Password Plus - A new record?

[expoboy52]

Whoever this celebrity is, she's an idiot. The contestant is right behind her on the stupidity scale.

[tigermark64]

Gina looks real cute here. I almost didn't remember her from Mork and Mindy.

[gunneddown213]

Gina Hecht was born on December 6 same year born as Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.

[TenPoundHammer]

Perfect clue for the first word... "Deficit... Disorder..."

[johnraypaig]

contestant 1: race......

contestant 2: DOG....

DOG????? was she sure at that time??

[artytoons]

A- soldier, stand, straight

B- police, red, courage

C- friend, partner, dog

D- dot, morse, code, hyphen

E- razor, brink, night

F- meal, large, Thanksgiving

[newjerseynj13]

Philadelphia, PA

[VirgoDar]

I didn't think the words were that difficult. She was passing before even guessing on some of them.

[torchkit]

Who was that "celebrity?"

[EightiesGeek]

@torchkit Geena Hecht. She was on MORK & MINDY.

[chris319]

When the prize budget creeps up, the producer has to make the words harder so as not to give away more money. He knew exactly what he was doing.

[stargate121]

Come on! "ATTENTION"??????

[chris319]

They didn't get it, did they? There's a reason he chose that word.

[stargate121]

Never in the history of the show were the words that difficult. They usually gave them a fighting chance.

[calalilygirl]

I'm sorry, but those were exceptionally difficult words. whoever put them up should have been fired--absolutely no reflection on the players at all.

[musicman2059]

What the hell does detergent have to do with dash?

[calalilygirl]

Dash was a fairly popular laundry detergent back then. you may be able to google it. I had forgotten about it--i guess it isn't made anymore.

[musicman2059]

I completely forgot about that one.

[blackberryhill63]

this woman was just dull like a 100 year old knife

[PatrioticPirate]

What the he- THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING!!!

[gameshowluvr86]

God, there should have been at least a house minimum of $100 for the players who got absolutely nothing.

[PriceRight89]

She won $400 in the upfront game, though.

[gameshowluvr86]

Oh... my God.

[Ctmagnus]

Might as well have been speaking different languages, my goodness.

[TVLubber]

Can someone upload a clip from Password Plus with the REAL record: $35,000 in Alphabetics?

[viewdis200]

Just like Tom Poston on Pyramid.

[KoopaKid17]

Here are my clues:

Attention: Stand, Hut.

Badge: Merit, Scout, Boy, Girl.

Companion: Dog, Friend.

Dash: Salt, Tiny, Amount.

Edge: Razor, Over, The.

Feast: Thanksgiving, Large, Meal.

[TVLubber]

But this ain't no record if nothing is won.

[KoopaKid17]

All records don't have to be good. There are records for highest jackpot and fastest performance, but this is also a record; she was the first (and maybe only) contestant to get no words during Alphabetics. As Dick Clark might say "You two hold the record for never getting a dime!"

[TVLubber]

But this record is BAD. I don't like records if they give NOTHING away.

[TVLubber]

The same may have happened at least once on Super Password (probably w/illegal clues).

[KoopaKid17]

Yes, because on Super Password, you won't get credit for the word if a celebrity uses an illegal clue, much like Pyramid. Password Plus was different, though.

[TVLubber]

But why couldn't they just replace the word with a new one rather than lower the jackpot or put the letter out of play? That way, the only problem with illegal clues is that it takes up a lot of time.

[pressmin]

There is a clip of super password where the contestant only got one right.

[TVLubber]

That's not what I meant by my recent comment.

[KoopaKid17]

It was their rules and everyone had to abide by them.

[TVLubber]

That was then.

[jdohe]

because people would intentionally give illegal clues to get an easier word

[TVLubber]

What if the word could be a bit tougher?

[jdohe]

true.. but most words were not that tough. The hard ones were rare, so making a change on a hard word is a good gamble.

I wonder if Allen Ludden has done more game show episodes as a host or Betty White did more game show episodes as a contestant? I suppose that Bob Barker is the undisputed king of game shows.

[kolst8406]

what was the name of the celebrity?  I don't recognize her.

[Julius121081]

Gina Hecht

[jibberjabberr]

kiki dee

[bluebear1985]

I thought I heard her mumble "attention" after they passed on the word.

[KoopaKid17]

I heard her say "okay" just after they passed, but not the word.

[KoopaKid17]

Those were tough words. Feast they probably would have gotten if they had more time.