$100,000 Pyramid

[bardia971]

@jsrosa1282 yes she has!

[gameshowluvr86]

@bardia971 What all did she tell you about her winning the $100,000? I bet she still gushes about it! :-D

[bardia971]

she is my math teacher!

[jsrosa1282]

@bardia971 And has she ever talk about being on Pyramid?

I've been a long-time fan of Linda Kelsey and Ms. Marilyn really lucked out with having an excellent partner in the Winners Circle :)

[tpir1972]

They other people, were just relieved it finally was over, it took 24 tries before Marilyn won, wow, wonder why they took nearly a month to complete.

[tpir1972]

That was a weird winner's circle win, they both sat in their chairs during the win, odd

[tpir1972]

Linda caught her self she was going to say BANANAS IN SUNDAE, but she stopped before she said anything.

[muscled57]

Sunday bananas? Red light traffic? Brilliant clues. She was a great player, and a great "thinker' under pressure. BRAVO.

[danbarker39]

Anyone have the complete eupisde of this tournament?

[ErniePaulGeorge]

@danbarker39 Don't know, but this might be the episode that got Marilyn Evans into the tournament, posted by quinnnelson1 v=hgw6K7Zi2Sk

and it was close.

[atlanta4950]

and that adds up to $100,000!

[nextbarker]

i DON'T Think Linda ever returned to Pyramid after this week, did she?

[gameshowluvr86]

I saw Marilyn's sister, Joann Schubert, today on The $25,000 Pyramid! She played with Falcon Crest's Abby Dalton, and Dallas's Ken Kercheval. :-)

[Matto2t]

Really?! Did she win in the winner's circle?

-Matt

[gameshowluvr86]

Oh, she dominated, man... :-)

[nextbarker]

3 weeks, unreal for a tournament to go long like this.

[nextbarker]

Marilyn ended up this LOOOOOONG tournament with $147,600, I believe she's the second highest winner.

[barber215]

she's the third highest winner. Kris McDermott is the second highest winner with $147,750.

[barber215]

@nextbarker Marilyn is the third highest winner. Kris McDermott ended up with $147,750 on the Davidson pyramid

[nextbarker]

Sorry, no whole episode, does someone have the whole episode of this win?

[GameShowFan6]

Was this tournement #7, #9 or #11.

[kennethpaige]

It was #7!

[nextbarker]

loranbenari, so you don't completely stop at a red light?

[CoryByrd2006]

do you have the whole episode?

[lithiumnode]

First clue I thought of for "Things that are split" was -- "a schizophrenic's personality". :-)

[gameshowluvr86]

Or "an atom..." :-)

[trent100100]

pea soup

[barber215]

Marilyn Evans was one of the best players on the pyramid. wtg, Marilyn!!!

[barber215]

thanks nextbarker for having posted this.

[Doza130]

The world? Thats a horrible clue.

[loranbenari]

They should have dissqualified for "Things You Stop" as red light traffic has nothing to do with things you stop.

[mjhunt1]

Yes it does. The drivers in the traffic stop the traffic collectively.

The "you" could have any person substituted for it, and it would still work. Read other comments to realize the errors in other objections to various clues.

[gameshowluvr86]

Does anyone know how the Winner's Circle ticking clock sound effect was made? Was it some kind of musical instrument? I think it really brought out the drama of the endgame, kinda gave you that feel of "seconds are hanging in the balance!"

[nextbarker]

24 attempts, wow

[gameshowluvr86]

Marilyn deserved every last penny of that $147,600. Way to go!!

[mjhunt1]

"Red light traffic" was judged correctly. I checked the internet, and "green-light traffic" appeared as a phrase, just like singingsav referred to. Therefore, "Red light traffic" is is a valid expression as well. And the light does stop the traffic.

I think the set of clues was in the middle in difficulty. They were easier than "...enshrined" and "...with compartments" in Kief Ferrandini's win. But, they were harder than the ones in Cheryl Reinwand's win "...used by the pioneers", being last.

[hailstorm1978]

Those categories were hard.........well the top 3 anyway. Awesome clue for "things that are split".....that would be an extremely difficult category.

[KoopaKid17]

Another thing that pooped into my mind for that category was "7/10 Bowling Pins," but it probably would have been buzzed.

[KoopaKid17]

*popped lol.

[deric8]

As I'm looking through the old clips, She should have been buzzed for Sundae bananas, there's no such thing, there's Bananas but not Sundae Bananas. I mean if the judges were going to be consistent.

[pjkrahn0202]

But a Banana Split is considered to be a Sundae.

[deric8]

True, but it's the same logic as a square is a rectangle but a rectangle is not a square. A Banana Split is a sundae but there are no special thing called Sundae bananas, they are bananas used on a sundae. So Bananas is a legal clue.

I remember when the New $25,000 first came on, there was a subject called "Foods that are fried" and the clue giver said "French Potatoes" and got buzzed because there's no such thing as French Potatoes. The same thing should apply here as well.

[mjhunt1]

"Sundae bananas" are the "bananas on a sundae". This was the way of getting around using an illegal prepositional phrase.

