PASSWORD 1965-08-12 Phyllis Newman & Tony Randall

[@danieldawg100]

To whoever is putting these Password episodes on here for viewers to see,Thank You for including the complete dates.It is good to watch these episodes in order.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Cannot believe what a great vocabulary Tony Randall had!! He was made for this game...

[@drumbum3.142]

Smart as a Whip, That Man. (He) was Amazing to Watch. The Seven Faces of Dr Lao is an Underrated Solid, Solid Solid SciFi + Fantasy Film.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Such a wonderfully articulate & articulate person. A class act all the way.

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@drumbum3.142 Indeed! Mr Randall is wonderful in "The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao"!

[@kentdean3882]

Ms. Newman's and Mr. Randall's erudition, focus, and elan, as seen especially in the lightninng rounds, is what made them much-admired but still underrated actors.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur !!

[@jubalcalif9100]

These vintage episodes are wonderfully entertaining. THANKS so much for uploading for us to enjoy! Tony Randall was an incredibly intelligent & articulate individual.

[@loissimmons6558]

The soldier stationed in Tappan (NY) was at the Nike Missile Base on Clausland Mountain. The barracks housing was the last part of the old Camp Shanks compound that was retained for military use, Camp Shanks being where soldiers were stationed before being shipped overseas during WWII and where they returned temporarily after the war. Where I lived in Blauvelt, a number of houses on my street had been moved from the camp as they were built on slabs: no basements. The missile base housing is still in place but I am fairly certain it is all privately owned now.

[@poetcomic1]

The 'play to the last minute and whoever has a higher score gets the 250' was a real stroke of genius. The game started quickly after brief introductions, inter-spaced with fun lightning rounds and we get 'game' right up to the last minute. What's My Line took several years before they dumped their hated 'walk of shame', three guesses and got into the fun of the GAME.

[@trevorkeyes1639]

I like fluffy my favourite came out in 1965 when i was born

[@waldolydecker8118]

12:15 Allen: "You were a little faster on that booze than you needed to be." lol

[@lindaroper2654]

Allen seem to love his job.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

He was married to Betty White, so he was a happy guy in general.

[@evaperez4139]

Watch Tony Randolph play password on his show The Odd Couple with Jack Klugman. HYSTERICAL

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Who is Tony Randolph?

[@kayhansel6443]

Tony Randall

[@kristabrewer9363]

Allen tells everybody else about no using gestures; how come he never told Phyllis

[@joeambrose3260]

@Christopher Bingham Dang right, and Betty told him never to touch another woman or she would divorce him and take half of everything

[@January.]

*about not....

[@kathybartlett761]

After watching a lot of episodes, I noticed the rules are not enforced all the time.

[@voicetube]

Funny, I've never heard of burlap curtains before. I've heard of burlap bags all my life (so I thought the clue was going to be "bag" after they had coarse & material out of the way).

[@voicetube]

@Christopher Bingham Makes sense. Actually, sack would trump bag :-)

[@voicetube]

@Art Anson true :-)

[@alanhumphrey4198]

How the heck did he get burlap from curtain??

[@kentdean3882]

I'd wondered about that myself, but it seems that burlap has been used in curtains, too, especially as a reinforcing material.

[@voicetube]

@@kentdean3882 As the great Johnny Carson used to say "I did not know that!" Now that answer makes more sense. Thanks :-)

[@karendeaton9297]

More like charades in this episode.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Joyeux Anniversaire Pierre!

[@alexrafe2590]

Oh Phyllis didn’t hold a candle in the gesturing department to Edie Gorme. Her constant gesturing was outrageous.

[@kurtmorris454]

and Carol Chanling.

[@marytschida5756]

dominoes for topple

[@joeambrose3260]

Good clue !

[@lynnturman8157]

1st clue: fall; 2nd clue: statue

[@marycook1644]

Or blocks ?? 🦜

[@kurtmorris454]

I'm wondering if you can say eedig then backwards for Giddy?

[@MikkoHere]

I guess “burlap curtains” was once a thing.

[@pbamse]

PHYLLIS NEWMAN (1933 - 2019)

[@ToniHunterOne]

Yes, she just passed away in September. RIP.

[@waldolydecker8118]

She was married to Adolph Green for years but most in the public though Green was married to Betty Comden because of the success and fame of the Comden-Green entertainment partnership.

[@drumbum3.142]

Far As This Typist Is concerned; Both of These Mystery Guests right here are Extremely Underrated.. ...And Sorely Missed. 🧸🧸🧸 *though 9:40 was (perhaps) a bit rude and/or unnecessary.. .

[@voicetube]

I think "swimsuit" is one word though (which is for sure what I thought she was going to give us a clue for bikini)! ( FYI, I'm using a sophisticated speech to text program to write this comment and indeed "swimsuit" is printed as one word. Let me try the other one… "Bathing suit" ... there you go!

[@voicetube]

@Art Anson You make a lot of good points. The language certainly does change and has changed over time.

[@richparsons4205]

I would have said, ‘giggly ‘ for ‘giddy’.

[@ofrabjousday1]

I've never heard someone's eyelashes before! 3:51

[@alexrafe2590]

Yes but Newman’s perfect performance of the word giddy was lost on both rather thick contestants, duh. . .

[@Keatonkg360]

Who's the announcer behind whispering the passwords

[@joeambrose3260]

Lee Vines or Jack Clark

[@davidgibson7615]

It was Jack Clark

[@joeambrose3260]

@@davidgibson7615 Then wtf did Vines do ?

[@jools01]

@@joeambrose3260 lee vines occasionally was the announcer. Usually when jack was absent.

[@Wolfinger1935]

Aristophanes!!!

[@frankcabanski9409]

No, diction doesn't mean word choice, mostly. It means word choice, and it means enunciation.

[@kurtmorris454]

It would have been funny if Tony said vegetable then cry for onion, then the very next word was cry.

[@kurtmorris454]

Is it just me or is Allan getting way more impatient with the contestant. He used to say 5 seconds after 10 0r 15 seconds without a response, now it's immediately. And for cryin out loud leave your little man alone and concentrate on the game.

[@tomdooley4226]

I've binged watched almost every b/w episode while recovering from surgery and it has become evident to me that the fix is in on many of the rounds. They decide who they want to win and then can send in a word that can easily be guessed on the first attempt. Also, they can send in a word that can easily be guessed in two attempts. They repeat certain words over and over because they've determined the probable response. Follow the many episodes and you'll easily see what I've determined is accurate and true.

[@kurtmorris454]

I have noticed that they play words based on celebrity names and occupations way beyond coincidence. for instance when Robert Stack was a guest they used Stack as a word. When Gene Kelly was a guest, right from the beginning I guessed that they'd use the word 'Tap' and they did.

[@starryknightlight]

Why bother? What would they gain? Why would having Tony Randall ‘s side win every time, be worth cheating and possibly being caught and the scandal that would cause.?

[@starryknightlight]

Why would they bother?

[@MikkoHere]

@@starryknightlightI think sometimes they did it because it would have been bad TV to have a celebrity player lose too much, so they hand them an easy word.

[@danieldawg100]

Because the warnings were EMPTY,WORTHLESS.

[@caseyyarnold2959]

Giddy? Topple? Awful words !!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably. One wonders who came up with such words. Wastes a lot of time with wrong answers.