Hollywood Squares famous comebacks ...     You didn't exactly watch Hollywood Squares to find out which contestant was going to win the tic-tac-toe game.  You really watched to see which funny star was going to be set-up and have the best snappy comeback.  

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These are from the days when game show responses were spontaneous:

Q: When you pat a dog on its head he will usually wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A: Paul Lynde: Make him bark.

Q: Do female frogs croak?
A: Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q: Imagine you are a child in your mother's womb, can you detect light?
A: Paul Lynde: Only during ballet practice.

Q: If you're going to make a parachute jump, you should be at least how high?
A: Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q: True or false...a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A: George Gobel: Boy it sure seems that way sometimes...

Q: You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A: Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Q: According to Cosmo, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think he's really attractive, is it okay to come out directly and ask him if he's married?
A: Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.

Q: Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A: Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Q: In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I love you"?
A: Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Q: What are "Do It," "I Can Help" and "Can't Get Enough"?
A: George Gobel: I don't know but it's coming from the next apartment.

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

Q: It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics. What is the other?
A: Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

Q: Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A: Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Q: According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A: Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army!

Q: It is the most abused and neglected part of your body - what is it?
A: Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected!

Q: Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150 pounds?
A: Charley Weaver: A divorcee.

Q: When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for it's sex?
A: Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car. The rest is up to him.

Q: Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A: Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q: What are the two things women should never do in bed with their husbands?
A: Paul Lynde: Point and Laugh

Q:In the Arctic the most fearsome animal is the polar bear, what is the only thing a polar bear is afraid of?
A: Paul Lynde: A lonely Eskimo!!

Q: You are traveling at a high rate of speed down a steep hill, and the brakes on your car stop working. What should you do?"
A: Paul Lynde: "Honk if you love Jesus.."

Q: In a survey of teenage mothers, most of them said they were listening to this when they got pregnant - what is it?
A: Paul Lynde: A pack of lies!

Q.What are "dual-purpose cattle" good for that other cattle aren't?
A. Paul Lynde: They give milk... and cookies, but I don't recommend the cookies.

Q. Peter Marshall: According to Amy Vanderbilt, what is the maximum length of time you and your fiancé should be engaged?
A. Rose Marie: Engaged in what?

Q.Peter Marshall: Eddie Fisher recently said, "I am sorry. I am sorry for them both." Who was he referring to?
A. Paul Lynde: His fans.

Q.On what night is a woman most likely to be molested?
A. Rose Marie: With my luck, it's probably tonight -- and I'm working.

Q. Your sheep has a temperature of 102. Is she normal?
A. Burt Reynolds: People think I'm not normal because I keep taking her temperature.

Q. Why is the booby bird called the booby bird?
A. Karen Valentine: Because they have big... feet.

Q.You're a 71-year-old man who has lost interest in sex. Does your doctor have anything to help you?
A. Charley Weaver: No, but his nurse does.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. According to "Cosmo," will you probably be helped in overcoming your shyness by choosing an extroverted, outgoing husband?
A. Rose Marie: Gosh, Pete, I did that once and his wife caught us.

Q. Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150 pounds?
A. Charley Weaver: A divorcee.

Q. True or false, George: experts say there are only seven or eight things in the world dumber than an ant.
A. George Gobel: Yes, and I think I voted for six of 'em.

Q. Dennis Weaver, Debbie Reynolds, and Shelley Winters star in the movie "What's The Matter With Helen?" Who plays Helen?
A. Charley Weaver: Dennis Weaver. That's why they asked the question.

Q.James Stewart did it over twenty years ago when he was forty-one years old. Now he says it was "one of the best things I ever did." What was it?
A. Marty Allen: Rhonda Fleming.

Q. Your baby has a certain object which he loves to cling to. Should you try to break him of his habit?
A. Joan Rivers: Yes. It's daddy's turn.


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