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The Hollywood Squares is an American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money (cash) and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 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 in the form of the "zingers", or joke answers, often given by the stars prior to their "real" answer. The show's writers usually supplied the zingers; in addition, the stars were given question subjects and plausible incorrect ("bluff") answers prior to the show. (The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not, as a contestant's success was based upon knowing whether the celebrity's "real" answer was correct.) In any case, as host Peter Marshall explains at the beginning of the "Secret Square" game, the celebrities are briefed prior to show to help them with bluff answers, but they are otherwise hearing the actual questions as they are asked on air.

Highlights
Ernest Borgnine on being "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares
01:57
Melissa Gilbert on appearing on Hollywood Squares and dining with Paul Lynde
02:14
Tom Bergeron on a prank pulled on him on Hollywood Squares
04:00
Rose Marie on her long tenure as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares
08:32
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Tom Bergeron

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Tom Bergeron on a prank pulled on him on Hollywood Squares
04:00
Tom Bergeron on hosting Hollywood Squares
06:01
Tom Bergeron on his memories of Hollywood Squares
02:09
Tom Bergeron on his recollections of 9/11
Tom Bergeron on Whoopi Goldberg helping him at NAPTE
01:44

Ernest Borgnine

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Ernest Borgnine on being "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares
01:57
Ernest Borgnine on being "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares
01:57

Bill Daily

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Bill Daily on appearing on Hollywood Squares
00:29

Kevin Eubanks

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Kevin Eubanks on appearing on Hollywood Squares
00:50

Nanette Fabray

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Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Hollywood Squares
02:08

Jamie Farr

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Jamie Farr on getting asked to do Hollywood Squares just as he finished The Gong Show
00:50
Jamie Farr on the original Hollywood Squares
01:02

Harry Friedman

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Harry Friedman on writing for the celebrities on Hollywood Squares
03:57
Harry Friedman on moving to Los Angeles and being hired to write for Hollywood Squares
03:52
Harry Friedman on the premise and rules of Hollywood Squares
02:32
Harry Friedman on what he learned from working on Hollywood Squares
04:29
Harry Friedman on working with Hollywood Squares host Peter Marshall
01:17
Harry Friedman on becoming a producer at Hollywood Squares
00:52
Harry Friedman on the end of Hollywood Squares
01:28
Harry Friedman on producing the 1986 revival of Hollywood Squares
03:39

Pamela Fryman

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Pamela Fryman on working on The New Hollywood Squares
01:12

Michael Gelman

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Michael Gelman on becoming the New York producer for Hollywood Squares
01:16

Melissa Gilbert

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Melissa Gilbert on appearing on Hollywood Squares and dining with Paul Lynde
02:14

Whoopi Goldberg

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Whoopi Goldberg on rebooting The Hollywood Squares as producer and being "Center Square", and on memorable moments from the show
02:19
Whoopi Goldberg on production on the reboot of The Hollywood Squares and the importance of feeding talent and crew well and treating people well
03:33

Mary Lynn Gottfried

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Mary Lynn Gottfried on booking talent for Hollywood Squares
03:08

Monty Hall

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Monty Hall on scripted jokes on Hollywood Squares
00:28

Florence Henderson

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Florence Henderson on her appearances on Hollywood Squares
00:26

Roger King

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Roger King on King World reviving, producing, and distributing The Hollywood Squares with Whoopi Goldberg as the center square, and on distributing Martha Stewart Living
01:32

Rose Marie

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Rose Marie on her long tenure as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares
08:32

Peter Marshall

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Peter Marshall on working with his friend George Gobel on Hollywood Squares 
01:39
Peter Marshall on how he came to host Hollywood Squares
11:52
Peter Marshall on the history of Hollywood Squares before he became host
03:54
Peter Marshall on the first tapings of Hollywood Squares and changes he brought to the show
02:28
Peter Marshall on working with producers Bob Quigley and Merrill Heatter on Hollywood Squares
00:57
Peter Marshall on Groucho Marx not working for Hollywood Squares and Robert Fuller being the best game player
01:55
Peter Marshall on the Hollywood Squares regulars and Paul Lynde leaving the show
01:50
Peter Marshall on solving Milton Berle's backstage problems on Hollywood Squares
04:29
Peter Marshall on Gloria Swanson appearing on Hollywood Squares
01:20
Peter Marshall on Wally Cox on Hollywood Squares
01:32
Peter Marshall on his friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:54
Peter Marshall on Rose Marie on Hollywood Squares
00:32
Peter Marshall on Cliff Arquette on Hollywood Squares
00:36
Peter Marshall on Joan Rivers on Hollywood Squares
00:49
Peter Marshall on his Emmy Awards for Hollywood Squares
01:58
Peter Marshall on the production team of Hollywood Squares
01:37
Peter Marshall on the set of Hollywood Squares and the prizes
00:56
Peter Marshall on the cancellation of Hollywood Squares
00:46
Peter Marshall on returning to host the syndicated version of Hollywood Squares in 2002
07:09

Wink Martindale

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Wink Martindale on appearing on The Hollywood Squares
00:50
Wink Martindale on appearing on The Hollywood Squares "Game Show Host Week"
01:24

John Moffitt

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John Moffitt on producing the relaunched Hollywood Squares
04:42

Della Reese

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Della Reese on appearing on The Hollywood Squares
01:49

Joan Rivers

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Joan Rivers on appearing as the center square on Hollywood Squares
02:05

Fred Silverman

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Fred Silverman on creating The Hollywood Squares with Heatter-Quigley and Bob Stewart while head of daytime CBS, and on making the "one of [his] worst calls" by giving it up to Larry Phillips, head of daytime at NBC
01:43

Caroll Spinney

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Caroll Spinney on appearing on Hollywood Squares
00:11

Bruce Vilanch

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Bruce Vilanch on appearing on Hollywood Squares
04:05

Jimmie Walker

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Jimmie Walker on appearing on Match Game and Hollywood Squares
04:43

Dawn Wells

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Dawn Wells on being on Hollywood Squares
00:46

Henry Winkler

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Henry Winkler on producing Hollywood Squares and popular "square" Paul Lynde
02:57

Alan Zweibel

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Alan Zweibel on being offered a job to write for Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares
02:37

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