Gordon: Welcome to Password Episode #1! It's Password! It's Super
Password! It's...MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD!
Chico: On tonight's show... Rachael Ray & Neil Patrick Harris...
Gordon: Rachael Ray is playing with Josh Jacobs of Ottsville, PA.
Joe: Wait, OUR Josh Jac...no that wouldn't be him, would it?
Gordon: And Neil Patrick Harris is playing with George Michaels in the
men's room during the break
Chico: Boo.
Joe: Boo-urns.
Jason: Boo
Gordon: But for now, he's playing with Melanie Pera of Pleasantown, NY
ELIMINATION ROUND
Chico: Celebrities have 30 seconds to convey five Passwords. Then the
contestants have 30 seconds to do the same thing. The the celebrities
are switched for another two rounds just to keep things nice and fair.
Jason: Power of 10 elimination style.
Chico: Team with the most points after four rounds will play for 1...
million... DOLLARS!
Joe: Different words for each team?
Chico: Yep.
RACHAEL/JOSH |
NEIL/MELANIE |
HUNGRY |
SOFTBALL |
TOWEL |
SMOOCH |
|
3 |
|
Chico: and time. They get three.
RACHAEL/JOSH |
NEIL/MELANIE |
LATER |
SUGAR |
POUND |
SUPERMAN
(Gordongram:
Spider Man is 2 words, not 1) (C-Note: ... connected by a hyphen.
Hyphenated words are no-nos.) |
FOLLOW |
3 |
3 |
Gordon: How can you pass on Later?
Jason: How about sooner
Chico: We're tied at 3. Next...
JOSH/RACHAEL |
MELANIE/NEIL |
MAJORITY |
DAMP |
TURKEY |
FACE |
|
6 |
3 |
Gordon: specific....
Jason: Not bad.
Chico: They get 3 more, 6 total.
JOSH/RACHAEL |
MELANIE/NEIL |
GROOM |
HAY |
CHIP |
BOLT |
PRESENT |
6 |
7 |
Gordon: These contestants are not exactly GSC caliber game show
players.
Chico: My Password skills are the stuff dreams are made of. Got 4, Total
of 7.
Gordon: Switch! Switch!...sorry, wrong game show,
Jason: Celebrities Switch
Chico: Melanie leads, 7-6.... and we switch celebs!
NEIL/JOSH |
RACHAEL/MELANIE |
SLEEVE |
YOLK |
CAGE |
SURGEON |
|
7 |
7 |
Chico: and time. One point.
Gordon: Josh is losing it right here,
Jason: NPH is a great player.
Gordon: That's going to be the killer right there.
NEIL/JOSH |
RACHAEL/MELANIE |
KITTEN |
NICKEL |
BRAKES |
POND |
|
7 |
9 |
Joe: Harris is on record as a big game player.
Jason: Time on pond
Gordon: Where are these celebrities getting the clues from?
Don: I'd have said "duck..." for pond.
Chico: I don't know, but they're really scary good. Melanie leads, 9-7
after three.
Gordon: Round, water, circle, and we're supposed to get pond?
JOSH/NEIL |
RACHAEL/MELANIE |
WIN |
BAMBI |
CHAT |
FARM |
CLEAN |
10 |
9 |
Joe: Bambi?!?!?
Jason: ROFL
Chico: The "chit" hit the fan there. Neil leads, 10-9. Melanie needs two
to win.
Gordon: Neil thought that Josh was cursing at him. If I was Josh, I
WOULD BE.
JOSH/NEIL |
MELANIE/RACHAEL |
HIS |
CROWN |
|
|
|
10 |
11 - WIN |
Chico: Winners, 12-11.
Jason: I like that elimination style round.
Chico: I can dig that.
Don: That was cool, I'll admit.
Alex: I beg to differ strongly
Chico: I need a snappy of the title card that isn't obtruded by the WRAL
weather crawl.
Gordon: I think Alex Davis and I will once again be of one mind here.
Alex: They tried to modernize it way too much and it's not working
Gordon: It's TOO fast and we don't know what's going on.
Chico: They turned Password into Pyramid... but it's only been 10
minutes, so let's see what happens.
Alex: The entire presentation is way off as well. OK, but here's the
thing Chico
Gordon: If anything, it needs to slow down. Maybe even get a commercial
break in there.
