| The Classic Hollywood Squares Site Square Archive: The Storybook Squares 1969 The Storybook Squares was a spinoff explained in great detail elsewhere on the site. It was a midseason replacement pressed into Saturday morning service by NBC. We've theorized the entire series may have been shot in as little as two days, since there are basically only four lineups of celebrities used several times before the show went into reruns. Apparently they'd use one lineup to shoot three, four, even five shows, get the stars to change costumes, then jumble the shows up. TV Guide didn't list who dressed how on each show (so don't ask me, I've given as much info as I know on the Storybook Squares page), but the editors were kind enough to let us know when the show went into reruns. There were 16 original Storybook shows from 1969, and 19 reruns, indicating three shows were rerun twice each. Only once does it list which dummy sits with Paul Winchell; we assume Jerry Mahoney also does the same honors on all the other shows. 11:00 (4)(9)(13)(15)(31) STORYBOOK SQUARES--Game | DEBUT| COLOR | "Contestants range in age from 8 to 15 on this youngsters' version of The Hollywood Squares. The guest players will frequently be garbed as characters in history or show business." --TV Guide description of the very first Storybook Squares on Saturday, January 4, 1969, Northern Alabama edition January 4, 1969 Marty Allen, Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Barbara Eden, Stu Gilliam, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. January 11, 1969 Charley Weaver, Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Bob Crane, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Henry Gibson, Rose Marie, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney. January 18, 1969 Jim Backus, Judy Carne, Ted Cassidy, Wally Cox, Nanette Fabray, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell, Jo Anne Worley. January 25, 1969 Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Carolyn Jones, Soupy Sales, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. February 1, 1969 Marty Allen, Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Barbara Eden, Stu Gilliam, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. February 8, 1969 Charley Weaver, Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Bob Crane, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Henry Gibson, Rose Marie, Paul Winchell. February 15, 1969 Jim Backus, Judy Carne, Ted Cassidy, Wally Cox, Nanette Fabray, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell, Jo Anne Worley. February 22, 1969 Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Carolyn Jones, Soupy Sales, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. March 1, 1969 Marty Allen, Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Barbara Eden, Stu Gilliam, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. March 8, 1969 Charley Weaver, Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Bob Crane, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Henry Gibson, Rose Marie, Paul Winchell . March 15, 1969 Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Carolyn Jones, Soupy Sales, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. March 22, 1969 Jim Backus, Judy Carne, Ted Cassidy, Wally Cox, Nanette Fabray, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell, Jo Anne Worley. March 29, 1969 Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Carolyn Jones, Soupy Sales, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. April 5, 1969 Charley Weaver, Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Bob Crane, Abby Dalton, Nanette Fabray, Henry Gibson, Rose Marie, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney. April 12, 1969 Jim Backus, Judy Carne, Ted Cassidy, Wally Cox, Nanette Fabray, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell, Jo Anne Worley. April 19, 1969 Marty Allen, Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Barbara Eden, Stu Gilliam, Michael Landon, Charley Weaver, Paul Winchell. April 26, 1969-August 30,1969 Reruns of all the shows listed. | Classic Squares Home | Daytime 1966-70 | Daytime 1971-75 | Daytime 1976-80 | Prime Time 1968 | Storybook 1969 | Syndicated 1971-75 | Syndicated 1975-78 | Syndicated 1978-81 | |