Password Plus: The Tape is Erased

[johnissoevil]

Makes you wonder how Mr. Ludden would've handled this situation.

[ShawnLevasseur]

The tape was erased? Are you sure that the puzzle wasn't about Richard Nixon?

[verbusen]

I would have beaten him if I had more clue's? LOL!

[orbital151]

I <3 Gene!

[spxmet]

At 2:40, Gene is thinking, "Ohhhh whatever WINSTON".

[WhatsAYak]

Very cool to actually see a puzzle card outside the gameboard like that!

[denelson83]

@WhatsAYak And it was seen again during Super Password, at the end of the Tournament of Champions.

[joebradio]

Geez.. I know those folks at NBC were quick to erase games shows back in the day.. but, hey, at least let it air once ... 

[dboy122660]

Its cool to see game show host as panelists on other game shows

[TyVulpine]

@dboy122660 That's how Richard Dawson got his start (as a panelist on Match Game before hosting Family Feud)

[verbusen]

@TyVulpine LOL, he was a famous TV actor before Match Game. Remember Hogan's Heroes of the 1960's?

[msk7046]

Could they have drawn that BORING thing out any longer? (Rhetorical question!)

[nocalsteve]

@msk7046 I think it drawn out 5 times longer than it needed to be because Wink Martindale couldn't just shut up and let Tom talk.

[AdamNedeff]

@nocalsteve In fairness, keep in mind that because of the nature of the mistake, the explanation had to fill a precise amount of time. They had to stretch a little bit.

[johnissoevil]

Wink may not have worked for Goodson-Todman, but they never seemed to have trouble booking him for their shows. He and Sandy were hilarious on TattleTales.

[MikeHL78]

"All right, o sagacious one, what is it?" lol. I hadn't heard that word in a long time. :)

[j6282]

you are one weird person.

[henrytvwhiz]

Why didn't they just re-enact the entire erased segment before this episode went on the air?

[AdamNedeff]

The only thing I can figure is that the losing contestant from the game had already left the studio, and in a world without cell phones, they couldn't get to her.

[polybi5]

@henrytvwhiz NBC probably had some of the most stringent standards in terms of game show integrity of the 3 networks. They probably had to go through all that to explain what happned. Ahh, but Ol' Tom, master of polish, makes it look all soooo fun.

[Sharkie626]

I like Gene's line.

"You mean this show is taped?? This is not a live show!? Well I'm getting outta here!" :)

[DrSurprise]

i thought allen ludden was the host?

[ieeeeeeeeeeeee]

he was. he hosted from 1979 to 1980, and when his illness permanently sidelined him in late 1980 (which eventually killed him), tom kennedy took over

[DrSurprise]

and wasnt allen ludden the host of an old version of the show but it was simply called "password"

[ieeeeeeeeeeeee]

yes

[gameshowfreak2007]

I like how they took the time to explain this, when they could have thrown the game out and re-played thus, screwing over Gene's partner (forgot her name) which many shows would do, but this is so much more fair and it gives fans a little insight into producing TV.

[Narrator007]

This is what I miss about game shows. Nowadays, all the game shows are big-money, prime time, polished productions. They almost never show anything that goes wrong, it's so highly edited that you lose all feeling of there being anything "real" about it.

[brianjohnson1984]

@Narrator007 Exactly!! Spot on. That's what I love about old game shows too!

[tomgene1976]

Three great hosts on one stage. They are so wonderful. Wink still looks good after seeing him on those Orbitz commericials

[rlrshepherdstown]

Hey , GSN is playing these Episodes at 2:30pm this week so all you Match Game & Gameshow Youtubers ,set up your recording machines to catch Gene Rayburn & Wink Martindale on Password Plus .

[katmusic2006]

these game show hosts is SO crazy!!!!!!!! :)

[MGG75]

Wink's real name is Winston, BTW, and he NEVER ages!!

[crinos43]

The Winker is not Bob Eubanks either.