Games People Play: ‘Password’

The game-show “Password” premiered in daytime on CBS 50 years ago. Hosted by game-show veteran Allen Ludden — who met his eventual wife, Betty White, when she was guest starring on the series — “Password” arrived on Oct. 2, 1961, and continued weekdays on the network through Sept. 15, 1967. (The nighttime version made its debut Jan. 2, 1966.) The series featured two teams, each consisting of one celebrity player and one contestant. A password was given to one player on the team who would then try to get their partner to figure it out using one-word clues.