Author Topic: Team Pyramid? (Read 5945 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **on:** October 19, 2004, 01:54:50 PM »

Since Bob Stewart came up with a winner by modifying "Chain Reaction" into "Go!", how about "Pyramid" with teams? Five people on a team with one person designated as the guesser a la "Go!" for a best two out of three match with the winning team going into the end game which would be a true winners circle as each team member takes turns giving clues while seated around the guesser. I would title the new show "The Winner's Circle" to get the bad taste of the previous "Pyramid" out of the station manager's mouths.

clemon79 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2004, 02:04:25 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 10:54 AM\']Since Bob Stewart came up with a winner by modifying "Chain Reaction" into "Go!", how about "Pyramid" with teams?

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Don't mess with what isn't broken.

This was the downfall of the last Pyramid.

ITSBRY · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2004, 04:49:03 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 12:54 PM\']Since Bob Stewart came up with a winner by modifying "Chain Reaction" into "Go!", how about "Pyramid" with teams? Five people on a team with one person designated as the guesser[/quote]

Didn't the Chuck Woolery Pyramid pilot use "Pyramid Players" (7 celebs or something) in this fashion?

I remember Randy Amasia (RIP) saying how horrible it was.

ITSBRY

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2004, 05:13:51 PM »

[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 01:49 PM\']Didn't the Chuck Woolery Pyramid pilot use "Pyramid Players" (7 celebs or something) in this fashion?

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I believe it was Mark L. Walberg, and yes, it was teh absolute suck.

chris319 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2004, 06:51:02 PM »

How about calling it something other than Pyramid? Don't even call it Pyramid All-Stars.

sshuffield70 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2004, 07:26:05 PM »

Would "Disaster" suffice?

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2004, 08:16:36 PM »

I wasn't aware of the rules of that pilot but this would differ in that there would only be two celebs, each of whom captains a team, a la "Go!" not seven. Since the "teamwork" concept is currently trendy both in real-life and TV, that could be a selling point. I agree it should not be called "Pyramid."

chris319 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 19, 2004, 10:57:02 PM »

[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 04:26 PM\']Would "Disaster" suffice?

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[/quote]No, "Disaster" has been cancelled leaving Donny Osmond out of a gig.

Sorry, the door was wide open for that one.

ITSBRY · « **Reply #8 on:** October 19, 2004, 11:03:28 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 04:13 PM\']I believe it was Mark L. Walberg, and yes, it was teh absolute suck.

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Didn't Chuck W. do a pilot as well? I seem to remember reading about two pilots that were made before Donny's pilot. If so, did Mark and Chuck's pilot both use "Pyramid Players"?

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bricon · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:11:43 AM »

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Didn't Chuck W. do a pilot as well? I seem to remember reading about two pilots that were made before Donny's pilot. If so, did Mark and Chuck's pilot both use "Pyramid Players"?

Walberg's pilot used "Pyramid Players", unknown comedian types. Woolery's pilot used six celebrities to represent the front game categories.

Both pilots produced by the man who ended up executive producing Donny's series. If at first you don't succeed....

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:14:47 AM »

[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Oct 20 2004, 01:11 AM\']Both pilots produced by the man who ended up executive producing Donny's series. If at first you don't succeed....

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Try it a third and blow it yet again.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2004, 12:39:04 PM »

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Oct 20 2004, 01:14 AM\'][quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Oct 20 2004, 01:11 AM\']Both pilots produced by the man who ended up executive producing Donny's series. If at first you don't succeed....

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Well on the plus side, at least they went back to the traditional format. Unfortunately, they also went back to the lame categories, something that was used in the pilots ("I'M OK, YOU'RE MARY KAY", "MILLI VANILLI'S GREATEST HITS"). At least on the original Pyramid, and even Win Ben Stein's Money, the categories had some subtleties to them.

bricon · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2004, 12:45:32 PM »

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Well on the plus side, at least they went back to the traditional format. Unfortunately, they also went back to the lame categories, something that was used in the pilots ("I'M OK, YOU'RE MARY KAY", "MILLI VANILLI'S GREATEST HITS"). At least on the original Pyramid, and even Win Ben Stein's Money, the categories had some subtleties to them.

Don't even get me started on the poor camera direction of the show. I never could stand cutting back and forth between player and celebrity as the clock ran in either round. Did they think the MTV generation couldn't watch a static shot for 30, beg pardon, *20* seconds? And in the winner's circle, not cutting to the wide shot as categories were advanced/passed. "X to win" doesn't cut it for me as the game goes on.

I know, nothing that hasn't been ranted about before, but having grown up on that show, and having sat through many NYC Pyramid tapings, it hurt to see a great game messed with like that.

joshg · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2004, 09:39:07 AM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 02:51 PM\']How about calling it something other than Pyramid? Don't even call it Pyramid All-Stars.

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Not even Pyramid Plus?

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ChuckNet · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2004, 06:31:26 PM »

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Don't even get me started on the poor camera direction of the show. I never could stand cutting back and forth between player and celebrity as the clock ran in either round. Did they think the MTV generation couldn't watch a static shot for 30, beg pardon, *20* seconds?

It also rendered the score display monitors added near the end of the 1st season pointless to the folks at home.

But for all its technical and judgmental flaws, I thought it was a decent revival that deserved a 3rd season...how much worse is Pat Croce's show doing in the ratings, anyway?

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")