A Festive Halloween Shopping Idea

Don't forget to buy your copy of the Paul Lynde Halloween Special, which comes out on DVD today! Maybe this'll motivate Sony to release The Paul Lynde Show. Even after years of collecting bootlegs, I'm still a couple of episodes short of having a complete set. Heck, maybe this'll motivate someone to release the first Paul Lynde variety special. I desperately want to see his performance of "Love Will Keep Us Together," which he did with Nancy Walker and the Osmonds! I'm probably the only person in the world who has a bootleg audio version of this landmark moment on his iPod.

Alice Ghostley

Tony-winning actress Alice Ghostley has died. Like Paul Lynde, she was one of the New Faces of 1952, a frequent guest-star on Bewitched, and even one of the Kenley Players when she appeared with Paul in Stop, Thief, Stop in 1975. Paul and Alice often worked together, as this list illustrates, and were mistaken for siblings almost from the get-go. (As an aside, I always thought she was hilarious on Designing Women.)

Paul Lynde on DVD

Here's more news about the upcoming release of The Paul Lynde Halloween Special. I've owned a bootleg copy for years, so I have proof when I say this'll make a nice addition to anyone's TV-on-DVD collection. It's an entertaining hour of '70s variety show magic!

More CNR

Here's a nice appreciation of Charles Nelson Reilly, with a bit of Paul Lynde included.

Charles Nelson Reilly

Peter Marshall: Oh, Paul, what would we ever do without you?
Paul Lynde: Replace me with Charles Nelson Reilly!