PASSWORD - Eydie Gorme & Tony Randall (Oct 29, 1964) 

He was so good. And so nice to his partners.

MillionthUsername What's even better is that it's an illegal clue, because it's two words. And somehow they let him get away with it over and over!

You're right. I even wrote it as two words and didn't event think about it. That's a tricky one. It's a compound noun but it's not a single word.

MillionthUsername But that's why they had Dr. Reason A. Goodman! :)

+MillionthUsername No doubt Dr. Goodwin knew hotdog is a verb and it is a single word: "Frankie couldn't resist the urge to hotdog on his surfboard whenever he wanted to impress Annette."

What's My Line? Or another ridiculous clue! ;) But he's a good player, he shall have that. :)

SuperWinterborn My comment was actually a reference to an episode of "The Odd Couple" where Oscar and Felix appear on "Password" as contestants. It's probably the most well remembered episode of "The Odd Couple" they ever made, but not so much in Norway. ;)

What's My Line? I know that particular episode. It's floating around here on RU-vid somewhere. ;)

SuperWinterborn Here's the full episode, in 3 parts: Part 1 of 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ygYAN8PGVgk.html Part 2 of 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RsOrT41RfjQ.html Part 3 of 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E9sMjNPfAe4.html Besides being a hilarious episode, it's also a good way to learn the ins and outs and finer points of how to play Password. Felix does a great job of explaining how to affectively use inflections in the Password game (as discussed in another thread on this page).

SaveThe TPC Thanks for the links, TPC! :)

On the CBS daytime version, each contestant played two games. On the ABC version, they allowed champions to play as long as they kept winning.

***** Yes, I agree. Sometimes they asked about the women's families, which I feel is more legitimate. I was an "at-home mom" for over 14 years and believe that taking care of a family is a very worthwhile endeavor. Even asking "are you married?" opens the door for the woman to answer something about her own relationship with her husband. But "what does your husband do?" just completely bypasses the woman herself, implying that there is nothing interesting she could possibly say about herself!

+SaveThe TPC I fail to understand why you couldn't draw the conclusion that this show was taped in 1964,when a majority of married woman were not engaged in a career but raising a family,which is what all woman are inclined to do.

ray bryant If you read my comments carefully, you will see that I fully understand that, but my point is that even if she was not employed in the workforce, she surely could have had something interesting to say about herself. (As for "what all women are inclined to do" -- that is an over-generalization, but certainly many women are so inclined, whether or not they also have other careers.)

+SaveThe TPC I read your remarks carefully.Allen posted at least 3 distinct questions covering the general aspects of a woman's activities and you have to take into account that the age range also factored into what he would ask.But as usual,instead of just enjoying a wholesome tv gameshow,someone just has to bring up such useless banter about plain sexism.

+ray bryant Thank you

SuperWinterborn I'm rarely impressed with the playing in these old episodes of "Password". Part of the problem, I think, is that I grew up with the later shows, "Password Plus" and "Super Password", by which point certain vocal inflections had become standard. E.g., a rising inflection signaled you were looking for the opposite of a word. When you're so used to seeing contestants use these inflections-- and so often-- it's really jarring to see them fumble around without benefit of their use.

What's My Line? I see. A bit awkward, like "What's My Line?" was in the beginning. :)

What's My Line? I know! I keep yelling inflections out loud as I'm watching these, lol

What's My Line? It's funny you said that about the inflections, because I was thinking that by this point in 1964 it seemed that the standard clue inflections *had* developed -- at least much moreso than they had in the 1962 episodes. I think not all of the contestants got it, but Tony certainly seemed to have it down.goldenchick85 Me too! -- but even moreso in the earlier episodes.

What's My Line? Another standard aspect of the game as I remember it was that each starting player was given "the option to pass or play," which meant that if he/she thought that it would be easier to get the right answer on the second clue than the first, s/he could pass to the other team. I notice that this strategy option was not yet offered in these early shows. Do you know whether or not it was ever a part of the original "Password" or if it originated with one of the later versions of the program? [*Edit*: I just watched the "Odd Couple" Password episode again, and it at least partially answered my question. That was still the original Password (not Password Plus or SuperPassword), and it did include the option to pass or play. On the other hand, this early 1970s version of the game was the 2nd incarnation of "Password," so I still don't know whether the "pass or play" option was instituted during the initial 1961-67 run of the show or not.]