Alex: We got more gameplay in that first 10 minutes than we get in the
entire money round, which is the reason the game exists
Jason: Are you nuts? you complain more than anything that games are too
slow...and now the game is TOO FAST?
Gordon: Giving someone a chance to catch their breath is not a bad
thing.
Alex: The speed doesn't bug me. The fact that the first 11 minutes have
more gameplay than the main game is way off balance to me.
Gordon: There's a fine line between sleep and inducing and...say wha?
Chico: Okay, let's play for Money. Because Melanie earned the most
points with Neil, she plays with him. Here with her, her parents... who
are going to get all the money she wins. The money ladder...
$1,000,000 - 5 of 5 passwords
$250,000 - 5 of 6 passwords
$100,000 - 5 of 7 passwords
$50,000 - 5 of 8 passwords
$25,000 - 5 of 9 passwords; SAFETY NET
$10,000 - 5 of 10 passwords
Chico: And of course, $25,000 is a safety net.
Gordon: If you get there.
Jason: 1st level 5-10
Chico: For $10,000, five passwords out of 10. She's given three clues
and ONLY three clues. If the password is missed or passed, it's thrown
out, never to be seen again.
Alex: You get several attempts at the first levels, mind you, if you
don't get it.
Joe: Cashword rules here, isn't it?
Gordon: 5 out of 10. If you can't do that, you don't deserve the money.
Joe: Three clues max per word?
Chico: Cashword rules. And 90 seconds per level.
$10,000
5 of 10 Passwords |
MELANIE/NEIL |
MAXIMUM |
ROOM |
LINCOLN |
COOP |
QUART |
OHIO |
DANCE |
CRATER |
Gordon: State, Indiana for Ohio?
Jason: pass on OHIO?
Gordon: Whoo hoo
Chico: That money round is nuts. They're bloody serious.
Joe: The chips are in the pot, Chico. How can you not be serious?
Chico: Melanie can take the money and walk, or she can let it ride for
$25,000. She goes for it...
$25,000
5 of 9 Passwords |
MELANIE/NEIL |
SEW |
APRIL |
KILL |
GUITAR |
HOLSTER |
NEAT |
COMB |
VERDICT |
Jason: Verdict for $25,000! Very nice.
Gordon: That was a struggle
Chico: That had me scared for a moment.
Jason: Yeah. But I like this. I am surprised I like this.
Chico: Which I guess is a sign of a good show... it pulls you in.
Alex: I'm not pulled in, I'm just watching. They are begging for drama
and I just don't feel it.
Gordon: I don't like this. There's so much more they could have done
with this, and instead it's power of 10 meets password.
Alex: Exactly, thank you.
Chico: A lot of that could be attributed to its producer...
Alex: It could be contributed to a lot more than that.
Chico: Vincent Rubino worked on both shows.
Joe: Keep in mind, friends, that I'm not really commenting on this
because I can't actually see it yet.
Gordon: understood, but there's so much history to this show
Jason: I am sorry. I think you and Alex with all due respect...are nuts.
Gordon: And I'm sad to see this be generic.
Alex: How, give me some reasons.
Gordon: No Cashword. No Puzzles. I'm sad.
Alex: Again, I can stand the game if needed. The presentation is awful.
It's my same issue I had with Duel.
Chico: Hello. Password started out as generic as it could get
Jason: The presentation works for me. This works for me.
Gordon: You could have easily made this an hour show formatted with the
bonus rounds at the end and put tons of gameplay in it. Instead it's
just guess words quickly in time. Whoopie.
Chico: Wasn't THAT the bonus round for a while? Ooooh... snap
Joe: The original Lightning Round. The world's FIRST bonus round.
Chico: $50,000, five out of eight..
Gordon: But that was a PART of the game. not the complete game.
$50,000
5 of 8 Passwords |
MELANIE/NEIL |
VEIL |
FLOOD |
TRIPLETS |
HOOT |
ACCORDION |
BRIDGE |
Jason: Puddles?
Chico: She's risking $25,000 to play for $50,000 more.
Jason: And a ton of post editing
Chico: That is to be expected.
Gordon: Obviously you should go.
Chico: She's going for it. 5/7, two passes.
