The all time classic was when Peter asked Phyllis Diller “ What is the one thing that most woman would want on a deserted island, and Phyllis says “Batteries”

I was sick as a dog for several weeks back in my Junior High School years in those days. I watched Hollywood Squares daily for guaranteed laughs! I even wrote to Peter Marshall to express my enjoyment and he was so nice to write back! I wish I still had that letter. What a wonderful man.

For any wondering what it was that Japanese brides actually shaved, it was their eyebrows. The practice is called hikimayu (引眉).

Paul Lynde's comment on Kissinger, "negotiating for peace/piece" aired. My father fell on the floor laughing so hard, I was afraid he'd have a stroke.

Peter Marshall: "It is the most abused and neglected part of your body" Paul Lynde: "Hey, it may be abused, but it's certainly not neglected!"

Peter Marshall: "True or false: a pea can last five hundred years." George Gobel: "Sometimes it seems like it."

We watched HS as a family. There might be talking as the show aired, but when Paul Lynde’s was called an immediate hush fell over the room....you just knew something funny was on the way. He always delivered!

Paul Lynde has to be the all-time underrated comedian. He was so funny.

I love how this was a time when someone could use Inherit the Wind as a punchline and the audience would get it. Awesome show.

These are GOLD! I was a kid when this show was on, and most of the jokes were over my head but my parents almost died laughing.

Yes, they actually aired. This was one of the funniest shows on TV at the time.

I used to watch this if I was sick and had to stay home from school. I learned more from these shows than school.

It is customary when a man falls off of a ship to call out "man overboard!". What do you call out when a woman falls overboard? Paul Lynde: "Full speed ahead!".

"...I had one recovered in Zebra once." Flawless timing, effortless delivery. Redd Foxx...priceless!

RIP, Paul Lynde, Charlie Weaver (Cliff Arquette),Marty Allen,Redd Foxx and Florence Henderson.

When Paul was asked what do you call the Rio Grand river when it enters Mexico he said a washing machine. That tore me up

Charley Weaver was asked: "How high do you have to be to jump out of a Plane" His reply was "3 days of steady drinking should do it"

NOBODY gave a shit about the game, we watched it for the jokes!

Charlie Weaver’s question: “According to Car & Driver magazine, what’s the hardest thing to pass.” Charlie’s answer: “A prune pit.’ The guy was priceless

That show was wild. If you were young you did not understand the hidden meanings until you were older. Thank You for sharing.

Back when people read, and authors got on TV, I did a book tour, and our studio was next to Hollywood Squares. I shared their dressing room. To my pleasant surprise, the stars were genuinely involved with the game, and backstage fretted over blowing questions that they thought too hard. I also discovered that sitting behind the host where TV cameras couldn't see, but the stars could, were gag writers holding up cue cards with the suggested funny reply. Host would ask a question, they'd look behind him, and if they saw a truly funny answer they would try to get picked, to deliver that line. I seem to remember that Paul Lynde alone had his own private gag writer but I'm not sure, it's long ago. Only other thing I learned that day was Peter Falk was actually handsome, despite the eye. They made him down for Columbo.

"A girl from New Jersey" always puts a smile on my face when I hear that x'D

So funny and Peter Marshall was fantastic. "On the whole I would say" ...now that's just too good. Thank you for this upload.

"on the whole I would say..." has got to be the best Freudian slip ever.

Hollywood Squares was great! So much comedic talent but Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Riley were the sharpest! They filmed a week of episodes in a day and usually went out for lunch and drinks, then went back to finish the day with a nice buzz, it showed! ;)

It's wierd how all these people are forever encapsulated by this video. It's like they are forever young

"Hey Cullugan Man!" :D

“Negotiating for peace/piece” one of THE greatest comebacks in HS history

"How many guys are playing" LMAO

Paul Lynde, the master of quick wit. RIP.

I am so happy and blessed to have been born in 1962. I have lived through the greatest entertainment that man will ever produce.

OMFG this video gives me life. Too bad back then I was too young to appreciate all of the adult humor. 😂

Paul was the funniest person I can ever remember...Uncanny ability to make even the most stubborn people laugh..R.I.P. Paul..

I remember watching that show back in the 70's. Hilarious stuff! For daytime television, they got away with so much that wouldn't be aired today, but that was the style of humour back then. Comedians really had to 'think' quickly. They didn't just rely on the same old schtick all the time. Sure, the audiences expected them to use their Go-To lines, but they could ad-lib better than what we see most of the time today.

*this was so much better than daytime TV today, with the countless judge courtroom shows*

Right before Superman II was released; Peter: Paul, does Superman makes love to Lois Lane in the new Superman movie? Paul: Well at least she is going to find out if he is faster than a speeding bullet. 😉

Man, I really miss the good old days when there were real comedians on TV.

I miss those days

I'm old enough to remember watching this as a kid, and all these are pretty "light" compared to the ones that I can remember. Good times back then...

In the last 40 years....we've traded our entire sense of humor in, and put a giant trigger in it's place! I sure wish we could trade back.

Paul Lynde always had some great one liners!

Paul Lynde coming out of the closet was about the same public reaction as Rosie O'Donnell coming out of the closet: "Yeah.. and?"

I just recently discovered the Paul Lynn show.......friggin' funny! Love it! Loved shows from the 50's-70's! 💕💕💕

I remember watching that episode where he replies “How many guys are playing?”

The best one I can remember and cannot find is when Peter Marshall asked Paul Lynde "Why do butchers pound meat" Paul responded with "Because they are lonely" They literally canceled the rest of the show because everyone was laughing so hard. This is what made the show great all adlib and not censors.

