A New Record

[dlambo1]

I'm sorry but Tom Posten is a moron. Just look at his body language, and he gave all of five answers for all of those clues he's a dumbass.

[MrBennetzen]

NO DOLLARS!!!!!

[JeopardyandWheelFan]

You get nothing! You lose! Good day ma'am! And I'll leave it up to all you fellow YouTubers to see why I put ma'am instead of sir in there!

[zachhoran]

THere were $0 wins with Anita Gillette in 1981 on $50K and either Adrienne Barbeau or Joel Brooks during a 1991 $100K tourney(don't remember whether the celeb or contestant was giving the clues in those cases), and a few more on Donnymid. Celebs were briefed on bonus round material when they gave the clues(the celebs always gave during DOnny season one, and most of the time on Donny season two even though contestants could give in the WC in season two if they chose)

[wschmrdr]

I don't think Tom Poston knew (or was used to the fact) that when you receive in the winner's circle, you need to give the subject.

[zamusicza]

At least she had a good sense of humor about it. I would have kicked him the chins.

[the06bug]

Rock Bottom! I hope for Poston's sake he didn't do that on purpose...

[HYEYBT]

Now I see why most contestants didn't give the clues.

[zachhoran]

Operating Procedures and J.D. Rockefeller's oil would maybe get the $300 box October-March Eastern time maybe.

[wschmrdr]

@zachhoran Automobile features... weights and measures...

[hallpriest9]

0:39 - I didn't hear her say "spring".

[MixedAddict]

@hallpriest9 she said coil, which kinda gave it away

[JAldridge86]

They made up for this here, watch?v=UMbeo2-0BgY

[wontonnoodle23]

Everyone's ripping Tom Poston, but it wasn't like the clues were all that great. She sucked more than him.

[MzTJones80]

Damn, you can't get more basic than 2+2=4. This guy was sorry!

[StrangerCoug]

Epic fail indeed.

[G00Dmuzzzik]

wow that guy is a moron...

[larkpraise]

Tom Poston is a horrible player!

[colBoh]

If you can believe it, this woman won the $25,000 on her very first appearance (this is her third).

[KJdaBlackBandit]

FAIL!!!!!! Ive never ever seen someone get nothing in the Winners Circle...how did they win the regular game????

[mystictyph00n]

@KJdaBlackBandit They got their first two perfect, but only needed three to move on.

[dunbar9finger]

"Things that are standard????" What the hell kind of tortured topic is that to guess?

[graperonto]

@dunbar9finger "Standard" was easier than Kief's "ENSHRINED" that won the $100K.

[Ronf465]

zero point zero

[newman20072008]

@Ronf465 : ya but points doesnt matter. HOOPS wrong show LOL

[calalilygirl]

SIMMER DOWN! Her clues were actually good. I think Poston was not up to par. This girl was tops about it though blaming herself. Poston really didn't seem to give a darn. I have to say some of those subjects were difficult to get though.

[Tre404]

@calalilygirl ....one word to describe Poston in his later years, whether in character or in real life: Befuddled. He just was not up to this, poor old guy...

[Tre404]

@calalilygirl ..and she just completely broke down when she realised Poston was just not in sync with her.

[CMB7]

"SIMMER DOWN now!" LOL

[Tre404]

@CMB7 ...yeah, just like the old SNL sketch with Cheri Oteri.. !! :-) LOL... "Simma dannnaaahhh!"

[DRUMMERMAN77]

isnt it true the celeb is in the giving positiion and contestant receives

[calalilygirl]

@DRUMMERMAN77 It was always optional.

[calalilygirl]

@DRUMMERMAN77 It was always optional.

[VirgoDar]

She freaked out and choked!!

[BenJabituya]

I felt bad for that contestant when she ended up with nothing in the Winner's Circle.

[RealDefentertainment]

First question was so easy after those clues

[Ramubay]

World's worst contestant. Pass, pass, pass pass pass pass ass ass ass ass SHUT UP AND GIVE SOME CLUES DIMWIT!!!!

[Ramubay]

Bad clues followed quickly by pass so no one would have a chance to think of an answer.

