Kristoff St. John [16], In the mid-1970s, Flagg shared a house in Charlottesville, Virginia with American writer Rita Mae Brown, whom she met at a party in the Hollywood Hills hosted by Marlo Thomas. Meredith MacRae Theres still a memory out there, reflects Adam. Gene Rayburn was the host of Match Game from its daytime premiere in 1962 until 1984. Tom Dreesen In fact, Flagg said she hadn't even heard of the disorder until she received that note. In 1962 along comes Password, and Goodson and Todman had a business model where as soon as they had a hit show on their hands, they would introduce rip-offs of it, which was kind of a brilliant strategy. Member of Delta Zeta sorority, Delta Nu chapter. Don DeFore Barbara Cook Soupy Sales In 1985, Marcia was diagnosed with breast cancer. She also appeared several times as a victim of alien abduction on the talk show parody Fernwood 2 Night in 1977. Mabel King He continued trying to act, having done Robert Montgomery Presents in 1956, Kraft Television Theater in 1957, Heres Boomer (1980), Aloha Paradise (1981), Fantasy Island (1982), three episodes of Love Boat (1979 to 1982), Riptide (1985), and the soap opera One Life to Live. Dick Gautier They played it daily and it became a chart-topping hit. Bobby Collins Pat Sajak Melody Thomas Scott First of all, which game are you playing? Diana Sands Michael Barrymore Performing in high school plays as a teenager, she studied at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, where she majored in English and theatre.Marcia initially induced laughs because of a weight problem, playing plump, self-deprecating characters in such musicals as "The Music Man". In between, there have been dozens of others, with hosts like Monty Hall, Bob Barker and Gene Rayburn becoming as recognizable (if not more so) than many primetime stars. Pam Stone Joan Fontaine Anne-Marie Martin On top of that, Genes brother was killed in a traffic accident when Gene was still a child, and his mother actually blamed him for the death, which is something he had to live with. I got to know both of them well while researching my book on Match Game, and told Brett once she and Charles should do a bus-and-truck revival of Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Johnny Carson (Walk-On Cameo) MATCH GAME '73, from left back row: Michael Landon, Richard Dawson, Vicki Lawrence and Jack Klugman. Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy (July 23, 1933 July 15, 1991) was an American actor, singer, game show host and panelist known for hosting Tattletales, Super Password and Win, Lose or Draw. Jane Wyatt Howie Mandel Robert Morse Elaine Joyce (born Elaine Joyce Pinchot on December 19, 1945 in Kansas City, MO) is an American Actress in film, television & Broadway. Then there was Match Game. Linda Dano Everything I had done was strictly off the top of my head, but for the Montgomery stanza, the script did all my thinking for me. Rosemary Forsyth "We can't even feel too gutted about that. Adolf Green Esther Rolle Arlene Francis Leslie Nielsen Everyone loved Betty: sharp as a tack, and while she and Brett had a mock feud, trading barbs on the panel that were worthy of a Dynasty-era catfight (I dont know, Betty told me, because Ive never seen Dynasty.), backstage, she and Brett shared a dressing room and as Match Game producer Ira Skutch told me, They were the best of friends., One high point on the show: when the sound man cued the traditional stripper music and Betty performed a mock striptease (she did this on two separate occasions on the show). Shelley Berman (as Mr. Shelley Berman) Richard Thomas Robert Donner They divorced in 1974 and were remarried in 1978. Dear Abby Flip Wilson Her voice was also utilized on such animated projects as "Darkwing Duck," "Raw Toonage," "Camp Candy," "Batman: The Animated Series," "Aladdin," "Cow and Chicken," "The Angry Beavers" and Rugrats" as well as providing several voices for the animated film Monsters University (2013).She has guest-hosted televised comedy clubs and talk shows, and was the actual co-host of a diet show on cable. By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and that you have read our Privacy Policy. In between, he got his start in radio, worked with Steve Allen on. In the beginning, contestants could win a few hundred dollars for matching answers with celebrity panelists. Richard J. Porter Norman Lloyd Anna Stuart Van Johnson I remember once, I desperately wanted to be on the series, [on her on- and off-screen