PASSWORD 1962-01-23 Pat Carroll & Johnny Carson

[@maxhubmann1696]

RIP to Pat Carroll & Johnny Carson. You will both be deeply missed

[@drewpall2598]

Just read the sad news that Pat Carroll passed away. Rest in Peace and thanks for the laughter over the years and your great body of work you left behind. May 5, 1927 - July 30, 2022

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Aww she died on my birthday.

[@drewpall2598]

@@RepentfollowJesus Happy belated Birthday Mary.🎂

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@drewpall2598 thanks

[@RayRay-zt7bj]

It is so cool seeing Johnny when he was this young. I was too young at the time to remember him on this show. You can just see how his style and comedic wit made him so famous on the Tonight Show.

[@The_Mimewar]

Right!? I was born in 78, so he always had white hair when I saw him.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

I was only 15 MTS old lol. So definitely don't remember him this young! Saw him on a 1961 episode of WML just recently.

[@butziporsche8646]

Pat Carroll was awesome as one of the stepsisters in the Hallmark "Cinderella" back in 1965. I was watching it at my Grandma's house when it came out.

[@jiovanna4136]

RIP Pat Carroll the voice of Disney's Ursula from The Little Mermaid, died yesterday at age 95. What an extraordinary women and a true legend and icon. (1927-2022)🌟🎙🎬🎬📺📺

[@christinalw19]

Great to see Johnny. I remember his last night on the Tonight show. I cried during the entire monologue.

[@snootybaronet]

Johnny Carson had already perfected that deadpan look said to be inspired by Jack Benny. It served him very well for the next 30+ years. Maureen was a doll.

[@paulwalker1443]

This was about 7 months before Johnny landed the Tonight Show. Can't help believe his performance here helped him in that endeavor.

[@balconi89]

Having a very good comedian and comedienne as panelists made this a hilarious game.

[@pamelahoward8225]

I always thought Allen Ludden. Was such a great host. He was very smart. He knew his stuff. Betty White was probably the best star on the show

[@HansDelbruck53]

Allen made several mistakes on the show over the years. For example, he once said carport was two words and he said goodbye was two words. There are many other examples. In this episode, he did Maureen wrong on the lightning round by not stopping the clock when the audience broke out in laughter.

[@mattalbrecht7471]

@@HansDelbruck53 always one in the crowd to find fault...

[@almaburns6562]

​@@mattalbrecht7471Hans makes a good referee.

[@susanrutherford866]

You played well Johnny !!

[@blockygamer1]

What an episode, Pat and Johnny were a riot!

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Hilarious! Love Johnny and Pat. Had never seen Pat Carroll before.

[@tiffanyfrehleyyeshuaismy0153]

... This is a good one. Johnny and Pat were both funny and the two guests were as well. I enjoy this kind of humor. ...Johnny had such nice hair. 😊💙

[@mattikaki]

Hello from Finland. These women were absolutely gorgeus and hilarious. I watch tehese in the evenings before going to bed but I don’t know if I can fell asleep after all this laughing.

[@shirleymcclaran5581]

Love watching old game show clips.

[@MerleOberon]

I like watching early Johnny, seeing what made him famous.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Wow, can I have your ghostly autograph, Ms.Oberon?

[@altfactor]

"Password" premiered in the fall of 1961 as a daytime show on CBS. It's sudden success led to a prime time version starting the following January. This must have been the first prime time edition, as Allen Ludden explained the rules of the game.

[@sharksport01]

I think January 9 was.

[@DBEdwards]

Great Show. Pat Carroll hyper excited celebrity. Johnny Carson, well, Johnny Carson.

[@akrenwinkle]

Pat is 93 now. Glad she's still with us.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

She was in "Little Mermaid" ☺️☺️

[@mikedupont3585]

…for now.

[@dawnemerson3604]

Loved her as the stepsister on Cinderella

[@KingTriton1837]

Pat is 95 now. Glad she is still with us.

[@robk8397]

@@KingTriton1837 she passed away today July 31 2022

[@fizzishen5389]

Maureen favors Stockard Channing IMO. What a great episode. Thank you for sharing.

