Author Topic: "Million $ Password" casting now. (Read 6862 times)

DoorNumberFour · « **on:** November 14, 2007, 10:51:07 PM »

I just got an email back from the casting department for me to pick a time to audition.

(By the way, the address is milliondollarcasting@gmail.com. They want a picture of yourself and a paragraph about why you would make a great contestant.)

Anyone else here trying their hand at the word game of the stars?

tvwxman · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2007, 10:58:25 PM »

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'169572\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 10:51 PM\']
I just got an email back from the casting department for me to pick a time to audition.

(By the way, the address is milliondollarcasting@gmail.com. They want a picture of yourself and a paragraph about why you would make a great contestant.)

Anyone else here trying their hand at the word game of the stars?
[/quote]
They called me today, but I can't make it on Friday, the only day the auditions are taking place...

C'est la vie. (Will French words be legal in the new Password?)

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2007, 11:01:24 PM »

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'169573\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 10:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'169572\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 10:51 PM\']
I just got an email back from the casting department for me to pick a time to audition.

(By the way, the address is milliondollarcasting@gmail.com. They want a picture of yourself and a paragraph about why you would make a great contestant.)

Anyone else here trying their hand at the word game of the stars?
[/quote]
They called me today, but I can't make it on Friday, the only day the auditions are taking place...

C'est la vie. (Will French words be legal in the new Password?)
[/quote]

Hmm.

They definitely told me auditions were on Friday and Saturday.

Here's the email:

Quote

We are currently scheduling auditions for this coming Friday, November
16th and Saturday, November 17th, on at 5th Ave at 37th Street.

The hours for Friday are: 2pm, 3pm, 5pm and 6pm. The hours on
Saturday are: 10am, 11am, 12pm and 1pm.

Please call 212-649-6350 or 6385 to confirm a time and to have your
name added to the security list.

**PLEASE COMPLETE and SIGN all paperwork (contestant application and
audition release form) before you arrive for the audition.

**You must also bring a US government issued, picture identification.

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2007, 11:27:16 PM »

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'169573\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 07:58 PM\']
C'est la vie. (Will French words be legal in the new Password?)
[/quote]
This is my problem. I'm not sure if deviating from the rules that I play Password by (which are significantly more strict than any used on any of the shows) would screw me, or guarantee me the million dollars.

tvmitch · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2007, 11:15:52 AM »

That's a shame about the times...I won't be able to make it up Friday or Saturday...read this while I was getting together my email. I guess they want to get all that in before Turkey.

Neumms · « **Reply #5 on:** November 15, 2007, 01:08:35 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'169578\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 11:27 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'169573\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 07:58 PM\']
C'est la vie. (Will French words be legal in the new Password?)
[/quote]
This is my problem. I'm not sure if deviating from the rules that I play Password by (which are significantly more strict than any used on any of the shows) would screw me, or guarantee me the million dollars.
[/quote]

You can only give clues in French? Yikes. In honor of the celebrated Tom Kennedy/Dick Martin episode, no doubt.

My problem would be the five or ten minutes it takes me to decide on a clue, although that is with old-school, puzzle-less Passwords.

clemon79 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 15, 2007, 01:35:30 PM »

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'169617\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 10:08 AM\']
My problem would be the five or ten minutes it takes me to decide on a clue, although that is with old-school, puzzle-less Passwords.
[/quote]
You'd hate us. We play with a shot clock. Thirty seconds to give a clue and get a response, resets as soon as a response is given. Failure to at least give a clue in the time allotted gives two clues to the other side.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 15, 2007, 02:18:20 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'169622\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 01:35 PM\']
You'd hate us. We play with a shot clock. Thirty seconds to give a clue and get a response, resets as soon as a response is given. Failure to at least give a clue in the time allotted gives two clues to the other side.
[/quote]
Fremantle, if a rep is reading this, get some competent celebrity players and incorporate the above rule. I would knock it down to 20 seconds, but that my 2 cents.

I would *love* to play a game of Password like that.

Strikerz04 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 15, 2007, 02:25:52 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'169622\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 12:35 PM\']
You'd hate us. We play with a shot clock. Thirty seconds to give a clue and get a response, resets as soon as a response is given. Failure to at least give a clue in the time allotted gives two clues to the other side.
[/quote]

My dorm floor's rules are slightly more draconian than that. We play classic Password with a fifteen second shot clock with no penalty clue for the opposite team. If you don't deliver a clue, we move on.

I wonder how they are going to tweak the rules for this series...

Joe Mello · « **Reply #9 on:** November 15, 2007, 02:29:08 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'169622\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 01:35 PM\']Thirty seconds to give a clue and get a response, resets as soon as a response is given. Failure to at least give a clue in the time allotted gives two clues to the other side.[/quote]
That actually seems somewhat generous. I thought it was typically 10 seconds each or thereabouts for clue and response, maybe even less in the 80's.

Other people can probably amend this statement as needed.

clemon79 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 15, 2007, 03:54:15 PM »

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'169627\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 11:29 AM\']
That actually seems somewhat generous. I thought it was typically 10 seconds each or thereabouts for clue and response, maybe even less in the 80's.[/quote]
It was. We also play with harder words (the material in the home games is often quite a bit tougher than the stuff you saw on P+ or SP), disallow opposites, and restrict usage of rhymes.

I was only commenting on Neumms's "five or ten minutes" statement, anyhow, I wasn't trying to draw a comparison to TV.

Neumms · « **Reply #11 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:41:56 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'169622\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 01:35 PM\']
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'169617\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 10:08 AM\']
My problem would be the five or ten minutes it takes me to decide on a clue, although that is with old-school, puzzle-less Passwords.
[/quote]
You'd hate us. We play with a shot clock. Thirty seconds to give a clue and get a response, resets as soon as a response is given. Failure to at least give a clue in the time allotted gives two clues to the other side.
[/quote]

That sounds really smart. TV time limits would be too fast for a pleasant game at home, but 30 seconds sounds right. The trouble is I'm afraid YOU'D hate ME!

And it's definitely a different game with pre-Password-Plus words. I recall receiving clues for the word "din." Nobody got it, then I was livid nobody came up with, "Gungaaaaaaaaah--"

tvwxman · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:52:50 PM »

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'169575\' date=\'Nov 14 2007, 11:01 PM\']
Hmm.

They definitely told me auditions were on Friday and Saturday.

Here's the email:

We are currently scheduling auditions for this coming Friday, November
16th and Saturday, November 17th, on at 5th Ave at 37th Street.

The hours for Friday are: 2pm, 3pm, 5pm and 6pm. The hours on
Saturday are: 10am, 11am, 12pm and 1pm.

[/quote]
Thanks for this. I called them today and booked for Saturday @ 1.

See you there!

clemon79 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2007, 06:07:55 PM »

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'169634\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 01:41 PM\']
The trouble is I'm afraid YOU'D hate ME!
[/quote]
I'd be fine with it, so long as you're my opponent.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #14 on:** November 16, 2007, 12:05:21 AM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'169625\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 01:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'169622\' date=\'Nov 15 2007, 01:35 PM\']
You'd hate us. We play with a shot clock. Thirty seconds to give a clue and get a response, resets as soon as a response is given. Failure to at least give a clue in the time allotted gives two clues to the other side.
[/quote]
Fremantle, if a rep is reading this, get some competent celebrity players and incorporate the above rule. I would knock it down to 20 seconds, but that my 2 cents.

I would *love* to play a game of Password like that.
[/quote]
I'm guessing that they don't need to be encouraged to put a time limit on clues, since that creates more ad time. I'm quoting this to reiterate the bolded part.