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The $20,000 Pyramid - 35 Years of Pyramid

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From a studio master copy, here's ABC's "The $20,000 Pyramid" in 1976, featuring a notorious incident of the judge missing an illegal clue in the Winner's Circle.

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  • I'm slightly confused on the rules of all the Pyramid rules. In the Winner's Circle, the first time you win $10,000, and the second you win $15,000, and the third you win $20,000. Is the money accumulated so that you can win $45,000 total, or is it an additional $5000, every time you win after the first win?

  • No, no...Important choice of words to follow here...If you win on your FIRST ATTEMPT, you win $10,000 and retire undefeated. If you win on your second attempt, you win $15,000 and retire undefeated. Starting with your third attempt, it's $20,000 and you keep going until you win it or you're defeated.

  • In the "New" category, he used some illegal clues like saying "news" for newspaper and "new year's what" after Joann said "new year's". Should those have been buzzed?

  • Well, the "newspaper" clue is just the judge being asleep at the cuckoo. In the second case, it was fairly clear that "New Year's" was part of the answer and JoAnne had already given it, so the judge gave him a pass because they had already established that it was part of the answer.

  • What was the illegal clue?

  • Prepositional phrase. "Pill bottle stuffings" would have been the more acceptable way to phrase that clue.

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  • He was wonderful and smart............I'm the Claudia on the show

  • Too Bad GSN cannot do a Pyramid 35th Birthday Bash where they would show all versions of the Pyramid, especially the 70's versions($10,000 and $20,000 Pyramid).

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  • In the NY days of Pyramid WITH and ON are not buzzed

  • @AdamNedeff

    or stuffings in bottoms of bills.

  • @zeldafanii for newspaper, he said "the daily..." and Joanne replied "news." He then said "news - what?" That would have been acceptable during any time of Pyramids run.

  • "A hoop on the street" and "stuffings in little bottles of pills" should both have gotten the buzzer.

  • Just want to give you my congratulations, even though you won the money 33 years ago. This was my favorite show when I was growing up(I was almost 6 years old when this episode aired), and you are an excellent game player. Again my congratulations!

  • 2 illegal clues! "A hoop on the street" and "Stuffings in certain bottles of pills".

  • Yes

  • Did you get the house?

  • (Gasp!) Are you the lady who won the $15,000? :-O

  • Nice catch, man! :-)

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