The $20,000 Pyramid ***original ABC broadcast*** (1978) PT. 4 (C)

[joker72fanatic]

If I were in Robert Walden's shoes, I'd be cryin' like a little baby. Those big wins would just be overwhelming for somebody.

[tyrese3745]

Robert: "I don't believe it ! Idon't believe it!" You better believe it. She got $10,000 in cold hard cash. Ten grand! Ten thousand dead presdients, baby!

[tyrese3745]

3:07 - 3:08 - BAM! She nailed it!

[tyrese3745]

Scratch that

0:57 - Oh, stop cryin', big guy. Fleischmann's Margarine is good for weight and calorie concious people.

[tyrese3745]

1:00 - Oh, stop cryin', lard tub.

[mrremark2]

I remember this Fleischmann's Margarine commercial from 1977 with Mr. Cholesterol--At An Italian Restaurant when I was three / four.

[tyrese3745]

3:54 - Dick looked speechless and green with envy. Time of your life, huh kid?

[Sjsuman5000]

@tyrese3745 Well around the 4:00 mark, he wasnt.

[tyrese3745]

Best great scene ever. No wonder Dick Clark and this ABC version of the "Pyramid" won Emmy awards over its run.

[barber215]

that was great!!!!

[Nickle98499]

Old School Doritos COmmercial, nice!

[jdp932]

Hilarious! She takes a lap around the set and just before commercial she asks "Where do I go?" Funny.

[NEPatriot]

Look, I remember seeing a contestant named Ruth on The New Treasure Hunt in 1975 strut around the stage amid the balloons and confetti when she found out she won $25,000!

First time i ever saw it on Pyramid!

[apachette07]

Great Win!!!

Lmao @ "HOT THINGS!"

[zachhoran]

Nipsey RUssell ran a lap around the stage when he won $25K for his partner in October 1982.

[zachhoran]

MG7x regular Avery Schrieber for Doritos.

[gameshowluvr86]

... and underrated '70s hottie, Louisa Moritz; who also did Match Game. :-)

[Julius121081]

I've never seen a reaction to a 10,000 win like this. I've seen tons of winners circle wins but this takes the cake.

[Julius121081]

I'll take that back because in the video "The $25,000 Pyramid - 35 Years of Pyramid" A lady goes crazy after winning 10,000.

[gameshowluvr86]

... and in 1982 on The New $25,000 Pyramid, when Barry Gordon of Archie Bunker's Place helps this lady named Kay win the $25,000... Actually, it was more Kay's entourage that went crazy... ;-)

[GameShowFan6]

Is that on YouTube?

[richie19190]

Great wins. Great Picture Quality. Thanks for posting!!!!!!

[gladfan1989]

Man, this lady doesn't mess around when she wins $10,000! First victory lap I've ever seen a Pyramid contestant take.

[richie19190]

I could be wrong and you might be right but I thought on this version a couple seasons earlier that I remember someone doing a victory lap after a big win. Again could be wrong though.

[Julius121081]

Moment happens at 3:06

[tyrese3745]

@gladfan1989 Well to quote Andy Warhol: "In the future, everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes". That was her big moment on Labor Day '78.

[viddykiddy18]

Nothing like a good StarKist tuna commercial to get you all set & ready for the Winner's Circle. Sorry Charlie.

[RedNekLvr22]

Well not so kickass to me:

Dick: "Congrats! You've won $10K!"

Contestant: "Great! Now I get to try for $15K then $20K like that other lady did right b4 me!"

D: "Oh, I'm sorry. Once you win once in the W.C. you're retired and you don't have a chance to win any more"

C: "What?! You mean I HAVE to LOSE TWICE in the W.C. b4 I even am allowed a crack at $20K? You mean I have to suck at the game and fail to win more?!? I though this is the TWENTY K PYRAMID! Where's my Lawyer?!" :)

[gameshowluvr86]

LMAO!! Nice... XD XD

[SueBeaWho]

HAHAHAHAHA RedNek

[thegameshowguy]

@Many people thought this rule was awkward - Dick even once read a letter from a viewer. At least in later versions , this was fixed as winning at the WC from $50,000 Pyramid (1981) onward did not end your run.

Though $50K Pyramid and Donny's "Pyramid" were total of two games and out affairs.

[RedNekLvr22]

@thegameshowguy You know I can vaguely recall seeing some video either on here or somewhere else where he read a letter I think. I had forgotten the exact subject though it was something on that line. But yeah, to offer a top prize and then only be able to win it if you lose twice before was just bad all around. I'm a huge Pyramid fan, but this is the one thing about the show that will always bug me.

[tyrese3745]

@RedNekLvr22 Wrong, pal. The rules for the ABC version of Pyramid and its Winner's Circle were that if a contestant nails all 6 subjects in 60 seconds in the first run, the contestant wins $10,000 and retires undefeated as champion. But if the contestant fails to nail the 6 (or the celebrity mistakenly gives "clues that conveys the essence of the subject, i.e. synomyns, too many descriptive clues", use hands gestures, or give any part of the answer), he or she doesn't win the money...

[tyrese3745]

@RedNekLvr22 ...and has to try again for the second level ($15,000). And if the contestant fails the second time, the contestant can for the third level, the big one ($20,000). One slight caveat: the contestant MUST try to complete the Winner's Circle and win the top prize within the five days as champion because that was the limit. Also ABC game shows (like CBS) had a $25,000 winnings limit. The Bill Cullen version was a different subject.

[willjarmon]

Always, Do you have any ABC $10,000 Pyramid i would really like to see that.

Thank You so much for posting these Pyramid shows

[FBCDJ1620am]

I hope some more 20,000 Old Skool Pyramid are posted very soon!

[GameShowFan6]

$30000 given away on this show, WOW!