Editing Hollywood Squares (section)

===Cast of stars===
[[File:Hollywood Squares 2000th show 1974.jpg|thumb|300px|The 2000th show in 1974. Back row, L-R: [[Cliff Arquette]] as [[Charley Weaver]], [[Rose Marie]], [[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]] (who later hosted the 1986 revival of the show), [[George Gobel]], [[Kent McCord]], [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]], [[Vincent Price]] and [[Paul Lynde]]. Front row: [[Ruta Lee]] and [[Sandy Duncan]]. ]]
Many celebrities became recognized as regulars on the show. Some regulars were frequently asked questions pertaining to a certain topic or category. For instance, [[Paul Lynde]] was frequently asked questions related to history or relationships, to which he would first respond with a clever zinger to get a laugh (usually a wrong answer but funny joke/punch line) before providing his answer. [[Cliff Arquette]] (in character as "Charley Weaver"), a history buff, excelled at American history questions; [[Rich Little]] almost always received questions about other celebrities, which allowed him to do an impression of that individual; [[Wally Cox]] was also given a lot of celebrity questions for which he usually gave the wrong answer; [[Roddy McDowall]] usually gave correct answers about the plays of [[Shakespeare]]; [[Rose Marie]] often received questions on dating and relationships, playing off her lovelorn comic persona; and [[Demond Wilson]] often responded with mock anger to questions that were carefully worded to play upon [[African Americans|African-American]] stereotypes.

Lynde was featured in the tactically important center square throughout most of the show's original run. In 1968, after the first two years on the show, Lynde became the regular center square. Lynde's outrageous jokes earned him three consecutive [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nominations from 1972 to 1974. He left the series after taping the August 20–24, 1979, week of shows and was replaced by [[Wayland Flowers]]; Lynde returned when the series relocated to Las Vegas for the 1980–1981 season.