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* NintendoHard:
** The words used in the ''Password All-Stars'' and the short-lived version of ''Password'' that came immediately after it. Words in the ''All-Star'' championship game included "Chlorophyll", "Artillery", "Emancipate", "Ferocious", "Budget", and "Abracadabra". [[spoiler: '''ALL''' of these words were solved, the latter three '''with one clue.''']]
** The Ca$hword in ''Super''.
** The time limits and/or word difficulty on ''Million-Dollar'', coupled with the inane "clue-response-clue" rule (see YMMV tab) and forcing each half-hour to be self-contained, meant there was no way anybody was going to win the Million.
** The words used in the ''Password All-Stars'' and the short-lived version of ''Password'' that came immediately after it. Words in the ''All-Star'' championship game included "Chlorophyll", "Artillery", "Emancipate", "Ferocious", "Budget", and "Abracadabra". [[spoiler: '''ALL''' of these words were solved, the latter three '''with one clue.''']]
** The Ca$hword in ''Super''.
** The time limits and/or word difficulty on ''Million-Dollar'', coupled with the inane "clue-response-clue" rule (see YMMV tab) and forcing each half-hour to be self-contained, meant there was no way anybody was going to win the Million.
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** One summer 1985 episode had Creator/MarkiePost and Richard Moll as opposing celebrity players, but they were yet to be ''Series/NightCourt'' co-stars (Post was finishing up her run on ''Series/TheFallGuy'' and would join ''Night Court'' that fall season).
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** One summer 1985 episode week had Creator/MarkiePost and Richard Moll as opposing celebrity players, but they were yet to be ''Series/NightCourt'' co-stars (Post was finishing up her run on ''Series/TheFallGuy'' and would join ''Night Court'' that fall season).
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** Namoi Judd was a contestant on “ABC Password” in 1973.
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* WardrobeMalfunction: [[https://youtu.be/jdv0kIMxa9E Debralee Scott experienced one on ''Plus''.]] This episode is in the Buzzr rotation (as of June 2021), so if you're watching it and know what's coming, it's impossible not to see her constantly fighting to keep her top closed for practically the entire episode leading up to the [[JustForPun reveal]]. Note: the link, like the Buzzr version, is SFW, having had any actual nudity blurred out.
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** Alphabetics and Super Password's end game only allowed guesses on the current password. This contrasts the Winner's Circle on ''Pyramid'' where correct guesses to subjects were accepted after passing. If a contestant got a password even a split second after the celebrity passed, they had to come back to it and contestant had to say it again for it to count. This was enforced loosely on ''Plus'', but was always strict on ''Super'' even if the contestant didn't get the rest of the passwords.
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** Alphabetics and Super Password's end game only allowed guesses on the current password. This contrasts the Winner's Circle on ''Pyramid'' ''Pyramid''[[note]]except on ''Donnymid''[[/note]] where correct guesses to subjects were accepted after passing. If a contestant got a password even a split second after the celebrity passed, they had to come back to it and contestant had to say it again for it to count. This was enforced loosely on ''Plus'', but was always strict on ''Super'' even if the contestant didn't get the rest of the passwords.
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* QuestionableCasting:
** It's hard to believe now, but confusion was a lot of critics and even many viewers' response to Allen Ludden hosting in the show's early days; he had been mostly associated with educational-minded shows such as ''College Bowl'' and ''Mind Your Manners,'' and a daytime, celebrity-driven game show seemed rather lowbrow by comparison.
** Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
** It's hard to believe now, but confusion was a lot of critics and even many viewers' response to Allen Ludden hosting in the show's early days; he had been mostly associated with educational-minded shows such as ''College Bowl'' and ''Mind Your Manners,'' and a daytime, celebrity-driven game show seemed rather lowbrow by comparison.
** Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
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* WTHCastingAgency:
** It's hard to believe now, but this was a lot of critics and even many viewers' response to Allen Ludden hosting in the show's early days; he had been mostly associated with educational-minded shows such as ''College Bowl'' and ''Mind Your Manners,'' and a daytime, celebrity-driven game show seemed rather lowbrow by comparison.
** Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
** It's hard to believe now, but this was a lot of critics and even many viewers' response to Allen Ludden hosting in the show's early days; he had been mostly associated with educational-minded shows such as ''College Bowl'' and ''Mind Your Manners,'' and a daytime, celebrity-driven game show seemed rather lowbrow by comparison.
** Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
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* ScrappyMechanic: Fans, celebrities and contestants alike didn't care much for the Ca$hword segment on Super Password. It dragged the game down and contestants didn't quite get the hang of it.
** TakeThatScrappy: Betty White particularly hated the Cashword, resulting in her ''demolishing'' the toaster during the finale. Vicki Lawrence wasn't too fond of it either.
** TakeThatScrappy: Betty White particularly hated the Cashword, resulting in her ''demolishing'' the toaster during the finale. Vicki Lawrence wasn't too fond of it either.
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* ScrappyMechanic: ScrappyMechanic:
** Fans, celebrities and contestants alike didn't care much for the Ca$hword segment on Super Password. It dragged the game down andcontestants didn't not too many quite get got the hang of it.
** *** TakeThatScrappy: Betty White particularly hated the Cashword, resulting in her ''demolishing'' the toaster during the finale. Vicki Lawrence wasn't too fond of it either.either.
