Grandma On Hollywood Squares 1978

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James Sarantis

8 жыл бұрын

Our grandma Genise who won over 25k in cash and prizes back in 1978.

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@SueDNim 3 жыл бұрын

What a sweet and charming lady. What a wonderful grandmother. What a fantastic player!

@jamessarantis7796 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. She passed away at 95 in 1995. My mom is 90 now. She passed down an incredible spaghetti sauce from Italy and my wife continues to make it.

@SueDNim 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 That's a sweet story about the spaghetti sauce. I wish I could taste it. All the best to you and your mom and your family.

@siddharthsen7035 Жыл бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 recipe please 😅🙏🏻

@D...M...A... 4 ай бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 Recipe please...

@galileocan 8 жыл бұрын

She seemed like a wonderful person. So glad she won big and so glad you had her in your lives until she was 95. Nice!

@jamessarantis7796 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Zach. Good to know. She died in 1995 at the age of 95. Her spaghetti was amazing.

@zacheryalderton5737 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace

@5610winston 4 жыл бұрын

She was a grand lady in the very best sense of the word.

@briandelaney9710 3 жыл бұрын

She seemed so delightful!!!

@jimwilgus9575 8 жыл бұрын

This is landmark...the contestant from Buffalo is priceless - just precious.

@annamaria7417 3 жыл бұрын

Nonna is killing it

@azzorroww 8 жыл бұрын

The Italian grandmother is a real sweet heart everyone would want to be related to her rest well wonderful lady and enjoy heavens gardens.

@jackbusby9602 3 жыл бұрын

Vincent Price was horribly terrifying. He was absolutely hilarious. He was a perfect gentleman. He was an individual unmatched by anyone before him or since. He TRULY was a ONE and ONLY!

@spinandmarty 3 жыл бұрын

met him at a Halloween screening when i was in college. He Was a perfect gentlemen in person- and and impeccably dressed as well.

@Maggie22002 2 жыл бұрын

@@spinandmarty Yes, I’ve read an article some years back on the British actor, David Warner, & he Is a big fan of Vincent Price. David said he met him at a dinner party. He said Vincent was a very nice man & they discussed cooking.

@maddipinney6084 Жыл бұрын

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@patttyannhudson 5 ай бұрын

All of the commercials about washing cooking and cleaning ugh that was the 70s my mom had none of those special things just 5 kids once my dad brought home a avocado green dish washer a I believe a refrigerator where he got those things and back then we didn't ask I do know that my mom was,so happy for once in her life 😊 😊😊😊

@XMLarry 8 жыл бұрын

I fell in love with your grandmother from the first minute. What a wonderful, perky, outgoing personality she had!

@DmPmRr1959 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I'd had a grandmother like her!

@kaydee8265 3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful grandmother. A gracious lady

@heidigolden9572 4 жыл бұрын

Your grandma was a beautiful woman!

@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 3 жыл бұрын

I sure miss this show!!!!

@pattibrooks1907 5 жыл бұрын

Loved that show made me laugh !! I loved Paul Lynde have not seen the video yet but have seen almost every eposode I stayed home from school so much from bullying so saw almost every show even grade Jr High High School !! As young adult loved it too !! Loved Paul Lynde s humor love humor !!

@manofmanyinterests 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful episodes!! She was adorable!!

@jennifernichols9468 Жыл бұрын

It's wonderful you shared this with us

@TheEggplantThatAteChicago 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us: very enjoyable. Glad to read she lived to a ripe old age.

@michellepost3098 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this game as a child and teenager during late 1960s through 1970s. The only two decades of my life when I knew most of the current stars. Vincent Price was handsome. Always liked his movies.

@martinsorenson1055 4 жыл бұрын

The last opponent, Bob, was a gentleman!

@Irish_Ian17 3 жыл бұрын

To get applause from the Esteemed Vincent Price, Your Grandmother was truly a brilliant, Vibrant, and amazing individual. I wish I could have met her! She seems to have the kind of energy that would brighten anyone's day.

