PASSWORD 1963-02-17 Betty White & Shelley Berman

Featuring the beautiful actress and television favorite, Betty White, and the talented and exciting comedy star of the Broadway stage and television, Shelley Berman!
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[@sharonyoung5950]

Betty white is absolutely beautiful

[@salmontanio212]

Absooolooolyyy

[@lindaharris6200]

Gorgeous

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

R. I. P. Betty White (1922-2021) ...Thank You For Being A Friend!

[@Claptonfan]

Wow, This episode still shows Allen and Betty flirting with each other, only to get married four months later. How lovely.

[@TheRAH14]

When this episode was recorded, Betty was still resisting Allen's marriage proposals, but it wasn't much longer (around Easter, in fact) that she finally said yes. I love watching them flirt because even though they weren't really publicizing their relationship at this point, a viewer that didn't know would still get the sense that there was "something" there. There's a special chemistry between them that isn't there when Allen interacts with other female celebrities on the show.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@TheRAH14 Wonder why she resisted.??Maybe geographical reasons. Betty was a West Coast girl.

[@TheRAH14]

@@m.e.d.7997 I think that was the main reason. She really didn't want to relocate, but she finally decided that it was worth the chance :) They didn't end up being in New York very long anyway...they moved to LA about 5 or 6 years after they married, I think

[@sharonyoung5950]

Betty and Allen were so much in love and so cute together. Love everything they were in

[@mayaa5048]

Sharon Young - lovely couple, they were lucky to have found each other.

[@audreymai2773]

RIP Betty. You were beautiful inside and out.

[@jdollinter]

I marvel at the clothes and advertisements, such a fascinating time. Miss this era of grownups before we descended into valley speak .

[@nancyhawk3910]

Betty White has earned her stars.

[@markmaki4460]

Gosh i think this says a lot about the quality of television comedy today: i enjoy these old Password shows more than anything i have seen presented as comedy in the medium for the last twenty years. I laugh so hard, and at truly classy people who are being themselves.

[@password5737]

thanks for the comment. I'm glad you're.enjoying the show

[@generalyellor8188]

This has nothing to do with the "quality" of TV these days. This show is of YOUR era, and you are clearly old. Your time (and mine) has passed, so don't denigrate what young people enjoy today just because you don't understand what's funny to today's audience.

[@markmaki4460]

@@generalyellor8188 I understand hatred, egocentrism, and indecency are funnier to today's audience, and i know those are objectively destructive and evil. If you feel differently, rock on, baby.

[@dimitrasamara5084]

Ammm actually I'm quite young and I can tell you I enjoy these shows more than anything. But the fact that these shows were great doesn't mean there is not quality in tv today, you just have to look for It -and this applies to all eras.

[@stephenscott6639]

60 years later and still as entertaining now as it was then!

[@maryd.7777]

It's so endearing to see Allen stumble two times with his words. Both of them are clearly distracted. Makes me smile.

[@MollyT119]

Betty and Allen are CLEARLY very smitten with each other, even though they weren’t even married (or engaged) yet here. Just look at their chemistry...they’re the cutest. Couple goals!

[@m.e.d.7997]

And clearly he always loved when Betty won.

[@witchdaughter87]

Betty White will be missed. RIP funny lady!

[@fragglerock5000]

I wish people were more like everyone back then. Such a nicer era.

[@charlenerathgeb8217]

I kind of disagree. Those were the days when a women said she was the mother of two babies under 2…..and at night she attends university, and the host said “well arent your children lucky to have such a pretty mother”. Please don’t think for a minute that I don’t adore and love Allen Ludden, those were different days, those were different times. I just would not want to go back to that.

[@visualsound2489]

It was given you weren't "of color", if you went to school or been in any history class you would know.

[@Linda.AnnMccormick]

​@@charlenerathgeb8217 😮😢

[@cynthiafroley4415]

I totally agree!!!!! Wish I could turn back time

[@marysterling691]

​@@cynthiafroley4415Me too. I was born in 1951, and I miss that wonderful era so much! I wish I could go back!

