The Hollywood Squares - 1972

With Janet Leigh, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Shecky Greene, George Maharis, Carl Reiner, Suzanne Pleshette, Buddy Hackett, and Paul Lynde; with the master of the Hollywood Squares, Peter Marshall!
Pretty sure this is from 1972 based on Suzanne Pleshette's hairstyle and "The Paul Lynde Show" being mentioned.

[@michellepost1016]

As a child and teen, I watched this during summers and holidays.What a classic!!!

[@pagegirl507]

Blast from the past. Watched this in the basement of my childhood home. Enjoyed it then, enjoy it now. Thanks so much for taking the time to upload for all us baby boomers.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Amen, my fellow Baby Boomer! ❤

[@pattibrooks1907]

LOved watching Paul Lynde and the rest of the gang on this show

[@pattibrooks1907]

I loved this day Time Show night time show too !Paul Lynde always helped me with my depression in school and young adult life !!! Was bullied in school so stayed home from school most of the time to watch the show !!! Used use humor to cope !!!

[@samson9535]

Brings back my youth.

[@yaywhewclips242]

GOLDEN AGE for everything!!!

[@DJMikey242]

notgrillo collector/ gamer This was in early 2003 I believe so it definitely was.

[@BayareaGuy06]

R.I.P. Janet Leigh (1927-2004), Wally Cox (1924-1973), Suzanne Pleshette (1937-2008), Buddy Hackett (1924-2003) and Paul Lynde (1926-1982).

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

I knew Cox had passed (around the same time as long time panelist Cliff Arquette (AKA Charlie Weaver); normally Arquette would be in the lower left hand corner where Buddy Hackett is in this episode), but had no idea Cox was only 48 or 49. Sad.

[@liz1060]

Andrew Padaetz Did you know that Cox was best friends with Marlon Brando from the age of 9 years old? Brando is quoted as joking that if Cox had been a woman, they would have married. Cox's widow gave Brando Wally's ashes and when Marlon died over 3 decades later, some of their ashes were scattered together in the California hills where they enjoyed hiking.

[@thejupiter2574]

+BayareaGuy06 I LUv all the old sticoms and game shows with these celebrities but then as I get older sometimes it winds up depressing me. WISH I could go back in time to when these shows were brand new and my family was still alive to watch these shows with me. sigh Had such a crush on Suzanne Pleshette ever since I heard her raspy voice i the movie The Birds and my favvvvorite Disney movie Blackbeard's Ghost with Pleshette and Dean Jones

[@keythdanielsen8316]

+The Dark Angel She is especially lovely here in her younger prime. I found myself swimming in those eyes.

[@thejupiter2574]

Keyth Danielsen and her sexy throaty voice too :)

[@buicklincoln]

Suzanne looked GORGEOUS on this one.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

I'm a Brit born in 1972 and love this show (seen some from '68 to '78 so far), but on seeing this video was quite surprised to see the super-cool Peter Marshall wearing that suit on this occasion 😁

[@AaronJrBrundidge]

wally cox is known as the voice of Underdog

[@thejupiter2574]

+Aaron Jr. Brundidge I saw him in some Disney movies too and quite afew people saw him repeatedly in gay vacation spots and said her was a gay person

[@yaywhewclips242]

Did he commit suicide?

[@AaronJrBrundidge]

nope heart attack

[@willyboy6126]

Love Wally...funny actor. 10 years prior to this show, Wally was to have co-starred with Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin in the ill-fated, "Something's Got To Give"....Production had commenced, but sadly because of delays, etc., and mainly because of Marilyn, the movie was never finished. Even though Marilyn was fired and then later rehired by 20th Century Fox and to begin shooting again in September of 1962, Marilyn tragically passed at 36 on the night of August 4th, 1962....From the footage that was completed, I love the scene with Marilyn and Wally....off camera, Wally could make Marilyn laugh and it's nice to know she had a little bit of fun during a plagued production...The movie was later recast with Doris Day & James Garner and re-titled, "Move Over Darling', and was released in 1963. Not to take away from Doris and James, but I wish Marilyn and Dean's version would have been completed...it would have been a hit at the box office and put Marilyn back at the top.

[@kentetalman9008]

I remember Wally as Mr. Peepers in the 50s.

[@crisprtalk6963]

its better than whats on today in 2020

[@pattibrooks1907]

I loved watching The Hollywood Squares with the gang and Paul Lynde made me laugh so hard Wally Cox was funny too ! Like Rose Mare too and love Vincent Price but hes not in this one I think but he could be very funny in a scary way ! Buddy Hackett was a funny guy and liked Carl Reiner as well too !

[@MrMenefrego1]

"Rose Mare", seriously? 👀

[@pattibrooks1907]

@@MrMenefrego1 Marie

[@itscringecat]

R.I.P Rose Marie

[@label1877]

K Ray She was one of the last Vaudeville personalities.

