Lake Neuron

I don’t think I will like the game play of CBS’s new “Million Dollar Password,” a re-working of my all-time favorite game show. But Regis Philbin is an ideal host, and I am delighted to see that Betty White apparently makes an appearance. It wouldn’t be “Password” without Betty, who met “Password” host Allen Ludden when she was a celebrity panelist on the show and ended up marrying him. Ludden is still, for my money, the classiest game show host ever (possibly tied with Hugh Downs, who at one time hosted “Concentration.”)

At about the eight-minute mark of the weekly “Late Show Rewind,” a highlight package from the past week of “Late Show with David Letterman,”
you can see Dave and Regis slow dancing:

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/video_player/index/php/946657.phtml

Being a “Password” fan, I can’t wait to see this, although I fear they’ll use something more like the gimmicky “Super Password” or “Password Plus” rules rather than the original, elegant rules.

Regis is a great choice as host, however.

Speaking of classic Goodson-Todman game shows, I taped Drew Carey’s debut on “The Price Is Right” yesterday and watched it last evening. He obviously had a few jitters, but I can already see he’s going to do a great job with the show, as I had predicted he would.