+69zenos1 Actually, Lynde by this point was the center square on the daytime version. Buddy Hackett was I believe the center square for all episodes of the one season of the NBC Prime Time version that aired in 1968.
Good catch. Indeed it is a 67. 68 added marker lights visible from the sides: turn signal-markers on the front corners, and arrowheads on the rear quarters.
Most winners would exchange the trips for their cash value. Remember that these prizes are taxed, so if you accept a trip you must pony up the tax money for it, as well as any other prizes that you take home.
I watched Hollywood Squares during it's entire run and Wally Cox was one of the most intelligent celebrities on the show. Vincent Price and Charley Weaver as well.
That had to be the most incredible day in that girl's life. Engaged that morning then wins a trip around the world for her honeymoon and a host of other valuable prizes. And she's the only contestant I've seen personally to get every single answer right except the last one. I'll bet she looks back at that time in her life with extra fond memories.
Wow - if that young lady got married the following year...and her marriage survived, she would be married 46 years. What a story to tell the kids and grandkids about the day she got engaged.
That Game got me started on the Hollywood Squares Syndication in the 1970s at first I didn't understand it but the more I Watch I decided to become part of the Trivia world
This episode I watched from May of 1968 was very good episode I can tell you that that one contestant really got engaged right before the show it tells me that that was a way for her to get some presents on the way out and clean her car around the world and the piano to go with it. Now That's what I call wedding gifts from Hollywood squares. A trip around the world, a 1968 Pontiac firebird, and a piano for $600 that's close enough to $8,000 or more back then. I think with the 68 firebird she drove it for a while and then she had to get rid of it nearly the mid-70s because it was getting old. But that's what happens when you win an automobile from Hollywood squares!
My wife applied for personal assistant to ZaZa having been Hal Holbrook's assistant for yrs. But ZaZa was so cheap my wife turned her down.🤣. Thank God cause she got a job at Sony Pictures in the Script developmentt Dept. doing films like The Last Emporer and Sex,Lies and Videotapes.
Wow this show is 53 yrs old. 1968, I came to USA June 1, 1968 . That is lady is lucky winning .all those prices on her engagement day. Her fiance is lucky guy. Happy for them.
in my comparison between Buddy Hackett and Paul Lynde as the Center Square, Paul Lynde is better than Buddy Hackett or any of those center squares after he left.
Damn! This show was swinging as hell! I really like this theme song, I like the famous one from 1969-79 or ‘80 a lot more but the stars were great and Peter Marshall was one of the coolest game show host!
I just noticed something interesting. These 1968 camera angles seem to be different from those of later years, at least as far as the middle and top tiers were concerned. I noticed that when Wally Cox was answering the question about lightning strikes, the camera was aimed UP at his square, as if the camera was on the studio floor. Later on, no matter on what tier the star is, the angle always looked LEVEL, as though the camera was on some sort of scaffolding, or a camera boom.
Peter messed up his explanation of the question, perhaps causing Zsa Zsa to get it wrong. In his explanation he said, "It wasn't Volgograd then, was it Leningrad, Stalingrad...?" It is of course the other way around. It was Stalingrad then, Volvograd in 1968. Zsa Zsa, thinking it out, realized -- correctly -- that there was no Stalingrad in 1968, (Stalin having been posthomously purged in the mid-50s) and searched for another answer. Peter may have been flustered by 1) an incorrectly spelled question; 2) Zsa Zsa's problems with English.
This is hard to believe that this is 50 years old. Jan Murray was nice unlike Zsa Zsa to make it easy for the contestant to win the Secret Square. He made a great difference to her life.
Cool to watch these shows from the late 1960s, specially when I was barely out of dippers at the time and now I am almost 60. The shows look like they could have been made in the 1980s.
One of the rare times Paul Lynde was on Hollywood Square, but is NOT the center square. Also notable is Rose Marie is not in this particular show either.
May of 1968 I was just about to graduate grammar school, and I had just started studying karate. Can you believe it? Not to mention, the girl just started taking piano lessons.
