The $20,000 Pyramid ***studio master taping*** (1976) PT. 5 (A)

Well, that's gonna do it for this special episode of Pyramid... What a show, right? ;-) Thanks for watching, guys; and be sure to stay tuned to my channel for more good stuff! Enjoy those credits, game headz! Peace....

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Entertainment

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• $20000
• pyramid
• dick
• clark
• game
• show
• 1976
• ABC

[gameshowluvr86]

Actually, I'm gonna correct that one. Loretta Swit was the Shelly Smith of '70s Pyramid. Both she and Loretta had about the same brilliance in game play. :-)

[Noveltooner]

With apologies to Bob Stewart, the Pyramid lost most of its energy when it moved to Los Angeles. From the sanitized paraphrased theme music to the contestants and audience, it achieved a blandness not found in the original explosive spontanaeity of the New York shows. From his days from creating and producing "The Price is Right" for Goodson-Todman through "Pyramid", NYC and native son Bob Stewart seemed to feed off each other.

[gameshowluvr86]

I think that during both the '70s and the '80s, Pyramid really had its day.

[michaeltstroud]

I don't know what other people think, but Bob Clayton sounded oftentimes like his mind was racing ahead of his mouth. Note the rapid burst at the beginning of the fee plugs and his stammering at points later. Perhaps Bob Stewart should have considered placing some plugs mid-program instead of all of them at the end, so Clayton wouldn't have felt pressured, as he obviously is in this clip.

[gameshowluvr86]

They should have gotten Johnny Gilbert. :)

[terjer01]

It's so cool to see the fee plugs at the end of a classic game show - full screen and with the original audio! It's a shame a certain cable station geared for game shows video squeezes them and clips the audio on them. (Yeah! I talking about GSN)

[gamshwfan]

This was a great episode. When someone goes for the big money everybody (I hope) wants the contestant to win. All contestant should be someone we can pull for and that they can win money. Clifton and Loretta were good celebrities and I wish we could have people like them every week. For now gamshwfan (salute with 5 fingers for stars) so long.

[chrismc410]

@gameshowluvr86 They did later for the $25,000 and $100,000 Pyramid, though having him for the $10,000/$20,000 would have been intresting.

[269848]

Amen,terjer01! Credit crunches suck!!

[gobux113]

That little girl is probably close to 40 now!

[fkd1963]

@Noveltooner I totally agree. When the show moved to LA all of the contestants seemed bland, well-groomed, and perky. The show lost the flavor of the contestants, the music, the set, and the excitement. The one plus for the LA show is the change where a contestant lasted for 2 games and the one who won the most came back the next day.

[catholicpriest1]

@Noveltooner But they had a much cooler set at CBS Television City in Hollywood and they didn't have to build the set around the proscenium arch anymore.

[SueBeaWho]

That was sooo fun. I love how the oldest daughter was chewing gum and almost blew a bubble in the camera. Ah, I miss the innocent days! Way before contrived reality shows. This is how REAL ppl act. And the winner was funny "I don't know these ppl, they obviously want my money!" LOL Dick whispered to her "good one" Love this episode!

[Julius121081]

I really don't think they are lost.

[tnawcwvictoria]

Hey, New York and LA Days are better no matter how you look @ it.

and BTW, Dick Clark and Bill Cullen are the Kings of Pyramid and BETTER than John Davidson and Donny Osmond.

The New York Era and the CBS Era have better themes than Donny's, b/c Donny's was considered too clubby.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

I hope so. Spin off was tucked away to. So hopely they will show up soon.

[PsYcHoFaB]

They're probably tucked away in some vault, like The Joker's Wild was.