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00:00This is the lovely lady who has made a 39-year-old man a grandfather twice. Delightful Joan Benny.
00:15This is my partner George Atkinson from Glendale, California.
00:20This is the father of the lovely young lady who has made a 39-year-old man a grandfather twice, Jack Benny.
00:28Hello, this is my partner Lynn Sparrow from Los Angeles, California.
00:32And we're all here to play Password.
00:40Yes, it's Password, brought to you this evening by new Denture Cream,
00:47the special denture toothpaste made with the cleaning power dental plates need.
00:51Denture Cream.
00:53And now, here's your host on Password, Alan Ludden.
01:03Good evening. It's a real pleasure to have you with us to play Password tonight.
01:08Mr. Jack Benny, can I tell you what a great thing this is for all of us that you should play Password with us tonight?
01:14Thank you very much.
01:15It's a real pleasure to have you here and you, Joan Benny. My, you're such a pretty girl.
01:21Joan, you know, my youngsters would like that I should ask you a question,
01:25and I think probably other youngsters around the country share their curiosity.
01:29When you were a little girl in Jack Benny's house, did you get an allowance?
01:35Don't answer that.
01:41Why not? Why not?
01:45I know it's sort of inflation these days, but I remember getting a quarter a week, I think, when I was very little.
01:51A quarter a week?
01:52Oh, she gets more now.
01:54Oh, I see.
01:56There's no comparison.
01:58Joan, it was very nice living in that house, I bet, though, wasn't it?
02:01Very.
02:02All right, let's talk to your partner here you're going to play Password with, George Atkinson, Glendale, California.
02:06George, sir, what do you do for a living?
02:09I'm a systems analyst of photo reproduction methods, and on the side I also teach tennis.
02:14Is that interesting, Joan?
02:16I don't even understand that.
02:19What kind of systems do you analyze?
02:22Reproduction.
02:24Well, I'm glad to know what you do.
02:29Mr. Jack Benny, sir, what do you do for a living?
02:34I, uh, I sell violin strings.
02:47I sell them by the ton.
02:50I understand. It's very lucrative.
02:53I try to raise it $6, but Kennedy wouldn't let me.
03:04Let's talk to your partner, Mr. Benny, Lynn Sperrin.
03:08What occupies your time?
03:10I'm a student at the University of Southern California, majoring in elementary education.
03:14University of Southern California?
03:16Yes.
03:17Are you familiar with that school, Joan?
03:19Yes, in football games, past football games.
03:22Where'd you go to school?
03:24Well, I went to Stanford, and we were great rivals.
03:26All right, now you're rivals for the moment.
03:28We're going to play Password, and here's how we do it.
03:30You know, the object of our game is to get your partner to say the password
03:33by giving one-word clues, and both teams work on the same password at the same time,
03:37and the team that gets it first is the one that scores.
03:39Now, I'm going to give a copy of our first password to Joan Benny
03:42and to Jack Benny, the very same password,
03:44and while they look at it, we'd like you to look at it at home.
03:47The password is hurricane.
03:49Okay, Joan Benny, the first clue is yours.
03:51It's worth 10 points. See if you can get George Atkinson to say that word.
03:54Tornado.
03:56Hurricane?
03:57You did it!
04:01They did it.
04:0510 points. That's for you, 10 points, George.
04:07You know, the first team that scores 25 points
04:10wins the game, which is worth $250.
04:20And a chance to win even more money in the lightning round.
04:23So, you see, we've got a lot of money around here.
04:26I'll give this password to Lynn and to George,
04:29and as they look at it, you look at it at home, please.
04:31The password is waltz.
04:33Okay, Lynn, first clue is yours.
04:35Worth 10 points. See if you can get Jack Benny to say the word.
04:38Dance.
04:42Jig?
04:43Dance. Jig.
04:45No. Nine points, George.
04:48Three.
04:51Trio.
04:52Three, trio. Follows.
04:54Eight points, Lynn.
05:00Waltz.
05:11What gave it to you?
05:12Well, he said three.
05:14Very good.
05:15One, two, three. One, two, three.
05:17May I explain something to you?
05:19When you hear this sound,
05:20it means that your clue has not been accepted by our authority,
05:23Dr. Reason A. Goodwin,
05:24an editor of the forthcoming World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary,
05:26and I trust you'll never need to hear it.
05:28Let's see now. The score stands 10 to 8.
05:32Password goes to Joan and to Jack Benny,
05:34and as they look at it, we'd like you to see it.