chemistry with, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Ron Palillo It wasn't until a teacher spotted a pattern in Flagg's misspelled written answers on Match Game and sent her a note that she understood she had a learning disability. Skip Stephenson As her acting career began, Flagg could not use her birth name professionally, as there was already a well-known actress named Patricia Neal registered with Actors' Equity. He is best known for appearing on Match Game and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Sarah Purcell Linda Kaye Henning Bobby Van Observes Adam, Its kind of interesting that there are times he refers to himself as an actor, even as Match Game was at its peak. Adaptation of the novel of the same name. Tom Poston Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) [1] is an American actress, comedian and author. Anson Williams He passed away in 1992. Marcia Wallace [Carol Kester from The Bob Newhart Show] did a guest shot on the Match Game panel and was so good they kept asking her back. Lois Hamilton She was also the prime caretaker for her husband, hotelier Denny Hawley, when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Donald Brooks It was spontaneous, very loose and freewheeling, and all of that catered to Genes skillset. He passed away in 1992. George Kirby Peggy Cass [8] The book stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 10 weeks. Gloria Swanson Betty Comden James B. Sikking So he had the audience sitting at tables all around him during the show and he would kind of weave around them and talk to them during the show and do a little interaction that way. Guich Koock Titus Burgess Milt Kamen She said what she thought, had a forceful personality, but had a great sense of humor,and didnt mind being the butt of a joke. Please scroll down for much more on the celebrities of Match Game. Marty Cohen Leann Hunley There was also an interesting impact that Gene and Dee had on a former musical performer, as chronicled in the San Francisco Examiner in 1950. Ann Sothern Garry Moore Della Reese Please scroll down for much more on Gene Rayburn and Match Game. Bill Cosby Diana Lynn A part of that cold, cruel world was radio., Adam shares that Gene really wanted to pursue a career in theater and, specifically, he was actually interested in opera, of all things. They got busy It took some expert detecting to find the old man in the lonely boarding house where he lived in a single room. Tudi Wiggins Tom Villard Franc Luz More than 30 years later and they were all still very close.. Burt Reynolds Roger Maris Which, again, kind of worked out for him., It was at this time that he began his long association with game show producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman by hosting Make the Connection, Choose Up Sides, Dough Re Mi and a daytime version of Tic Tac Dough. And they did that just to prove the point that their show was popular. Soon after, Flagg was invited to be a staff writer on his show and later became a performer as well. Betty is still going strong at the age of 98. Candice Bergen Bennett Cerf Examples of items on this list include Betty White and Sally Struthers. Mama Cass Elliot Brett Somers A few scattered films appeared on the horizon, including the comedies Forever for Now (2004), Big Stan (2007) and Tru Loved (2008).Marcia's lengthy battle with illness ended on October 25, 2013, when the 70-year-old actress died of breast cancer complications (pneumonia and sepsis). Bebe Shopp She has also been a part of so many series as a regular since almost the advent of the medium: Life with Elizabeth (1953 to 1955), Date With the Angels (1957 to 1958), The Mary Tayler Moore Show (1973 to 1977), The Betty White Show (1977 to 1978), Mamas Family (1983 to 1984, 1986), The Golden Girls (1985 to 1992), The Golden Palace (1992 to 1993), Bob (1993), Maybe This Time (1995), Ladies Man (1999), Boston Legal (2005 to 2008), The Bold and the Beautiful (23 episodes between 2006 and 2009) and Hot in Cleveland (2010 to 2015). Constance McCashin Charles Nelson Reilly But in 1965, the show starts to wane in the ratings and the question-writer for the show has an idea. 2 Zombies - Shot by a female police officer. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Out for a Swim! Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Ashley detailed that there were really two things that made the show the success it was. By 1952, the team of Rayburn and Finch split up when Gene was wooed away by NBC, where he started hosting his own show. Jamie Lee Curtis Phyllis Davis Wally Cox Robert Hegyes Michael Landon Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher who had a net worth of $5 million. In between he starred (from 1965 to 1971) in the World War II TV sitcom Hogans Heroes, alongside Bob Crane. Alan Young But before doing so, they played each of the songs and came upon Scotch Hot by British musician Willy Whitlock, a recording he had made 25 years earlier. Marcia McCabe Abe Burrows They got caught up in a bidding war, says Adam, and NBC wanted to give them a shot at the big time. Eddie Mekka Richard portrayed an egotistical game show host, Damon Killian, whom many say was a mirror image of himself at one time or another, during his real-life career. | The biggest challenge he faced was the fact that years earlier hed fractured his left leg in multiple places in a skiing accident, and the show required extensive dance sequences. A lot of what I've done, I would not have done without Carol Kester. It was the Great Depression and money was just hard to come by., Moving to New York, he spent three years working as a page and a tour guide at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Cheryl Hines She says to me, Rubessa. This is a list of celebrities that have appeared on The Match Game. SHOP. Marsha Warfield [2] Flagg lives in California and Alabama. Joan Collins Joan Bennett Closer Weekly is part of the a360media Entertainment Group.Copyright a360media 2023. Gene Rayburn once said if youre ever stumped for an answer on the show, answer with either boobs, booze, or Howard Cosell and the chances are youd match.. Stuff thats not being dealt with. The feeling was that Gene was carrying around this burden mentally and never really got it properly dealt with. Stephen Sondheim Elaine Joyce Marcia Wallace Victor Borge They would bring out contestants to play Match Game for 20 minutes, and then the winner of that game would play the previous days returning champion in 30 minutes of Hollywood Squares, and then the winner of Hollywood Squares would go on to play the Super Match bonus round from Match Game. Hows that (not even including the many game shows she was a part of) for a Classic TV legacy? Conny Van Dyke Mel Torm Barbara Feldon Rita Hayworth Hugh Downs He started off at radio station WGNY, then he went into the Air Force during World War II and when he returned, WADW radio was a station where his career really started to take off. Avery Schreiber [3], Born Patricia Neal in Birmingham, Alabama, Flagg is the only child of Marion Leona (ne LeGore) and William Hurbert Neal Jr. Aside from a brief period on the Gulf Coast near the town of Point Clear, Flagg spent her childhood in the Birmingham area.[4]. He ran away from home at the age of 14 to join the British Merchant Navy, where he actually pursued a career onboard of boxing, making about $15,000 from various matches. This, coupled with various timeslot changes eventually did the show in.. John Payne Roger E. Mosley Gene Rayburn was the sweetest and the best straight man and I say this as a woman who loved Peter [Marshall, host of Hollywood Squares, which Marcia also appeared on.] On the latest Grillin' JR Podcast, Jim Ross explained how the competitors were able to breathe whilst being 'buried alive'. Jason Stuart Richard "Dick" Gautier Ive done some other TV acting since then, and Ive appeared in summer stock versions of Seven Year Itch, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunger and Love of Four Colonels. Today on Who's Alive and Who's Dead Message Board No messages today. Stu Gilliam Sam Levenson This is kind of a funny story: they went to their boss demanding a raise and were trying to make the point about how popular their show was. Avery Lawrence Schreiber (April 9, 1935 January 7, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. Ray Bolger Robert Alda And in real life she was exactly what you saw onscreen, a funny, down-to-earth person.. Lois Bromfield And then there was the master of ceremonies, Gene Rayburn, who genuinely seemed to enjoy his interactions with the stars. Salma Hayeks Best Bikini Photos, Inside Dr. Phil and Wife Robin McGraw's Sprawling Beverly Hills Home, She's a Perfect 10! Joyce Bulifant Florence Henderson Match Game, Vega$, Fangface Bartley Louis Braverman (born February 1, 1946, Los Angeles) is an American actor, best known as "Binzer" during the entire run of the ABC prime time series Vega$ (from 1978-81) and who also guest .more