RIP Peter Marshall

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hollywood squares

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Leslie Uggams (@leslieuggams1) on Threads

We have lost an absolute icon today - dear friend Peter Marshall. He was as good and kind and loving and talented a man as he appeared in front of the camera. I was blessed to share more than 300 episodes of FANTASY with him, plus to be a guest many times on HOLLYWOOD SQUARES. His ease with...

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Hollywood Squares Answers

Peter Marshall's​

Favorite Hollywood Squares Answers​

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.
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.
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.
Peter Marshall​	When a couple has a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
Charley Weaver​	I’ll lend him the car. The rest is up to him.
Peter Marshall​	Robert Young recently stated, “I never, never give...” something to his fans who ask for it. What?
Paul Lynde​	A hysterectomy.
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.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Before a cow will give you any milk, she has to have something very important. What?
Paul Lynde​	An engagement ring.
Peter Marshall​	According to Robert Mitchum, one thing has ruined more actors than drinking. What?
Charley Weaver​	Not drinking.
Peter Marshall​	When the Lone Ranger finished with a case, he left something behind. What?
Paul Lynde​	A masked baby.
Peter Marshall​	True or false: Some African Watusi tribesmen greet guests by running toward them at full speed, then high-jumping over them.
Charley Weaver​	This is sometimes terribly embarrassing to tall guests.
Peter Marshall​	You’re on your first visit to Japan and you head right for the Kabuki. Why?
Paul Lynde​	It was a long plane ride.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Do female frogs croak?
Paul Lynde​	If you hold their little heads under water.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Is there any such thing as an cup in bra sizes?
Paul Lynde​	Yes, it sleeps four.
Peter Marshall​	True or false: Many people sleep better in their street clothes than they do in their pajamas.
Paul Lynde​	Yes. We call them winos.
Peter Marshall​	According to the World Book, is it okay to freeze your persimmons?
Paul Lynde​	No. You should dress warmly.
Peter Marshall​	According to psychologists, when a child begins to get curious about sex, what is the one question he will most ask his mommy and daddy?
Paul Lynde​	Where can I get some?
Peter Marshall​	Your baby has a certain object that he loves to cling to. Should you try to break him of his habit?
Joan Rivers​	Yes. It’s daddy’s turn.
Peter Marshall​	Do we get heat from stars?
Paul Lynde​	You will if I have to share my dressing room again.
Peter Marshall​	In what state was Abraham Lincoln born?
Paul Lynde​	Naked and screaming like the rest of us.
Peter Marshall​	Paul, can you get an elephant drunk?
Paul Lynde​	Yes, but he still won't go up your apartment.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
Charley Weaver​	My sense of decency.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Peter Marshall​	According to Zsa Zsa, does black look sexy on a woman?
Redd Foxx​	I wouldn't have it any other way.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
Paul Lynde​	Because chiffon wrinkles too easily?
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!
Peter Marshall​	In bowling, what's a perfect score?
Rose Marie​	Ralph, the pin boy.
Peter Marshall​	Eddie, according to the Institute of Motivational Research, a wife should beware 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.
Peter Marshall​	True or false: A pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
George Gobel​	Sometimes it sure seems that way...
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.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Can boys join the campfire girls?
Marty Allen​	Only after lights out.
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.
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.
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.
Peter Marshall​	According to Ann Landers, is their anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
Charley Weaver​	It got me out of the army!
Peter Marshall​	Is it possible for the puppies in a litter to have more than one daddy?
Paul Lynde​	Why, that bitch!
Peter Marshall​	While visiting China, your tour guide starts shouting, "Poo! Poo! Poo!" What does that mean?
George Goebel​	Cattle crossing.
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!
Peter Marshall​	Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150 pounds?
Charley Weaver​	A divorcee.
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.
Peter Marshall​	Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
Paul Lynde​	Who told you about my elephant?
Peter Marshall​	Why do sheep sleep huddled together?
Paul Lynde​	Because Little Boy Blue's a weirdo!
Peter Marshall​	Imagine you are a child in your mother’s womb, can you detect light?
Paul Lynde​	Only during ballet practice.
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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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like so many early tv game shows Hollywood Squares might as well have been called DAY DRINKERS.

 

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The persimmons joke was fire. Lynde was special.