So the three clues thus far were "table," "pockets" and something else ... maybe "game." Anyway, Loretta Swit guesses "billiards." And--ding! ding! ding!--Allen Ludden gives it to her. The secret word or whatever they call it turns out to be "pool."
OK, I get it that "billiards" and "pool" can be synonyms. But the name of the game is "Password" (well, Password Plus), as in you need a secret password to be allowed through some door. Shouldn't you have to guess the actual password--not just another word that means the same thing? The game is not called "Train of Thought."
Here's a clip from what I think must be the same week of episodes, because Jack Klugman was wearing the same hat in the episode I saw.
THIS JUST IN! The Twitter desk has discovered that both @LoretteSwit (alive), @JackKlugman (alive) and @AllenLudden (dead) are on Twitter. And while there are many Tom Kennedys out there, it's not apparent that any of them are Louisvillian/Game Show Congress-honoree Tom Kennedy.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace, Donna Summer.
ReplyDeleteWow. It's a huge day for 1979 at the HP. ESPN Classic is showing a 30-minute snippet of CBS's coverage of Game 7 of the 1979 NBA Eastern Conference finals. In the third quarter, San Antonio leads Washington by seven ...
ReplyDeleteWorld-champion Bullets trail by six headed to the fourth quarter ...
ReplyDeleteWow. Washington is down nine (!) with 8:15 to play ...
ReplyDeleteGeorge Gervin has 38 points already with 7:07 to play. Spurs lead seven ...
ReplyDeleteWashington foul trouble has forced Dick Motta to go to a big lineup ... front line of (Louisvillian) Wes Unseld, Elvin Hayes and Greg Ballard ... Bobby Dandridge shifting from small forward to off guard, next to point Larry Wright ...
ReplyDelete3:38 to play ... 100-93, San Antonio ... Dandridge has 32; Gervin, 40 ...
ReplyDeleteRick Barry is doing the CBS color commentary ...
ReplyDeleteSan Antonio's lead down to 103-101 with just over a minute to play ... Spur Billy Paultz is whistled for a moving pick ... Washington ball ...
ReplyDelete103-103 ... 36 seconds to go ... Bullets tie it on a Dandridge short banker, in which he and Elvin Hayes crisscrossed ... Rick Barry points out that it was the perfect play in such a loud Cap Center because other Spurs couldn't hear Dandridge-defender Larry Kenon call for help ...
ReplyDeleteNow 105-105.
Bullets win! Dandridge takes Kenon and another defender to the right corner and launches what would now be a three-pointer off the dribble: 107-105. In final seconds, Hayes blocks a San Antonio attempt, and then Dandridge steals the ball after the Spurs rebound.
ReplyDeleteAh, this is great. It's 1979. The defending-NBA champion Bullets are headed back to the finals; they're obviously going to dominate the 1980s. Kevin Grevey's career is really starting to take off. Rick Robey and Jack Givens were both first-round picks in 1978, and Kyle Macy is going to be this year--even though he still has a season of eligibility remaining at UK. The Wildcats just won the NCAA championship last season, and now they have one of the all-time great freshman classes coming in (with TWO McDonald's high-school all-Americans).
Looks like it's going to be a great decade of basketball coming up for me ... all Bullets and UK from here on.