You would think with Letterman being originally from Indiana he have a Cubs or White Sox jacket, but since moving to the New England states, he would wear a Yankees jacket. Thus he puts on Dodgers jacket irking New Yorkers after of this being aired after the Yankees beat the Dodgers in the 1978 World Series. No wonder what Dick said as he tiptoed in.
@JoelandtheBots He did actually host a game show pilot, The Riddlers. That pilot is actually on YouTube. He did okay, but a couple things with the format is probably what caused NBC not to pick it up.
I don't get this. Letterman makes a fashion statement that ticks the audience off, even if he's into the Dodgers regardless of where it's mentioned (Brooklyn or L.A.). These days, you can't talk about or wear the Yankees in Boston or the Red Sox in New York and vice versa. I guess it's not okay to represent the New York Mets no matter where you are either. How Bizzare!
Good ol' Dave got some major heel heat for wearing that in New York City! I loved when Bob Clayton chuckled/tried to compose himself during the intro.
The stage was ABC Studio TV-15, the Elysee Theater on West 58th Street, now St. Thomas Choir School. The show moved from the Ed Sullivan Theater, CBS-TV Studio 50, in 1974.
The cameras were different too. The Elysee (TV-15) used General Electric PE-350 cameras, dating back from the years when Dick Cavett hosted his show from there; in contrast to the Ed Sullivan Theatre which, during "$10,000 Pyramid's" first year on CBS, still had the Norelco PC-60/70's. There may be some difference in picture quality if one made a side-by-side comparison of the surviving CBS and ABC "Pyramids."
@wmbrown6 By this Time, most ABC studios swithced from Norelco/Peto Scott PC 70s to RCA TK-47's Elysee did change over directly to TK-47 by the 50000 run. But Elysee was replaced by WABC-TV's Lincoln Center complex and the original WOR-TV studios on Central Park West for live New York Shows. The "stables (TV-1 were not used for most live shows), either Elysee, Ritz or the old WOR-TV studios were used. Elysee was near WOR's second home on Broadway.
@wmbrown6 ABC's original color cameras were from GE and Pye/Norelco...CBS was a prime customer of Pye/Norelco, and then swithched directly to Sony and Ikegami...ABC switched Elysee to RCA TK-47's in the last season (ABC used both GE and RCA in the black and white era, but rejected RCA TK-42's for Pye/Norelco for color)
@chas1065b - RCA TK-47's, eh? Must've been before the Ikegami HK-312C's came out. I know ABC's then-O&O in Detroit, WXYZ, used RCA TK-45A's. So ABC really WAS over the map when it came to color cameras (yet I didn't see a single Marconi Mark VII or VIII among their live color studio camera itinerary).
@chas1065b - I also seem to remember, as far as CBS is concerned, that after their Norelco PC-60/70's were retired, they went with the Hitachi SK-110.
The celebrity in the opening segment (1st winner circle) is actor Tony Roberts. Mostly known for his work on Broadway. I actually saw this win the day it happened and his co-star was Mackenzie Phillips from "One Day at a Time". His contestant partner went a little bit nuts when they won.
To add on to my post from 6 days ago, even though Patrick Wayne never did "Pyramid", his brother, Ethan Wayne (from "The Bold and the Beautiful"), did Pyramid once, during an all-star CBS Daytime soap week of the $25K Pyramid. It was the 4th (and last) all celeb week from the 80's version, and all 4 of them were from 1987.
There was another all-star week earlier that year, with Teresa Ganzel, Shelly Smith, Earl Holliman, and Henry Polic II. I remember seeing that week reran on USA like around 1991 or so...
You would think with Letterman being originally from Indiana he have a Cubs or White Sox jacket, but since moving to the New England states, he would wear a Yankees jacket. Thus he puts on Dodgers jacket irking New Yorkers after of this being aired after the Yankees beat the Dodgers in the 1978 World Series. No wonder what Dick said as he tiptoed in.
TheFrankenstein72 1 year ago
Dave, you're way too hawt and witty for game show hell.
JoelandtheBots 1 year ago
@JoelandtheBots He did actually host a game show pilot, The Riddlers. That pilot is actually on YouTube. He did okay, but a couple things with the format is probably what caused NBC not to pick it up.
bluebear1985 6 months ago
I don't get this. Letterman makes a fashion statement that ticks the audience off, even if he's into the Dodgers regardless of where it's mentioned (Brooklyn or L.A.). These days, you can't talk about or wear the Yankees in Boston or the Red Sox in New York and vice versa. I guess it's not okay to represent the New York Mets no matter where you are either. How Bizzare!
meyerj75 2 years ago
"You gon git us kill'd maan!"
PsYcHoFaB 2 years ago 12
@PsYcHoFaB I always said Dick Clark was half black! LOL... Jk. Lol.
gameshowluvr86 4 months ago
Good ol' Dave got some major heel heat for wearing that in New York City! I loved when Bob Clayton chuckled/tried to compose himself during the intro.
terjer01 3 years ago 2
Letterman is adorable!
