in a bathing suit, which Jim respectfully disagrees with. :) This is a special pre-Valentine's Day episode) [GSN/CC-2/B+]
- (1971) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Melody. Second contestant: Lois Nettleton picks a bachelor!! [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1971) First contestant: A bachelorette named Cindy. Second contestant: Vicki Lawrence picks a bachelor [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (4/71) Spring Vacation Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Yolanda. Second contestant: Ron Howard picks a date [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1971) First contestant: A bachelorette named Toni. Second contestant: Ann B. Davis picks a date [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (4/71) Spring Vacation Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Robin. Second contestant: Maureen McCormick picks a date. (I, as usual, question the music choices Chuck Barris uses for this show. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" doesn't exactly scream "dating music" to me. Jim Lange looks like he just woke up and had to run to the studio or else he'd be late, and it makes him look uncannily like John Denver) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (5/71) First contestant: A bachelorette named Pauline. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Marcia (Boom mic almost whacks poor Jim Lange in the head in the intro but he either never even notices it or is a true professional. Jim's hot tip for dieting: "sit back and watch The Dating Game". The second contestant has played Lucy in local Peanuts plays and certainly sounds the part!! One question features Jim Lange and... hot pants?) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (6/71) First contestant: A bachelorette named Bonnie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Didi. (A question in the first game features Jim Lange!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (7-2-71) Four of July Weekend Special. First contestant: A bachelerotte named Giselle. Second contestant: Joe Namath picks a bachelor [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (10-31-71) First contestant: Leif Garrett picks a date. Second contestant: Vincent Price picks for a woman. [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Bonnie. Second contestant: Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop pick for a child. [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Pam. Second contestant: Gary Grimes picks a bachelorette. (GSN slips and pieces of commercials from the show's original broadcast slips in at various points!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) Alumni Day. First contestant: A bachelorette named Jill. Second contestant: Edd "Kookie" Byrnes picks a bachelorette. [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Vicki. Second contestant: Michael Jackson picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Sonya. Second contestant: Legendary jazz musician Jimmy Smith picks a bachelerotte [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Chris. Second contestant: Richard Dawson picks a date!! (Bachlelorettes 1 and 3 in game two are sisters) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1972) First contestant: A bachelorette named Linda. Second contestant: Barry Williams picks a date [GSN/CC-1/A-, also available with OC in A quality]
- (1972) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Linda. Second contestant: Actress Mariette Hartley picks a date (Two of the bachelors in game two can't even be bothered to pronounce Mariette's name correctly in the beginning. In this episode we found out Robert Reed has been on this show and I am stunned no one has reran this) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (3-17-72) St. Patrick's Day Special. First contestant: Actor Butch Patrick picks a bachelorette. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Helen (Bachelorette #1 accidentally says "good afternoon, bitch" instead of Butch and it's tremendous, and then HE PICKS HER which is amazing. "I liked her hello!!") [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (5-12-72) Mother's Day Special. First contestant: Child actress Dawn Lyn picks a date for her Mother. Second contestant: A bachelor named Greg asks questions of the Mothers of the three potential girls that he could date, in certainly a bizarre premise (This features the "she likes to park" moment that has appeared on many blooper specials!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (7-11-72) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Marty. Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Phyllis (I don't think "Ain't No Sunshine" really sets the mood for a dating game show, Chuck) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1972) #187-DAT-72, First contestant: A bachelorette named Ellen. Second contestant: Marcia Wallace picks a date (Taped 9-5-72. Audio is buzzy) [SMw/slate+OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1972) #189-DAT-72 First contestant: A bachelorette named Sharon. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Denise (Taped 9-5-72. Audio is a little buzzy and video has major glitchy issues for a few minutes at a few points. One question is about Jim Lange's tie? At the end of the episode Jim Lange announces that the next few weeks of tapings will take place in New York City) [SMw/slate+OC/CC-1/B]
