PASSWORD 1962-07-10 Anne Bancroft & Robert Goulet

Featuring the brilliant and beautiful stage and screen actress and star of "The Miracle Worker", Anne Bancroft, and the gifted actor and singer and star of the Broadway hit musical "Camelot", Robert Goulet!
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Douglas Smith, Rockford IL
Ann Marie Renninger, Springfield VA
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[@Newfiemom4]

What fun Anne Bancroft had. Really enjoyed watching this.

[@clieding]

Anne was charming, witty, vivacious, enthusiastic, animated, scintillating and beautiful- what’s not to love!

[@lawsonj39]

Her clues for "chip" and "photograph," for two things not to love.... ; )

[@act4666]

I loved her in The Graduate!!!!! Cougars rock as always😌😌😌😍

[@Cheriepye]

And married to Mel Brooks

[@patrickd.3681]

No wonder Mel Brooks fell for her. She was probably the only one who could match him personality-wise.

[@marthamagee2055]

I think this show predates their first meeting!

[@williambell729]

It’s great to see Anne Bancroft. NOBODY could have played Mrs. Robinson like her. She made that movie.

[@dragthatsht]

What's crazy, Dustin Hoffman was cast to play Franz Liebkind in The Producers, for her husband Mel Brooks. The night before filming he got called to audition for The Graduate and got that part as well, so he gave up The Producers.

[@barbarawebb7185]

It was first offered to Doris Day

[@marthamagee2055]

Destiny!

[@marthamagee2055]

Only Gene Wilder could have played that part! He MADE the movie!

[@johnpickford4222]

@williambell729: Ava Gardner was a serious contender but not to director Mike Nichols liking. Doris Day was concerned with her image and the role would affect it.

[@NoName-yb1iv]

I love Anne Bancroft! :-) Marvelous dramatic actress and an endearing, genuine person...what a loss for Mel Brooks and for the world!

[@randysills4418]

I was so sad when she died!

[@marthamagee2055]

💖💖

[@esquibelle]

Anne Bancroft was soulful ~ her beauty was the icing on the cake

[@mdarrenu]

First class lady.

[@GeeBee909]

Anne Bancroft has enough energy here to light up the entire state of New York, very inspiring !!!!

[@poetcomic1]

What a pleasure it is to watch these without commercials, three or four at a time. I was a Password fan kid and had to wait for a half hour show once a week in the early days.

[@randysills4418]

We didn't watch much TV growing up but my parents had the second television in The San Fernando Valley at Easter of 1946 or 1947...I was not around yet! However, we always watched Password and To Tell The Truth...

[@kathyfitzgerald7286]

Been binge-watching Password to distract myself from this bizarro world. It's a great show.

[@sheiladineen9483]

A relief from Trump craziness for me!

[@josephmckenna3720]

I’m in love with Anne! She’s so animated and soulful. It’s the Italian in her, oi!

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

Anne was super adorable on Password. Seemed so genuine, and looked like she was having so much fun ❤. Must've been a sad loss for Mel when she passed away in 05.

[@rizzo3170]

Love Anne Bancroft. So adorable.

[@diannemiller1895]

Anne was delightful with all her enthusiasm and excitement. Love this show and they have wonderful stars

[@kentdean3882]

I love the way Ms. Bancroft is concentrating on the game and collaborating with her "stage" partner, even in just this game show. What a pleasure it must have been to perform with someone so attentive and focused!

[@eunoiavision7567]

Man this show pulled some talent back in the day.

[@janepiepes2243]

Anne Bancroft is just beautiful !

[@satinecharm]

LMAO Anne Bancroft was so excited.

[@erindurkin4441]

Robert Goulet was so dreamy!💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@itburns5756]

Awfully talented too.

[@itburns5756]

Awfully talented too.

[@brucemarsico6]

His former wife, Carol Lawrence, didn't think so.She divorced him, accusing him of physicaland mental cruelty. Nice singing voice though.

[@robertward8130]

@@brucemarsico6 No. She'd agree that he's dreamy...... Albeit a bad dream.😄

[@brucemarsico6]

@@robertward8130 A bad dream? You mean, YOU never liked R. Goulet. Even though he's been dead for, how many years now? He could still be a 'dream'.

[@doortoodoor1289]

Rob Goulet grew up in Edmonton in the 50s and my mom dated him for a time in high school.

[@joeambrose3260]

I call BS. Post pics and I'll consider

[@blanchdub]

Interesting; I'd thought he was born in Canada but grew up in New England - I think Massacusetts.

