The Official Password/Password Plus/Super Password Thread

[Lingofan97]

The Jack Klugman/Loretta Swit week had very good game playing too. Next weel, Elizabeth Montgomery returns. She was the first "repeat" celeb on PP. I believe this was also the last time she played the game.

Weird. Even thinking bad to the late 70's to mid 80's, I don't know any of those celebrities. There have definitely been some big names, more on P+ than SP

[sriv94]

The Jack Klugman/Loretta Swit week had very good game playing too. Next weel, Elizabeth Montgomery returns. She was the first "repeat" celeb on PP. I believe this was also the last time she played the game.

Nope--she did one more week after that (aired late July/early August 1979), with Wesley Eure.

[matchgame74fan]

Weird. Even thinking bad to the late 70's to mid 80's, I don't know any of those celebrities. There have definitely been some big names, more on P+ than SP

Jack Klugman played Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple. Loretta Swit was on MASH. Elizabeth Montgomery played the legendary Samatha Stevens on Bewitched.

SP had pretty recognizable celebs still for today as well as the time it took place in originally. Don't see how the two shows vary that much in that department. When they didn't have veterans to the show on like Betty, Liz, etc., they got stars from shows and such from the time period. Like any other game show that used celebs.

[Lingofan97]

I just saw a commercial for an episode of The $25,000 Pyramid a minute ago on GSN. It said that the episodes were never seen before on GSN, and had The $25K icon coming up out of a brown box. A pretty good advertisement I have to say

[billycw]

Allen went into a coma when Tom took over the show in 1980, so he was still alive. Allen died a few months later in 1981 after he was set to come back to host the show. The show had taped so many episodes in advanced that they weren't able to have Tom mention it on the show.

Just a little fact to add as I just saw this......Dawson actually said a little tribute to AL on Feud. Believe it was before anything said on PPlus. Probably timing of taping .

Now, I am going to watch my DVR for 25 K......really, REALLY appreciate this from Mr Goldhill..

[gsguy12]

Now, I am going to watch my DVR for 25 K......really, REALLY appreciate this from Mr Goldhill..

As the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait. I know its been awhile, but remember they didn't air the 85-86 shows for 3 years to make people upset, its just called a business decision at the time. Ratings are good, but remember they were still great even with 85-86 the last package which ran a few cycles. Remember those 300k+ numbers that 25k got last summer a few times? That just proves that it doesn't matter how many times they run the episodes, people still like to watch it.

[starwheel]

Weird. Even thinking bad to the late 70's to mid 80's, I don't know any of those celebrities. There have definitely been some big names, more on P+ than SP

Digging this up a bit to reply, but a lot of he P+ celebrities were from the G-T regular group (Betty, Marcia, Bert, Tom, Vicki Lawrence, Uncle Bill, Dick Martin, Elaine Joyce, etc), but certain others were almost exclusively on Password (Liz Montgomery). SP seemed to have more of the soap opera and comedian slate, much like MGHS often did, but some of the old favorites did show up from time to time.

[Melyssa56]

This morning, after watching highlights of the Phillies' win from last night, I turned on GSN in time to see the bonus round, and while I realize that the contestants may be somewhat nervous up there, the man never should have taken 20 seconds to figure out "Quintuplets" from the Dionne clue. Maybe his tie was too tight and cut off circulation to the brain -- just like any politician.

[Lingofan97]

SP seemed to have more of the soap opera and comedian slate, much like MGHS often did, but some of the old favorites did show up from time to time.

A lot of the general public don't watch soap opera's, so I didn't seem to know them. Anyway, I noticed that Pyramid (Osmond) had a lot of E! Entertainment hosts and soap opera stars watching the few episodes that aired on GSN in May

[dare2be]

Looking forward to next week to get some Bill Cullen fix on P+.

[Lingofan97]

Looking forward to next week to get some Bill Cullen fix on P+.

He's the guest celebrity coming up on week...what 8, already?

[cullenfan]

A lot of the general public don't watch soap opera's, so I didn't seem to know them. Anyway, I noticed that Pyramid (Osmond) had a lot of E! Entertainment hosts and soap opera stars watching the few episodes that aired on GSN in May

Yes, I noticed from the celebrity guide and the episodes on GSN that E!'s Giuliana Rancic (then known by her maiden name DePandi) played a lot, as there were also many appearances by Nancy O'Dell (then of "Access Hollywood", now of "Entertainment Tonight"). and "Extra" current host Mario Lopez plus ex-hosts Dayna Devon and Leeza Gibbons, and yes, they had many soap stars as well, including Melody Thomas Scott and others who appeared on the Dick Clark version.

