Kliph Nesteroff Tweeted Thursday that Marshall had crystal-clear memories of obscure nightclubs and comedians of the 50s and 60s and was an invaluable resource for his book "The Comedians" (which I heartily recommend).
--Dave Sikula On Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:05:10 AM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote: > Although Peter Marshall's career encompassed Broadway, movies, TV and > radio, he is undoubtedly best known as the straight man to the tic-tac-toe > board panelists on "Hollywood Squares" during its original 15-year run on > NBC daytime and syndication--his stint as the straight man to comedian > Tommy Noonan in nightclubs and film put him in good stead for his role > hosting "Squares", which he followed with two less successful series for > co-creator and producer Merrill Heatter, "Fantasy," a variety-game hybrid > for NBC, and "All-Star Blitz," a twist on the "Squares" format for ABC (the > less said about "The Reel to Reel Picture Show" on what was then PAX-TV and > now Ion, the better)--at his home in Encino, no doubt near the motel that > Gene Rayburn and Brett Somers were always talking about (he joked about > being mistaken for Rayburn--he couldn't appear on "Match Game" until > "Squares" had ended for contractual reasons): > > > https://www.thewrap.com/peter-marshall-emmy-winning-hollywood-squares-host-dies-at-98/ > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e3879d3e-e920-4689-a941-d131369374e9n%40googlegroups.com.
