ALPHABETICS!

The contestant who wins the game plays Alphabetics. The celebrity gives the contestant clues for ten passwords, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet (e.g., A-J, B-K, C-L, etc.). Each word the contestant gets right is worth $100. If the contestant gets all ten words in sixty seconds or less, he/she wins $5,000! Beginning in 1981, during the final season, the Alphabetics jackpot began at $5,000 and increased that much every time it was not won. An illegal clue reduces the jackpot by one fifth of the jackpot’s value; e.g., $5,000 goes down to $4,000; $10,000 down to $8,000, $15,000 down to $12,000, etc.

NEWEST VIDEOS

1979: The Poet Laureate of Television, Nipsey Russell, tries his hand at Alphabetics.

1979: A freaky opening, then George Peppard tries to help his contestant win $5,000. After opening the week with a rant, CAN HE END IT RIGHT?

1979: Elizabeth Montgomery and her contestant get a major lesson in geography in this Alphabetics. Does it pay off?

1979: The Master of The Hollywood Squares, Peter Marshall, is playing his first Alphabetics. Will he help Sandy win $5,000?

1980: We saw Arte Johnson show us the wrong way to end a show. Bill Cullen will show us the right way to begin a show.

1980: Card Sharks host Jim Perry is going to receive the clues from Judy Norton-Taylor. Will he and Judy get the $5,000?

SPECIAL FEATURES

1979: On her first episode, Mary Tyler Moore plays her first Alphabetics. Will she help V win $5,000?

1980: Eunice and Mama want $5,000 for their charities. WILL THEY GET IT?

1980: Joanna Gleason will receive the clues from Carol Burnett. WILL THEY WIN THE $5,000?

1981: Another Alphabetics in character; how well will Birdie and Sue Ann do here?

1981: Watch as Regis Philbin and his contestant Angie go for $10,000 in Alphabetics.

1982: This may be a traditional Alphabetics win, but this one is very special. See why it is special.