for the older set, Hollywood Squares

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Post 1 by TexasRed (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Sunday, 27-Feb-2005 13:22:09

> Hollywood Squares

> Okay, couldn't resist sending this one. ;-)
> If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this
> may bring
> a tear to your eyes. These questions and answers are from the days
> when the
> "Hollywood Squares" game show responses were spontaneous and clever,
> not
> scripted and (often) dull, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the
> host asking the
> questions.

> Q. Do female frogs croak?
> A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should
> you be?
> A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
> A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man
> or
> a woman?
> A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and
> you
> think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if
> he's
> married?
> A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.

>
Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
> A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I Love
> You"?
> A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Q. What are "Do It," "I Can Help," and "I Can't Get Enough"?
> A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next
> apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your
> hands while talking?
> A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and
> I'll
> give you a gesture you'll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
> A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries.
> Are you going to get any during the first year?
> A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
> A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist
> camps.
> One is politics, what is the other?
> A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
> A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the CampFire Girls?
> A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a
> goose do?
> A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
> A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Q. According to Ann Landers, is their anything wrong with
> getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
> A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
> A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his
> head,
> what was he trying to do?
> A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your
> elephant?
> A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
> A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them
> and
> has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
> A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do
in
> bed?
> A. Paul Lynde: Point and Laugh

Post 2 by fastfinge (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Monday, 28-Feb-2005 9:33:55

Never seen the show. That still made my Monday.

Post 3 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Monday, 28-Feb-2005 13:07:56

LOL! I loved that..