PASSWORD - Arlene Francis & Merv Griffin (July 3, 1962)

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  • Опубліковано 8 тра 2015
  • Another of several episodes of nighttime Password featuring WML regulars that I'll be posting throughout the month. Many thanks to epaddon for providing his copy of this video.
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  • @patriciamurphy3404
    @patriciamurphy3404 7 років тому +15

    BEAUTIFUL ARLENE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @hizgrase
    @hizgrase 2 роки тому +5

    Arlene is the bomb.

  • @4seeableTV
    @4seeableTV 8 років тому +14

    Who knew then that Merv would go on to create the two most successful game shows, in terms of ratings/popularity, in modern times.

  • @moonlightray8493
    @moonlightray8493 Рік тому +1

    The "needle" and "haystack" back-to-back were brilliant, and Merv Griffin's increasingly assertive "HONK"s were hysterical!
    I clicked into this video because of Arlene, but everyone was so delightfully clever and perceptive - it was an excellent episode all around, really!

  • @zenaidalacuzong1918
    @zenaidalacuzong1918 4 роки тому +4

    Arlene is bright/ happy person

  • @paulmarsh8974
    @paulmarsh8974 2 роки тому +2

    Simple fun yet so entertaining.... Arlene was gorgeous, gracious and witty... Something you don't see these days..

  • @TylerDeBoy
    @TylerDeBoy 3 роки тому +2

    Arlene is just something else

  • @no_handle_required
    @no_handle_required 7 років тому +19

    Man i love these shows. Well-dressed, polite, intelligent, respectful...everything that todays shows and society isn't.

    • @lynettepalecek3141
      @lynettepalecek3141 Рік тому +1

      @@GBS1043 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF! Your description doesn't fit me at all!!

    • @lynettepalecek3141
      @lynettepalecek3141 Рік тому +1

      @N English. If you think that today's society isn't well-dressed, polite, intelligent, and respectful, then you aren't looking in the right places. My church and all Independent Baptist churches do fit your description of the people back then.

    • @GBS1043
      @GBS1043 Рік тому

      @@lynettepalecek3141 Why have a channel with no content, UNLESS YOU ARE A TROLL....And slob

  • @monkee5th
    @monkee5th 4 роки тому +8

    It’s strange to see Arlene without her heart necklace.

    • @JClark-34695
      @JClark-34695 2 роки тому +2

      Hmmm... at 17:16, you can clearly see it.

    • @lynettepalecek3141
      @lynettepalecek3141 Рік тому +1

      @monkee5th. She was wearing it. She just pulled it out from her blouse later in the show.

  • @maryoliver3868
    @maryoliver3868 3 роки тому +6

    I haven't laughed this hard in years. Hilarious.

  • @WhatsMyLine
    @WhatsMyLine  9 років тому +19

    The round for the password "yesterday" had me screaming at the screen, some of the dumbest responses imaginable!

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn 9 років тому +2

      What's My Line? And the expressions on Allen Ludden's face showed *his* opinion about this. ;) Besides of course "Bennett" for "Surf", I was thinking of "Drum" or "Rhythm" for "Beat". At least "Drum" would have been obvious, or?

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 років тому +1

      SuperWinterborn "Drum" would have been a good clue for "beat", I agree! "Rhythm" is a good clue, too, but "drum" had a good chance of winning with one clue. Not the best playing in this episode, all right. . . but it was an entertaining show otherwise. :)

    • @tjbnyc76
      @tjbnyc76 9 років тому +4

      What's My Line? I'm surprised no one used the clue "tomorrow" with a vocal inflection implying the opposite! I liked the Lieutenant a lot -- he was one of the most entertaining contestants I've seen, and a pretty good game player, too.

    • @WhatsMyLine
      @WhatsMyLine  9 років тому +3

      Todd Brandt Except. . . they weren't using the vocal inflections this early in the run of Password, which made giving opposite clues risky. There was no way to signal looking you were for the opposite, which led to a lot of unnecessarily wasted turns. From what I've seen so far, the vocal inflections that became a standard part of playing Password didn't take hold until after the initial nighttime run was over.

