Hollywood Squares - December 25, 1986

[@beverlysmith6539]

Take me back to the 80's ❤

[@EdsterIII]

I remember back when I was a kid growing up during the 70's. When I was too "sick" for school....wink😉wink😉. I used to love watching these classic game shows. The 🃏Jokers🃏Wild🃏, the $25,000 Pyramid, The Price is Right, etc. They used to be a blast. This one was also one of the shows I loved, but if I remember correctly it came on later in the evening.

[@michaelewing4515]

R.I.P. Charlotte Rae a.k.a. Mrs. Garrett, Shari Lewis, Jackie Mason, Tom Bosley, Mr. Wizard and Dick Butkus

[@bigw8549]

Hard to believe that this was almost 40 years ago 😮

[@bigw8549]

Oh and a new version of Hollywood Squares is premiering January 9th on CBS/Paramount

[@ericsamuelson5656]

I was 4 years old in East Keansburg, New Jersey airing on WABC Ch 7 at 7:30 after Jeopardy

[@michaelj.kerkau1625]

"Eyewitness News update with Angela Astore" and a Merry Christmas says this is an original broadcast off KSTP.

[@michaelj.kerkau1625]

Very interesting that for the second game, they just let Melvina have the 5th square for the win right there. I've seen a handful of Davidson episodes where someone did back into a 5-Square Win like that, but the surprising thing off this one is that they let it happen while also, technically, having it satisfy a tic-tac-toe for her right across the center. (Normally, *that* winning square still has to be earned - Match Game/Hollywood Squares notwithstanding - so evidently, the 5-Square Win scenario [combined with that being the only square left anyway] superseded that, in this instance.)

[@larrygrebler5054]

Yeah, I noticed that too. I think John goofed.

[@bainsey89]

That surprised me, too. You always had to earn the tic-tac-toe, except for MGHS. Maybe they did that for time. Bergeron's version was the best, where you could never back into a win. That made for game show gold, like Gilbert's "You Fool!" episode.

[@barrystewart5946]

I think they just gave up due to stupidity

[@matthewbaduria]

This must be an early Squares with John Davidson around 86-87.

[@videox222ify]

Thanks for posting and Merry Christmas. These are all of the living stars from this show as of 12-28-24: Marian Ross (96), Brenda Vaccaro (85), John Davidson (83), Shadoe Stevens (78), David Naughton (73), Roseanne Barr (72), and Jake Pentland (46). (And the announcer at the very end, introducing The Love Boat Christmas ep is The voice of ABC, the late Ernie Anderson).

[@dannydougin3925]

UGH.... Roseann!

[@pernelldh]

Fact: Charlotte Rae and Paul Lynde knew each other when they were in college together.

[@emmitbrown5631]

Enjoy that asbestos front row! 😂

[@alextorres9832]

Merry Christmas

[@james-br5tv]

merry christmas

[@lolaljc9545]

The $25,000 Pyramid

[@newport682]

Where’s Jim bullock?

[@laurasummers5550]

I don't think Butkus is dead.

[@keith.wilson1981]

10:52 Roseanne was over it....yikes.

[@stopdeforestation]

I wonder why they called Roseanne Roseanna?

[@videox222ify]

a lot of people used to make that mistake with her name when she first started out

[@bainsey89]

I'm thinking Rosanna Arquette being a leading lady in movies at the time, plus Toto's hit song about her, which was only a few years old. That name may have gotten stuck in their heads.

[@laurasummers5550]

Sorry stand corrected Butkus is dead

[@newport682]

Don’t remember Brenda Vaccaro!

[@DISCOVEGASGUY]

If you don’t remember her, you must have been living under a rock. She is an award-winning actress. She has been in countless tv shows and movies and was very famous.

[@Donna-zc9ii]

​@DISCOVEGASGUY Brenda looked good here, she gained a lot of weight later on, and was even on The Golden girls for one show.

[@keith.wilson1981]

18:41 Awwwwwkward..... #cringeworthy