[OttawaFreeper]

RIP. Say hello to Alex, Monty, Richard, Gene, Bob, Bill, Bert, Dick, and of course Johnny (Olson).

[No name given]

Rest In Peace, Peter Marshall.

[LukeL]

I somehow knew every person in that list.

[Dr. Sivana]

RIP. Say hello to Alex, Monty, Richard, Gene, Bob, Bill, Bert, Dick, and of course Johnny (Olson).

You barely scratched the list. From memory, not Internet searches (except to confirm death):

Art Fleming
Jack Barry
Art James
Chuck Barris
Hugh Downs

The following are still with us:
Wink Martindale
Bob Eubanks

[devere]

He was Joanne Dru’s younger brother. Rest in peace.

[virgil]

His son Pete LaCock played on the Chicago Cubs. RIP

[Olog-hai]

Good thing you didn’t put Paul Lynde on that list . . .

[Roadrunner383]

We’re retired. After lunch and supper my wife will go to the bedroom for an hour or so and turn on the TV as background while she plays on her iPad. A lot of times she has reruns of ‘70s game shows on the TV. All those C list ‘celebrities’, and hosts like Peter Marshall, Gene Rayburn etc ride again.

[hole_n_one]

Q. Charley, you’ve just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I’m too busy growing strawberries.

Q. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!

[jroehl]

Many of these celebrity types live long lives.

[GreenHornet]

I saw an interview with Peter Marshall in which he explained why he agreed to take the job as host of the Hollywood Squares. He didn’t think the show would succeed, but took the job to prevent the producer’s second choice, Dan Rowan, from getting it. He explained that Dan Rowan had really done a friend of his (Marshall’s) dirty, so he took the job as a way of getting even for his friend. He did not name the friend, or give any details on exactly what happened.

[wardaddy]

Wow

He was good

[Seruzawa]

Paul Lynde may have been the most consistently funny guy on the show. My grandma never missed it.

[Ann Archy]

I learned MORE on Hollywood Squares than i did in a public high school!

[Leaning Right]

He was the right age, so I looked it up. Peter Marshall was a WW2 vet. He served in the Italian campaign.

RIP

[9YearLurker]

That was a full life!

[Fledermaus]

Wow, 98.

I’ll take Charlie Weaver for the block.

[llevrok]

What? No Jan Murray or Bill Cullen?

[Fledermaus]

Loved Hollywood Squares.

Charlie Weaver
Wally Cox
JoAnn Worley
Phyllis Dillard
Joan Rivers
And Paul Lynnde were frequented

Lots of others occasionally.

[Fai Mao]

Grocho Marx hosted a game show too

[Tommy Revolts]

I was a kid. Hollywood Squares was some funny shit! RIP Peter Marshall.