@Mollyweasley2 2 ай бұрын

What a delight! I love your grandmother, Im sorry I missed her cooking. And : thanks for the advertisements! A blast from the past.

@jamessarantis7796 8 жыл бұрын

True. Great ensemble back in e day. Can't say Frankie was the sharpest tool in the shed however. Lol

@jackrobinson5974 4 жыл бұрын

Neither was Priscilla Barnes or Paul Williams. He thinks he's funny but not at all.

@BeliaLastes 2 жыл бұрын

She reminded me of my Nona fun loving and sweet personality so cool you have good memories and of this moment of her as a contestant on Hollywood Squares ❤️

@florenced.kennedy-uribe735 5 жыл бұрын

It's great to watch the show...its wonderful to see how down to earth everyone was in the 60's and 70's, and so Funny!!!

@jamessarantis7796 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Classic stuff.

@meyerj75 4 жыл бұрын

The Peter Marshall Hollywood Squares doesn't get better than that. I watched all the others: HS paired with Match Game, the John Davidson, and Berger what's his face versions. None have the magic than the original which is the real deal.

@lesleystarwars2709 7 жыл бұрын

A proper display of manners by the young man who stood up as the sweet grandma exited. Well done, sir.

@zoesmybaby 3 жыл бұрын

wow, I had forgotten about stuff like that

@NEPatriot 3 жыл бұрын

Your grandma reminds me of my grandma (rest her soul). Her third day on 'Squares....what a haul...wins the Secret Square and then hits $5000 cash. She had the stars wrapped around her finger. And that Dicker and Dicker fur jacket...a near must wear in Buffalo...where Squares was seen on WGR-TV (Now WGRZ) channel 2.

@manofmanyinterests 3 жыл бұрын

1:02:45 I have NEVER heard Paul Lynde EVER laugh so spontaneously!!!!!!

@johanbrand8601 2 жыл бұрын

That has me breaking up every time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@aimeereal5122 4 ай бұрын

How nice you have this great memory of her. ❤

@jonathantaylor3586 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed watching your grandmother play.

@LisaMarie51968 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely the kind of Mother, or Grandmother we would all be blessed to Have. ❤️

@lynnwilliams8295 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how I found this video but I’m glad I did. Your grandma was so precious. You can tell she was a sweet soul. I was 9 when this was on. When I get down or depressed I watch these old shows and it brings me to a happier time. Thanks for posting.

@lesleystarwars2709 7 жыл бұрын

this was such a super nice show. The grandmother was a lovely and angelic lady, and it was so good to see everyone helping her out as much as they could. I had a grandmother just like her, and mine lived to be ninety-seven years old. God bless them both in heaven.

@namj8145 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm from Buffalo! Glad to see Buffalo's Best being represented back in the 70s!

@psalm37v4 3 жыл бұрын

What a sweet lady. Thank you for sharing these episodes!

@loki6253 4 жыл бұрын

Makes me feel 10 again and home from school for whatever reason. Our household always loved game shows, and my girl scout leader had that trans am in baby blue....

@hifrommike2120 3 жыл бұрын

She didn't miss a trick, and showed class and old world charm.

@jehobden 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I hope your grandmother got to keep most of her winnings after paying taxes. It's much harder to keep merchandise when you have to sell a lot of it for tax purposes. I loved watching this as a kid, but it was a lot harder to find and not carried on as many NBC stations after NBC moved it out of its original timeslot of 11:30 ET/10:30 CT, where it spent almost its first 10 years on NBC Daytime.

@Saskinny 4 жыл бұрын

My great grandmother was born on 1901 and lived to 1998. They were an amazing generation that are no longer with us sadly. Great video! I loved Hollywood Squares!

@peggybachler5952 3 жыл бұрын

she was so precious - so glad she won all that

@Joemurph10 6 жыл бұрын

What a charming woman! Thank you so much for sharing and bringing back memories of better days! I'm sorry to say we'll never see television like that again.