But they also had Broadway stars appear (including Rosie O'Donnell and Neil Patrick Harris who both played "Regis Password" but not together) Food Network chefs (including both "Iron Chef America" regulars Bobby Flay and current co-host of ABC's "The Chew": Mario Batali, a pre-diabetic Paula Deen, and Rachael Ray before she had her own talk show, magazine, cookware, you name it!) NASCAR drivers (including Tony Stewart, the current defending Sprint Cup champion (which he also was at the time of the taping of the episode, before he formed his own team Stewart/Haas) and back when he drove the #20 Home Depot Pontiac (now a Toyota driven by Joey Logano) for Joe Gibbs, 2010 Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 winner Jamie McMurray, driving the car that Juan Pablo Montoya currently drives (the #42 Target Chevrolet) of what is now (what was then just Chip Ganassi) Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing, where Jamie currently drives the #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield (who drove for what is now known as Richard Petty Motorsports, after Petty Enterprises merged with Evernham Motorsports (which Mayfield drove the #19) and Christian Fittipaldi who also appeared at the time drove Petty's iconic #43 car (sponsored then by Cheerios) which is now driven by Aric Almirola (featuring four different sponsors, including STP) who started on the pole for this past Sunday's Coca-Cola 600) plus 2009 and 2012 Daytona 500 winning driver Matt Kenseth, ironically the last champion to win when it was the Winston Cup (clinching it a few weeks before the episode aired) and 2008 Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch when he drove for what is now known as Roush/Fenway Racing, who would ironically be the first one to win the Nextel Cup under the original Chase format (beating future 5-time (and possibly more) Jimmie Johnson in 2004) before it got changed.

There were also some classic TV stars including some who played the original Dick Clark run, sports stars, television judges, music personalities, then and future game show hosts including "The Singing Bee" host Melissa Peterman (Barbra Jean on "Reba", then on her own show on CMT) "Family Feud" ex-host John O'Hurley, current "Newlywed Game" and "The View" host Sherri Shepherd, "Starface" host Danny Bonaduce, "Friend Or Foe" host Kennedy, "WinTuition" host Marc Summers, "Camouflage" host Roger Lodge, "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" host Ty Treadway, Paige Davis, Kathy Najimy and Ricki Lake from "Game Show Marathon", "GSN Live" short-run host Kelly Packard and others, I think. Also "Celebrity Apprentice" fired celebrities Lisa Rinna, Star Jones (before her weight loss, before becoming a "Today Professional", and before she pressed the button with NeNe Leakes in the famous tirade) Debbie (Deborah) Gibson (I think she had a rivalry with Teresa Giudice this past season) Penn Jillette, first runner-up Trace Adkins, there probably are more, I'm not sure, but there were also "Dancing With The Stars" contenders, "Biggest Loser" host Allison Sweeney, and a mix of stars from television shows at the time ("Scrubs", "Yes, Dear", "The King Of Queens", "According To Jim", "The Sopranos", "Mad TV", etc.) and stars on current shows ("Mike & Molly", "Harry's Law", "How I Met Your Mother", etc.) among the many celebrities that appeared on the Osmond "Pyramid".

[dare2be]

He's the guest celebrity coming up on week...what 8, already?

Week 10, eps 46-50.

[Lingofan97]

Week 10, eps 46-50.

I haven't been watching Password Plus much in the mornings lately. Does Allen still say what week/episode it was? I remember he did the premiere week and up to the fourth week

[billycw]

As the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait. I know its been awhile, but remember they didn't air the 85-86 shows for 3 years to make people upset, its just called a business decision at the time. Ratings are good, but remember they were still great even with 85-86 the last package which ran a few cycles. Remember those 300k+ numbers that 25k got last summer a few times? That just proves that it doesn't matter how many times they run the episodes, people still like to watch it.

GregSumner had said this,too....people will watch Pyramid over and over. Still think it's because it's the best game show ever made that allows you to use your brain ( apologies to Jeopardy)within the last 40 years.This differs from Jeopardy because Pyramid has the star element and very rapid reaction . Most people don't recall games from a few years ago when they were shown on GSN. Something like MG....which I do love.....is easy to recall. Pyramid gets you involved ....makes the viewer think.Something the grey matter doesn't have to do with DOND.Or too many games on GSN. Nothing wrong with the latter, but I prefer game shows that encourage the viewer to use the cerebrum.Guess that is why I was somewhat disappointed with the new Lingo. They didn't have to dumb down a good show. I REALLY hope GSN doesn't do this with the new show in a few months.