$50,000
5 of 7 Passwords |
MELANIE/NEIL |
CORSAGE |
BAGEL |
SMOG |
ALLOWANCE |
ROSARY |
DRILL |
Chico: Should've said pneumatic
Jason: And she is gone.
Gordon: She gave some awful clues.
Chico: Melanie leaves with $25,000.
Gordon: But it fits nicely into a half hour, eh?
Jason: It does.
Chico: yup. Easily syndicable.
Gordon: which is why we must go 90 mph in the front game. It needs to be
a TAD slower
Jason: I would rather go 90 mph than 20mph for the games which we have
seen for the past TWO YEARS.
Gordon: It needs to be 65
Alex: Agree.
Gordon: At least give us a recap as to what's going on. Stick that in
post
Chico: Just remember those who are quick to bash... it could be a lot
worse. One word.... Temptation.
Alex: Oh it could be a lot worse. But it could be a lot better.
Chico: Two new players...
Alex: Again, I'm not completely disappointed by the game play. It's just
the entire package to me that's not working.
Jason: Its a lot better than most of the stuff I have seen in the last
year.
Gordon: Rachel meets Alexis Black
Chico: Rachael will be playing with Alexis Black, a waitress from Kent,
OH.
Alex: Well when your difference is National Bingo Night against
Password, that decision's kinda easy, Jason.
Chico: Neil is playing with Eric Greenlund of Providence, RI
Gordon: 'better than most of the stuff I've seen this year' doesn't make
a good argument for the merits of this show.
ELIMINATION ROUND
RACHAEL/ALEXIS |
NEIL/ERIC |
ME |
BODY |
GORILLA |
TRUCK |
SHUT |
3 |
|
Jason: Pickup....?
Chico: That's 3.
Gordon: Alexis knew truck - was waiting for Rachel to say a word and
instead, she passed. Oops.
RACHAEL/ALEXIS |
NEIL/ERIC |
CRAB |
OLYMPICS |
MECHANIC |
FURNITURE |
|
3 |
4 |
Gordon: Oh one more thing, while I'm on it. The cheering actually
detracts from the time and wastes it for the players.
Chico: I'll agree with you there. Please hold the applause until the
end. Eric leads, 4-3.
ALEXIS/RACHAEL |
NEIL/ERIC |
SNUG |
TIGHT |
HIBERNATE |
MARBLE |
|
4 |
4 |
Alex: Wow Rachael sucks
Jason: She does.
Chico: Oh god yeah. Alexis has 4.
ALEXIS/RACHAEL |
ERIC/NEIL |
SON |
RHINOCEROS |
ROUND |
CHANGE |
|
4 |
7 |
Gordon: NOW this should be a commercial break. Right here.
Chico: Eric has 7-4 lead. Celebs switch.
Gordon: Give the score and go to break.
NEIL/ALEXIS |
RACHAEL/ERIC |
OUT |
KODAK |
WHOLE |
SAILOR |
CARDS |
8 |
7 |
Chico: Alexis gets 4 more, 8 total.
NEIL/ALEXIS |
RACHAEL/ERIC |
EVEN |
SOUND |
GENTLE |
RACKET |
JUNGLE |
8 |
10 |
Chico: Eric gets 3 more, 10 total.
ALEXIS/NEIL |
RACHAEL/ERIC |
FAR |
IRELAND
Gordongram:
Green...Country...Sweden? |
HUNT |
DAWN |
|
10 |
10 |
Chico: say "dusk" for dawn. Eric needs 1. Considering the partner,
this may be a challenge.
Don: lol.
Jason: you ain't kidding
ALEXIS/NEIL |
ERIC/RACHAEL |
MILLION |
SEE |
DAM |
|
|
10 |
11 - WIN |
Chico: ... wins it. 11-10. Not for trying, but... Damn, Rachael.
Gordon: Who will Eric get? Tweedle-Dum or Tweedle Dumner?
Chico: Don't knock NPH. He's one of us, you know. He's a fanboy.
Gordon: We need to revoke his license
Jason: no we don't lol.
Gordon: Green. Country. Sweden??!!?!?
Chico: Alexis, on the other hand... is a nutjob. E-Roc is playing with
Neil in the money round Eric was robbed before the show. Not... DIRECTLY
before the show, but he's playing to replace his stuff. We want him to
win.
Gordon: And now with Neil, he's about to get robbed during it as well.
