# When I ask you to think of the host of the game show "Password", you think of who? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 11, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493 "2016-08-11T21:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/1 "2016-08-11T21:44:35Z")
I’m curious. Edit: I’m changing the question since I’m more interested in the answer to “Who is the host of Password to you when you think of the game?” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/2 "2016-08-11T21:45:35Z")
Betty White, like almost every other game show. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/3 "2016-08-11T21:51:15Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Betty White, like almost every other game show. Good answer. I’ve changed the question, though. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/4 "2016-08-12T16:45:00Z")
Never watched Password but Drew Carey was the first host to come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/5 "2016-08-12T17:56:28Z")
Mr. [del]Betty White[/del] Allen Ludden, of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/6 "2016-08-12T18:08:28Z")
Bert Convy, although I must admit I could not think of his name until I saw it as an option. Could just picture the dark, curly hair. I’m not familiar with Ludden at all. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/7 "2016-08-12T20:05:12Z")
I am just old enough to remember the original CBS version’s last year or so. As for other shows you’ll probably ask about: To Tell The Truth: Garry Moore (his syndicated daily 1970s version) Match Game: Gene Rayburn (I also vaguely remember the original NBC version) Pyramid: Dick Clark Hollywood Squares: Peter Marshall Jeopardy: Art Fleming (probably because the first name that comes to mind is announcer Don Pardo, in his pre-SNL days) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/8 "2016-08-12T20:18:41Z")
Ludden. If there was someone else doing it then it wasn’t really Password. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/9 "2016-08-12T20:36:57Z")
Convy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/10 "2016-08-12T21:46:46Z")
Ludden for me. I wasn’t aware that Convy had been a host of Password. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/11 "2016-08-12T22:13:22Z")
Oscar: (disgusted) Aristophanes… ! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/12 "2016-08-12T22:58:51Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Bert Convy, although I must admit I could not think of his name until I saw it as an option. Could just picture the dark, curly hair. I’m not familiar with Ludden at all. Ditto. Couldn’t remember his name if you paid me to, but recognize it. Weird as I watched it all the time in the 80s ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/13 "2016-08-12T23:59:17Z")
I think of my grandma. I remember watching the show with her when I was young. We also played the board game. Fond memories. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/14 "2016-08-15T17:41:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Ludden for me. I wasn’t aware that Convy had been a host of Password. Convy hosted NBC’s _Super Password_ (pretty much the same as _Password Plus_). I can think of three other hosts: Jack Clark occasionally filled in for Ludden on the 1960s version; somewhere in my collection of recordings, I have an episode he hosted with either a pre-_The Brady Bunch_ Florence Henderson or a decade-before-_Benson_ Inga Swenson on it. Tom Kennedy took over from Ludden on _Password Plus_ when Ludden became to ill to continue. Regis Philbin hosted CBS’s _Million Dollar Password_. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Oscar: (disgusted) Aristophanes… ! I don’t think he was disgusted; earlier in the show, in a practice round at home, Felix had said “Aristophanes” as a clue, and Oscar said that it was ridiculous; Oscar said it to get Felix to say the password “ridiculous.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/15 "2016-08-15T17:50:22Z")
Allen Ludden. One of the best hosts ever. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/16 "2016-08-15T18:37:33Z")
I clicked on the thread just to see who, other tha Ludden, was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/17 "2016-08-15T19:42:17Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > I am just old enough to remember the original CBS version’s last year or so. > As for other shows you’ll probably ask about: > > To Tell The Truth: Garry Moore (his syndicated daily 1970s version) > Match Game: Gene Rayburn (I also vaguely remember the original NBC version) > Pyramid: Dick Clark > Hollywood Squares: Peter Marshall > Jeopardy: Art Fleming (probably because the first name that comes to mind is announcer Don Pardo, in his pre-SNL days) Some years ago, when Tom Bergeron hosted the last incarnation of _Hollywood Squares_, Peter Marshall (and a few other former game show hosts such as Bob Eubanks) was one of the stars. On the final show of that week, Marshall and Bergeron switched places for the last half of that show. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/18 "2016-08-15T20:04:41Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Some years ago, when Tom Bergeron hosted the last incarnation of _Hollywood Squares_, Peter Marshall (and a few other former game show hosts such as Bob Eubanks) was one of the stars. On the final show of that week, Marshall and Bergeron switched places for the last half of that show. Actually, I saw that episode - but from what I remember, (a) it was a Thursday, and (b) Marshall hosted the entire show (except possibly for the bonus round). Marshall definitely hosted the first part of the show, as he was surprised when he said that each game was worth $1000 (instead of the $200 when he hosted). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/19 "2016-08-15T22:26:25Z")
Bill Cullen. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493/20 "2016-08-15T22:33:05Z")
Of course Ludden. Convy is the host of Tattletales. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-ask-you-to-think-of-the-host-of-the-game-show-password-you-think-of-who/762493.md?page=2)