  • @OperaJH
    @OperaJH 3 роки тому +6

    Wow - I guess Merv Griffin was always annoying, now that I see him as a young guy.

  • @grit5124
    @grit5124 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks

  • @Schquirl
    @Schquirl 3 роки тому +2

    I actually started watching this because I couldn’t believe she didn’t have her heart necklace on her!!!

  • @mrpuniverse2
    @mrpuniverse2 8 років тому +5

    First thing I thought of for spree was spending,, but not sure if that saying was in vogue those days though

  • @hizgrase
    @hizgrase 2 роки тому

    I was 4 months old at this time But growing up I loved this show

  • @binhkhoiluuuc1718
    @binhkhoiluuuc1718 5 років тому +5

    Was that the Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune creator Merv Griffin we see?

  • @robbernath
    @robbernath 5 років тому +1

    Good episode to watch on Veterans Day.

  • @norelcopc2431
    @norelcopc2431 8 років тому +3

    Merv hosted his own talk show for 24 years.

  • @kathyodom5372
    @kathyodom5372 9 років тому +4

    According to the air date, I was 7 months, 1 week and 2 days old!

    • @jacquelinebell6201
      @jacquelinebell6201 Рік тому

      I was 1 yr and 9 months. Be two in Oct. Hard to imagine that now.

  • @MikkoHere
    @MikkoHere 6 років тому +3

    Darren Stevens looked good in the uniform 😎

    • @ronnelson6007
      @ronnelson6007 3 роки тому +2

      To zero...I too thot that he was mr. Dick York of bewitched. Ron nelson

  • @TylerDeBoy
    @TylerDeBoy 3 роки тому +1

    Lt. Peter James likes to passenger his own car home

  • @catelynstark5689
    @catelynstark5689 4 роки тому +1

    First win and Arlene grabs his face LOL

  • @jacquelinebell6201
    @jacquelinebell6201 Рік тому

    Hilarious. Laughing at Merv's honk! Lol.

  • @lynettepalecek3141
    @lynettepalecek3141 Рік тому +1

    For "alley" I would have said "bowl" and then "lane."

  • @nextbarker2702
    @nextbarker2702 4 роки тому

    20 mos after this show Merv struck it big with a game show still going strong today with Alex Trebek.

  • @elleryeggen9678
    @elleryeggen9678 4 роки тому +4

    "What does your husband do"?
    The era I was raised, soooo glad people have evolved

  • @yamimotonokamina4759
    @yamimotonokamina4759 6 років тому +1

    Responses like "beginning" to Arlene's "before," when all they've talked about are days, drive me crazy. The lieutenant was great on giving clues but not so hot on receiving them. Who can say, however, what you would say when under the gun as they are.

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 4 місяці тому

    Imagine how many ladies hearts were broken when they found out that Merv played on the other team?

  • @hizgrase
    @hizgrase 2 роки тому +1

    “Laundry”

  • @hizgrase
    @hizgrase 2 роки тому

    Those were hard words!!!

  • @blackcallalily6540
    @blackcallalily6540 7 років тому +2

    ..the female contestant reminds me of Elisabeth Moss from Mad Men 🤓

  • @alskndlaskndal
    @alskndlaskndal 9 років тому +3

    Merv Griffin was a famous singer? I never knew. I guess it goes to show that sometimes Plan B works out even better than the first try.
    Imagine, when data processing was an exotic career...

    • @cresentltd
      @cresentltd 9 років тому +3

      Reluctant Dragon His biggest hit record was " I've Got a Lovely bunch of Coconuts."

    • @tomservo56954
      @tomservo56954 8 років тому +2

      +R.D. Dragon His best known song was "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"

  • @Steve27775
    @Steve27775 9 років тому +2

    What was the reason for Arlene's big intake of breath when he mentioned WML in the introduction? Frustrated at being only known for WML when she'd done a lot of other things in her career? Knowing that it would define her forever in the minds of the American people?

