Half a century ago, Hollywood squaresThe TIC-TAC-TAE Grandeurur celebrities game won its first EMMY for an exceptional game of play.
Hollywood squares had been presented as a pilot on NBC in 1965, with the premise that the famous panelists in a giant aid help (or hinder) the competitors by answering a question of the host. The competitor chooses to agree or in disagreement with the answer and wins the square for themselves if they choose properly, or for their opponent if they are incorrect. Three consecutive squares win the competitor’s money and prices.
When the show became a series in 1966, Peter Marshall signed as a temporary host after the pilot host Bert Parks became unavailable. Marshall ended up holding the position for 15 years – and winning the exceptional game game host four times, especially in 1975. The board of directors of this season was populated by panelists such as Sandy Duncan, Vincent Price, Charo, Redd Foxx and Paul Lynde, who became a “Center Square” regularly until 1981.
From left to right: Richard Crenna, Charo and Vincent Price.
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Hollywood squares again won the Emmy in 1978 and 1979; He divided the honor in 1980 with a new companion game The pyramid of $ 20,000and was canceled the same year (to make way for the David Letterman day talk show, a precursor to The late show). It has since been revived several times and took place a few others, after being produced on different decades. And he still lives: Drew Barrymore, Nate Burleson (who also welcomes) and the management of Jesse Collins produce the current version, now on CBS.
This story appeared for the first time in an autonomous issue in June from the Hollywood Reporter Magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