@boeingpilot7002 3 жыл бұрын

59:37 The show got the James Bond martini question wrong. Peter Marshall said, "stirred slightly, and not shaken", but it was always "a vodka martini, shaken, not stirred".

@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd 5 ай бұрын

Well I just got finished watching The Price Is Right million dollar spectacular--the last one with the late Bob Barker from 2007!!--Now I,m looking at Classic daytime Hollywood Squares with Peter Marshall.

@jamessarantis7796 8 жыл бұрын

True. It was actually an affiliate for Calgary Canada where my dad taped it. Not sure if they still do get Spokane channels but that's where they got their US channels. As for my grandma, she grew up in Buffalo but was living in Toronto for the last 50 or 60 years of her life. I guess since it was made for US audiences they wanted to have her be "from" Buffalo.

@jehobden 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed the LITTLE WOMEN promo listed a MTZ airtime of 9 PM. I guess a bit of the Spokane tv market ran into parts of Idaho SE of there that are in Mountain Time.

@higgy04 Жыл бұрын

Calgary still receives Spokane TV stations on Shaw. Only KSPS (PBS) is the only Spokane station available on Telus where everything else comes from Seattle.

@annamaria7417 3 жыл бұрын

Nonna! How cool. I hope she has Buona Fortuna!

@earthelder2065 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this!!! Thank you !!!

@jamessarantis7796 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciate that.

@briandelaney9710 3 жыл бұрын

Delightful Nonna!

@Maazzzo 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the post, this was very enjoyable. Thanks for uploading. Hope you have good memories of her.

@MichaelSimmons. 6 жыл бұрын

At 59:30, Hollywood Squares did it again. They turned the question/answer around, and had it wrong. James Bond liked his martinis shaken, not stirred. It's surprising how many times they did this over the years.

@BobShay 5 ай бұрын

The commercials reflect a kinder and gentler time...

@cami42874 4 жыл бұрын

The grandmother is something

@user-ww5qj7oj4r 2 ай бұрын

By the Hollywood Squares is supposed to come back to tv next year in 2025!!--I hope the producers/writers & whoever will watch ALL CLIPS FROM PETER MARSHALL JOHN DAVIDSON AND TOM BERGERON,S SHOWS!!--INCLUDING THESE CLIPS OF MS.ANITA GENISE,S BIG MOMENT ON THE ORIGINAL HOLLYWOOD SQUARES!! ONCE AGAIN RIP!! ANITA GENISE(1900-1995) THE WORLD LOVES & MISSES YOU!!❤🎉😊

@PatrioticPirate 3 жыл бұрын

GET IT ALL, MOMMA! Get. It. ALL!

@gilwood7530 6 жыл бұрын

That is so cool that shes your Grandma. She is sweet.

@ryanhall4745 3 жыл бұрын

all old tv and movies should be a requirement for all. respect, manners, humor, sex and entertainment. as it should be

@hmmmmmmmmm2 7 жыл бұрын

Your grandmother was just charming. Also, at the end, did you notice that even the other contestant stood as a lady rose? Pretty impressive.

@madenabennett 5 жыл бұрын

I watched a man today walk around his wife on the passenger side and NOT open the door... I thought what a schmuck... half a second to make his woman feel like a lady....

@Barbe 4 жыл бұрын

@@madenabennett When women brow beat the men over chivalry, that's what you're left with.

@elisemiller13 Жыл бұрын

@@Barbe No disagree, it's more like the boys father's and other role models have not taught them manners & how to treat the present and future mothers (imo)

@FerintoshFarmsPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

What a vibrant woman

@jonathantaylor3586 7 ай бұрын

You're grandma is so cute.

@gedias1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, but this is probably one of the biggest total winning totals in the 1970s for a game show contestant.

@elisemiller13 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Fun and sharp as a tack still was your grandmother. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video James Sarantis

@jamessarantis7796 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. She lived for another 17 years and was still exactly like you saw her there.

