The Hollywood Squares (1965)
The Hollywood Squares (1965)
Hollywood Squares is an American panel 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 by the host, or "Square-Master", and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game. Although Hollywood Squares was 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 answers prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not. In any case, as host Peter Marshall, the best-known "Square-Master" and the man in whose honor the show's first announcer, Kenny Williams, actually "coined" the term, would expl

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Vincent Price Vincent Price As: Himself (1971-1976)
John Davidson John Davidson As: Himself (1974)
Roddy McDowall Roddy McDowall As: Himself (1975)
Jonathan Winters Jonathan Winters As: Himself (Temporary Replacement: 1976-1982)
Joan Rivers Joan Rivers As: Herself (1976)
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Hollywood Squares is an American panel 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 by the host, or "Square-Master", and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game. Although Hollywood Squares was 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 answers prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not. In any case, as host Peter Marshall, the best-known "Square-Master" and the man in whose honor the show's first announcer, Kenny Williams, actually "coined" the term, would expl


Certification: TV-PG

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Airs: Dailys at 12:00am on NBC, Broadcast syndication, Syndicated

Genres: Comedy, Family, Reality

Premiered: 21 April 1965

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 25m

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Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Himself (1971-1976)

John Davidson

John Davidson

Himself (1974)

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Himself (1975)

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Winters

Himself (Temporary Replacement: 1976-1982)

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers

Herself (1976)

Charo

Charo

Herself (1975)

Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

Himself

Jan Murray

Jan Murray

Himself

Sandy Duncan

Sandy Duncan

Herself (1975)

Wally Cox

Wally Cox

Himself (1967-1973)

Karen Valentine

Karen Valentine

Herself (1971-1977)

Morey Amsterdam

Morey Amsterdam

Himself

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall

Self - Host

Abby Dalton

Abby Dalton

Herself

Nanette Fabray

Nanette Fabray

Herself (1969-1971)

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

Herself (1966-1982)

George Gobel

George Gobel

Himself (1974-1982)

Wayland Flowers

Wayland Flowers

Wayland Flowers & Madame and Friends (1977-1982)

Cliff Arquette

Cliff Arquette

Charley Weaver (1966-1974)

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