[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'238231\' date=\'Mar 25 2010, 05:12 PM\'][quote name=\'SFQuizKid\' post=\'238140\' date=\'Mar 24 2010, 01:09 AM\'][quote name=\'ActualRetailMike\' post=\'238122\' date=\'Mar 23 2010, 05:32 PM\']One that doesn't count is the individual score displays on the 10k pyramid (and others?). Did anyone else ever notice how, while the contestants walked toward the winner's circle, the numeric displays sequentially cycled back, i.e., they went 33, 44, 55.... 99 then blank? I used to be puzzled why the display could go that high since the contestants could never score that much, even if they got every clue right.[/quote]
Too bad you say that one doesn't count! Signaltron displays had a fixed number of leaves and so each digit had to go 1-2-3-...-9-0-blank. And on the original Pyramid tiebreakers just added to the existing round score. One game score with several tiebreakers went into the 30s or 40s.
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Anson Williams vs. Adrienne Barbeau, July 4, 1976. Four tiebreakers, final score 44-43, but I forgot who won. They played three tie-breakers before the commercial break, then coming back Dick mentioned that if nobody won on the fourth tie-breaker the scores would be zeroed and they would just go immediately to the second game. The two teams matched 7s through the first three IIRC. So with 7 total rounds at a possible 7 points each, that would have been a max of 49, so they were well matched.
This game, btw, I think, was the major reason for changing to the later format based on elapsed time to complete 7.
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Actually, the most-scored points in a tie-breaker game I can recall was on the episode that aired on Friday, July 4, 1975, and the final score was 45-44 with Lucie Arnaz winning versus Anson Williams. Anson had the chance to win the game, but he fell behind instead and his team lost by that one point when the time's-up buzzer sounded. At that point, quick rush to the Winner's Circle and cut to another commercial break.
That game went into five tie-breakers, and Dick Clark did also announce on that episode after the commercial break (and the four tie-breaker played) if the game was not won after the next round played, a new game (the second main one) would be played instead afterward. A $100 cash prize would had been awarded to each of the two civilian contestants.