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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2011) Password Also known as Password All-Stars Created by Directed by Lou Tedesco, Mike Gargiulo (1961–67) Stuart Phelps, (1971–75) Presented by Judges, Reason A. Goodwin (1961–67) Dr. Robert Stockwell, Dr. Carolyn Duncan (1971–75) Narrated by (1961–67) (1971–75) Theme music composer (1961–67) (1971–75) Country of origin United States No. Of episodes 1,555 (CBS Daytime) 201 (CBS Primetime) 1,099 (ABC) Production Producer(s) (1961–75) (1971–75) Running time 25–26 minutes (1962–1967 prime-time), 22–23 minutes (other versions) Distributor (1968–1969) (1969-1970) Release Original network CBS (1961–67) ABC (1971–75) Original release October 2, 1961 – June 27, 1975 Chronology Followed by (1979–1982) (1984–1989) (2008–2009) Password is an American television which was created by for.
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The host was, who had previously been well known as the host of the G.E. In the game, two teams, each composed of a celebrity player and a contestant, attempt to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes. Password originally aired for 1,555 each weekday from October 2, 1961, to September 15, 1967, on, along with weekly airings from January 2, 1962, to September 9, 1965, and December 25, 1966, to May 22, 1967.
An additional 1,099 daytime shows aired from April 5, 1971 to June 27, 1975 on. The show's were and on CBS and on ABC. Two revivals later aired on: from 1979 to 1982, and from 1984 to 1989, followed by a primetime version, on CBS from 2008 to 2009. All of these versions introduced new variations in gameplay.
In 2013, ranked it #8 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever. The show made its way into when Oscar and Felix became contestants in 1973. Goodson-Todman sold reruns of the CBS version to local stations via in the late 1960s, and in some markets they performed quite well in mid-morning or late-afternoon slots. This prompted ABC to contact Mark Goodson about reviving the game; this time around, Goodson agreed to have the show tape in per ABC's wishes. Password (commonly called Password ABC to distinguish it from the CBS run) would become Goodson-Todman's first show to be staged in full-time rather than. The company eventually moved almost all production to southern during the 1970s. The show was taped at ABC Studio TV-10, 'The Vine Street Theater,' in Hollywood and the ABC Television Center.
The network slated Password to replace the cult soap at 4:00 PM (3:00 Central) on April 5, 1971. Some of the more devoted Shadows fans threatened ABC with physical disruption of the first tapings of Password at the Hollywood studios. These plans never materialized and ABC went ahead, managing strong results against NBC's and reruns of on CBS. ABC promoted the show to 12:30 PM (11:30 AM Central) on September 6, where it faced stronger challenges in the form of CBS' long-running and NBC's, which had been on for two years. Password held up well there for six months until the network moved it up a half-hour to 12:00 PM (11:00 AM Central) on March 20, 1972 for the new Hatos-Hall game. Password came in a solid second to NBC's and out-performed three-year-old CBS soap. CBS replaced Heart on March 26, 1973 with the youth-oriented, causing Password and Jeopardy!
To hit ratings trouble that summer. Even though NBC moved Jeopardy!
On January 7, 1974 from 12:00 PM to 10:30 AM (9:30 Central) in favor of, the ABC Password was sliding into third place. In May, the show won the first-ever for Outstanding Game Show. A large Emmy statue then became part of the set's backdrop until the overhaul in November. Beginning on July 15, 1974, several gimmicks were tried to boost ratings. This included:. guest-hosting for several weeks; from July 15 to the 26th he did two weeks with Ludden and Elizabeth Montgomery as the celebrities, while the third (September 23–27) was a 'Four-Celebrity Charity Week' with Ludden and his wife Betty White competing as a team against celebrities including, and White's mother Tess. Several other celebrity-filled weeks for charity were also held from July 29 to August 2, September 16–20, and October 14–18.
A week (September 2–6) in which and played with their children ('Celebrities and Their Children Week'); this was followed by 'Celebrities and Their Wives Week' from September 9 to the 13th and a 'Celebrity Husbands & Wives Charity Week' from September 30 to October 4. Two weeks containing big winners from throughout the show's run aired from October 21 to November 1; this was followed from November 4 through the 8th by a week in which the show's producers and writers played the game for charity with. On November 18 (after one final week of unknown content) the show ran an all-celebrity format called Password All-Stars. Although Goodson-Todman had success with celebrity-driven formats such as (which debuted in 1973) and (which began earlier in the year) through the late 1970s, the lack of civilian contestants and significantly altered rules on Password drove more viewers away. On February 24, 1975, Goodson-Todman abandoned the format (but changed the contestant configuration in order to avoid another set redesign) in a last-ditch effort to save the program. Although Password was given another eighteen weeks, ABC had all but given up on the show.
Aside from a week in which Betty White hosted while her husband played (March 24–28), no more gimmicks were attempted for the rest of the run. On June 27, 1975, four members of the show's staff played a 'mock game' which filled some time after the final Lightning Round. Mark Goodson then appeared to declare Ludden 'Mr. Password' and mentioned that numerous elementary schoolteachers in the U.S.
Used the various editions of the -packaged home game as a tool to teach their pupils English. Ludden and White then gave an emotional farewell.
Password was replaced with, which lasted six months. In 1978, Goodson-Todman tried again and successfully brought Password to on January 8, 1979. Originally titled Password '79, celebrity guest remarked during a run-through that with the various new elements the show had adopted, it was ' '. Other versions Password Plus. Main article: brought Password back as Password Plus on January 8, 1979 with returning as host. It was originally announced in magazine as Password '79, in the manner that named its 1973 version with the year. The show ran until March 26, 1982.
