Author Topic: Another Pyramid Pilot (Read 20098 times)

chad1m · « **Reply #30 on:** April 11, 2010, 07:14:39 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239258\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 06:46 PM\']And then they admitted they picked clueless celebrities on purpose when Joey Tribbiani showed up in February 2004.[/quote]Like when Wheel of Fortune admitted they picked contestants because they were sexpots when Sandra Clark showed up? Like when Family Feud and Jeopardy admitted they pick obtuse contestants when the Harpers and then Thelma herself showed up? Like how The Price is Right admitted they really do select contestants in advance when Barney Stinson showed up?

They call it fiction for a reason. Just give it up. Please.

WarioBarker · « **Reply #31 on:** April 11, 2010, 07:47:54 PM »

...I know it's fiction (Friends, "The One Where The Stripper Cries"). It's just really odd how a fictional game of Pyramid managed to resemble the real one in terms of celebrity brain-wattage.

/Paper!
//Snow!
///A ghost!

Again, I know it's fiction, but it reflected on how bad some celebrities really were at playing the game -- didn't Pyramid test celebrities for the best players before they did tapings?

"John, you won with the other celebrity and you'll play the Winner's Circle...with Joey Tribbiani." (cue guy's shocked face at the blatant use of convolution)

MikeK · « **Reply #32 on:** April 11, 2010, 07:48:56 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239258\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 06:46 PM\'](Things On A Cave Wall?)[/quote]
Lascaux paintings. Make the check out to "Cash".

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/And then they admitted they picked clueless celebrities on purpose when Joey Tribbiani showed up in February 2004.

Proof, please.

Edit: So Dan realized it's an episode of Friends.

WarioBarker · « **Reply #33 on:** April 11, 2010, 08:29:42 PM »

Actually, I knew it from the beginning.

NickS · « **Reply #34 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:30:43 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239258\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 05:46 PM\']I've been reduced to an inside joke? I'm no stranger to that...[/quote]

Inside joke? No. You said yourself that you've made jokes that have fallen flat on this board, right? And besides, with your track record right now, there's more people that would rather listen to Mr. Astley.

/)swarizona
//There's your inside joke.

J.R. · « **Reply #35 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:34:00 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239269\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 07:29 PM\']Done. Expect it on April 31.[/quote]
You really should wait until you log OFF this forum before you start smoking crack.

TLEberle · « **Reply #36 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:57:05 PM »

[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'239272\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 06:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239269\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 07:29 PM\']Done. Expect it on April 31.[/quote]You really should wait until you log OFF this forum before you start smoking crack.[/quote]See, the bit of the joke is that Dan really has no intention of writing any such check to Mike Klauss. That's why he said to wait until April 31st.

chad1m · « **Reply #37 on:** April 11, 2010, 10:01:39 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'239274\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 09:57 PM\']See, the bit of the joke is that Dan really has no intention of writing any such check to Mike Klauss. That's why he said to wait until April 31st.[/quote]I'm sure Joe knows that. The comment was just lame.

/Calling it a "joke" is very kind of you.

dale_grass · « **Reply #38 on:** April 11, 2010, 10:45:28 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239258\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 05:46 PM\']Things On A Cave Wall?[/quote]
Bat sh*t, Osama bin Laden's bachelor's degree, Robin's Batgirl pinup, mastadon/pterodactyl/triceratops/saber-toothed tiger/tyrranosaurus pictographs.

\Dragonzord!

golden-road · « **Reply #39 on:** April 11, 2010, 11:05:00 PM »

[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'239279\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 10:45 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239258\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 05:46 PM\']Things On A Cave Wall?[/quote]
Bat sh*t, Osama bin Laden's bachelor's degree, Robin's Batgirl pinup, mastadon/pterodactyl/triceratops/saber-toothed tiger/tyrranosaurus pictographs.

\Dragonzord!
[/quote]

Um, Tigerzord!

BrandonFG · « **Reply #40 on:** April 11, 2010, 11:36:15 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239264\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 07:47 PM\']("John, you won with the other celebrity and you'll play the Winner's Circle...with Joey Tribbiani." {cue guy's shocked face})[/quote]
I'm willing to understand that sitcoms take liberties when it comes to game show-based episodes, but that one has always left me scratching my head, even as a joke. The writers couldn't have somehow painted Joey and his partner into some kind of corner where they STILL ended up winning.

/Yes, I'm dissecting a six-year-old episode of a sitcom
//Made just as little sense on Million Dollar Password

Lirodon · « **Reply #41 on:** April 12, 2010, 07:32:47 AM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'239282\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 11:36 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239264\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 07:47 PM\']("John, you won with the other celebrity and you'll play the Winner's Circle...with Joey Tribbiani." {cue guy's shocked face})[/quote]
I'm willing to understand that sitcoms take liberties when it comes to game show-based episodes, but that one has always left me scratching my head, even as a joke. The writers couldn't have somehow painted Joey and his partner into some kind of corner where they STILL ended up winning.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I don't know any Spanish words

MikeK · « **Reply #42 on:** April 12, 2010, 03:43:50 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239269\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 08:29 PM\']blah blah blah blah[/quote]That's all fine and well. I'm still waiting for an answer to this...

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'239265\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 07:48 PM\']

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/And then they admitted they picked clueless celebrities on purpose when Joey Tribbiani showed up in February 2004.

Proof, please.[/quote]

WarioBarker · « **Reply #43 on:** April 12, 2010, 06:38:58 PM »

Look at Season 2. Obviously, the show wouldn't admit that they picked most of its celebrities for their star power (or D-List status) over an actual ability to play the game well. They also wouldn't admit it when they'd stack a great celebrity up against such things as "What Dana Carvey's Left Butt Cheek Might Say"*.

I think I'm getting the bad-celebrity thing confused with the bad Winner's Circle categories -- those (near?) impossible things will make any celebrity look dumb if they can't figure out to win at it, which might have been why they were used in the first place (not to mention saving the budget and keeping the number of tournament entrants between 4 and 6).

As for that episode of Friends, Joey played a low-tier character on Days of Our Lives and had a vastly-different train of thought than pretty much everybody else. Had that been in real-life, the actual show would've likely booked him for exactly the aforementioned reasons.

*/hoping that wasn't actually used by Donnymid

NickS · « **Reply #44 on:** April 12, 2010, 06:44:12 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239328\' date=\'Apr 12 2010, 05:38 PM\'][quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'239312\' date=\'Apr 12 2010, 03:43 PM\'][quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'239265\' date=\'Apr 11 2010, 07:48 PM\']

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/And then they admitted they picked clueless celebrities on purpose when Joey Tribbiani showed up in February 2004.

Proof, please.[/quote][/quote]
Look at Season 2. Obviously, the show wouldn't admit that they pick celebrities for their star power (or D-List status) over their brains.
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QE: Emphasis above is mine.

Ok - so you said that they admitted they picked clueless celebrities, and a day later you're saying they're not admitting it? In the words of the immortal Mike Ditka, "Who ya crappin'?"