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Password Plus: With Allen Ludden, Tom Kennedy, Bill Cullen, Gene Wood. Revised version of the verenable Goodson-Todman game show, where celebrity-contestant teams try to convey passwords.
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Recorded at NBC Studios 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Burbank, California from January 1979 to March 1982.
Weeks #001-#066/#071-#094 were hosted by Allen Ludden, #067-#070 by Bill Cullen, and #095-#160 by Tom Kennedy.
1.↑ The show began its run at 12:30 p.m., replacing the second half of the talk show America Alive!, while Merv Griffin Enterprises' The All New Jeopardy! moved to Noon to make way for Hill-Eubanks' All-Star Secrets at 10:30 a.m., and was followed by Heatter-Quigley's The Hollywood Squares.
2.↑ Originally, the show was supposed to award points for each Password guessed. The points accumulated in a bank a la Family Feud. The value of the puzzle increased as more clues were revealed. But they felt it was counterintuitive to have the value of the puzzle increase as more clues were revealed and it became easier to solve. So it was decided to use a per-puzzle scoring system. The readouts for this early scoring system would have been on the front of the desk. From this week on, they have been faced with scrim and painted blue to match the surrounding carpeting.
3.↑ Neon lights added to the Password Puzzle board. Hole in middle of Alex's podium removed.
4.↑ Microphones on main desk replaced.
5.↑ Alphabetics board moves to behind the wall. Support microphone on far left side of desk removed.
6.↑ The show moves to Noon, replacing The All-New Jeopardy!.
Two teams, consisting of a celebrity guest and a contestant, guess words from one word clues given by their partners, with each "password" a clue to the "password puzzle" (the name of a person, place or thing).
Jun 15, 2018 · Digging deeper to find all your favorite episodes of Password Plus without the hassle of searching! All episodes in chronological order.
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Due to a rant George Peppard made about S&P of NBC, the planned Monday episode was shelved by the network. Since the 1990's, it has been rerun by GSN and Buzzr multiple times. ↑ Minor rule change: Four clues per Password rule set.
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Password Plus and Super Password are American TV game shows that aired separately between 1979 and 1989. Both shows were revivals of Password, which originally ran from 1961 to 1975 in various incarnations.
Mar 30, 2020 · S01E06 Marcia Wallace & Tony Randall. January 15, 1979. NBC. Originally, the show was supposed to award points for each Password guessed. The points accumulated in a bank a la Family Feud. The value of the puzzle increased as more clues were revealed.