- (12-25-72) First contestant: A bachelorette named Audrey. Second contestant: H.R. Pufnstuf picks a date for a child. (Christmas episode. In the first game, contestants have Christmas present boxes on their heads) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (3-29-73) First contestant: Louisa Moritz picks a bachelor. Second contestant: Rip Taylor picks a bachelorette. (April Fools Day episode) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1973) Eight minutes of an episode featuring a bachelerotte named Carol (Ripped from YouTube) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (4-16-73) Easter Week Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Michelle. Second contestant: Maureen McCormick picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (4-17-73) Easter Week Celebration: First contestant: A bachelorette named Ginny. Second contestant: Danny Bonaduce picks a date. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (4-19-73) Easter Week Celebration, with both stars of Tom Sawyer looking for dates!! First contestant: Jeff East picks a date. Second contestant: Johnny Whitaker picks a date. (Both rounds are super fun!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Gretchen. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Dallas. (You ever find yourself thinking "You know, I would buy the shit out of a CD of jazzy covers of popular songs used on The Dating Game"? Just me? OK) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Jeannie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Judy. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Mary. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Connie (Game two is a minor disaster as bachelor #1 just doesn't even answer two of the questions Connie asks, even with Jim Lange trying to repeat the questions for him) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Jackie [GSN/CC-1/B+]
ABC Primetime, 1966-70
- (10-6-66) First contestant: A bachelorette named Karen. Second contestant: Sally Field picks a bachelor (Premiere of the nighttime version. Robert Vaughn is a bachelor in the first game!! Features the "say something really mushy to me" "cream of wheat" moment that has appeared on blooper specials. Sally's entire game is general features three great contestants!! Video swaps between being snowy and not snowy every fifteen seconds or so. Audio is good and unaffected though) [GSN/CC-1/B+ and B]
- (10-13-66) First contestant: A bachelorette named Chris. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Marsha (Bobby Rydell, Paul Petersen, and Lee Majors are bachelors!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (6-17-67) Special Pre-Father's Day episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Gail. Second contestant: Groucho Marx picks for his daughter!! (Les Brown, Durward Kirby, and Charlie Barnett all answer questions for their sons in game one) [RPT/CC-1/B-]
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Madonna. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Patty. (Sammy Jackson, and a then unknown Tom Selleck are bachelors in game one, and Bill Dana and Casey Kasem are bachelors in game two!! The euphoric SCREAM of the audience when Madonna picks her bachelor in game one sums up how great this show is. Jim Lange had been building up this guy as having known her beforehand in the past and how this would likely be the last chance he would see her and then she picks him and the audience, as if they're the audience in a movie where the guy wins over the girl on the football field. It's fucking great. Meanwhile, Bill Dana straps game two on his back and CARRIES it) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1967) First contestant: A bachelorette named Nancy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Susan (Burt Reynolds is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (10-31-67) A brief clip of a bachelor named Steve picking out his date, who happens to have been a contestant on another Chuck Barris game, Dream Girl of '67!! (Ripped from YouTube. Clip runs about five minutes) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1968) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Vivian. Second contestant: A bacheleorette named Linda (Dave Madden, Dick Martin, and Rip Taylor are bachelors in game one, and Desi Arnaz Jr. is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (2-7-68) Valentine's Day Special. First contestant: A bacheleorette named Mitty. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Donna (Actor Raymond St. Jacques is a bachelor in game one. Actor Bill Mumy and musician Craig Hundley are bachelors in game two. The second game features a really sweet ending that shows off the show at its best, when it has heart) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (12-19-68) Christmas episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Joanne. Second contestant: Rod McKuen picks out a date. (Joe Correro, Jr. of Paul Revere and the Raiders is a bachelor!! Awkward moment in game one where the bachelorette clearly regrets the guy she picked, especially when she realizes that she used to know one of the other bachelors from horseback riding lessons) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (1969) First contestant: A bachelorette named Sondra. Second contestant: Dina Martin, daughter of Dean Martin, picks a bachelor. (Richard Dawson and Bill Bixby are bachelors in game one, and a then-unknown Steve Martin is a bachelor in game two!! Game one is a blast and another great example of how fun this show can be. Everyone has great answers and even the one non-celebrity bachelor does a great job keeping up!!) [GSN/CC-1/A-]
