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Allen Ludden

Password was a long-running American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. The show was initially hosted by Allen Ludden and was created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions. Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ... Image File history File links Allen_ludden_3. ... Image File history File links Allen_ludden_3. ... Allen Ludden (October 5, 1918 – June 9, 1981) was an American television presenter and game show host. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer born in Sacramento, California. ... Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ... Allen Ludden (October 5, 1918 – June 9, 1981) was an American television presenter and game show host. ... Bob Stewart (1920 - ) is a former American television game show producer. ...

Password originally aired for 1,555 telecasts from October 2, 1961 to September 15, 1967 on CBS and for 1099 additional shows from April 5, 1971 to June 27, 1975 on ABC Daytime. The show's regular announcers were Jack Clark and (later) Lee Vines on CBS and John Harlan on ABC. October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Jack Clark (December 13, 1921 - July 21, 1988) was a American game show emcee and announcer. ... John Harlan is a popular television announcer who has worked on numerous television projects. ...

How to Play

Two teams — each consisting of one celebrity player and one civilian contestant — competed. The password (the word to be conveyed) was given to one player on each team and was shown to the audience. Game play alternated between the two teams. On either team, the player who was given the password gave a one-word clue from which his partner attempted to guess the password. If the partner failed to guess the password in the allotted five-second time limit, or if an illegal clue was given (two or more words, a hyphenated word, or any part or form of the password), play passed to the opposing team. A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized (famous) in a society and commands a high degree of public and media attention. ...

The game continued until one of the teams guessed the password correctly or until ten clues had been given. Scoring was based on the number of clues given when the password was guessed, i.e. 10 points were awarded for guessing the password on the first clue, nine points on the second clue, eight points on the third clue, etc., down to one point on the tenth and final clue. On the ABC revival, a limit of six clues was attempted, with the last clue worth five points. In addition, teams were given the option of either playing or passing control of the first clue to the opposing team. Specifically, the team that was trailing in score, or who had lost the previous game was offered the option; when the score was tied, the team that failed to get the password was awarded the option.

The first team to reach 25 points won the game and a chance to win an additional $250 by playing the "Lightning Round", in which the civilian contestant on the prevailing team tried to guess five passwords within 60 seconds from clues given by his celebrity partner. $50 were awarded for each correctly-guessed password ($100 from 1973-1974).

The Lightning Round was among the first bonus rounds on TV (along with the phrase game on the original Beat the Clock). On the ABC version from 1971—1974, the player wagered any amount of his or her Lightning Round winnings on trying to get his or her celebrity partner to guess a "Betting Word" within 15 seconds. Beat the Clock was a Goodson-Todman Productions game show which originally ran on CBS from 1950 to 1958 and ABC from 1958 to 1961, with later revivals. ...

On each episode from 1961-1975, Ludden would caution the players about unacceptable clues by stating, "If you hear this sound (a buzzer would sound) it means your clue has not been accepted by our authority, (name of "word authority")." Word authorities on the CBS version included New York University professor David H. Greene and World Book Dictionary editor Dr. Reason A. Goodwin. Robert Stockwell and Carolyn Duncan served as word authorities during the ABC version. New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...

Contestants

On the CBS daytime version, contestants played two matches, win or lose, with each game awarding $100 to the winner. During the first few weeks of the CBS nighttime version, the same two players stayed for the entire show, playing as many matches as time allowed. This practice was eventually changed to at least three pair of contestants each playing one match with each losing contestant earning $50. Each nighttime game awarded its winner $250. In 1965, the show adopted an annual "Tournament of Champions" where contestants on the daytime version who won both their games were invited back to compete for more money.

On the ABC version, winning contestants could stay until either defeated, or for up to 10 appearances, thus retiring them as undefeated champions (This limit was later removed.). From 1973-1974, the first contestant to win a 2-out-of-3 match played the Lightning Round.

From November 18, 1974 to February 21, 1975, Password became Password All-Stars, where teams of celebrities played for charity in a tournament-style format. The tournament ended with the Grandmaster's Championship, which involved Richard Dawson, Bill Bixby, Hal Linden and Betty White. Dawson won the tournament and was awarded $25,000 for his favorite charity. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ... Richard Dawson a panelist on Match Game, seen here in 1977, during the infamous School Riot episode. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz March 20, 1931) is an American actor and television director, best known for his portrayal of the title character in the television series Barney Miller (1975-1982). ... Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois) was an Emmy Award-winning television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as The first lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, and was...

