Celebs may have gotten away on some shows with hand gestures, but when the series moved to ABC, Bob Stewart was not having it anymore. Despite being a rating hit on CBS, it kinda gave too much of the $10,000 away. Besides, this country was going through a bad economy recession, with gasoline prices abnormally high, as well as the Watergate scandal.
He was buzzed because Galahad isn't a fictional place, but a character; plus he was being descriptive. I would've said "Town of Bedrock", or "Jellystone Park".
Indeed far different rules back in the day. Celebs like Asner with the "ahhh" and "ummm", getting flustered were always a detriment to contestants winning big. Bill Cullen was an exceptional giver in lighting rounds like these.
No, I think I read somewhere that they used to shoot in what was the Ed Sullivan Theatre, which eventually was taken by Dave Letterman's show in 1993.
Actually, "The $10,000 Pyramid" was shot in Manhattan; this episode was taped at Television City in Hollywood for a couple of weeks worth of shows before heading back home to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York for the remainder of its CBS run. The L.A. audiences definitely lacked the energy of the New York crowds; that was even obvious when the Pyramid moved out of New York and settled permanently in L.A. in the 1980s. Sorry, Bob Stewart; it just was never the same again.
The Winner's Circle was THE best game show endgame in television history... The big Pyramid, along with being the focal point of the entire game and set, definitely served its purpose. Aside from being beautiful, regal, and flashy, the Pyramid was also a looming, somewhat menacing, and VERY imposing character... A foe that was to be defeated. The $10,000 would stare down at celebrities from its apex, daring them to help their partner win the spoils in under a minute... Tension galore!! :-)
Well. The winner circle may have seemed easy in the early days; the subject seem a bit easy but try describing them under time constraints I dare you. Ed was doing his best and Joan was doing her best but even the best of us can screw up; it's all about how we handle it that's important. SOme of us will throw the chair and some will just admit their mistake and apologize; the latter is better.
That's just it;one can get wrapped it in their descriptions and even though Dick Clark would warn them they'd be buzzed for giving too much description,it would be super easy to forget in the heat of the moment.
Here's my reasoning. The category was specifically "Arab Nations" and "Saudi Arabia," despite having part of the subject's name in its description fit the category, so the contestant got the credit for that one.
Celebs may have gotten away on some shows with hand gestures, but when the series moved to ABC, Bob Stewart was not having it anymore. Despite being a rating hit on CBS, it kinda gave too much of the $10,000 away. Besides, this country was going through a bad economy recession, with gasoline prices abnormally high, as well as the Watergate scandal.
tyrese3745 8 months ago
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MIKECNW 8 months ago
He should have been beeped for Arab nations.
eshaw2115 11 months ago
Nowadays the clue would've been Quahog.
spxmet 2 years ago
This aired November 16, 1973.
Pinman1000 2 years ago
He was buzzed because Galahad isn't a fictional place, but a character; plus he was being descriptive. I would've said "Town of Bedrock", or "Jellystone Park".
SJKopp 2 years ago
It seems like when Ed went back to that last category, it sounds like he said "back to fictional places."
MrMatteNWk 2 years ago
@MrMatteNWk
You're right, I think he did! One way or another the buzzing was entirely correct.
WrestlingHeretic 7 months ago in playlist Pyramid
Indeed far different rules back in the day. Celebs like Asner with the "ahhh" and "ummm", getting flustered were always a detriment to contestants winning big. Bill Cullen was an exceptional giver in lighting rounds like these.
wdm1219 2 years ago
The buzzer when off with 7 seconds remaining.
catholicpriest1 2 years ago
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Yes, seven seconds remaining but Asner was buzzed because of the clue he gave --- not allowed to do that in the winner's circle.
scriptum60 2 years ago
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Why using hands in the Winner's Circle?
PTH4Fun 2 years ago
I remember that "crooked angle" look of this show when I was a kid. God I miss shows being from New York like this.
DannyBkyn 2 years ago 2
Why was Saudi Arabia not buzzed for "Arab Countries" since Arab is a form of Arabia?
shoredude2 2 years ago
The judges were much more liberal in the early years.
torchkit 2 years ago
This was in the days when they shot the "Pyramid" in Manhattan, I presume...
StukInBuf 3 years ago
Nope. In L.A.
colBoh 2 years ago
No, I think I read somewhere that they used to shoot in what was the Ed Sullivan Theatre, which eventually was taken by Dave Letterman's show in 1993.
StukInBuf 2 years ago
Actually, "The $10,000 Pyramid" was shot in Manhattan; this episode was taped at Television City in Hollywood for a couple of weeks worth of shows before heading back home to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York for the remainder of its CBS run. The L.A. audiences definitely lacked the energy of the New York crowds; that was even obvious when the Pyramid moved out of New York and settled permanently in L.A. in the 1980s. Sorry, Bob Stewart; it just was never the same again.
Noveltooner 2 years ago
The Winner's Circle was THE best game show endgame in television history... The big Pyramid, along with being the focal point of the entire game and set, definitely served its purpose. Aside from being beautiful, regal, and flashy, the Pyramid was also a looming, somewhat menacing, and VERY imposing character... A foe that was to be defeated. The $10,000 would stare down at celebrities from its apex, daring them to help their partner win the spoils in under a minute... Tension galore!! :-)
gameshowluvr86 2 years ago
It was only on CBS for one season until it moved to ABC for at least 6.
landrykkb 1 year ago
For "Fictional Places" I would have said "the land of Oz....", or "Superman's Metropolis...."
gameshowluvr86 3 years ago
Brigadoon. Atlantis.
WrestlingHeretic 2 years ago 3
Good! How about "Shakespeare's Camelot...?"
gameshowluvr86 2 years ago
I don't understand "Shakespeare's Camelot."
torchkit 2 years ago
@gameshowluvr86
Xanadu, 221 B Baker St.,....
younghoss 9 months ago
Shangri-la, Eldorado, yeah, there's a bunch he could have used. He was a little over-excited.
torchkit 2 years ago
Gotham City, Bedrock, Camp Crystal Lake.
PriceRight89 2 years ago
Camp Crystal Lake? In 1973?!
Quartzquiz 2 years ago
Well. The winner circle may have seemed easy in the early days; the subject seem a bit easy but try describing them under time constraints I dare you. Ed was doing his best and Joan was doing her best but even the best of us can screw up; it's all about how we handle it that's important. SOme of us will throw the chair and some will just admit their mistake and apologize; the latter is better.
gamshwfan 3 years ago 4
This was pre- "you can't use your hands" times.
StukInBuf 3 years ago
That's just it;one can get wrapped it in their descriptions and even though Dick Clark would warn them they'd be buzzed for giving too much description,it would be super easy to forget in the heat of the moment.
landrykkb 1 year ago
Here's my reasoning. The category was specifically "Arab Nations" and "Saudi Arabia," despite having part of the subject's name in its description fit the category, so the contestant got the credit for that one.
PriceRight89 3 years ago 2
I think they didn't start out as strict, but evolved to be stricter and stricter as time when on.
WrestlingHeretic 2 years ago 2
For Arab countries, I would have thought they would have buzzed him on Saudi Arabia.
bluebear1985 3 years ago 2