![]() ![]() ![]() It takes more than showmanship to make for a good celebrity panelist on Password you have to be both invested in and good at the game. Then there are the celebrity guests, who are more than just window dressing their skillful participation is necessary to help the contestants win. The simplicity and play-along nature of the game, inviting viewers to armchair quarterback what clues they'd give, are the backbone of the show. It has endured because it is an incredibly simple yet compelling premise (one that has inspired quite a few memorable parodies): two contestants, each paired with a celebrity, take turns giving and receiving one-word clues to a secret word. The original premiered in 1961 and lived on in several iterations, many of them with the participation of its most treasured guest, Betty White. There is plenty of reverence paid to the original Password game show in its 2022 revival. The problem is executive producer and permanent celebrity panelist Jimmy Fallon, who could not be more temperamentally ill-fitted to what Password needs to succeed. The problem isn't the contestants, nor the game itself. The problem isn't new host Keke Palmer, who brings with her an infectious style and enthusiasm (not to mention the cultural cachet of currently having the #1 movie in theaters). Minutes into its very first episode, the rebooted Password on NBC perfectly makes plain why it isn't going to work. ![]()
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