Maybe if tv were funny like this again the networks wouldn't have such crap ratings now. Maybe if the cop shows had a little bit of true intrigue and the characters showed some kind of personal struggle to do what was right instead of just a huge ego trip people might actually want to watch. Instead of braindead sparkly vampires only airhead teenage girls can relate too.
the "hey Culligan Man" joke was used a few times. Sadly these days, they can't find any celebrities! That show used to have all top notch celebrities. Now, you are lucky to have even ONE celebrity out of the bunch. A typical "celebrity" on recent HollyWood Squares shows would be someone like "Susan Frakestern, who was the 2nd woman voted off the 3rd season of Big Brother 15 years ago"
ooooh yeeeah, they aired. That was when tv was funny not stupid like it has been for decades. I went without a tv for almost a whole year once. Even now I rarely watch it, it is soooo stupid. Even when something is good, they don't wait for it to collect an audience, they just drop it, stupid a**holes.
@nahpoli I agree, but there is one BIG difference. They were paid so little that they did not give a damn about what they said, and many of them were drunk during the tapings. Drunk people are funnier! On SNL, the funniest comedians were snorting coke.
@james1200 You got it completely backward. Uptight back then? The times in which we live now will be remembered as the most uptight period in our history. No one can take a joke, take themselves lightly or any such thing. Totally sad. Beam me back, Scotti
Never missed this show..guaranteed to make you laugh. Never could get enough of Paul Lynde. It is sad he couldn't come out back in those days. Like we all didn't know or something. Such great TV back then.
@Dan69WasTaken Ha! your dad's asshole won't miss my cock that is for sure!!! Oh wait we don't know that he is your dad!!!! Cuz your mom is a world class cum dumpster!!! So I hope you die SLOWLY of cancer!!! Ball cancer!!! but then what will your brother suck on all night?? OH well I will shit in his mouth when your dead!!!
"Reminds me of the Match Game. I swear Brett Somers & Charles Nelson Reilly were drunk at times."
That's because they often were. I saw in an old documentary about Match Game that they taped several episodes in a day and more often than not, they'd all be drunk off their asses by the end of the day. Anyway, thanks for the upload. This was a real crackup.
What bothers me about todays PC world. If you have a gathering of Comedians and your asking setting them up with questions that beg to be answered with a funny response. Why get all bent out of shape when they do what their profession demands from them.? See the bit with Robert Schimmel on H'Wood squares.
@Daisyno2 Charley Weaver was one of the funniest comedians of the 60s and 70s. I remember watching him on one show or another reading one of his "letters from Mama" -- and my grandparents and I were hysterical from his understated wit. I still remember his fabulous, hilarious tales of people and events of the mythical Mount Idy, Ohio. His humour was gentle but sharp at the same time; he poked fun at his fellow Americans without putting anyone down. I miss the great comedians.
I agree! Charley Weaver was one of the funniest guys on TV at the time. He did it with class without hurting anyone. Paul Lynde's zingers are legendary and leave me in stiches. The 70's was the best time for variety/music/sit-com type TV. By those very standards, TV today sucks terribly- all the way around!
That was a GREAT show! I remember growing up with it. Too bad everybody's so sue-happy, uptight, and politically-correct these days to enjoy true, REAL comedy. The networks are too afraid of lawsuits to let anything like this air anymore. :(
Actually Was Lin Tears LOL , I couldn't stop , FUNNYYYY !!! There's NOTHING like that , Today ! I never Missed one , If I could help it, PAUL LYND WAS , One of the Riots Laughs "( ALWAYS ) , I even had forgotten about John Davidson , He Took over the Bob Barker Spot after they tried to bring the Show Back in the 80s , but Non of the Old Gang Was Still around anymore , SHAME ! , GREAT MEMORIES AND GREAT FUN !!! Thanx , to whom ever posted this !
@downthestreetteam No, that is Mark Allen, a great comic who got his start in the start in the 1950s! He is a really funny man if you choose to look in to him more! And I must say Paul Lynde is also a great comedian. He played middle square for many years.
