Picky Pyramid Judging

[tidefan12]

Prepositional phrases, and the use of them, which were supposedly verboten in the Winner\'s Circle across all versions, have always been a textbook example of the inconsistency of judging on Pyramid.  I counted several in the two original clips posted here that weren\'t buzzed along with one or two that were. 

[Loogaroo]

Does anyone know who the judge was before David Michaels came in? Was it Stewart himself or someone else? That may have something to do with it.

[Adam Nedeff]

Does anyone know who the judge was before David Michaels came in? Was it Stewart himself or someone else? That may have something to do with it.

For the first few years of the series, Stewart himself. Later in the New York run, Francine Bergman. (Source) I would also imagine Anne-Marie Schmitt would have stepped in a few times, although I can\'t find anything for sure with her name attached to the job.