Later, Password All-Stars became Password again, but using an elimination round in which four contestants (two new players and the two players from the previous game) competed with the help of the two celebrities in the first round. In the qualifying round, one of the two celebrities used a one-word clue to a password (with both celebrities alternating turns on giving clues), and the four contestants would ring in with the password. A correct response earned that contestant one point, with three points needed to qualify for the regular game. An incorrect response locks that player out of the word in play. The first two contestants to reach three points went on to play the regular Password game.

In the regular game, an addition to the rules was the "double" option, which the first clue giver could call for to increase the word value to 20 points by giving only one clue; if the "double" was used and the word was missed, the other team could score the 20 points with a second clue. The first team to reach 50 points or more could win thousands of dollars in the Big Money Lightning Round, based on a three-part structure in which the winning team attempted to guess three passwords within 30 seconds per structure. The contestant was paid as follows:

• Part one: Each password paid $25. All three passwords in 30 seconds added $5 for each second left.
• Part two: The money earned in part one would be multiplied by the number of passwords guessed in part two. Naming all three passwords this time added $10 for each second left. If the receiver failed to identify any of the passwords in part two, the round ended and the contestant still kept all part-one winnings.
• Part three: Naming all three passwords in 30 seconds multiplied the contestant's part-two winnings tenfold (meaning if a player accumulated $500 after two parts, guessing all three passwords in this part would earn him/her $5000 in cash).

Password won the first-ever Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1974. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

The ABC Password was the first of the Goodson shows to be taped regularly on the West Coast. The original CBS version made annual trips to CBS Television City during the 1960s, including once when the CBS New York studios were fitted for color TV. Otherwise, it was most often taped in New York at CBS-TV Studio 52 (now Studio 54) and CBS-TV Studio 50 (the Ed Sullivan Theater). Password moved permanently to Hollywood, California at ABC Studio TV-10 "The Vine Street Theater" (on Vine Street in Hollywood) and the ABC Television Center on Prospect Avenue when ABC brought it back in 1971. Outside of CBS Television City CBS Television City is a television studio located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles West Side at 7800 West Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Beverly and Fairfax Avenue. ... The original Studio 54 logo. ... Ed Sullivan. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Password Plus

NBC brought Password back as Password Plus on January 8, 1979 with Allen Ludden returning as host. It was originally announced in Variety magazine as Password '79, in the manner that Match Game named its 1973 version with the year, but the name was changed when, during a run-through, Carol Burnett commented "this is more than Password, it's Password Plus." ^{[citation needed]} Burnett's phrase would eventually open each episode (as announced by Gene Wood). This version was produced at the NBC Studios in Burbank. NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center and is shown on basic cable in Canada. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Allen Ludden (October 5, 1918 – June 9, 1981) was an American television presenter and game show host. ... Variety is a daily magazine for the entertainment industry. ... The Match Game was a long-running American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is one of the most successful female comediennes on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Gene Wood in an on-camera appearance as a Match Game panelist Gene Wood, full name Eugene Edward Wood (October 20, 1925 - May 21, 2004), was an American television personality. ... NBC Studios are the two studio facilities belonging to the National Broadcasting Company, with one of them being located at Rockefeller Center in New York City, and the other located in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. ... Founded May 1, 1887 Incorporated July 8, 1911 General Information County Los Angeles County, California Latitude Longitude 34°1049 N 118°1942 W Area  - Total  - Water 45 km² (17. ...

The new format involved two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and a contestant, solving puzzles which consisted of five passwords. Each team was given two chances (reduced from three chances after the first five months) to solve the password. The original clue-giving rules from the original Password were in place, but after a few months direct opposites became illegal (some clues that could be considered opposites were allowed if the judges determined there was no direct link). Each time a password was guessed correctly, the guessing player would have one chance to solve the "Password Puzzle".