Oh no Bobby Sherman, he lived around the corner from my friend's house in Van Nuys and one Christmas Eve we went to his door and he and his parents came out to hear us sing Carols. Or is that John Davidson? They looked so much alike back then.
I used to love Cliff Arquette. I actually was in the audience for a couple of their shows, my dad used to get us tickets for various shows in Burbank like Truth or Consequences, etc., and my parents were contestants on TorC about 1962 with Bob Barker.
there were some times in the country when risque jokes were acceptable as folkes didn't thunk kids would understand. i don't think they would see things like that anymore. thus these jokes would be considered smut.
@timtaylor97044 Snipes? When did networks start displaying those annoying things? Last year I was in the US for several months after not having lived there since the early 1980s, and I found those snipe things made TV all but unwatchable - they take up a quarter of the screen! Everybody I asked said the things had been in use for as long as they could remember. It's as though network television is so bad now, they have to constantly tempt you with more crap to keep you from turning the channel.
I couldn't say for sure for this particular one, but it looks like pretty normal Hollywood Squares to me - they were very dirty-minded and raunchy 99 % of the time.
Paul Lynde was funny. The real question is, where the celebs given the questions in advance to write witty replies. I bet yes. If not, some of these guys were quick witted.
@clydelaz thx, so I was right. I wish they were just witty on the spot, but few can be. Pretty entertaining anyway. I think of chevy chase and will ferrell...funny in their element, but AWFUL off the cuff.
@CatapultYourMom Dear faggot: I watched the show as a kid. They did NOT say any such thing. They may have had it fly by in fine print, but who could possibly read that. Add to that the fact that you think wikipedia is the source of truth and reality, and it looks like you are an asshole who still rides the short bus. Feel free to go back to jerking it with your boyfriends...I have no further interest in what you have to say, m'kay?
@kenfo0 From Wikipedia: Although The Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers, often given by the stars prior to their "real" answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given question subjects and plausible incorrect ("bluff") answers prior to the show.
AAHHH, the 70s. Things were so much more fun, then. I cannot possibly remember specific outtakes, but I bet these did air. Things were so much more open then. Now, with the rise of the moral majority and their outrage over the turn society had taken, I bet this would not air today on regular TV. The entire video is a stitch!
They just don't make shows like this anymore. My all time favorite Paul Lynde classic was the question "Paul, you're having trouble sleeping. Are you a man or a woman?" And his response was "Well, what do you think has been keeping me up at night!" Good stuff.
There were also a few classics from Rose Marie, like when Marshall asked "In bowling, what's a perfect score" and Rose Marie responded "Ralph, the pin boy". One of my other Lynde favorites was a response to "In nudist camps, it's considered bad taste to discuss two subjects. One is politics, what's the other". Lynde's response "Tape measures". Classic.
I had the pleasure of meeting Gene Rayburn, the host for what seemed like ever. This show did more to stimulate my humor, inuendo, etc, and yes, most of those clips I saw I TV. Ah, the good old days when you could say "balls" but not "penis"... Thankfully we've come a long way...
I think this program was little more than a vehicle to showcase the comedic genius of the guests. I was too young to appreciate this show when it aired daily.
It's a shame that TV like this is no longer being made.
Mom and I used to watch this show when I was a teen. Yeah, this aired. The majority of it went over her head (thank goodness). If it hadn't, we wouldn't have watched it again.
@1964nickel I think they got away with a lot more in the 70's. The game shows were filled with double entendre. I think because it was new, the censors may not have known what to do.
@Jamdor78 I watched this show regulary in the 70s, there were double entendre's used most of the time, but the stuff in this was too much for the air back then. They did that sometimes, used answers primarily for the audience, then toned them down somewhat for the actual airing.Actually, Match Game got a way with a lot more than the Squares. Go figure.
@1964nickel Oh yeah - Match Game was bad. I used to watch it every day, probably because I knew that. Gene Rayburn loved that stuff, and they always had some pretty funny panelists. I was born in 60.
@1964nickel Well it may have not aired. But I know Redd Foxx's zinger about cars was featured on the "Zingers From The Hollywood Squares" record album.