@elisemiller13 Жыл бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 Such a treasure, that's beautiful! Well being to you and yours!

@MarshalTennerWinter 4 жыл бұрын

Original commercials. Nice!

@jehobden Жыл бұрын

30:58 - Mel Stewart (Henry Jefferson from ALL IN THE FAMILY) in the Coast commercial

@LogoMan7777 7 жыл бұрын

RIP William Christopher.

@Wheeloffortunefan999 8 жыл бұрын

somehow, i knew that when charlene said she had won $53 in cash i KNEW that it was actually the $5,000

@Tre404 3 жыл бұрын

Geez, Paul Williams is high as HELL!

@LittleBlueOwl318 8 ай бұрын

Ikr?! LOL - He was a gem.

@peggybachler5952 3 жыл бұрын

I love how that young man stood up for the lady - such manners!

@pardyhardly Жыл бұрын

This is not the first grandma to be on the Squares. They had some previous grandmas on the show over the years as well.

@kevindoran9271 8 жыл бұрын

You could tell that Grandma really touched Marshall and the celebs!

@jamessarantis7796 8 жыл бұрын

Ya, I think they were really on her side. Gave her a lot of hints...lol

@mcribs7811 5 ай бұрын

Can you add a little backstory on how you guys were able to tape this when it aired as VCR’s were very expensive (I’m sure the prize money didn’t hurt) but the fact that you have this as it aired is awesome! The ads are fantastic and your grandmother was a really good player. This must’ve made for hours of stories when she got home from these tapings.

@jchow5966 9 ай бұрын

Fun to see VP.

@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd 8 ай бұрын

I just got finished watching an old 1977 episode of The Electric Company!! It,s too bad they never made The Electric Company Squares with Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader Hattie Winston as Valerie the librarian-Jimmy Boyd as J.Arthur Crank-Skip Hinnett as Fargo North Decoder Judy Grubart as Jennifer of the jungle Rita Moreno as Otto the angry director Luis Avalos as Pedro with regulars Rose Marie and Paul Lynde in the center square.

@quizmaster85 6 ай бұрын

Paul's hilarious reaction to the answer (at 1:02:44) about a nun's preferred gift - Priceless 🤣 Possibly the most honest laugh Paul did in the entire series' run.

@dianedizayee5211 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Marshall is very handsome here.

@anndroid2421 7 жыл бұрын

Paul Williams was weird.

@dannyhill8797 6 жыл бұрын

ya think?!?......

@jasonbeard7551 6 жыл бұрын

He was plastered throughout the 1970's. If you think he was weird HERE, then you haven't seen ANYTHING yet!! There is an episode of 'The Gong Show' on youtube in which he is drunk, and it shows.

@yankee2666 6 жыл бұрын

He was also brilliant. But you couldn't make mention of that, could you.

@epaddon 5 жыл бұрын

He wasn't brilliant on this day. He is so bad the NBC people don't even think he's worth giving canned laughter for his pathetic attempts at "humor".

@meyerj75 4 жыл бұрын

So was he on the Muppet Show. Kermit promises that he would be the tall one on the show but found out he was ambushed once the monsters came on stage.

@sexysergeant123 3 жыл бұрын

I wish someone would do a channel on game show contestants, where are they now? Especially the Newlywed game.

@jamessarantis7796 3 жыл бұрын

Actually my grandma passed away in 1995 at the age of 95. The guy that beat her commented on this video.

@sexysergeant123 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 omg that’s awesome!! This was a perfect time, I could rattle off so many things that remind me of this show and I’m sure when I get to Heaven, after I greet my late husband and other family members, I’ll meet your grandma and say, “your grandson said I should see you for spaghetti and meatballs.💗😉

@deborahshallin5843 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful show especially from a family member. Thank you so much for posting this video. Loved the old commercials as well. By the way what happened with that beautiful coat?

