Author Topic: NEW PYRAMID CASTING. (Read 66319 times)

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #285 on:** July 24, 2009, 09:52:08 AM »

[quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'220987\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM\']In any event, I'll most likely wait until next summer to apply, because (1) I'm still in the 18-month wait for Jeopardy!, and (2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.[/quote]
There is certainly some merit in your first point, though being accepted for both and having to pick one or the other wouldn't be a terrible problem to have. But your second point doesn't make a lot of sense. If the show turns out to have a short run, you will have missed out on your chance to play by waiting too long to apply.

tvmitch · « **Reply #286 on:** July 24, 2009, 11:01:16 AM »

[quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'220987\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM\']...(2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.[/quote]
I've heard this kind of reasoning before, and it's just the strangest idea to me. Money is money. Right? If you can get on a game show that will probably only last 4 weeks but you get accepted, and they want to pay you $25K or more to play a word-association game, why on Earth would you turn that down? I don't get it.

For some reason, when I got to the later stages of the audition process for Povich 21, and they hadn't had the rules ironed out yet, I vaguely recall having that sort of attitude. Ten years later (and wiser, and with a mortgage payment to boot), I don't know why I felt like that, and it seems like an elitist feeling in hindsight. $100K for winning one game on that ridiculous show in the first couple episodes? Count me in any day.

Chad, in all his glory, got to play MDP (very well, to boot), and that lasted all of 12 episodes, but I wouldn't think for a minute that he hasn't cashed that check yet.

MSTieScott · « **Reply #287 on:** July 24, 2009, 01:17:34 PM »

I can kind of understand that reasoning if it's a game show that has never aired anywhere, or has significantly changed its rules. I'd want to be sure that I understood how the game worked before I went on and risked a lot of money without knowing how to best play the game (for example, it took me a couple of weeks of watching the new season of Millionaire before I fully understood how I would handle the clock and the revised lifelines -- of course, I wasn't trying to be a contestant...). But from what we've seen, this looks like it'll play pretty much like classic Pyramid.

(Or to remedy that concern, if I was trying out for an unknown game, I would just try to attend a few early tapings as an audience member to get a feel for everything before I was selected as a contestant.)

colonial · « **Reply #288 on:** July 24, 2009, 03:19:08 PM »

I received an application this afternoon, 2-3 days after requesting one.

JD

BrandonFG · « **Reply #289 on:** July 24, 2009, 03:34:56 PM »

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'220994\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 11:01 AM\'][quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'220987\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM\']...(2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.[/quote]
I've heard this kind of reasoning before, and it's just the strangest idea to me. Money is money. Right? If you can get on a game show that will probably only last 4 weeks but you get accepted, and they want to pay you $25K or more to play a word-association game, why on Earth would you turn that down? I don't get it.
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The only thing I can think of is that you might get a better celebrity once the show has reestablished itself, possibly someone who gets a better hang of the game.

Then again, I would like to think that they'll get strong celebrities to open the game and build an audience.

/Then again, MDP's celebs seemed to get worse.

Fedya · « **Reply #290 on:** July 24, 2009, 04:08:10 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'221007\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 03:34 PM\']The only thing I can think of is that you might get a better celebrity once the show has reestablished itself, possibly someone who gets a better hang of the game.

Then again, I would like to think that they'll get strong celebrities to open the game and build an audience.[/quote]
We saw how well that worked out on the Osmond Pyramid.

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/Then again, MDP's celebs seemed to get worse.

Of course, the MDPs didn't air in production order.

mmb5 · « **Reply #291 on:** July 24, 2009, 04:45:18 PM »

For those of us who are having our picture taken this weekend but don't have the application yet, anybody know the size/parameters of the picture they covet?

--Mike

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #292 on:** July 24, 2009, 05:59:00 PM »

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'221011\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 04:45 PM\']For those of us who are having our picture taken this weekend but don't have the application yet, anybody know the size/parameters of the picture they covet?[/quote]

They do not specify.

The Pyramids · « **Reply #293 on:** July 25, 2009, 09:48:43 AM »

I just wish it was a done deal. Steve Beverly is reporting that decisions have been postponed until the first week of August while CBS looks at more pilots.

Bill Neuweiler · « **Reply #294 on:** July 25, 2009, 02:30:50 PM »

[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'221075\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 09:48 AM\']I just wish it was a done deal. Steve Beverly is reporting that decisions have been postponed until the first week of August while CBS looks at more pilots.[/quote]

by what medium is Steve Beverly doing his reporting? I haven't seen anything of his since he closed down his website awhile back.

chad1m · « **Reply #295 on:** July 25, 2009, 02:33:42 PM »

[quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'221087\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\']by what medium is Steve Beverly doing his reporting?[/quote]The Game Show Fix, an email newsletter.

aaron sica · « **Reply #296 on:** July 25, 2009, 03:20:56 PM »

Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #297 on:** July 25, 2009, 03:30:54 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'221089\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 03:20 PM\']Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.[/quote]
GOOD LUCK! =)

bellbm · « **Reply #298 on:** July 29, 2009, 10:13:01 PM »

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'221090\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'221089\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 03:20 PM\']Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.[/quote]
GOOD LUCK! =)
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I sent my ap in last week. Has anyone heard anything back?

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #299 on:** July 29, 2009, 10:22:21 PM »

[quote name=\'bellbm\' post=\'221435\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 10:13 PM\'][quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'221090\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'221089\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 03:20 PM\']Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.[/quote]
GOOD LUCK! =)
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I sent my ap in last week. Has anyone heard anything back?
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According to Steve Beverly, decisions concerning what's replacing Guiding Light have been postponed until next week. So I wouldn't think they'd call/email contestants to be on the show if it's not even picked up yet.

Believe me, I wish they did. I put my application in too, and I would LOVE to be on the show.