[@label1877]

K Ray Yes, she was an actress with many talents. 😂 But, thanks for the heads up on the spelling. Bet ya wouldn’t believe it but I was 2nd runner up in a statewide spelling championship as a 5th grader.

[@label1877]

K Ray Vaudeville was similar to America Has Talent, Britain Has Talent. Traveling shows would travel all over the country and showcase people’s talents. Some sang, some did magic tricks, there were famous knife throwers, etc... It was popular late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[@poorringo]

Is Buddy drunk? I don't think I've seen an episode where a person keeps talking like that. Paul Lynde was set up for a good joke and you can hear Buddy in the background beat him to it. I grew up with the 80s version but don't recall people just shouting out jokes when they weren't called.

[@jackbusby9602]

Buddy was always annoying on this show.

[@BobShay]

Dude was total douche

[@rgrndu]

An insecure little troll who craved attention.

[@user-tc9ft8fs3e]

​@@jackbusby9602 Buddy's annoying on every show... followed by Reiner

[@buicklincoln]

Paul was a good sport for not confronting Buddy because of that.

[@johnscanlan9335]

Oh My God that outfit on Peter Marshall is BEYOND HIDEOUS!!!

[@pinedelgado4743]

Amen!!!

[@JeffersonDinedAlone]

Rita Moreno has also won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy.

[@PREGO1966]

Look above, this episode aired in 1972, she didn't win her Tony until 1975 and her Emmy until 1977

[@elc1960]

This must have been during the period when Charley Weaver's health began to go downhill, because he always occupied the bottom left square. Less than a year after this was taped, Wally Cox left us. Chuck Woolery's game show "Naturally Stoned" was named after the hit record he had as lead singer of the pop group the Avant Garde in 1968.

[@windstorm1000]

George M. is one good looking Greek man!

[@news4usunshine]

My God, Janet Leigh was a gorgeous woman.

[@millenniumman75]

blackeyeddog - The beauty carried over to her daughter......Jamie Lee Curtis!

[@thewrighttime1]

millenniumman75 yeah, right

[@thejupiter2574]

+driver3596 I agree. she was very hot, time for a shower ( double pun there :)

[@povertyspec9651]

Definitely pearl necklace worthy

[@paulnguyen8910]

Yes...the late "Psycho" star.

[@XMLarry]

Love Lynde's response to the chicken question at 7:50

[@SweptAway529]

Yowzers - that 's some tuxedo Peter Marshall is rocking there!!

[@nothingman2976]

What a suit, Peter!

[@news4usunshine]

Buddy Hackett must have been drunk during this taping. What a buffoon.

[@Jolar70]

He was a professional baffoon!

[@Ed-eq8ui]

Agreed, I fast forward through his segments. Can't stand his voice

[@ncisducky4ever]

Having once owned a '76 Vega, I'd rather take the Kikkomen and the adhesive tile flooring.

[@Jolar70]

That is a GREAT answer!

[@keythdanielsen8316]

The Vega was Chevy's version of the Pinto.

[@marygambino1389]

What was the Maverick?!

[@DA90027]

Yeah but the Pinto was a reliable car. Great drive trains and after they added the shield to the gas tanks were actually good cars unlike the Vega's which were awful major rust problems and the alum engine would overheat and warp

[@randysills4418]

I had a 73 Vega! My first car...YUCK!!!

[@morganm9040]

You can hear Buddy Hackett giving answers when the other stars are still thinking.

[@jameslush7667]

He never shuts up

[@rhyancoleman6462]

RIP Peter Marshall

[@csfan65]

This was such a cool show BITD. Paul Lynde was always funny.....no pun intended of course.

[@kalloused]

"Michalangelo didn't paint the Mona Lisa it was Vincent Van Gogh!!" no dude it was DaVinci

[@dickmiles1]

Kenny Williams was simply the best!!!!

[@tinamarie86]

I remember Craig from an episode of MG (where he was also a contestant), it was the infamous "School" episode, I remember amongst all the goings on that he was trying to provoke the audience

[@rockymarino584]

All I see when looking at Buddy Hacket is Fred Flintstone.

[@Noveltooner]

This was from the first season of the twice-a-week syndicated nighttime version of "The Hollywood Squares." The only remaining episodes of the original "Jeopardy!" with Art Fleming that still exist in any quantity consist of the entire nighttime syndicated run that debuted at the same time. At least "Squares" was unearthed; I wonder if GSN ever attempted to work out a deal with the current owner of the nighttime "Jeopardy!" to bring it back air.

[@markschildberg1667]

The one nighttime version of Jeopardy had an odd endgame where the winner could receive $25,000 by finding two halves of that prize chosen at random from a board. This was replaced by a better bonus award based on how high the champion scored.

