{"id":43407,"date":"2023-02-11T19:11:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T08:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=43407"},"modified":"2023-02-11T19:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T08:11:24","slug":"hollywood-squares-those-were-the-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=43407","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Squares &#8211; Those were the days."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Do female frogs croak?<br \/>\nA. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.<br \/>\nQ. If you&#8217;re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?<br \/>\nA. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.<br \/>\nQ. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years&#8230;<br \/>\nA. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.<br \/>\nQ. You&#8217;ve been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?<br \/>\nA. Don Knott: That&#8217;s what&#8217;s been keeping me awake.<br \/>\nQ. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to ask him if he&#8217;s married?<br \/>\nA. Rose Marie: No. Wait until morning.<br \/>\nQ. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?<br \/>\nA. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.<br \/>\nQ. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?<br \/>\nA. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question, Peter, and I&#8217;ll give you a gesture you&#8217;ll never forget.<br \/>\nQ. Paul, why do Hell&#8217;s Angels wear leather?<br \/>\nA. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.<br \/>\nQ. Charley, you&#8217;ve just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?<br \/>\nA. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I&#8217;m too busy growing strawberries.<br \/>\nQ. In bowling, what&#8217;s a perfect score?<br \/>\nA. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.<br \/>\nQ. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?<br \/>\nA. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.<br \/>\nQ. When you pat a dog on it&#8217;s head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?<br \/>\nA. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?<br \/>\nQ. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?<br \/>\nA. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.<br \/>\nQ. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?<br \/>\nA. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.<br \/>\nQ. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?<br \/>\nA. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.<br \/>\nQ. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?<br \/>\nA. Charley Weaver: His feet.<\/p>\n<p>Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?<br \/>\nA. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Do female frogs croak? A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough. Q. If you&#8217;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. Q. 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