"It's PASSWORD...It's....
Broadcast History
Host:
Bert Convy
Airdates: September 24, 1984-March 24, 1989, NBC
Announcers: Rich Jeffries (First few weeks),
Gene Wood
Studio: NBC Studio 3, Burbank
Packager: Mark Goodson Television Productions
Main Game
Very similar to Password Plus. Two teams of
a contestant and celebrity competed. The object was to convey the
"password" to their partner with one word clues (opposite clues were now
allowed). The limit was 2
clues per side, each side alternating a clue. In round 1 the
celebrities gave, and each
alternating each round. Each
"password"
was put in a puzzle of 5 words and the puzzle was the subject of a
person, place or thing. If you solved the puzzle in round 1, the
puzzle was worth $100, in round 2 it was worth
$200, round 3 $300,
and so on. The winner of round two would play a new game for bonus
money called the "Ca$hword." The celebrity was 
shown
the Ca$hword and
would give 3 clues, 
one at a time for their partner to guess. If the
contestant guessed, they won $1,000. Every time it was not guessed,
the Ca$hword went up $1,000 until guessed. After round 2, the
contestants switched celebrity partners. The first player to reach
$500 won the game and played Super Password.
Super Password
The Super Password round was basically the
same as Alphabetics. 
10 consecutive
letters of the alphabet were revealed at the start. The object was for the celebrity to convey
those ten words using one word clues in 60 seconds. $100 for each
word guessed correctly, and if all 10 were guessed the
contestant won
the jackpot, which started at $5,000 and went up by that much each
time not won. An illegal clue however forfeited any shot at the
jackpot.
Facts
-The prop used in the Ca$hword was known as the "Magic Toaster" as Bert put it. Betty White destroyed it on the last episode.
-Bert Convy was a well known actor in movies and television before becoming a game show host. He hosted Tattletales on CBS from 1974-1978 and from 1982-1984. From 1987-1989 he produced Win Lose or Draw with Burt Reynolds and also hosted the show in syndication (Bert also produced the NBC daytime version from 1987-1989, but had Vicki Lawrence as host of that version. Robb Weller took over for Bert in 1990 as host of the syndicated version, with Bert still producing). Bert was slated to host the ABC 1990 version of Match Game, however was to ill to host. He died in 1991 of brain cancer.
-Super Password lasted an amazing 4 years in the NBC death time slot, 12 noon.