The Password Puzzle was a hidden person, place or thing; each of the passwords used during the game were also a clue to the Puzzle. For example, if the five passwords were "scaly", "giant", "Japanese", "lizard", and "movie", then the Password Puzzle would be Godzilla. Solving the Password Puzzle immediately ended the round (any unused passwords would be revealed). Godzilla, as portrayed during his latest film from the Millennium series. ...

The first two puzzles in each game were worth $100; each puzzle thereafter was worth $200 until one team raised $300 or $400 (as possible) wins.

On November 3, 1981, coinciding with the show's move to a new time slot to replace Card Sharks, changes were made to the game. The first three puzzles were worth $100 each, with those remaining worth $200, until one team reached $500 or more. After the $100 rounds ended, players switched celebrity partners. November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ...

The first team to reach $300 or more (later $500 or more) played a bonus round known as "Alphabetics", a modified version of the Lightning Round, where the team attempted to solve ten passwords beginning with consecutive letters of the alphabet (A-Z) within 60 seconds. The player who received the clues would be given the first letter of each password. If they were successful, the contestant won $5000; otherwise, the contestant won $100 for each correct answer. Each illegal clue called for a penalty of $1000 off the jackpot. A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

The modified endgame, used on both NBC versions of Password, became one of TV's most dramatic bonus rounds, with much of the drama of the Winner's Circle round from the show considered Password's descendent — Pyramid, another Bob Stewart creation.

Later on, when the maingame rules were changed, the bonus round featured a jackpot that started at $5000 and went up that much for each time it was not won, up to an imposed maximum of $50,000. In both versions, any illegal clues reduced the jackpot by 20% (for example, if the jackpot at stake was $15,000, illegal clues incurred a $3000 penalty). From November to December 1981, each illegal clue deducted $2,500 from the jackpot. The highest Alphabetics Jackpot won on Password Plus was $35,000. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On the first episode of Password Plus, Ludden walked on stage, clenching his fist back and forth, shouting "Password’s back! Password’s back!" A year later, Ludden began experiencing stomach pains that would eventually lead to stomach cancer. After his diagnosis in the spring of 1980, Bill Cullen substituted for 4 weeks. Ludden returned to the show (with Cullen as a celebrity guest the week he came back), but suffered a stroke in October 1980 which would eventually force him off for good. Ludden did make progress in recovering from the stroke, and there was speculation that he may return, but he died from stomach cancer on June 9, 1981. Stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs, particularly the esophagus, small intestine. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Bill Cullen, full name William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920–July 7, 1990), was an American radio and television personality. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tom Kennedy emceed the show from October 27, 1980 to the series' cancellation on March 26, 1982 after 800 shows. Cullen was originally considered to become permanent host at that time, but he had already began hosting Blockbusters, and Kennedy (whose brother, Jack Narz, was once Cullen's brother in law) got the nod. Betty White, who also wanted Kennedy to host, would later state that Kennedy took good care of Password in her late husband's absence. Tom Kennedy (born James Narz February 16, 1927, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A game in progress on the British Bob Holness-hosted version of Blockbusters. ... Jack Narz (born November 13, 1922, in Louisville, Kentucky), the elder brother of game show legend Tom Kennedy (Jim Narz) and the brother-in-law of another game show legend, the late Bill Cullen, is an American television announcer and game show host in his own right, who eluded the... Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois) was an Emmy Award-winning television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as The first lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, and was...

Gene Wood was the show's regular announcer, with Johnny Olson, Bob Hilton, Rich Jeffries, and John Harlan substituting on occasion. Gene Wood in an on-camera appearance as a Match Game panelist Gene Wood, full name Eugene Edward Wood (October 20, 1925 - May 21, 2004), was an American television personality. ... Johnny Olson on The Price is Right John Leonard Johnny Olson (May 22, 1910 – October 12, 1985) was an American radio and television announcer. ... Bob Hilton with The Price Is Right announcer Rich Fields. ... Rich Jefferies is a former American television announcer, who carried out the announncing duties on the revival of Blockbusters in 1987 and also announced The Matchgame/Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983. ...

