Pyramid celebs by DOB

[Jay Temple]

As time permitted, I've been adding dates of birth and death to my Pyramid celebrity roster. Here are a few things I got just from briefly reviewing:

The celebrity born closest to my own birthday (11/29/63) is Allan Kayser, from Mama's Family (12/18/63).
By DOB, the first celebs who weren't born when Pyramid debuted are Neal Patrick Harris and Greg Vaughan, both 6/15/73.
The first show to feature a celeb younger than the Pyramid format was the 9/19/02 show, featuring Aries Spears.
Kelly Packard (9/19/02) was the first who wasn't born when The $25,000 Pyramid debuted (1/29/75).
Eric Winter (5/12/03) was the first who was born after the switch from $10K to $20K. (However, it's possible that Marion Jones was born after the first 20K was taped.)
Kyle Lowder (5/13/03) was the first who was born after the 20K left the air (8/27/80)
Kristin Holt (2/10/03) was the first who was born after the final NY show (8/17/81).
They never reached a point where a celebrity was born after the first CBS 25K. If CBS picks it up again, that will be something to look for.

I didn't include celebs whose only appearance was for charity. It wasn't clear where Miss America Week from 2003 fits in, but either Erika Harold or Katie Harman could have filled a gap in 1980, as IMDb gives 1980 as the birth year for both, but doesn't have the day for either.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'237679\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 12:43 PM\']Kristin Holt (2/10/03) was the first who was born after the final NY show (8/17/81).[/quote]
I didn't know she was on Pyramid. Assuming we're talking about the currently-Kristin Adams of G4, what was her claim to fame when she was on? American Idol, maybe?

[Pyramid80]

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'237679\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 02:43 PM\']As time permitted, I've been adding dates of birth and death to my Pyramid celebrity roster. Here are a few things I got just from briefly reviewing:

By DOB, the first celebs who weren't born when Pyramid debuted are Neal Patrick Harris and Greg Vaughan, both 6/15/73.[/quote]
Are you sure about this date?  Pyramid made it's CBS debut on 3/26/73....

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'237683\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 03:59 PM\'][quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'237679\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 12:43 PM\']Kristin Holt (2/10/03) was the first who was born after the final NY show (8/17/81).[/quote]Assuming we're talking about the currently-Kristin Adams of G4, what was her claim to fame when she was on? American Idol, maybe?[/quote]
We are and it probably was.  Sayeth the wiki, Mrs. Adams was a "correspondent" for Season 2, which was airing at the time.

/That explains that one Robot Chicken sketch.

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'237685\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 01:15 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'237683\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 03:59 PM\'][quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'237679\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 12:43 PM\']Kristin Holt (2/10/03) was the first who was born after the final NY show (8/17/81).[/quote]Assuming we're talking about the currently-Kristin Adams of G4, what was her claim to fame when she was on? American Idol, maybe?[/quote]
We are and it probably was.  Sayeth the wiki, Mrs. Adams was a "correspondent" for Season 2, which was airing at the time.
[/quote]
Yep. Contestant in season 1, correspondent in season 2.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'237723\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 07:51 PM\']Yep. Contestant in season 1, correspondent in season 2.[/quote]Wasn't she the queue interviewer who caught the contestants as they entered and egress'd the audition?

[golden-road]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'237728\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 11:26 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'237723\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 07:51 PM\']Yep. Contestant in season 1, correspondent in season 2.[/quote]Wasn't she the queue interviewer who caught the contestants as they entered and egress'd the audition?
[/quote]

Yep, and apparently she was supposed to replace Dunkleman for Season 2, only to find out (via all her "hosting" scenes being edited out) that they wanted The Seacrest solo.

[Jay Temple]

[quote name=\'Pyramid80\' post=\'237684\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 02:59 PM\'][quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'237679\' date=\'Mar 16 2010, 02:43 PM\']As time permitted, I've been adding dates of birth and death to my Pyramid celebrity roster. Here are a few things I got just from briefly reviewing:

By DOB, the first celebs who weren't born when Pyramid debuted are Neal Patrick Harris and Greg Vaughan, both 6/15/73.[/quote]
Are you sure about this date?  Pyramid made it's CBS debut on 3/26/73....
[/quote]
I went back to IMDb just to be sure. There are no other birthdays between 3/26/73 and 6/15/73, and those DOB's are the same.

Also: The first celeb to die was Larry Blyden on 6/6/75.
Since there was a discussion of "phantom" panels, some time ago, I'll add that, so far, all the pairings of two deceased celebrities involve Lois Nettleton or Debralee Scott. If you add in a deceased host, there have been exactly two: Lois Nettleton v. John Ritter and Debralee Scott v. Peter Lawford on Cullen 25.

[William A. Padron]

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'237756\' date=\'Mar 17 2010, 03:10 PM\']Since there was a discussion of "phantom" panels, some time ago, I'll add that, so far, all the pairings of two deceased celebrities involve Lois Nettleton or Debralee Scott. If you add in a deceased host, there have been exactly two: Lois Nettleton v. John Ritter and Debralee Scott v. Peter Lawford on Cullen 25.[/quote]

And add a deceased announcer in the background, perhaps, in those same two pairings for the Cullen 25K edition that is mentioned above [i.e. Bob Clayton].

[bclark71]

The Seacrest

OK, now that's funny.

[dale_grass]

[quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'237739\' date=\'Mar 17 2010, 04:21 AM\']The Seacrest[/quote]
Does that come with a Johnson or Mercury motor?

You're selling a boat, right?

[Long live Jeopardy]

You can now add this factoid of Pyramid celebrities to your list:

Anna Camp (7/24/16) was the first who was born after the first CBS $25K premiered on 9/20/82 (she was born on 9/27/82).

[parliboy]

Does that come with a Johnson or Mercury motor?

You're selling a boat, right?

It's a mystery box, Lois. It could be anything.

[chad1m]

Anna Camp (7/24/16) was the first who was born after the first CBS $25K premiered on 9/20/82 (she was born on 9/27/82).

New Girl star Lamorne Morris, who played on The Pyramid, was born in 1983.

[Scrabbleship]

Since there was a discussion of "phantom" panels, some time ago, I'll add that, so far, all the pairings of two deceased celebrities involve Lois Nettleton or Debralee Scott. If you add in a deceased host, there have been exactly two: Lois Nettleton v. John Ritter and Debralee Scott v. Peter Lawford on Cullen 25.

Even in 2010 there were some parings of two phantom pairs that didn't involve either of those two. One of those ($10K, 10/29/73-11/2/73) was the first case of a phantom panel (Meredith MacRae/Dick Shawn). The week before (Gwen Verdon/Godfrey Cambridge) was another. The other one I can think of repeated thrice (Peggy Cass/Nipsey Russell) and one of their appearances was on Cullen $25K.

Of course, the number has gone up the last six years. What I wonder is who the oldest person to play Pyramid has been.