05:36The password is speech.
05:38It's yours, Joan. Ten points.
05:40Oral.
05:43Oral.
05:44Vocal.
05:45Oral, vocal. No. Nine points, Mr. Benny.
05:47Oration.
05:49Speech.
05:50You did it.
05:58We're moving right along here.
05:59Ten to 17.
06:00Password goes to George Atkinson, Lynn Sparrow,
06:02and as they look at it, please join them.
06:05The password is tea.
06:07Okay, George. Ten points. We'll give you 20.
06:10Golf.
06:11Golf.
06:12Tea.
06:14How did you get tea from golf?
06:17Well, ball seemed too easy,
06:19and the next thing I thought of was tea.
06:21Well, you're doing very well.
06:22She's a very bright girl, Mr. Benny.
06:25Yeah.
06:29I was going to say, why not?
06:32You have to.
06:34Jack Benny and Joan Benny have the password now.
06:36As they look at it, you look at it, please.
06:41No, it's, uh...
06:43Mr. Benny, it's yours first.
06:45Ten points.
06:48Me.
06:54What did you say, Lynn?
06:57Me.
06:58Me.
06:59Me.
07:00Me.
07:01Me.
07:02Me.
07:03Me.
07:04Me.
07:05Me.
07:06Me.
07:08What did you say, Lynn?
07:10Comedian.
07:13In a sense, yes.
07:14Let's see, nine points, Joan.
07:17Cheap.
07:18Stingy.
07:19Stingy.
07:20Benny?
07:21No.
07:22Eight points, Jack.
07:27Spendthrift.
07:31Extravagant?
07:33Extravagant.
07:35Seven points, Joan.
07:37Opposite.
07:38Opposite.
07:39Miser.
07:40That's it.
07:50And with Miser, George, you scored over 25 points,
07:53which gives you $250 and a chance to pick up more money in the lightning round.
07:57Right now, we're going to see how much money you can get in one minute.
08:00Your very pretty and bright partner here, Joan Benny,
08:02is going to give you clues to five passwords, one at a time.
08:04Each one that you get is worth $50 to you.
08:06The only trick is you've got to move along quickly.
08:08And, Joan, if you feel your clues aren't getting through,
08:10sometimes it's better to move on to the next word
08:12because you have to do it all in only one minute.
08:16Here's the first word.
08:17Go.
08:19Drink.
08:22Cocktail.
08:23Bubbles.
08:25Soda.
08:27Expensive.
08:28Champagne.
08:29$50.
08:31Academy.
08:33School.
08:34$100.
08:36Tornado.
08:40Hurricane.
08:41Small.
08:45Whirlwind.
08:46All right, I'll take it.
08:47Whirlwind win. I'll take it.
08:49Hoe.
08:51Rake.
08:52Man.
08:55Farmer.
08:56That's $200.
08:57Ship.
08:58Boat.
09:01Promenade.
09:03Deck.
09:04You did it.
09:13Very good.
09:14Those were very precise clues.
09:17And, as a matter of fact, in 45 seconds,
09:19what you just did there, Joan, Benny, you and George,
09:22you have $250, George, for the lightning round,
09:25plus $250 for the game,
09:27giving George Atkinson, at the end of his first game,
09:29$500.
09:35And that's not all.
09:37George, you could win even more money,
09:39or indeed, Lynn, you could still win some money,
09:41because on the nighttime Password,
09:43you know the winning team just keeps right on playing.
09:45We'll just keep right on playing.
09:46Give me waltz again.
09:49Well, we'll have you a new partner.
09:51That's what we're going to do.
09:52We're going to change partners and start our second game.
09:54George, join Jack, Benny, Lynn.
09:56Over here with Joan, Benny, please.
10:00We'll return in just a moment to play more Password,
10:03but right now, a grand old song
10:05presented by Dutch Masters Cigars.
10:09Are you ladies acquainted here?
10:11Yes, we are.
10:12All set?
10:13Going to compete against these two fine gentlemen over here.
10:15Two fine-looking young men, if I ever saw them.
10:18You all set over here?
10:20Gentlemen?
10:21Yeah.
10:22You are?
10:23Okay.
10:24I get part of what you made over there, don't I?
10:28Joan and Jack Benny have the Password,
10:31and I don't think you do, as a matter of fact.
10:33And as they look at it, you look at it.
10:35Haven't I won anything yet?
10:36Nothing.
10:37But you've got a new game going right now.
10:39All right, you've seen the word.
