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Mark Goodson
Bob Stewart
Password
Overview
Password is an American television game show which was created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions. The host was Allen Ludden, who had previously been well known as the host of the G.E. College Bowl. Password originally aired for 1,555 daytime telecasts each weekday from October 2, 1961 to September 15, 1967 on CBS, along with weekly prime time 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 ABC. The show's announcers were Jack Clark and Lee Vines on CBS and John Harlan on ABC. Two revivals later aired on NBC from 1979–1982 and 1984–1989, followed by a prime time version on CBS from 2008–2009. In 2013, TV Guide ranked it #8 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.
Key Crew
Producer: Bob Stewart, Howard Felsher
Top Cast
Allen Ludden
Host
Seasons
Season 1 (1961)
No overview available.
51 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: (DT) EPISODE #1
1961-10-02Week of October 2-6, 1961. Episodes #1-5.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: (PT) EPISODE #1
1962-01-02First prime time show.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: (PT) EPISODE #2
1962-01-09Episode 4: (DT)-EPISODE #2
1961-10-09Episode 5: (DT-): EPISODE #3
1961-10-16Episode 6: (PT) EPISODE #3
1962-01-16Episode 7: (PT) EPISODE #4
1962-01-23Episode 9: (DT-): EPISODE #5
1961-10-30Episode 10: (PT) EPISODE #5
1962-01-30Episode 11: (PT) EPISODE #6
1962-02-13Episode 12: (DT-): EPISODE #6
1961-11-06Episode 13: (DT-): EPISODE #7
1961-11-13Episode 14: (PT) EPISODE #7
1962-02-20Episode 15: (PT) EPISODE #8
1962-02-27Episode 16: (DT-): EPISODE #8
1961-11-20Episode 17: (DT-): EPISODE 9
1961-11-27Episode 18: (PT) EPISODE #9
1962-03-06Episode 19: (PT) EPISODE #10
1962-03-13Episode 20: (DT-): EPISODE 10
1961-12-04Episode 21: (DT-): EPISODE 11
1961-12-11Episode 22: (PT) EPISODE #11
1962-03-20Episode 23: (PT) EPISODE #12
1962-03-27Episode 24: (DT-): EPISODE 12
1961-12-18Episode 25: (DT-): EPISODE 13
1961-12-25Episode 26: (DT-): EPISODE 13
1962-01-01Episode 27: (PT) EPISODE #13
1962-04-03Episode 28: (PT) EPISODE #14
1962-04-10Episode 29: (DT): EPISODE 14
1962-01-08Episode 30: (PT) EPISODE #15
1962-04-17Episode 31: (PT) EPISODE #16
1962-04-24Episode 32: (PT) EPISODE #17
1962-05-01Episode 33: (PT) EPISODE #18
1962-05-08Episode 34: (PT) EPISODE #19
1962-05-15Episode 35: (PT) EPISODE #20
1962-05-22Episode 36: (DT) EPISODE #106
1962-02-19Week of February 19-23, 1962. Episodes #106-110.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 37: (PT) EPISODE #21
1962-05-29Joan Benny is Jack Benny's daughter.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 38: (DT) EPISODE #111
1962-02-26Episode 39: (PT) EPISODE #22
1962-06-05Episode 40: (PT) EPISODE #23
1962-06-12Episode 41: (PT) EPISODE #24
1962-06-19Episode 42: (PT) EPISODE #25
1962-06-26Episode 43: (PT) EPISODE #26
1962-07-03Episode 44: (PT) EPISODE #27
1962-07-10Episode 45: (PT) EPISODE #28
1962-07-17Episode 46: (PT) EPISODE #29
1962-07-24Episode 47: (PT) EPISODE #30
1962-07-31Episode 48: (PT) EPISODE #31
1962-08-07Announcer Jack Clark hosted in place of Allen Ludden.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 49: (PT) EPISODE #32
1962-08-14Announcer Jack Clark hosted in place of Allen Ludden
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 50: (PT) EPISODE #33
1962-08-21Announcer Jack Clark hosted in place of Allen Ludden
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 51: (PT) EPISODE #34
1962-08-28Episode 52: (PT) EPISODE #35
1962-09-04Season 2 (1962)
No overview available.