@MrHamlet64 No they were given the zingers in advance, not the questions. Each celebrity had a sheet of paper with the zingers in the order to the questions that they'd be asked. Giving questions or answers would have verboten in the decade after the quiz show scandals.
To answer your question, they were most likely aired. This show and the Newlywed Game used to have lots of sexual innuendo jokes. Don't know how they ever made it past the censors, but I can remember them as a kid. The Newlywed Game was even raunchier. I remember one question in particular, "What was the strangest place you ever had sex?" (Meaning a PLACE, of course), and the woman answered, "Umm... in the butt".
@paktype I'm betting the zingers would never have seen the light of day on the NETWORK version, but don't forget the Syndicated version of HS; There was more than likely a good deal more leeway in permissiveness..
To answer the original question, that so many haven't, they did two shows for the studio audience, one that aired and one that did not. This one did not air. The censors of that day would never allow it.
Many don't know that Florence Henderson had and still does have an x rated sense of humor.
DA90027 5 days ago
whos the old man with the black hat?
princedastan87 3 weeks ago
One time, the king of Denmark was the queen of Norway
KWCline91 1 month ago
Maybe if tv were funny like this again the networks wouldn't have such crap ratings now. Maybe if the cop shows had a little bit of true intrigue and the characters showed some kind of personal struggle to do what was right instead of just a huge ego trip people might actually want to watch. Instead of braindead sparkly vampires only airhead teenage girls can relate too.
unholyimage 1 month ago
LOL Paul Lynde was such a bitch. ;P
DoloresHaze84 1 month ago
never laughed so hard. Thanks for posting !
mstrsims2 1 month ago
Thanks for the great laughs.
phaota 1 month ago
lol this is the hollywood squares I remember as a little kid, my parents had it on all the time.
Anglynn74 2 months ago
King Lear had what?
toopoable 2 months ago
the "hey Culligan Man" joke was used a few times. Sadly these days, they can't find any celebrities! That show used to have all top notch celebrities. Now, you are lucky to have even ONE celebrity out of the bunch. A typical "celebrity" on recent HollyWood Squares shows would be someone like "Susan Frakestern, who was the 2nd woman voted off the 3rd season of Big Brother 15 years ago"
AxeNewkill 2 months ago
@AxeNewkill hollywood squares is on these days? I thought it was off the air
ser132 2 months ago
ooooh yeeeah, they aired. That was when tv was funny not stupid like it has been for decades. I went without a tv for almost a whole year once. Even now I rarely watch it, it is soooo stupid. Even when something is good, they don't wait for it to collect an audience, they just drop it, stupid a**holes.
meezerlover1 3 months ago
Yes these aired, I remember some of them.
ZedAlfa273 3 months ago
God i miss that show. . .
jrf14032 3 months ago
@timtaylor97044 Isnt it amazing that they could get laughs without being so "OBVIOUS" like todays filthy so calld comics!!
nahpoli 3 months ago
@nahpoli I agree, but there is one BIG difference. They were paid so little that they did not give a damn about what they said, and many of them were drunk during the tapings. Drunk people are funnier! On SNL, the funniest comedians were snorting coke.
AxeNewkill 2 months ago
OMG.....back in the day and freakin hilarious
CaptNemo100 4 months ago
mrs brady has a potty mouth
loutenore33 4 months ago
2:29 He probably wants his Pecan Sandies.
TheLastBrainLeft 4 months ago
these aired--I remember the first Paul Lynde and the second Charley Weaver.
conradsdad 4 months ago
itt: nostalgic fight over 70s TV
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lifesuckedthenidied 5 months ago
"on the whole" A CLASSIC
ACNC1 5 months ago
OMG! Clearly people weren't as uptight as I figured back then...!
james1200 5 months ago
@james1200 You got it completely backward. Uptight back then? The times in which we live now will be remembered as the most uptight period in our history. No one can take a joke, take themselves lightly or any such thing. Totally sad. Beam me back, Scotti
fernmann7 5 months ago
Never missed this show..guaranteed to make you laugh. Never could get enough of Paul Lynde. It is sad he couldn't come out back in those days. Like we all didn't know or something. Such great TV back then.