[@whirliebird74]

What's even more incredible is that Heatter & Quigley let Peter Marshall wear tennis shorts and tennis shoes with his gawd-awful tuxedos!

[@markschildberg1667]

Well it was hot under those lights and Peter didn’t need to stand up anyway

[@joelfogelsanger5773]

Buddy Hackett was so annoying.

[@jamesjowitt1713]

Hollywood Squares in 1972 I got Started in World of Trivia Games in 1973 1976 when I was 18 to 20 years Old the Rest was History

[@frederickrapp5396]

Golly. All of the “Hollywood Squares”on this show are now dead, save Shecky Greene. Master Peter Marshall is the only one left. This show was made in the long ago year of 1972. I suppose most of us here today will be no more in 48 years. And life goes on.

[@piustwelfth]

George Maharis is still alive.

[@liveclassictunes]

Only Carl Reiner at 98 years old. Peter Marshall at 94 years old and George Maharis at 91 years of age are still alive

[@pagegirl507]

Carl Reiner recently passed.

[@thomasdeleon5830]

1972 oh my gosh!!!!

[@BobShay]

Yeah man I was only 6 years old

[@teetoo3790]

Paul Lynde the GOAT.

[@jmiller297]

Buddy Hackett was the "Brett Somers" of "Hollywood Squares..."

[@DmPmRr1959]

GREAT comparison!

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

But was never married to Jack Klugman.

[@jameslush7667]

You got it, he never shuts up

[@jazzbuff630]

George Maharis and Paul Lynde both played for the same team.

[@levinpearson5962]

I am overjoyed to have been informed that Patsy works in the Scooter store.

[@wattsjetton3027]

Panelists: 1. Janet Lee 2. Wally Cox 3. Rose Marie 4. Jackie Green 5. George Harris 6. Carl Reiner 7. Suzanne Pleshette 8. Buddy Hackett 9. Paul Lynde

[@4seeableTV]

Buddy Hackett being his usual annoying self.

[@ebayerr]

+CrazyWedz I thought the same thing.

[@thejupiter2574]

+CrazyWedz ohhh yeah I thought peter Marhsall was very calm but sure had alot of rules to read in the time that Hackett took up guess no one explained the rules of behavior to hackett

[@keythdanielsen8316]

I always found him funny.

[@thejupiter2574]

Keyth Danielsen I liked him much much better than that heavy bushy haired comic named Marty Allen? i think his name was. I liked Hackett much better as an actor than on his own unscripted or comic Liked him in the Disney movies, Love Bug etc.

[@keythdanielsen8316]

The Dark Angel Marty Allen could be pretty irritating.

[@mariellclement8092]

This had to be before Rita Moreno, because she's won all four as well, being the second singer/actress to do so.

[@bluebear1985]

I like the question, "What would you call a boy ladybird?" My joke answer would have been "Lyndon B. Johnson". That may be a lame one, but it's all I could think of.

[@pinedelgado4743]

That's actually pretty good!! :) :)

[@digital2500]

Suzanne Pleshette was ALWAYS HOT!! RIP!

[@nancejantz]

Peter Marshall looks like a birthday cake ....

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Actually a strawberry ice cream

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

Hello. Do u have a Rickles and Newhart Hollywood Squares episode? I saw that once and it was absolutely hilarious. Thx.

[@mkl62]

Today (November 1) in 1971, The Hollywood Squares began airing in syndication.

[@robertszvetics210]

i like peters jacket holy shit

[@tomservo56954]

Suzanne Pleshette's question is in fact, wrong....Barbra Streisand was presented with a special Tony, but she never WON it--she lost both times she was nominated. As of now there are at least 14 performers to earn all four major awards in competition, and I think the first to do so was Rita Moreno.

[@NotRedRobyn]

Do you think they changed that last answer so she could win? I think Peter could have sold the answer to them either way. I thought Wally Cox was right and truly happy people rarely worry (they take things in stride) but Peter said truly happy people are anxious and worry - doesn't pass the sniff test

[@MrMenefrego1]

Yes, something was rotten in Hollywood!

[@Timlinthomasp]

Looks like the contestants both cleaned up on this show.

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Jim Jones hosted Hollywood Squares?

[@blkprl34]

wally cox: the voice of underdog!

[@DA90027]

Chevy Vega's rusted on the showroom floor! LOL

[@zachhoran]

Those two people on the editorial staff still work together on another show 40 years later :)

[@MrMenefrego1]

and?

[@zachhoran]

@@MrMenefrego1 Gary Johnson left Jeopardy not long after I made that comment, and Harry Friedman retired just before COVID in 2020.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@zachhoran Thanks.

[@marygambino1389]

Word on the street - Wardrobe comes direct from Murph and the Magictones' garage sale?

