Password Plus and Super Password (1979)

Original title

Password Plus

Genre

game show

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 60 episodes

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teams of a celebrity and a contestant try to guess a mystery word from one-word clues. The show adds a puzzle from five passwords and a timed bonus round for cash.

lightheartedfast-pacedcompetitivenostalgicplayfulbrain-teasingupbeatfriendly

What happens

Password Plus and Super Password are American TV game shows that aired separately between 1979 and 1989. Both shows were revivals of Password, which originally ran from 1961 to 1975 in various incarnations. With only subtle differences between them, both Password Plus and Super Password retained the format of play as their predecessor, with two teams of two people each—a celebrity and a contestant—attempting to guess a mystery word using only one-word clues. New features included a series of five passwords as clues to an overarching puzzle for the teams to solve, as well as a bonus round requiring the winning team to guess ten passwords under a time limit to win a cash jackpot. Password Plus and Super Password aired on NBC, and were taped on Stage 3 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Password Plus was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production and Super Password was a Mark Goodson Production. Password Plus aired from January 8, 1979, to March 26, 1982, for 801 episodes. The program also won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1982. Super Password aired for 1,151 episodes from September 24, 1984, to March 24, 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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