Author Topic: Pyramid: Unused Winner's Circle Categories (Read 35845 times)

WarioBarker · « **on:** April 13, 2010, 12:34:18 AM »

Much like the Wheel of Fortune list, I thought I'd try to start up a list of categories you'd never see on Pyramid...and some that really shouldn't have been on the show, but were. If anybody wants to chip in on either count, go ahead!

Categories the show never touched:
* Why You Fail
* What Air Would Say
* Countries Surrounding Pakistan
* Things Found In Al Capone's Vault
* Unused Winner's Circle Categories (

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* Smells Found In The Back Of A Bus
* Failed Shows Developed By Fred Silverman
* Things To Which You Might Lose A Key
* What Dana Carvey's Left Butt Cheek Might Say
* Programs Gary Coleman Has Appeared On Through A Cameo

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Categories that were actually used during the show's history:
* Used Car Dealers You Can Trust (~)
* Hit Shows On NBC-TV (~)
* Oil Companies In Bankruptcy (~)
* Famous Japanese Rabbis (~)
* Things Kissinger Did Not Foul Up (~)
* Famous Italian TV Directors (~)
* Things That Are Enshrined (#)
* Things Associated With Morse Code (^)
* Why You Grow A Mustache (^)
* Famous Sculptures (^)
* Brown Foods (^)
* Why Your Soufflé Falls (or Fails; don't quite know which is correct)
* Why You Have A C-Section
* Colors In The Olympic Rings
* What Regis' Coffee Cup Might Say
* What Tom Cruise's Dentist Might Say
* At least one of the categories in this 2004 Winner's Circle

(~) -- Used in the "...if we wanted to save the money" Winner's Circle (June 27, 1980) which, despite not being a "genuine" Winner's Circle, had the same camera angles.
(#) -- Denotes a category that was actually guessed. "Things That Are Enshrined" clinched the tenth $100,000 win (January 19, 1988), which is also one of the few wins I know of where the contestant gave the clues.
(^) -- Used in this Winner's Circle (May 18, 2004). Unlike the above, the contestant gave the clues but had absolutely no chance of getting any of these, which were the only ones revealed before time ran out.

TLEberle · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:35:16 AM »

I remember playing this with a group of friends at our Game Night. We actually had quite a bit of fun with the concept of the Winners Circle From Hell.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2010, 08:16:33 AM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239374\' date=\'Apr 12 2010, 09:34 PM\']* Things Associated With Morse Code (^)[/quote]
The dots, the dashes, the telegraph, "S.O.S."

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* Why You Grow A Mustache (^)

Because you want facial hair, but you don't want a beard.

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* Famous Sculptures (^)

Michaelangelo's David, Venus de Milo.

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* Brown Foods (^)

Molasses sugar (this is acceptable, right?)

/Make it out to "cash".

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2010, 08:23:10 AM »

I'll kick in a few of my own ridiculous categories though.

-Ten-letter words
-Things that are there
-Things that "it is"
-You give it up for Lent
-Words with double meanings
-City names that end with "City"

TLEberle · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2010, 10:57:16 AM »

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'239407\' date=\'Apr 13 2010, 05:23 AM\']-City names that end with "City"[/quote]Nevada's administrative capital.

DrBear · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:16:38 AM »

Vikings Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks
Televangelists who are poor
Magazines read by Sarah Palin
Successful Vietnam War decisions
What a mute might say

TLEberle · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:01:34 PM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'239414\' date=\'Apr 13 2010, 08:16 AM\']Successful Vietnam War decisions[/quote]Dad's egress from the Air Force, from what he's told me.

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What a mute might say

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JasonA1 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:04:02 PM »

I'll throw in two of Dick Clark's joke categories he always brought up: Things That Taste Like Lima Beans and Things that are Not Chartreuse.

-Jason

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2010, 01:10:29 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'239416\' date=\'Apr 13 2010, 12:01 PM\']

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What a mute might say

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How do you pronounce that?

TheLastResort · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2010, 01:23:12 PM »

Illegal Pyramid Clues
Famous Cavetts
UNIX Commands

GameShowGuru · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2010, 01:36:31 PM »

We had a Pyramid party night a while back, and as a gag, the $300 (top category) subject was "(Names of) MGM Lions". Unfortunately for me, I killed the spirit of the gag by rattling off some of the names: Slats, Jackie, Coffee, Tanner, Al-Morah, Leo, etc. Long story short, my partner got the Lions part of the subject (probably because I emphasized the word Leo several times), but couldn't nail down the MGM part. Needless to say, we lost, but the joke somewhat wound up back on the subject issuers, but made for some really good post-mortem conversation.

Then again, I am an excellent clue giver. I remember playing Pyramid with one guy who gave the correct subject "Things on a Track" after I gave the clue "streetwalker prostitutes." Go figure...

chrisholland03 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2010, 02:02:01 PM »

Famous Aborted Children

(oh yeah, I went there)

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2010, 02:12:05 PM »

[quote name=\'chrisholland03\' post=\'239428\' date=\'Apr 13 2010, 02:02 PM\']Famous Aborted Children

(oh yeah, I went there)[/quote]
What's funny about that?

Fedya · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2010, 02:23:32 PM »

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What a mute might say

If I could speak, I would tell you my name is Johnny Belinda.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2010, 02:40:40 PM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'239414\' date=\'Apr 13 2010, 11:16 AM\']Magazines read by Sarah Palin[/quote]
Guns and Ammo...for the pictures

-"Tiger's Mistresses"
-"Famous Jewish Sports Legends"
-"Why You Sniff Magic Markers"
-"That's What She Said"