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529:Match Game
515:Nedra Volz
507:Match Game
484:Match Game
448:Match Game
388:Match Game
377:Match Game
343:New Jersey
324:Match Game
317:Match Game
274:Jon Bauman
270:Match Game
252:Match Game
231:1984-07-27
221:1983-10-31
151:Production
100:Jon Bauman
95:Match Game
64:Match Game
40:Created by
879:Fremantle
831:as host.
801:as host.
711:Original
707:Aftermath
628:Pat Sajak
520:Mr. Smith
503:Sha Na Na
455:segment.
282:Gene Wood
280:segment.
116:Gene Wood
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1031:March 1,
641:Scrabble
612:Jay Leno
531:regular
156:Producer
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476:Pacific
472:Central
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351:Hoboken
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865:Reruns
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896:Buzzr
715:host
523:star
330:one.
311:Rules
247:panel
1194:IMDb
1143:2019
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1060:2019
1033:2022
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