[@kennysherrill6542]

I remember watching this as a kid, I really got into it. Still like it, where has all time time gone.

[@tinat9486]

I had a crush on Allen Ludden. He was very handsome and I loved his voice. Catch them as a couple playing Tattletales which is a show you'd never see today. They were so amazing as a couple. I loved them.

[@CamiloR95]

Alright, so Betty White was 41 years old when this episode was aired. Forty-one! She has always been a beautiful woman. 💕

[@emilywerner3930]

WOW 41 she looks like she’s 25 here🤭

[@thomasfleig1184]

I was born in 67, and always loved Betty. She was around 50 before I was old enough to know who she was, but right she was a pretty woman, even at that age. She looked and acted so much like my grandmother, who was also a beautiful woman. Both physically as well as personality. I've always said that, if I could pick one celebrity to hang out with for a day, it would be Betty. Just her humor and love of animals is enough, but there is so much more

[@emilywerner3930]

@@thomasfleig1184 Well said, that would be my pick as well, which is to spend a day with her.

[@generalyellor8188]

Implying that most people are no longer attractive at 41!?!

[@Skyesoceaneyes]

@@generalyellor8188 I think just that she looked younger at 41 than most people do.

[@stepone6159]

One of the best game shows ever produced.

[@HappySunshineDay]

Agreed! Here it is, 2023 now, and I've got my adult kids enjoying - even though they don't know the celebs. Heck, I don't know half of them: I was born not long before this episode aired! The game really stands up to the test of time. And a very charming host and players really make it fun to watch!

[@deniseward6207]

This delightful episode was a perfect way to remember Betty on the day of her passing. She was an excellent player who dearly loved Allen just as he loved her. Even if this was filmed prior to their marriage, the respect and admiration are still clearly seen.

[@annab5369]

And some subtle flirting too. Really lovely.

[@nancyholcomb7019]

They got married 4 months later. The love was so obvious. She said yes after he gave her an a stuffed bunny with diamond earrings for Easter. He often said she accepted because of the bunny.

[@pbatommy]

When this show was recorded, Allen was recently widowed.

[@ida1620]

Well , Betty you won the host 😆

[@rejoyce318]

Cracks me up how competitive Betty and Shelley were in this game - "sore winner," indeed!

[@mikehudson8884]

Betty White so lovely.

[@phyllisarringtion5354]

isn't she though

[@ritaxxx5192]

Mike Hudson She is!

[@teeniebeenie8774]

luv allen and Bettys chemistry, so sorry he died early...

[@kmgirl1967]

Betty and Allen were a lovely couple!!!

[@thomasfleig1184]

Funny how she said she was "going home, and taking a little vacation". A month later, for Easter, he mailed her a stuffed rabbit with a set of earrings and a note asking her to "please say yes" to his wedding proposal. Which he asked her a couple of times already, and was turned down. However this time she said yes, and they were married 3 months later.

[@salmontanio212]

I was wondering why they weren’t acting married! Lol

[@emmieledingham4019]

🤩

[@lindaharris6200]

They married June 14, 1963 till he passed away on June 9, 1981. He'd asked her to marry him several times for a whole year but she was not ready since she failed @ 2 marriages. Easter was April 14 in 1963.

[@pennybozok3549]

Loved that show

[@pennybozok3549]

He had kids 2 or 3 she never had a child of her own raised his. She was a beautiful woman and did great things

[@electraglide9357]

Betty White is truly a national treasure! Everyone loves her! ☺

[@CanadianWhatever]

[@denisesf5]

So sad she's gone. 😢 She came SO close to being 100...❤

[@trash2638]

this is so nice watching all the contestant be themselves, n the smart glint to their eyes as they think, especially with betty!

[@Geotubest]

Betty is excellent at the game.

[@kristabrewer6736]

I love Betty White, and normally she IS excellent at this game, but no I'm sorry, she was not excellent with THIS game (considering Shelly got em all but 1)

[@itisyerdad]

Betty was fine this episode. She def got two duds of teammates. Shelley would repeat the same clue over and over instead of providing a new clue.