vonlossberg 6 months ago 2
This show was never censored I remember watching it. It was Hysterical
lilgremlin7765 6 months ago
This was when TV was funny and no one had a stick up their ass!
drewditty 6 months ago 31
@drewditty shut up and die u old fuck
Dan69WasTaken 4 months ago
@Dan69WasTaken Shut the fuck up you or I'll cum in your mouth like I do your mother when she won't shut the fuck up!!!
drewditty 4 months ago
@drewditty wow ur like 80 and ur still saying ur mom jokes? lol the world wont miss u at all when u get cancer
Dan69WasTaken 4 months ago
@Dan69WasTaken Ha! your dad's asshole won't miss my cock that is for sure!!! Oh wait we don't know that he is your dad!!!! Cuz your mom is a world class cum dumpster!!! So I hope you die SLOWLY of cancer!!! Ball cancer!!! but then what will your brother suck on all night?? OH well I will shit in his mouth when your dead!!!
drewditty 4 months ago
@Dan69WasTaken What the fuck are you doing in Afghanistan?
drewditty 4 months ago
@drewditty killing americans
Dan69WasTaken 4 months ago
@Dan69WasTaken Bahahahahaha!!!!! I KNEW you were a fucking loser living in your whore mom's basement!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!! GOOD LUCK LOSER!!!!
drewditty 4 months ago
@drewditty u dont rly get out much do u
Dan69WasTaken 4 months ago
@drewditty Well, Paul Lynde might have but he was happy about it if he did.
tryithere 4 months ago
@tryithere Bahahahahhahaha!
drewditty 4 months ago
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"Reminds me of the Match Game. I swear Brett Somers & Charles Nelson Reilly were drunk at times."
That's because they often were. I saw in an old documentary about Match Game that they taped several episodes in a day and more often than not, they'd all be drunk off their asses by the end of the day. Anyway, thanks for the upload. This was a real crackup.
Thelazertagkid 7 months ago
What bothers me about todays PC world. If you have a gathering of Comedians and your asking setting them up with questions that beg to be answered with a funny response. Why get all bent out of shape when they do what their profession demands from them.? See the bit with Robert Schimmel on H'Wood squares.
stucat06 7 months ago
charley weaver....classic
Daisyno2 7 months ago 3
@Daisyno2 Charley Weaver was one of the funniest comedians of the 60s and 70s. I remember watching him on one show or another reading one of his "letters from Mama" -- and my grandparents and I were hysterical from his understated wit. I still remember his fabulous, hilarious tales of people and events of the mythical Mount Idy, Ohio. His humour was gentle but sharp at the same time; he poked fun at his fellow Americans without putting anyone down. I miss the great comedians.
KaptKan1 6 months ago
@KaptKan1
I agree! Charley Weaver was one of the funniest guys on TV at the time. He did it with class without hurting anyone. Paul Lynde's zingers are legendary and leave me in stiches. The 70's was the best time for variety/music/sit-com type TV. By those very standards, TV today sucks terribly- all the way around!
Kissrockguy 6 months ago 4
flourine?
seizetheweakened 7 months ago
yes these did air...I remember watching some of them LOL
carroll1956 7 months ago
That was a GREAT show! I remember growing up with it. Too bad everybody's so sue-happy, uptight, and politically-correct these days to enjoy true, REAL comedy. The networks are too afraid of lawsuits to let anything like this air anymore. :(
kelboswell 7 months ago 21
@kelboswell So true. TV was much funnier back then when they could let the humor fly.
phaota 1 month ago
@kelboswell I mean...not to take anything away from this but these are dick and fart jokes...networks air stuff like this all the time.
rbrezins 2 weeks ago
Actually Was Lin Tears LOL , I couldn't stop , FUNNYYYY !!! There's NOTHING like that , Today ! I never Missed one , If I could help it, PAUL LYND WAS , One of the Riots Laughs "( ALWAYS ) , I even had forgotten about John Davidson , He Took over the Bob Barker Spot after they tried to bring the Show Back in the 80s , but Non of the Old Gang Was Still around anymore , SHAME ! , GREAT MEMORIES AND GREAT FUN !!! Thanx , to whom ever posted this !
