Yeah, yeah, I know. It's a day late. Deal with it.
October 1 has always been a significant day for me. The Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary, and the Polynesian opened on that date in 1971, Epcot opened on that date in 1982, and Disney's Hollywood Studios was supposed to open on that date in 1988.
However, that's not the subject of this blog.
You see, on October 1, 1999, CBS aired an episode of Hollywood Squares, just like every other weekday at the time. However, this episode would go down as one for the ages.
One of the games had gone down to the wire, and there were only two squares left: Penn & Teller and Gilbert Gottfried. Luckily for Miss Circle, she had the two squares directly below Penn & Teller, and it was her turn at the board. Naturally, she chose everyone's favorite funny guys/magicians in order to attempt to seal a victory. However, she agreed when she should have disagreed, and thus Mr. X was awarded the square, giving each player four squares on the board.
In this situation, the rules of Hollywood Squares dictate that the player who wins the final square is awarded the "Five Square Win." As it so happens, Gilbert Gottfried, in the upper right corner, was this final square that both contestants desperately needed to become the day's champion.
I could describe what happened next, but why would I do that when I can show you a video of the whole thing? So with that having been said, I invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy this classic Hollywood Squares moment, which has become known to game show fans across the country as, "You Fool!"
BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: This episode of Hollywood Squares was shot in Studio 33 at Television City. What two other shows are currently shot in that same studio?