HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

Hollywood Squares is a game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game.

Although 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. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not. In any case, as host Peter Marshall explains at the beginning of the Secret Square game, the celebrities are briefed prior to show to help them with bluff answers, but they are otherwise hearing the actual questions for the first time as they are asked on air.

You can still catch reruns of the show. Unfortunately, most of the Peter Marshall hosted run was believed to have been destroyed by wiping, a common practice in the 1960s and 1970s by networks to save money and space for the large videotapes of the era. During a search for original master tapes of the soap opera Dark Shadows, master copies of at least 100 Marshall-hosted prime time and syndicated shows were discovered. Many of these episodes aired on GSN from 2002–2003. In the early 1970s, a "Zingers From The Hollywood Squares" vinyl record was released (along with two companion books), containing the audio of what were considered to be some of the show's funniest moments. A CD of the album was included in Peter Marshall's book.

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES FACTS

Created By Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley 
Hosts Peter Marshall : (1966–1981)
Jon Bauman : (1983–1984)
John Davidson : (1986–1989)
Tom Bergeron : (1998–2004) 
Narrators Kenny Williams : (1966–1981)
Gene Wood : (1983–1984)
Shadoe Stevens : (1986–1989 & 1998–2002)
Jeffrey Tambor : (2002–2003)
John Moschitta, Jr. : (2003–2004)

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SEPTEMBER 2001

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DANA M. vs. GEORGE W.

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Try to match the sayings below to the  43rd President of the United States or a 4 year old McCarty kid.     

  1. Compasionativity (as in “I believe in compasionativity”)
  2. Hugeable (as in “that tree is hugeable”)
  3. We will be the leaders and you will be the backers.
  4. Hispanically     
  5. We need for a troop to be able to house his family
  6. I can’t how to do it.
  7. Put the drink in my hole cupper.
  8. There’s not enough power to power the power of generating plants.
  9. Listen to my long words.
  10. We’re troublers.
  11. A hopefuller country
  12. They misunderestimate me
  13. Blessed are the pacemakers.
ANSWERS... Don't Peek

1) W, 2) Dana, 3) Dana, 4) W, 5) W, 6) Dana, 7) Dana, 8) W, 9) Dana, 10) Dana, 11) W, 12) W, 13) W

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I think the winners of the Dan McCarty Golf Classic cheated! How about you? --2nd place again

ED NOTE: Did the Munn-sters cheat? I don't know, but I do know the real winners of the DMGC was the Michigan Lupus Alliance. They walked out with a check for over $6400 thanks to the diligent efforts of Steve and Kristen McCarty, the hard work of a dozen or so workers who gave their time for the event, and the generosity of 132 golfers who had a great time.

Last issue on the Savage Page, you insinuated that 1 McCarty was gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I just want to know... Is it me??? -Swingin' in Saudi

ED NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NOT! However, I have noticed a upward swing in Middle Eastern women whom you have dated turning to lesbianism over the last couple of years. Coincidence???

You seem to have an answer for everything, so I'm giving you a question on religion. My family and I want to get back to a religious life, but every church and faith says something a little different. What is the truth? -Trying Out Churches

ED NOTE: There are 3 religious truths. 1) Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 2) Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 3) Baptists do no recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.

Will the Cockroaches ever reunite and play together again? -CD-less in CA

ED NOTE: Of course they will. Not since the original battle of the ants vs. the flying ants on Sussex will the people see such a site. In fact, why don't you call all your friends right now, along with all the insects and all the termites. 

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A METRO PHOTO BLAST


Recently deceased Aunt Nan & Uncle Larry, join Uncle Jack, the McCarty boys and Murray clan at Christmas


GUESS THE YEAR OF THESE SONGS

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I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
Runaway - Del Shannon
Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
Blue Moon - Marcels
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
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NAME THIS CARTOON CHARACTER

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Can You Name Him?

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LAST MONTH'S ANSWER

Muttley
Dick Dasterdly's Snickering Dog

Congratulations To:
Jerry M, Denise S, John D

Muttley is a Hanna-Barbera animated fictional dog, and first appeared in Wacky Races in 1968, as the sidekick of a nasty but incompetent and horribly accident-prone villain Dick Dastardly. While Dick was created as the equivalent of Professor Fate from the 1960s movie The Great Race, Muttley mirrored the film's character of Max Meen. Dick and Muttley were paired together in various later cartoons as bumbling villains. Muttley does not really talk; his main examples of speech are his trademark snicker, an asthma sounding, "wheezing" laugh (usually made at Dick's expense) - and a mushy, sotto voce grumble against an unsympathetic or harsh Dick (usually along the lines of "Sassafrassarassum Rick Rastardly!").

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