Bert Convy Win, Lose or Draw, Love of Life Bess Myerson Fee He nonetheless was drawn to the idea of becoming an opera singer and joined the Hartt School of Music as a voice major, but ultimately gave it up feeling he didnt have the necessary natural ability as a singer. Female Police Officer - Eaten by zombies. So to give it some kind of link, they had Gene at the stroke of midnight do a five-minute piece about the news, which was just the oddest-sounding thing. She is best known for appearing as a semi-regular panelist on the CBS classic Game Show Match Game and for the 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which was adapted into a feature film Fried Green Tomatoes in 1991 which she was nominated for an Academy . Bob Eubanks Mark Russell Arte Johnson All Rights Reserved. Barbara McNair His job at the time was as a night watchman. Richard Dawson Felicia Montealegre At the age of 13, he was a survivor of the horrific Hartford, Connecticut circus fire of 1944 that took the lives of 167 people, but was so emotionally scarring to him that he reportedly found it difficult to attend the theater or immerse himself in large crowds. Unnamed Little Girl - Infected. Explains Adam, So Gene at the time felt that his role was to elevate Steve and take a back seat. So everything was just working whenever Gene changed something into a comedy game., Despite the fact that Match Game ended in 1969, Dick DeBartolo was kept on the payroll in the belief that the show would be back, and was assigned to different game shows in the meantime. Anita Louise Then you had Brett and Charles sitting on the upper tier going back and forth with each other, and you had Gene clowning around and mining whatever he could for humor at any given moment. Noel Harrison Well, Freuds methods have pretty much been laughed off the face of the Earth by the psychiatric community, so Gene was not getting the level of health care that he should have. Robert Goulet (Actor-Singer & Canada's Favorite Son) A month before his passing, he managed to appear in person to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Vicki Lawrence I was outraged when I first heard the news, but after seeing some of Genes later work, I can kind of see where they were coming from. Jill Haworth Blake Clark Anitra Ford Vikki Carr Robert Culp Shelley Taylor Morgan Hal Holbrook Jonathan Prince Les Crane (Talk Show Host) David Forsyth Robert Pine First of all, he changes the show so that he does an opening monologue at the beginning of each episode. I hadnt done any acting since I left college. Hope Lange Dorothy Lamour And she said, You dont deserve a raise; your show isnt that popular. So they set out to deliberately find the worst song they could and it was called Music, Music, Music, and they just played this song every day. Dolly Martin Rod Arrants I have heard, "You're too recognizable for this part". Twyla Littleton Shejust laughed and said, Oh, Ashley, I could never have learned those lines!. Jack McBrayer Paul Anka (Singer & Actor) Conrad Janis Richard was handsome, charming, the best at the game, and the go-to for contestants out to win the Supermatch end game, said Ashley. Bill Daily Gordon MacRae He was a morning disc jockey that owned New York City., Genes morning drive time radio show initially saw him teamed up with Jack Lescoulie in a series called Anything Goes. She has expressed the great challenge of being a writer, saying, "I was, am, severely dyslexic and couldn't spell, still can't spell. Edward "Edd 'Kookie'" Byrnes Its really an undefinable quality. When he reached adulthood, he legally changed it to Richard Dawson. Deborah Harmon 2022-23 Turkish Super Lig. Greg Morris Minnie Pearl Paula Prenitss Sandy Koufax Abbe Lane Abby Dalton Abe Burrows Adam Carolla Adolf Green Adrianne Curry Adrienne Barbeau Alan Alda Alan Arkin Alan King Alan Thicke Alan Young Alejandro Rey Alex Cord Alfie Wise Ali MacGraw Alison Arngrim Allan Sherman Allen Ludden Andi Matheny Andy Dick Andy Griffith Troy Donahue David Doyle Database last updated on 28 February 2023. The actress, comedian and author was born Patricia Neal September 21, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama. Sarah Silverman (2001) starring Timothy Bottoms. The introduction of the Star Wheel, in which contestants spun the wheel to let fate decide which celebrity they would play with, seemed like a slight to Richard. And he turned that show into a minor success that managed to stay on the air a few years. Alan Thicke For most