1961-1967 Version[]
1st Set[]
The "R" Fell Off![]
Is it just me or is the R in Password slipping off?
WHOOPS! THERE IT GOES!
Looks like Allen found the letter R on the ground
HEY! THIS IS THE PASSWORD! NOT PASSWOD!
2nd Set[]
Bea Benaderet Blows It![]
1971-1975 Version[]
Password Plus (The 1979-1982 Version)[]
Password Portion[]
The password is… "ALADDIN" (ding)!
NOTE: This version didn't have that phrase.
NOTE: This version didn't have that phrase.
Elizabeth Montgomery, Samantha Stevens herself, giving a clue.
Future Super Password host Bert Convy giving a clue.
Even Password Plus had its problems. On the premiere, Sylvia Anderson blows the password! You can see her embarrassment.
Even Allen Ludden himself made mistakes. He put the first password, SHORE, on the board after calling Elaine Joyce “Dinah” (as in Dinah Shore).
Marcia Wallace was given the option for this, the longest password ever! She may be smiling, but she wasn't happy here.
Jack Klugman gave away the password, and boy is he humiliated!
This password was responsible for the most infamous Password Plus moment ever!
Tom Kennedy gives away the password, SHRIVELED before the fourth and final clue was to be given.
Considering Password Plus aired on NBC, NBC is an appropriate password. Note that the password is now blue instead of gold (Password viewer window only).
Here's The Plus. The word goes on the puzzle board.
Password Puzzles[]
The first puzzle ever played on Password Plus.
NOTE: In the first show, the remaining clues would not be revealed when a puzzle is solved.
NOTE: In the first show, the remaining clues would not be revealed when a puzzle is solved.
Can you try to solve this?
Did you get it yet?
Here's the answer! That good ol' Chinese food dessert, the fortune cookie! You never know what your fortune will be!
A puzzle dedicated to the founder of KFC. Mmmmmm, chicken with eleven herbs and spices! It's finger-lickin' good!
The first look of the puzzle board from the first week.
Liz Montgomery got this in two clues.
Buy me some peanuts and…
The puzzle board with the extra neon lighting. Could it be Scott Weinger or Arabian Nights?
No, it's Las Vegas! Bert Convy solved it in just one clue, a rare but exciting feat.
Alvin Seville would be proud of this puzzle!
The look of the puzzle board for the rest of the run. Still using Slides.
Sub host Bill Cullen got his own puzzle.
Remembering 9/11: this puzzle was played in 1980, 21 years before the attacks on America; though the towers themselves were previously attacked on February 26, 1993.
Under the boardwalk…
A puzzle dedicated to Peter Pan's nemesis.
A puzzle dedicated to the 24th state of America
A puzzle dedicated to Mary Tyler Moore and her hit sitcom.
Cards and chips galore!
Fancy!
VP in da house!
The look of the puzzle board for the rest of the run. Now using cards.
Nobody solved that puzzle. Whenever that happened, the host would ask the audience to tell what it was.
Tom Kennedy shows us the puzzle that no one got to see (because someone pressed the wrong button on the VTR).
A puzzle dedicated to the last Queen of France before the French Revolution.
Nobody’s perfect, not even the puzzle writers. Kellogg’s is missing a “G.”
Blockbusters gets a free plug.
Bond. James Bond.
Even the puzzle board operators had their problems! All five passwords were revealed instead of only the first two.
The longest word ever used as a password or an answer: thank goodness for two lines of text (and the hyphen)!
Even host Tom Kennedy gets his own puzzle.
A little plug for Tom's later show
The Final Puzzle for Password Plus.
Alphabetics[]
The first Alphabetics from the premiere. NOTE: Though un-pictured here, Liz would hold up five fingers in giving the clue "five"; that's a no-no. It wouldn't have mattered anyway since this contestant didn't make it.
The first Alphabetics win came on the third episode of premiere week. Robert Foxworth helped Jon win $5,000!
Future Password Plus host Tom Kennedy helped Carol win $5,000.
