Match This

I was watching The Match Game, a popular game show from the 70s. (It actually started in the 60s, but this rerun was the popular later version hosted by Gene Rayburn). In the money round, you're given a word and a blank to fill in to complete a phrase.  The trick today is to put your mind back to that era.  In other words, for Jerry _____ think Lewis, not Seinfeld.

For this round, the contestant needed to guess Walking _____.  She got to query three of the celebrities on the panel for help.  They gave her Walking Tall, Walking Stick and a third answer that sounded so bizarre to the audience that they booed.

Walking Tall, by the way, seemed like a great clue to the audience, and the contestant, since it was the name of a popular 1973 film.  It probably wouldn't play so well today.

So what were the three top answers, based on a poll of a previous studio audience?  Third was Walking My Baby Back Home, an old song that was popular in the 1950s, but is all but forgotten today. Second was Walking Stick.  First, sure enough, was Walking Tall.

And what was the ridiculous answer? Walking Dead.