Chico: "I feel like I'm in Cats". Level 1 ...
Alex: First time he's said that.
$10,000
5 of 10 Passwords |
ERIC/NEIL |
SEVENTEEN |
WET |
EDEN |
VISA |
WOK |
Jason: Great clues
Chico: That's $10,000. Not a bad first round.
Gordon: E-Rock is giving much better clues than Melanie,
Jason: And Pot got a laugh...wonder why :-)
Don: Heh.
Chico: This is what happens when a good player meets a good partner.
He's going for $25,000.. 5/9.
$25,000
5 of 9 Passwords |
ERIC/NEIL |
CRY |
GARLIC |
SOPHOMORE |
AIRPORT |
RUG |
DEODORANT |
MOAT |
Gordon: Regis talking during the time I hope is added in post and not
wasting time,
Chico: Sounds like it is. Going for $50,000.
$50,000
5 of 8 Passwords |
ERIC/NEIL |
MEAT |
DUKE |
ENERGIZER |
CHIEF |
SHAKESPEARE |
AUDIO |
Chico: He wins $50,000!
Jason: Very good clues
Chico: Would've said "Carolina" for "Duke"
Jason: How about Duchess
Chico: E-Rock's going for it. 5/7 for $100,000..
$100,000
5 of 7 Passwords |
ERIC/NEIL |
FILM |
GONDOLA
(Gordongram:
Venice...boat...Rowboat?) |
BEER |
TRIBE |
EXAM |
MAGNET |
WORST |
Jason: ATTRACTION!
Alex: Audience needs to shut up.
Chico: I think E-Rock has all of his stuff back.
Don: I was a bit worried for a moment, there.
Gordon: I sense a quit coming up.
Chico: Seven minutes left.
Jason: so do I
Chico: I say he goes for it and then quits.
Alex: What what what.
Chico: But first, Regis shows him the first five passwords. (Atlantic,
pizza, canteen, foil, and corner)
Jason: Are you nuts?
Alex: OK they didn't send me this far to watch, lol
Chico: would you go for it?
Gordon: That's definitely doable
Jason: I could do it.
Chico: I'd go for it
Gordon: Me too
Chico: He's going for it!
Jason: Here we go!
Chico: 5/6 for $250,000
$250,000
5 of 6 Passwords |
ERIC/NEIL |
ATLANTIC |
PIZZA |
CANTEEN |
FOIL |
CORNER |
FIASCO |
Jason: This is a hard word!
Don: No kidding...
Chico: Scandal.
Jason: I feel the pain.
Chico: That would've been a good clue.
Gordon: And Neil, when you want to give up your game show license send
it to GSNN, care of Gordon and Chico.
Alex: lol.
Jason: And Mark Gentile (who directs everything in NY these days).
Chico: Mark Gentile, one of the best NY has to offer.
Jason: Grade for me - B-. Solid, solid effort. I want to see what Betty
white can do.
Alex: I give it a C. The presentation was off, Regis wasn't really able
to be himself and do what he's good at, and I still just do not think
the show works at all in a million dollar format.
Chico: Pros.. good solid effort.. Cons: moves way too fast.
Joe: I personally would've liked to have seen the Password Puzzles (from
Plus and Super) incorporated into the game.
Gordon: I think it will get better and cleaner. The format does grow on
you. That being said, there's a lot of the mythology that they don't
touch, and that's a shame.
Don: While I do wish they could have included some elements from
Password Plus/Super Password, this show seems alright to me. I'll go
with a B-.
Chico: I guess the problem is that in this day and age, when you have to
do up everything big like.. something as oversimplified as
classic-flavor Password may not go over well.
Alex: And that was my fear with the primetime version
Gordon: There should be the puzzles, the cash word, and Id love to see a
returning champion... Where you have to win 6 times, and each level is
the amount - 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, etc. So much they could do with
this, so little done. C.
Chico: But I was drawn in, and that's usually a good sign. Interesting
that you get the classic format as opposed to the 70s/80s formats... And
let's not forget that Password in primetime HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE. So it
speaks to history and to currency as well... I'll score it a B.
Jason: Lets see how the ratings bear out.
Chico: Yeah. We'll have a better understanding after that. Until next
week, for everyone, this is Chico saying... spread the word.