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Super Password

On September 24, 1984 NBC brought the format back as Super Password with Bert Convy hosting and Gene Wood announcing. Rich Jeffries was the announcer for the first ten weeks and filled in for Wood sporadically thereafter. Bob Hilton also filled in for one week in 1985 or 1986. Beginning halfway through the show's run, the password would be revealed by Wood in a whisper voice for the home audience (like in the original version way back then). September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernard Whalen (Bert) Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American game show host, actor and singer. ... Rich Jefferies is a former American television announcer, who carried out the announncing duties on the revival of Blockbusters in 1987 and also announced The Matchgame/Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983. ...

Gameplay was similar to Password Plus, except that the first puzzle was worth $100 and each puzzle was worth $100 more than the previous one; the first team to reach $500 won. The team that successfully solved the second puzzle played a "Ca$hword" game, where the celebrity player was given a relatively difficult password and the contestant was given three chances to guess that word. The celebrity and the contestant each had five seconds to give a clue or respond, respectively. Any illegal clue ended the round immediately. If the word was guessed correctly, the contestant won a cash jackpot that started at $1000 and increased by that amount until somebody won; the highest amount reached was $12,000. Contestants switched celebrity partners after the Ca$hword. The "Ca$hword" was separate from the gameplay and did not affect the scores of the game. Opposites were reinstated as legal clues.

The bonus round featured the Alphabetics game, now simply referred to as "Super Password". It was played the same way, except that any illegal clues put the word out of play and forfeited the contestant's chance at the jackpot, a la Pyramid. The jackpot started at $5000 and increased by that amount until somebody won it; there was no limit as to how high it could grow. The largest jackpot was $55,000, which was won once in 1986 and again in 1988. However, in 1988, the winner was an insurance fraud fugitive named Kerry Ketchum (aka Patrick Quinn), who was arrested while trying to claim his prize money from Mark Goodson Productions and was not awarded any money. ^[1] 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Celebrities

Among the more famous Password celebrity players over the years include Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Montgomery, Joan Crawford, Bill Bixby, Richard Dawson, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Betty White and Nipsey Russell. Burnett played every Password version except for Super Password and was one of the first celebrity players on the nighttime premiere in 1962; the other was her mentor, Garry Moore on whose primetime-TV show she was also a regular. Also appearing at one time or another, were Arthur Godfrey, Jim Backus, Dick Van Dyke, the comedy team of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, Betsy Palmer, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, and on one memorable nighttime episode, Mr. & Mrs. James Stewart delighted viewers with their gameplay. Many stars of the New York theater scene also made appearances (usually on the daytime version), and included Darren McGavin, Carol Channing, Barry Nelson, and Dorothy Loudon. Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actress, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995) was an American film and television actress best remembered for her leading role as the witch Samantha Stephens in the sitcom Bewitched. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1904 – May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed Academy Award winning American actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Richard Dawson a panelist on Match Game, seen here in 1977, during the infamous School Riot episode. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is one of the most successful female comediennes on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Vicki Lawrence Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949, in Inglewood, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. ... Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois) was an Emmy Award-winning television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as The first lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, and was... Nipsey Russell Julius Nipsey Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an African American comedian, best known for being a guest panelist on many 1970s and 1980s game shows, such as Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth and Pyramid. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Garry Moore (January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was born in Baltimore, Maryland as Thomas Garrison Morfit. ... Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983), born in New York City, New York was an American broadcaster and entertainer. ... James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 in Cleveland Ohio - July 3, 1989 In Los Angeles, California). ... Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born Penis Van Lesbian on December 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri), is an American television and movie actor. ... Marty Allen, chairman and co-founder of Computervision Corp. ... Betsy Palmer as Mrs. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch on March 16, 1926), is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. ... James Stewart is the name of: // Actors James Stewart (actor) (1908–1997), Hollywood movie star, widely known as Jimmy Stewart. ... McGavin as Kolchak in The Night Stalker (1972) William Lyle Richardson (May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006), who adopted the name Darren McGavin, was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and also his portrayal in the movie... Carol Channing photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1956 Carol Channing (born on January 31, 1921 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actress whose career was built largely on two roles, Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello Dolly!. She is easily recognized by her distinctive... Barry Nelson (born April 16, 1920 in San Francisco, California), born Robert Haakon Nielson, is an American film, stage and television actor. ... Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. ...

