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Lightning Round (the Trope Maker, CBS/ ABC): One minute to solve five words at $50/word.

By Plus, such words were regularly used without comment from Allen.

Berserk Button: If anyone used a sound-alike rhyming word as a clue in the original version, Allen would lightly scold them, saying that while such words are legal to use, in his opinion they go against the spirit of the game and hence discourages their use.

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Regis has appeared as a celebrity partner in Plus before hosting Million Dollar thirty years later. Similarly, Bert Convy was a partner on Plus before hosting Super.

Ascended Extra: Tom Kennedy on Plus, having been a celebrity partner before becoming host.

Rich Jefferies announced the first few weeks of Super until Gene took over on that show as well (Jefferies moved to helping Gene as an audience warm-up). Gene Wood announced most of Plus with occasional substitutes.

The Announcer: Jack Clark announced on CBS, and John Harlan filled these duties on ABC/ All-Stars.

And the Adventure Continues: During the goodbyes on the final episode of Super, Betty White compared the show to a Phoenix that will surely rise again.

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In May 2016, news surfaced that ABC (which aired the 1971-75 edition) was interested in potentially reviving the series this came on the heels of their summer lineup being populated by several game show reboots, including fellow Goodson-Todman properties To Tell the Truth, Match Game, the returning Celebrity Family Feud, and a reboot of Password's close cousin, The $100,000 Pyramid. An edition of Plus with Tom Bergeron hosting was a part of the 2015 Daytime Emmy Awards, to introduce Betty White's Lifetime Achievement Award. The game was also played during White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl on NBC in January 2012 that edition was hosted by Joel McHale. Its first celebs were Fallon and Password stalwart Betty White. The segment is, essentially, a simpler version of the later-era CBS style: the game now has words beginning at six points and no Lightning Round, and there's no stated prizes. Interestingly, the show returned as a segment on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on January 18, 2011, hosted by Steve Higgins. The changes were made for Password All-Stars (November 1974 to February 1975), after which members of the public were once again allowed to compete. Ludden returned as host of ABC's 1971-75 revival, which went through two theme tunes and two sets. Frequent guests included the stars of Bewitched.

College Bowl note the show British stalwart University Challenge is based on to moderate Password (Robert Earle replaced him on the former), which ran until 1967 on CBS daytime and primetime.

Password debuted in October 1961 on CBS as the first game to have celebrity guests as teammates for civilian contestants, which was a big freaking deal at the time. Stewart suggested a game whose players asked themselves a simple question: "How well can I communicate with just one word?"

Game Show created by Bob Stewart for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions in 1961, after the company searched for parlor games that could be played for modest stakes in the wake of the quiz show scandals.