[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!"