[@TheDfarhie]

I grew up with Password, being 5 yrs. old I watched it and played along. This episode was one of the most excrutiating I ever saw..

[@randysills4418]

Our family always watched Password starting with the first shows...

[@marysterling691]

​@@randysills4418Our family watched it from the very beginning, too. We all loved the show. I wish I could go back to that era again.

[@eyextacy8412]

A Technicolor projector as a consolation prize! How fabulous for the day!

[@aleciabjorlie3103]

Betty is so pretty and has such a beautiful smile. You can tell she is a delightful person to be around. I loved her as Rose on The Golden Girls.

[@fizzishen5389]

Thank you so much for sharing. This was wonderful. I miss this kind of quality television.

[@alicemcpherson7961]

I so wish we still had shows like this.

[@cynthiafroley4415]

Me too

[@sharonsparks900]

Betty was very competitive. Adorable. No wonder Ludden fell for her like a ton of bricks.

[@kristabrewer9363]

Betty White is probably the only person is TV history who has never changed her looks from that day to this

[@marvinchamberlain6795]

Luv to watch these stars that I adore, especially the golden girls. If this goes through?

[@mikegross6107]

She eventually did marry him!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Her hair color got lighter in the 1970s.

[@balconi89]

Allen asking about the institution of marriage was nice foreshadowing. He had been asking Betty to marry him a bunch during this time. She finally said yes and they got married in June of this year.

[@susanrice5183]

DTB1997 save this password show

[@randysills4418]

He wore an engagement ring around his neck for a long time until Betty finally said yes...

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@randysills4418 Wonder why it took her so long??

[@crmay72]

@@m.e.d.7997 she had already had two failed marriages so maybe that's why she was hesitant?

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@crmay72 She was also a West Coast girl and Allen Ludden lived in New York where he did his show Password. She always did prefer California.

[@freddiemontanez8461]

Remember watching Password. And seeing by Betty Whites late husband Alla Ludden. He was the host of be that show.

[@nancyholcomb7019]

The looks they gave each other. So obvious they were in love.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

One of the greatest game shows ever, along with To Tell the Truth.

[@markschildberg1667]

And both shows were created by the brilliant Bob Stewart.

[@kristabrewer6736]

AND What's My Line!

[@tinat9486]

Agreed! Password gave me a love of words and the the dictionary. I liked What's My Line and To Tell The Truth, watched then all with my mom as a kid.

[@bregieirofernandes]

2:51 “Betts” 💜

[@claradavis8555]

YOU CAN TELL THAT BETTY AND ALLEN LOVE EACH OTHER BETTY WHITE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL THOSE DIMPLES

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Oh, betty white, get my time machine.

[@rivkahmiri513]

So so sweet. Been looking for this pre-Mrs Ludden episode.

[@jrm8899]

I came here to see Betty and Allen flirt with each other

[@TheYellowTulips]

Thank goodness Betty has always been beautiful; otherwise we would be forced to mention how smart, funny and talented she is.

[@HappySingh-ri9qh]

Rest In Peace Betty. Thanks for the laughs.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Betty was a wonderful PASSWORD player.

[@kristabrewer6736]

I love Betty White, and normally she IS excellent at this game, but no I'm sorry, she was not excellent with THIS game (considering Shelly got em all but 1)

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@kristabrewer6736 Berman was excellent but not so much in lightening round. Maybe too much pressure in the lightning round.This has happened before with good players. Seems Allen felt bad when Betty lost. Is soundlessness a word??? Allen never would have gone against Betty.

[@nancyholcomb7019]

Kristie, Remember she was in love & I think was distracted. She was very smart, over the years she was truly awesome.

[@mckavitt13]

Betty White is so beautiful! She was the most beautiful of the Golden Girls too, in my opinion.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

By far.

[@mckavitt13]

@@jamesmcinnis208 Thank you. Absolutely!

[@tinytowz4471]

That's not according to Blanche Devereux.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mckavitt13]

@@tinytowz4471 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JaniceBilbrey-sm4bi]

You just can’t beat Betty White for humor. She got better with every year. I miss seeing her in the entertainment industry.

