![]() ![]() A contestant does the blank-clue head bob, and Heidi Klum says, “What was that face you were making?” I’m honestly unclear on the nuances of the rules, because “gestures” are allegedly prohibited, but happen constantly. Fallon gives a clue for “Rocky” by repeatedly doing a Stallone impression while saying “Adrian.” This is the jokey, charades version of Password, where clues get delivered with physical affectations and movements that are sometimes more revealing than the word. Having an actual live studio audience to react authentically to the bad guesses and the exceptional ones is a considerable improvement over the shows that over the past few years have had to use digital avatars and/or lots of fake cheering and clapping. Like ABC’s Match Game, each hour has two episodes with the same celebrities but new contestants, who are game to play, and that’s all that’s really necessary. It’s a nice way to cap a less-successful game. If they fail to get 10, there’s a bonus bonus round: the player gives one clue and if the celebrities together can guess the password, they double whatever they earned in the bonus round. They get $1,000 for each correct answer, and $25,000 if they get all 10. ![]() In the bonus round, the player has one minute to give 10 clues: 30 seconds for each celebrity. If a player wins both rounds, they go on to the bonus round if each contestant wins one of the two rounds, they play a version of Super Password to break the tie. Then they switch partners and do it all over again. The first team to 15 points wins the round. The clue giver/receiver switches with each new password. The points they get for a correct answer diminish with each clue given. The format is simple and familiar: Each celebrity pairs with a normie, and the celebrities take turns giving one-word clues to get their partner to say the password. This Password doesn’t really do that, even with its version of the 1960s theme song, because it looks like a game show in 2022, not an updated version of a 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s show, like ABC’s game shows. Password’s Jimmy Fallon, host Keke Palmer, and guest Jon Hamm (Photo by Jordin Althaus/NBC)ĪBC figured out several years ago was that revivals worked best-at least creatively-when they honor the DNA of the original, in the production design and the game play. If, like me, watching Jimmy Fallon for more than a few seconds makes you start to claw at your own flesh to stop the pain, this may not be the game show revival for you. ![]() If you adore Jimmy Fallon, and cannot get enough of his humor, and also like Password, either the original or the bit, this show is for you. Smoove, and Meghan Trainor.)Įvery episode’s title includes his name: “Jon Hamm & Jimmy Fallon.” “Heidi Klum & Jimmy Fallon.” “Martin Short & Jimmy Fallon.” The set even has the same color palette as his Tonight Show set. Jimmy Fallon has put himself in every episode, even though he’s introduced as one of the “all-star guests.” (The other announced celebrity guests are Yvette Nicole Brown, Tony Hale, Jon Hamm, Chelsea Handler, Heidi Klum, Joel McHale, Chrissy Metz, Martin Short, J.B. Most recently, Jimmy Fallon has turned Password (NBC, Tuesdays at 10) into a bit on his Late Show and The Tonight Show, and that’s basically what NBC is giving us with its new version: 43 minutes of Jimmy Fallon mugging for the camera. In between then and now are several versions, from Super Password in the 1980s to Regis Philbin’s Million Dollar Password in the 2000s (played once by Phil Keoghan and Julie Chen!). Password has gone through several iterations and several networks, changing quite signficantly even during the 1960s and 1970s. As with so many other revivals of classic game shows, the new Password on NBC is not jumping from 1961 with host Allen Ludden to 2022 and with new host Keke Palmer. ![]()
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