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* BannedEpisode:
** Episode #111 of ''Plus'' where George Peppard ranted about NBC's standards and practices, which he thought were like a "police mentality", never aired during the show's original run (not helping was the fact that one of the puzzles to describe a harmonica used "Suck" and "Blow" as clues). It wouldn't see the light of day until Creator/{{GSN}} aired it in the mid-90s. Goodson-Todman banned Peppard from appearing on any of their shows after that incident, which cost them a lot since they had to film an extra episode two weeks later to make up for the pulled episode. However it's especially regrettable as the pulled episode contain a win in the Alphabetics round right at the start of the show.
** Buzzer has banned at least five other ''Plus'' episodes due to no-longer PC content. Buzzr had instituted a practice in February 2017 to either censor or skip over any episode of any show that contained content that may possibly offend people; said skipped episodes aren't even included in the Amazon Prime uploads.
*** Episodes #008 from January 17, 1979 and #233 from November 27, 1979 had "Ku Klux Klan" as puzzles. The former was shown by Buzzr a couple of times before adhering to the aforementioned practice.
*** An episode which had "midget" as a password.
*** Episode #134 had "The Mafia" as the puzzle and "Sicilian" as one of its passwords. It got by on its original airing and repeats with the offending password blacked out and all clues (except for Bill Cullen's "southward") and guesses silenced. Allen Ludden later apologized for the puzzle in episode #177.
*** Allen Ludden's final episode, #469 from October 27, 1980, was pulled due to "Redskins" being one of the clues to one of the puzzles.
*** A few episodes of ''Super'' have also been skipped by Buzzr for similar reasons.
* {{Blooper}}:
** Tom Kennedy on ''Plus'' managed to blurt out the answer to the Password Puzzle a couple times, resulting in a round that had to be thrown out but still aired.
** Bert Convy was even worse at blurting out the password or puzzle answer on ''Super''.
** ''Super''[='s=] set was almost ridiculously prone to breakdowns, few of which were edited out of the broadcast: the door behind Convy's podium sticking, the whole puzzle board accidentally being revealed, etc. Such bloopers would often send Convy and the celebs into long fits of laughter.
* DiedDuringProduction: Allen Ludden passed away from stomach cancer less than a year before ''Plus'' was cancelled.
* EditedForSyndication: A 2021 rerun of the August 26, 1985 episode of ''Super'' on Buzzr removed the "Ca$hword" segment, which had "Minstrel" as the word Dick Gautier (unsuccessfully) tried to convey. It aired uncut in the past on GSN
* ExecutiveMeddling: Originally, the primetime version had two players playing for the entire episode. But after three contestants won over $1,000, CBS got nervous. They felt there was another quiz show scandal in the works. So starting with the November 4, 1962 show, each episode now had two players playing each game.
* HeyItsThatSound: On at least two occasions when Pat Sajak was on ''Super Password'', the "category" sound from ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' was used when displaying one of the words.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Most of ''CBS'' (daytime) was destroyed, with the last season put into syndication. ''ABC'' is even worse off, with only around '''seven''' episodes circulating and not many others held by archivists (plus the 1972 episode of ''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}'', which occasionally shows up on [=MeTV=]).
** Several episodes, in addition to a few whole weeks of ''Plus'' and ''Super'', never aired again after the original airings. Either the tapes weren't in good enough condition for GSN or Buzzr to air, or some of the celebrities refused to clear their appearances; examples of the latter include Betty Thomas, James B. Sikking, and David Leisure. According to recollections of Sikking and Leisure's appearances, they played the game ''very poorly''.
** Buzzr previously aired limited cycles of ''Plus'' and ''Super'', looping back to the premiere once each ends. They started with the first six months, then about the first year. Buzzr have since started to show the remainder of their runs.
* MissingEpisode:
** February 6, 1981: An entire ''round'' was mistakenly erased due to a tape error. The show dubbed in a [[https://youtu.be/WCTUNyVYuto?t=516 clip of Tom summarizing the round]] while celebrity guests [[Series/TicTacDough Wink Martindale]] and [[Series/MatchGame Gene Rayburn]] ribbed him.
** '''Half a ''Million-Dollar'' episode''' with Creator/WilliamShatner and Aisha Tyler was chucked due to Shatner bombing spectacularly in the BonusRound despite having a ''Super'' champ as his partner. More info [[http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,17376.0.html here.]]
* NoBudget: ''Million Dollar Password'', and it showed when they brought in air-headed celebrities such as the aforementioned William Shatner and Monique Coleman.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There's a long-rumored MissingEpisode during the Allen Ludden era where supposedly, the password was "bread", and the hint given was "dough". The contestant -- [[{{Mondegreen}} mishearing the clue as "door"]] -- responded with "knob", prompting uproarious laughter from the audience and celebrities alike. It was alleged that the (supposedly African-American) contestant threatened to sue the show when it first aired due to feeling that he was being discriminated against for his Southern Ebonic accent, explaining why it hasn't seen broadcast since. This event has been recounted by a few who supposedly saw it live, including Creator/JamieFarr of all people (who claimed in his autobiography to have seen it happen while he was a celebrity guest), but there otherwise exists no proof that this ever happened.
* RealLifeRelative: On the original — Creator/LucilleBall & Gary Morton (and in one instance joined by Lucy's kids), Jimmy & Gloria Stewart, Steve & Carol Lawrence, Jayne Meadows & Steve Allen, Jack & Joan Benny; On ''Plus'', John and Patty Duke Astin, and Elizabeth Montgomery and Robert Foxworth. And, of course ... Betty White & Allen Ludden.