50 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: (PT) EPISODE #36
1962-09-16Episode 2: (PT) EPISODE #37
1962-09-23Episode 3: (PT) EPISODE #38
1962-09-30Episode 4: (PT) EPISODE #39
1962-10-07Episode 5: (PT) EPISODE #40
1962-10-14Episode 6: (PT) EPISODE #41
1962-10-21Episode 7: (PT) EPISODE #42
1962-10-28Episode 8: (PT) EPISODE #43
1962-11-04Episode 9: (PT) EPISODE #44
1962-11-18Episode 10: (PT) EPISODE #45
1962-11-25Episode 11: (PT) EPISODE #46
1962-12-02Episode 12: (PT) EPISODE #47
1962-12-16Episode 13: (PT) EPISODE #48
1962-12-23Episode 14: (PT) EPISODE #49
1962-12-30Episode 15: (PT) EPISODE #50
1963-01-06Episode 16: (PT) EPISODE #51
1963-01-13Episode 17: (PT) EPISODE #52
1963-01-20Episode 18: (PT) EPISODE #53
1963-01-27Episode 19: (PT) EPISODE #54
1963-02-03Episode 20: (PT) EPISODE #55
1963-02-10Episode 21: (PT) EPISODE #56
1963-02-17Episode 22: (PT) EPISODE #57
1963-02-24Episode 23: (PT) EPISODE #58
1963-03-03Episode 24: (PT) EPISODE #59
1963-03-10Episode 25: (PT) EPISODE #60
1963-03-17Episode 26: (PT) EPISODE #61
1963-03-25Episode 27: (PT) EPISODE #62
1963-04-01Episode 28: (PT) EPISODE #63
1963-04-08Episode 29: (PT) EPISODE #64
1963-04-15Episode 30: (PT) EPISODE #65
1963-04-29Episode 31: (PT) EPISODE #66
1963-05-06Episode 32: (PT) EPISODE #67
1963-05-13Episode 33: (PT) EPISODE #68
1963-05-20Episode 34: (PT) EPISODE #69
1963-05-27Episode 35: (PT) EPISODE #70
1963-06-03Episode 36: (PT) EPISODE #71
1963-06-10Episode 37: (PT) EPISODE #72
1963-06-17Episode 38: (PT) EPISODE #73
1963-06-24This was the first nighttime show taped after Betty and Allen married (on June 14).
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 39: (PT) EPISODE #74
1963-07-01Episode 40: (PT) EPISODE #75
1963-07-08Episode 41: (PT) EPISODE #76
1963-07-15Episode 42: (PT) EPISODE #77
1963-07-22Episode 43: (PT) EPISODE #78
1963-07-29Episode 44: (PT) EPISODE #79
1963-08-05Episode 45: (PT) EPISODE #80
1963-08-12Episode 46: (PT) EPISODE #81
1963-08-19Episode 47: (PT) EPISODE #82
1963-08-26Episode 48: (PT) EPISODE #83
1963-09-02Episode 49: (PT) EPISODE #84
1963-09-09Episode 50: (PT) EPISODE #85
1963-09-16Season 3 (1963)
No overview available.