[@jmason3904]

hi Mr.Fizz - ✌🌻- i .m.o. - prettier than 🌹🌻🌺🌸💐🌷🏵⭐❗❗but yes - she does look like her 🕵💨💌💎🎀🌟👸✨💫💞💕❤😚😘🙂 Mr. Johnny Carson was very funny - he must have liked her - those clues in the ⚡round - was thinking w/his emotions there looked like - 💫💨 that was unexpected - think his clues caught her off guard too!!😄🤗😄😅💫💨Thank You for this episode - 👍✌😍☀🌅🌈✨👍🕊💨✌💕💞💕😍🙂

[@loissimmons6558]

+Fizz Ishen I thought so right away. They are both at least part Irish.

[@Dshappystuff]

That's it! Thank you. It was driving me crazy.

[@sharksport01]

I thought Pat was Patricia O'Neal for a second.

[@politicallyincorrect869]

That first lightening round with Johnny Carson and Maureen was hilarious 🤣

[@hijodelaisla275]

And they were both blond at the end.

[@waldolydecker8118]

not really...more like a disgrace

[@verity3616]

The "yes" and "tonight" clues were both brilliant double entendre. Wish we could have seen everyone else's face with that one!

[@randilevson9547]

Johnny Carson was so spontaneous, clever, and witty.

[@TMcConnaughhay]

I love Pat Carroll!

[@tawthylawn351]

This show was a riot!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Pat Carroll would have been great to have as a funny Aunt. Someone I could spend time with on an irregular basis, but not every day.

[@ItsKrma00]

A subtle yet hilarious comment.

[@LearnMusclescom]

Allen Ludden very generous awarding money when it wasn’t quite earned. He is a generous fellow.

[@stephaniezimbalist3757]

Not so much generous as fair. Johnny went for a laugh with his clue giving zero chance for his partner to guess so it’s only fair to award the money

[@vosflora3632]

goddamn johnny is so handsome

[@scotnick59]

Great speaking voice, too

[@GrasshopperRDG]

@@scotnick59 Indeed! I, too, always admired JC's voice... Such distinction!~😊💚*

[@stephaniezimbalist3757]

Probably why his partner couldn’t keep her hand off of him in this episode

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN!!!!!

[@Peteveres]

@@KristaBrewer-rq7mo JC , JOHNNY CARSON

[@rosered103]

I laughed so hard. thanks for the laughs everyone,.

[@alskndlaskndal]

That was an entertaining episode. The "joint" round was great (loved how they laughed as soon as they saw the word... you know what they were thinking)! I have to say Pat is a bit too much of a ham for me.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Her birth name was Armourette Star..

[@infonut]

@@robertsprouse9282 ... R.I.P. Pat Carroll

[@stephaniezimbalist3757]

Some folks get nervous when they can’t hide behind a character. They worry they’re boring so they over compensate. Loved Pat in the terrible TV show She’s the Sheriff It was on the same time Disney was animating her face to be Ursula in The Little Mermaid.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Tryst would have been a perfect clue for Rendezvous. I was surprised no one thought to give it.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

pat: one of the alltime gr8s.

[@joanpellillo2981]

I love this game from the past - these shows were always clean.

[@zekezacker9449]

Note that this was Johnny Carson before he was host of the Tonight Show.

[@TMcConnaughhay]

Oh really?!

[@rezaabasali9975]

Johnny Carson - riotous!

[@57buickcentury]

Maureen O'Shea is a delight - secretary for an ad agency, writes copy and sings? She could have been a character on "Mad Men". Too bad she didn't make it in show biz; then she could have been brought back as a celebrity guest... A 1967 listing in the Detroit Free Press lists her as singing in a Roaring '20s revue at the Killarney Castle in Windsor, Ontario, so she stuck with it for a while at least.

[@davemattia]

no talent -

[@bluetreble2888]

6:37 That is none other than Ursula herself!

[@chrisfinch8637]

Yes, in the 1960's.

