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Paul Lynde

I'm a big fan of Paul's and was surprised to recently learn one of his earliest boyfriend's died accidently.

From Wikipedia:

"In 1965, Lynde was involved in an accident where his lover, a young actor, fell to his death from the window of their hotel room in San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The two had been drinking for hours before 24-year-old James "Bing" Davidson slipped[1] and fell eight stories, an event witnessed by two policemen.[9] Even though the scandal did not ruin his career, the incident offered insight into the precarious life of drinking and partying that Lynde enjoyed.[10]"

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by Anonymousreply 53June 4, 2018 3:50 AM

I cannot imagine Paul Lynde having sex.

by Anonymousreply 1June 16, 2010 1:44 AM

I read one report that said the guy didn't fall, he jumped to his death.

by Anonymousreply 2June 16, 2010 1:01 PM

He was a graduate of Northwestern. Unfortunately he was permanently banned from returning to campus after making some racist remark (he was drunk at the time) during a homecoming appearance.

Ann Margret also wasn't particularly welcome. She was a bit of a wild cild while she was there (rumor had it she was living in a fraternity).

by Anonymousreply 3June 16, 2010 1:14 PM

For all Lynde's faults, he was one of the first openly-gay celebrities. He never came out and said it but everyone knew, and some of his jokes on Hollywood Squares did out him, indirectly at least. Also he was a positive image for gays because he made people laugh with him, with his gay jokes on Hollywood Squares, not AT him.

by Anonymousreply 4June 16, 2010 1:16 PM

He was a surprisingly hot looking woman in a Doris Day comedy.

by Anonymousreply 5June 16, 2010 1:22 PM

I saw him one night at the Meat Rack in Provincetown. After the bars closed. He was a mess. "On stage", drunk as a skunk in the middle of Commercial St yelling/screaming/over the top at every young guy who walked by.

He was just a pathetic old queen looking for attention and a trick.

by Anonymousreply 6June 16, 2010 1:27 PM

When Paul was sober he was the best. But he was well known as a mean drunk. It didn't matter who you were or how friendly he was with you. When he got liquored up (which was often) you were fair game. he lost many a friend due to his drinking.

by Anonymousreply 7June 16, 2010 3:07 PM

How do you slip and fall out a window?? Was he on the ledge when he slipped?

by Anonymousreply 8June 16, 2010 5:50 PM

[quote]I read one report that said the guy didn't fall, he jumped to his death.

Wouldn't you if you were fooling around with Paul Lynde?

by Anonymousreply 9June 16, 2010 5:54 PM

BYE BYE BIRD-HEE!

by Anonymousreply 10June 16, 2010 6:05 PM

PAUL: "Listen, Sister. That was my hooch and if you're not going to fuck me you can just go take a flying leap."

by Anonymousreply 11June 16, 2010 6:24 PM

My favorite Hollywood Squares quote from Paul:

Peter Marshall: It is the most abused and neglected part of your body-what is it?

Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused but it certainly isn’t neglected!

by Anonymousreply 12June 16, 2010 6:46 PM

My all-time favorite:

Peter Marshall: Burt Reynolds is quoted as saying, "Dinah (Shore)'s in top form. I've never known anyone to be so completely able to throw herself into a..." A what?

Paul Lynde: A headboard.

by Anonymousreply 13June 16, 2010 6:52 PM

I didn't think his comebacks on "Squares" were as funny as everyone made them out to be. And they were scripted! Ever notice how much Alice Ghostley and he sounded alike? I think they started in NYC around the same time, too.

by Anonymousreply 14June 16, 2010 6:53 PM

In the slight biography "Center Square," it is recollected by many that Paul Lynde adopted his withering delivery directly from Ghostley.

They were all part of the same Northwestern crowd that hit NYC around the turn of the 1950s, many of whom appeared in Leonard Sillman's "New Faces" revues.

by Anonymousreply 15June 16, 2010 8:29 PM

"For the center square, Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?"

"Mm, because chiffon wrinkles so easily!"

by Anonymousreply 16June 16, 2010 8:48 PM

Paul doing the weather...

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by Anonymousreply 17June 17, 2010 3:17 AM

Lynde and Ghostley were both on Bewitched, so I guess there was enough room in showbiz for two comedic actors to have the same kind of delivery. There was enough room on the same show even.

by Anonymousreply 18June 17, 2010 3:23 AM

I read in some old gossip book that Paul Lynde was a verbal, rather rough, top.

by Anonymousreply 19June 17, 2010 7:55 AM

[quote]I read one report that said the guy didn't fall, he jumped to his death.

I thought the rumor was that Lynde pushed him. My apologies if it isn't true, but how awful if it were.

