The Hollywood Squares (Nighttime, 1975) Gwen vs. Carl (w/a hilarious blooper!!) RIP Peter Marshall

RIP to the GOAT. Here's an episode of The Hollywood Squares from 1975 that is one of the many examples of why Peter Marshall was called "The Master" of The Hollywood Squares. He knew how to take a blooper or mistake and help make it great television but owning up to it.

Tonight's stars: Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, Charo, Jonathan Winters, Anthony Newley, John Byner, Karen Valentine, Marty Allen, and Paul Lynde. In this episode, Peter misreads a question he gives to Paul Lynde ("Seattle Jew"?) leading to everyone in the squares as well as in the audience laughing uproariously. Peter quickly calls out for "Harry", one of the writers of the show at the time, so that he can double down on the joke. Who's "Harry"? You probably known him best as Harry Friedman. Wonder how that fella is doing for himself? :)

RIP to an all-time great. One of my favorite moments in game show history is still when Peter returned for Game Show Host week of the Tom Bergeron version of Hollywood Squares and they decided "hey, why not have Peter host an episode?", and the dude just doesn't skip a single beat. He could've been offered to host and start taping episodes the day after and been able to pull it off without any problems. So thankful we got as many interviews and moments out of him as we could in these past few years. Rest easy, Peter.