Pyramid game show bonus round/winners circle #7 - Billy Crystal (NEW $25,000)

[RetroYoungen]

Without a doubt (in my mind, anyway), Billy Crystal was the greatest Pyramid player of them all. Did you see his reaction after the final clue? In the most calm way...

"Got it." A nod, a smile and a handshake like a boss. Classic.

[landrykkb]

Billy Crystal had the perfect demeanour for this show because although he could be hilarious when the clues he had to give were conducive to that,he was intense as well.

[ericandy88]

If they had not have gotten hung up on "Things That Wander", Billy could have broke it!

[prototype21]

Leno

[Yayakoshii1990]

Hmm....I don't watch Leno but I was going through as many Crystal clips as I could (looking for a laugh) and came across the Leno vid that brought me here, it's a vicious cylce haha.

[reneebill]

Another Leno fan here. Doesn't look like this is the right clip, though. Dick Clark refers to the "right one" here, so it had to happen earlier. I'll keep looking.

[roomierfatback]

LENOOOOO!!!

[missypsj]

Leno fan, But that was not the record, he said there were 34 seconds left, that was 28 left.

[pressmin]

There is a clip of that from YT RandomManA under "Best WC Ever"

[Tre404]

@missypsj ... and you could see Crystal mouthing the word "twenty-six" when Dick made his slip up... Crystal did it in 26 seconds that first time, not 28 like Dick said. But Crystal was gracious enough to not show up the host by correcting him. Class guy, Billy Crystal. Love them both.

[Inmate12355]

Another Leno viewer lol

[Soxxgo]

LENO!!!

[smlshaker]

WEST!!!!! love leno

[earlnygma]

West coast!

[luvmybabies24]

thats awesome! love the clip! and gotta love the jay leno show!!! :) west coast baby!!!

[luvmybabies24]

love the clip! and gotta love jay leno!!! :)

[ACWrecks]

Me too lol. Is this the one he meant?

[pressmin]

No.. look under best WC Ever by RandoManA

[MrFusion90]

west coast. leno show!!

[FCSmajor]

West Coast here. Jay Leno Show ha ha ha.

[FerrisBeuller79]

Well we will wait for the west coast to catch up on us and see how many comments come from them.

[JellyCupcake181920]

hahahaha everyone is viewing this b/c of the Jay leno show! Gotta love how that works! and yes...that's where i heard of it too

[FerrisBeuller79]

Well of course everyone saw this from Leno, and he did it in 31 seconds or with 29 seconds left, I dont know where he got 26 seconds. LOL but still a good clip, love GSN!

[lizafriz95]

This is not the record breaking clip. The clip I saw is titled "Best WC Ever" and he does it in 26 seconds.

[kipplitz]

Hit this from the Leno Show with Billy Crystal...nice to see I am not the only one. :-)

[dmbox26]

so yea i was watchin the leno show too

[msruby68]

Wow he looks so young on here. Saw him on Jay Leno too.

[Carebear12303]

I came on for the same reason! Now I am looking at old 10000pyramid clips! Thanks billy!!

[BramaBG]

yea me too, once he said youtube it, i did and its true.

[VideoGamesAreMyDrug]

Haha Billy Crystal is great, i also saw this on Jay Leno Show.

[imperfectinformation]

Yup... Billy Crystal mentioned this on Leno's!

[JordanKimball]

hey thats why I looked it up too

[dcguy90]

haha glad i wasnt the only one who looked aftr seeing billy on leno

[mmmfloorpie]

Billy Crystal just referenced this on the Leno show...

[doomzmaster]

yup

[jaychuck]

thanks Billy for letting me watch something 100x better than The Jay Leno Show.

[Woohoo5241]

Clark's wrong; Billy Crystal's record-setting time was 26 seconds, not 28.

[landrykkb]

@Woohoo5241 He Dick Clark was only 2 seconds off and it could have been just a momentary lapse.I'm sure he realized that after he saw it aired.

[jksonny]

Dick Clark was the perfect host and Crystal was a great player. Clark was always professional. He treated the game with respect and behaved as if what happened was important (rightfully so). And the audience went along with it. Now, most hosts treat their games as silly jokes, which ruins the sense of competition. Regis Philbin is a rare exception.

[bigweezey]

I totally agree. Just look at the new 20Q show on game show network. I hate how Cat Deely the host is always joking around with te voice of 20Q. I hate how game show hosts today waste lots of time talking with their guest hosts and thats why they always have to wait till next show to finish up or rush to get things done at the end of their shows.

[jksonny]

Good point. It seems like today's hosts would learn from those who are considered the best of all time: Richard Dawson, Dick Clark, Gene Rayburn, Pat Sajak, Regis Philbin, etc. They all entertained the audience while also understanding that for the contestants, the game was a big deal and could drastically affect their lives. It's a delicate balance but it's the same reason that some reality hosts are really good and others are terrible.

[bigweezey]

exactly! I am glad somebody shares my views about game shows. Reality shows for me r basically the same thing. Just look at VH1. all their game shows r either about love or based off other people from reality shows they already had. That's why I dont watch deal or no deal anymore cuz once the million dollars was won the fun was taken out of it.

[landrykkb]

@bigweezey Today's game shows bite the big one!!!Well,they're basically just called reality shows in this modern era.

[bigweezey]

@landrykkb True. I think a new Pyramid is coming either next month or sometime after that.

[StukInBuf]

@bigweezey WIll Billy Crystal be the host?

[bigweezey]

@StukInBuf Not sure since CBS added The talk at 2 now which doesnt go with the flow of the network but whatever i guess.

[landrykkb]

@jksonny You're right.Dick Clark took his hosting duties on Pyramid very seriously because it's pretty much his nature as it is,but has the dry sense of humour as well.

[StukInBuf]

@landrykkb And he seemed to make an art form out of that.

[Fizban321]

Jesus fricken fast!

[jaydee624]

the contestant didnt have to guess much with billy's great clues.

[animfan1]

I was near the intersection of De Soto & Saticoy in Chatsworth watching this episode.

[nextbarker]

If it wasn't for WANDER he could've easily broke his record.

[landrykkb]

@nextbarker Then again,WANDER is a very ambiguous term.

[WillWatchAnything]

Billy Crystal is by far the BEST Pyramid player EVER! Perfect clues for whatever subject came up.

[StukInBuf]

Yeah true! Him... Betty White... Nipsey Russell... Vicki Lawrence... Stuart Damon... Charlie Siefert... they always gave great clues.

[Woohoo5241]

Dick Cavett was great too.

[szumwalt]

@StukInBuf Tom VIllard and Stuart Pankin

[floridapanthersroar]

Best Billy Crystal!

[trent100100]

billy crystal is the master, he could of broken his record

[9pluto]

do they still give this show

[zachhoran]

Dick made an error in that his record was 26 seconds, not 28.

[vnisanian2001]

About time this version returned to GSN after 5 long years (even if it was 1982-1983 episodes, and just for a marathon).

[Hondo20132]

There was another marathon on 12/31/07 with $100K.

[PriceRight89]

There will also be one this New Year's Eve but they might only show the ones from LAST year.

[Hondo20132]

Well, this show didn't grow on me by that time yet, so I didn't see it then, but I'll see it this time!

[Hondo20132]

Well, it's gonna be permanent starting March 30th.