...that I accidently bought a game I already had! Well, sort of anyway. You may remember a few weeks ago when I posted about the 1974 version of Hollywood Squares that I picked up at an estate sale. As I looked at it, I slowly remembered that years and years ago I got an earlier version at a thrift store. Then, upon cleaning up in the ol' game room I found:
Upon opening the box, we find a large plastic game board, plastic "X" and "O" pieces, twenty 100.00 bills, and four small boxes of question cards!
Here is the stuff more spread out so you can see it better...
Interestingly, some questions in each deck has stars on them. Why? Because they are the "Secret Square!"
You take any of the decks of questions (or you can mix them up) and put five in each square. Then if a contestant answers correctly, they get to stick their plastic thingy on there!
Here are the actual rules, in case you're curious...
Note that in the rules it says to write your favorite stars on the squares. Whoever owned this game before me did just that! In case you can't read them, they are Karen Valentine, Charlie Weaver, Lucille Ball, Art Carney, Dez Arnez, Elizabeth Montgomery, Rock Hudson, Bob Hope, and Frank Sinatra. I'm pretty sure those stars were never all on the show, especially together, but it's fun anyway!
I like this version a bit better than the 1974 version. By the way, it's made by a different company. The Heatter-Quigley Company did this one.
So, I'll hang on to both versions. Maybe someday I'll get the first version!
Until next time, keep searching for treasure!
When the thumbnails first appeared I thought, "Hey, Stu! Isn't this a rerun? Then I started reading... "Ohhh, this is a different version of the Hollywood Squares game."
ReplyDeleteLike you, I also like the graphics better on this one. I see the family cat is also enjoying the hilarity. Well, sort of; he's catnapping with one eye.
I love that you can still see the names of the 'stars' written on the gameboard. Charlie Weaver was definitely one of the stars. Karen Valentine may have been, but like you said, I don't think any of those others appeared on the show. I would've included Jesus and Satan, just to be edgy. ;-)
It does occur to me that one would run through the questions rather quickly. At which point, you would know whether a question was true or false. But like the instruction sheet says, you can play along with the TV show.
I look forward to seeing the third edition of Stu's Attic featuring Hollywood Squares! (I'm sort of laughing, but it'll probably happen. :-D) Thanks, Stu.
Jesus and Satan? Hmmmm wouldn't that be too easy to figure out?
DeleteYeah, I think the other version has more questions. Still, this one seems more fun, so there!
A third edition? Hmmmmmm could be....
"Hmmmm wouldn't that be too easy to figure out?" Yeah, I thought of that too: Jesus would always tell the truth and Satan would always lie. But it would still be fun!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what jokes they would tell?
Delete^ A nun, a rabbi, and a demon walk into a bar...
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!
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