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RatPack1970 (talk | contribs) Fixed show question "answers are given to the celebrities" answers were NOT given to the celebrities only the subjects and bluffs were given to the celebrities. (It is in "Paul Lynde: A Biography - His Life, His Love(s) and His Laughter") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
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Though ''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 (commonly called "zingers" by the production staff),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Zingers-From-The-Hollywood-Squares/release/3740897|title=Zingers From The Hollywood Squares (1974, Vinyl)|year=1974 |via=www.discogs.com}}</ref> often given by the stars prior to their real answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given the questions' subjects and bluffs prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the [[gameplay]] was not. In any case, as original host [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]] explained at the beginning of the Secret Square game, the celebrities were briefed prior to the show to help them with bluff answers, but they heard the actual questions for the first time as they were asked on air.
Marshall hosted the original version of ''Hollywood Squares'' that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1980, as well as a nighttime [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] version that ran from 1971 to 1981. It then returned to NBC in 1983 as part of a [[Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour|60-minute hybrid series]] with ''[[Match Game]]'', featuring [[Jon Bauman]] hosting the ''Hollywood Squares'' portion of that show. Following Marshall's retirement, the show has since been revived twice in syndication: a version hosted by [[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]] from 1986 to 1989, and another hosted by [[Tom Bergeron]] from 1998 to 2004. Three revivals were run in the 2010's with a different title all on Paramount cable channels; in 2012, ''[[Hip Hop Squares]]'' on MTV2 with Peter Rosenberg, and from 2017-19 on VH1 with [[DeRay Davis]], in 2019, ''[[Nashville Squares]]'' on CMT with [[Bob Saget]], and in 2023, Celebrity Squares on VH1 with [[D.C. Young Fly|John "DC Young Fly" Whitfield]].
In 2013, ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked it at No. 7 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite news|last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Eyes on the Prize |work=[[TV Guide]] |pages=14–15}}</ref> Internationally, there have been multiple versions produced under a variety of names (see [[#International versions|International versions]] below). When combined with two spinoffs of the franchise, the show has been produced for seven different decades.
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