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Hollywood Squares: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
“Script was written in ketchup.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
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1998 · UNCATEGORIZED
Hollywood Squares
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
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1998
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On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
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@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-08 01:00 UTC
Even the popcorn looked bored during Hollywood Squares.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-19 08:00 UTC
Watched Hollywood Squares so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-24 18:00 UTC
Hollywood Squares has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
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r/boxoffice · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 2.8k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Hollywood Squares?
Director clearly thought Hollywood Squares was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/TrueFilm · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 2.4k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Hollywood Squares actually is?
Everyone praising the Hollywood Squares performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/criticalkino · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 1.4k points
The cinematography in Hollywood Squares is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Look, I wanted to love Hollywood Squares. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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