I’m always fascinated with the measures that game show producers took to hide Bill Cullen’s disability.

Bill Cullen did an amazing job subsituted for Allen Ludden on PP,while he was subsitute for Allen Ludden on PP,Geoff Edwards subsituted for Bill Cullen on Chain Reaction on NBC,which he hosted it later on the USA Network.did a great job.

I never watched Password Plus only through youtube. Great game show.

All these years it took me to notice this. The order of the five words was designated by the color of the clues handed to the players. Red Yellow Peach Green Pink

Elaine Joyce was to lose her husband, Bobby Van, three months later from cancer.

@pem1974

5 ай бұрын

That would explain how she could miss "Jingle Bells"!

Im just watched that

bill cullen was an amazing host. he really seemed to love his job and meeting new people. though the camera had to cover up his issues with walking and such most didn't know. other than maybe noticing why he was already in poition most of time. i ownder on a show like this how they got him over to the alphabetics area. or did they explain it to the crowd then just not elevise him going over? anyways he was a fine host and from what i've heard nad read a wonderful person. well loved by pretty much everyone. Hope he was a christian and is in heaven so i can meet him some day

@garyrasberryjr.552

Жыл бұрын

Most shows didn't put him on camera walking. Some shows he hosted, he was already seated when the show began or was just a step off camera and had a short walk to the podium. Mel Brooks once said he was on Bill's show "Eye Guess" and saw Bill walking and thought he was doing it for comedy, so Mel started walking funny. Bill thought Mel was doing shtick and actually told Mel he was the first comedian to ever spoof his walk and thought others tried to ignore it and Bill felt left out of the fun.

@jasonbeard4713

7 ай бұрын

​@@garyrasberryjr.552 That proves that Brooks truly had and has no class.

@garyrasberryjr.552

7 ай бұрын

@@jasonbeard4713 Mel didn't know about Bill's polio. He was very apologetic, but Bill wasn't mad or insulted.

How the hell are you supposed to get finch?

@thechadmosher

Жыл бұрын

"Bird. "Gold..." "Actor." "Peter...."

@benaustro7342

Жыл бұрын

The perfect clue came to me right away: "Atticus -"

They downplayed the seriousness of Allen’s condition He had been I’ll around the time password plus premiered on NBC until he was diagnosed with stomach cancer behind closed doors He took time offUnderwent surgery and returned But complications from the disease and a stroke brought on from medication used to battle the disease and despite all the intentions in the world to return he would not and with his blessing Tom Kennedy would host the remainder of password plus Alan would only be heard on the radio doing voice overs for a local gas company but never appeared on television again and sadly passed away June 9, 1981 at the young age of 63 He would win his Final outstanding game show host honor posthumously at the 1983 Emmy’s Betty White set on the finale of password plus that it would be back soon Two years after password plus and a year after Betty successfully won the first female outstanding game show host Emmy for her short-lived show just men NBC answered him by bringing a new version of password to its lineup super password which ran for a successful five years on NBC’s line up of all star game shows

@twlightzone2065

Жыл бұрын

Do you know if they announced Allen's Death on Tom Kennedy's version Of Password Plus?

@StatsRob1975

5 ай бұрын

Betty said that on the finale of Super Password

@evalehde3869

Ай бұрын

@@twlightzone2065They did not. I googled about a while back. It said it was never mentioned.