[@RealStuntPanda]

While normally I would hate commercials I would love to see the old ones from this show.

[@goosewhisperer6275]

I'm watching this in 2020. Betty White is 98 years old!

[@randysills4418]

She will be 100 in less than six months!

[@3John-Bishop]

I hope she doesn't get alzheimers.

[@kristabrewer6736]

she'll be 100 in January and SERIOUSLY needs to get saved. So if anyone's a Christian on here, please pray for her. I DON'T wanna see her go to hell)

[@beebee7963]

@@3John-Bishop She was still sharp and did crossword puzzles until her death!!!

[@3John-Bishop]

@@beebee7963 18 days shy of 100. I was hoping she would make it.

[@biorph8597]

Seems fitting to watch today of all days 😢

[@_WooWho]

Happy (belated) 100th birthday, Allen Ludden! (October 5)

[@raybritt2588]

Beautiful Betty

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Betty was an ace player, very fun episode!

[@casscrew7866]

Betty & Allen are true COUPLES GOALS😍🥺💋♥️😘; I will always miss them both! 💯❤️

[@Jemppu]

Love it when the (oddly sensual) word whisperer tries to hold their laughter :D

[@asmrdadbod2483]

I too would sing betty's praises, but I have to say that I really loved Arlene Francis in this episode. Her "chubby" body language is just precious....

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

What? Arlene Francis wasn't present.

[@bubbagreensmith7174]

Much simpler times for sure! Very fun show!!!

[@fragglerock5000]

Ohh so much indeed., people today do not have the kindness or mindset of people back then.

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

Can you believe it Betty is the only person there who's still alive

[@mikepatrick5909]

But isn't Betty about 100 years old?

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

@@mikepatrick5909 yeah she's 98

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

@Christopher Bingham well that's exactly what I said

[@mikepatrick5909]

@@vitothepizzaguy7475 I was close...

[@coreybrix1215]

I just looked and Betty’s partner, John Baldwin, just died in 2020.

[@susanrice6161]

Allen Ludden and Betty White were dating at that this in February 17th 1963 when this show was aired. Because it was four months later on June 14rh 1963 that Betty White and Allen Ludden were married in Los Vegas.

[@hunterwyatt6881]

I enjoyed this.

[@nancyholcomb7019]

So cute he called her “Bets” Their love was so obvious

[@leliajohnson7340]

Betty White was so cute...she will be missed so much

[@suzquillian]

Love them both. Letter from Camp (hello mudder, hello fadder) is still one of my favorites.

[@hawby7mgh]

You’re thinking of the great Allen Sherman. Not Shelly Berman. But both great comics.

[@asmrdadbod2483]

Shelly Berman has such a great voice

[@asmrdadbod2483]

Listen to his work from vinyl...it's masterful

[@ritaxxx5192]

I love this game

[@Shivaismysaviour]

The most adorable couple I've ever seen on tv. A true love story.

[@hannahreimer9498]

Does anyone notice how much they all touch each other 😂 Nowadays I would feel so uncomfortable grabbing a stranger's arm or patting them on the back

[@mckavitt13]

Hannah Reimer Betty is always very touchy, affectionate.

[@pseudokojo2170]

@Brian Schienbein the password is isolation.

[@marysterling691]

Over the past 30 years, it's sad that our society has somehow gotten away from touching other people.

[@hollystiener16]

@@mckavitt13 no, it is all the Password shows

[@garethhopkins5000]

Times were a lot more innocent then, so touching someone's hand, like on here, was more for assurance/affection. Especially after the last year and a half of what the world has had to do through, so far, I for one, can't wait to start hugging my nearest and dearest :-) x

[@heartstrings4961]

Glad that Betty White is still here at 99

[@carolynthornton8017]

IN MY VIEW Betty White said that Allen Ludden chased her asking her to marry him. I can see why. Betty White was beautiful!

[@jeannawalton8107]

Absolute chemistry with the clue Smack!! He bit his lip looking at her :)

[@katguyot6351]

In 2021 Betty White is still beautiful

[@j.m.r.f6286]

Thank you

[@grandexandi]

wow did anyone catch the guy pronouncing los angeles with a hard G as in angle...?