[@davidrosler5413]

Maureen showed huge charisma on screen. With a little luck she could gave made it big. I wonder if she ever had that singing career?

[@malcolmmarshall5946]

Pat Carroll had personality plus, a delightful lady!

[@kathyfitzgerald7286]

I really miss Johnny Carson.

[@LV2UXO77]

Whenever Johnny Carson's on a game show, I watch it! I miss seeing him on "The Tonight Show. I don't recall Pat Carroll on anything she did.

[@akrenwinkle]

I recall her on "Make Room for Daddy" when it was an ensemble sitcom, long ago. Many years later I saw her as Shirley's mother on "Laverne & Shirley." But people like Pat usually keep busy in road companies, commercials, voice overs, anything they can get.

[@jimtrue1465]

There was hardly any sitcom in the 60s where Pat was not a guest star at some point. She also was on just about every game show and talk show.

[@starababa1985]

She played an ugly stepsister in the tv version of Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren.

[@BadGuyRants]

Pat Carroll voiced Ursula for Disney from 1989-2022.

[@anthonyhubert8922]

Johnny Carson is so quickwitted

[@lindasoderberg9477]

I love playing along

[@rowanaforrest9792]

Pat Carroll was the funniest of Cinderella's step family in "Cinderella" starring Stuart Damon and Leslie Ann Warren. Pat's comedy in that musical was perfect, less over-the-top than the others so more "real." She and Johnny were both fun here.

[@dawnemerson3604]

My favorite of all time!

[@robertvavra414]

Loved the song "What's the Matter With The Man"

[@Mr.President]

This one was specially hilarious 😂

[@buddmannable]

I wonder if that Carson guy ever made it??? :)

[@dinahbrown902]

Here’s Johnny

[@Oceangirl_505]

Bwahahaha!!! 👍

[@wynnssecret8882]

Private Equity Manager.....I heard he eventually did some show (late night) not exactly "prime time", so good luck to him 😉

[@gwendolynkaren5933]

@@wynnssecret8882 yes I catch it once in awhile at 11:30 on antenna TV. He's kind of funny. he looks older though on that show than he does here.

[@RebeccaTurner-kf8gx]

Bless her heart . She was so funny and beautiful

[@bevn362]

Only a few months before this game (Jan 23, 1962) Allen Ludden’s first wife died of cancer on October 30, 1961. He married Margaret McGloin on October 11, 1943. They had a son, David, and two daughters, Martha and Sarah.

[@meganconnell6853]

RIP Pat Carroll (1927-2022).

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

Can you imagine kissing Johnny Carson's hand!

[@starababa1985]

For those who were wondering, a loge is the lower front part of a balcony, separated by a railing from the rest of the seating. This one was new to me.

[@jblue705]

News to me too! ❤

[@lesleystarwars2709]

Pat wasted precious seconds by being too dramatical and not giving out more clues. She was going for laughs.

[@travis7310]

That's her style. She always went for laughs and didn't really seem to have her head in the game.

[@frankieaddams3937]

Yes, it's too bad she's annoying. Edit: Both Pat Carroll AND Johnny Carson were annoying. :(

[@robertr798]

You sound like a LOT of fun at parties.

[@garywarmee4367]

Right! She is short changing her partner potencial money!

[@mapleleaf0]

I think the faces while time's a wasting are to cover that she can't think of a word.

[@infonut]

To show how time is fleeting, when Carson got "coop" from "chicken" and "house" he grew up where many inner city neighborhoods had a residents with chicken coops in their back yards, many added to the side of garages.

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Johnny Carson grew up out in the Mid-West where many folks were VERY familiar with chicken coops.

[@almaburns6562]

Inner city? I don't think that existed out in rural Nebraska!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Is it me or does Johnny sound like the lead guy in Get Smart? At least when he introduced the game info. He could do an excellent imitation ,im sure. I really miss the Johnny Carson Show. When he left it, I did too. Jay Leno never cut it for me.

[@MrBruneye]

RIP Pat Carroll, you were a funny lady

[@marthamagruder3698]

Johnny was so funny on here!

[@djr6876]

Funny episode!