@jamessarantis7796 4 жыл бұрын

Actually she gave it to my mom. I don't remember her wearing it so I think she probably sold it.

@RepentfollowJesus 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 wow, it would have come in handy in Toronto.

@nopenotgonna175 3 жыл бұрын

She won a PAIR of Pontiac Trans Ams? Move over, Little Old Lady from Pasadena!

@gilwood7530 4 жыл бұрын

Shes adorable

@georgemaster689 3 жыл бұрын

A daytime HS show.Good to see!

@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd 8 ай бұрын

AS A LIFETIME FAN OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD SQUARES WITH PETER MARSHALL--I.M GLAD A FEW FROM THE DAYTIME SHOW HAD BEEN SAVED!! SADLY MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN DESTROYED!! ESPECIALLY THIS ONE WITH CONTESTANT ANITA GENISE(1900-1995).

@jamessarantis7796 8 ай бұрын

Agreed. I wonder how many of these classic shows they did destroy

@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd 8 ай бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 PROBABLY AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED MAYBE CLOSE TO A THOUSAND!! YOUR GRANDMOTHER GOD REST HER SOUL GOT TO BE ON THE CLASSIC SQUARES AS A CONTESTANT WINNING $21,000--$13,600 IN SECRET SQUARE PRIZES PLUS AN EXTRA BONUS OF $5,000 AS WELL.AS $1,400 FOR THE GAMES SHE WON. BEING I WAS ONLY 6 GOING ON 7 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS AIRED!!--BEING I WAS LIVING IN THE TWIN CITIES MPLS.ST.PAUL MN BEFORE MOVING TO BALTIMORE IN 1981 AT AGE 9-& BEING MY PARENTS KEPT ME OUT OF SCHOOL UNTIL I WAS 8 YEARS OLD-I WOULD SLEEP LATE SOMETIMES & MISS THE DAYTIME SQUARES BUT I WOULD ALWAYS WATCH THE NIGHTTIME SYNDICATED SQUARES!!--WHEN I FINALLY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF--AFTER THE DAYTIME SQUARES WAS GONE!!--I STILL WATCHED IT ON NIGHTTIME!!

@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd 8 ай бұрын

@@jamessarantis7796 HOWEVER IF I WERE THE HOST & PRODUCER I WOULD HAVE MADE SURE TO GIVE YOUR GRANDMOTHER A NEW CAR 🚙 AS WELL EVEN IF SHE DIDN,T WIN 5 MATCHES!! THAT,S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY OTHER THEN THE JOHN DAVIDSON & TOM BERGERON VERSIONS SQUARES WEREN,T TOO BAD!!--STILL LOVE THE GAME ITSELF BUT NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL PETER MARSHALL VERSION!! SAME WAY WITH LET,S MAKE A DEAL & THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!--WAYNE BRADY WITH DEAL & DREW CAREY WITH PRICE ARE COOL!!--BUT STILL NOT THE SAME WITHOUT MONTY HALL (1921-2017) & RECENTLY BOB BARKER 12-12-1923-8-26-2023 PASSED AWAY AT 99!! MY PRAYERS GO TO THE MASTER OF THE SQUARES PETER MARSHALL AT 97 YEARS OF AGE!!

@quizmaster85 6 жыл бұрын

1:20 - Technically this question applied to the end of America's involvement in the Second World War, even though the combat of the war ended one year earlier.

@thebrinx9632 3 жыл бұрын

@11:22 Paul Williams or John Denver or ....Cousin Oliver? (Granny was absolutely fantastic on the show btw...a wonderful lady)

@freddiemontanez8461 2 жыл бұрын

I knew it .it was Felix the cat. That was my favorite carton.

@randyw.9916 4 ай бұрын

Contestants in game shows today win tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. This show would never make it today.

@tinamarie86 Жыл бұрын

I'm not gonna lie, I wish I could see the episodes in full (I do understand that that may be impossible, but I one can wish)

@marvinmeeker5331 5 жыл бұрын

Today, Miss Manners would surely say to find out if the guy is in a relationship with his roomy before going out.

