The $50,000 Pyramid - 35 Years of Pyramid

It's the version with the weird upward-ticking clock, from 1981...Remember that $10,000 Pyramid clip I posted where the playing was good-not-great, and the game moved slowly? Check out what the game had turned into after seven years.

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[orbison]

So the best i can guess is that the $50,000 Pyramid is an early version of what would become the $100,000 Pyramid

[terjer01]

Awesome! Thank you again, Adam! You da man! Steve O'Brien on the announcing! Not to mention, the zigzag carpeting! Do you happen to have a $50k episode with Alan Kalter announcing? Once again I'm reliving my youth!

[AdamNedeff]

@cantuhmp Hey, that's great! Except it's not a movie! And you say "experienced" instead of "watched," which sounds like advertising copy! And then you end your comment with a plug for a website! You're totally a real person and not spam!

[269848]

I remember when this was paired up with The Hollywood Squares on WPIX at I believe at 10am. What a duo these shows were!

[richie19190]

I remember this show I was 11 years old at the time, but I did not watch this version at the time because my brother hated the show.

[Rlotpir1972]

Actually, it was a WPIX-11 exclusive since it was aired in New York. Philadelphia viewers saw this version on WKBS-48.

[Hondo20132]

Nope; it got cancelled in May '81.

[secondchance1977]

It lasted i think from Jan to Dec, so it lasted more like 12 months i think.

[StukInBuf]

I saw that one night, with my folks, on the $100,000 Pyramid... Florence Henderson(Carol Brady) gave that clue in the Winner's Circle in 86. Everyone gasped in the audience... not to mention my house at the dinner table!

Mrs. Brady?  Saying, "Because you're horny"? Still makes me laugh every time I recall it.

[gladfan1989]

It lasted from, I believe, January through September 1981. The shortest lived version of all the Pyramids. This version was so confusing from its start on the road to the $50,000 grand prize. But when the time came to give it away, there was much tension in the air, exactly the way the air was when The $100,000 Pyramid was at tournament time.

[colBoh]

Not surprising - I think it lasted maybe six months in syndication.