[@bevn362]

See comments below. This episode was in 1962 and Pat Carroll lived to be 95 years old passing away July 31, 2022. Her most memorable role, however, came in 1989, when she voiced the sea witch Ursula in the Disney feature The Little Mermaid. Pat Carroll Says Her Piece: “No, she is not an octopus. She is a squid.” “She has six tentacles instead of eight,” The Emmy and Grammy award winner finished, sassily adding that this choice was made because fewer tentacles “[made the character] less expensive to draw.”

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

It's so absolutely wild to know that at this time although I think Johnny Carson was very well respected and loved by many people, I don't think he was quite known as a LEGEND as of yet (as he was in later years probably hitting the early 1970s onward).

[@LaptopLarry330]

Johnny Carson was very familiar with CBS. He had his own prime-time comedy sketch TV show, "The Johnny Carson Show", on CBS during the 1955-56 season. Although the show got good reviews by TV critics, it failed to develop an audience, and was cancelled after one season. Johnny Carson made frequent appearances on CBS' panel shows, like "What's My Line?" and "To Tell The Truth". A couple of years later, ABC hired him to be the host of the daytime game show, "Who Do You Trust?" Carson did a lot of comedic stunts and sight gags for the show, which proved to be good training for him when he was hired by NBC to become the new host of "The Tonight Show" several months after this episode of "Password" was videotaped.

[@voicetube]

@@LaptopLarry330 Wow, then I guess I was right. Larry, you're certainly a font of cool info on Carson - thanks for your reply :-)

[@LaptopLarry330]

@@voicetube I grew up watching Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show" in the 1970s to the early-1990s. I learned about Carson's early TV work from research on the Internet, specifically Wikipedia. I bought a DVD several years ago, that features about a half-dozen surviving kinescopes of "The Johnny Carson Show", which includes the very first on-camera appearance of James Arness, in costume, to promote his upcoming new CBS TV series, "Gunsmoke". Unfortunately, there are very few episodes of "Who Do You Trust?" that still exist. I believe that there is one early episode from 1958 or 1959 that is available for viewing here on KZbin.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@LaptopLarry330, and his favorite dog breed is?

[@LaptopLarry330]

@@robertsprouse9282 LOL! :-)

[@kristabrewer9363]

5 seconds on this show lasts an awful long time

[@marthahanley6650]

You are *so* right! But you need the right celebrities. I love them to be funny and witty. Here, I came here *only* to watch Carson. *I desperately* did NOT want to watch as (forgive me) but I despise Pat Carroll. Loud, loud, and *NOT* funny. I was angry with Allen Ludden for *NOT* giving her the time's up.

[@RandomHud]

Martha Hanley you have a loathing for someone who put herself out there to entertain people? Someone you don’t even know? What have you ever tried?

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@marthahanley6650, and she never returned those damned hedge clippers.

[@ccbsnyc]

RIP Pat Carroll

[@rayjr62]

By the end of this year JC would be the host of the Tonight Show and he would never look back.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

About 9 months before we starting hearing “Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny” on the Tonight Show

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Pat Carroll is still alive as of 8-27-20 at the age of 93!

[@hudsony777]

That's good to know. Watching these old shows is like watching Tonight of the Living Dead! It's weird seeing these people on game shows and talk shows. Movies I can accept, but on these shows they're more themselves rather than playing a character and they're talking about such ordinary stuff. They seem like their own ghosts.

[@KingTriton1837]

She passed away today, July 31st, 2022

[@lindaryan5997]

Pat is so sweet!! and approachable

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

They say a lot of those celebrities are/were competitive. Carson and Carroll show it here.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

this their first year? love these early ones. and pat !

[@LaptopLarry330]

This was from "Password" first year on "prime-time" network television. The show debuted on daytime TV on CBS a year earlier. Very few episodes of the daytime version of "Password" exist, either in the 1960s or even the early-1970s on ABC. All of the NBC episodes were taped and preserved for future generations to enjoy.

[@victoriasloan524]

Johnny was the best. Still is.

[@deborahflorence2332]

Carroll is too busy performing instead of playing the game.

