New "Pyramid" Pilot Tape Date Now Set...

[TLEberle]

More to the point, how can we know who will be a good Pyramid player until they sit down and play. Instead of assuming that anyone who didn't mark time on the 70s or 80s version will be rubbish, let the new generation prove themselves in that same way.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'243003\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 05:27 PM\']You're wrong, and here's why:  Do you actually think that Davies, et al., are going to let a pantsless contestant go on Pyramid?[/quote]
Please excuse me, I have to go withdraw my application. Be right back.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243006\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:53 PM\']I'm not against them bringing back good celeb players from back in the day who still may have some sort of social recognition: LeVar Burton, Vicki Lawrence.....that's all I got...can anybody else think of celebs who may fit the mold? Outside of the Pyramid blitzkrieg, I dunno how good a player Billy Crystal was, and I remember Letterman being a celeb player, but don't know how good he was either.[/quote]
Billy set the record for the fastest win in the 70s.

A few old-school names that might still be popular:
-Ed Begley Jr.
-Markie Post
-Florence Henderson

[WarioBarker]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'243005\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:44 PM\']Do you think this is the first chance for someone to be a dipstick on a game show?
"I'd LIKE to buy A vowel!"[/quote]
Forgive me for not knowing this particular incident, but how is that being a dipstick?

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'243005\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:44 PM\']If you just pretend that the most recent version of Pyramid was a mulligan, we haven't had it in about 20 years. That means we have a generation of celebrities that haven't played the game ... The good players will be invited back, the lunkheads won't.[/quote]
Totally agreed, and can we extend the mulligan back to 1996 (the Mark L. Walberg pilot)?

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'243003\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:27 PM\']You're wrong, and here's why: Do you actually think that Davies, et al., are going to let a pantsless contestant go on Pyramid?[/quote]
No, but a moron may well drop trou' or "dry act" what I refer to. Looking at the discussion, I see your point -- the chances of it happening are nearly nil, the "nearly" because stranger things have happened on a game show.

/"No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service"...doesn't mention pants.

[J.R.]

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243010\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:15 PM\']Last time you did that, it was "burn off Dan's eyelids and strap him to a chair". And I'm still sane. [citation needed][/quote]
YOU ARE NOT FUNNY

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243008\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:06 PM\'][quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'243003\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 05:27 PM\']You're wrong, and here's why:  Do you actually think that Davies, et al., are going to let a pantsless contestant go on Pyramid?[/quote]Please excuse me, I have to go withdraw my application. Be right back.[/quote]
I'll write the rest of this post after I throw up.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243010\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 06:15 PM\']Totally agreed, and can we extend the mulligan back to 1996? Please?[/quote]
Why, what aired in 1996?

(hint: I already know the answer to this. You mentioned it before you edited the post, and then I would guess you edited it to read this way in the hopes that someone will ask you to elaborate. Epic. Pathetic. Fail.)

(He's talking about the awful Woolery pilots, for those who don't know. Which I'm guessing are very few, certainly among the regulars.)

No, but a moron may well drop trou' or "dry act" what I refer to.

In the almost 60-year history of people standing upright on game shows, how many times has this happened?

"But it could!"

Sigh.

Yes, yes it could. You know what else could happen? There could be a knock at my door, I'd open it, and there would be standing Danica Patrick, in one of her GoDaddy T-shirts.

And nothing else.

Both are about as likely.

/and the following day, we'd be playing a brisk round of "Where's My Balls", after my girlfriend cuts them off

[MikeK]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243013\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:30 PM\']Yes, yes it could. You know what else could happen? There could be a knock at my door, I'd open it, and there would be standing Danica Patrick, in one of her GoDaddy T-shirts.

And nothing else.[/quote]
This explains your pantslessness earlier.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'243006\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 07:53 PM\']Outside of the Pyramid blitzkrieg, I dunno how good a player Billy Crystal was, and I remember Letterman being a celeb player, but don't know how good he was either.[/quote]
Interrupting the pantslessness for a moment. . .

Dave's a pretty sharp guy.  He was pretty good on PYRAMID, and very good on P+ (one of P+'s biggest money winners came from the week he and Marion Ross were celebrities).

And to tie this all together, Dave once told Bob Costas on "Later" about how important Paul Shaffer and the band were to the success of "Late Night":  "I would feel like I was doing the show without pants if they weren't here.  And, you know, I've done the show without pants."

/And Dave's production company is Worldwide Pants.
//See how nicely this fits?

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243013\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:30 PM\']In the almost 60-year history of people standing upright on game shows, how many times has this happened?[/quote]
{Nerd voice}Narrrrr, once!!!1!{/Nerd}

/Wait, what?

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243010\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 06:15 PM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'243005\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:44 PM\']"I'd LIKE to buy A vowel!"[/quote]Forgive me for not knowing this particular incident, but how is that being a dipstick?[/quote] Because it is not a particular incident. You will not find it annotated on some page that has been forgotten by Wikipedia. I generally lump people who are too loud on a game show while a mike is right there into the fold of dipstickdom.

I'm still 100% sane.

Only until the Ninth Circuit picks up my appeal. Which they will, because that's how they roll.

[NickS]

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'243014\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:34 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243013\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:30 PM\']Yes, yes it could. You know what else could happen? There could be a knock at my door, I'd open it, and there would be standing Danica Patrick, in one of her GoDaddy T-shirts.

And nothing else.[/quote]
This explains your pantslessness earlier.
[/quote]

I'm still throwing up in my mouth even with Danica there.

/This portion of the Dan Benfield Comedy Hour is brought to you by Advil

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'243014\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:34 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243013\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:30 PM\']Yes, yes it could. You know what else could happen? There could be a knock at my door, I'd open it, and there would be standing Danica Patrick, in one of her GoDaddy T-shirts.
And nothing else.[/quote]
This explains your pantslessness earlier.[/quote]
Always good to be prepared.  You know, just in case.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'243019\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:49 PM\'][quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'243014\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:34 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243013\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 09:30 PM\']Yes, yes it could. You know what else could happen? There could be a knock at my door, I'd open it, and there would be standing Danica Patrick, in one of her GoDaddy T-shirts.
And nothing else.[/quote]
This explains your pantslessness earlier.[/quote]
Always good to be prepared.  You know, just in case.
[/quote]
That Boy Scout training comes in handy.

[NickS]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'243021\' date=\'Jun 24 2010, 08:54 PM\']That Boy Scout training comes in handy.[/quote]

You think she has a fly fishing badge?

/it's a badge - saw it on Wikipedia