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List Price: $14.95 | | Label: S'more Entertainment
Salesrank: 22607
Released: October 2, 2007 |
| Our Price: $7.41 |
| Used Price: $6.98 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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.
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
Paul Lynde Halloween Special Reviews:
Not so Special 
2009-12-14 - 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. 
2009-12-09 - 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!
2009-10-25 - 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.
Great performance by KISS! 
2009-10-20 - Great to see KISS in a gothic-like stage setting on this Halloween special from Oct. 1976. They perform 3 songs with a lot of energy ("Detroit Rock City", "Beth", and "King Of The Night Time World")and Gene Simmons does his fire-breathing act too. Well worth getting if your a fan of KISS!
Okay, Not Great 
2009-10-20 - The quality of the video is poor. There was absolutely no attempt at cleaning it up, and towards the end, I forgot I had a DVD when it appeared the tape was about to break.
As for entertainment, it was very cheesy and the overacting really made it worse. It was entertaining only in the fact that it was neat to take a step back in time and see what was. I love Paul Lynde, normally. But the skits were horrific and not very Halloweeny at all. I guess the highlight would be the KISS performance for KISS Fans. But for me, it was Billie Hayes as Witchie Poo. I could have watched her all night.
