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Q: “You’re the world’s most popular fruit. What are you?” A: “Humble.” – Paul Lynde to Peter Marshall, “Hollywood Squares” . Picture: Paul Lynde (June 13, 1926 – January 11, 1982), c. 1975 . Paul Lynde, who was born ninety-one years ago today, was an American comedian, actor, and television personality, best-known for roles in “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Bewitched,” and as the center square on “Hollywood Squares.” . After moving to New York City, Lynde made his Broadway debut in 1952. In 1960, he was cast as Harry MacAfee in “Bye Bye Birdie,” a role he’d also play in the film adaptation. . Lynde was a popular television actor throughout the 1960s, becoming a familiar face on shows like “The Patty Duke Show,” “The Munsters,” and “The Ed Sullivan Show.” In the late 1960s, “Bewitched” executives created the role of Uncle Arthur for Lynde, and he voiced characters like the rat Templeton in the animated “Charlotte’s Web.” . After guest starring on “Hollywood Squares” in 1966, Lynde became its permanent center square from 1968 to 1979. As @paleycenter explained, Lynde was “the go-to favorite among the celebrity guests, being fed questions that ensured a tart, often surprisingly risqué reply, some of his answers suggesting a coded, campy gay sensibility: [e.g., asked whether it was illegal in Texas to call a Marine a ‘sissy,’ Lynde responded, ‘I guess I’ll have to take the law into my own hands’]…To most of America he was just a ‘smart ass’ who talked kind of funny, but to the gay community his unapologetic, scalding manner was something to which they responded, perhaps interpreting the Lynde wit as a mechanism against an intolerant world.” This interpretation, however, is not universally accepted, as there are many in the queer community who see Lynde as “symboliz[ing] what’s perceived to be a self-loathing era for gay culture.” . For much of his life, Lynde struggled with alcoholism, and he had several run-ins with police; these issues grew worse as his career suffered in the late 1970s. . Paul Lynde, who had been sober since 1980, died of a heart attack in January 1982; he was fifty-five. #HavePrideInHistory #PaulLynde

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Who was Paul Lynde?

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Paul Lynde was a well-known American comedian, actor, and game panelist.

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PAUL LYNDE: Sardonic Clown

PAUL LYNDE: Sardonic Clown

It’s difficult to say what role I first discovered Paul Lynde. I was born in the winter of 1966, and throughout my childhood in the late sixties and seventies, he was everywhere. Never a leading man, yet he was a standout in small roles in the most popular films, tv shows, and game shows. For a comedic actor who always got the minor roles, he was so beloved that he had his own television show-…

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The #RalphWaldoEmerson bloodline takes an…unusual…turn. #paullynde #halloweenspecial https://www.instagram.com/p/CXLFGh3L1K2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Went on an adventure with @will_o_wisp_art and @oldmrbailiwicks to find the forgotten toast of the town, and some answer to why we don’t celebrate this masterful wit that grew up in #mountvernonohio and worked so hard to share his humor with the world. We found only the tokens of other admirers, and this pleased us, so we left our own mementos and vowed to keep a memory alive of a fellow #snarky kindred spirit . . . . . #paullynde #paullyndeforthewin @paul.lynde #mountvernon #knoxcountyohio #wearefromhere #localhistory #ohio https://www.instagram.com/p/CTx_1X9g49B/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy Birthday Paul Lynde! (June 13th) If you believe the supermarket tabloids of the 1970's, Lucille is single handedly responsible for saving both Sammy Davis Jr. and David Niven's respective marriages, bringing Jack Carter back from the brink of depression and for putting Paul Lynde on the proper career path. According to the two and a half page tabloid spread with the eye grabbing headline of 'The Night Lucille Ball Saved Paul Lynde', ABC and Screen Gems came to Paul to offer him his own series, giving him the prerogative as to what concept that series would be. He had been signed to a series twice before which had made it to pilot stage, but both were nixed before their scheduled debut–including a detective spoof which had been Paul's pet project. Now gun shy of the process of getting a series on the air, he needed help selecting a concept. He was torn between reprising his detective spoof theme or a family oriented format. It was Lucy who offered him guidance with this decision at a cocktail party. She advised Paul against his detective series concept. "She told me that I'd probably win an Emmy for it, but it wouldn't last for more than two years. She told me that if I went with a family format, I just might be on the air for years to come." What followed was 26 episodes of 'The Paul Lynde Show', (1972-73) a family oriented sitcom lasting only one season. I wonder how the detective spoof would have fared. Nevertheless, Paul went on to other success, including as permanent fixture as the wise cracking center square on 'The Hollywood Squares'. #lucilleball #paullynde #1970s #sitcoms #hollywoodsquares #wisecrack #abc #tabloids #detectiveseries #petproject #sammydavisjr #davidniven #sageadvice #happybirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CQG7vQ8Hufk/?utm_medium=tumblr