Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly and Rip Taylor get a cursory mention in a new documentary about queer stand-up, but they were groundbreaking. By Erik Piepenburg In 1987, David Letterman was ...

Vilanch and Lynde’s paths crossed in 1976 for The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, ... His siblings got regular costumes. His mother gave him a shower curtain. And it didn’t fit.

Cathy Rudolph, 55, of Port Jefferson Station, displays memorabilia of the late comedian Paul Lynde, whom she met as a star-struck teen. (Dec. 30, 2013) Credit: Heather Walsh By JOHN HANC Special ...

Paul Lynde in 1973. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images "He was someone whose dog whistle of gay humor little gay kids could hear," recalls Frank DeCaro, The Daily Show veteran, and ...

Paul Lynde may be recognized as a television icon and beloved performer on game show “The Hollywood Squares,” but his real dream was to become a celebrated Hollywood star.

CENTER SQUARE: THE PAUL LYNDE STORY by Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski (Advocate Books, 256 pp., $16.95) Paul Lynde was openly gay at a time when the slightest hint of homosexuality could kill any ...

“The Paul Lynde Halloween Special” is a vision of horror that has somehow survived and thrived in the 45 years since it first aired. The 1976 variety show is a phantasmagoric, ...