[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 04:20 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 04:16 PM\'] What's on topic about this show is that during a segment about how aspiring comics lived in New York during the 70s, after Richard Lewis talks about living in a squalid apartment in Newark, Robert Wuhl ("Batman," "Arli$$") says that he was lucky in the money department because he won $10,000 on "Pyramid." And we then see the climatic moments in the Winner's Circle with Sandy Duncan giving the clues that won him the money. Clip is rather poor tech quality in sound, but it seems that most "$20,000 Pyramid" shows extant have that problem (guessing late 70s, because that's the only shows available).
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I caught that last night, and had a "techincal" question so to speak.
At the end of the clip, they chryoned $10,000 on the screen, in what looked like a different font. Was that an actual $20K font, or was VH-1 just throwing in a little cheesy game-show effect?[/quote]
That was standard for "$20,000 Pyramid" Winner's Circle wins, since on that show, if you won one front game, you played for $10,000. Two front games, $15,000. Three or more, $20,000. They needed the graphic to emphasize how much the player won, since the sign over the pyramid just said "$20,000."
Once you won the Winner's Circle, you retired undefeated, as in the original "$10,000 Pyramid." And you had a new opponent every game, so you had to keep winning front games to get another shot at the Winner's Circle. You did get to keep any other Winner's Circle or Lucky 7 wins when you won the Winner's Circle.