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If you've never seen 'Password Plus' before, I highly suggest you tune in to watch it. It is a very entertaining show, hosted by Allen Ludden. However, the Ludden ones (79-80) are the only ones I feel are worth watching. Allen Ludden made Password, and he is what made Password Plus great before his death in 1981. The two contestants, each matched up with a celebrity, would play the classic Password game, then try and solve a puzzle (either a person, place, or a thing) using the five passwords previously guessed. Whatever team got to 300 dollars first went on to play 'Alphabetics.' In Alphabetics, ten passwords were arranged alphabetically (for example, A through J). Each word was communicated to the contestant, using one word clues. Each word was worth 100 dollars, and if you got all ten, you got 5,000 dollars. The show has a great, catchy theme song, and terrific entrances with Allen Ludden greeting you with an outstretched arm and inquiring, 'How ya doing', or saying 'I'm glad you're here', or 'Hi, Doll!'. Watch the 1979 version on Game Show Network Monday-Friday at 7:00 p.m., or the 1980 version at 4:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. It'll be well worth your time.

I am 16 years old, and first discovered 'Match Game' on Game Show Network about 2 or 3 years ago, and since then, I am hooked. The show began in 1973 on a spinoff of the old 60's series, 'The Match Game'. Gene Rayburn was the perfect match as a host of the show. The game itself was very simple: two contestants filled in the blank on a question, rhyme, poem, etc, that usually had a definitive answer to it. If the contestant's response matched that of a celebrity, they got a match. There were six celebrities on the panel in all, and whoever got the most matches after the end of two, sometimes, three rounds, they moved on to play the 'big money Super Match', where they had to match one celebrity head-to-head for a chance at anywhere from 1,000 to 20,000 dollars, depending on what version of the show it was. The show was simple in itself; it was the interaction between Gene Rayburn and the six celebrity panelists that made it funny. Typical panelists included Richard Dawson, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty White, Bob Barker, and Fanny Flagg, however, literally dozens and dozens of more appeared from one time to another. The show ran on CBS in the afternoon and evening until the early 80's. Several shows have since tried to remake 'Match Game', but none have been successful. 'Match Game' runs on Game Show Network weekdays at 9:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 6:30 PM, and 9:00 PM. On the weekends, it runs at 9:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 6:30 PM, and 9:00 PM on Saturdays. Tune in, you won't want to miss it.