I don’t for a moment believe that these answers on the “classic” Hollywood Squares were unrehearsed and spontaneous, but they remain damned funny.
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.
Paul Lynde was always my favourite.
Yup.
Why do you think he was always the center square?
Personally, I was always amused to see that no matter what ridiculous answer Tony Randall gave to an obscure opera question, the conestant would always – always – agree with him! Then Tony would collapse in laughter at the idea that they had bought his bluff.