[TheHYPO]

I don't know if this was an isolated incident or what, but Posten wasn't an idiot. He was a wonderful To Tell The Truth panelist for a long time and very smart in the realm of comedy. Perhaps Pyramid just didn't play to his strengths. Or perhaps this was just an off-day for him.

[TheHYPO]

I should also add, she doesn't seem like that great of a player to me. I've never seen anyone do clues like this ("ok, this is the...")

[BraveJayhawk]

I just recently watched this week. How did Tom Poston get chosen to be on this show. He was terrible. For the record, although she got a goose egg here, she shipped 35k in her first episode as the giver. She was hilarious in it too.

[MrBennetzen]

No Dollars!!!! $0

[devils19040]

This episode was just on today. She got $0 in the first half and $150 in the second half. Unbelievable!

[gothicsuperstar]

...and this folks, is the text book definition of EPIC FAIL!

[mhoran21]

Winner's Circle FAIL

[MyNamesAustin2]

LOL "back to the beginning 2+2=4!" lol

[morgan8757]

tom poston is a real idiot

[PatrioticPirate]

yeah... especially when he's getting such great clues. In other words: I DON 'T THINK SO.

[pluto69]

"I'm doing terrible" What an understatement!! LOL

[hillsongfan1]

Oh my word. I thought I was stupid

[PapagenoJuan]

wow .... fail

[Skrikles]

EPIC fail

[mullethead201]

Will it be possible that GSN will air this episode?

[bjp20]

Maybe. I made the calculations that the week with Anne Bloom and Tom Poston could possibly air on the week of November 9th-November 13th.

[Skrikles]

Did they pick that guy up off the street?

[nycboy3489]

the judges felt sorry for them apparently and let her get away with some illegal clues

[brownstony]

He was an idiot.

[raysn09]

The worst players EVER!

[TVLubber]

The only score of 0 in the Pyramid Winner's Circle.

[PaninaroAurora]

I guess they're setting a record all right-- they just didn't say what KIND of record.

[garfieldUSA]

New Record, the stupidest contestant...i can't believe he can't answer 2+2 tsk, tsk, tsk.

[colBoh]

Reminds me of Zutara and Taang...

[colBoh]

They should have at least gotten the first on right. The contestant gave poor clues on all the other ones EXCEPT the first one, which was fine.

[aaronavouris]

All of the last three should have been buzzed.

Ragged = Shabby

Basic = Standard

[PYLrulz1984]

Nope. Even the Coil shouldnt of been buzzed IMO. Thats the thing though with Pyramid, it just seems some shows, the judging on some clues are very lax, some where the judging is very stringent.

[TVLubber]

Shouldn't HAVE! Not of!

[PYLrulz1984]

TVLubber... Seig Heil Grammar Nazi!

[TVLubber]

Your point?

[midnightsocietynyc]

Wow.

[bjfinney95]

what was w/ the buzzer on the 4th one?

[PriceRight89]

Bed coils ARE springs, so she was buzzed on that. Direct synonyms are off-limits in Pyramid.

[larrydavideo]

Ha! Dick Clark at :34- "simmer down, now..."

[holycharizard]

What a joker! No..honey..you're not doing terrible...it's the fool sitting in front of you! How ignorant!

[the06bug]

Dang, a score of ZERO!

[namk19]

pyramid rule number 24: never play with tom poston in the winners circle

[excelsior27]

We don't need to worry about that, he died in 2007, but OH! He needs vitamin E and gingko bliloba back then.

[PriceRight89]

I don't know if anyone caught this, but if you checked SuperShow's List of Pyramid Celebrities, this is the only appearance of Tom Poston mentioned on the site. Maybe that explains how he looks here as if he never saw the show before.

[vnisanian2001]

Marty Cohen (of "Solid Gold" fame) was once on the daytime $25K Pyramid, and turned out to be a fantastic player, despite appearing on it only once.

Please note that I've never actually seen Mr. Cohen's performance on Pyramid; I've only read about on the PyramidGameShowFanClub Yahoo Group.

[StFidjnr]

sometimes it's tough and sometimes it's easy

[ALBOguyFROMpoland]

well done a very very good record

[bigboy0519]

I can't believe they actually let that air. I have never seen anyone not win anything on the big board. How stupid can you be! By the way, she needed to be buzzed on bed coils - total synonym.