cseaavalosroger 7 months ago
@preachboy3
@downthestreetteam
Marty Allen
videobugaustin 7 months ago
yes it went on the air like that and no its not Donna's dad
rootallie 8 months ago
that was actually funny in all of its innocence
andrewcarden70 8 months ago
A time when a tall white guy actually had a leg up on the world.
iceman8067 8 months ago
is that Donna's dad from That 70's Show at 1:05???
downthestreetteam 8 months ago
@downthestreetteam No, that is Mark Allen, a great comic who got his start in the start in the 1950s! He is a really funny man if you choose to look in to him more! And I must say Paul Lynde is also a great comedian. He played middle square for many years.
preachboy3 8 months ago
"takes your...mind of your balls or...something"
lol
romanpr1nce 8 months ago
Oh no Bobby Sherman, he lived around the corner from my friend's house in Van Nuys and one Christmas Eve we went to his door and he and his parents came out to hear us sing Carols. Or is that John Davidson? They looked so much alike back then.
GrannyTenderstone 9 months ago
@GrannyTenderstone John Davidson is in this clip.
lilbittn 8 months ago
@lilbittn Thanks for sharing that!
GrannyTenderstone 8 months ago
@lilbittn Geez...i had forgotten all about that guy.
Keyo717 8 months ago
I used to love Cliff Arquette. I actually was in the audience for a couple of their shows, my dad used to get us tickets for various shows in Burbank like Truth or Consequences, etc., and my parents were contestants on TorC about 1962 with Bob Barker.
GrannyTenderstone 9 months ago
this is laugh out loud funny and I really appreciate that it's old and grainy video.
nthemuseurodenon 9 months ago
Way too funny!
maddogmcrae 9 months ago
fluoride? Great stuff!
OCSnowBoarder 10 months ago
I miss these old days!!
whatanightmare1 10 months ago 2
Hey, I just saw this same video posted by someone else. It said this video is an "outtakes"; so, no, it didn't air...
GeraldJeanNeal 10 months ago
0_0 OMG this is Funny!
CoolioRockstar 10 months ago
Is a guy ever too old to have his teeth straightened? "Well now, that would be my second choice." What quick thinking!
BoundaryShift 11 months ago
@BoundaryShift All these answers are pre-scripted.
gabsylv 10 months ago 3
@gabsylv
That is true
caddop22 10 months ago
That was hilarious. I was laughing so hard I was crying.
SierraLynn1512 11 months ago
Demond Wilson got a question about a bank loan, and Redd Foxx got a question about car theft, hmmm
giles422 11 months ago
Demond wilson got a question about a bank loan, and Redd Foxx got a question about car theft, hmmm
giles422 11 months ago
there were some times in the country when risque jokes were acceptable as folkes didn't thunk kids would understand. i don't think they would see things like that anymore. thus these jokes would be considered smut.
etrax2000 11 months ago
people say that paul lyn was very angry about life and quite nasty to fans and press
etrax2000 11 months ago
Damn, got Florence Henderson thinking about a hummer. I hereby volunteer.
bhkidd 11 months ago 4
@timtaylor97044 Snipes? When did networks start displaying those annoying things? Last year I was in the US for several months after not having lived there since the early 1980s, and I found those snipe things made TV all but unwatchable - they take up a quarter of the screen! Everybody I asked said the things had been in use for as long as they could remember. It's as though network television is so bad now, they have to constantly tempt you with more crap to keep you from turning the channel.
OpiumMuseum 11 months ago
on the whole i would say
peterfalahee 1 year ago 3
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This is why tv used to be great.
GrandFunker 1 year ago
Yes, these did air, I watched this show every weekday growing up.
lisahuskey 1 year ago 3
I couldn't say for sure for this particular one, but it looks like pretty normal Hollywood Squares to me - they were very dirty-minded and raunchy 99 % of the time.
finch6789 1 year ago 2
Oh Mrs. Brady!!!
trooperjoe73 1 year ago
Hey, Culligan Man!
trooperjoe73 1 year ago
I hope NBC does a 45th anniversary special(daytime)and a 40th anniversary(nighttime)special. I'd record it in a heartbeat.
