hollywood squares clips 3 from 1968 with Barbara Bain

[LepricahnsGold]

The reason 12 AM and 12 PM are the way they are is this: Technically, 12 PM (noon) is neither AM nor PM as it is M (M stands for meridiem or meridies which means 'midday' in Latin) and 12 AM (midnight) is both. But since 12:00:01PM (one second after noon) IS PM (post meridiem), noon is often designated PM, too. By extension, that makes midnight AM. Most people just say noon and midnight to avoid confusion.

[SirTragain]

5:14 At midnight it is Zero Hundred Hour which is AM not PM

[7855waldo]

Imagine, in 2010, ANY TV show asking anyone anywhere in any context who wrote a poem by Longfellow!

"Britney Spears, who...?"

"I know! That poem was written by Paris Hilton!"

[mbrand19971]

Dea\n Jones also did the Herbie films which was the Love Bug.

[dnm72863]

[Formerly dnm728]

Re: the midnight question - I usually use 12 N for noon and 12 M for midnight (just a personal observation - you can use whatever you wish).

[studio21tv]

I just love these shows from '68! Thanks!

[dnm728]

They sure zipped right along that night - six full games and a partial in one show.

I wonder what that bonus prize was...

[zenarcade64]

As to the question at 5:22 it's correct that midnight is 12 hours after midday so 12PM. Noon is 12 hours after midnight so 12AM, even though we usually use the reverse.

[lekoman]

@zenarcade64 midnight is actually 12 hours *before* the applicable 'midday', since 12:00 *starts* the day. Hollywood Squares got this incorrect.