I wish they’d hurry up and find a cure for Dyslexia,
it’s hardly Brian Sugary.
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The old un’s are the good un’s Debs, keep it up.
Good to have chuckle stuff on the thread
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Wot do you mean old un’s, i just made them up!..
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FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER Hollywood Squares:
These great questions and answers are from the days when ’ Hollywood Squares’ game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course…
Q… Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!
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. 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… 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. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
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 there 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. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh
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Never heard of the programme or any of the people mentioned but I did have laugh.
steve
Here it was known as “Celebrity Squares” and ran from 1975-79. It was hosted by Bob Monkhouse.
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Same here, didn’t last that long though.
Thanks. Vaguely heard of that but didn’t have a telly from 1976 to 1987.
steve
You didn’t miss much.
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Looking back, I can’t believe what they got away with on “Hollywood Squares”. The panel obviously got the questions in advance to come up with quips. The women could be racy, and a couple of the guys were in-your-face gay. That was a big deal in the 60s.
Maybe some of the best Dr Who’s though, Douglas Adams did some in the middle of that period.
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Just did a quick Google…2nd highest UK viewing figures of all time…?
It’s a To The Manor Born episode in 1979, with 23.95M(!) viewers. Must be close on everyone who had a telly! Another episode made it into 7th spot.
Mike Yarwood’s Christmas show in 1977 made it into 8th…Poor Mike, an innocent victim of the election of Margaret Thatcher to P.M. And he’s still with us (I had to check).
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Well, I joined a gym about 6 months ago, and I’ve seen absolutely no improvement.
I’m going to go down in person tomorrow to see what the hell is going on.
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That’s funny, I almost chocked of my morning coffee.
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Do you know why the Norwegian fleet has barcodes painted on the sides of its warships?
So they can scan de Navy in.
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