269848 1 year ago
Humming takes your mind off your balls...or something. hahhaha
BlakeMason2 1 year ago 2
I could never determined which game show was stupider--Hollywood Squares or Match Game.
Having said that, these are funny.
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
I don't know about you, but one of my favorite Paul Lynde answers was
when Peter Marshall asked "When a man falls out of a boat you yell 'Man overboard!', what do you yell when a woman falls overboard?"
Paul: FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!
garamonde 1 year ago
Paul Lynde was funny. The real question is, where the celebs given the questions in advance to write witty replies. I bet yes. If not, some of these guys were quick witted.
kenfo0 1 year ago
@kenfo0 The credits at the end of the show said that celebrities may be briefed on possible answers to questions.
clydelaz 1 year ago
@clydelaz thx, so I was right. I wish they were just witty on the spot, but few can be. Pretty entertaining anyway. I think of chevy chase and will ferrell...funny in their element, but AWFUL off the cuff.
kenfo0 1 year ago
@kenfo0 Every episode they tell you that the Squares know the questions in advance.
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
@CatapultYourMom I watched it as a kid, and your statement is false.
kenfo0 1 year ago
@kenfo0 Say hi to your friends on the short bus for me, m'kay.
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
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@CatapultYourMom Dear faggot: I watched the show as a kid. They did NOT say any such thing. They may have had it fly by in fine print, but who could possibly read that. Add to that the fact that you think wikipedia is the source of truth and reality, and it looks like you are an asshole who still rides the short bus. Feel free to go back to jerking it with your boyfriends...I have no further interest in what you have to say, m'kay?
kenfo0 1 year ago
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@kenfo0 Do you suck your mom's dick with that mouth?
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
@kenfo0 Shhhh, he probably still thinks the Wikileaks guy is Intelligent and Innocent.
WhiteTiger225 1 year ago
@kenfo0 From Wikipedia: Although The Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers, often given by the stars prior to their "real" answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given question subjects and plausible incorrect ("bluff") answers prior to the show.
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
That last one, I think Florence Henderson needs to hum what she sang in those Polident Overnight commericals when she's golfing.
germanname1990 1 year ago
Man, these guys were sharp.
JoyGrenade 1 year ago
Well, I was a kid when this show used to be on TV. But I actually watched it all the time because they seemed to be having so much fun.
purity26 1 year ago
that was awesome and hilarious!!
ladyamerias 1 year ago
Yes, these did in fact air. I can't give you dates, of course, but I remember these! :-D
MysticalCeta 1 year ago
I love how they all laugh at their own jokes!
rinanina101 1 year ago
AAHHH, the 70s. Things were so much more fun, then. I cannot possibly remember specific outtakes, but I bet these did air. Things were so much more open then. Now, with the rise of the moral majority and their outrage over the turn society had taken, I bet this would not air today on regular TV. The entire video is a stitch!
berrymoore1 1 year ago
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deserthues 1 year ago
They just don't make shows like this anymore. My all time favorite Paul Lynde classic was the question "Paul, you're having trouble sleeping. Are you a man or a woman?" And his response was "Well, what do you think has been keeping me up at night!" Good stuff.
antonzap 1 year ago
Marty Allen is still alive (born 1922).
ddenuci 1 year ago
There were also a few classics from Rose Marie, like when Marshall asked "In bowling, what's a perfect score" and Rose Marie responded "Ralph, the pin boy". One of my other Lynde favorites was a response to "In nudist camps, it's considered bad taste to discuss two subjects. One is politics, what's the other". Lynde's response "Tape measures". Classic.
ddenuci 1 year ago
no pmg6portmeirion this was the real deal . i grew up with this i was born in 61 we would watch this weekday afternoons
jimkelly49 1 year ago
I had the pleasure of meeting Gene Rayburn, the host for what seemed like ever. This show did more to stimulate my humor, inuendo, etc, and yes, most of those clips I saw I TV. Ah, the good old days when you could say "balls" but not "penis"... Thankfully we've come a long way...