[@npriorejr]

Anyone notice that Anne Bancroft used American sign language to spell Cozy? That was clever of her, but apparently her partner didn't pick up on that.

[@kellyaquinn]

I noticed, but I would say that is against the rules. Just like they can’t say the word in a foreign language.

[@npriorejr]

@@kellyaquinn if it's not against the rules it should be. But back then the rule writers probably did not anticipate the actress who portrayed Annie Sullivan who taught Helen Keller American sign in the Miracle Worker

[@cturtleSSI]

Anne was hilarious, but especially that finger-spelling bit! Brilliant! NO HANDS! 🤪😜

[@PV-pu5iu]

Yes, and that really pissed me off. It was out and out cheating.

[@HappySunshineDay]

2023 I came here to say this. No one seemed to catch it at the time. Not even the audience. It was wayyy out of bounds! (delivered by the cutest actress ever!)

[@lisica8458]

Anne Bancroft was delightful. Easy to see why Mel experienced love at first sight.

[@ebayerr]

L J Sopjes : Anne Bancroft was single at this point in her life.She was 31 years old in this episode. She divorced her first husband in 1957 and married Mel in 1964.

[@manthony777]

@@ebayerr , who was her first husband??

[@jacobskinner3522]

@@ebayerr Anne and Mel were dating at this time. They met a year earlier.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Did anyone else notice that Anne spelled out COZY to her partner with her right hand in sign language @14:35?

[@dinacox1971]

Ann Bancroft is my favorite actress of all time. She also starred in my favorite movie 84 Charing Cross Road. Second is Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast at Tiffany's. This was a treat to watch!!!!!

[@NattyBumppo48]

Dina, I'm guessing you're past age 21...... Me too; way past....lol

[@dinacox1971]

@@NattyBumppo48 Yes!! As you say, way past! Point of fact, I am 63.

[@NattyBumppo48]

@@dinacox1971 - I got you beat by a mile....lol I'm 73, and still working my butt off.

[@cturtleSSI]

Love Charing Cross Road 💚

[@scotnick59]

Robert Goulet is so handsome it's unreal

[@bleepiestofbloops]

Allen's growing frustration, trying to keep everyone in check, was palpable.

[@cathyodom8438]

A glimpse at the glory days of theater and Password. Gracious and humorous as well

[@RedNekLvr22]

At 8:02 Anne tells contestant Doug "My dear, I think we're in love!". Doug then lets Anne know his wife is in the audience. I've never seen a celebrity gave such quick crush on a contestant! ☺

[@lynnturman8157]

yeah and you just know that guy woulda left his wife in a heartbeat

[@teddytodorova]

I think she says: we are marvelous. I clearly can hear "marvelous"

[@lizxlana]

Teddy Todorova she definitely says marvelous. I’m at that part now. I just paused it. I went back and listen to it like 3 times to make sure and you are right

[@ItsKrma00]

​@@lizxlana She just told you it was at 8:02 ... marvelous was minutes earlier.

[@GeeBee909]

It's clear that she meant it as a joke ONLY (and said out in front of everyone), which leads one to ask just HOW secure that guy's marriage was

[@moniquelacosta5170]

Anne was delightful. Robert was so handsome. This is way before she won the Oscar and way before Mrs. Robinson. Anne was so animated. She was a winner in real life. Married to Mel Brooks.

[@andytaylor5476]

Anne Bancroft got a Best Actress Oscar for her work in the 1962 film, The Miracle Worker. Not long after this episode of Password.

[@rah62]

She really was Italian! It came through clear as a bell.

[@joeambrose3260]

Better believe it, her name was Italiano !

[@HansDelbruck53]

Italian-American actually.

[@rah62]

@@HansDelbruck53 Her parents were from Italy. She's of Italian extraction. No need for the unnecessary jingoism.

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@rah62 That's not jingoism. One of my best friends is from Italy. He's Italian. He would tell you his American born children are Italian-American. And I was absolutely enamored of Anne Bancroft.

[@jrm8899]

Wow.... .Miss Bancroft was so cute, endearing...simply adorable

[@amirhosseinnikfal968]

How beautiful, cheerful, and adorable was Anne Bancroft.

[@buddmannable]

My God Anne is beautiful!!

[@lindaroper2654]

It's good to see grown people have clean fun. Need more of that in this world. To much crime and hatered in 2022

[@Phl-ou6vn]

The contestants are so well dressed compared to today's. I've watched a lot of these shows when it was young and they didn't figure that saying the opposite meaning is actually easier for a win than describing the synonym for the word.