10:41Mr. Benny, first clue is yours, worth 10 points.
10:44Linen.
10:47Sheet?
10:48Linen sheet.
10:49Nine points, Joan.
10:50Cloth.
10:53Handkerchief?
10:54Cloth, handkerchief.
10:55Handkerchief?
10:56Cloth, handkerchief.
10:57Eight points, Mr. Benny.
10:58Material.
11:00Wool?
11:01Wool.
11:02Seven points, Joan.
11:03Wool.
11:04Fabric?
11:05That's it!
11:11I think that's a woman's word, don't you?
11:14I think it is.
11:15Sure, men don't say fabric.
11:17All right, let's see.
11:18I do all the time.
11:19There isn't a day I don't say fabric.
11:25I can't win.
11:26All right, here we go.
11:27Lynn and George have the password.
11:28As they look at it, you look at it, please.
11:30The password is sweater.
11:33Yes, I think you do.
11:35George, first clue is yours, worth 10 points.
11:38Pullover.
11:39Sweater.
11:47He's pretty good, too, Joan.
11:49Yes, I am.
11:50I could also be policeman.
11:56I think sweater.
11:57Wait a minute.
11:58I should have lost.
11:59Isn't pullover two words?
12:01No, one word, one word.
12:03You would have heard from us if it were two words.
12:06Joan and Jack Benny have the password,
12:08and as they look at it, you look at it, please.
12:10The password is fig.
12:12First clue is yours, Joan, worth 10 points.
12:14We'll give you 17.
12:16Fruit.
12:20Anything.
12:21Orange.
12:22Orange, no.
12:23Nine points, Jack Benny.
12:24Date.
12:29Five seconds.
12:30Pit.
12:31Date, pit.
12:32Eight points, Joan.
12:34Adam.
12:35Apple.
12:36Adam, apple.
12:38You didn't expect that, did you?
12:40No.
12:41Fig.
12:42Fig.
12:43Fig.
12:44Fig.
12:45Fig.
12:53Great.
12:54That was 17 points the men have.
12:56The ladies have seven.
12:57Oops, they're gonna catch my hand tonight
12:59if it's the last thing they do.
13:01All right, seven to 17.
13:03Password goes to Lynn and to George,
13:05and as they look at it, you look at it at home.
13:08The password is lover.
13:10Okay, Lynn, first clue's yours, worth 10 points.
13:13Casanova.
13:16Lover.
13:24How you gonna beat that?
13:27I was gonna say me again.
13:35That means I'm a cheap lover.
13:3817 to 17.
13:40Password to Joan and Jack Benny,
13:42and as they look at it, you look at it, please.
13:44The password is target.
13:46It's yours, Jack.
13:48Benny, 10 points.
13:49We'll give you the game.
13:51Bullseye.
13:54Not allowed.
13:55Two words.
13:56Nine points, Joan, Benny.
13:58Shooting.
14:01Target.
14:02That's it.
14:03Target.
14:04That's it.
14:06At least I helped her.
14:10Yes, I think you helped her quite a bit on that one.
14:13All right, Lynn, let's see.
14:14That's over 25 points,
14:15giving you $250 for the game
14:17and a chance to pick up more money in the lightning round,
14:19and you know how you play the lightning round.
14:20Yes, I do.
14:21You all set, Joan?
14:22You're doing it again.
14:23Oh, again?
14:24Again, yes, right now.
14:25You have to do it in one minute.
14:26Here's the first word.
14:28Go.
14:29Sugar.
14:30Spice.
14:31$250.
14:35Bird.
14:36Feather.
14:37Gun.
14:38Shoot.
14:39All right, I'll take shoot.
14:42Tenor.
14:44Solo.
14:46Speak.
14:47Soprano.
14:50Phrase.
14:51Clause.
14:54Oral.
14:56Song.
14:57Can we drop it?
14:58All right, next word.
14:59Cards.
15:01Game.
15:03Shuffle.
15:04Deck.
15:07After.
15:08Deal.
15:09That's it.
15:10I didn't get it.
15:12Mug.
15:13Beer.
15:16Mug.
15:18Expression.
15:24Jewels.
15:25All right, that's what I said.
15:39Jules Stein.
15:40I was thinking of Rudy Valli.
15:43Stein song.
15:44You're too young to remember him, I know.
15:46Rudy Valli.
15:47Okay, now, let's see.
15:48That one word there that was very tough was voice, Lynn.
15:51And the last, Jules Stein was what he was going for.
