Tense Tiebreaker

[CJTurner95]

Ooohh yeah @ :59 LOL!!!

[Milktube]

I know this is old, but that guy's voice is sexy as hell.

[BARNEYFATSWALT]

TONY RANDALL WAS THE BEST!

[americanman2000]

no that would not be acceptable, to descriptive

[Derby14]

I agree with Dick when he yells "She made it!" on the word "Trance". I think she made it by just the splitiest of split seconds.

[lobstertexas]

Hmmmmm... "Stuffings in little bottles of pills" would have been heartily buzzed on the $25,000 version... the judges were way more picky and didn't allow prepositional phrases...

[davidd2172]

a hot Tomato? lol

[bballplayav3]

ECLAIR!

[holydiver73]

good old Tony

[georgelambshow]

This show is FANTASTIC! Why dont we have this in the UK???

[ProfGlitch]

He should've been buzzed on the "...on the street" and the "... in a bottle" clues, as they are prepositional phrases and therefore disallowed.

[KoopaKid17]

The judging was different back then.

[WhatsAYak]

Yep...they could never have gotten away w/those clues in the 80s (although just saying "pill bottle stuffing" would've been acceptable).

[sethpac]

Huge Buzz!!!

[Ctmagnus]

Yeah the pill bottle clue was excellent, smart guy,

[NosferatusCoffin]

I used to watch Pyramid going back to the early 70's and I do not think there was a better clue ever given than Tony Randall saying "little things in the bottles of aspirin" when it came to "Cotton things". That was classic and especially when they were under the gun.

[5star555555555]

EPDMIC!

[voicetube]

The Pyramid rocked!!

[sugarbear522]

What network was this version on?

[byrd56]

This was from when it was on ABC from 1974-80. Yes, it was shot at that theater on W. 58th St. in New York City, called the Elysee, and yes, it was demolished in 1985 for a private school.

[gameshowluvr86]

I love how the big pyramid is awash in gold. Gold is perfect because it represents riches, power and greed.

[WhatsAYak]

And why didn't the judges pick up on JoAnne Worley saying part of the word "emergency"? Didn't affect the outcome of the game, but still...

[UmedaRaton]

Well, all she got out of the word was "E-"... Since it was implied in the subject that all words began with "E", she didn't get buzzed.

There used to be a clip here on YouTube (now removed) where there was a tiebreaker in the 80s Pyramid and the subject was things beginning with O, and the giver said "A breakfast cereal....O---! O---!" for "Oatmeal", and it wasn't buzzed.

[gameshowluvr86]

Jesus, it all looks so '70s!!

[okiesteveus81]

correct, the 1970's.

[jellyneck]

I loved that old theater on West 58th street. Same theater as where the Dick Cavette TV show originated from. Demolished a few years ago.

[southernfratdude]

yea definitely not acceptable in the 25 or 100 K versions LOL

[lobstertexas]

"a hoop on the street" and "stuffings in little bottles of pills" would never be allowed in the $25k version.. the judging was much more strict, you got buzzed for giving prepositional phrases :D

[KoopaKid17]

I didn't like that rule. I don't know why they added it...

[WhatsAYak]

Prepositional phrases are too descriptive in WC play...besides, you could get around it by saying something like "pill bottle stuffing" for Things Made of Cotton.

[fkd1963]

It sort of progressed; they were VERY loose with $10; got better with $20; and 'perfect' with $25. I do prefer the Pyramids in NYC because the contestants were not as slick as in CA. I thought the show was great but had more 'flavor' in NYC. And put them out on DVD!

[davemock]

I enjoyed those contestants from the NYC run, especially the $10,000 and early $20,000 (Clark) /$25,000 (Cullen) era. They'd hit the jackpot and go nuts. Then again, none of them threw a chair out of the Winner's Circle as Bill Shatner did. ;)

[Noveltooner]

I used to attend tapings of "The $20,000 Pyramid." Like most game shows in NYC (other than "Jeopardy!") contestants were selected from the studio audiences. You could find contestants from all over the country, unlike L.A., where it was just the little world of the laid-back L.A. area. Bob Stewart's own shows had a definite urban energy that just didn't translate well. But when L.A. snatched "The Tonight Show" (as if the Dodgers weren't enough), everyone else followed.

[Noveltooner]

In fairness (speaking as a native and lifelong New Yorker), NYC was also a crime-infested filthy hell-hole at the time, so a lot of the flight was understandable. Also, our corrupt state politicians (nothing's changed!) and the always crippling tax and fee structure made the shows far more expensive to produce at the time than LaLa Land. But the LaLa Land remakes have always lacked the energy and excitement.

[lobstertexas]

is that wayne brady? :p

[blank77]

Man,that was a close one.