Like posted earlier, this show is basically an audition for future acting jobs:
Celebrities Who Did ‘Dating Game’ Before They Were Famous
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he looked on The Dating Game in 1973. ...
Farrah Fawcett. Farrah Fawcett on The Dating Game. ...
Tom Selleck. ...
Sally Field. ...
John Ritter. ...
Lindsay Wagner. ...
Richard Dawson. ...
Dusty Springfield.
I didn't realize they had a lesbo version back then.
Dusty Springfield was on the Dating Game in early 1968. She was famous long before that.