[@scotnick59]

yeah: she was a real ham

[@gildersleevefan67]

Notice there are two distinct halves here. I read an interview with her several years ago where during a commercial break, Bob Stewart told her that she didn't need to ham it up and to play it straight. And she accepted his advice and that's why the second half of the show works so much better.

[@Tim1963-u6n]

Would never want to play with a comedian all of them want to make jokes and waist time

[@PaulaGutierrez-pm4oz]

​@@Tim1963-u6nmaybe waste? 😊

[@JudithSweeney-p1o]

​@@Tim1963-u6n*waste

[@Skip-sy2th]

Can't wait for the Johnny Carson,Wayne Newton download....

[@scotnick59]

Pat is such a happy Ham!

[@libmathis1007]

Similar to Jerry Lewis crazy antics.

[@alskndlaskndal]

Control yourself Johnny! LOL, his "clues" for "Motel"... love Carson but he did have a reputation as quite a "ladies' man."

[@sheristewart3940]

Yeah, Maureen O'Brien was giggling a bit too much, as if she was looking forward to after the show with Johnny.

[@mikedupont3585]

And the hand gesture for “center” lol

[@waldolydecker8118]

10:00 Unsat performance by Carson...using a contestant's lightning round to try to make not-so coy sexual liaison jokes while still in the 1st of his four marriages. Contestant wants to make money and Carson wastes time with his nonsense. Note how Ludden comes behind and gives her the money Carson wasted.

[@pamelahoward8225]

When did Johnny Carson start the tonight show. He was always great I used watch him every week night. From 1974-1981.

[@frankdrebin259]

October 1962

[@valenstein]

RIP Pat Carroll.

[@voicetube]

For "Chum" I was thinking the clue "Pal," yet, said in an extended manner with a little bit of the swing of the arm and a smile "Paaaaal!..."

[@mapleleaf0]

That would be good. Also, after someone said childhood, I thought "boys" would be good, because no one would have called girls chums back then, so a childhood friend who is a boy is a "chum."

[@robertsprouse9282]

If this was after a certain song, or the old Batman TV show, it may have been easier to work up to that.

[@sheilathomas7640]

Or say in a British accent "Old......"

[@kimfuhrmann7700]

I'm almost through watching the entire "What's My Line" collection of videos (sob), and have just started in on these and To Tell the Truth. Pretty entertaining, and fun to play along at home. I'm hoping to get better with time at thinking up clues. Sometimes, as with "chum" there just doesn't seem to be a better word. "Crony" maybe. I'm kind of embarrassed at the way the non-celebrity guests grab at the celebrities when they've guessed a word. I understand the impulse, but it's sooooo awkward! I don't understand the word "dead" as a clue for "joint." Can anyone explain it?

[@FeggyMin]

same!!! i am also almost through with What's my line and started with Password and a few episodes of To Tell the Truth... such entertaining shows.

[@garywarmee4367]

I don't mind. Celebs should not be untouchable. Nancy Sinatra was very composed and did not touch or be touched. I think people just get very excited when they win. Its a natural response.

[@garywarmee4367]

KIM - Yes! I love What's My Line, but how can you have passed throught the 1000s of entries! With Password, I plug in for the celebrity, but get caught up in the mesmerizing game! Hypnotic. The thing that must strike everyone is the good manners, charm and social graces of a time that's past.

[@robertsprouse9282]

They were just excited, and back then, the stars wouldn't think twice about it because they knew that was as far as it would have gone..far fewer psychos roaming the streets with poor mental health back then..and far less stalking celebs.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@garywarmee4367, not today you wouldn't..1.You might be a psycho..2. The snowflake celeb may need a therapy llama.

[@david.e.miller]

Maureen O'Shea was one of the most entertaining guests on this show.

[@TeamJRob]

Johnny is arrogant

[@waldolydecker8118]

@@TeamJRob - among other things, to say the least.

[@kristenkaz3080]

This shows my age, but seeing Johnny Carson as dark haired was new to me!

