TV Guide September 9-15, 1972

(photo & article courtesy of the Kent Graovac collection.  Thank you, Kent!)
  

The Paul Lynde Show is definitely Paul Lynde's show.  He is a master of the art of registering sulfurous distaste, and his scriptwriters give him ample opportunity to do so.  He plays Paul Simms, a lawyer, and what's bugging him is the presence in his house of his new son-in-law, Howie (John Calvin), a cheerfully bovine lad who has an IQ of 185, shoots golf in the 60's and knows everything about everything - except how to support himself without sponging off of his father-in-law.  Paul's wife Martha (Elizabeth Allen) tries to keep him sedated with martinis, but the only elixir Paul wants is one that will make Howie disappear.  Martha: "Dear, sit down and don't be upset.  You'll get an ulcer."  Paul: "I have an ulcer.  It has an IQ of 185."  The two daughters of the house are portrayed by Jane Actman and Pamelyn Ferdin.  Debut: ABC, Sept. 13.