I would have loved to see her perform in person! She has an interesting voice and appears so gracious, but her characters on films were often delicate and flighty. I wonder what she was like in that play!
When the closing credits roll, GSN shows their own promos, revealing how crass and vulgar today's game shows are. The classy, intelligent shows are long gone.
. . . and Betty White, and Arlene Francis. . . and I would add that the really exceptional contestants, in this 60s era of Password tended to be women. That's not to say that there weren't weak players both men and women. But I would say when you find the really extremely poor players the male sex tends to dominate.
@@parsonj39 she WAS a very good player. I am always happy to watch her, but I did find her tendency to do a lot of gesturing with her hands despite being mildly but frequently scolded by Allen a bit annoying.
@@kurtmorris454 you think Lawsonj39 was being sarcastic? I’m not sure I agree with you based on the context of my message in the commentary thread which Lawsonj39 had just responded to. I’d just pointed out how good Arlene Francis and Betty White had been as Password players and the message he replied with suggested he was adding someone else to the list of very (good as I suggested or very bad, which was his very sarcastic riposte). I think it was the first, because not too many people would suggest Betty White or Arlene was crap at playing Password. As I’ve gone on to say Edie was terrible at using hand gestures to convey a word, which is definitely out of bounds, but she still used good clues too get her words across with her contestants.
I’m surprised folks from this era didn’t always have broken televisions...from throwing things at it when playing and screaming and yelling at these game shows!
There is one episode that stands out in my mind is when the Password was " skid" the player did a screeching sound, where Allen not only described it but said the Password. Allen stated he said the password. Then the next password was " dumbbell" as Allen saw the password and the audience knew it everyone laughed in reference to Allen saying the " skid " password,it was then that Allen stated I don't pick the words as the laughter continued. Do you think that you can find that episode, and if it's already posted kindly lead me to it.
The contestant explained at 5:44 that she got it from the previous clues of "pheasant" (a sound-alike) and "beauty ___." Sometimes the contestants just piece it together from previous clues.
For, "Plastic," I would have probably gone with "Bakealite." Although I probably wouldn't use that as a clue in today's world, back then, it was close enough to the time period where they made table radios with what was not THAT many years prior, a new type of material that resembled plastic (probably a little more breakable than plastic but it was a little more flexible (and like plastic a lot later than) than metal.
All week, Ludden kept calling Joan Fontaine, Joan Fontan .... thought he was joking all along, but at the end of the show he admits it was an error he keeps making. 20:15 Odd.
For "Lad" after "boy" maybe "Irish?" Or start off with "Lass" (said in that Passwordian way to denote an opposite) and then step in with things like Irish, etc. Maybe most of the above done with an Irish or British accent might have helped.
Joan Fontaine was a very charming lady with a great sense of humor.
She looks so young for 50!
I would have loved to see her perform in person! She has an interesting voice and appears so gracious, but her characters on films were often delicate and flighty. I wonder what she was like in that play!
WOW. Jack Jones really shines in this one. The guy's some kind of genius!
I would have love to have seen him play against Paul Anka. (As for this writing, they are both still alive; it could happen yet!)
RIP to Jack Jones, great singer and player
I have never heard of the term "Tenant Farmer" before but I looked it up. It really is a defined term!
RIP Jack Jones 1938-2024
Love Jack's response when the lady Patricia said "Charlie horse" as the answer to "Charlie Tuna"!! So cute!! ❤🥰
Joan looks very nice for 50, and it all looks natural.
OMG is she 50 here.
Joan's dress is pretty cool. Styles like this should make a comeback.
When the closing credits roll, GSN shows their own promos, revealing how crass and vulgar today's game shows are. The classy, intelligent shows are long gone.
Deal or No Deal is crass and vulgar? Ok, whatever you say Grandpa.
@@4seeableTV That "You have no idea, people, no idea!" guy sticks in my craw every time. And, yes, DoND is crass and vulgar. No question.
@@4seeableTV Don't know if Deal or no Deal is crass and vulgar (never seen it). But the commercials for it sure are.
Love Jack Jones on the Password games!!
Love the way Alan whipped his microphone cord!
I know! He does that every show.
Today everything is cordless
Liked that bit of choreography.
A year later and they could have given "Oscar" as a good clue to "grouch".
It's amazing how most of the 60s was so conservative in dress and tone.
it wasn't until only the last 2 years of the decade did things get loud
A lot of people dressed very conservatively in the 1970s also.
Sometimes it seems that the time limit is unfairly applied.
Indeed. "5 seconds", then the clicker goes off close to 10 seconds later.
sometimes? more like rutenely.
The word TUNA and the clues totally reminded me of Jessica Simpson, on her reality show ! 🐟 🐓
i was a 4 yearold boy went that game show was on tv back then
3 here
I kept waiting for someone to say “albacore” for the password “tuna”!
