Paul Lynde: A Biography - His Life, His Love(s) and His Laughter by Cathy Rudolph

Author:Cathy Rudolph [Rudolph, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781593937430
Google: FsNnngEACAAJ
Publisher: BearManor Media
Published: 2013-12-15T23:43:21.042775+00:00

Paul used the humorous lines the show’s writers gave them, and many times, since he did not know the actual question, he laughed at his own jokes when he said them aloud. He occasionally did ad lib, and his off-the-cuff answers were often funnier than the ones provided for him. Like the time Peter asked him, “Who’s generally better looking: a fairy or a pixie?”

Paul answered in a very macho voice, with the scripted answer, “Looks aren’t everything,” which got a good laugh, but then he added on his own, “Oh, I’ll go for the fairy,” and that fractured everyone.

Peter said it best when he commented once that almost all comedians either write their own material or they have it written for them. It doesn’t make it less funny, it’s the delivery and timing, and he said no one did that better than Paul.

“What is a good reason for pounding meat?” Peter asked on the show.

Paul answered, “Loneliness.”

The audience, producers, camera crew, and Peter had reacted with such an explosion of laughter, that it took a while before the game could resume. His devilish grin, along with his mischievous delivery of those double entendres left many women fantasying how much fun he would be outside that box. Mountains of letters piled in from men, women, teens, and children. Paul took them home and read every one of them. He answered as many as he could by sending a photo of himself that he personally signed. He needed those letters with their words of admiration; he said it made him feel loved.

In the 1970s, there was a survey taken, which asked women who would they like to see pose nude. Paul’s name was right there near the top of that list. Though he never would, as he had said on The Celebrity Game Show back in the 60s, another regular on Squares, John Davidson, posed near-nude. From that time on, Paul would make snide remarks to him. He told John after seeing that photo, that he should have been the ambassador of underdeveloped countries. John did not appreciate Paul’s comments. He never understood Paul’s attitude and his bitterness, but Peter did, and he empathized with Paul. They had both been actors on Broadway and both had extensive careers in entertainment, but the two became best known from a game show. Peter got that.

Paul continued to do movies and guest appearances on TV outside of The Hollywood Squares. Paul’s unique voice rang out in cartoons as well. He was the voice of the wolf named Mildew in ABC’s Cattanoga Cats. Though he was not credited in this Hanna Barber cartoon, his voice is unmistakable. He also played a neighbor in Where’s Huddles, and was the voice of the villain as The Hooded Claw in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, which was very popular in the United Kingdom.

The center-square star had just finished 2,500 segments of The Hollywood Squares and was making $325,000 a year. “I can’t even get three weeks off to have cosmetic surgery,” he told People Magazine, where he was featured on the cover.

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