of the regular run, these three set personalities anchored the show, followed by a rotating cast of semi-regulars like Betty White, Debralee Scott, and Patti Deutsch, plus the occasional one-off guest like Charlene Tilton, Rita Moreno (who had done the NBC Match Game a number of times) and Della Reese.. Jenilee Harrison Sal Mineo When he was done with Hogans, he became a part of the cast of Rowan & Martins Laugh-In. Shannon Tweed Julia Meade ("THE TOAST OF THE TOWN/THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW" Spokeswoman) George Gobel He also appeared as a semi-regular panelist on the classic CBS game show Match Game . From pretty much the beginning, game shows have played an important role in the history of television, from 1938s Spelling Bee to 1941s Truth of Consequences to the still reigning Wheel of Fortune, The Price is Right and Jeopardy. Her greatest claim to fame, though, was on Match Game. Talking to Genes daughter, he continues, he did therapy during his adult life, but the problem was that Gene was a big admirer of Sigmund Freud and his therapy was inspired by Freuds methods. Harvey Korman (Cameo Appearance) Robert Q. Lewis Gloria Loring Abby Dalton Susan "Sue" Oakland Pat Finley Brett was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as Blanche Madison opposite her real-life husband, actor Jack Klugman, on The Odd Couple . E.J. His last TV appearance was in the form of a 1998 interview with Access Hollywood for the 25th anniversary of March Game 73. Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal on September 24, 1944 in Birmingham, AL) is an American Actress, Comedienne, and Author. Dr. Joyce Brothers Nobody better. And to top it off, I would have to do this with the handicap of my bum leg. Lynda Goodfriend Pat McCormick Victoria Hallman Fannie, Joyce Bulifant and Bill Daily all had one thing in common: all three had dyslexia, Ashley revealed. My task in replacing him would require me to greatly improve my dancing and at the same time learn and perfect that Gower Champion choreography to make my dancing as closely as possible a mirror image of Dicks. When he got word that the show might be canceled, he went to Mark Goodson and said, Can I do MAD magazine-style questions? And Mark Goodson said, What do you mean? He says, Well, instead of something that you put butter on, the question would be, Mary likes to put butter on Johns blank., Fundamentally the same question, he elaborates, theyre just finding a funny new way of saying it. During the 1960s and 1970s, Flagg recorded two comedy albums with various skits that included many parodies of Lady Bird Johnson and Martha Mitchell. Part of it certainly is physical a personality should be pleasing to look at and have a pleasing voice, for example. [5][6], During the 1960s, Flagg began writing skits for the New York nightclub Upstairs at the Downstairs. But it was Match Game that made her literally a household name. It started at 11:15 p.m. and ran until 1:00 a.m. In Genes words, they felt that the news was sacred and they didnt like the fact that he made jokes throughout a news story. Petronia Paley Ron Masak And, again, it was intentionally a bad song that theyd picked. Bill Leyden Gary Burghoff He died from complications of pneumonia on May 25, 2007. But he had signed a long term contract with NBC and they had to justify the money somehow. Additionally, he couldnt get access to his pension fund through AFTRA because the people in charge couldnt figure out who he was. The game takes place one year after "The Event", a cataclysmic disaster . He was known for his comedic roles in stages, films, children's television and cartoons but more known to game show audiences as one of the three regular panelists on CBS' Match Game. Jimmie Walker Ive always called that one the best ideas that ever failed, laughs Adam. Bill Rafferty And if thats the case, then Gene Rayburn and Match Game are still relevant. She also decorated and perked up a few TV movies -- The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979), Gridlock (1980), Pray TV (1980) -- and the full length features a few films Teen Witch (1989), My Mom's a Werewolf (1989) and Ghoulies Go to College (1990). Roddy McDowall Jayne Kennedy Eugene Jeljenic is how I was born in Chicago several years ago. Joe Alaskey Anne-Marie Johnson Penny Marshall Patrick O'Neal Theyve got staying power.. Fairchild Archive/Penske Media/Shutterstock. Charlie McCarthy Martha Smith Dionne Warwick According to Adam Nedeff, game