Lynde's career almost hit the skids at that point. He was a big drinker and one evening in 1965, a young actor he was partying with in San Francisco fell from the comedian’s hotel room to his death eight floors below. The story would have been live on CNN today, but at that time you could still hush things up in the press.
Like Bewitched, the Lynde show had an unbelievable fantasy concept: Paul playing a straight guy living in the suburbs with a wife and two kids dealing with the everyday frustrations of life.
The Paul Lynde Show was axed after only one season. ABC still had faith in Paul Lynde's drawing power so the next fall he was wedged into the cast of The New Temperature’s Rising. That sitcom went belly-up as well.
ANOTHER HIT
Peter Marshall:
In television, who lived in Doodyville? Peter Marshall:
According to the old song, "At night, when you're asleep, into
your tent I'll creep." Who am I?
Here's a possibly intoxicated Paul Lynde doing the weather on the former WSPD, Ch. 13, in Toledo, OH, around 1978 or '79.
But Lynde was starting to unravel. In 1978, he was arrested in Salt Lake City outside a gay bar resulting in his being dropped as a regular guest on the Donny & Marie show; it was his second arrest.
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What
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![]() Lynde contributed a number of memorable characters for Hanna-Barbera cartoons - including Claude Pertwee of Where's Huddles (1970) and Sylvester Sneekly, a.k.a. 'The Hooded Claw' in Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969). Peter Marshall:
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