[@Eddie_Schantz]

I noticed on some of these shows, the same contestants would play a game, then switch sides. They would usually get in two games and maybe three. On other shows, they would play one game then bring on new contestants. Never understood that.

[@tomservo56954]

The network got concerned when one contestant earned over $1000 in a single show...this was in the wake of the scandals with the big-money quiz shows.

[@LaptopLarry330]

@@tomservo56954 Also, due to the popularity of the show, a lot of people were trying to become contestants on the show. They wanted to put as many contestants as possible on the air.

[@halfdome5705]

This episode was early in the series. The rules were a bit different for the night version.

[@MrMenefrego1]

That $500.00 he won is worth over $4-thousand in 2021!

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

Wow, "Chum" was a tough one… The only thing I can think of is maybe after a couple clues adding in the word "Whale" (for those of you who don't know, chum is a type of whale food).

[@mapleleaf0]

I think chum is bait, like to catch sharks, so they could have said "bait."

[@robertsprouse9282]

I'll tell my compadre..

[@maxdecphoenix]

@@mapleleaf0 yep. 'chum' is just the non-palatable entrails, guts, scales and bones leftover from cleaning fish used to bait other marine animals, particularly sharks.

[@joerhoden4919]

I wanted them to sing the word "caberet" as in "Life Is A Caberet ol' Chum". Richard from Alabama

[@voicetube]

@@maxdecphoenix I see, I actually hadn't known the details/origin of the word. Thanks for that!

[@iantempleton313]

*motel* “Tonight” 😂😂😂

[@Dharmon1]

Sad news, Pat died yesterday of pneumonia at age 95. RIP.

[@mw10259]

BEFORE THE TONIGHT SHOW...... HE MADE THAT SHOW

[@spideraxis]

Theeeeere's Johnny, before "Tonight Show".

[@camronwu]

Rip Pat

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The first female contestant with Johnny Carson reminds me of Piper Laurie.

[@PV-pu5iu]

And, Piper Laurie died yesterday. (Oct. 14, 2023). Sigh.

[@mojo3631]

After ‘Buddy’ and ‘pal’ didn’t work, i would have said ‘bait’.

[@intradibles]

This was the original tape! When was the original airdate? It must have been a few months before Carson took over Tonight from Steve Paar.

[@kentetalman9008]

Jack Paar.

[@JJJBRICE]

Pat Carroll was popular in those days as a second banana along with Sid Melton on the Danny Thomas Show. Her co star Marjorie Lord also lived well into their nineties . If JC had eased up on those cigarettes and alcohol he may have lived into his nineties like his brother and sister did .

[@beckylawler2768]

What was Pat's first clue on the word "balcony?" Our vocabulary today seems to have diminished. I tried looking up synonyms for balcony and whatever word she said was not listed.

[@Ash-ms]

Loge. It usually means a theatre box. But in theatres without box seating, it can refer to a separate section at the front of the balcony.

[@ddicin7759]

400 bucks in the early 60s was enough for four months rent. Where I live that would work out to $6000.

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

The contestant,Fergie, reminds me of the Chicago Cubs great pitcher,Fergoe Jenkins

[@TheBings]

Maureen O'Shea could've made it as a comedic actress. She's pretty and so animated.

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

Maybe for "Stooge" Johnny could have (in his imitated voice) said "Curly!" (Spoken as "Coily!" :-)

[@kevinwachs5905]

"Shemp" would have been more specific. There are other possible responses to "Curly," or even "Coily," but "Shemp" is a unique name.

[@franklesser5655]

I didn't know that Johnny Carson was ever young!

[@richrol58]

Or a bachelor??😂

[@AA-ke5cu]

The discovery of Turd Ferguson.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Huh??

[@cookie5335]

Thus is fun

[@timdaugherty4014]

RIP Ursula.

[@olivegreenpants7153]

Pat went on to become Ursla the Sea Witch in the Little Mermaid.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

I cant even find the word Pat used for balcony on Google. Keeps giving me Lowe's with my use of the microphone. Anyone know the spelling? I even tried asking for a French word with the microphone and said it. 🤔

[@starababa1985]

Loge.