The $20,000 Pyramid (July 20, 1978): Lois Nettleton & Dick Cavett

[SingingExterminator1]

I love this episode from "back in the day" it was taped. That's me in the second game. I think I'll attempt to locate Ruth and Debbie. Maybe we can form a singing group. Ruth and The Contenders; Debbie and The Dentynes (it was a consolation prize from this episode); David and the I Sees (another consolation prize). I'm so happy to see this. Thanks for posting it.

[gamelover1949]

@SingingExterminator1 Your welcome. I really enjoy watching this too.

[Sjsuman5000]

Oh yeah, also Things SOLD BY THE QUART---Another stinker. Motor OIL!!! Water. 

[Sjsuman5000]

FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WEAR GLASSES: A stinker. I would have said Peter Marshall. Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Allen Ludden.

[ErniePaulGeorge]

One last thought: would motor oil and strawberries work as clues?

[ErniePaulGeorge]

Could you really say etc.?

[cr3861]

@ErniePaulGeorge Dick Cavett did anything to show up the judges and Dick Clark; he knew he wouldn't get away with it, just enough for the judges to put him in his place. Still one of the better Pyramid players, despite hamming it up.

[millenniumman75]

23:19 - does anyone recognize that boy in the Snackin' Cake commercial? It's Adam Rich, Nicholas from Eight is Enough.

[millenniumman75]

8:37 - I remember that goofy song! It used to be for some child's Fisher-Price toy LOL.

[gli7utubeo]

Good stuff; thanks! Amazing what dignified celebrities did back then. Can you see, say Leno, Letterman, or Conan or someone from a respected TV series doing this today?

[ErniePaulGeorge]

@gli7utubeo Three thoughts.Letterman did appear BEFORE he became famous (search YouTube). In the 70s, it seemed a # of B and A list TV people were on, in the 80s onward they were mainly B list(?) but solid. My guess: look at the Osmond Pyramid guest list or the Millionaire/Super Password versions last decade as potential guests. Finally, if the new Pyramid version finally gets on the air with Andy Ricther on TBS, I wouldn't be shocked to see Conan O"Brien. Thanks, gamelover1949.

[gamelover1949]

@ErniePaulGeorge No problem.

[RetroCalgary]

Did the $20,000 Pyramid era re-runned on GSN?

[gamelover1949]

@RetroCalgary Back in the early years of the network (the ones that exist from about mid-1978 to the end) and about 2002-03 as part of Pyramid Thursdays, it did.

[heine71]

@gamelover1949 There was also a 1978 episode rerun in 2006 and 2007 during the GSN 50 Greatest Game Shows.

[ArriettyMontgomery20]

When does this rebroadcast this episode?

[gamelover1949]

@ArriettyMontgomery20 I think it was sometime in the late 90s/early 2000.

[MaestroMason1987]

BIG 7 at the start? you don't see that every day.

[vnisanianisback]

Whoever didn't catch this mistake was REALLY sleeping on the job!

[gamelover1949]

@vnisanianisback Indeed.

[Hondo20132]

I actually have a 1966 episode of To Tell the Truth that does the same thing.

[gamelover1949]

@Hondo20132 I never said it never happened. I doubt they'd allow that to happen today. Then again, their prime-time schedule has no retro shows, so even if it did, nobody would notice.

[Hondo20132]

@gamelover1949 And I never said that it never happened. I just thought I'd mention it. Sorry, I should've been more specific.

@MrAamigo I've been considering it, and it'll more likely than not pop up soon.

[MrAamigo]

@Hondo20132 Could you upload that?

[MrMatteNWk]

@MrAamigo Glad to see you are back to bugging everyone for full episodes instead of being grateful for what people can do.

[heine71]

@Hondo20132 Even I remember GSN airing a 1977 Family Feud and a 1974 Tattletales and a 1973 Match Game and a 1960's I've Got a Secret with at least 1 original commercial break from the master kept in.

[Hondo20132]

@heine71 Okay, I think I also have that '77 Feud episode you're talking about. It was up here posted by David at one point, but I don't know if it still is.

[gamelover1949]

@Hondo20132 That was on my old channel too. I might get back at it in the future.

And it's not a big deal; it's cool that we both have something "unique" from GSN in that era.

[rstyeast73]

@heine71 Do you think those are available ?

[Raffertyfan87]

GSN rarely aired this. But I liked this version too. Thanks a bunch.

[gamelover1949]

@Raffertyfan87 No problem.