We have previously discussed Hanna-Barbera's 1973 adaptation of E. B. White's legendary Charlotte's Web. There is a scene in the movie, and in the book, too, where Templeton (Paul Lynde, The Hollywood Squares, ex-Bewitched, Perils of Penelope Pitstop, Where's Huddles) is alone at the fair after it's closed for the night. Acting on a tip from the goose (Agnes Moorehead, another Bewitched alumnus), Templeton finds "A Veritable Smorgasbord".
If you didn't know, Lynde was a Broadway star before hitting television & movies. And to think that he almost didn't get the part of Templeton. Seems Joe Barbera had originally called on Tony Randall (The Odd Couple) to play Templeton (only because Paramount, which packaged the movie for Hanna-Barbera, was also home to Odd Couple), but Randall, it turned out, wasn't a match after all.
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