Perhaps it was what we call "karma" (yes I know, not real karma) that Lynde himself was supposedly left to die by a young trick after he had a heart attack while doing poppers during sex.

by Anonymousreply 20June 17, 2010 8:21 AM

There is a new book out on Paul Lynde Paul Lynde: A Biography His Life, His Love(s) & His Laughter. It is written by a trusting friend of his I think it will give a clear picture of who Paul was.

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by Anonymousreply 21February 6, 2014 2:01 AM

R3 - I doubt Ann-Margret was living in a fraternity since she was from Wilmette - she could practically walk home.

by Anonymousreply 22February 6, 2014 2:10 AM

What did he do after Bye Bye Birdie and before Hollywood Squares? that was several years. From that period I only remember him playing Uncle Arthur every great once in a while on bewitched.

by Anonymousreply 23February 6, 2014 2:34 AM

Wow, r21! I would bet a great deal of money that the man Cathy eventually married and had children with was a closeted gay. Any girl who was horny and in heat for Paul Lynde at age 17 clearly had some Judy/Liza-type issues going on.

by Anonymousreply 24February 6, 2014 2:41 AM

From what has been unsaid about his death, he was in bed with a hustler, was having a heart attack and the hustler fled rather than call 911. True? or National Enquirer UFO nonsense?

by Anonymousreply 25February 6, 2014 2:49 AM

More of his lines from Hollywood Squares.

"You're in the woods with a friend and a snake bites him. What's the first thing you should do?"

"Find a new friend."

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"Anthony Quinn thinks they should be abolished, but he wouldn't turn one down. What are they?"

"Fifty-year-old women."

**

"Can guinea pigs whistle?"

"Only when they come to a boil."

**

"The French call it 'wooden mouth.' What do you call it?"

"I don't know but it'll cost you extra."

**

"The palms of your hand have turned yellow. What have you probably been doing too much?"

"Massaging my gardener."

**

"You walk into somebody's home and everything is brown. What should you think?"

"The maid exploded?"

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"What would you call a chicken that's cut up, stewed, and served in its own gravy?"

"Mortally wounded."

**

"What fictional character ran around screaming, 'I'm late, I'm late!'"

"That was Alice, and her mother's sick about it."

**

"Julie Andrews said that at the age of twelve she discovered something of hers was as developed as that of a grown woman. What was it?"

"Unfortunately, it was her brother."

**

"True or false. A Canadian doctor successfully transplanted a man's big toe onto his thumb."

"That's how dull it can get in Canada."

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"At the end of the movie "The Planet of the Apes," what does Charlton Heston see that makes him realize that he is actually in New York City?"

"A Puerto Rican."

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"You are married in India. How did you probably meet your spouse?"

"We were fighting over a lima bean."

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"If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?"

"Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark."

**

"Do female frogs croak?"

"If you hold their little heads under water long enough."

by Anonymousreply 26February 6, 2014 2:53 AM

Classic! LOL!

by Anonymousreply 27February 6, 2014 2:56 AM

"How do you slip and fall out a window?? Was he on the ledge when he slipped?"

Didn't the tranny Eddie Murphy picked up also "fall" out of a window?

by Anonymousreply 28February 6, 2014 3:00 AM

Peter Marshall: According to the old song, "At night, when you're asleep, into your tent I'll creep." Who am I?

Paul: The Scoutmaster

by Anonymousreply 29February 6, 2014 3:04 AM

Best of all is the zinger from R21's link:

Peter: You're America's favorite fruit. What are you?

Paul: Humble.

by Anonymousreply 30February 6, 2014 3:09 AM

R23, Paul Lynde appeared in several films and on many other TV series in the 1960s. He also headlined in summer stock for years. He was so popular with stage fans in his home state of Ohio, he joked that he could be elected Governor of that state.

by Anonymousreply 31February 6, 2014 5:26 AM

I stayed at the Sir Francis Drake once years ago. It's very old, the room was the size of a broom closet and expensive as hell. You could barely walk around the bed. There was a window you could open, with no screen, and a fire escape outside. In SF a lot of old buildings have fire escapes. I don't know if every room had a fire escape, but if it did you'd probably have to climb outside the window and jump from that. Anybody recall better than I do?

by Anonymousreply 32February 6, 2014 5:50 AM

r21 Very cool. I'm gonna buy that book.

by Anonymousreply 33February 6, 2014 6:02 AM

Do you think Paul Lynde let out a "Diana Death Scream" when his boi toy fell out the window?

by Anonymousreply 34February 6, 2014 6:21 AM

I remember that incident when it happened back in 1965.

