Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.
- Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
- 12 wins & 21 nominations total
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- Merrill Heatter(uncredited)
- Bob Quigley(uncredited)
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- TriviaActor Jack Palance was once caught napping in his square during a taping; he had to be awakened by fellow panelist Michael Landon when a contestant called on him.
- Quotes
Peter Marshall: You're a 71-year-old man who has lost interest in sex. Does your doctor have anything to help you?
Charley Weaver: No, but his nurse does.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 25th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1973)
- SoundtracksThe Silly Song
Performed by the Jimmie Haskell Orchestra from 1966 to 1969
(We're THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES No.1)
Featured review
The Best Comedy Game Show of All-Time
Six years after launching their first game show Video Village, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley came up with a show that would eventually be the best comedy game show of all-time, Hollywood Squares.
The game was really simple since it was based on tic-tac-toe. But what made the show stand out was the humorous bluff answers from the many stars who sat in the nine boxes throughout the show's 15 year run. Among the many celebrities who appeared on the show were Wally Cox, Cliff Arquette (as his Charley Weaver character),Rose Marie, George Gobel and in the center square, Paul Lynde. His quips were very funny and rescued the show from a slow start into a very funny show.
Heatter-Quigley made the right choice in hiring Peter Marshall over Bert Parks as "The Master of the Hollywood Squares." Though he never hosted a game show he got better and better throughout the run and it paid off with a couple of Emmys.
I really enjoyed the show, even the nighttime syndicated version that aired once (later twice) a week. It was a true game show classic and X got the square.
The game was really simple since it was based on tic-tac-toe. But what made the show stand out was the humorous bluff answers from the many stars who sat in the nine boxes throughout the show's 15 year run. Among the many celebrities who appeared on the show were Wally Cox, Cliff Arquette (as his Charley Weaver character),Rose Marie, George Gobel and in the center square, Paul Lynde. His quips were very funny and rescued the show from a slow start into a very funny show.
Heatter-Quigley made the right choice in hiring Peter Marshall over Bert Parks as "The Master of the Hollywood Squares." Though he never hosted a game show he got better and better throughout the run and it paid off with a couple of Emmys.
I really enjoyed the show, even the nighttime syndicated version that aired once (later twice) a week. It was a true game show classic and X got the square.
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- Голливудские квадраты
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- NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA(NBC produced Hollywood Squares at NBC Studios in Burbank from 1965 to 1980.)
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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