show historian and author of the biography The Matchless Gene Rayburn, it wasnt a happy childhood for Gene: He always referred to his mother as Crazy Mary, and his recollection was his stepfather was sort of a path of least resistance kind of guy. Vidal Sassoon Marty Allen Pat Musick S Kenan Thompson Add a Comment. Bruce Vilanch Carlo Imperato She is well known to TV game show audiences as a semi-regular panelist on the classic game show Match Game in the 1970s and as the host of The All-New Dating Game for one season from 1986-1987. The novel is told in both past and present tense by the characters Ninny Threadgoode (past) and Evelyn Couch (present) and focuses on the town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, circa the 1920s and 1930s. Angela Cartwright They didnt get the raise, but they made their point anyway.. So that, the investments and the fact he hadnt been working steadily in a while all took a toll., Right to the end, Gene, who enjoyed his involvement with various game shows and the success they brought him, also felt frustrated that he was never able to achieve success as an actor. Bob Crane Gail Sheldon The 60s version of March Game that ran on NBC from 1962 to 1969 featured a lot of celebrity guests, explained A. Ashley Hoff, author of Match Game 101: A Backstage History of Match Game, ranging from bona-fide movie stars like Gloria Swanson, Lauren Bacall, and Joan Fontaine to Broadway director Abe Burrows; a young Liza Minelli did the show with Dustin Hoffman just before he hit it big with The Graduate. Semi-Regular Panelist: 19671968; 19731982, Episode: "Love and the Bachelor Party" (S 3:Ep 78), Episode: "The New Original Wonder Woman" (Pilot), Episode: "The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog" (S 2:Ep 22), Episode: "The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score" (S 6:Ep 20), Episode: "Father of the Bride/The Best Man/Members of the Wedding" (S 9:Ep 10), Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year, Fannie Flagg & Bill Cullen guest star (S 1:Ep 22), Fannie Flagg & Wayne Rogers guest star (S 2:Ep 47), This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 15:55. From the Collection of A. Ashley Hoff In Closer 's exclusive profile of Gene, game show historian and Gene's biographer, Adam Nedeff, detailed that Match Game ended its first run on NBC in. Dana Fleming Tom Wiggin James Avery Charles continued acting, appearing in movies and TV shows (including The X-files and The Drew Carey Show). John de Lancie Lipschitz on Silk Stalkings: Joyce Bulifant: Actor: Daphne Maxwell Reid Robert Walden Noted the Democrat and Chronicle in 1950, The latest attempt to popularize a network disc jockey show is being made through a zany pair known as Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch. Alan Arkin Roger Smith Visit the ABC Shop for Match Game merchandise. See Her Beautiful Bikini Photos, Having Fun at the Beach! Joe Garagiola On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. She had many uphill battles in both life and career, over the past three-and-a-half decades, but the carrot-cropped comedienne with the ever-toothy smile remained optimistic to this end.Born on November 1, 1942, the eldest of three born to an Iowa general storeowner, Marcia endured a troubled childhood (alcoholism, physical abuse). As a teen, she entered the Miss Alabama pageant, where she won a scholarship to a local acting school for one year. June Allyson Peter Lind Hayes Jack Cassidy Selma Diamond William Christopher 2 comments. Encouraged by her father, Flagg became interested in writing and performing at an early age, writing her first stage play when she was only 10 years old. She was a Girl Guides Brownie, as a child. Bobby Vinton Fern Fitzgerald Cynthia O'Neal Judy Tenuta His name was Dick DeBartolo and Dicks actual job was that he was a writer for MAD magazine, but he took on the job at Match Game. Lauren-Marie Taylor Michael Lembeck Sandy Baron (as Mr. Sandy Baron) Ann Elder Second, he makes an interesting stylistic change to the set. Nancy Lane Chuck Woolery I believe in activity. [5], She has also written Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle-Stop Caf Cookbook (1993), Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! Jesse Welles And it worked fabulously., That version of Match Game ran until 1979 on CBS and then enjoyed three more years in first-run syndication. Edie Adams (Miss Television) jordcx 1 min. 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