[@Adme55]

Omg. She’s adorable ☺️

[@nassauguy48]

Robert Goulet was so incredibly handsome!

[@donaldleroy6502]

Anne Bancroft is a perfect example of women getting better with age, she looks great here but much hotter in the graduate imo. This is my second viewing of this episode, like I said before Anne Bancroft is just awesome

[@rdrift1879]

The shows with the same contestants throughout are really more enjoyable.

[@ericmccarty65]

love Anne Bancroft

[@kateluxor2986]

Doug and Anne are such good players! And Pat-funny joke! That's good! :)

[@TheYellowTulips]

Competitive bunch! Took the game seriously... Thanks for posting.

[@maxdecphoenix]

Being that the U.S. Dollar has lost 88.39% of it's purchasing power since 1962, an equivalent prize of $1000 in today's terms would be $8,616.85

[@Autostade67]

Anne Bancroft WAS brilliant and definitely beautiful ...beautiful not for some conventional idea of physiognomy but because her kind, attractive face was so consistently alive, so present and expressive; she was always emotionally engaged in whatever moment was before her...and that voice...when those elegant, just-shy-of-studied tones come out, buffered by a hint of her New York origins, you just want to fall backwards into the swimming pool of her soul and drown. It's also important to remember that at this point both Bancroft and that nice boy from Montreal , Robert Goulet (check out Goulet in 'Robert Goulet in the HIPSTER HAMLET' also on KZbin; you'll see he wasn't just a pretty crooner but a talented actor who could mix Shakespeare with comedy) were both matches that had been in the box, admired, for some years but had just been struck into flame by the phenomena of their 'breakthrough' roles.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

A guy lived in Toronto. Every day as he walked to work, he'd pass an old bum siting in an alley and mumbling, "It can't be done. It can't be done." Finally, one day the guy approached the bum and asked, "What can't be done?" The bum pointed to a sign on the wall across from him. The sign read, *DRINK CANADA DRY*

[@password5737]

lol

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'm gonna have to remember that one, a new classic, thank you

[@richarddarlington1139]

"Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?"

[@voicetube]

I was trying to figure out where I had seen her… Bingo!

[@joeambrose3260]

U gotta b kiddin'

[@poetcomic1]

Dustin Hoffman was a bore in the graduate, moody and soulful. After all these years we can see that Mrs. Robinson is really the only interesting role in the movie - as Anne herself said "Why do you think I took it1"

[@barbarawebb7185]

@@poetcomic1 Doris Day was Mike Nichols’ first choice.

[@ebayerr]

@ 23 minute mark,Allen says Doug won $1,000. That is the equivalent to $9,000 in 2021.

[@pfflyer3381]

Ann is so full of life!

[@riveranormanf.8770]

Recommend a film that Anne Bancroft did called THE PUMPKIN EATER (1964). Tour-de-Force Performance. Wow!

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

That is an incredible film. It's such a deep character study on toxic marriages from the woman's perspective. Slender Thread was another one she did. Kinda similar to The Pumpkin Eater (in terms of her character except she plays an American)

[@Gardosunron]

There's a huge advantage in getting the second clue.

[@maxdecphoenix]

yea i noticed that. It really sucks because the loser always gets the first chance at the next word, so if they don't get it on the first try (which is fairly rare), the team who won the last round gets the '2nd clue advantage'. There was an episode i watched last night with Tom Poston with a lawyer vs a housewife, and the housewife shut out the whole game because she always got/gave epic 2nd clues. Whoever goes first almost ALWAYS gets hosed on this game.

[@rosariocontrerasvizcardo7755]

Intelligent, beautiful anda charsmatic Anne Bancroft

[@unknowable1968]

at this point Bancroft would have already been dating Mel Brooks. they married in 1964.

[@stuartforsyth4279]

Allen Ludden is my hero he is awesome

[@mushmorant9253]

These early shows were quite loose and freewheeling weren't they? There clearly was a lot of gesticulating and other rule-breaking stuff going on.

[@vickimanager]

Love this!

[@maxdecphoenix]

That teacher was so anxious it was actually making me irritated. Holy hell... Look at him, rocking constantly back and forth. He couldn't sit still for 2 seconds.

[@gusloader123]

Exceedingly annoying and doing the handsy garbage also. A person could get seasick watching him. Hope he gargled before coming on stage because he was only inches away from the faces. ugh!

[@greglehmann7234]

5'7" Anne Bancroft and 5' Patty Duke RICHLY deserved their Miracle Worker Oscars!