Wow, Priscilla was smoking hot. And the reason she looks and sounds so good is that she was a drama student at San Diego State. So she was used to being in front of an audience, and was pretty good at it. She also appeared on another game/talent show in 1968 called Your All-American College Show, hosted by Dennis James. Info courtesy of the Times-Advocate in Escondido, CA.
Sure. This was years after her greatest film role in the "Queen Of Outer Space," but right around the time she did, "Picture Mommy Dead." She even had a cameo on "Nightmare On Elm Street 3." Truthfully, I'm not at all sure what real claim to fame Zaa Zaa ever had! 😄
Buddy Hackett would become too good for the show later on that by 1974, he left the show to become a regular panelist on Celebrity Sweepstakes. He died on the Fourth of July, 2003, another dark year.
Peter totally screwed up the question about Volgograd and Stalingrad. Zsa Zsa really goofed the answer. During WWII Stalingrad became the turning point of the war. After Stalin died it was changed to Volgograd.
Yes ! A lot of people don't know that Peter's real life sisters was actress Joanne Dru. She was not only quite pretty but quite talented ("Red River", "All the King's Men", etc).
Notice that the theme music is a precursor to the Bob and Merrill's Theme that most of us recognize from 1969-1979. It's similar, but (and maybe because I don't remember the pre-'69 one because it is so similar) I have to say I prefer the classic used from 1969-1979.
I tried looking her up in San Diego newspaper archives, but could find nothing on an engagement or marriage. I did discover she was a drama student at the time at San Diego State.
This is quite different without Paul lynde as the center square. I've read alot of comments berating Buddy Hackett, I think he's so wacky that it puts off lots of people, I used to feel like that but I've since changed my mind
WHAT THE....? Paul Lynde is NOT the center square (?) WOW!
He hadn't earned it yet. This was a brand new show at this point.
+69zenos1 Actually, Lynde by this point was the center square on the daytime version. Buddy Hackett was I believe the center square for all episodes of the one season of the NBC Prime Time version that aired in 1968.
In an interview on Carson he said he was intimidated at the early stages.
He moved to center square in Oct 68 ..so it was later this year.
Love Paul Lynde
Today Peter Marshall turned 98 and he's still kickin'.Happy Birthday!!
Is anyone else binge watching this game show? I’ve been watching for hours.
Check out ClassicTVondvd.com.You can order the DVDs of this.
IRONHEAD
Yes, I am binge watching "The Hollywood Squares". ✌️
Great show. ❤️
Imagine winning that red 68 Firebird convertable today - would be one of the hottest cars on the road!
May 2020, just checked wiki to see when Mr. Peter Marshall died, guess what, he's still around! 94 god bless him.
He’ll be 95 soon. Born March 30, 1926. His real name is Ralph Pierre LaCock
He is 96 years old. He is still alive, his son David passed away last year from covid.
I always thought he was kin to Penny Marshall they favored each other
97 and still kicking in April 2023.
A brand new 1968 Firebird convertible? Awesome!
The bird shown is a 67 model
Good catch. Indeed it is a 67. 68 added marker lights visible from the sides: turn signal-markers on the front corners, and arrowheads on the rear quarters.
Wally Cox-the voice of Underdog!!!
Wally Cox-Mister Peepers.
I was wondering why he was in all of these.
David Lewis Exactly, my favorite childhood cartoon
I forgot Wally was Underdog. There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here!
And Marlon Brando's best friend. Their friendship went all the way back to when they were struggling actors in New York.
Love how you could win a trip around the world and a firebird with true or false questions. Those were the days :)
Most winners would exchange the trips for their cash value. Remember that these prizes are taxed, so if you accept a trip you must pony up the tax money for it, as well as any other prizes that you take home.
I watched Hollywood Squares during it's entire run and Wally Cox was one of the most intelligent celebrities on the show. Vincent Price and Charley Weaver as well.
I heartily concur !!