KellyGreen5555 3 years ago
Maybe Dave was referring to The Brooklyn Dodgers.
sugarbear522 3 years ago 2
If so, he was 21 years too late . . . ;D
wmbrown6 2 years ago
Was this taped at the Ed Sullivan Theater?
redheadedgolem 3 years ago
The stage was ABC Studio TV-15, the Elysee Theater on West 58th Street, now St. Thomas Choir School. The show moved from the Ed Sullivan Theater, CBS-TV Studio 50, in 1974.
davemock 3 years ago
The cameras were different too. The Elysee (TV-15) used General Electric PE-350 cameras, dating back from the years when Dick Cavett hosted his show from there; in contrast to the Ed Sullivan Theatre which, during "$10,000 Pyramid's" first year on CBS, still had the Norelco PC-60/70's. There may be some difference in picture quality if one made a side-by-side comparison of the surviving CBS and ABC "Pyramids."
wmbrown6 2 years ago
@wmbrown6 By this Time, most ABC studios swithced from Norelco/Peto Scott PC 70s to RCA TK-47's Elysee did change over directly to TK-47 by the 50000 run. But Elysee was replaced by WABC-TV's Lincoln Center complex and the original WOR-TV studios on Central Park West for live New York Shows. The "stables (TV-1 were not used for most live shows), either Elysee, Ritz or the old WOR-TV studios were used. Elysee was near WOR's second home on Broadway.
chas1065b 1 year ago
@wmbrown6 ABC's original color cameras were from GE and Pye/Norelco...CBS was a prime customer of Pye/Norelco, and then swithched directly to Sony and Ikegami...ABC switched Elysee to RCA TK-47's in the last season (ABC used both GE and RCA in the black and white era, but rejected RCA TK-42's for Pye/Norelco for color)
chas1065b 1 year ago
@chas1065b - RCA TK-47's, eh? Must've been before the Ikegami HK-312C's came out. I know ABC's then-O&O in Detroit, WXYZ, used RCA TK-45A's. So ABC really WAS over the map when it came to color cameras (yet I didn't see a single Marconi Mark VII or VIII among their live color studio camera itinerary).
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@chas1065b - I also seem to remember, as far as CBS is concerned, that after their Norelco PC-60/70's were retired, they went with the Hitachi SK-110.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
Dave, dude, you're about 40 years out of step!
Interesting enough, both celebrities have "LETTE" in their last names.
colBoh 3 years ago
I love how spirited the NY Pyramid audience was.
tvpirate05 3 years ago
Does anyone know the name of the celebrity in the second win of the opening clip?
mjhunt1 3 years ago
that would be Anita Gillette
excuseyou77 3 years ago
The celebrity in the opening segment (1st winner circle) is actor Tony Roberts. Mostly known for his work on Broadway. I actually saw this win the day it happened and his co-star was Mackenzie Phillips from "One Day at a Time". His contestant partner went a little bit nuts when they won.
LarryChipMarsh 3 years ago
She looked as if she was going to erupt into seizure if she didn't calm down!
UmedaRaton 2 years ago
As a Giants fan I would be booing too!!!!!!
SurfNetSal75 3 years ago
Guess Mr. Letterman forgot who won the World Series in 1978!!!!!!!!!
NEPatriot 3 years ago
I like how David covered it up by saying he found that jackket in Dick Clark's wardrobe! lol!
PriceRight89 3 years ago 2
i thought that Dick might have sounded like Tony Danza when he went like, "You gon' get us killed, man!"
dylanbob89098 3 years ago 3
No that was Tony Roberts who was the 1st guest on the Cullen Nighttime Pyramid
FBCDJ1620am 3 years ago
is that man in the first WC win Patrick Wayne?
dylanbob89098 3 years ago
Patrick Wayne never once did "Pyramid".
vnisanian2001 3 years ago
Nope, that's David Groh from Rhoda. :)
gameshowluvr86 3 years ago
To add on to my post from 6 days ago, even though Patrick Wayne never did "Pyramid", his brother, Ethan Wayne (from "The Bold and the Beautiful"), did Pyramid once, during an all-star CBS Daytime soap week of the $25K Pyramid. It was the 4th (and last) all celeb week from the 80's version, and all 4 of them were from 1987.
vnisanian2001 3 years ago 2
There was another all-star week earlier that year, with Teresa Ganzel, Shelly Smith, Earl Holliman, and Henry Polic II. I remember seeing that week reran on USA like around 1991 or so...
gameshowluvr86 3 years ago
For a moment, I thought that was Geoff Edwards...
PriceRight89 3 years ago
Dick Clark: "May I suggest you not to walk on the street with that!" LOL!
megamanj2004X 3 years ago
It would have been different if it was 1955 and you were in the Brooklyn area.
bluebear1985 3 years ago
Dick Clark sounded so black when he said "You gon' get us killed, man!" LOL.
gameshowluvr86 3 years ago 7