[@ZJ-ne9kn]

Love watching all these old gameshows just like so much from that era also funny to see like on match game u can tell if there a little tipsy or something kinda how it looks on this episode :)

[@KermdoubleO7]

God Bless you Mel, you lucky duck!

[@robertmassengill1262]

Cute Anne Bancroft had a really great time with her partner Douglas Smith (The Chemistry Teacher)..If Mr. Smith wasn't married ("Be careful my wife is in the audience") he would have dated Miss Bancroft. At one point in the game she said, "I think we're in love". This is one of my all time favorite episodes.

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

Ya know it's not just the celebrities' and contestants' fault when they do the hand gestures. It's JUST as much Allen's fault, because he is CONSTANTLY telling them no hand gestures but that's ALL he does. He doesn't tell them "If you do it again, you won't be back" or SOMETHING to let them know he's serious. But all he EVER did was simply TELL them. The do it again, he TELLS them. They do it again, he TELLS them. No wonder they kept doing, they knew he was never do anything But then again, it didn't seem to MATTER how many times Allen said it, Robert kept doing it anyway!!

[@wolfwilliams]

Anne Bancroft belongs at every dinner table that has ever had guests.

[@randysills4418]

How about comfy for cozy?

[@voicetube]

I'm not sure if Vespas were popular or known in the US back then, but that's the most famous motorscooter I've ever heard of. That could have been a good clue (unless they were only known in Europe).

[@gusloader123]

The overly handsy and pushy chemistry teacher said: "Risotto", and the "CC" printed words said "Risotto". I have NO idea why he gave that word for a clue to Password "Scooter". 🙃

[@karenhickson8848]

The clue given was Rizzuto. He was a major league baseball player whose nickname was Scooter. At the time of this broadcast he was a popular sportscaster. Phil Rizzuto.

[@hiyapal7719]

14:38 Anne cheated there. She spelled Cozy, with her hand.

[@hokiesailor]

This episode aired tonight on the city schools cable channel here. Tuned in just before this moment. Saw Anne's spelling 'cozy' in ASL and did a double-take, astonished. Did I really see that? Press record on the cable box, rewound to that moment, and replayed, first at regular speed and then in slow motion. I couldn't make out if anyone on the show @PASSWORD had caught that. Wife's been interested in ASL for a while, not fluently, but does okay. I immediately went to get her to watch and replayed the 'cozy' part from the beginning, not telling her what had happened. She got it. ;) :D

[@hiyapal7719]

@@hokiesailor Yep, Anne apparently knew sign language... And she cheated. Lol. But, as you said, I don't think that anyone on the show actually caught it. 😁

[@karendeaton9297]

She absolutely did sign. However if she signs in her personal life it could have been a habit or routine.

[@voicetube]

Maybe… Picture + camera (photograph) also for store she could've added "place" and then "purchase"

[@marycook1644]

Or shop. 🦜 l thought camera would help.

[@voicetube]

@@marycook1644 Yes, "Shop" is good!

[@gusloader123]

A.B. was a crummy player on the Lightning rounds. If the person does not get it after saying "picture" thrice, she should have said "Camera" or "Kodak" or "Polaroid". Not a good episode at all.

[@voicetube]

@@gusloader123 I hear you! Luckily, most episodes were pretty entertaining (clever etc.) but there were occasional duds (but rarely).

[@RickWolfff]

The ASL at 14:34 would've clued me in. You know how you learn a language in your ear (or in this case your eye) first, long before you can speak it?

[@pauline4581]

I saw that, as well

[@Robby24ish]

ABSOLUTELY 💋 ANNE !!!! 💘 ROBERT 2 !!! ANNE ALWAY'S WAS-IS ONE OF MY VERY FAVOURITE ACTRESSES; LOVE MEL 2💋

[@marycook1644]

Ann Bancroft reminds me of the actress Rachel Weiss (007’s wife) . 🦚

[@Eddie_Schantz]

500 dollars in 1962 is around 4300 dollars today.

[@joeambrose3260]

That's around 850% but a $3500 Corvette is 1500% more. Those were the good old days

[@timothyhughes1904]

Ann Bancroft was a babe.

[@irenedow5665]

Anne signed it and I could read it. She learned from Helen Keller movie.

[@rizzo3170]

I wonder if Crawford has already visited her by this time as requested to accept her Oscar??

[@randysills4418]

Probably not because the awards were not until March or April...I think... I enjoyed "Feud" and the actress who portrayed Anne Bancroft, too...