Loved Paul Lynde ! He made me laugh Wally Cox Charlie weaver too !
That had to be the most incredible day in that girl's life. Engaged that morning then wins a trip around the world for her honeymoon and a host of other valuable prizes. And she's the only contestant I've seen personally to get every single answer right except the last one. I'll bet she looks back at that time in her life with extra fond memories.
Where can she be now; over 50 years later?
Loved Paul Lynde ! He was funny
Great to see Kaye Ballard.
I really like the early years. Too bad most of the tapes are gone for good from those years.
Wow - if that young lady got married the following year...and her marriage survived, she would be married 46 years. What a story to tell the kids and grandkids about the day she got engaged.
And this year would mark her 50th wedding anniversary.
AND she could prove it with this video!!
It would be interesting to know if she is still married.
That 1968 Firebird convertible they were giving away would probably exceed the budget for the show and a few of the stars salaries today...
Now that's funny . I was yelling at the computer "I'll buy it now CASH"
Damn!! Really that 🔥 Firebird is that expensive..WOW !
That Game got me started on the Hollywood Squares Syndication in the 1970s at first I didn't understand it but the more I Watch I decided to become part of the Trivia world
What great fashions. Really Glamorous time to be in show biz
There's no need to fear, Wally Cox is here!
A.K.A. Wunderdog!!!
Hahaha! Underdog is here!
@@brentobrien4702 UNDERdog!
Mister Peepers. He also had an excellent supporting role in the film, "Fate Is The Hunter."
I miss them all. Thanks for sharing.
Bring this show back! 2019
Wow! That young lady that got engaged that morning really cleaned up! Good for her!
I keep waiting to hear "Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills"🤓
Tabatha Sheffroth How about Speigel Chicago,60609?
Paul lynde was the best on there
Damn, Abby Dalton was gorgeous.
Yes, Abby was very pretty. However, in my opinion, Zsa Zsa Gabor was the most gorgeous Hollywood Square!
Add Joan Rivers and you have some competition.
She was indeed one hot babe in her day !!
This episode I watched from May of 1968 was very good episode I can tell you that that one contestant really got engaged right before the show it tells me that that was a way for her to get some presents on the way out and clean her car around the world and the piano to go with it. Now That's what I call wedding gifts from Hollywood squares. A trip around the world, a 1968 Pontiac firebird, and a piano for $600 that's close enough to $8,000 or more back then. I think with the 68 firebird she drove it for a while and then she had to get rid of it nearly the mid-70s because it was getting old. But that's what happens when you win an automobile from Hollywood squares!
Thanks for uploading this bodacious "blast from the past" ! That contestant Priscilla was quite a lovely young lady !
Wally Cox (aka Underdog) was a very witty person.
(aka) Mr. Peepers...
@@williamanthony9090 And that Twilight Zone episode about Agnes, the female computer.
I was overseas when this funny episode aired. Glad to see it now.
My wife applied for personal assistant to ZaZa having been Hal Holbrook's assistant for yrs. But ZaZa was so cheap my wife turned her down.🤣. Thank God cause she got a job at Sony Pictures in the Script developmentt Dept. doing films like The Last Emporer and Sex,Lies and Videotapes.
Turned out well for your wife ! I had to settle for being personal assistant to Doodles Weaver....
Wow this show is 53 yrs old. 1968, I came to USA June 1, 1968 . That is lady is lucky winning .all those prices on her engagement day. Her fiance is lucky guy. Happy for them.
Wow I was 4yrs old in May 1968 when this episode aired 😊
I was born in May of 1968 when this aired 😊👍
@@alaricabercrombie2692 I turned 23 that year. You're just a baby.
in my comparison between Buddy Hackett and Paul Lynde as the Center Square, Paul Lynde is better than Buddy Hackett or any of those center squares after he left.
Damn! This show was swinging as hell! I really like this theme song, I like the famous one from 1969-79 or ‘80 a lot more but the stars were great and Peter Marshall was one of the coolest game show host!
