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Release Date:
2 October 1961 (USA) morePlot:
Two celebrity-contestant teams compete to guess words by giving one-word clues in this all-time classic game show.Plot Keywords:
Word
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Puzzle
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Non Fiction
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Million Dollar Password: CBS Pulls Game Show, Will It Be Back? Will Regis Philbin? (From TVSeriesFinale. 9 January 2009, 8:06 AM, PST)
Betty White And Adam Carolla Compete On "Million Dollar Password"
(From iCelebz. 26 December 2008, 2:10 AM, PST)
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Maybe the *best* game show ever... moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 2 of 103) | Allen Ludden | ... | Himself - Host / ... (100 episodes, 1961-1975) |
 | Elizabeth Montgomery | ... | Herself (86 episodes, 1966-1975) |
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30 min (2655 episodes)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
USA:TV-GFilming Locations:
CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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When Jack Benny appeared as a celebrity guest on the game show 'Password (1961)', he got the word "miser" and gave his first clue as, "Me!" thus bringing down the house. moreQuotes:
[the final ABC telecast on 13 June 1975]Host: Some time, somewhere, some day there will be another game show, but never one with the class of this one.
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"Password" was one of those rare game shows in which contestants had to rely on mental abilities *other* than memory. Contestants on games such as "Jeopardy" and "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" rely on their memories, or those of others, to come up with answers.
Unfortunately, the game placed people who do not have a great command of the English language at a disadvantage. People who have English as a second language may not have done too well in this game.
Nevertheless, "Password" demanded that the contestant make an intellectual effort to take a word (idea) and convey it someone else. That kind of effort takes imagination and insight in the nuances of language to do well. It's a cerebral game; maybe that's why Allen Ludden said: "Some time, somewhere, some day there will be another game show, but never one with the class of this one."