I Just Read An Article On EW About Paul Lynde

[JimGinPA]

https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_term=E4176540-9A05-11EA-A55C-EEEA39982C1E&fbclid=IwAR2shwJp-TWCCXs4a5ZN7gB9537aWuzM-Uh01WPDEdySyBMDqFKoCfXpHyo

Titled "The mad, sad, totally fab life of Paul Lynde"

Sad story but funny, funny man.

I remember a story Joan Rivers told about visiting him at his home once when his little dog suddenly jumped on her leg and started humping. She said she stood up and shook her leg trying to get the dog off her and Lynde said, "Oh Joanie, take it as a compliment!"

[rusty quoin]

1. I loved Paul as a kid, but learned later he was of one dimension.

There was never much underneath his act.

[msongs]

2. always thought of him as mean and bitter nt

[LisaM]

3. I liked him a lot.

There's a story - maybe Apocryphal - that he had the studio audience at Hollywood Squares laughing so much it took half an hour to calm down enough to get back to filming. They'd asked why a cook or chef would beat his meat, and Lynde said "because he's lonely", and the audience couldn't stop laughing. I'm paraphrasing this but you get the idea.

I didn't find his performances one dimensional. Of course, I was a kid, but I put him in a category with his contemporaries Liberace and Charles Nelson Reilly, among other closeted homosexuals, who brought a little touch of sadness in all their work, very subtle. The world they fit into was charming, but hidden. Documentaries of the time absolutely fascinate me

"Bewitched" hired a series of very talented people, some of them so old as to seem almost vaudevillian, to play Samantha's relatives. I'm sure there were others who were gay besides Paul Lynde, and maybe helps explain some of Elizabeth Montgomery's status as an object of affection in the gay community. A serious study of those characters would be fascinating.

[cannabis_flower]

4. I always liked

Dr. Bombay

[LisaM]

5. I liked Aunt Grace.

The one who always flubbed her spells.

[cannabis_flower]

6. I don't remember Aunt Grace

I had to look it up. Are you sure you don't mean Aunt Clara?

[LisaM]

7. Yes, I do mean Aunt Clara.

Thank you!

[mucifer]

10. One of the Darrins came out of the closet after the show ended

[ironflange]

13. Dick Sargent

[madaboutharry]

8. That was an interesting read.

Thank you for posting.

[hlthe2b]

9. I read that Lynde only had 10 total appearances on Bewitched (out of 254 episodes), yet...

he was absolutely one of the most memorable (and remembered) characters. Now THAT is making a "mark."

All he had to do was 'appear' to make me laugh. He was something.

I've long been aware he was a tragic "character" in real life. I've long hoped the gay community would not denounce him for his gay denial and seeming self-loathing, but rather point to him as a very sad symbol of the times and the impact society's too slowly changing attitudes would have on many of those with a public presence.

[Wounded Bear]

11. Only a very few celebrities could afford to come out back then...

[StarlightGold]

12. LOVE Paul!

I know his sneering and wisecracking was his only shtick, but damn it, it never gets old for me!