Paul Lynde Halloween Special

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Actor: Billie Hayes, Billy Barty, Florence Henderson, KISS, Margaret Hamilton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: S'more Entertainment

DVD Reviews of Paul Lynde Halloween Special

DVD Review: BLAST FROM THE PAST
Summary: 5 Stars

MY BROTHER IN LAW IS A KISS FAN AND I REMEBERED WATCHING THIS WHEN I WAS A KID. SO WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS I HAD TO GET THIS. THIS IS A RARE SHOW OF PAUL LYNDE AND WHEN KISS WAS BECOMING BIG . WE ENJOYED IT CAUSE IT BROUGHT US BACK WHEN THINGS WAS JUST SIMPLE AND WHEN A COMEDY SPECIAL WAS A SPECIAL.

DVD Review: Was boring however interesting as a throwback
Summary: 1 Stars

I remember this show being more interesting when I was a kid but it was very boring to watch as an adult, although interesting to see the old characters such as Witchie Poo.

DVD Review: Great DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

I am very happy with this DVD. I seen this show when it originally aired and it was great to see it again. I had forgotten about Tim Conway being on it so that was a bonus. Excellent buy and good price for some memories !!

DVD Review: Campy Queen Paul
Summary: 3 Stars

Oh, my. You mean people back in 1976 really didn't know that Paul Lynde was gay? The only thing missing here is Paul strutting down Fifth Avenue in a full length fur and with a peacock on a leash! Lynde, who inexplicably built a career on playing frustrated straight husbands on Broadway and television, minced, pranced, sneered, snickered, and cackled through three decades of show business and game shows. He could deliver a comic line better than Jack Benny. By the time that he made this odd special, he was bloated from alcoholism (he had four DUI's), pills, a three pack a day cigarette habit, and endless nightlife with male hustlers (who he would favor with hundred dollar tips if they pleased him). Hilarious onscreen, he was a terror off. People dreaded working with him. He had an acid sharp tongue and either loved you or despised you. He would get drunk during breaks and let his co-stars have it afterward. He was insanely popular. Women sent him marriage proposals.
What we have here is a very strange Halloween special starring Lynde, KISS (a good choice for Halloween), Margaret Hamilton (The wicked witch from Oz), Florence Henderson, Pinky Tuscadero (remember her from Happy Days? If you do, you are one of the very few) doing a lousy disco number (with Lynde kicking up his light heels and doing a simplified version of the Bus stop dance from the disco era), bad jokes, campy and funny good jokes. My favorite sketch (because it is so very bad) features the sloppy fat Lynde with a chest wig (to make him look like he has an absurdly hairy chest - you'd think that was shrubbery growing there) prancing around with Pinky and Tim Conway in a saloon.
Back in 1976, this was considered wholesome family entertainment. Today, it looks like a very gay, very campy spoof on the kind of network variety specials that flooded the airwaves in the sixties and seventies. The only thing missing is a couple of drag queens and men in leather (wait, The members of "KISS," bare and hairy chested, cover the leather angle).
Jaw dropping at times, at other times so awful that you will groan, this is definitely the one to get for your next adult Halloween party - you know, the one where you give out adult novelties as trick or treat gifts to your swinging friends in the theater, fashion, and cosmetics industries.
Be forewarned: this is not good entertainment unless you are able to see it through a very campy lens. Think John Waters if he produced the Carol Burnett show.

DVD Review: 70s kitsch gone wrong
Summary: 3 Stars

I ordered this DVD because it highlighted a few of my favourite 70s stars (KISS and Florence Henderson, especially) and because it aired on my birthday (I love Halloween). Anyway, it was worth the price I paid ([...]). Most of it was so bad, it's painful. I can understand why it aired only once. Most 70s variety shows (series or specials) are like bad LSD trips, and this one follows suit. I enjoyed Paul Lynde on Bewitched. He was hysterical then. This time around he was so not funny. It was so painful to watch a series of lame jokes, one right after another. The only redeeming qualities are KISS (Detroit Rock City and Beth) and Florence Henderson (Old Black Magic). If the price is under $[...], then why not? But, I wouldn't pay over $[...] for it. The extras are okay, but I would've liked to have had perhaps an episode of Hollywood Squares or more about Paul Lynde on the squares and some about him on Bewitched.

Description of Paul Lynde Halloween Special

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

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