[@toddcraig9159]

I thought that was Dick Gauthier!

[@DJRitty]

the bane of my match game existence

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Boy - any audio flubs during the show - stayed in the mix, didn't they? I can always hear background talking, and clip on microphones being scraped against.

[@verticalhorizon4633]

Rita Moreno has also won the four different awards.

[@MondoCaneRome]

and...do you think it was a coincidence that he is sitting next to Paul Lynde? (Paul wasn't dumb!) You are correct. George was a "HUNK".

[@kalloused]

Wally Cox died a few months after this

[@joelfogelsanger5773]

kalloused Way too young. Such a shame.

[@damienchance2622]

@0:13 someone yelling when the announcer introduce the prize

[@JeopardyandWheelFan]

Aside from People Will Talk and The Celebrity Game which premiered in 1963 and 1964, respectively, have there been any celebrity-civilian shows before Hollywood Squares where the celebrities help both contestants win money at the same time (panel shows like What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, and To Tell the Truth don't count because those shows have games played by one contestant or team at a time) as opposed to shows such as Password and Pyramid where celebrity-civilian teams play against each other?

[@csmith563]

The LAPELS and the Hair!!

[@jmiller297]

Yaaaaaaasss

[@piustwelfth]

The contestant said that Vincent Van Gogh painted the Mona Lisa! He's lucky it was hard to hear what he was saying.

[@larryhensley8586]

It wouldn't have mattered if anyone had heard him or not. It's all about the agreeing or disagreeing. Whatever else the contestant says is irrelevant.

[@piustwelfth]

@@larryhensley8586 It matters if you don't want to be humiliated and seen as an ignorant buffoon on national TV -- a humilation that can now be seen and heard worldwide 51 years later.

[@larryhensley8586]

@@piustwelfth I agree.

[@jamesjowitt1713]

Hollywood Squares in 1972

[@miadallen917]

wonder if Maharis and Lynde ever shared a tender moment.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

Maharis wasn't gay. He was just being a good Greek.

[@mariellclement8092]

8 words for Mr. Marshall: "Make a wish and blow out the candles!"

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

Gladys Gelinous? What a name.

[@TheBundychick82]

Thank u I quite enjoyed it buddy cracked me up and Paul was good too and I believe that Jamie lee Curtis mom was there Janet Leigh if I'm right tell me I'm from Australia and thank u!!!!

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Yes, Janet Leigh is/was Jamie Lee's mother.

[@tripjet999]

@0:45 - Peter the Pimp.

[@christopherallen9580]

all squares were socially distanced

[@jimskye7130]

Mary

[@GoldenSilents]

Contestant Gladys looks remarkably like the adult Shirley Temple.

[@DA90027]

Those poor Chevy Vega's pretty car but god awful they rusted on the showroom floor and those alum engines were dismal.

[@mlbrooks4066]

Yikes, I'm old. I actually remembered that Podgordny was president of the Soviet Union in 1972. At least I don't remember how to spell his name.

[@marvinmeeker5765]

Another way to tell if an egg has been cooked, hold it up to a light. If it's cooked, it's opaque.

[@mr2del]

R.I.P. Merrill Heatter.

[@label1877]

New Zealand’s population has increased 50% in 48 years.

[@disneyfan81]

2 5-square wins in one show!

[@DJMikey242]

Was this version or the remake better?

[@daisycassidy2448]

Buddy Hackett was never funny. He was more of an annoyance. Never did like him.

[@mattmammone2338]

Check him out in the 1950's tight shirt james dean look...*melts*

[@rickw1100]

Always found Buddy Hackett unfunny and annoying.

[@jnadle1]

And that's Jeopardy!

[@windstorm1000]

don't knock it till you join it.

[@NickWuebker]

Looking at that suit he was wearing, I think Peter Marshall should’ve fired his tailor.

[@jackbusby9602]

Buddy Hackett was always so annoying on this show. He was not bad as an actor, just annoying on this show.

[@keythdanielsen8316]

Janet Leigh acts stoned with every response.

[@dontellgucci1117]

Keyth Danielsen She looks anorexic

[@berniehobabykat]

Peter sure is pretty in pink 👍😜😙

[@blockcl]

The Vega was a great looking little car. It's a pity they were such junk. GM could've hit a grand slam with that car, instead they struck out.

[@rjw78741]

Chevy Vega! Hahahahaha!

[@AstralPixie]

Good ole Paul, "Well in the case of Georgia versus Clucky Lucky."

[@NYIslander12]

I thought of that too. Great joke.

[@tomservo56954]

The Secret Square package is worth more than the car...

[@solidtemper4158]

wow I must be bored to be entertained by this. GO X!

[@BillLarkinmusic]

OMG that loud suit wahaha!