Wasn't Moore/Garagiola TTTT bicycled? If it was, then that "airdate" is completely meaningless. (No disrespect meant to you, byrd62, but that uploader has a reputation for assigning bogus airdates to their uploads)
No disrespect intended to you Bryce, but I'm missing why the airdate is relevant to the discussion here
Regarding Pyramid, no other game show at that time was giving away potentially $10,000 (with a total of $20,000) per show. Cars were only $3000+ on the average. So, having $10,000 (before taxes) added to your income was life changing then.