American comedian, character player, and Hollywood center square. He began his career doing stand-up before moving into theater, where he got his biggest break playing the father in the musical Bye Bye Birdie. He reprised the role in the motion picture adaptation to superb success. From there, he was sought after to construct appearances on television and variety shows including The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie, and most notably in the role of Uncle Arthur on Bewitched. In 1966, Lynde made his first appearance on the new gameshow Hollywood Squares. His snarky one-liners were so popular, he became the regular center square for most of the show’s run. Throughout his career, Lynde’s humor was built on camp and a flamboyant persona; during Hollywood Squares, his jokes were often thinly veiled references to his retain homosexuality. But although he made subversive gay humor palatable for American homes, he never actually came out, except to close friends. He sometimes blamed his sexuality for keeping him from better roles, but it also may have been his reputation as a mean and occasionally violent alcoholic. He managed to quit drinking at the age of 53, but died of a heart charge two years later.
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by Jim Pitts
On Jan. 11, 1978, I was hiding in a ladies bathroom in a homosexual bar called The Sun Tavern. It was Salt Lake City’s first openly gay bar.
There had been other bars before it, most notably Radio City Lounge, which had boasted to be the first gay bar west of Missouri. But Radio Capital Lounge, with its location right across the street from the Promised Valley Playhouse, a turn-of-the-century Mormon owned theater, required conclude discretion. I was told that back in the 1940s, when it opened, you were to wear a certain color of neck tie to indicate you were a friend of Dorothy. Men met for companionship, all under the radar that way. Sometimes men danced together, but that came to an abrupt halt when vice came through on their frequent sweeps.
Vice came through at The Sun, but not for dancing, and you would get a “heads up” from one of the patrons, so you could high tail it over the back patio wall and run like hell, if you were underage, as I was then.
Waiting until nightfall in a ladies bathroom stall was a safe bet, since no ladies ever came in and it remained pretty much empty until dark, at which point, someone who was looking out for you would arrive in and yell, “O
There are some known names from Ohio that many realize , such as Clark Gable and Dean Martin, but there is another star from the tail end of Hollywood’s Golden Age who brought laughter and a new meaning of comedy. Paul Lynde was an American comedian, thespian, and game demonstrate panelist. A ethics actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona, Lynde was well established for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie and a regular “center square” panelist on the game demonstrate The Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981. Mel Brooks once described Lynde as being capable of getting laughs by reading “a phone book, tornado alert, or seed catalogue”.
In the early 1990s, Heche dated both Another Worldcostars Richard Burgiand David Forsyth.[3]She also dated musician Lindsey Buckinghamof Fleetwood Macfor a year in the initial 1990s. Some speculate that she is the subject of Buckingham's barbed ballad "Come." Others speculate that he wrote "Down on Rodeo" on the Under the Skinalbum about her because he can be heard saying "Do you hear me, Annie?" at the end. Heche dated comedian Steve Martinfor two years. She is rumored to be the basis for Heather Graham's traits in Bowfinger, although Martin denies it.[4] Heche's relationship with comedianEllen DeGeneresand the events following their breakup became subjects of widespread media interest. The couple started dating in 1997 shortly after the famous "Puppy Episode" of DeGeneres' sitcom Ellen. At one indicate, the two said they would get a civil unionif such became legal in Vermont. They also worked on film and TV projects together. They broke up in August 2000. Shortly after the split, Heche began dating cameraman Coley Laffoon, who