PASSWORD 1962-10-21 Betsy Palmer & George Maharis

[@leonardbuentiempo6473]

Betsy palmer. Such a delight. And beautiful women..her smile is lovely..and has a joyful present

[@jamesmcinnis208]

How many women?

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (ok)

[@aligalad9907]

The negative remarks about Betsy and her spontaneous joyful nature, the instinct to help (pointing out sea to be like ocean) reflect more on the commenter than the lady herself. Ive only seen her in these old game shows and she conducts herself beautifully, extending kindness and friendliness to those she encounters. This particular episode she was chatty, but I think that was her southern coming out exposed as she was to the extreme southernerness of the guest. She was also protective - all these people not understanding the lady and being a bit rude about - she came to her aid.

[@yadirasotelo6377]

Love the way she gently taps the lady on her nose. It's a form of affection.

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

No they're not! Not if they're TRUE! And even YOU have to admit she never SHUTS UP!

[@joelk4751]

Betsy Palmer was such an adorable chatterhead, just spouting whatever came into her mind. When she got together with the lady from the South, Ludden completely lost control of the game. Watching the frustration build on his face was hilarious.

[@waldolydecker8118]

Yep, nice girl, but too ditzy in her appearance here.

[@nicolekat8758]

He couldn’t keep a straight face😂

[@popcorn5130]

@@waldolydecker8118 I intially "liked" your comment for calling her ditzy, but then I removed it when I considered your calling her "nice," as she is overbearing, commanding, and downright rude in her ditziness.

[@waldolydecker8118]

@@popcorn5130 - agree with you totally. Not really a fan of her based purely on how she simply refuses to play the game anywhere near properly. If I was a competing contestant with one chance in a lifetime to play and win the game, I would try to mobilize other contestants who lost as a result of her blatant and repetitive cheating and file a complaint with the network and the show's producer. Her behavior is not "cute" it is outrageous and egregious.

[@popcorn5130]

@@waldolydecker8118 I only considered it from a viewer's perspective, not a contestant's perspective. You're right, that could ruin the fun and competitiveness of the game for a contestant. I only knew a little of Betsy from "Friday the 13th" and watching some footage from subsequent interviews and conventions. She seemed so arrogant and pretentious,... and watching these older shows with her supports those opinions. (To be fair, I think she did a great job in her small role in "Friday the 13th" and assume she may have been a great actress otherwise, but that just may be where her arrogance came from.)

[@BillyAlabama]

Betsy was one of the most delightful creatures who ever lived. 😃

[@bryangarcia5599]

So true. I mean, even when she hacked up all those campers back in '79, she was absolutely _charming_ doing it!

[@elspethcoogan1499]

@@bryangarcia5599She was playing a character, no?

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

HAHAHAHAHAHA (ok) She's too ANNOYING to be delightful!

[@519djw6]

*Betsy Palmer was so gorgeous that I even wish I were older and this was 1962!*

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

Ok, I'll give you that one! She's never SHUTS UP, , but she WAS pretty!

[@jackmoore838]

Wow, how beautiful and handsome was George... I do not know if people had forgotten you but I know some had doscovered you after all these years. R.I.P dear beloved brother.

[@emmamacarena11]

20:55 hahah her accent is adoreable

[@scotnick59]

George is still with us!

[@christopherallen9580]

yes!

[@satori03]

now RIP

[@cecilthrift2747]

Burt Reynolds resembled him in looks and mannerisms.

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

I guess is fairly obvious, but even as a 1st clue, for "March" I would have definitely (said in that Password-ian way, indicating that your leading on someone to think of a related word) "Februaryyyyy...."

[@sharksport01]

🎶 for George Maharis, she whistles and stamps 🎵

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

It's funny what Betsy Palmer said at approximately 15:20… Because looking back to my childhood which would be only maybe 3 or 4 years after this, the Lone Ranger was very big on television. Of course, the reason Palmer said that is because it used to be broadcast, before THAT time, on radio!

[@kimfuhrmann7700]

A very enjoyable episode. Betsy Palmer is so sweet, and George Maharis DID have amazing eyelashes.

The most irritating episode I ever saw. Poor play, and Betsy talking non-stop.

