Original "Hollywood Squares" TV Show
Peter Marshall's Favorite Answers

1. According to Movie Life magazine, Ann-Margaret would like to start having babies soon, but her husband wants her to wait awhile.  Why?

PAUL LYNDE: He's out of town.

 


2. 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.

 



3. 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.

 



4. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?

PAUL LYNDE:  Who told you about my elephant?

 



5. 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.

 



6. 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.

 



7. Before a cow will give you any milk, she has to have something very important.  What?

PAUL LYNDE:  An engagement ring.

 



8. According to Robert Mitchum, one thing has ruined more actors than drinking. What?

CHARLEY WEAVER:  Not drinking.

 



9. When the Lone Ranger finished with a case, he left something behind. What?

PAUL LYNDE:  A masked baby.

 



10. 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.

 



11. You're on your first visit to Japan, and you head right for the Kabuki. Why?

PAUL LYNDE:  It was a long plane ride.

 



12. 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.

 


13. Do female frogs croak?

PAUL LYNDE:  If you hold their little heads under water.

 



14. 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.

 



15. True or false:  Many people sleep better in their street clothes than they do in their pajamas.

PAUL LYNDE:  Yes.  We call them winos.

 



16. According to the World Book, is it okay to freeze your persimmons?

PAUL LYNDE:  No.  You should dress warmly.

 



17. 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?

 

 

 

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