Game show hosts Monty Hall, Tom Kennedy (who would eventually host Password Plus), Bill Cullen (who would sub for Allen Ludden on Password Plus) and Bert Convy (later the host of Super Password) were also invited to play as celebrities. Tom Kennedy's brother, Jack Narz, Gene Rayburn, Wink Martindale and Jim Perry were also Password Plus panelists. Pat Sajak played on both Password Plus and Super Password, although he was still a weatherman until late 1981 when he began hosting Wheel of Fortune. The NBC crew played a prank on Sajak during the Super version; instead of the usual word-display sound effect during one main game, the viewers heard the four-note signal that is used to introduced Wheel of Fortune main-game puzzles. Monty Hall, born August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as Maurice Halprin, is a Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster, but is best known for being the MC of popular American television game shows. ... Tom Kennedy (born James Narz February 16, 1927, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Bill Cullen, full name William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920–July 7, 1990), was an American radio and television personality. ... Bernard Whalen (Bert) Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American game show host, actor and singer. ... Jack Narz (born November 13, 1922, in Louisville, Kentucky), the elder brother of game show legend Tom Kennedy (Jim Narz) and the brother-in-law of another game show legend, the late Bill Cullen, is an American television announcer and game show host in his own right, who eluded the... Gene Rayburn (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an Emmy award-nominated American radio and television personality. ... Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1934 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is perhaps best known as a game show host for such classic shows as Gambit, Tic Tac Dough, High Rollers, and Debt, although he is also known in Internet circles for the occasional surrealistic comedy articles... Jim Perry, seen here hosting the popular American game show, Card Sharks. ... Patrick Leonard Sajak (born October 26, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois), recognized as Pat Sajak, is best known as the current host of the popular and long-running American television game show, Wheel of Fortune. ... Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show originally devised by Merv Griffin which runs in local editions around the world. ...

Password fixtures White, Cullen, Lawrence, Markie Post (a former Goodson-Todman staffer) Shelly Smith and Russell were also frequent panelists on Pyramid. Peter Lawford also did both shows, although he was considered much better at Password. Lawford set a long-standing record for playing the Lightning Round in the shortest time — 12 seconds on the CBS version. It would take nearly a decade and a switch to ABC before Elizabeth Montgomery finally broke the record with a 10-second Lightning Round. Markie Post Markie Post (born Marjorie Armstrong Post on November 4, 1950, in Palo Alto, California) is an actress, best known for her 1985–1992 role as Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court. ... The Rat Pack. ...

Episode status

Many, but not all, of the CBS primetime episodes were preserved on videotape. The final year of the CBS daytime version was preserved on color videotape, as the producers chose to syndicate those reruns following the program's first cancellation. Most of the earlier daytime episodes are presumed lost; at least two daytime episodes are available on home video, each one as part of a general game show compliation package. Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...

The ABC version is considered to be almost completely gone. Clips from a December 7, 1971 ABC episode featuring Brett Somers and Jack Klugman was featured on VH1's I Love the '70s: Volume 2 in 2006. GSN aired the complete Somers/Klugman episode on the morning of September 11, 2006, in the early morning hours as part of its weekly overnight classic game show programming. A second studio master, from 1972 and featuring Shiela MacRae and Martin Milner, is also known to have survived. Three more episodes survive on the videotape trading circuit, as recorded by home viewers: the Password All-Stars finale; a 1975 episode with Betty White and Vicki Lawrence; and the 1975 finale with Kate Jackson and Sam Melville. A few more episodes from the ABC version also exist at UCLA's film and television archive. It is believed that the videotapes that were used for the ABC version of Password were recycled and reused for the Dawson version of Family Feud a few years later. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brett Somers (born Audrey Sommers on July 11, 1924, in New Brunswick, Canada) is a very tall actress and comedienne, who was a regular on the 1970s CBS game show Match Game, on which she was known for wearing big glasses and playing foil to Charles Nelson Reilly. ... Jack Klugman (born April 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American television and movie actor. ... VH1 (spelled VH-1 (Video Hits One) until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV, which originally came up with the idea of the channel). ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin Milner (born December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor best known for his performances as Officer Pete Malloy in the cult-classic Adam-12. ... Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois) was an Emmy Award-winning television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as The first lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, and was... Vicki Lawrence Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949, in Inglewood, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. ... Catherine Elise Kate Jackson (born on October 29, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the 1970s television series Charlies Angels. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... Richard Dawson a panelist on Match Game, seen here in 1977, during the infamous School Riot episode. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Both NBC revivals of Password exist in their entirety.

