Author Topic: NEW PYRAMID CASTING. (Read 65557 times)

chad1m · « **Reply #180 on:** June 19, 2009, 11:56:24 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 03:14 PM\']/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]You got it.

MST · « **Reply #181 on:** June 20, 2009, 12:27:25 AM »

That thing someone said about "Alan Kalter is the announcer but couldn't make it and Michael Davies was filling in" was correct. They had him (Davies) step out and record the line in the clear before taping started. The opening spiel is: "From the CBS Studios in New York, this is The One Million Dollar Pyramid! Today's guests are Kathy Najimy, and (that other guy). Here's your host, Dean (whatshisface)!"

Earlier someone asked if they're using the traditional clock sound effect: indeterminate. Everything is silent during the Winner's Circle in-studio except for correct answers and buzzes. (No visible clock, either. Or maybe it's just 'cause I was facing away from all the monitors and such.) There seems to be a lot of "We'll fix it in post" going on at this point, which I assume will get tightened up if/when it goes to air.

Also, the warmup comedian they're using is terrible at actually warming people up. /shrug

Strikerz04 · « **Reply #182 on:** June 20, 2009, 12:28:20 AM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218500\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 10:56 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 03:14 PM\']/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]You got it.
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I lol'd
Good job!

BrandonFG · « **Reply #183 on:** June 20, 2009, 12:30:36 AM »

[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'218504\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:28 AM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218500\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 10:56 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 03:14 PM\']/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]You got it.
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I lol'd
Good job!
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Seconded. Looks like we have a replacement for the 70s pic! :-)

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #184 on:** June 20, 2009, 12:43:24 AM »

Hope the water bottle was there just for the rehearsal.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #185 on:** June 20, 2009, 12:44:36 AM »

Just noticed something else interesting about that pic. There's two desk mics, but is Ken also wearing a lavalier?

chad1m · « **Reply #186 on:** June 20, 2009, 12:55:38 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'218510\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:43 AM\']Hope the water bottle was there just for the rehearsal.[/quote]The gif now comes in an Aquafina-less variety.

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218511\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:44 AM\']Just noticed something else interesting about that pic. There's two desk mics, but is Ken also wearing a lavalier?[/quote]The larger image shows... maybe?

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #187 on:** June 20, 2009, 07:15:06 AM »

[quote name=\'MST\' post=\'218503\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:27 AM\']Also, the warmup comedian they're using is terrible at actually warming people up. /shrug[/quote]
Well, it seems only fair that they retain something from Donnymid.

Clay Zambo · « **Reply #188 on:** June 20, 2009, 08:57:30 AM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218511\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:44 AM\']Just noticed something else interesting about that pic. There's two desk mics, but is Ken also wearing a lavalier?[/quote]

Body pack, yeah. Are the desk mics doing anything, or just for show, I wonder. There are a pair on a stand in the Winner's Circle, too, but I wonder if it was just for retro-cred, since everybody's on a wireless.

Pyramid80 · « **Reply #189 on:** June 20, 2009, 11:06:28 AM »

How did Friday's pilot taping go? Any news?

GSFan · « **Reply #190 on:** June 20, 2009, 01:56:48 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218536\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 07:15 AM\'][quote name=\'MST\' post=\'218503\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:27 AM\']Also, the warmup comedian they're using is terrible at actually warming people up. /shrug[/quote]
Well, it seems only fair that they retain something from Donnymid.
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Who was the warm-up comedian? Was it someone other than the announcer? I am assuming that Alan Kalter was not the announcer. Last time I saw him announcing, thirty-four years ago at The Money Maze, he did his own warm-up.

In my own opinion:

Donnymid - A rather unentertaining, albeit thankfully brief chapter in Pyramid history. A time in which the game got crammed into a 22 minute time slot. OK, they had to allot for more commercial time. That's just the requirements of commercial television these days.

I felt that because they changed celebrities and contestants every show, there was no time to "connect" with anyone playing the game. At times, I recall them changing celebrities in the middle of a show. Dick Clark played only one game in his appearance. Am I correct? And without having any time to know who a contestant was, by the time they went for the $100,000, who cared?

My biggest issue with Donnymid - Did someone, or many people on staff think that their audience was stupid? Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds? Maybe that's why they changed the front game to "six in twenty", to have the extra time for all those "supers". I would like to know if they thought we had to be reminded of how many subjects were "needed to win"?

Donnymid - Will we ever let it go?

GSFan · « **Reply #191 on:** June 20, 2009, 02:05:19 PM »

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218448\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 01:58 PM\']the top of the pyramid looks like a 50s roadside inn/50s Vegas sign, but the rest of the set has the whole modern neon thing going. It looks like somebody wanted to find a way to incoroporate a bunch of different set elements/colors/designs without thinking it through.[/quote]

Maybe they did "think it through" and are going to promote the show in the style of a certain chain of "roadside inns". I can hear it now...

"Pyramid 6. We'll leave the trilons flippin' for you."

clemon79 · « **Reply #192 on:** June 20, 2009, 02:26:20 PM »

[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 10:56 AM\']Dick Clark played only one game in his appearance. Am I correct?[/quote]
No, you are not.

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My biggest issue with Donnymid - Did someone, or many people on staff think that their audience was stupid?

By virtue of the production staff thinking the viewing audience would go for that pile of crap: yes, yes they did.

chad1m · « **Reply #193 on:** June 20, 2009, 02:48:42 PM »

[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.

catnap1972 · « **Reply #194 on:** June 20, 2009, 02:49:27 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'218563\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 02:26 PM\']By virtue of the production staff thinking the viewing audience would go for that pile of crap: yes, yes they did.[/quote]

Are we assured that most everyone who has a say in this one doesn't also think like this? Or are they going to start howling "where's the girders and the plasma screens? (cuz we need MORE FLASH!!!!!!!!!)" or "Where's Donny?" if the ball gets rolling?