So glad she won she played well, and probably did need a cool car AND a piano! :)
Never disagree with Charley Weaver!
I just noticed something interesting. These 1968 camera angles seem to be different from those of later years, at least as far as the middle and top tiers were concerned. I noticed that when Wally Cox was answering the question about lightning strikes, the camera was aimed UP at his square, as if the camera was on the studio floor. Later on, no matter on what tier the star is, the angle always looked LEVEL, as though the camera was on some sort of scaffolding, or a camera boom.
wannawatchu66 NBC still used the bulky RCA vacuum tube cameras they'd used for at least 10 years to that point.
Probably an RCA TK41. Around 300 lbs.
Zsa Zsa Gabor! ♡♡♡
***** It was his fault and how funny! Love Zsa Zsa!
. ⚡ anyone who slaps a cop should be tazed ⚡
Paul brought class to the center square.
Peter messed up his explanation of the question, perhaps causing Zsa Zsa to get it wrong. In his explanation he said, "It wasn't Volgograd then, was it Leningrad, Stalingrad...?" It is of course the other way around. It was Stalingrad then, Volvograd in 1968.
Zsa Zsa, thinking it out, realized -- correctly -- that there was no Stalingrad in 1968, (Stalin having been posthomously purged in the mid-50s) and searched for another answer.
Peter may have been flustered by 1) an incorrectly spelled question; 2) Zsa Zsa's problems with English.
Alan Stewart, I totally agree.
Lots of mistakes by this show's writers, over the years.
This is hard to believe that this is 50 years old. Jan Murray was nice unlike Zsa Zsa to make it easy for the contestant to win the Secret Square. He made a great difference to her life.
What memories the game show.
Cool to watch these shows from the late 1960s, specially when I was barely out of dippers at the time and now I am almost 60. The shows look like they could have been made in the 1980s.
The Hollywood Squares premiered today (January 12) on NBC in 1968.
i forgot that Paul wasn't always the center square.
This primetime episode was aired on May 31, 1968 JTLYK Ken.
One of the rare times Paul Lynde was on Hollywood Square, but is NOT the center square.
Also notable is Rose Marie is not in this particular show either.
May of 1968 I was just about to graduate grammar school, and I had just started studying karate. Can you believe it? Not to mention, the girl just started taking piano lessons.
I was already finished with college. I'm old.
I liked mr greenes song of ringo made me cry at the end ,and i loved bonaza
That self centered question is very objective.
Wow, Priscilla was smoking hot. And the reason she looks and sounds so good is that she was a drama student at San Diego State. So she was used to being in front of an audience, and was pretty good at it. She also appeared on another game/talent show in 1968 called Your All-American College Show, hosted by Dennis James. Info courtesy of the Times-Advocate in Escondido, CA.
Paul Lyndes meter maid joke was very good
Good ol' 2" quad videotape.
They never let female celebrities sit on the corners. I always noticed that as a kid.
Hackett has some serious Moe Howard hair going on here.
Buddy probably borrowed Moe's bowl for the haircut....
68 Firebird!
Abby Dalton was such a Babe!
She was no Hope Emerson but Abby was indeed strictly from hubbahubbasville ! Married at one time to bandleader Xavier Cugat.
Forget the TWA trip. I'll take the Firebird.
Funny talent ... not like today
Zsa Zsa Gabor was around back then too.
+Patrick McCarron She'll be 99 in February.
Sure. This was years after her greatest film role in the "Queen Of Outer Space," but right around the time she did, "Picture Mommy Dead." She even had a cameo on "Nightmare On Elm Street 3." Truthfully, I'm not at all sure what real claim to fame Zaa Zaa ever had! 😄
0:45 Wow, I haven't thought about Kay Ballard in 40 years!
Same with Abby Dalton.
At the time of this posting, both Kaye Ballard and Abby Dalton are still alive in their 90s.
25:13 - This has been a Merrill Heather/Bill Quigley Production.
Buddy Hackett would become too good for the show later on that by 1974, he left the show to become a regular panelist on Celebrity Sweepstakes. He died on the Fourth of July, 2003, another dark year.