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

Los angheles

[@johnhopkins8051]

It seemed to be acceptable back then. One of the New York Mets radio announcers always did it and I've heard other instances of it from this era.

[@leadcloud8290]

I also heard someone in some show pronouncing is as the Spanish J (as in Tijuana).

[@lynnturman8157]

That wasn't a mistake. That is how they used to pronounce it.

[@snc0023]

Los Angle-us and Los Angle-eez used to be common and acceptable pronunciations

[@auntshirl9493]

Was 41 years old and still looks and sounds the same

[@jbooker7099]

13:48 that was the cutest and realist laugh ever from Betty.😊

[@011mph]

interesting watching this compared to game shows and talk shows now. i feel like audiences are usually more lowed and interactive now days. i keep expecting to hear the audience cheer and laugh

[@Ladywolf2263]

Love these old shows....its a place in time when men were gentlemen and women were ladies. And everyone had manners. Those days are long gone

[@josephpalermo4538]

I agree...men stood up when women entered a room...and women weren't insulted by it!!!

[@kenlieck7756]

So bittersweet watching my friend and mentor Shelley here. It seems unthinkable that such a razor-keen mind is now clouded by Alzheimer's...

[@Dharmon1]

I'm very sorry to say he just died from it at age 92. Alzheimer's is a wicked disease. At least he is not struggling or suffering anymore.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

bless his heart. he was brilliant

[@bigjohn3928]

So sad in this day and age,we can not stamp these diseases out..

[@faithfulforever6331]

Gosh, Betty White was beautiful!

[@ragnar.danneskjold]

When saying the name of an alcoholic drink on TV was risque.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

omg these black n whites are the best.

[@mckavitt13]

When game shows used to be intelligent.

[@hlywdplayer]

For the word - Decoy, Shelley says Phoney - Betty follows up Duck, easy, that guy should have guessed it. Really enjoying these- thank you for uploading.

[@luvinme9271]

I love all the password games

[@donaldleroy6502]

Shellys quite a card, how about that Shelley AND Shelby very 😎. That was funny when Allen called Betty a sore winner, classic

[@futurevirgo]

I love this

[@contactlynda]

So cute loved it!😊

[@susanrice7226]

This episode in february 17th of 1963 & Betty White & Allen Ludden were married on June 14 1963 of the same year & Betty White & Allen Ludden. And Betty White & Allen Ludden were married for seventy years. Unit Allen's death from stomach cancer in nineteen eight one.

[@lilybit2373]

You should have edited this one more time... They were not married 70 years🙄

[@lekoman]

Shelley and Betty reunited 50 years later to be on Boston Legal together! :)

[@nancyhowell4505]

Betty and Allen got married June 14, 1963, 4 months later. ❤❤

[@ajcarr1965]

Notice Allen asks the contestant if he's married & if he recommends it. LOL. Notice the date of this episode. Betty finally agreed to marry him a few months later, on June 14, 1963

[@amberola1b]

I can't help but to think that Alan inadvertently gave his wife a zinger for the word pouch and said if her partner had used the clue kangaroo...... he said oh well she wouldn't have gotten the clue anyway. And the shocked look she gave him like, oh really?

[@daisycassidy2448]

Shelley Berman and his pretty female contestant were all touchy-feely.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

A bumbershoot isn't just any umbrella. It's a big umbrella that can double as a walking stick when closed.

[@phyllisarringtion5354]

didn't know that

[@er2206]

I want one

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

I must add that I LOVE Betty White and her earthiness and thus may be bias.

[@Musicradio77Network]

RIP: Betty White😭

[@bigjohn3928]

4yrs b4 I was even on earth...very interesting. ..

[@TemperTemper...]

I like how they whisper the word so the contestants don't hear it. LOL

[@magnificentfailure2390]

yay

[@amfm889]

And Shelley Berman pulls out and lights a cigarette at the end, on camera. Yep, 1963!

[@jamesrogers1554]

Betty White is a straight firecracker...she's brutal.