Special Features: Extensive photo scrapbook containing images from The Hollywood Squares, at home, family shots, young Paul. This includes large quantities of photos provided by his family and heirs Three stage interactive trivia game based on questions asked on The Hollywood Squares with a bonus feature when consumer answers all 30- 60 questions correctly Extensive quotes from Paul Lynde about family, entertainment, food and mental health Liner notes by producer and writer, Bob Booker
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Release Date: 2007-10-02
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So bad, it's hard to enjoy, even for the wrong reasons
I was not old enough to watch TV when this special originally aired. However, I have always liked Paul Lynde in DVDs I've watched, especially in his roles on Bewitched, Hollywood Squares and in movies like "Send Me No Flowers." Halloween also happens to be one of my favorite holidays, and I figure, hey I can appreciate things like the dragon boots that Kiss members wear. So I ordered this DVD thinking I would stumble upon a fun little gem from the 70's.
WRONG!
This TV show has such a low budget and the jokes and acting are so bad, that it would really only be fit for some kind of sick drinking game - or perhaps to show to your children so they can be grateful they did not have to live through the 70's. I was embarassed for Paul Lynde, really.
The only cool thing about this special at all was getting to see Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the evil witch in the Wizard of Oz.
You could choose to spend your money on this, but just don't expect too much - I give it 2 out of 5 stars.
That 70's show...
A head-on collision of mid-70's comedic cheese and rock 'n roll, Paul Lynde's Halloween Special is a sort of time capsule into another realm, where television writing subscribed to a "so bad, it's brilliant" mentality.
Margaret Hamilton reprises her 'Wicked Witch of the West' schtick, mixing camp with a disconcerting undercurrent of genuine creepiness (It is Halloween, afterall).
"Destroyer" era KISS performs three songs, something many of their followers consider the crown jewel of television performances, and a real highlight of their lengthy career.
Speaking of KISS, and this performance in particular, Matt Kozlowski noted a great parallel between band & Paul Lynde's featured guests:
"Gene Simmons wagged his tongue and Paul Stanley puckered his lips, both not unlike rejected characters from H.R PufnStuf.
The only thing missing from this spectacle, was a guy named Sigmund, in a sea-monster costume, playing drums to "King of the night time world."
The real cherry tomato on the salad, was the fact that KISS, like fellow entertainer, Billy Barty, were in on the joke.
Regardless of whether your three feet tall, or seven feet tall in dragon boots, it's all about showbiz (or is it showbizzz?)
Not since Alice Cooper crooned to Miss Piggy on the Muppet Show, has this been more apparent."
Kozlowski hit the proverbial nail on the head.
Great television isn't measured on the same scale as great art.
Great television is simply calculated by how well the viewer was entertained.
In this case, Paul Lynde's Halloween special succeeds , as it flails away uncomfortably, under the weight of it's own excess.Not so Special
BORING! Really bad jokes from the 1970s still bad. Looks like rejected skits from the Carol Burnet Show. Ugh. Henderson's singing is horrible, it would have been more interesting if she sang with KISS! KISS is about the only interesting thing in this show, and even that was bad. The Kiss performance will make you dizzy - they spin the camera 360 deg over and over as a special effect, and really bad kisses coming at you. "Oh and did I say it was ... BORING!.. Ahhh heh heh hannnn"Paul Lynde Hollywood squares center square no so square.
Paul Lynde is flamboyant and still knew what the networks in the 70's from Bewitched to Hollywod squares his own variety Halloween show with KISS playing 3 songs this is a classic show for baby boomers or KISS fans.Great **Campy** Fun From Uncle (Auntie) Paul!
The PAUL LYNDE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL DVD is a funky little show that aired only once in 1976. Its star Paul Lynde sings, quips and skits his way through this Halloween special and gets help from other celebs like Donny & Marie Osmond, Betty White, the incomparable Billy Hayes (Witchie-Pooh), Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition), Florence Henderson (mother on The Brady Bunch - The Complete First Season ), funny men Billy Barty and Tim Conway, and rock group Kiss.
The show isn't the sharpest or best quality that I've seen (as far as shows from this era are concerned) but the producers of this DVD explain why and apologize at the beginning. It's not bad at all just a few lines going through the picture every now and then, but it doesn't really interfere with viewing pleasure.
Lynde is at his campiest best and the Halloween special is filled with skits, singing and dancing, and performances by Kiss and Florence Henderson.
The special features include:
***STILL PHOTO SCRAP BOOK OF LYNDE
***NAME THAT QUIP"---interactive game where you match the right quote to complete the sentence
***AUDIO COMMENTARY BY PETER MARSHALL (HOST OF THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES)--This is audio only of Marshall reminiscing about Lynde and their time together on "The Hollywood Squares." It plays against still images from the popular game show and behind the scenes.
Anyway, this is a real treat for us 70s kids who grew up on these campy variety shows and specials. If you don't like those type of shows then you probably won't like this. But if you do, it's cheap enough to add to your collection. And Paul Lynde was a trailblazer, never trying to be anything he wasn't.Description
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special aired only once (on October 29, 1976) and featured a "Who's Who" of mid-'70s TV and film stars; Paul held everything together as the ringmaster of a circus that featured Margaret Hamilton (her only prime time TV appearance wearing the full outfit from The Wizard of Oz), Witchie Poo from H.R. Pufnstuf, Donnie and Marie (who had Paul as a regular on their series), Tim Conway, Billy Barty and in their first prime time TV appearance, KISS. They perform three songs but the on-stage conversation with KISS, Paul and Margaret Hamilton is priceless.
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