Halloween TBT 1976 Paul Lynde Halloween Special With KISS

Now this Halloween Special was everything you'd expect from 1970's TV. Paul Lynde was perfect at the time.  An accomplished comedian and riding on the spooky tails of Bewitched just a few years prior and staying in the public eye as center square on Hollywood Squares.

Wikipedia quotes about the comic:

Lynde was regularly admired by his peers during his lifetime. Mel Brooks once described Lynde as being capable of getting laughs by reading "a phone book, tornado alert, or seed catalogue." In 1976 Lynde received an Entertainer of the Year Emmy award for being voted the funniest man of the year, which he immediately turned over to host Jackie Gleason (who never won an Emmy award during his lifetime), citing him as "the funniest man ever." This gesture was totally unexpected and shocked Jackie Gleason.

So back to KISS.  This particular special boasts Margret Hamilton, the witch from the 'Wizard of Oz' for Pete sake! plus a Saturday morning witch from 'H.R. Pufnstuf' (now we're showin' our age) Tim Conway and a very hot Florence Henderson. But what would a TV special be without a musical act! and who better than KISS with Gene Simmons tongue lolling out.  The boys sing a rousing Detroit Rock City and Beth (Because it was a Monster Hit).