I kinda gave me an idea for a song, which worked out great for me years later ...

by Anonymousreply 35February 6, 2014 6:32 AM

Never liked Paul Lynde. A lot of the «icky» factor there. An example of what a gay man does NOT want to become.

by Anonymousreply 36February 6, 2014 6:44 AM

There is a new book out on Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde A Biography: His Life, His Love(s) & His Laughter

by Anonymousreply 37July 11, 2014 7:58 PM

[all posts by racist flame-bait shit-stain removed.]

by Anonymousreply 38July 11, 2014 8:12 PM

[quote]he was one of the first openly-gay celebrities. He never came out and said it but everyone knew,

If he never said it outright, it can be denied. Thus he was NOT OUT.

What a dumbass you are. You should be the one falling out off a window.

by Anonymousreply 39July 11, 2014 8:34 PM

Do I not remember an incident with Paul at an awards show? He was a nominee for something and didn't win and when the winner was walking to the stage there was a commotion coming from the middle of the audience. You could hear someone yelling and everyone turned to look in that direction.

I read later that it was a drunken Paul protesting that he should have won the award or maybe that the winner didn't deserve it. I think they said he had to be escorted out of the theater because he wouldn't quiet down and behave.

I would love for that to be true.

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by Anonymousreply 40July 11, 2014 9:23 PM

He always looked like he was seeking inspiration there in the middle of the box on Hollywood Squares.

by Anonymousreply 41July 11, 2014 9:34 PM

R21 is the reason I still love DL..... thanks for the tip ! Just downloaded it on my Kindle. Looking forward to reading it (I thought Center Square was a quick, decent read).

by Anonymousreply 42July 13, 2014 2:33 AM

R39 is quite the cunt. Wishing death on someone because of a linguistic trick? That's low, even by cunt standards. Never mind she was snarling at an old post and talking to the past with her nastiness.

Lynde was as open about being gay as a person in the business could go at the time. No denials, lots of gay jokes, lots of gay innuendo, lots of directly same-sex references - and an understanding between him and anyone listening that he was gay. He socialized as a gay man (and embarrassed other, more closeted gay friends), was open about his male lovers, and the rest.

So one really would like to see that window gape in the direction of the execrable R39, right?

BUT my main reason for posting was laughing at the OP saying that someone in 1965 was one of Lynde's earliest boyfriends. Hardly.

by Anonymousreply 43July 13, 2014 3:22 AM

So far, the book is pretty hysterical, but I'm not expecting much since they met in 1975 and he died in 1982. Seven years isn't such a long term friendship, but it sounds like she does a lot of research about Paul's life before they met, so it will still be a good read.

Funny because this naïve 17 year old girl with absolutely no gaydar has a crush on a nearly 50 year old Paul Lynde. And she goes to a little party at his hotel and one of his guests is a young Spanish guy (an 'artist' that he met in the Village) and she assumes he's Paul's secretary. HA ... yea, I'm sure he was taking Paul's dick-tation. (“When you get fucked by Lynde, baby, you keep your eyes open!")

I'm hoping there's a scene where Paul finally says to her "Look, Cathy .... I like dick, just like you do, okay ?"

by Anonymousreply 44July 13, 2014 7:17 PM

I met him a few times in bars. Quiet, well dressed, handsome, and he had a very hot Mexican guy with him. This was in the late 70s.

I spoke briefly with him, and he was very nice. Not drunk. Not queeny.

by Anonymousreply 45July 14, 2014 12:44 AM

[quote]What did he do after Bye Bye Birdie and before Hollywood Squares?

This.

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by Anonymousreply 46July 14, 2014 12:57 AM

new book on Paul-Paul Lynde a Biography-His Life His Love(s)& His Laughter

available at amazon, barnes & noble and also at Bearmanormedia.com

by Anonymousreply 47July 14, 2014 2:46 AM

^ Who's read it? Any good dish?

by Anonymousreply 48June 4, 2018 1:55 AM

DL faves.

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by Anonymousreply 49June 4, 2018 2:03 AM

R36 is vile.

Icky-Queen or not, he was on television and he somehow let me know that i wasnt totally alone with my gayness in this world. Plus, he was the funniest Square. And he was Uncle Arthur for fucks sake. Glass Bottom Boat? His own Variety special?

And if this thread has any truth to it, a top?

A Fucking Top?

Lordy.

by Anonymousreply 50June 4, 2018 2:17 AM

Peter Marshall: After 90 years, the city of New York is about to paint this local landmark. What is it?

Paul: Arlene Francis.

by Anonymousreply 51June 4, 2018 3:07 AM

I wonder if R36 is some kid who's never had to worry about being openly gay and is reaping the benefits of people who did what they could to expand gay rights.

by Anonymousreply 52June 4, 2018 3:13 AM

r49 OMG, it's Pamelyn Ferdin!

by Anonymousreply 53June 4, 2018 3:50 AM
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