** Alphabetics and Super Password's end game only allowed guesses on the current password. This contrasts the Winner's Circle on ''Pyramid'' where correct guesses to subjects were accepted after passing. If a contestant got a password even a split second after the celebrity passed, they had to come back to it and contestant had to say it again for it to count. This was enforced loosely on ''Plus'', but was always strict on ''Super'' even if the contestant didn't get the rest of the passwords.
** Fans, celebrities and contestants alike didn't care much for the Ca$hword segment on Super Password. It dragged the game down and
** Alphabetics and Super Password's end game only allowed guesses on the current password. This contrasts the Winner's Circle on ''Pyramid'' where correct guesses to subjects were accepted after passing. If a contestant got a password even a split second after the celebrity passed, they had to come back to it and contestant had to say it again for it to count. This was enforced loosely on ''Plus'', but was always strict on ''Super'' even if the contestant didn't get the rest of the passwords.
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* ValuesDissonance: One early puzzle on ''Plus'' was about the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan. Shortly after acquiring rights to the re-runs, Buzzr pulled its episode from the rotation in 2017.
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* ValuesDissonance: One early puzzle on ''Plus'' was about the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan. Shortly after acquiring rights to the re-runs, Buzzr pulled its episode from the rotation in 2017. Other episodes of Password with potentially upsetting words/puzzles have either been edited to censor the content, or skipped over entirely.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
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* WTHCastingAgency: WTHCastingAgency:
** It's hard to believe now, but this was a lot of critics and even many viewers' response to Allen Ludden hosting in the show's early days; he had been mostly associated with educational-minded shows such as ''College Bowl'' and ''Mind Your Manners,'' and a daytime, celebrity-driven game show seemed rather lowbrow by comparison.
** Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
** It's hard to believe now, but this was a lot of critics and even many viewers' response to Allen Ludden hosting in the show's early days; he had been mostly associated with educational-minded shows such as ''College Bowl'' and ''Mind Your Manners,'' and a daytime, celebrity-driven game show seemed rather lowbrow by comparison.
** Watergate co-conspirator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGGpRoCWrY G. Gordon Liddy]] on ''Super''. In ''Come on Down!!!: The TV Game Show Book'', Liddy admitted that he wasn't that good at the game.
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** ''Million-Dollar''[='s=] main game switched to a ''Pyramid''-esque format, while the BonusRound used Cashword's three-clues-per-word concept and didn't really have the suspense of Alphabetics/Super Password. The bonus round '''required''' a clue-response-clue communication method — if the clue-giver said two clues in a row, or the contestant gave two guesses in a row, that word was forfeited. One contestant lost because she gave two guesses (the second of which was correct) with about ''two seconds'' left on the clock; she would've lost had she followed the rules (there was no time for another clue to be given), and lost ''because'' she gave two answers (likely because she knew there would be no time for another clue). Basically, she was screwed either way.
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** ''Million-Dollar''[='s=] main game switched to a ''Pyramid''-esque format, while the BonusRound used Cashword's three-clues-per-word concept and didn't really have the suspense of Alphabetics/Super Password. The bonus round '''required''' a clue-response-clue communication method — if the clue-giver said two clues in a row, or the contestant guesser gave two guesses in a row, that word was forfeited. One contestant lost because she gave two guesses (the second of which was correct) with about ''two seconds'' left on the clock; she would've lost had she followed the rules (there was no time for another clue to be given), and lost ''because'' she gave two answers (likely because she knew there would be no time for another clue). Basically, she was screwed either way.
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* FanNickname:
** "Mr. Password" for Allen Ludden, as this was inarguably his best-known series.
** The ABC version was sometimes known during the mid-1990s to early 2000s as "Password II", mainly to distinguish it from its 1960s predecessor.
** "Mr. Password" for Allen Ludden, as this was inarguably his best-known series.
** The ABC version was sometimes known during the mid-1990s to early 2000s as "Password II", mainly to distinguish it from its 1960s predecessor.
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** ''Million-Dollar''[='s=] main game switched to a ''Pyramid''-esque format, while the BonusRound used Cashword's three-clues-per-word concept and didn't really have the suspense of Alphabetics/Super Password. The bonus round '''required''' a clue-response-clue communication method — if the clue-giver said two clues in a row, or the contestant gave two guesses in a row, that word was forfeited. One contestant lost because she gave two guesses (the second of which was correct) with about two seconds left on the clock; she would've lost had she followed the rules (there was no time for another clue to be given), and lost ''because'' she gave two answers (likely because she knew there would be no time for another clue). Basically, she was screwed either way.
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** ''Million-Dollar''[='s=] main game switched to a ''Pyramid''-esque format, while the BonusRound used Cashword's three-clues-per-word concept and didn't really have the suspense of Alphabetics/Super Password. The bonus round '''required''' a clue-response-clue communication method — if the clue-giver said two clues in a row, or the contestant gave two guesses in a row, that word was forfeited. One contestant lost because she gave two guesses (the second of which was correct) with about two seconds ''two seconds'' left on the clock; she would've lost had she followed the rules (there was no time for another clue to be given), and lost ''because'' she gave two answers (likely because she knew there would be no time for another clue). Basically, she was screwed either way.