    • @essanniadahi8236
      @essanniadahi8236 9 років тому +8

      Steve27775 I think she was just getting ready to introduce her partner

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 4 роки тому

    The lightning rounds are horrible. People get really nervous and then they can't think when they freak out.

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 4 роки тому +1

      @@meadow9441 No idea. I think part of the problem was that the contestants didn't have a firm grasp on the game rules. Instead of throwing out an incorrect word so that the clue giver could move on to another clue, they'd sit in their chair going, "ugh, ugh, ugh..." frown, eye roll. In the meantime Allen Ludden is yelling "Say anything!"

  • @paddle_shift
    @paddle_shift Рік тому

    Merv didn't like the peck on the cheek, but he was impressed by that lieutenant!

  • @carolenelms1811
    @carolenelms1811 11 місяців тому +1

    I have never seen a brooch worn so low and placed on the outter tip of the breast. Doesnt it belong higher up to the left? Strange to see. Of course this is years ago.

  • @franklesser5655
    @franklesser5655 2 роки тому

    I'm guessing Arlene is wearing dress from Bonwit Teller.

  • @Ms.HistoryBuff433
    @Ms.HistoryBuff433 2 роки тому

    “Drinkie-Poo

  • @agirlwholovesjesus
    @agirlwholovesjesus 7 років тому +3

    Wonder why Arlene's not wearing her heart necklace?

    • @yamimotonokamina4759
      @yamimotonokamina4759 6 років тому

      I read once that someone snatched it off her on the street. She begged them to give it back, because it was of more sentimental than material value. I always wondered if she got it back. I doubt it.

    • @avonlave
      @avonlave 6 років тому +1

      that occurred well after this episode was filmed

    • @kirstenwatkins8998
      @kirstenwatkins8998 6 років тому

      first of all wow that's awful >:( and second occasionally she didn't wear it this was probly just one of those times :)

    • @ciarabuck1375
      @ciarabuck1375 6 років тому

      i dont think she got it back, but i believe she got another one that was similar

    • @nelsonricardo3729
      @nelsonricardo3729 4 роки тому +1

      She is, though. Look closer...

  • @canuckster24
    @canuckster24 3 роки тому +1

    Ok what does sheep have to do with fold? Is that something I'm too young to understand?

    • @keetrandling4530
      @keetrandling4530 3 роки тому +1

      A "sheepfold" is the enclosure into which one gathers sheep for protection.
      Also, "fold" can be used as an alternate to "flock".

    • @mynamedoesntmatter8652
      @mynamedoesntmatter8652 Рік тому

      @@keetrandling4530
      A lost sheep is returned to the fold.

  • @TheGadgetPanda
    @TheGadgetPanda 9 років тому

    I thought the clues for "spree" were very odd. I know the word is commonly hyphenated with drinking, but even so. Has the meaning of that word changed dramatically over the past fifty years?

    • @tjbnyc76
      @tjbnyc76 9 років тому +1

      ***** "Bender" would have been a good clue, if they'd stuck with the drinking theme.

    • @4seeableTV
      @4seeableTV 8 років тому +3

      +TheGadgetPanda I noticed that too. My clue would've been 'shopping'. Sadly, these days, an appropriate clue now would be 'shooting'.

    • @Ms.HistoryBuff433
      @Ms.HistoryBuff433 2 роки тому

      I said ‘shopping’

    • @user-er9fx3qx7n
      @user-er9fx3qx7n 4 місяці тому

      "Binge" for spree

  • @robiemacpherson8310
    @robiemacpherson8310 2 роки тому

    A

  • @ciarabuck1375
    @ciarabuck1375 6 років тому +1

    i love Arlene but on a lot of the Password episodes she did, she always seemed really uncomfortable .. and i could never figure out why.

  • @TylerDeBoy
    @TylerDeBoy 3 роки тому +1

    This music is so bad 😂😂

  • @lray1948
    @lray1948 5 років тому

    Back then it seems cntestants and panelists were screened better to ensure they had the quickness and wit to handle the game. Not today!

  • @passamaquoddy8311
    @passamaquoddy8311 Рік тому

    Do not understand this game.