Let's suppose I want to reserve a set of bananas for sundaes. You can't deny that I might lable the box "sundae bananas". There is no need to reason out the issue any further.

A similar example is "pie crust fat" for "things that are solid"

I will try to explain the "french potatoes" issue in a second post.

[mjhunt1]

"French potatoes" would have been buzzed because the judges felt it led to the key word without fitting the whole of the category. French fries are not actually French.

A good example would be saying "a pencil" for things "things you write".

However, I question this determination. Since French fries are currently served in France, I can only imagine that French potatoes are used for French fries sometimes.

The rules can be subtle and difficult to understand. Dick Clark didn't always understand.

[deric8]

And see that question have if the central nub of the issue I've always had is that the judges aren't consistent on that. (Believe me they're not perfect, we all make mistakes)

So with the French potatoes, if theres a farmer or gardener who grows potatoes in France, wouldn't that qualify? I think it does in the same aspect of Sundae Bananas.

[mjhunt1]

Yes, I think "French potatoes" should qualify if a French farmer grows potatoes. I comment purely based on how I would judge a clue.

I agree that the judges are occasionally inconsistent. However, two wrongs do not make a right.

[deric8]

I agree with you 100% on that.

[pjkrahn0202]

Another one that I am iffy on is "Your ripped pants" 7-10 Bowling Pins may be a legal clue

[mjhunt1]

The Microsoft word thesaurus says that "rip" and "split" are synonyms. So, "ripped pants" would be illegal.

[pjkrahn0202]

What about 7-10 Bowling Pins? Would that be a good clue

[mjhunt1]

"7-10 bowling pins" sounds risky, but I would probably allow it. The 7 pin and the 10 pin are split, and it is like saying "the 7 and 10 pins"

Though, I am not sure if the judge would take it that way. If pyramid were revived again and you were giving clues, avoid this clue.

[pjkrahn0202]

I think I just came up with a cleaver clue for "Things That Are Split":

Divorced Parents (normally divoreced parents are split apart)

[PriceRight89]

That would also be a risky clue. Split and Divorced are close to being synonyms so that clue may be buzzed.

[deric8]

It would be buzzed not only for the synonym but the colloquilism that split and divorced has.

[dpsulliv]

What about "a fat guy's pants" ?

[dpsulliv]

I think that would be fine. A safer way would be: the 7 pin, the 10 pin--list them separately.

[Ctmagnus]

hehe sometimes, the winner's circle can be so easy and other times it is SO HARD

[gameshowluvr86]

Well, since the tournament was taking forever, maybe the people in charge of the Pyramid's categories finally caved and said "Screw this, just throw in some easy ones and let's get this damn game over with!" lol.

[ccie12933]

Actually, I think that happened more than once. :)

Also, IHMO, no way the clue "red light traffic" should have been allowed.

[singingsav]

What's wrong with "red light traffic?" It's an awesome clue and perfectly legal!

[ccie12933]

Okay, define the term "red light traffic". There's no such thing. :)

[singingsav]

Of course there is. It's a traffic "stopped" at a red light as opposed to "green light traffic" that moves through the intersection (unless you're a driver in Utah; then the rules change)...

[gameshowluvr86]

I think what the celeb (Linda Kelsey) was trying to get across was that a red light stops the traffic. At least, that's what I'm thinking.

[hailstorm1978]

when I saw this on TV the first time, I thought the same thing. "Red light traffic" is not a thing. Red light traffic is not something that you stop. Legal clues would be "bad habits, the music". But I was so thrilled that she won...I think she was the best player ever on that show. Hard categories too.

[dpsulliv]

That was still a fairly tough board. Split, Stopped and Commit would be disasters in the wrong celebrity's hands.

[Ctmagnus]

Linda's little squeal was worth watching this :D

[Sjsuman5000]

In addition the third category (Things at a HORSE RACE) served as a trap in the wrong person's hands as well.

[PriceRight89]

Bill Cullen had that category in his final appearance and he accidentally said "races."

[GameShowFan6]

Cullen also got buzzed on "Things at an AIRPORT" in 1986

[vanni9283]

Yeah, the horses....BUZZ!!!!

[NYBredBamaFed]

What is interesting is that Marilyn had that same catagory in her $25,000 win with Mary Cordette. She may be the only winner who had 2 wins with the same catagory.

[gsn93]

This aired on the GSN Viewer Choice Marathon Today.

[pjkrahn0202]

3.)Richard Mahaffey (8 1/2 shows--won the $100k during the first half of the show)--1st tournament with Shelley Smith (who lead Denise Bumbliss in the 5th tournament to the top of the pyramid)

4.)Tracy Trench (6 1/2 shows)--11th tournament with David Garrison

5.) Mary Moffet (5 1/2 shows)-- 6th tournament with Laurie Hendler

[pjkrahn0202]

Tournaments that went over a week & the winners:

1.) Marilyn Evans (14 shows)--7th tournament with Linda Kelsey

2.) Cheryl Reinwald (9 shows)--4th tournament with Audrey Landers

[gameshowluvr86]

Such big hair Marilyn had! That's 1987 for ya.