The password is…revival!

[JTFriends1]

I'd love to see them keep it simple:

Super Password front game, however many points to win.  
Cashword/Megaword (whatever you call it) for a trip/car/wrinkle if they really feel they need it.
Alphabetics A-Z in 2 minutes at $5,000/word - $1,000,000 if you hit all 26.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'JTFriends1\' post=\'166620\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 02:19 PM\']
Alphabetics A-Z in 2 minutes at $5,000/word - $1,000,000 if you hit all 26.
[/quote]
You know...on one hand, that sounds excessive. On the other hand, I actually like that! A bonus game that would really make the contestant work for their money. Might need an extra :30 or another minute though.

To make it a little more suspenseful, make it two parts.

Part one consists on the first 13 letters of the alphabet. You have 1:30 to get those 13, $2,500 a pop. Get all 13, and you win, say, $50,000 (sit down, Lesko!). Should you get all 13, you can risk that to get the remaining 13, for the million. However, you have to go 13/13 to play for the million.

In part two, it's all or nothing, and an illegal clue ends the game then and there. I'm toying around with the idea of making an illegal clue/loss bump you down to $25,000.

[tvmitch]

What about the end game fashioned like Spain's Pasapalabra, only with word clues instead of trivia? It seems that the bonus game on that show is won about once every 4 or 5 months...? Definitely a tough way to win the million.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'166553\' date=\'Oct 12 2007, 08:23 PM\']
Except here you fall into the same problem that TPIR had with the million dollar spin. Assuming that no one won a spin during either SCSD. . .
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Right, that was shoehorned in, but when there was a bonus spin, it worked fine. On Password, they could just plan a commercial between the $100K round and the $1M.

[Neumms]

I think it's odd to keep two civilians around for the whole hour. Here are a couple of options:

Bring in pairs of players to best-2-out-of-3-puzzle Password Plus games, each winner playing a Lightining Round/Alphabetics at, say, $1000 a word, endless supply of words. Whichever player scored the most words in his bonus round gets the crack at the million.

Or, you could have two games of "Classic" Password, the winner of each moving on to Super Password (perhaps playing a quick lightning round or Prizeword in between). Winner of that plays Alphabetics for $50-100K. If s/he wins that, they get the Million Dollar Word. (But then there's no million try every episode. Or they could skip Alphabetics and play for the million.)

[Neumms]

One more idea: If it's one word in one clue for the million, they could put the player in a sound proof booth (not original, I know) while the celebrity fields suggestions from the audience for what the one clue should be. It's still going to be luck, but if there's some consensus behind the clue, it takes some of the pressure of.

If it is like a Cashword (rather than win Alphabetics five times in a row, or risk your $100K to play), it could like the first $100,000 Name That Tune. I loved that even though I never liked Name That Tune.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'166633\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 04:24 PM\']
One more idea: If it's one word in one clue for the million, they could put the player in a sound proof booth (not original, I know) while the celebrity fields suggestions from the audience for what the one clue should be. It's still going to be luck, but if there's some consensus behind the clue, it takes some of the pressure of.
[/quote]
That's the BEST idea i've seen yet for this.

[Clay Zambo]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'166619\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 02:16 PM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'166601\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 05:59 AM\']
But the same can be said of "Millionaire."  You've just won $500,000.  Now you have a chance to play for a million, or walk away.  We don't spend all that much time celebrating your $500K win.
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I don't entirely agree. Yes, that's how it panned out occasionally, with the win happening and the lights immediately coming back down, but more often than not, they would pause to celebrate at least a little, then throw to break. One that sticks in my mind is Ogi Ogas' win last year.
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So let's go to commercial first.  I've no problem with spreading out the suspense--after all, if there are breaks galore before we "...open the case!", why not between parts of a multi-part endgame?

[Clay Zambo]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'166632\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 04:18 PM\']
Winner of that plays Alphabetics for $50-100K. If s/he wins that, they get the Million Dollar Word. (But then there's no million try every episode. Or they could skip Alphabetics and play for the million.)
[/quote]

That's FINE.  There doesn't have to be a try on every episode--just like every Millionaire contestant doesn't get to see Question #15 (or 12, depending).  All they need to pitch the hell out of the thing is the CHANCE to play for a million.  If you don't get past the qualifying step, you don't get to play for the grand prize.  (And the producers--and the celeb, probably--sigh in relief.

[Fedya]

JTFriends1 wrote:

Alphabetics A-Z in 2 minutes at $5,000/word - $1,000,000 if you hit all 26.

The password is... XANTHOMA

;-)

The other 25 letters would probably work, though.

[Jay Temple]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'166641\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 03:47 PM\']
JTFriends1 wrote:

Alphabetics A-Z in 2 minutes at $5,000/word - $1,000,000 if you hit all 26.

The password is... XANTHOMA

;-)

The other 25 letters would probably work, though.
[/quote]
I think six shows might be doable, especially if there's a night where they fare badly enough that the "X" word is never revealed.

X-ray
xylophone
Xerox
Xavier
X-Men
xenon

[HYHYBT]

Does Password allow proper names?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'166690\' date=\'Oct 14 2007, 12:28 AM\']
Does Password allow proper names?
[/quote]
As clues, yes. According to the rules to the box game, the Password itself will never be one, but we've seen that go out the window on both Plus and Super.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'166695\' date=\'Oct 14 2007, 03:51 AM\']
[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'166690\' date=\'Oct 14 2007, 12:28 AM\']
Does Password allow proper names?[/quote]
As clues, yes. According to the rules to the box game, the Password itself will never be one, but we've seen that go out the window on both Plus and Super.[/quote]
Sure.  And it's not as thought the new show would restrict itself needlessly.

"Man, proper nouns would be helpful sometimes.  It's too bad the traditional, original rules of Password forbid us to use them."  Yeah, that's exactly how the Fremantle minds will think.

[Neumms]

Alphabetics A-Z in 2 minutes at $5,000/word - $1,000,000 if you hit all 26.

I think it would be kind of fun if the X word was a gimme, say, xylophone every time out. (X-ray has the hyphen, after all.) 25 passwords in two minutes is still a big deal.

But oh, the hue and cry if there's an illegal clue long about "B" and they end up getting the other 25.

That's why I think a Cashword-type thing is the way to go. If the celebrity gives an illegal clue, it's easy to throw out the word and try another. The celeb breaking rules shouldn't cost the civilian anything. Of course, they could do that with Full-Alphabet Alphabetics, too, and just edit out the round.