Uh-oh, the clock isn't moving! Discuss being frozen in time!
Here's another playing but with the entrance in the background. Here's future Super Password host Bert Convy giving the clues.
This contestant is halfway to $35,000, the largest jackpot in Password Plus history.
Richard Paul reacts after the illegal clue siren sounds on the previous word, TARZAN. His yell was a series of “aahs” instead of one long “aah”.
This is equivalent to a bust in the Money Cards. The NBC Claxon should have blared here, but the normal buzzer sounded instead. (The NBC Claxon was used for the first two months of this show.)
What word can be explained by ALABAMA? Future Million Dollar Password host Regis Philbin, for example, mentioned ALABAMA.
Debralee Scott is unable to get her contestant to say INDIANAPOLIS before the clock strikes double zero. She gave “five hundred” as a clue, which is two words. Poor Debralee didn’t know where Indianapolis was!
Steve Allen is unhappy when the buzzer sounds here. He and Sharon got skunked, they failed to have one Alphabetics was won that week in late December 1981!
Donna Stanton, a five-time champion, nails QUIET as the clock strikes double zero! (The buzzer never sounded.)
In 1980, Eunice Higgins and Thelma Harper (Carol Burnett & Vicki Lawrence in disguise) appear ready for Alphabetics.
Another Alphabetics in character: This is from 1981. Patty Lane (Patty Duke) and Bowzer (Jon Bauman) are ready to win $5,000 for charity.
Lucky Leland Young nailed the first password off the bat in the game! Then, he won the bonus round with one second left!
Bill Anderson hugs a pleased contestant after he helps her win.
Tom hugs a pleased contestant who won $20,000 in Alphabetics. It was that contestant’s birthday.
Tom Kennedy goes behind the scenes and shows us the letter board that contestants view during Alphabetics.
More Screenshots[]
Elizabeth Montgomery & Robert Foxworth were the first guests on Password Plus.
There's Eunice (Carol Burnett) and Mama Thelma Harper (Vicki Lawrence) ready to go!
Wink Martindale and Gene Rayburn
This contestant fell out of his seat after getting the puzzle in one clue!
K.O.! Cue the wrestling bell.
Watch your step!
"Are you alright?" asks Allen.
The moral of the story is: never fall into Allen's hole!
Mark Goodson makes a cameo at the end of an episode.
The A*Team’s George Peppard made his infamous rant in 1979. The episode in which he ranted remained unaired until Game Show Network came along in 1994. George was never invited back…and no wonder!
Elaine Joyce caused controversy, too; in 1981, she made a terroristic comment regarding post offices.
Look carefully. The shirt that Debralee is wearing is unbuttoned and is exposing her boobs. Forgive us kids, this is what you don't want to see!
Where's the censor tag when you need it?!
Too much Debralee! Too much!
Next time, she better button her shirt up!
Silly Lucy!
Producer Bobby Sherman even makes an appearance! (The preceding password was SHERMAN.)
Before Alphabetics, announcer Gene Wood makes a special appearance.
He was a clue to the last puzzle: FAMOUS GENES.
When there is a discrepancy in gameplay, Tom Kennedy sets the record straight.
Future Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and eventual Million Dollar Password host Regis Philbin as a contestant on Password.
A young David Letterman as a contestant on Password.
Before she became a star on Cheers, Kirstie Alley was a contestant on Password Plus.
Terri Edler was the biggest winner in the history of Password Plus. She finished with $53,800 (including her record-setting $35,000 Alphabetics win).
Tom Kennedy models his Password Plus jacket.
Fred Travalena got a jacket, too.
Patty Duke & Bill Cullen each got one. The jackets are reversible: they can be blue, as Patty & Bill are wearing theirs, or they can be gold, as Tom Kennedy wore his.
Marcia Wallace got one, too. Bert Convy shows it off for the world.
Even future Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak got a jacket!
“This is (insert announcer’s name) speaking for Password Plus, a Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Production.”