[Boatfan89]

why did they throw spring out she said this is your bed coil she didn't mention spring was that an illegal clue? u got to be kidding me!!

[mikewc02]

You're not allowed to use synonyms. Since a bed coil IS a spring, they had to buzz her on it. She should have said, "your mattress" or something like that.

[Boatfan89]

that's dumb

[TVLubber]

You bet! Those 2 were robbed!

[KoopaKid17]

Though it's not necessarily a synonym, it's still illegal.

[Modor20]

To the person who posted this: You're an idiot. Quit stealing clips from other people.

[kambreesuncle2]

This was not Tom Poston's fault. The way that lady describing her clues was godawful.

To the real idiot who said Tom was an idiot, Take a nice look at yourself in a mirror than slap yourself.

[KoopaKid17]

Well, this shows exactly how tough the Winner's Circle was. I don't think neither Tom nor the contestant was to blame here.

[dcarey12]

I think that Dick Clark can play this category better than Tom can, even after his stroke.

[viewdis200]

Tom's an idiot for not getting "mathematics" It's the easiest category.

[potmane1]

WHAT A DUMBASS

[WadeSimMiser]

The opposite of Billy Crystal.  From one extreme to the other.

[SmokeRulz]

Those actually were some pretty hard categories, but he should have gotten "math." I mean come on. XD

[uofmrules1]

God, that is horrifying!

[colBoh]

The ditzy contestant kept them from winning ten grand.

Tom (May He RIP) kept them from winning any money at all.

[drevsdre9]

wow - didnt know he died

this one sucked

[dpsulliv]

Could not have said it better myself.

[gameshowluvr86]

OMG, just...OMG.

[RedbeardNC]

I love the convo here. "Wow, Tom Poston sucked." "He's dead now." BWAAAAH bwaaaah.

[trent100100]

the contestant sucked more

[mjhunt1]

That was a very hard set of categories. Both the "shabby" and "standard" categories were killers. Nevertheless, they should have scored something. And I would agree that the contestant was more at fault. She didn't say much for most of them and she was buzzed on one of them.

[KoopaKid17]

I bet they would have nailed the third category if she said "A turtle."

[colBoh]

You really think so, KOOPAkid?

[sithmasterbubba]

R.I.P. Tom Poston we will miss you!

[schmegman]

Just goes to show you how difficult that game was. It was probably the most difficult game show ever. Probably not around anymore for that reason. You really had to think quickly to come up with an instant list of familiar objects with the topic in common. I know I wouldn't have fared too well as a contestant.

[Dibrini]

Tom Poston passed away today; he was 85.

[gpciie]

I don't blame her for getting rattled here. "The answer. The, uh...uh...the...the formula." Huh?!

[bumperyak]

Fuck You Asshole!

[KidsTVFan]

Look for more intros to the $25,000 Pyramid where contestants won the Winner's Circle.

[dpsulliv]

It's so good! Put that one next to the Keif Farrandini $100k win on how to give and NOT give clues in the WC as a contestant.

[pjkrahn0202]

thats true

[pjkrahn0202]

this is beyond bad...this is just pathetic

[okiesteveus81]

very rare when the contestant gives, instead of receives.

[trent100100]

and that's why.

[calalilygirl]

@okiesteveus81 That was her call, although she may have wound up better with Poston giving.

[KoopaKid17]

Wow, this was bad...

I think she should have been buzzed on the last category because "basic" is a synonym for "standard."

[pjkrahn0202]

i cant believe that she was on "Super Password" and won $5000

[excuseyou77]

I can't believe she was on this same show the day before and won $25,000.

[calalilygirl]

@pjkrahn0202 Because she wasn't the bad player and those categories were very broad to get easily and she knew it. Combine that with Postons slow reaction time, no wonder she moved on so quickly. It wasn't her.

[TVLubber]

You call this a new record?! It's the worst ever!

[tuttlemsm]

That's the record. Not all records are good.

[TVLubber]

But no record is bad.

[TVLubber]

This is probably the only time this has happened.