Theme Songs

The theme song used on Password from 1961 to 1963 is called "Holiday Jaunt" by Kurt Rehfeld. That was followed the same year by a catchy swing theme titled "You Know The Password", composed by Bob Cobert, from 1963 to 1967, which was used until the CBS version's cancellation. (Viewers would often see emcee Ludden snapping his fingers to the Cobert swing tune as the closing credits flashed.) When Password returned on ABC in 1971, Score Productions provided a theme with a synth-heavy arrangement, similar to the cues heard on The Price Is Right. The theme used later in that version's run (beginning with Password All-Stars in 1974) was titled "Bicentennial Funk", and was used until the finale in 1975. A vamp version of "Bicentennial Funk" was once considered for use as a "think cue" on the game show Match Game, but it never made it. That theme, as well as the themes for Password Plus and Super Password, were also composed by Score Productions. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Robert Cobert (October 26, 1924-) is a composer who has written extensively for television and movies. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Score Productions is an American musical production company specializing in background music and themes for television programs. ... The Price Is Rights US 35th season logo. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Match Game was a long-running American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ...

Versions outside the USA

• In New Zealand, a Māori language version called Kupuhuna is aired 3 nights a week on Māori Television.
• In the United Kingdom, versions of Password were produced by the BBC in the 1970s, and by Thames Television for Channel 4 which was hosted by Tom O'Connor and Ulster Television for ITV in the 1980s which was hosted by Gordon Burns.

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Home versions

Although Password can be played without any equipment, commercial versions of the game have also been successful.

The Milton Bradley Company introduced the first home version of Password in 1962 and subsequently released 24 editions of the game until 1986. (Owing to common superstition, these releases were numbered 1-12 and 14-25, skipping 13.) It was tied with Concentration as the most prolific of Milton Bradley's home versions of popular game shows, and was produced well into the Super Password era of the television show. Milton Bradley also published three editions of a Password Plus home game between 1979 and 1981. More recently, Endless Games has released four versions of Password since 1997. A boxed game: Password This work is copyrighted. ... The Milton Bradley Company was an American game company established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Magical thinking be merged into this article or section. ... Look up triskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Concentration was a TV game show based on the childrens memory game of the same name. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Endless Games is a games manufacturer founded in 1996. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A computer version of Super Password was released by GameTek for MS-DOS systems, as well as the Apple II and Commodore 64, shortly before the show was canceled; a Nintendo Entertainment System version was also planned but never released. Tiger Electronics also released an electronic handheld "Super Password" game in the late 90's--oddly, many years after the show had been cancelled. A newer GameTek logotype GameTek () was a leading UK video game developer and publisher, perhaps best known for such games as Frontier: Elite II and The Humans. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... The Commodore 64 is the best selling single personal computer model of all time. ... NES redirects here. ... Tiger logo Tiger Electronics is a USA-based toys manufacturer, best known for the Furby and Giga Pets. ...

Trivia

• The practice of the announcer whispering the Password to the home audience--as well as displaying it on screen--was devised by creator Bob Stewart for the benefit of his mother, who could speak but not read English.
• It is believed that CBS's decision to pre-empt Password on July 11, 1966 in favor of a press conference held by Robert McNamara contributed to its cancellation approximately a year later. That same day in the same timeslot , ABC (which did not cover the press conference) debuted The Newlywed Game, which many Password viewers tuned in to from then on, eating away at its audience.
• In Super Password, Bert affectionately called the prop used in the Ca$hword rounds the 'Magic Toaster'. Betty White destroyed it in the final episode.

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External links

• Password at the Internet Movie Database
• Password Plus at the Internet Movie Database
• Super Password at the Internet Movie Database
• GSF, The website for game show facts, ultimate Super Password Facts Page
• Curt Alliaume's Game Shows '75: Password
• CBS Daytime and Nighttime Password Guide
• The ABC Password Page
• password-plus.com
• Funny Password clues and answers
• The Password Home Game Home Page

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References

1. ^ Super Password: Years and History (1984-1989). Retrieved on 2006-07-17.