49 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: (PT) EPISODE #86
1963-09-26Episode 2: (PT) EPISODE #87
1963-10-02Episode 3: (PT) EPISODE #88
1963-10-09Episode 4: (PT) EPISODE #89
1963-10-16Episode 5: (PT) EPISODE #90
1963-10-23Episode 6: (PT) EPISODE #91
1963-10-30Episode 7: (PT) EPISODE #92
1963-11-06Episode 8: (PT) EPISODE #93
1963-11-13Episode 9: (PT) EPISODE #94
1963-11-20Episode 10: (PT) EPISODE #95
1963-11-27Gloria was the wife of Jimmy Stewart.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: (PT) EPISODE #96
1963-12-05Episode 12: (PT) EPISODE #97
1963-12-12Episode 13: (PT) EPISODE #98
1963-12-19Episode 14: (PT) EPISODE #99
1963-12-26Episode 15: (PT) EPISODE #100
1964-01-02Episode 16: (PT) EPISODE #101
1964-01-09Episode 17: (PT) EPISODE #102
1964-01-16Episode 18: (PT) EPISODE #103
1964-01-23Episode 19: (PT) EPISODE #104
1964-01-30Episode 20: (PT) EPISODE #105
1964-02-06Episode 21: (PT) EPISODE #106
1964-02-13Episode 22: (PT) EPISODE #107
1964-02-20Episode 23: (PT) EPISODE #108
1964-02-27Episode 24: (PT) EPISODE #109
1964-03-05Episode 25: (PT) EPISODE #110
1964-03-12Episode 26: (PT) EPISODE #111
1964-03-19A classic episode as far as football fans are concerned. Not only was Frank a great guest on this episode but his New York Giants teammate Alex Webster was a contestant in the second round. Teamed with Betsy Palmer, Alex didn't get one word correct and lost 0-25. In fact it took them four clues to get ""Quarterback""! Frank's teammate didn't know anything about football and after Betsy gave Alex the first clue ""Halfback"", Alex guessed ""Fullback"". Then Frank gave his teammate ""Tittle"". She guessed ""Fullback"". As everyone anticipated an easy Webster victory, Betsy gave the clue ""Y.A."", which is two words! How embarrasing! Frank then says ""Lesser"" and his teammate says ""Quarterback"". That 7 points wins the game and after Frank and his teammate win $250 in the lightning round, Betsy apologizes and says ""I'll pay him"". Truly a classic segment.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 27: (PT) EPISODE #112
1964-03-26Episode 28: (PT) EPISODE #113
1964-04-02Episode 29: (PT) EPISODE #114
1964-04-09Episode 30: (PT) EPISODE #115
1964-04-16Episode 31: (PT) EPISODE #116
1964-04-23Episode 32: (PT) EPISODE #117
1964-04-30Episode 33: (PT) EPISODE #118
1964-05-07Lucy and Gary were joined on the show by her children, Desi Jr. (age 11) and Lucie (""13 in July""). Lucy/Desi Jr. played Gary/Lucie in the first game and then the kids switched partners for the second game. The money the kids won in the first two games was donated to charity. In the third game the kids played as partners against the grownups. Allen explained that, if the kids won, their parents would pay them their winnings as extra allowance - the kids won.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 34: (PT) EPISODE #119
1964-05-14Episode 35: (PT) EPISODE #120
1964-05-21Episode 36: (PT) EPISODE #121
1964-05-28Episode 37: (PT) EPISODE #122
1964-06-04Episode 38: (PT) EPISODE #123
1964-06-11Episode 39: (PT) EPISODE #124
1964-06-18Carol Lawrence announced that she was expecting a baby in November and co-guest Roddy McDowall was responsible! She went on to explain that Roddy had introduced her to then-husband Robert Goulet while the two men were appearing on Broadway in ""Camelot"" a few years earlier.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 40: (PT) EPISODE #125
1964-06-25Episode 41: (PT) EPISODE #126
1964-07-02This was an ""All Star"" episode. After each game, the losing team wrote checks donating their own money to the favorite charities of the winners.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 42: (PT) EPISODE #127
1964-07-09Episode 43: (PT) EPISODE #128
1964-07-23Episode 44: (PT) EPISODE #129
1964-07-30Episode 45: (PT) EPISODE #130
1964-08-13Tony discussed his new movie ""The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao.""
