It looked like at one time there was a recessed area on either side of the password display. By the position of it, was it supposed to be a classic Password style score display? At some point, I believe they were covered up entirely.
I just went back to the premiere week to see what you're referring too, and now I can't unsee them. If that was the case, the score behind the contestants was definitely the right change.
Red-yellow-blue doesn’t work. The neon was wasted behind the colored sheets. Despite the plus motif, the white walls just looked flat. The red staircases were nothing special. The desk was big and awkward besides being carpeted. The logo looked amateurish. None of this look had the “class” Ludden said Password had.
Wow- tell us how you really feel.
Preferences aside, the primary color-heavy motif was popular at its time. I feel the same way about the oranges and tans of the Match Game set- not my ideal color scheme, but that's what was in.
Obviously Chris would know more, but I feel like everything they did with Password Plus was an effort to rid themselves of the stigma surrounding previous versions of Password.