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Mike Tennant

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« Reply #75 on: July 22, 2009, 10:34:18 AM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'220770\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 07:34 PM\']. . . they probably avoided making the SS a celebrity who wouldn't agree to that request.[/quote]I recall reading (can't remember whether it was in Peter's book or elsewhere) that Paul Lynde was one celeb who requested never to be the SS because he didn't like the pressure of it (and probably didn't like not getting to crack a joke).

SRIV94

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« Reply #76 on: July 22, 2009, 10:59:02 AM »
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'220814\' date=\'Jul 22 2009, 09:34 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'220770\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 07:34 PM\']. . . they probably avoided making the SS a celebrity who wouldn't agree to that request.[/quote]I recall reading (can't remember whether it was in Peter's book or elsewhere) that Paul Lynde was one celeb who requested never to be the SS because he didn't like the pressure of it (and probably didn't like not getting to crack a joke).
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Even so, there were times when he was tabbed (there was one episode GSN showed where he was, and he seemed to be mouthing the words "No, never" to the celeb in the cubicle next to him [as if responding to a question about how often he's been the SS]).
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BillCullen1

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« Reply #77 on: July 23, 2009, 11:44:49 AM »
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'220815\' date=\'Jul 22 2009, 10:59 AM\'][quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'220814\' date=\'Jul 22 2009, 09:34 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'220770\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 07:34 PM\']. . . they probably avoided making the SS a celebrity who wouldn't agree to that request.[/quote]I recall reading (can't remember whether it was in Peter's book or elsewhere) that Paul Lynde was one celeb who requested never to be the SS because he didn't like the pressure of it (and probably didn't like not getting to crack a joke).
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Even so, there were times when he was tabbed (there was one episode GSN showed where he was, and he seemed to be mouthing the words "No, never" to the celeb in the cubicle next to him [as if responding to a question about how often he's been the SS]).  [/quote]

I remember Paul being the Secret Square on both the daytime and nighttime versions. Once he absolutely couldn't believe it. Peter said "Get a shot of Paul, he's in shock!"

Ian Wallis

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« Reply #78 on: July 23, 2009, 02:07:26 PM »
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I remember Paul being the Secret Square on both the daytime and nighttime versions. Once he absolutely couldn't believe it. Peter said "Get a shot of Paul, he's in shock!"

I remember one nighttime show where he was actually the secret square two games in a row.
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Don Howard

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« Reply #79 on: July 23, 2009, 02:38:43 PM »
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'220908\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 02:07 PM\']
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I remember Paul being the Secret Square on both the daytime and nighttime versions. Once he absolutely couldn't believe it. Peter said "Get a shot of Paul, he's in shock!"
I remember one nighttime show where he was actually the secret square two games in a row.
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« Reply #80 on: July 24, 2009, 05:01:30 PM »
IIRC, once on the daytime version, George Foreman was the secret square the entire week. I don't recall how many times he was picked during the SS games.