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 46: (PT) EPISODE #131
1964-08-20This was Bob's first appearance on the show and he seemed to be a little confused about the rules - ""You try to guess the price of the item and, if you get closer, you get the item..."" Bob also mentioned that he had a 9-month old son.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 47: (PT) EPISODE #132
1964-08-27Episode 48: (PT) EPISODE #133
1964-09-03Episode 49: (PT) EPISODE #134
1964-09-17Alan's wife and sons Bobby and Andy were introduced in the audience.
Runtime: 30 minSeason 4 (1964)
No overview available.
19 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: (PT) EPISODE #135
1964-09-24Lucy and Gary played the first game with regular contestants. But, when the second pair of contestants was introduced, Vivian and Peter came on as ""surprise"" guests. The two couples played the remaining games with all winnings going to charity (Vivian's to Mental Health Society and Peter's to the Kennedy Library).
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: (PT) EPISODE #136
1964-10-01During conversation early in the show, Gloria mentioned that their older son Ronald has spent the summer as a volunteer on the hospital ship Hope in Ecuador. After playing the first game with regular contestants, the Stewarts were joined in game two by their twin daughters Judy and Kelly (age 13). The four played the remaining games in different combinations, with the girls teaming up against their parents in the final game - the parents won, but the girls played the ""Lightning Round"" for $125 in allowance money from their parents. All other winnings during the show went to the Cystic Fibrosis Society and the hospital ship Hope.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: (PT) EPISODE #137
1964-10-08"All-Star" show will all winnings going to charity. Guests: Angie Dickenson, Pat Carroll, Peter Lawford, Otto Preminger Early in the show, each guest mentioned their upcoming projects: Peter - movie "Sylvia" Angie - movie "The Art of Love" Otto - movie "In Harm's Way" Pat - TV musical version of "Cinderella"
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: (PT) EPISODE #138
1964-10-22Episode 5: (PT) EPISODE #139
1964-10-29Episode 6: (PT) EPISODE #140
1964-11-05Carol showed off the new gold record received for the cast album of ""Hello, Dolly.""
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: (PT) EPISODE #141
1964-11-12Once again Lucy's children joined her and Gary on the show. Lucie was now 13 and in the 8th grade. Desi Jr. was 11-1/2 and mentioned he would soon be making his first record with friends Dino Martin and Billy Henche. The four played in various combinations, with the kids winning one game for 25 cents a point in allowance money (which Lucy said they wouldn't get all at once!).
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: (PT) EPISODE #142
1964-11-19Episode 9: (PT) EPISODE #143
1964-11-26Episode 10: (PT) EPISODE #144
1964-12-03Episode 11: (PT) EPISODE #145
1964-12-10Allen mentioned that tomorrow was Rita's birthday (she admitted she would be 33). Paul added that he was 23. This was one of the rare shows on which Allen accidentally gave away one of the words.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: (PT) EPISODE #146
1964-12-17Episode 13: (PT) EPISODE #147
1964-12-24Episode 14: (PT) EPISODE #148
1964-12-31An ""all-star"" episode with all winnings going to charity.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: (PT) EPISODE #149
1965-01-07In the second game, Lucille and Gary were joined by actor friends Carole Cook and Paul Kent. Lucy explained that they had been students in an acting class she had taught at Desilu Workshop and their winnings would go to a new theater they were starting.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: (PT) EPISODE #151
1965-01-21Episode 19: (PT) EPISODE #153
1965-02-04Elizabeth and Roddy were making the movie ""The Third Day"" at the time and had come to the show directly from the movie set. Elizabeth also said her movie ""Ship of Fools"" would be released in the spring. Roddy mentioned his movie ""That Darn Cat"" would be coming out that year and he would soon start work on ""Bullwhip Griffin.""
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 20: (PT) EPISODE #154
1965-02-11Episode 21: (PT) EPISODE #155
1965-02-18Season 5 (1965)
No overview available.
1 episodes
Season 6 (1966)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: (DT) October,1966
1966-10-24Week of October 24-28, 1966
Runtime: 30 min
