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What I'm reviewing is the first half hour of an "All-Star Family Feud" special. The casts of the TV series showcased here were that of "The Ropers" (Norman Fell, Audra Lindley, Patty McCormack, Jeffrey Tambor, Lois Areno-listed as Lois Hamilton here in IMDb) vs. "Angie" (Donna Pescow, Debralee Scott, Robert Hays, Sharon Spelman, Doris Roberts). Both were short-lived though since both those and "Family Feud" were ABC programs, this was corporate synergy at work. Anyway, host Richard Dawson mentions that the day-November 4-this show is being taped happened to be the birthday of one Will Rogers. Later on, we find out it's also that of Ms. Roberts. During the survey question rounds when Richard asks "What ruins a vacation?", Robert replies "ants" which gets a big laugh, results in a strike, and gets some mileage during the rest of the game. Of the "Ropers" cast, Jeffrey is pretty hilarious when going to the board and mentioning forgetting his name. While that cast did pretty well, it's that of "Angie" that gets on Fast Money with Debralee going on first and doing very well. Robert's answers aren't as good but he manages to get past 200 points on the fourth reply. Before I finish, isn't it fascinating to see these actors from these early short-lived series before or after their more well known work. I mean, Ms. McCormack was previously in The Bad Seed, ditto Ms. Scott in "Welcome Back, Kotter" and Ms. Pescow in Saturday Night Fever, and Fell and Ms. Lindley had played Stanley and Helen Roper on "Three's Company" before their spin-off. After "Angie", Robert starred in perhaps my favorite movie comedy Airplane!, Ms. Scott was in the Police Academy movies, and Ms. Roberts went on to "Remington Steele" and, most memorably, "Everybody Loves Raymond". Of "The Ropers" cast, Jeffrey Tambor would eventually be in two iconic series: "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Arrested Development". Okay, so like I said, this was the first part of a prime time "All-Star Family Feud" special. I'm now going to watch the next part with "The Waltons" and "The Dukes of Hazzard" casts on YouTube...

What I'm reviewing here is the second part of an "All-Star Family Feud" special of which the first part featured the casts of "The Ropers" vs. that of "Angie". The "Angie" cast won Fast Money. Now it's "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach, Sorrell Booke, Denver Pyle, James Best) vs. "The Waltons" (Judy Norton-Taylor, Jon Walmsley, Mary McDonough, Kami Cotler, Eric Scott). When Richard Dawson goes to Catherine, he mentions them doing a special together and when he goes to Sorrell, he mentions the time they were both doing "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (Yes, you read that right. There was another Van Dyke show with the word "new" added to the title. Didn't last long.) Anyway, another fine game resulted here. Oh, and I liked when Sorrell and Mary went to the board and blew kisses to each other before Richard asked his survey question. And how about when Jon planted one on the host himself! LOL! On Fast Money, Catherine did so great, Tom managed to get to 200 points on his second answer. Now, "The Dukes of Hazzard" go head-to-head with "Angie". I'm gonna watch that third part on YouTube right now...

Here it is! The third and last part of an "All-Star Family Feud" special. In the first part, it was "The Ropers" vs. "Angie" with the latter cast making it to Fast Money. In the second part, it was "The Dukes of Hazzard" vs. "The Waltons" with the former making it to Fast Money. Now, "Angie" and "The Dukes" go head-to-head with just this one survey question: "Name a superstition". Among the replies that got a strike-Catherine Bach's "breaking a mirror" (Yeah, I couldn't believe it either) and James Best's "whistling in the dressing room" (Richard Dawson explains to the audience this is one for actors like him). Anyway, those Dukes strike out so the answer Angie herself, Donna Pescow, gives is enough to once again go to Fast Money. Debralee Scott is once again first with Robert Hays picked for second. But something wonderful happens. Ms. Scott reaches past 200 points by herself with only the first of her replies not being the No. 1 answer. She's so excited she kisses Richard constantly (which she had been doing the whole show)! She also mentioned how happy her mother was also kissing Richard, uh, going to the show. And so as the show closes, before presenting the trophies to the "Angie" cast, Richard tells Debralee that she's only the fourth person-and the first celebrity-to get 200 on FM. With all that said, I have to say, I'm so glad to have finally seen and reviewed an entire hour-long episode of the "All-Star Family Feud" even with the three separate entries listed here on IMDb. I've just had such a good time watching and writing these comments on what I now know is my favorite game show of all time. So on that note, watch this space for more further reviews of episodes of "Family Feud"...