Jack Narz and a civilian contestant chat with Tom during the full version of the credits, from March 8, 1982.
The closing logo: it was originally white, but it changed to gold.
Super Password (The 1984-1989 Version)[]
The text is much bigger now.
You only have 3 chances to guess the Ca$hword.
This is a custom designed setup from a PC game of the show.
Super Password Gaffes[]
Like other versions, Super Password was known for its many gaffes, either by Bert, the celebrities, or Tom, the game board operator. This is one of them, as a clue other than the one next in line is revealed.
Here's what the back of the board looks like.
Uhh, too much info.
Forgive us kids, this is inappropriate for you.
That's pretty strange, LOL!
Breaking the Magic Toaster[]
Super Password - Broke the toaster
Bert accidentally broke the toaster.
Maybe Betty's nickname should be "Betty the Destroyer"!
Betty White killed the Magic Toaster in the finale.
Super Password Puzzles[]
The first Super Password puzzle.
NOTE: Nobody got the first word.
NOTE: Nobody got the first word.
For the first week only, the top door concealing the puzzle's solution is the same as the clue doors.
Howard Hughes was certainly all those things. The contestant that day got this in one clue.
The symbol of Prudential
This puzzle is a tribute to the king of pop.
Here's another one, this time with the more familiar Super Password door. Could it be JR Ewing on a really bad day?
Nope, it's 36th president Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ for short.
'Til we meet again…
Wanna go rollin on this?
It's also a music group!
This puzzle is sure "GOLD"!
Michigan's best
Jeff's Papa
PHONE HOME!
ROCK ON!
This puzzle is a tribute to America's oldest teenager, Dick Clark!
EXCUUUUUUUSE ME!
DA DA DA DA, (snap) (snap)
Hello, Darlings! & Unpleasant Dreams!
Smile! You're on... Oh you know the rest!
OH ARCHIE!
A puzzle based on the famous comic, Beetle Bailey
A puzzle about Popeye's lover, Olive Oyl!
The 1st Movie Batman
NANANANANANANANA, BATMAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!
I feel like going to Boston for a drink. Cheers!
This puzzle is a tribute to the king of Jello Pudding Pops!
Mmmmm, cake!
Can you figure out this puzzle?
1985: Bert Convy got his own puzzle on his birthday!
Mmm...M&M’s.
This was the final puzzle ever played on SUPER PASSWORD.
Super Password End Game[]
The Super Password End Game Set
The third episode of Premiere Week: Gloria Loring is ready to give the clues to Patricia.
Patricia hugs Pat Sajak after he helps her win $10,000. This was the first bonus round win, coming on the second episode of premiere week. During the first few weeks, the set’s neon lights would flash upon a bonus round win, and the passwords were colored in white.
The Super Password End Game Set with the neon Super Password logo on a blue background, as is the tote board. This time, the passwords are colored in yellow, like the clock and the passwords in the front game.
This contestant is playing for the biggest bonus round jackpot ever: $55,000.
![Dick Gautier costs this contestant a $10,000 jackpot by saying the final password, PURPLE. When an illegal clue is given, the lettered square turns black and the jackpot is forfeited (as previously stated).[1]](/wiki/File:Purple.jpg "Purple.jpg (52 KB)")
Dick Gautier costs this contestant a $10,000 jackpot by saying the final password, PURPLE. When an illegal clue is given, the lettered square turns black and the jackpot is forfeited (as previously stated).[1]
Another playing of the end game.
And another. One perfect clue for this one would be "Todman" or "Mark".
Password’s all-time biggest winner, Natalie Steele, hugs host Bert Convy after winning the bonus round in the 1985 Tournament of Champions. She finished at $106,000.
MAMA MIA, NATALIE WON $106,000!
Another playing, this time with the split screen of the winning team and the set darkened. This contestant is one away from winning $50,000, the second-highest jackpot in Super Password history.
Here's Sally Struthers and contestant Judy celebrating their $50,000 win!
They can't believe it!
FYI, Pat Sajak comes to hug the winner.