[@randysills4418]

George Maharis was so good-looking! ❤

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

Doesn't she always?

[@thepharaoh6677]

Betsy PALMER looked like Kim BASSINGER when she was young.

[@waldolydecker8118]

17:20 Contestant: "I don't sound that bad!" Wanna bet?

[@JJJBRICE]

Ms Palmer had despite of appearances a tough inner core , similar to actresses Jeanette MacDonald and Donna Reed , referred to as velvet steamrollers . Despite of his comments the handsome Mr Maharis semed to a favorite of the females in the audience judging by their reaction .

[@donaldleroy6502]

Too bad there wasn't the option to pass in these early shows

[@WedrownyGrajek]

They are so thick and slow, this game is really painful to watch. Thankfully George Maharis is soo gorgeous that it's still worth watching, after all. ;P

[@DDumbrille]

Agreed. Maharis was gorgeous but damn, what a moron.

[@lindavangalder879]

@@DDumbrille I don't think he was a moron. Some of the clues that he was given weren't very good. I would have given the clue "sermon" or "warning" for lecture. They kept saying schoolroom or educator. And plus it isn't so easy being up there in front of a camera with a lot of eyes staring at you!

[@yadirasotelo6377]

😂

[@popcorn5130]

Does this (8:50) remind anyone else of Betsy's line "I'm an old friend of the Christys" in "Friday the 13th"?

[@elspethcoogan1499]

Poor Betsy, saddled with that role for life, and beyond. She was so much more as a talent than that character alone.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

22:35 would never be allowed on TV in 2022.

[@poetcomic1]

Anyone found a picture of Dr. Reason Goodman? Can't find him on the internet.

[@MrVideovibes]

poetcomic1 It was not Goodman. It was either GoodWYN or GoodWIN.

+dutch treat Actually you are wrong. That was a real person who was indeed editor of the WBE Dictionary. (and there is info and pics on the 'net if one bothers to check). Don't spew when you don't know.... (EDIT - dutch treat deleted her misbegotten comment and ran away....)

[@bethjones6104]

@@MrVideovibes Dr. Reason A. Goodwin and I found his pic on Google.

[@poetcomic1]

@@bethjones6104 Thanks! He sure looks like his name!

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

As a 1st clue, I think "Driver" could have worked if done acted out in a thick British accent (with the rolling RRRrr) done in a sort of snooty, old man way :-)

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I wonder if they go to the easy words when the contestants are having trouble.

[@susanrutherford866]

I think they do

[@sharksport01]

Yes. They also cater the lightening rounds words to who they want to win.

[@TimH-pu2dd]

I love this show, and Ludden, but it's amazing how lax he is with time and the "rules". And to comment "good!" after someone gives a clue is just unfair. Again and again he warns players not to gesture when they give a clue, yet I've never seen anyone be penalized for it.

[@lawsonj39]

It's a game for God's sake, not a sport. People are supposed to be having fun.

[@elspethcoogan1499]

I think Allen Ludden was perfectly suited as moderator of this show. Part of the joy of watching Password is the fun celebrities (and most viewers) had breaking the rules.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Chair...char...chaar...chaiir! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@magnificentfailure2390]

Marty Milner is gone a year today.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Allen is having a small fit!

[@pookycat1626]

😅😂😅

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

Although "politically incorrect" certainly now (strangely enough not SO much back then) even as a 1ST clue I think they could have possibly prompted the answer "Fortune" by, with a Chinese accent saying "Cookieeee."

[@jonathanashbeck3740]

Since wheel was one of the clues for fortune, Wheel of Fortune would debut in 1975

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

'Wheel of Fortune' is one of 78 cards in a tarot deck. The TV game show took their name from this.

[@rolandoe.diazolivom.d.4777]

"Wheel of Fortune" was the title of a song by Kay Starr in 1952. The contestants should have been familiar with the song back then.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

When the players are REALLY BAD like the southern woman and the man, it can be painful to watch. Sweet woman, love her accent, but poor player. The guy was nice. But was painful to watch him not following the clues.😖😖

[@gusloader123]

The clues were NOT good that came from the show-biz guests that week.

