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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:06 AM
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Paul Lynde. Love him? Hate him?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:29 AM
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1. Wicked sense of humor, he rocked!
Like Robin Williams, I consider him a mentor in the comedy industry. I'm surprised he wasn't involved in "Match Game" during the 1970s, given the suggestive nature of the show. (I've noticed suggestive writing allows for far more creativity than being direct...)

No doubt some hate him, but that's their problem. :7


http://www.classicsquares.com/lyndesquares.html
(LONG list of hilarious quotes from the Hollywood Squares.)

He was fun as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched too, but on HS he took the cake and icing too.

Peter Marshall: True or false, cow's horns are used to make ice cream.
Paul Lynde: You mean those weren't chocolate chips?


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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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:33 AM
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2. Awesome page!
Bookmarked that for when I wake up later(yes, I've been up all night).

He was beyond funny to me, and one of the first comedians I got into. It's too bad so many don't really know how funny he was.

And yes, he'd have been perfect on the Match Game!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:37 AM
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3. Even more after Dawson left...
...but by then the show was changing its tone, and not just the set design -- questions were too repetitive; creativity invariably wearing off and more kid-friendly fluff was introduced. (though I watched the show as a kid and I don't think it influenced me...)

I wonder if Lynde was ever asked to be involved on the show...
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:37 AM
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4. Wasn't Charles Nelson Reilly sort of a Paul Lynde surrogate?
I thought Paul Lynde was funny as the funeral plot salesman in the Doris Day/Rock Hudson flick "Send Me No Flowers".
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:47 AM
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5. CNR was funny in his own right.
But you may be right about that. They have a similarity, that's for sure.

I take it from your name you were a fan of those older tv shows. :)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:04 AM
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7. Ah, but if it stands the test of time, it is not old... just timeless.
:D
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:12 AM
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10. You don't have to tell me.
I just watched an episode of Emergency the other day. :)
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:50 AM
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14. Oh, hell, yes. I am Mr. Seventies TV.
I was a big fan of Emergency! too! :woohoo:

BEEP BOOP BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:01 AM
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6. Is it possible to hate him?
He was hysterical!
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:14 AM
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11. I bet if I posted this in GD-P we'd find out that the answer is yes.
Just say he's Obama's or Hillary's favorite comedian and watch the fur fly! :D
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:23 AM
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12. Even though it's sexless and campy schtick?
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:05 AM
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8. Always liked him
Whether on Hollywood Squares, Bewitched or something else. :hi:
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:12 AM
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9. love him!
:headbang: :loveya: :loveya:
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poiuytsister Donating Member (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:26 AM
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13. Bye Bye Birdie
"I don't want your respect"
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:53 AM
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15. His greatest moment was as Templeton the Rat in the animated Charlotte's Web
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 08:49 AM
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16. First time I ever saw him, it was instant love.
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 09:01 AM
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17. Paul Lynde was a riot!
I used to watch the daytime version of the Hollywood Squares every day in the summer when I was off from school.

I'll never forget these gems:

Peter Marshall: What does ICBM stand for?
Paul Lynde: Bad doggie!

Peter Marshall: If white smokes comes out of the chimney in the Vatican, it means they've elected a pope. What does it mean when we see black smoke?
Paul Lynde: The cardinals burned the lasagna!
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 09:11 AM
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18. what's not to love!
good god -- imagine being at a cocktail party with that fabulously wicked man.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:00 PM
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25. A party with him, Oscar Wilde, and Eddie Izzard.
Now THAT would be a get together! :)
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 09:20 AM
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19. Here's another site with some great quips from Paul and a couple of samples
http://www.jokesnstuff.us/pages/quotes/paul_lynde.htm

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: Who are more likely to be romantically responsive. Women under thirty or women over thirty?
Paul Lynde: I don’t have a third choice…?


Peter Marshall: After Phyllis Diller’s recent facelift, she received thousands of letters, mostly asking three questions: did it hurt? How much did it cost? And one other...what?
Paul Lynde: Do your eyes close when you sit down?
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:02 PM
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26. Great stuff!
Mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected!

:rofl:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 09:21 AM
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20. Absolutely loved him
Apparently he was a profoundly unhappy man. It is a shame that someone who brought so much joy to others could find little joy for himself.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 01:20 PM
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21. Love that Paul.
Center Square, Uncle Arthur and yelling "KIDS"

And wherever else he made me laugh like a fool. :)

"Hey Sammy"

omfbi I almost forgot!

"I'll get you Penelope Pitstop" The Hooded Claw!!

:rofl:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 01:23 PM
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22. Love him! And I'm so glad that Seth McFarlane has resurrected him (in a sense).
Roger the alien is a truly wonderful homage to Paul.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:03 PM
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27. Yes he is, and that was what got me into that show.
:)
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 01:42 PM
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23. he ain't no charles nelson reilly
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:04 PM
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28. I like Paul better, but CNR was one funny ass guy too.
:)
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 01:46 PM
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24. He was the best part of the Donny and Marie show
Fuck I'm old...
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:05 PM
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29. Can't be that old.
As I used to watch it too, and I'm not old. Nope, not old. Not old. Not old....

Oh ok, I'm old too. x(
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:47 PM
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30. Lets split a pint ya old geezer!
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:49 PM
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31. Good, something I don't need to put my teeth in for!
:)
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 03:06 PM
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34. I just hope I have the lung capacity left to suck it up through a straw.
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:51 PM
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32. Love him, but he's not looking that great these days.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 03:30 PM
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35. It was taking a few seconds for that pic to come up...
..and I was hoping you hadn't found a picture of his corpse. :)
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 03:02 PM
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33. How could you not love him?
He was the king of :sarcasm:
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 03:38 PM
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36. The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976)
absolutely hysterical... had to be seen to be believed.
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sammythecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 04:22 PM
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37. Loved him. He was a funny guy.
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