NEW PYRAMID CASTING.

[Mr. Game Show]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'216764\' date=\'May 28 2009, 12:13 PM\'][quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'216760\' date=\'May 28 2009, 11:47 AM\']It may just me be, but if The New New $25,000 Pyramid is picked up for series, it seems like it will, like the original run, be recorded in New York City (since all the tryouts/runthroughs are held there, and the production company has its offices there).[/quote]
If only we could get the type of audience the old NY Pyramid had...what an experience that must have been.
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Hi DoorNumberFour !

I'm very excited about the possibility of Pyramid returning home to NYC. I wish Mr. Davies and everyone at Embassy Row, all the very best of luck with the Pyramid Pilot.

I attended dozens of Pyramid tapings in NYC, as well as many other NYC based Game Shows. I attended a handful of tapings when Pyramid was on CBS, at the Ed Sullivan Theater. The bulk of my Pyramid experiences were at ABC's TV-15 Elysee Theater. It was a wonderful experience, and I will never forget my Game Show days.

Though I always agree with Curt, and I feel he's an incredible Game Show expert.... I have to slightly disagree with his comment about NY vs LA audiences. As someone who has attended Game Show tapings on both coasts, I strongly feel that NY audiences were far more enthusiastic than LA audiences (with the excpeption of Audience Participation shows such as The Price is Right, or Let's Make a Deal, where enthusiasm can win you a car !). Often, the excitement at Pyramid tapings (especially when a contestant conquered the Pyramid) was like attending a Rock Concert ! I remember many instances where Dick Clark and Bob Clayton actually had to encourage the studio audience to settle down. For what it's worth, I personally heard Johnny Olson, Bob Stewart, and Art James say that NY audiences were always better than LA audiences.

A related tidbit.... shows taped in older facilities such as Elysee and Ed Sullivan, have a very special sound to them. As these facilities are former Theaters, and have balconies, they have far different accoustics than TV Production facilites such as the CBS Broadcast Center. I could always hear the difference when watching at home.

[chad1m]

The ticketing site for the program has four taping dates scheduled and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid. While I trust the show in Davies's hands, $1M, even at the end of a tournament, is still a LOT for daytime Pyramid.

[tpirfan28]

I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million?  That's a bit out there.

It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC).  Any speculation?  Kaufman-Astoria?

[pianogeek]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'217162\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:49 PM\']I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million?  That's a bit out there.

It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC).  Any speculation?  Kaufman-Astoria?[/quote]

Hmmm...could it be the Sony Studios in NYC, where they did Grand Slam and GSN's Chain Reaction?

/I thought Tim Vincent should've been the perm host, having seen the pilot in-person awhile back.  

[Fan4Sure]

[quote name=\'pianogeek\' post=\'217164\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 06:55 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'217162\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:49 PM\']I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million?  That's a bit out there.

It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC).  Any speculation?  Kaufman-Astoria?[/quote]

Hmmm...could it be the Sony Studios in NYC, where they did Grand Slam and GSN's Chain Reaction?

/I thought Tim Vincent should've been the perm host, having seen the pilot in-person awhile back.  
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Or maybe Kaufman Astoria Studios.

[MSTieScott]

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid.[/quote]
In which "THINGS THAT ARE ENSHRINED" will be the first Winner's Circle category.

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'MSTieScott\' post=\'217169\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:38 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid.[/quote]
In which "THINGS THAT ARE ENSHRINED" will be the first Winner's Circle category.
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Given how itchy game shows are to give away a mill these days, I wouldn't be surprised if "RED THINGS" is the TOP category.

/Exaggerating, of course, but you get my point.

[ethanmx2]

Some personal wishes to see in this new show (aka: How I would run $1M Pyramid):
-WC: $25k on first try, $100k on second try; $1M tournament same as $100k tournament
-$10,000 for 21-21 game
-24/7: $2,400 for 7 out of 7 in round 1
-Mystery 7: Prize from $5,000-$12,500... that way cars can be included

[Mr. Game Show]

[quote name=\'pianogeek\' post=\'217164\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:55 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'217162\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:49 PM\']I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million?  That's a bit out there.

It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC).  Any speculation?  Kaufman-Astoria?[/quote]

Hmmm...could it be the Sony Studios in NYC, where they did Grand Slam and GSN's Chain Reaction?
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I doubt it will be Sony, as this is a Pilot for CBS, and the Sony stage is very small. I'm thinking either the CBS Broadcast Center or Kaufman Astoria Studios. I'd love to see it tape at the Ed Sullivan Theater, to bring Pyramid back to it's roots, but David Letterman may not be thrilled about that idea.

On another note, I noticed the Dating Game Pilot is **ALSO** being taped in NYC, and the Pilot will shoot on 6/24. With the handful of shows already taping there, it looks like NYC Game Show Production is on the comeback ! Now, if we can only get the MoneyMaze Pilot to shoot in NYC, we'd be all set

I cant wait to hear more about what Hosts are being considered for both shows. From the Ticket website, it looks like there will be 4 Pyramid tapings, and each taping has a blank for the Hosts name. I'm wondering if they will be shooting 4 episodes with different formats and/or Hosts.

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'217170\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 10:21 PM\']Given how itchy game shows are to give away a mill these days, I wouldn't be surprised if "RED THINGS" is the TOP category.[/quote]

Fixed that for you

[Jay Temple]

And to think Jon Lovitz, as the Tommy Flanagan, the pathologcial liar, came up with it as a joke.

"I won it on the fif-, hun-, uh, Million Dollar Pyramid. Yeah, that's it!"

A million in DAYTIME? What, are they putting the fourth row back in?

[Jimmy Owen]

Well, they offer a million on WWTBAM.  They seldom give it away, though.  Maybe they could play it the same as always with the addendum that the top player could win the mil by answering the "Riddle of the Sphinx," which would be one of those old "Super Jackpot" riddles made impossible to get.

[pianogeek]

NYC game show production revivals...if only there was a modern day Bob Clayton....

[Jimmy Owen]

There's Alan Kalter.

[BrandonFG]

I'm a bit turned off by the $1 million concept, but it is what it is.

If this goes as tournament mode, just don't make it anticlimactic like Donnymid. Have the contestants earn their big money...would be great to see this recorded at the Sullivan Theater, but then I remembered that Michael Davies loves his audience in the round sets. ;-)