[@pbamse]

GEORGE MAHARIS (1928 - 2023)

[@borje21100]

Such a handsome man

[@sockmonkey5266]

@@borje21100 and kind

[@kateluxor2986]

Is it normal that when I watch this particular episode, there are times I want to reach through the screen and smack the contestants for being so thick? Honestly, how can you NOT get "Ranger" out of the clues "Forest" and then "Lone?" Then again, they were in front of a live audience at the time with the bright lights on them, so that adds some pressure but still..Yikes!

[@password5737]

yes I commonly feel that way... also when the one giving clues fails to say the most obvious ones

[@kimfuhrmann7700]

You have to be careful about homophones. Hearing "lone" I think I would have thought "loan" and then been on the wrong track.

Too often, especially in the earlier years of the show, contestants (and celebrities, for that matter) didn't "add up" the clues being given. Was frustrating then, and still is! LOL!

[@lynnturman8157]

As the giver of the clue, one of the worst things you can do is change the definition on your partner. Ends up confusing them 9 out of 10 times.

[@sockmonkey5266]

Lone Ranger TV show

[@capricemadrid5353]

What did George Maharis say at 8:55?

[@lukeheaton5336]

He said, “well, it’s a long time back, isn’t it”. I guess it was supposed to be a joke either about Betsy’s or Martin Milner’s age.

[@susanrutherford866]

@@lukeheaton5336 more like an insult !Dont think he liked Betsy !

[@lukeheaton5336]

@@susanrutherford866 Could be!

[@elspethcoogan1499]

Why did George decipher “Woman” from the clue “Driver”?

[@waldolydecker8118]

idiocy...no other reason

[@gusloader123]

Because women are famous for being Bad Drivers.

[@TimH-pu2dd]

In those days, the phrase "woman driver" was a well-worn punch line in American society.

[@kentdean3882]

This episode was irritating on so many levels!

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Yes you do sound that bad, lady,!!

[@troyadeyemi1996]

Where's the black people?

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

🙄

[@petermaxwell2965]

I got a loan from the lone ranger ..

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

OH GREAT! The most annoying person who's ever been ON this show, Betsy Palmer (she never SHUTS UP)!! It's obvious Allen doesn't care for her the way he talks to her, so why does he continue to have her on the show?! (well, the most annoying person with the exception of Polly Bergan that is). Both are SUPER ANNOYING (I didn't think I could pick which one was worse until today's show. I think Betsy Palmer has Polly beat ALL TO PIECES!!

[@teeniebeenie8774]

betsy alwys seems a bit....off

Speed kills, Betsy.

[@pookycat1626]

She never shuts up! 😂

[@mysky]

Is it necessary for Betsy to talk throughout the entire game? She can really be annoying and frustrating.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

she goofy, don't know how she is a star...

[@randysills4418]

Difficult to watch!

[@tl1110]

Your attitude sucks!

[@susanrutherford866]

Think Geoege found her to be !!

[@tmmartinesq.6216]

Worst game ever!

[@Executi0ner246]

Thumbnail reminds me of Ben Shapiro

[@elspethcoogan1499]

Maharis is one conceited bore on this show.

[@verity3616]

George Maharis was a jerk. He's rude about Betsy's age, makes a joke about 'women drivers' with his answer, and at 23:18 does he tell the ladies to shut up when they were trying to help? No wonder his career failed; he's insufferable.

[@sockmonkey5266]

she made the joke about her own age

[@sockmonkey5266]

he had a long full filing life and career with huge beverly hills estate

[@user-oo2su6hg1t]

sorry you thought his career a failure ! as careers go in show business I think he did pretty good right his movie career never took off but he had much success in tv night clubs theater work etc

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

LOL she's the one that made the joke, but ok 🙄

[@verity3616]

@@KristaBrewer-rq7mo She was clearly offended by his behavior, which was childish and disproportionate to the situation. Petty little man child.

[@gusloader123]

Not a good episode. Another one of Allen Ludden's spasmodic, insulting attacks against people (usually women) with southern accents, yet he supposedly went to college in Texas. The showbiz guests may have been "photogenic" but not very bright. Password "Ranger" , Forest, ( good ), Lone (good) and then things went stooooopid. Finally someone said "Tonto". Other clues could have been: "Silver" [ his horse ] or "Kemosabe" or "Army".

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

🙄