- (3-29-69) First contestant: Marc Copage, picking out a date for his father John. Second contestant: Farrah Fawcett picks a date (Pre-April Fools' Day episode so there's a big skit and practical joke played on poor Farrah at the end) [GSN/CC-1/A+]
- (1969) First contestant: Johnny Whittaker picks a date. Second contestant: Dionne Warwick picks a date (Dionne Warwick performs during the opening!! Johnny's game is adorable) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
The New Dating Game, 1973-74
- (1973) First contestant: Arnold Schwarzenegger picks a date. Second contestant: Miss USA Amanda Jones picks a date. (My original copy of this came from a 2003 GSN rerun (this version is in full and comes from the Jim Lange 2014 tribute marathon) that cut Amanda's game entirely and I never knew why. And now that I've seen it I know why: it sucked) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1973) First contestant: A bachelorette named Gail. Second contestant: Dick Clark picks out a date for an American Bandstand regular. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1973) 4. First contestant: Judy Norton picks out a date. Second contestant: Ann B. Davis picks out a date (Taped 8-17-73. Ripped from YouTube. Cuts off in the middle of Ann's game, counts as half of an episode due to its length) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
- (1973) First contestant: Suzanne Somers picks out a date. Second contestant: Ken Norton picks out a date [GSN/CC-1/A+]
- (1973) First contestant: Richard Dawson picks a date. Second contestant: Julie Budd picks a date (One of Richard's questions involves Jim Lange) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1974) 27. First contestant: Actress Candy Clark picks out a date. Second contestant: Actress Kaye Stevens picks out a date (video swaps between being snowy and not snowy every fifteen seconds or so. Audio is good and unaffected though. Taped 10-5-73) [GSN/CC-1/B+ and B]
Syndicated, 1978-80
- (1979) A 30 minute blooper/highlight reel for the 1978-79 season that features various uncensored and/or funny moments and out-takes from that season. Including a great behind the scenes bit where the director comments on the situation going on in the show while giving stage directions, having trouble giving out said directions due to laughter!! Jim Lange "faints", Bob Eubanks "hosts", Johnny Jacobs messes up trying to read fee plugs, Jim Lange gets a pie in the face, and more!! [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
- (1978) First contestant: A bachelorette named Patrice. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Candace (Andy Kaufman is a bachelor in game one) [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (1978) A partial episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Judy (Ripped from YouTube. Christopher McDonald is a bachelor!! Counts as half of an episode due to its length, which is only fifteen minutes. Features the entire first game and ending segment/ending credits only) [OB/CC-1/A-]
- (1978) An eight minute clip. First contestant: Tane McClure, daughter of Doug McClure (Ripped from YouTube. Contestant Alan has a super interesting story about being on the show: http://www.catalystghoststories.com/#!Backstage-at-The-Dating-Game/c1iw8/363F657A-2326-4C00-BB27-5198C47BF142) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1978) A nine minute clip. First contestant: A bachelerotte named Debbie (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/C+]
- (1978) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Sandy. Second contestant: A bachelor named Carl (Ripped from YouTube. Bachelor #1 in game one has some winners such as "I'm a sidewalk", and "I'd bring my dog Fluffy, AWOOOOOO") [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1978) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Virginia, in maybe one of the most absurd rounds I've ever seen (Ripped from YouTube. Missing the entire first game but includes the intro and the first contestant choosing which of the three bachelors she wants as her date. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (1978) Second contestant: A bacheleorette named Sayra (Ripped from YouTube. Missing the entire first half and cuts off during fee plugs. Counts as half an episode due to its length) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (2-2-79) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Marilyn (A pre-fame Bryan Cranston is one of the bachelors!! Only the second game. Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Has some tracking issues but definitely watchable) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Janey. Second contestant: Jimmie Walker picks a date!! [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorotte named Linda. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Ingrid (Bob Saget is a bachelor in game one!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Kerry. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Lea (Pee-wee Herman is a bachelor in game one!!) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Mandy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Gina (Phil Hartman is a bachelor in game two!!) [GSN/CC-1/B]