@gphell33 3 жыл бұрын

Wait a few years and the question would be good for Priscilla Barnes when she is on Three’s Company

@ToniHunterOne 4 жыл бұрын

Aw, how nice! She looks like a sweet lady.

@BlueLineGroovy 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew the movie “Grease” was originally Rated R. .. hmm never too old to learn.

@jehobden 3 жыл бұрын

It was "Saturday Night Fever" that was originally rated R and recut to be PG early in 1979. I saw "Grease" when it came out summer 1978, and it was PG then, and I remember seeing the "G" rating displayed in the theater at some point, maybe a trailer for a different movie.

@disneyfan81 8 жыл бұрын

Your grandmother sounded an awful lot like Hermoine Gingold ("Gigi").

@bainsey89 8 жыл бұрын

Loved this show in my childhood. I later married a girl named Rizzo, and learned what Frankie Valli did at 54:19 wasn't nice!

@MsJanetLouise 4 жыл бұрын

What did it mean ?

@williamanthony9090 4 жыл бұрын

@@MsJanetLouise -It basically means F-Off. A lot of people on here complaining about Paul Williams, but Frankie is behaving as if he's being forced to appear on the show against his will.

@cherylcampbell9369 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamanthony9090 yes. He is not enjoyable at all!

@epaddon 8 жыл бұрын

We can only wonder why George's zinger about the orchestra with 86 year old players got censored!

@bobxoneill 3 жыл бұрын

Do any of the show prizes live on with the grandkids?

@jamessarantis7796 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, not that I know of. My mom got a fur coat but I don't even know what happened to that.

@jehobden 3 жыл бұрын

Promo for the legendarily awful SUPERTRAIN at 28:16

@rubywingo6030 5 жыл бұрын

Was Paul Williams stoned??

@nicholassassatelli1359 4 жыл бұрын

Vincent Price was great!

@MrGabeanator 4 жыл бұрын

nice

@joefagan6244 6 жыл бұрын

Before miss o contestant a lady won 5 matches $2000 $25000 in cash and a new 1979 trans am.

@jimleads8619 2 жыл бұрын

Priscilla had a sweet brown eye

@MrRemark21 8 жыл бұрын

NBC Daytime - In two weeks from that week, staring Monday, March 5, 1979, after cancelling "Jeopardy!", the five-month ill-fated daytime version, schedule: MORNING 9:00 am P/M/C; 10:00 am E Card Sharks (g) 9:30 am P/M/C/; 10:30 am E All-Star Secrets (g) 10:00 am P/M/C; 11:00 am E (New) High Rollers (g) [Mon. March 19, 1979, the words "The New" were eliminated from this title.] 10:30 am P/M/C; 11:30 am E Wheel of Fortune (g) 11:00 am P/M/C; 12:00 noon E *Password Plus (g) 11:30 am P/M/C; 12:30 pm E *Hollywood Squares (g) AFTERNOON 12:00 noon P/M/C; 1:00 pm E *Days of our Lives (so) 1:00 1:00 pm P/M/C; 2:00 pm E *Doctors (so) 1:30 pm P/M/C; 2:30 pm E *Another World (so) 1:30

@jehobden 4 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen in Mountain Time Zone TV Guides, they usually carried game shows at the same time as Eastern & Central Time Zones, so the MTZ schedule would start at 8 AM MT or tape that hour & show it later if a morning show like TODAY or GOOD MORNING AMERICA was carried 7 - 9 AM MT, same local time as ET & CT.

@kenyattasimpson8468 Жыл бұрын

Terri from 3s company was a square in 1978

@mcribs7811 5 ай бұрын

It’s now known that unfortunately when Paul Williams was doing these shows that he was obviously using heavily. In the documentary I had seen about a year ago he doesn’t even watch these because it’s too hurtful for him knowing that he was using at the time. Knowing that it’s also really easy to spot.