$25,000 Pyramid - Finale #1

[Mcnzlea]

December 31, 1987 fell on a Thursday. New Year's Day in 1988 fell on a Friday; CBS pre-empted the game shows and soaps for the Cotton Bowl Parade at 10:00 AM ET, the Tournament Of Roses Parade at 11:00 AM ET and the Cotton Bowl football game (Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M) at 1:30 PM ET.

[tpir1972]

Did the champion return to the show the return in April 1988?

[Ddog2k3]

@tpir1972 Yea it returned back on April 4, 1988

[MrMatt4163]

Anne-Marie Johnson would eventually play the role of Althea Tibbs from the CBS crime drama "In the Heat of the Night"

[demomoke]

either this was definitely not taped on December 31, or Dick had a hell of a day and night, flying from LA to New York for New Year's Eve at Times Square.

[jwgreek8606]

@demomoke it was aired on New Year's Eve 1987

[SP84Fanatic]

I do wonder if the additional $25K Pyramid episodes from 4/4/88 to 7/1/88 were filler until they could get some Family Feud episodes in the can.

[tpir1972]

Did they return the champion here when they returned in April?

[tpir1972]

I thought SAT was going to be bad cause I thoght T was TEST.

[danbarker39]

I had a clue for DIAMOND but I don't know if they'd BUZZ me, a BASEBALL FIELD?

[thisfirrre]

@danbarker39 They would not, that's a good clue.

[feudfan55]

Funny thing, if the $25,000 Pyramid wasn't cancelled here, the next episode would have aired on Monday, January 4. But due to the cancellation and the bring back, the first new episode after this aired on Monday, April 4. Only because of the leap year did this happen.

[Fartingbellybutton]

Do you have the First Episode when the Show returned?

[zachhoran]

And of course Blackout had people describing words like Pyramid in the maingame.

[Fartingbellybutton]

Next came Blackout & Then Pyramid Returned.

[megamanj2004X]

@Fartingbellybutton - only to get canned again on July 1, 1988 and replaced this time by Family Feud w/ Ray Combs on the 4th of July, 1988.

[gameshowluvr86]

Thursday, December 31, 1987... :-(