Here's one more playing, from the final episode from 1989.
Towards the end of the run, chyron graphics of the jackpot amount flashed on the screen upon an end-game win. Heather Dilley was the final champion, as this was the series finale.
Super Password End Game Letters[]
Super Password End Game Combinations[]
More Screenshots[]
In the opening, letters in the show's name came down the screen to form a rainbow trail of Passwords.
Going to the 2nd commercial break while at the main game area, the logo appears at the top of the screen. A common feature for NBC programs of the 1980s and early 1990s.
Here's another one; only this doesn't point and shoot.
From the December 30, 1987 episode of Super Password, here's a chat session at the show's close.
All-Stars sign[]
Production Slate[]
Plugs[]
Mail Ticket Plug
Phone Ticket Plug #1
Phone Ticket Plug #1 without italics
Phone Ticket Plug #2 from the finale
Home Contest[]
Bert Convy's Birthday[]
Interesting Moments[]
This was the episode when Pat Sajak appeared on.
Appropriately enough, since Pat was in his early years of hosting Wheel at the time, Bert became the male version of Vanna! He showed the letters, such as P.
I'd like a Q too!
How about an R?
Bloopers[]
Here's an interesting thing. Bert Convy doing the show alone.
Uh-oh! The door is stuck!
What are these cat masks?
Meow, I guess.
And Meow to you too, Bert!
This clue-giver gives a censored clue, giving luck to her partner answering ERECT. Forgive us, kids!
Uh-oh, Marty blew it by giving the clue away!
The only thing I can say is, OMG.
That'll teach him for giving away the answer!
You have the right to remain silent until you learn to avoid giving away the answers, young man!
Here's the famous incident from 1987 in which Patty Duke says TESTIMONY and Rip Taylor went berserk! He starts by dropping his stool down on the floor!
Then he rips his wig off!
Well, Bert mentioned he always wanted to have hair on his chest.
At least Rip was given his wig back.
A rare on-camera shot of Gene Wood. One of the producers via the headset mentioned to him, "Tell Bert to kiss what?!"
That moment was so hilarious that Gene had to read the consolation prizes while lying on the floor!
Uh-oh! Bert got him! "You've gone too far, Mr. Wood!"
Gene fell as of the pedal. He explains to Bert, the contestants, the audience what the pedal does.
Ready? Here it goes!
SURPRISE! The balloons came down!
Nobody saw that coming!
Boy, that was a surprise, Gene!
In case you were wondering, this is Tom, the Puzzle Board Operator.
Ho Ho Ho! Santa Tom, the puzzle board operator!
It makes sense unable to have the board work on the Tournament of Losers.
Instead of sliding the words out on the board, Bert had to write the clues.
Oh, there's the board! Thankfully there were no shenanigans!
Hmmm, that's weird, this contestant claims that the hint isn't showing on the viewing area.
Well, the picture may be clear, but I guess she had to use Bert's viewfinder.
Oh dear, the board is not working AGAIN!
Vicki is thirsty before playing the Super Password bonus round
She grabs her glass of water.
Drink up! Although Bert was concerned since she had to leave to get her water.
Now she's all good! Don't step on her glass!
Hey, while this isn't Match Game or Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, but it happens to be a Rockin' Password New Year's party!
Betty White blows it by saying the password, RACY.
Contestant Nick covers his mouth as he can’t believe the blooper that happened!
Kate made Bert smile. Only Bert knows the reason.
We have a little birdie in the studio!
Awww, Martha and Richard have puppies in their arms!
Look at the cute puppy!
Awww, how sweet! A Valentine for Bert!
Bert gave away the answer!
All I can say is, OUCH!
Another giveaway, and Bert is in shock
What's that on Bert's face?
Copyrights[]
1984 Closing
1985 Closing
1986 Closing
1987 Closing
1988 Closing-1
1988 Closing-2
1989 Closing-1
1989 Closing-2
Finale Shots[]
A super rare shot of the audience
Million Dollar Password 2008-2009 Version[]
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