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| | The Hollywood Squares |
 | | If the contestant was correct in their judgment, they got the square; if not, it was awarded to their opponent (unless awarding that square gave them the game). |
 | | I’ll tell you what that means: that little statement, flashed in the end credits of Hollywood Squares, was H-Q’s way of admitting, however obliquely, that many of the stars weren’t that clever on their own; that their quips and actual answers were written for them in advance. |
 | | In any case, Squares’ time was running down, despite a you-can’t-lose end game added in 1976 (after winning a match, the contestant picked any of the nine celebrities, whose envelope on their desk described a bonus prize). |
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