Ludden hosted until 1980, when he was forced to step down due to a bout with stomach cancer. Initially, Ludden took a month off from taping to deal with his illness and took time off from hosting to step in for him. Eventually Ludden's cancer worsened and he left the series after the October 24, 1980. He succumbed to the disease in 1981.
The producers, reportedly at Ludden's request, hired to take over Password Plus, and he remained as host until the show was cancelled. Super Password On September 24, 1984 NBC brought the format back as Super Password with hosting. Was the first announcer until November 23, 1984 and filled in for Wood sporadically thereafter. Bob Hilton also filled in on occasion on the show. Super Password ran until March 24, 1989 and was canceled on the same day as another NBC game show,. In some markets in the Eastern time zone, the show was preempted by local news due to its 12:00 PM time slot. NBC stations in the Central and Pacific time zones usually preempted at 11:30 for local news and aired Super Password at 11:00.
Million Dollar Password. Main article: picked up a new version of the show entitled, hosted by, which premiered on June 1, 2008 and ran for 12 episodes over two seasons. The series was taped in New York, and was the second million-dollar game show that Philbin has hosted (the first being the American network version ). The first season taped at the in, and the second season was taped at the CBS Radford studios in. Episode status CBS All of the CBS prime time episodes were preserved on, and have aired on GSN. The final year of the CBS daytime version and the second prime time version were preserved on color videotape, as the producers chose to 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 compilation package. ABC The ABC version is considered to be almost completely.
Clips from the December 7, 1971 episode featuring and were featured on 's in 2006. Aired the complete Somers/Klugman episode on September 11, 2006 in the early morning hours as part of its weekly overnight classic game-show programming (and aired it again in tribute following Somers' death). A second studio master from February 14, 1972 with and is also known to have survived; the opening of that episode can be seen on. Three episodes from 1975 circulate amongst collectors, two as recorded by home viewers: the Password All-Stars Finale; a studio master of episode #15 of the big-money revamp (March 14, 1975) with and; and the June 27, 1975 Finale with.
An audio recording of an episode featuring and from 1975 is also known to have survived. A few more episodes from this run are held in film and television archive. It is believed that the videotapes that were used for the ABC Password were recycled and reused for the version of, which began on July 12, 1976. DVD release On December 2, 2008, BCI Eclipse LLC Home Entertainment (under license from ) released a DVD box set 'The Best of PASSWORD, starring Allen Ludden: The CBS Years - 1962–1967'. The set predominately features the nighttime show, with most of the final disc containing daytime episodes from 1967; notably, despite their existence, neither the nighttime nor daytime finales are present. This 3-Disc set contains 30 episodes of PASSWORD (1961 daytime episodes and 1962-1967 primetime episodes), uncut and unedited, digitally transferred, remastered and restored from the original B&W kinescopes and original color videotapes.
Although Password began in 1961, the DVD set consistently states 'The CBS Years: 1962–1967'. This misleading title may be due to the earliest episode on the set being the nighttime premiere, which aired in early 1962. A rerelease by Mill Creek, which acquired the rights to the Fremantle game-show DVD sets following BCI's collapse, corrected this error. An early mock-up of the packaging showed host Ludden on the later CBS set, with the original ABC logo on the front of the desk (as well as on the spine), while a slew of celebrities were listed on the bottom of the cover. Further, the press release stated that set would range 'from the early 1960s all the way up to the mid 1970s', indicating that ABC episodes would be included. A later update to the box art removed the celebrity list and clarified that the set would only cover the CBS era, although the ABC logo was still present (the front cover now had it in place of the CBS logo above Ludden). The ABC logo was omitted altogether when the DVD set was released, with the CBS logo behind Ludden in the original picture being enlarged.
Theme music. Although Password can be played without any equipment, commercial versions of the game have been successful. The introduced the of Password in 1962 and subsequently released 24 editions of the game until 1986.
Owing to common, these releases were numbered 1–12 and 14–25, skipping. It was tied with 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, but never did a version for Super Password. More recently, Endless Games has released seven editions of Password since 1997, including a children's edition (with gameplay closer to the various incarnations of ) and a DVD edition featuring the voice of (notably, the latter uses the original ABC logo on its packaging). In addition, Endless released a home version of Million-Dollar Password in 2008. A computer version of Super Password was released by for systems, as well as the and, shortly before the series was canceled.
A version was also planned but never released. Released an electronic hand-held ' Super Password' game in the late 1990s. More recently, released a new hand-held electronic version featuring a touch screen with stylus to enter words.
Easy worship 2009 download. As with several other Goodson-Todman game shows, Password has been adapted into a. A simulated emcees the proceedings, with the voices and caricatures of,.
One bonus round offers the player free spins; the other involves choosing from four envelopes offered by the celebrities. Finding the 'Password' envelope advances the player to a new level with four more envelopes, worth more prize money. See also., a comedic 2013 3-D animated short inspired by the original Password. References. ^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999).
The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3 ed.). Facts on File, Inc. Fretts, Bruce (June 17, 2013).
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Only three words were played in the time allowed. All normal rules were in effect; however, no mention was made of what would happen had one team reached the 50-point goal. Archived from on 2008-10-21. Archived from on 2008-12-08.
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Preceded by First winner 1974 Succeeded by Preceded by Face the Facts 2:00 p.m. EST, CBS 10/2/61 – 9/15/67 Succeeded by Preceded by 4:00 p.m.
EST, ABC 4/5/71 – 8/27/71 Succeeded by Preceded by 12:30 p.m. EST, ABC 8/30/71 – 3/17/72 Succeeded by Preceded by 12:00 p.m. EST, ABC 3/20/72 – 6/27/75 Succeeded.