If you said that to me, I would've said "Chinatown"
Mackerel
Been watching a lot of these now. Ive determined that the men kick ass at this game, until Carol Burnett shows up to play.
. . . and Betty White, and Arlene Francis. . . and I would add that the really exceptional contestants, in this 60s era of Password tended to be women. That's not to say that there weren't weak players both men and women. But I would say when you find the really extremely poor players the male sex tends to dominate.
@@alexrafe2590 And don't forget Eydie Gorme: she was brilliant at Password.
@@parsonj39 she WAS a very good player. I am always happy to watch her, but I did find her tendency to do a lot of gesturing with her hands despite being mildly but frequently scolded by Allen a bit annoying.
@@alexrafe2590 I think Lawson was being sarcastic. Eydie was a disaster.
@@kurtmorris454 you think Lawsonj39 was being sarcastic? I’m not sure I agree with you based on the context of my message in the commentary thread which Lawsonj39 had just responded to. I’d just pointed out how good Arlene Francis and Betty White had been as Password players and the message he replied with suggested he was adding someone else to the list of very (good as I suggested or very bad, which was his very sarcastic riposte). I think it was the first, because not too many people would suggest Betty White or Arlene was crap at playing Password. As I’ve gone on to say Edie was terrible at using hand gestures to convey a word, which is definitely out of bounds, but she still used good clues too get her words across with her contestants.
Sometimes I wonder if the contestants even understand the game and strategy? So many times they don’t add the clues up! So frustrating!
How did they allow "miraculosity"??
Ludden admitted they should have not allowed it.
@@4seeableTV Allen said that they’d “got away” with using the word, acknowledging that it was allowed.
@@elspethcoogan1499 When someone 'got away' with murder, does that mean it was allowed? = ]
dumb clue. Too much 'Yale" overthinking in that one
They didn't stop the use of "coined words" until the '70's. The players use them frequently in the 60's.
Jack looks like he's about sixteen years old here!
But he got silver hair really fast, in the early '70s
Well he really wasn't much older than 16 in 1967. He was 29.
According to Wikipedia he has been married six times!
I’m surprised folks from this era didn’t always have broken televisions...from throwing things at it when playing and screaming and yelling at these game shows!
Elvis used to shoot up his; does that count?
Oh we threw things all right, but usually they were the cushions off of the sofa.
A television was a luxury. We weren't about to break it.
Martha reminds me of Samantha Steven's cousin Serena
There is one episode that stands out in my mind is when the Password was " skid" the player did a screeching sound, where Allen not only described it but said the Password. Allen stated he said the password. Then the next password was " dumbbell" as Allen saw the password and the audience knew it everyone laughed in reference to Allen saying the " skid " password,it was then that Allen stated I don't pick the words as the laughter continued. Do you think that you can find that episode, and if it's already posted kindly lead me to it.
After all that how does someone get pageant" from charade?
Different times, different references I guess.
The contestant explained at 5:44 that she got it from the previous clues of "pheasant" (a sound-alike) and "beauty ___." Sometimes the contestants just piece it together from previous clues.
Want/need.
For, "Plastic," I would have probably gone with "Bakealite." Although I probably wouldn't use that as a clue in today's world, back then, it was close enough to the time period where they made table radios with what was not THAT many years prior, a new type of material that resembled plastic (probably a little more breakable than plastic but it was a little more flexible (and like plastic a lot later than) than metal.
I would have said "Charlie" and "fish" for "tuna."
"albacore" is all that was needed.
@@waldolydecker8118 Not everyone knows what "albacore" means.
I called the contestant Martha the incorrect name, Marsha. Sorry about that! Jack did have a good repore with her though!!
Not too impressed with Ivy League grad students.
Thst girl in the yellow looks like Brittany Spears lol
Everyone is so attractive, before the hair got long and the clothes got loud. Lot more to the 60s than hippies, drugs, riots, and protests.
Thanks for your input, old timer.
Hippy culture wasn't mainstream in the 60s. That's why they called it the "counterculture." Most people didn't experience the 60s until the 70s.
@@lynnturman8157 A lot of people, including me, dressed conservatively in the 1970s.
All week, Ludden kept calling Joan Fontaine, Joan Fontan .... thought he was joking all along, but at the end of the show he admits it was an error he keeps making. 20:15 Odd.
they are both clueless on 'thug'. They must have tried 6 soundalikes that failed miserably and completely threw off the contestants.
For "Lad" after "boy" maybe "Irish?" Or start off with "Lass" (said in that Passwordian way to denote an opposite) and then step in with things like Irish, etc. Maybe most of the above done with an Irish or British accent might have helped.
those first 2 guests were really bad at this game.