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

NOPE. The Awards were in April of 1963, still nine months away. The nominations hadn't occurred yet.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Broderick Crawford or Joan Crawford?

[@MissPerriwinkle]

mr goulet.....nice hair.

[@manthony777]

Annie was Awesome. ❤

[@manthony777]

Merry Christmas 2021. 🎄 🎅 🎁

[@butziporsche8646]

Coo-coo kachoo Mrs. Robinson!

[@brucemarsico6]

What about Robert Goulet? He was lively and witty and charming and, and, and, and.......

[@gusloader123]

He was daft and had a poor vocabulary. Good singer, horrible PW player.

[@brucemarsico6]

@@gusloader123 He was, like the parrot said, a 'pretty boy'. Beguiled by his own good looks....was married to a Broadway star/he too, was a Broadway star....long dead.

[@edwardvogel9094]

The beautiful (and enthusiastic) Anne Bancroft was born Anna Maria Italiano. What's coincidental is the lady contestant's name is Annemarie. I tried to catch her responding every time the host addressed Annemarie, but she never let on. So focused.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

And her "The Miracle Worker" co-star's real name was Anna Marie Duke, who was renamed Patty Duke.

[@fpinzow]

What was the word before chip? Somehow, the episode jumped forward several seconds.

[@justinmay3451]

I have this episode on DVD. Angry was the word that was missed.

[@gusloader123]

@@justinmay3451 Thanks for the answer. I wondered that also.

[@kpyng]

Who was that guy that Anne Bancroft married? Some guy named Mel something-or-other...

[@rosariocontrerasvizcardo7755]

Excelente Anne Bankcroft

[@richdeering9580]

Anne Bancroft ..... she’s an empath; that’s why she good at this game. Cute 🥰

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

More like was since she passed away in 2005, but I agree with you!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Anne looks like the coolest and loveliest girl in town. Mel made out OK!

[@violetgibson9]

The clues are quite different from what would work today.

[@tompaulcampbell]

Allen Ludden must have gotten Anne to guest star after they were on What's My Line? a few weeks before.

[@act4666]

And May I say that lightening round was wonderful!!!

[@HansDelbruck53]

lightning, not lightening.

[@n.raefox3661]

Anne B...100% CLASSY LADY! Sheer JOY! She literally has “IT” ALL! Beauty/talent/charm/wit/so much positive energy exploding out of her...plz seduce me Mrs. R

[@dmnemaine]

Anne Bancroft was genuinely enjoying herself. Robert Goulet seemed a bit out of his element.

[@popcorn5130]

Catch Anne Bancroft trying to cheat by spelling the word in sign language (14:34). 😛 No one caught it (prolly not many viewers, either) - Ludden did mention seeing her using gestures but prolly had no idea it was sign lang. A skill she learned in preparation for her role in The Miracle Worker. Pretty sly, but it didn't work.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

had a big crush on robert....xoxox ludden alwys harder on the male guest than the female ive noticed

[@andraspongracz5996]

picture, picture, PICTURE... How about camera, instead of the third PICTURE?

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Enjoyed!

[@leonpse]

Goulet had a right to complain, the teacher was giving fake clues when he went first to throw him off.

[@markschildberg1667]

First time Password was a contact sport.

[@kenbrown438]

Chemistry teacher ; breaking bad !!!!

[@minecraftingmom]

Anne Bancroft totally finger spelled cozy

[@SHack7498]

When this episode aired, she had played Helen Keller’s teacher on Broadway, teaching Helen to learn sign language eight shows a week for two years in “The Miracle Worker” (and won a Tony Award for her performance) and the movie of it had just been released, for which she got an Oscar nomination. No, ASL is not allowed in Password (or any other hand movements), but her doing it here was clearly out of frustration and a little bit of joking - it was her learned instinct to do ASL and obviously her partner had no idea what she was doing with her fingers.

[@PoetiqueMs]

I saw that too.

[@tommywarren4633]

And Bancroft AKA Mrs Robinson in The graduate

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

They should have allowed as many words as possible to be guessed in the lightning round rather than just five. Excellent players easily could have guessed seven or eight words correctly. The final lightning round in this episode is proof of that.

[@christopherangel6690]

$1000 is almost $10, 500 today

[@asmrdadbod2483]

Interesting adjectives used to describe people, like "gifted"

[@zushi9812]

Anne Bancroft is so cute and funny here 14:21-14:37

[@sid.d]

now, now flirty flirty episode 😜