Jimmy Fallon Hosts A Round Of Password On TODAY

We're back, it's 8:35 and you know what else is back? One of the most iconic game shows in history. It premiered in 1961. It's making a triumphant return tonight here on NBC. It is hosted by Kiki Palmer. friend Jimmy Fallon Jimmy will walk us through a game in a minute, but Jimmy was first asked how this all came about. We did the game on a show with Betty White, uh, because obviously Betty White was the classic permanent guest on Pastor. She met her husband Alan Ludden on the show, so we asked Betty if she could play Pastor. She, of course, was the greatest of all time, so we continued to feature it on our show and then asked: Why not?

Why isn't it on television? We should bring it. He was there for 16 years, yes, and it's the type that everyone can see, kids, adults, it's very easy to play. I give you, you give a clue and then you have to give a one word clue and we try to raise twenty. five thousand dollars for our contestants, so you've got celebrity guests John Hamm tonight, who's amazing, he's coming from the top line Maverick, uh, we've got Chelsea Handler, JB Smoove, Martin Short, oh, it's a fun show too, it's Martin Short, assemble, came out. and I go Marty and he pushed me out of the way with his hand and hugged Keke Palmer oh my god Keke Palmer is fantastic by the way oh we have such good chemistry and she's the host and it crushes it getting to the game they turned all the monitors off in the studio this is serious okay it's on tonight after America's Got Talent here let's start with the

password

uh let's start here Savannah I'll give you a

password

Craig you'll get a password okay?

I'll listen to it right now at home, don't say what the password is, the password is, you can look at it and then my clue, then I make a clue, yeah, great, you can play or pass, oh, um, there's only one word, just one word, okay. Okay, juice, orange friend, good job, by the way, I nailed it right, yeah, twinkle star, no, it's good, so I got the same thing, so twinkle, you got the same word, no, turn it around The other day, yeah, oh, he said, twinkle, twinkle, now I see why. you hesitated um, okay, I'm fine, I'm going to go a completely different route, you're making it too dark, wait, she's saying a lot more than one word, it's always funny.

Star Wars, no, it's okay, move on, movie, you have shine, can people? at home you see the word right now you can see yes and you can hear the word glitter you have the television right now glitter Magic oh okay wait what are the things glitter uh twinkle movie fairy oh um what the hell is her name um Cinderella oh so close I'm going to stop it right there just give us a text it's over Sparkle was the word Oracle that's a sparkle okay let's do one more here you go Savannah okay here you go Craig Savannah you have first here we go script can' I use I know this program It's now Sorry, wait, can you make a gesture?

No, no, writing literature, but she said it was so perfect. Yes, write, write what the good Lord gave you, oh, movie, write movie, uh, uh, theater, come on. I'm ready, you got it, I'm ready, yeah, script Savannah Chanel, oh my god, can we go to the show? Please come to the program. Please come to the program. Thank you very much, so it will be tonight. I think you'll love. It gets crazy, it gets so competitive. People go crazy. Shall we try to give an acceptance speech? Well, thanks Jimmy. It's taking us a long time to get to this.

Oh, sorry, just make the cheese. This is going to be. Great, I'm excited, will you come back and play with us again? Okay, he also came back in the fourth hour. Do not miss it. I'm not going to miss it. Password for tonight's premiere 10 9 Central right here on NBC I wish I could hear you yelling at the TV because they've got the words right, hey, thanks for watching our YouTube channel, find your favorite recipes, celebrity interviews, inspiring stories, shop our Favorite deals and much more with the Today app, download it now.