OMGosh, Paul Lynne is toooo funny.

Wow....can you believe there was a time when we weren't so fucking uptight and scared to offend someone...

The writers for this show were great. They supplied the questions AND the responses.

Ole Red Fox I use to sneak when I was little and play my dad's old LPs of his comedy shows he was one of the best.

Classic stuff. You would never see this kind of show today. The few seconds required to think about and understand these lines is longer than the average attention span.

I never ever get tired of watching these clips

Whatever happened to good old-fashioned fun with double entendres you know what I'm saying

Loved this show it was as funny as Match Game plus the celebs back then had charisma and weren't a bunch of nobodies like they are today.

I think they all aired. It was a wonderful show. Great clips, great memories.

I miss my grandparents. This was their era. The best people and all of their friends, too. They always laughed together. I'd just sit quietly and watch. 💕

I recall everyone of these celebrities back in the 60's and 70's. I miss Florence Henderson! RIP to all these funny people on the show no longer with us!

So many of these great comedians are gone now. So sad.

Paul Lynde was a comic genius.

I LOVED this show so much, I knew I would be laughing every night. Oh and if I stayed up late, I got Johnny Carson as well. No late night host has what Johnny had, he was the best.

Now those are bygone days, when we were still able all to laugh together without offense. What's most saddening is the knowledge that we could have that all again if we really wanted it😖😞💔

Yes, these aired. Hollywood Squares always had answers like these, especially from Paul Lynde and Red Foxx. :)

Thanks so much for this. Brought back the good ole days for awhile.

I remember Paul Lynde being asked “do female frogs croak?” Paul replied “They do if you hold their little heads underwater. “

I loved seeing McClean Stevenson, he was a really funny guy.

They are no shows like this today. I used to have to watch this game show all the time because my dad liked it.

Paul Lynde was hilarious on Hollywood Squares!!

Florence Henderson was real pretty back then! Her hair had a modern look compared to other ladies at that time

The days when TV wasn't all PC, and was hilariously funny. I loved watching Hollywood Squares when I was home sick from school. Those were the days!

Ahhhhh. Now those were the days. So honored to have been alive then. Such a sorry state the world is in now.

I lost it at "On the whole..."

Loved that show. Always made me laugh out loud, for real!

To quote Archie Bunker, Those were the days. People understood humor. Everyone didn't get offended by everything. Miss those days.

Paul Lynde was so ahead of his time!!

No these aren't outtakes these are the actual answers. They were supposed to say comedic lines before giving their real answers. It was a great show.

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Always loved this show. Some of these comeback lines are pure gold. My only surprise when watching this clip was to see how truly funny and witty John Davidson is. Almost fell out when he said, "Well, on the whole..."

Charlie weavers real last name was arquette.David and rosanna arquettes grandfather

Hilarious people who also happened to be super talented people. Love this video.

Man this show was the best ever back in the day.........

I'm old enough to remember that show while it was on the air, and some of those I saw as a child

Paul Lynde was brilliant - and his timing perfect.

Now this is funny i dont like any current tv it SUCKS! This is gold ;)

As a youngin' back then...I used to watch & love when Paul Lynde was the center square...he was great in Bewitched too...and as Templeton the Rat in Charlotte's Web....as most, i miss my childhood...thanks for uploading this :) .....I have to say though, John Davidson's response to the question about a Japanese bride is my Favourite of this clip....I'm sure 99% of it went by my innocent mind back then, but no more than half nowadays

Omg, that was freaking hilarious 😂😂😂 I knew everyone except the guy before Florence Henderson.

0:54 His facial expression looked like he knew how he was going to answer the question before it was even asked.

When this was on tv in the 1960s it aired at 11 am most kids were in school and didn’t see much of this.

Innuendo was HUGE then, because we couldn't say the actual words. I really miss that sometimes. There's a lot to be said for letting people fill in the blanks with their imagination. It's how we keep creativity and wit alive. I loved this show, cuz my parents had a wicked sense of humor, so it felt like home.

If only they kept the tapes from this show.....a whole new generation could appreciate what real comedy is.

Red Foxx; "I had one covered in zebra". dead on baby!

One of my favorite Paul Lynde answers was when he was asked what it means when a boy scout is given a Merritt badge insignia of a pair of boots with wings. He replied, "It's an award for kicking an owl." haha

Ah humor. I remember humor. Actually it happens to be lifes greatest coping mechanism.

I used to love this show!🤣 I remember stuff like this DID air back in the day....flew right over my head then!🤣🤣

I loved watching this while growing up, but more than once I put my mother on the spot asking why certain jokes were so funny!!

It's funny to see John Davidson as a celebrity guest when he would go on to host the show in later years.

Peter Marshall: True or false, people's ears swell during sex? Paul Lynde: Well, if they do, you're doing it wrong.

“You bet your sweet bippy” it aired!!! Ah, the days when most everyone had thick skin and could take a joke.

They were all so quick with the snappy comebacks, that can't be easy to do.

That was a great show with the funniest people ever.

The 1970s were so uncomplicated and open. This type of sophistication 45 years later. Now, this is either "too dirty" or "not PC." What we need is another show like this again to help out the stick outta our collective asses.

I grew up back when people were not so whipped that they boo hoo about everything like now. People today do not know how to laugh at themselves, instead they want to point fingers and say you hurt my feelings. What s bunch of small kitties we have become. EXCUSE ME I HAVE TO GO PUKE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this. This is when comedy was actually funny.