Here is yet another classic episode of the Hollywood Squares from 1977, featuring Richard Anderson, Jonathan Winters, Ed McMahon, Dolly Parton, George Gobel, Joan River, Harvey Korman, Leslie Uggams, and center square Paul Lynde.
I know it was network practices, but I am still mad at NBC for getting rid of a huge percentage of the tapes of this wonderful show that always makes me smile😊I'm glad the nighttime syndicated version exists, tho.
NBC was the worst regarding game show preservation. It continued to wipe any show that wasn't a Goodson-Todman production, (except for Mindreaders, which Goodson felt was his worst) until around the mid-80s. This includes Battlestars, High Rollers, Las Vegas Gambit, Just Men, Hit Man, the first few years of daytime Sale of the Century, and daytime Wheel of Fortune. CBS stopped wiping around 1966, and ABC stopped in 1978. A few NBC Squares episodes were syndicated in the '80s along with the standard package. But I can understand the network's primetime rating struggles for causing them to cut corners (ABC was fresh with money and CBS had long been profitable)
Panelists: 1. Richard Anderson 2. Jonathan Winters 3. Ed McMahon 4. Dolly Parton 5. George Gobel 6. Joan Rivers 7. Harvey Korman 8. Leslie Uggams 9. Paul Lynde
Could've been, they taped these shows 5 in one day, & on the last episode taping of the day, the Cast would go to dinner, with drinks, & then return to the studio & film the last one, & several stars Would be a little blitzed.