15:55Give her 50 for it.
15:57Oh, give her 50 for it?
15:59Oh, well, we're throwing money around tonight.
16:01All right.
16:02Let's see what you have there, Lynn.
16:03You have $250 for the game,
16:05plus $200 for the lightning round,
16:07giving you at the end of the second game,
16:10Lynn Sperrin, $450.
16:13What was the matter, John?
16:23Voice.
16:24Voice.
16:25Voice.
16:26Instrument was the only thing I could have suggested on that.
16:28That's a tough word.
16:29Yeah.
16:30But, you know, the more games you win in a nighttime password,
16:32the more money you win.
16:33So, for the third game, George, Lynn, if you will,
16:37go back to your original partner.
16:44We'll be back to play more password in just a moment,
16:47but right now, here's information about a special toothpaste
16:50for people with dental plates.
16:52I want to get something.
16:56You all are acquainted over here, George and Joan.
16:58Sure.
16:59Let's see, Lynn and Jack.
17:00Oh, Lynn, it's Sperrin.
17:02Spero.
17:03Yes.
17:04Spero, Lynn Spero.
17:05Meet Jack Benny.
17:06How do you do?
17:07You're playing your second game with them.
17:08Are you all set, Mr. Benny?
17:09Yes.
17:10All right, here it goes.
17:11Password to Joan and to Jack.
17:12As they look at it, you look at it, please.
17:14The password is pension.
17:20It's yours, Joan.
17:2110 points.
17:22First word.
17:23Fund.
17:25Fund.
17:27Charity.
17:28Fund.
17:29Charity.
17:30Nine points, Jack Benny.
17:35Charity.
17:42Five seconds, Lynn.
17:45Contribution.
17:46Contribution.
17:47Eight points, Joan.
17:48Aged.
17:50Aged.
17:56What'd she say, aid?
17:57Aged.
17:59Aid.
18:00No.
18:01Oh, age.
18:02Five seconds.
18:04Money.
18:05Money, no.
18:06Seven points, Jack Benny.
18:15Five seconds.
18:24Where are you?
18:28It's tough.
18:29It is.
18:30It's a hard one.
18:31Yeah.
18:32You want to forfeit this one?
18:33Yeah.
18:34All right.
18:35Six points, Joan.
18:36Welfare.
18:41Five seconds.
18:42Goodwill.
18:43Goodwill.
18:44Five points, Jack.
18:45Fund.
18:46Chest.
18:47Fund, chest.
18:48Four points, Joan.
18:54It's a tough one.
18:55Worker.
18:56Worker.
18:59Five seconds, George.
19:05Laborer.
19:06Laborer, no.
19:07Three points, Jack Benny.
19:08Five seconds, Lynn.
19:09Welfare.
19:10No, not welfare.
19:11Two points, Joan.
19:12Plan.
19:13Plan.
19:14Five seconds, George.
19:15Sorry, time is up.
19:16One point.
19:17Down to the bottom, Jack.
19:18Security.
19:19I just started.
19:40Five seconds, Lynn.
19:41Pot.
19:42Security.
19:43Pot.
19:44No.
19:45It is a tough word.
19:46Oh, it is a tough word, my friend.
19:48The word is pension, pension.
19:51But that is a tough word.
19:52It's not charity, certainly.
19:54All right, let's see.
19:56We have nothing going here.
19:58All right, let's see what can happen.
19:59I'll give the word to George and to Lynn, and as they look at it, you look at it at
20:04home, please.
20:05The password is theater.
20:07Okay, Lynn, first clue's yours.
20:09Worth 10 points.
20:10See if you can get Jack Bennett to say this word.
20:14Hartford.
20:18College?
20:19Hartford College.
20:20No.
20:21Nine points.
20:22We'll explain that for the rest of the country later.
20:24George, nine points.
20:26Grauman's.
20:31Five seconds, George.
20:32Theater.
20:33Theater is the word.
20:37Lynn, just in case some people in other parts of the country didn't understand Hartford,
20:43because I might have said insurance.
20:44There could have been insurance, too, yeah.
20:47In Los Angeles, there is what?
20:49The Huntington Hartford Theater.
20:50Hartford Theater.
20:51Okay, let's go.
20:52We got nine points over here for Joan, Benny's team.
20:54No points for Jack, Benny's team, and the password goes to the Bennys right now, and
20:57as they look at it, you look at it with them, please.
20:59The password is horn.
21:01All right, Joan.