Bobdsb4 1 year ago
finland was and is a republic
Quex01 1 year ago
this is one of the dirtiest shows ever.
rawritsjazzy 1 year ago
I wouldn't doubt if some of these made it on the air. I remember watching this show and my jaw dropping at some of the double entendres I heard.
blkchk 1 year ago
King Lear had goneril?!?
NickInfante92 1 year ago
I think this program was little more than a vehicle to showcase the comedic genius of the guests. I was too young to appreciate this show when it aired daily.
It's a shame that TV like this is no longer being made.
dasmikey1964 1 year ago
This aired in September 1974, according to the CBS archives.
cooktree 1 year ago
@cooktree I actually saw the episode!! I remember it to this day--I was in stitches then and still am now, thanks to Youtube!
meow2u22 1 year ago
i love how he yells "Hey Culligan man!"
blunklaura 1 year ago
0:58 he should have said 'Gone With the Wind'
filmaddict818 1 year ago
@filmaddict818 Actually, Inherit the Wind makes more sense, since Jack took the beans, he inherited the wind.
scottof83 1 year ago
I believe these did air. I remember the "culligan man" response, and the culligan commercials stopped airing shortly after.
coomason5 1 year ago
I have no idea who any of these people are but damn it they cracked me up :D
misskitty345 1 year ago
guess im the only one that doesn't get this then.. /
.lol
TheHeavensReject 1 year ago
This is Too Funny!!!!!
Peter Marshall is Awesome!
CoolioRockstar 1 year ago
haha Tennis players make a lot more noise than just humming nowadays.
glimmer2158 1 year ago
Mom and I used to watch this show when I was a teen. Yeah, this aired. The majority of it went over her head (thank goodness). If it hadn't, we wouldn't have watched it again.
sm9847 1 year ago
Florence Henderson looks sexy
FitNationTv 1 year ago 27
@FitNationTv Yes, I'd love to be in the square on top of her. Or the one under her for that matter.
devtrev 10 months ago
@FitNationTv she IS!
mcleanartists 10 months ago
A time when everyone wasn 't so afraid of offending somebody! Today you can't even belch without pissinfg off some idiot somewhere.
spadesjim 1 year ago 3
Japanese bride shave the whole?
Oh alas... Japanese women do not seem to shave ANYTHING... although that may be a good thing for others.
tenchimuyo69 1 year ago
The John Davidson clip aired I know...
2009justincredible 1 year ago
It's but not as funny when you find out most of the answers were coached.
tryithere 1 year ago
I doubt it aired, this was the 70s after all. Sounds like they were all having fun, though.
1964nickel 1 year ago
@1964nickel I think they got away with a lot more in the 70's. The game shows were filled with double entendre. I think because it was new, the censors may not have known what to do.
Jamdor78 1 year ago
@Jamdor78 I watched this show regulary in the 70s, there were double entendre's used most of the time, but the stuff in this was too much for the air back then. They did that sometimes, used answers primarily for the audience, then toned them down somewhat for the actual airing.Actually, Match Game got a way with a lot more than the Squares. Go figure.
1964nickel 1 year ago
@1964nickel Oh yeah - Match Game was bad. I used to watch it every day, probably because I knew that. Gene Rayburn loved that stuff, and they always had some pretty funny panelists. I was born in 60.
Jamdor78 1 year ago
@1964nickel Well it may have not aired. But I know Redd Foxx's zinger about cars was featured on the "Zingers From The Hollywood Squares" record album.
disneyfan81 1 year ago
YOU FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
DoitForTheLolz1 1 year ago
Mrs Brady??????????????????????????
dadadruma 1 year ago
Film prints.
heine71 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Classic off-the-cuff humor. I don't care if the actors were spoon fed the answers in advance; their timing was impeccable.
Reminds me of the Match Game. I swear Brett Somers & Charles Nelson Reilly were drunk at times.
cohorn60 1 year ago
Classic off-the-cuff humor. I don't care if the actors were spoon fed the answers in advance. Their timing was impeccable.
