Paul Lynde: The Gay Uncle at the Center of Halloween’s Strangest Disco

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special is one of the strangest hours of television ever broadcast, a witchy fever dream of celebrities, songs, and sensuality. By the mid-1970s, Paul was known for humor that skewed adult, a persona based around being annoyed with children, and a string of failed sitcom pilots. So of all the people you could get to host a Halloween special ... why Paul Lynde??? Watch bonus videos here:   / mattbaume   And follow me here:   / mattbaume     / mattbaume     / mattbaume   Watch The Paul Lynde Halloween Special: https://amzn.to/3AIMJkQ Watch Bewitched: https://amzn.to/3mYtXB7 Watch Bye Bye Birdie: https://amzn.to/3DNy8Xk Read a Paul Lynde Biography: https://amzn.to/3aIBNZZ Read another Paul Lynde Biography: https://amzn.to/2Z1xV3Y Get that cat shirt: https://crowlines.net/ MUSIC: Stringed Disco by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4427-string... License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license On My Way by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4163-on-my-way License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3560-crinol... License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license