21:02Jack, beg your pardon.
21:03Jack, Benny, first clue's yours.
21:0410 points.
21:07Instrument.
21:12Five seconds, Lynn.
21:14Musical.
21:15Musical.
21:16Nine points, Joan, Benny.
21:19Trumpet.
21:21Horn.
21:22Horn is the word.
21:27That always reminds me of one of your best movies.
21:29Yes, I was going to get that in afterwards.
21:32Oh, I'm sorry.
21:33So and so at so and so midnight.
21:43George and Lynn have the password.
21:45As they look at it, you look at it at home, please.
21:47The password is root B.
21:49All right, Lynn.
21:50First clue's yours.
21:5110 points.
21:57Five seconds, Lynn.
22:00Red.
22:06Russia.
22:07Russia.
22:13Nine points, George.
22:14Don't let it be too obvious.
22:16Jewel.
22:17Ruby.
22:18Ruby.
22:23All right, you scored over 25 points.
22:25You have $250, a chance to pick up more money in the lightning round, George,
22:29and you know how we play the lightning round.
22:31Are you set?
22:32I have to do this again?
22:33You have to do it again.
22:34Here you go.
22:35There you go.
22:36You have to do it all in one minute.
22:38And here's the first word.
22:40Go.
22:41Ode.
22:42Poem.
22:43$50.
22:45Hat.
22:48Lid.
22:49Sun.
22:5415 seconds.
22:57Say something, George, so she can do another clue.
22:59Anything.
23:00Hat.
23:03Can we go to the next one?
23:04No, no, you don't come back.
23:05Oh, we don't?
23:06Oh, I'm sorry.
23:07Deer.
23:09Animal.
23:10Head.
23:13Say something.
23:14Shoulders.
23:15Top.
23:18Highest.
23:20Deer.
23:2145 seconds.
23:22Go to the next one, George.
23:23Okay, next one.
23:24Next word.
23:25Hand.
23:27Foot.
23:28Heart.
23:29Finger.
23:30That's right.
23:32Door.
23:33Knob.
23:34That's right.
23:40All right, George.
23:42Let's see.
23:43That hat she was going for, that sun, bonnet.
23:46Bonnet was the word.
23:48That's a funny word, too.
23:49And that deer, the top of the deer, was antler.
23:52Antler.
23:53But George did very well there.
23:55You have $150 for that lightning round,
23:57plus $250 for the game, plus the preceding $500,
24:01giving George Atkinson, at this point, $900.
24:12We'll be back in a minute.
24:13For heaven's sakes, didn't I win anything?
24:17We'll talk about that later.
24:18We'll be back in a minute to tell you about
24:20next week's guest stars on Password.
24:22But right now, a word about Remington Electric Shavers.
24:26Now, let's see who won the money tonight.
24:28George Atkinson won $900.
24:31Lynn Spiro won $450.
24:34And what's that, Joan?
24:36Well, it's a picture of George Washington.
24:38Since prices have gone up these days,
24:40but, you know, it's a week's allowance.
24:42Your allowance.
24:43Oh, isn't that sweet?
24:44Isn't that nice?
24:46Next week, we'll be back.
24:48Next week, we'll have two new contestants
24:50who'll be playing Password with our guest stars,
24:52who will be, next week, Eve Arden and Chuck Connors.
25:04Joan, I understand that your mother plays Password
25:07all the time at home with us in the daytime show.
25:09Yes, she does.
25:10And I think she'll be very proud of the manner
25:12in which you conducted yourself tonight.
25:14I hope so. Thank you.
25:15It was a real pleasure having you here.
25:17What can I say, Jack Benny, except that it was just a great...
25:19Don't say anything. Give me something.
25:23What can I say? What can I say?
25:24Well, pleasure in playing the game.
25:26I'm sure Mary was proud of you, and we thank you.
25:28You're welcome.
25:29We'll see you all tomorrow, next week at the same time,
25:32or I hope tomorrow in daytime, Password,
25:34over most of these same CBS television stations.
25:36Until then, this is Alan Ludden saying,
25:38the Password tonight is audience.
25:40Our California audience is making us feel very much at home,
25:43and we certainly thank you all.
25:44So long. See you tomorrow, I hope.
25:48Password has been brought to you this evening by
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26:00First with reserve power.
26:03This has been a Mark Goodson, Bill Todman production.
26:07This is Jack Clark.
26:08The contestants on this pre-recorded program
26:10were selected and interviewed in advance.
26:22Password.