51 yrs old damn .
Abby Dalton! Geez, what's her deal? Wish more of these people were like Lorne G. Paul Lynde is the perfect balance of funny and answer the question.
Dang, Paul sure was a cutie
He Paul Lynde was awesomley Funny
Pete is 97 still going strong
First time I've seen Paul Lynde not be the center square.
It’s rare to hear the pre-1969 theme song.
I never noticed what a rude jerk Buddy Hackett was.
I was never a fan of his. Came on way too strong.
0:46 kany Ballard has removed the elbows
Buddy Hackett...brilliantly funny guy - great character - very colorful.
0:44 why does Wally Cox do that weird hang gesture when he's called upon on the Hollywood squares?
I wasn't even born yet!!
My Three Sons ;)
Peter totally screwed up the question about Volgograd and Stalingrad. Zsa Zsa really goofed the answer. During WWII Stalingrad became the turning point of the war. After Stalin died it was changed to Volgograd.
The writers of these questions made lots of mistakes over the years.
Paul lynde Templeton and Vincent price as ratigan
8:45 I think they gave Jan Murray Paul Lynde's question.
buddy hacket is so annoying......
His humor isn't for everyone.
I like him. He is an old soul.
His humor would have been tolerable if he limited it to his turn, but he kept interrupting other people, including the host.
@@ApartmentKing66 Too much deliberate, overdone "Oy Vey" type "humor". He should have given it a rest once in a while. Not funny then or now.
You can really see Peter's resemblance to his sister Joanne when he's young and sans glasses.
Yes ! A lot of people don't know that Peter's real life sisters was actress Joanne Dru. She was not only quite pretty but quite talented ("Red River", "All the King's Men", etc).
...I wonder if she still has that piano.
Do you have the episode with Abe Vigoda and Dom Deluise? From 1978
Kinda wish I did but don't. Sorry.
David's mother was not Bathsheba. Her name was Nitzevet. How did they ever get any of these questions right before the internet??
Firebird is worth 25k. Today.
Damn, Zsa Zsa just wouldn't shut up! I'm surprised she didnt slap Peter for saying something!
Only if she were drinking.
The Quaker oats man was on Hollywood sqaures
His name was Cliff Arquette and was the grandfather of David, Rosanna, and Patricia Arquette.
Notice that the theme music is a precursor to the Bob and Merrill's Theme that most of us recognize from 1969-1979. It's similar, but (and maybe because I don't remember the pre-'69 one because it is so similar) I have to say I prefer the classic used from 1969-1979.
52 yrs old contests are probably 70 pllus yrs old if still alive
Yep Peter, she was cute as hell (what a day!). :D
The male contestant resembles an adult Michael J Fox.
Peter Marshall always shakes the hand of the male contestants, but never the female. Wonder if shes still married.
I tried looking her up in San Diego newspaper archives, but could find nothing on an engagement or marriage. I did discover she was a drama student at the time at San Diego State.
If Richard Dawson was the host, he'd have kissed all the female contestants.
Buddy knows his Torah.
Those Gabor ladies are FINE.🥰
That made up quite a dowry!
Abbie Dalton was not the swiftest panelist.
Now, I know that, on top of all his awards/accolades, Tom Hanks is third-cousin, four times removed, of Abraham Lincoln. Thanks, HS!
Not all he is known for nowadays.
Yes, Lincoln's mother's name was Hanks.
I wonder if the contestant Priscilla is still married?
Add 50 years to a 32 year old and tell me you are still interested!
She is still gorgeous, I'm her sister.
How is she doing?
married? how about alive....
Tina Real thankyou for speaking up like a wonderful sister would!
Is that Priscilla’s *** real hair** or a fall?
8:00 Charley- very funny
This is quite different without Paul lynde as the center square. I've read alot of comments berating Buddy Hackett, I think he's so wacky that it puts off lots of people, I used to feel like that but I've since changed my mind