- (1979) First contestant: Teri Copley before she was famous!! Second contestant: A bachelorette named Elaine (Ripped from YouTube) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Patti (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Bachelor #3, Sandey, is A+. Bachelor #1 takes a swipe at Bob Eubanks!! He also flunks pretty terribly to the point where he doesn't even get a kiss from the bachelorette, and shows his displeasure when he realizes he got snubbed after #2 gets a kiss. Pretty bad typo in the credits featuring "Jim Lang") [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) Alumni Day. Second contestant: A bachelerotte named Robin (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Sandey is still here, and he's still A+) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: A bacheloroette named Terri (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Sandey is still here and is once again still A+) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: Teri Copley, before she was famous. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Elaine (Ripped from YouTube) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1979) First contestant: A bachelorette named Donna. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Kim (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1979) A half of an episode with a bachelorette named Gloria (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [SM/CC-1/B+]
- (1980) First contestant: A bachelerotte named Autumn. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Lisa (Ripped from YouTube. Watermark on screen. Missing first few minutes. Joey D'Auria of Bozo the Clown fame (and Whisper from Yo-Kai Watch if you like anime) is a bachelor in game 1) [OC/CC-1/A]
- (1980) First contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie (Ripped from YouTube. Only the first half. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1980) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Diana (Only the second game, eight minute clip) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1980) The first ten minutes of an episode. First contestant: A bachelorette named Andrea (Ripped from YouTube. Video is a little blurry and fuzzy) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (4-18-80) Second contestant: A bachelorette named Patty (Ripped from YouTube. Only the second half. Counts as half of an episode due to its length. Taped from the final week of tapings of the show!! Taped 11-28-79) [OB/CC-1/B+]
- (1980) First contestant: A bachelorette named Debra. Second contestant: Jaye P. Morgan picks a bachelor. (Final episode. Chuck Barris makes a random but awesome cameo in the beginning sweeping the floor, and then makes a cameo in the end wandering around on the stage while everyone dances. Jim Lange takes off his jacket during the credits for some reason. Um, OK) [GSN/CC-1/B+]
The All-New Dating Game, 1986-89
Elaine Joyce (1986-87)
- (1986) The second half of an episode featuring a bachelorette named Kelly. (A then unknown Judd Apatow is one of the bachelors!! Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OC/CC-1/B]
- (1987) First contestant: A bachelorette named Vanessa. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Laurie. (Ripped from YouTube. A set of twins are the first two bachelors in game one!!) [OC/CC-1/B+]
- (1987) First contestant: A bachelor named Frank (Rhonda Shear is one of the bachelorettes!! Ripped from YouTube. Cuts off after about 12 minutes. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OC/CC-1/A-]
- (1987) First contestant: A bacheleorette named Constance. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Ritha [GSN/CC-1/A]
- (5-20-87) Alumni Day. First contestant: A bachelorette named Tracy. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Gina Marie [OC/CC-2/B+]
Jeff MacGregor (1987-89)
- (1987) First contestant: A bachelorette named Ladia (Only the first half. Counts as half an episode due to its length. Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/B]
- (1988) First contestant: A bachelorette named Marcy. Second contestant: A bachelor named Ray. (Really small tracking line on the top of the screen) [OB/CC-1/B-]
- (1988) A partial episode featuring Charlie O'Donnell as the bachelor!! (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [OB/CC-1/A]
Syndicated, 1996-99
Brad Sherwood (1996-97)
- (1996) First contestant: A bachelor named Eric. Second contestant: A bachelorette named Leia (Very blurry video) [GAMETV/CC-2/B]