** On ''Super'', Mary Ann Mobley & Garry Collins.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Shortly after Ludden began hosting ''Password'', Betty White made her first appearance as a celebrity guest. Ludden, a widower, proposed to the twice-divorced White before she accepted and the two married in 1963. After Ludden's death in 1981, White did not remarry.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: A new version was announced by ABC in May 2016, but it didn't get off the ground until 2021. Contestant casting calls were sent out shortly after Creator/JimmyFallon was announced as executive producer.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: It's happened to every single version.
** ''CBS''[='=] downfall can be traced back to the morning of July 11, 1966, when it was pre-empted in favor of a press conference by Defense Secretary Robert [=McNamara=] regarding the progress of the Vietnam War; as Creator/{{NBC}} and Creator/{{ABC}} didn't give their news divisions the same leeway that CBS gave ''its'' news division, viewers began defecting to both NBC's recently debuted ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' and the debut of ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC, giving the latter a larger sampling than it likely would've had otherwise.
*** Further problems arose when CBS' then-vice president for daytime programming, Fred Silverman (who actually openly hated game shows), wanted the show permanently moved to Television City and Creator/MarkGoodson refused. This resulted in both the daytime and nighttime versions getting cancelled in 1967.
** ''ABC'' went into a massive gimmickfest on July 15, 1974, then changed to ''All-Stars'' on November 18 and drove even more viewers away (which in turn dragged down the show's lead-out, ''Series/SplitSecond1972''). Unlike many other games which went to an all-celebrity format, ''ABC'' changed on February 24, 1975, to a big-money civilian-based format...but at that point, despite getting another 18 weeks, it was too late.
** ''Plus'' and ''Super'' were both slotted at Noon, often getting screwed over due to local news. Both managed to thrive in the Noon slot, even with preemptions, mainly due to independent stations stepping in to air both programs in lieu of the preempting NBC affiliates.
** ''Million-Dollar'', while usually winning its timeslot, earned the ire of CBS for drawing the "wrong" demographic.
* ScheduleSlip: ''Plus'' and ''Super'' preemptions. This started after one episode was unaired due to George Peppard's rant, and the show made up for this by taping 6 episodes awhile later. However, things got worse in the Summer of 1980, resulting in weeks of shows often beginning on Friday and ending on Thursday. After the Jack Narz & Steven Ford week, which ended on a Wednesday, the last two weeks had 6 episodes each. In contrast, ''Super'' was really good about getting back on track as soon as possible.
* ScullyBox: {{Inverted|Trope}} on ''Plus'', where Ludden was placed in a depression so as not to appear as tall. This was pointed out on one episode, where a contestant walking back from the BonusRound tripped and fell into Allen's "pit". Also, celebrity guest Ross Martin tripped and fell there as well, while walking to his seat after playing Alphabetics. Taking it in stride, Ross joked, "I fell for Lee Meriwether!". Lee was his opponent that week.
* ThrowItIn: This was how ''Plus'' was added to the show's title in 1979. While the show was in development as ''Password '79'', Carol Burnett looked the format over and said, "This is more than Password, it's Password Plus!" Her remark was even paraphrased in the OpeningNarration.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The ''Plus'' format [[http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,22382.15.html was a bit different originally]]-- instead of puzzles being worth an increasing amount of cash, they were originally going to be valued with an accumulating bank like ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (points being earned with each solved password, therefore the puzzle would be worth more as clues were revealed. Longtime G-T employee Ira Skutch thought this was counter-intuitive for the puzzle to be worth more as it became easier to solve, so this system was scrapped prior to the pilot and first few episodes taped; [[TheArtifact the original scoring displays were still left in the desk]] ([[DummiedOut albeit not hooked up and covered up with paneling]]) for the show's first few weeks.
** ''Password Plus'' was nearly cancelled in 1980 (along with ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' and ''Series/CardSharks'') to make room for a morning talk show hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman (the victims ended up being ''Series/HighRollers'', ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'', and ''Series/ChainReaction''). Would we have seen ''Super Password'' if it was? Keep in mind, ''Plus'' was the only incarnation of ''Password'' to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show (it won in 1982, the same year its run ended).
** Bill Cullen subbed for Allen Ludden on ''Plus'' for four weeks in 1980. By the time Ludden was forced to retire permanently later that year, Cullen was already hosting ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'', also on NBC. Tom Kennedy took over instead and emceed ''Plus'' until its cancellation in 1982.
*** Around this time, Gene Rayburn was also considered to replace Ludden.
** Similarly, Kennedy was also considered to host ''Super'' but was already helming ''Series/BodyLanguage'' on CBS. Bert Convy, who regularly played on ''Plus'' as a celebrity, was chosen to host and did so throughout its 4½-year run.
* WrittenInInfirmity:
** When Bill Cullen appeared on ''Plus'' as a guest or substitute host, the camera angles were modified to accommodate his limp so it wouldn't appear while filming, such as having him (and the other guest, when applicable) appear already standing/sitting at their seats when the episode began. The contestant plug would also be done during transitions from the upfront game to Alphabetics.
** In the ninth week of ''Plus'', Betty White twisted her ankle making her entrance on the Monday episode. The remainder of the episodes were filmed with her already seated.
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