Reminds me of the Match Game. I swear Brett Somers & Charles Nelson Reilly were drunk at times.
cohorn60 1 year ago
@cohorn60 They were given the questions in advance, not the answers.
MrHamlet64 1 year ago
@MrHamlet64 No they were given the zingers in advance, not the questions. Each celebrity had a sheet of paper with the zingers in the order to the questions that they'd be asked. Giving questions or answers would have verboten in the decade after the quiz show scandals.
shoredude2 1 year ago
this show was full of innuendos that would be considered inappropriate in todays society WE HAVE REGRESSED AS A SOCIETY HERE IN AMERICA I HATE TO SAY
dadadruma 1 year ago
DAM. shows where funny back ( then )
newman20072008 1 year ago
To answer your question, they were most likely aired. This show and the Newlywed Game used to have lots of sexual innuendo jokes. Don't know how they ever made it past the censors, but I can remember them as a kid. The Newlywed Game was even raunchier. I remember one question in particular, "What was the strangest place you ever had sex?" (Meaning a PLACE, of course), and the woman answered, "Umm... in the butt".
Graxster 1 year ago
what is up with the hosts face?
sissybearsheba 1 year ago
LMAO! No way would these get past the censors in those days. Hilarious
krikeymate 1 year ago
Classic stuff. Wish they made shows like this today.
antonzap 1 year ago
The celebrities where often given the funny answers ahead of time.
catholicpriest1 1 year ago
Hollywood Squares was always pretty risque so I would say it aired. Funny stuff!
opalzone 1 year ago
@opalzone
I think I remember reading that the Japanese Bride question was NOT aired (poor guy! you can tell he was trying not to give a risque answer),
robindaybird 1 year ago
Hey Culligan Man!!!!!!
Newtwist75 1 year ago 2
oh well most of kids old enough to understand were in school when they show aired.
yes350yes 1 year ago
66hourenergy...negotiating for 'piece' as in a piece of ass..........read: sex.
mikedo6 1 year ago
@mikedo6 Paul Lynde wouldn't likely be in a geisha house searching for geisha girls to negotiate that,if you know what I mean.LOL
landrykkb 1 year ago
@landrykkb he'd be over your house?
kenfo0 1 year ago
@kenfo0 Highly unlikely!
landrykkb 1 year ago
many/most of some these comedians on "squares" back in the 70"s were pure genious,,,,paul lynde led the way...!!!!!!
rocketman6464 1 year ago
Love this clip...but I don't get the Negotiating for Peace one.
66hourenergy 1 year ago
@66hourenergy
Negotiating for " a piece" ?
TokyoBigBand 1 year ago
Kissinger negotiated for peace, but here he is negotiating for "[a] piece". (a piece of ass)
CarMoves 1 year ago
Back then, late night belonged to the adults.
ShallowThoughts 2 years ago
Hollywood Squares was on during the day, around 11 a.m. here in NYC. I watched it a lot as a kid. They weren't so afraid of "dirty jokes" back then.
paktype 1 year ago
@paktype I'm betting the zingers would never have seen the light of day on the NETWORK version, but don't forget the Syndicated version of HS; There was more than likely a good deal more leeway in permissiveness..
professor1966 1 year ago
GOOD OLD DAY'S
suzisings 2 years ago
What a funny show, why dd they ever cancel it?
StLouisEarl 2 years ago
@StLouisEarl the canceled cause everybody is dead now
sss0037sss 2 years ago 2
lol, almost
StLouisEarl 2 years ago
I remember seeing some of these, actually. This show took every opportunity to suggest something "dirty" and still get by the censors.
MKyd 2 years ago 2
What did he say? I couldn't understand
coliv1977 2 years ago
To answer the original question, that so many haven't, they did two shows for the studio audience, one that aired and one that did not. This one did not air. The censors of that day would never allow it.
Boerntobewild1958 2 years ago
Florence Henderson was a Hottie!!
jjc2656 2 years ago 3
Hell yes she was.
birddoggarton 2 years ago
The Original MILF
CarMoves 1 year ago