Hollywood Squares: Ten Autographs from 1975 Show

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This sheet from the 1975 season of Hollywood Squares shows all of the guest stars for that tape dates--and is autographed by all, including host Peter Marshall. Taped on April 12, 1975, the five shows were aired the week of May 5, 1975 and featured Robert Fuller, Karen Valentine, Vincent Price, Phyllis Diller, Rich Little, Joan Rivers, George Gobel, Beau Bridges, and Paul Lynde in the middle square! The sheet belonged to Vincent Price's then 12-year-old daughter, Victoria, who was present at the taping. Each of the stars autographed the piece of paper for her. Her father, Vincent, taped over 900 episodes of Hollywood Squares!! It is a green mimeographed sheet of paper and it shows some wear around the edges, but is otherwise in good shape. About Hollywood Squares: The Hollywood Squares was an American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. The "board" for the game is actually a 3 Å~ 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by an entertainer (or "star") seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game. Although The Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy. The show was "scripted" in the sense that the panel of celebrities knew the questions in advance and was provided with answers and suggestions for bluffs and jokes (Zingers). Typically, a star's first answer to a question was a humorous one (or at least an attempt at a humorous one). This was then followed by the true answer or bluff. It had to be stressed that this did not mean the actual game play was scripted or predetermined, as the onus was still on the contestant to determine whether or not the provided answer to a question was the correct one. Although t have been variations over the years in the rules of and the prizes in the game, certain aspects of the game have remained fairly consistent. Two contestants, a woman playing Os (noughts) as "Miss Circle" and the man playing Xs (crosses) "Mister X", took turns picking a star and following the traditional tic-tac-toe strategies for which square to select. The star was asked a question and gave an answer. The contestant had the choice of agreeing with the celebrity or disagreeing if they thought the star was bluffing. If the contestant was right, he or she got the square; if the contestant was wrong, the other contestant got the square, unless that would cause the opponent to get three in a row. In that case, the opponent had to win the square on his or her own. A player also won by getting five of his or her symbols "X" or "O" on the game board (thus preventing "cat's games" or ties); this was called a "five-square win." Stars were not required to give a correct answer even if they knew the answer to the question. On rare occasions, a star would not know the correct answer to a question or be unable to come up with a decent bluff. In such instances, the host offered the question to the contestant. If the contestant answered correctly, he or she got the square; if not, their opponent got the square unless it would give the other contestant three in a row. Usually the contestant passed, in which case they incurred no penalty, and the same star was asked another question. Peter Marshall's explanation of the rules: * The object for the players is to get three stars in a row, either across, up-and-down or diagonally; it is up to them to figure out if a star is giving a correct answer or making one up; that's how they get the squares. Original version (1966-1981) The show got its beginning as a black-and-white pilot episode filmed for CBS on April 21, 1965. That pilot was hosted by Bert Parks with the squares occupied by Cliff Arquette (in his "Charley Weaver" comic persona), Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Abby Dalton, Jim Backus, Gisele MacKenzie, Robert Q. Lewis and Vera Miles. The first five of the initial panelists were to later appear on the first broadcast ... read more

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