Hollywood Squares

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Readers' Week:

Today’s item is from Byter Vince, a collection of questions and answers from Hollywood Squares. This was an American panel show in which contestants sought to win prizes in a game of noughts and crosses. Instead of placing a nought or a cross on a board, however, they asked celebrities in the noughts and crosses cubes questions. The contestants then had to decide whether the answers given were true. (I think they copied the concept off the Oz version, Celebrity Squares). 

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Vince’s item:

From the original Hollywood Squares TV show... These are from the days when game show responses were spontaneous and not scripted as they are now. 

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Peter Marshall: Paul, can you get an elephant drunk? 

Paul Lynde: Yes, but it still won't go up to your apartment. 

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Peter Marshall: According to Cosmo, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think he's really attractive, is it okay to come out directly and ask him if he's married? 

Rose Marie: No, wait until morning. 

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Peter Marshall: Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?

Charley Weaver: My sense of decency. 

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Peter Marshall: In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I love you"?

Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty. 

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Peter Marshall: Prometheus was tied to the top of a mountain by the gods because he had given something to man. What did he give us?

Paul Lynde: I don't know what you got, but I got a sports shirt. 

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Peter Marshall: What are "Do It", "I Can Help" and "Can't Get Enough"?

George Gobel: I don't know but it's coming from the next apartment. 

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Peter Marshall: As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while you are talking?

Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing older question, Peter...and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget! 

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Peter Marshall: According to Zsa Zsa, does black look sexy on a woman?

Redd Foxx: I wouldn't have it any other way. 

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Peter Marshall: What are "dual purpose" cattle good for that other cattle aren't?

Paul Lynde: They give milk and cookies...but I don't recommend the cookies! 

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Peter Marshall: If you find someone lying unconscious in the street, should you do anything?

George Goebel: I'd probably crawl around him I guess. 

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Peter Marshall: Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?

Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily. 

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Peter Marshall: Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during your first year?

Charley Weaver: Of course not, Peter. I'm too busy growing strawberries! 

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Peter Marshall: In bowling, what's a perfect score?

Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy. 

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Peter Marshall: Eddie, according to the Institute of Motivational Research, a wife should be ware if another woman takes an interest in a certain item of her husband's clothing. What item?

Ed Asner: Well, shorts immediately springs to my mind. 

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Peter Marshall: It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics. What is the other?

Paul Lynde: Tape measures. 

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Peter Marshall: True or false...a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.

George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes. 

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Peter Marshall: Is there a weight limit for bags on airline flights in this country?

Charley Weaver: If she can fit under the seat, she can fly. 

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Peter Marshall: During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?

Rose Marie: Unfortunately, Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom. 

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Peter Marshall: Can boys join the camp fire girls?

Marty Allen: Only after lights out. 

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Peter Marshall: When you pat a dog on its head he will usually wag his tail. What will a goose do?

Paul Lynde: Make him bark. 

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Peter Marshall: True or false, George...experts say there are only seven or eight things in the world dumber than an ant.

George Gobel: Yes, and I think I voted for six of 'em. 

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Peter Marshall: If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?

Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark. 

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Peter Marshall: According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?

Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army! 

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Peter Marshall: Is it possible for the puppies in a litter to have more than one daddy?

Paul Lynde: Why, that bitch! 

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Peter Marshall: While visiting China, your tour guide starts shouting "Poo! Poo! Poo!" What does that mean?

George Goebel: Cattle crossing. 

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Peter Marshall: It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?

Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected! 

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Peter Marshall: Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150 pounds?

Charley Weaver: A divorcee. 

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Peter Marshall: Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?

George Gobel: Get it in his mouth. 

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Peter Marshall: According to Movie Life magazine, Ann-Margaret would like to start having babies soon, but her husband wants her to wait a while. Why?

Paul Lynde: He's out of town. 

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Peter Marshall: Dennis Weaver, Debbie Reynolds, and Shelley Winters star in the movie "What's The Matter With Helen?" Who plays Helen?

Charley Weaver: Dennis Weaver - that's why they asked the question. 

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Peter Marshall: Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?

Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant? 

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Peter Marshall: When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?

Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car. The rest is up to him. 

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Peter Marshall: James Stewart did it over twenty years ago when he was forty-one years old. Now he says it was "one of the best things I ever did." What was it?

Marty Allen: Rhonda Fleming. 

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Peter Marshall: Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?

Charley Weaver: His feet. 

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Peter Marshall: If you're going to make a parachute jump, you should be at least how high?

Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it. 

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Peter Marshall: Do female frogs croak?

Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water. 

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Peter Marshall: You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?

Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake. 

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Peter Marshall: Your baby has a certain object which he loves to cling to. Should you try to break him of his habit?

Joan Rivers: Yes. It's daddy's turn. 

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Peter Marshall: At NASA, what keeps the cool air running around in the spacesuits?

Paul Lynde: Itsy Bitsy Eskimoes.... 

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Peter Marshall: According to Better Homes and Gardens, Is it a good idea to give your yard a light sprinkle?

Michael Landon: ...well, if you can't make it to the house, I mean... 

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Paul Marshall: What is a good reason for pounding meat? 

Paul Lynde: Loneliness! 

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Paul Marshall: According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed? 

Paul Lynde: Point and laugh.

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