Matchmaker
Encyclopedia
A matchmaker is a person who engages in matchmaking
, sometimes as a profession.
Matchmaker or The Matchmaker may refer to:
Matchmaking
Matchmaking is any process of matching two people for the purpose of marriage or a sporting contest.-Practice:In some cultures, the role of the matchmaker was and is quite professionalized...
, sometimes as a profession.
Matchmaker or The Matchmaker may refer to:
- Matchmaker (game show)Matchmaker (game show)Matchmaker was a dating show that aired in syndication from September 14, 1987 to September 1988. The host was radio legend Dave Hull. Comedian Jimmie Walker hosted for one week of shows.-Gameplay:...
, a late-80's dating show - Matchmaker (TV series)Matchmaker (TV series)Matchmaker is a Canadian reality dating television series which airs every day on Slice. It was hosted by Andrew Anthony until 2007, and is now hosted by Paul Raposo.Each episode is about a matchmaker who sets a single friend up on a date...
, a Canadian reality dating television series - "Matchmaker" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2005 episode of the situation comedy How I Met Your Mother
- Matchmaker, a play by John B. KeaneJohn B. KeaneJohn Brendan Keane was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist from Listowel, County Kerry.-Life and career:...
- "Matchmaker", a song from the musical Fiddler On the RoofFiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
- The MatchmakerThe MatchmakerThe Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder.The play has a long and colorful history. John Oxenford's 1835 one-act farce A Day Well Spent had been extended into a full-length play entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in 1842...
, a play by Thornton Wilder - The Matchmaker (film)The Matchmaker (film)The Matchmaker is a 1958 American comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes is based on the 1955 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder.-Plot:...
, a 1958 film starring Shirley Booth - "The Matchmaker" (Frasier), a 1994 episode of the situation comedy Frasier
- The MatchMaker (1997 film)The MatchMaker (1997 film)The MatchMaker is a 1997 film comedy film set in Ireland.-Plot:Marcy Tizzard is assistant to Senator John McGlory from Boston, Massachusetts...
, a 1997 film starring Janeane Garofalo
See also
- Matchmaker.comMatchmaker.comMatchmaker.com is an internet dating service. It was founded in 1986, making it the oldest of the current online dating sites. From 2000 to January 2006, it was run by Lycos...
, an internet dating service - MatchmakersMatchmakersMatchmakers are an elongated chocolate confectionery product made by Nestlé. Thin, twig-like and brittle, they were first launched in 1968 by Rowntree's and were just one third of the length they are now...
, an elongate confectionary snack