Author Topic: Pyramid (Read 14932 times)

clemon79 · « **Reply #45 on:** January 13, 2005, 11:56:46 AM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 07:03 AM\']That's something I never liked of the Osmond version. If you win both games in one show, you should get a shot at something extra. The '80s Clark version got it right - first game $10,000; win or lose, second game a total of $25,000.

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I know this flies in the face of everything I have said about Mo Money Syndrome, but it wouldn't even kill me if on a syndicated Pyramid with no network limitations on winnings, if the first trip were worth $10K and the second trip in the same show were worth $25K regardless of whether the first trip were successful or not. Consider, to coin a baseball phrase: if you've won both games and the first WC, you're well on your way to the Pyramid equivalent of hitting for the cycle, right? So why not build it up, and give that contestant a shot at a big payday? You can even have a separate harder WC ready to lock and load for that exact scenario, if you like.

(And I'm assuming we're back to Clark production values here, not the everybody-wins-so-long-as-they-have-a-pulse Osmond WC, that had all of the soul sucked out of it.)

Now, that said: Do I NEED this to improve the show? Hell, no. I've said I'd watch a properly-done Pyramid if the WC were played for a case of Two-Buck Chuck, and I mean it. But it would certainly make that WC an edge-of-your-seat event (like they aren't anyhow, again, when done right!) when someone's about to run the table...

Don Howard · « **Reply #46 on:** January 13, 2005, 01:43:55 PM »

I'd prefer the second Winner's Circle trip on the same show be worth $25000 in addition to whatever was earned during the first trip. Otherwise, the first visit is cancelled out. If you can scale that baby twice, you deserve $35000.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #47 on:** January 13, 2005, 02:02:16 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 02:43 PM\']I'd prefer the second Winner's Circle trip on the same show be worth $25000 in addition to whatever was earned during the first trip. Otherwise, the first visit is cancelled out. If you can scale that baby twice, you deserve $35000.[/quote]
Then you would have REALLY hated Bill Cullen's $25K version.

In doing some research on the show, I learned something interesting. One contestant in the first season not only beat the Pyramid twice but also won a car as a bonus in the regular game. According to a press release I have, his cash prize was REDUCED by the value of the car so that his total winnings would stay at $25K!

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #48 on:** January 13, 2005, 02:09:48 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 02:02 PM\']According to a press release I have, his cash prize was REDUCED by the value of the car so that his total winnings would stay at $25K!
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This says it all about Bob Stewart being a cheapskate.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #49 on:** January 13, 2005, 02:28:28 PM »

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In doing some research on the show, I learned something interesting. One contestant in the first season not only beat the Pyramid twice but also won a car as a bonus in the regular game. According to a press release I have, his cash prize was REDUCED by the value of the car so that his total winnings would stay at $25K!

Was it on the CBS O&O's at the time? That could explain it.

14gameshows · « **Reply #50 on:** January 13, 2005, 02:45:38 PM »

This incident also happened on that Christmas episode of Wheel of Fortune that GSN aired as apart of their "games of Christmas specials". The family team won over $100,000 and $25,000 of it had to go to Charity because the maximum amount you could win at the time was $75,000. Back in the 90s, Wheel was on CBS O & O stations. So with this in mind, does a game show that is syndicated have to follow network guidelines on maximum winnings, depending on what Network O & O station it is affilated with?

mmb5 · « **Reply #51 on:** January 13, 2005, 02:46:38 PM »

To take this to a new level (which can be either up or down), I always thought Pyramid would be the perfect game for this:

--You have 5 players in a week.
--They each play each other once during the week, which works out perfectly to 10 games.
--If you still want to do tournaments, the overall winner for the week could be a qualifier OR
--You don't have tournaments, but the first win is $10K, the second $25K, the third $50K and the fourth $100K for the week.

Fire away...

--Mike

aaron sica · « **Reply #52 on:** January 13, 2005, 03:04:12 PM »

[quote name=\'14gameshows\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 02:45 PM\']Back in the 90s, Wheel was on CBS O & O stations.

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No, it wasn't, it was the ABC O&O stations. WPVI in Philly has had it since its inception, and since fall of 1990, WABC has had it as well (where it used to air on WCBS).

Don Howard · « **Reply #53 on:** January 13, 2005, 04:14:37 PM »

It was the CBS O&Os that made The Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough impose a winnings' limit for a few years, didn't it? And this led to Joe Dunn's "retirement".

clemon79 · « **Reply #54 on:** January 13, 2005, 04:44:10 PM »

[quote name=\'14gameshows\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 12:45 PM\']So with this in mind, does a game show that is syndicated have to follow network guidelines on maximum winnings, depending on what Network O & O station it is affilated with?

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No. This was King World's own rule. I remember them mentioning that Chuck Spangenberg would have to do the same with the latter portion of his Jeopardy winnings when he cracked six figures.

dzinkin · « **Reply #55 on:** January 13, 2005, 05:02:29 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 04:44 PM\']No. This was King World's own rule. I remember them mentioning that Chuck Spangenberg would have to do the same with the latter portion of his Jeopardy winnings when he cracked six figures.

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Is Chuck Spangenberg the offspring of Chuck Forrest and Frank Spangenberg? ;-)

zachhoran · « **Reply #56 on:** January 13, 2005, 07:21:44 PM »

[quote name=\'14gameshows\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 02:45 PM\']This incident also happened on that Christmas episode of Wheel of Fortune that GSN aired as apart of their "games of Christmas specials". The family team won over $100,000 and $25,000 of it had to go to Charity because the maximum amount you could win at the time was $75,000.

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Xmas 1992 was the airdate of the special. $125K was the winnings max at the time(they taped at CBS TV City then), and the duo could keep $125K and had to give the excess in cash to a charity.

zachhoran · « **Reply #57 on:** January 13, 2005, 07:24:25 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 04:14 PM\']It was the CBS O&Os that made The Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough impose a winnings' limit for a few years, didn't it? And this led to Joe Dunn's "retirement".

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WCBS aired TJW from 1982-84 and TTD in 1983-84 IIRC. They retired Joe on Joker with over $66K. Wink mentioned on TTD there was a $50K limit because of the network affiliation, but they never retired a champ who passed it. By the time of Kit Salisbury's cracking that mark, they were in the 1984-85 season and TTD was back on WWOR.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #58 on:** January 13, 2005, 11:26:10 PM »

I always thought $10K first trip, $15K second trip winorlose made the most sense.

Re: the Cullen Pyramid winner--I wonder what would've (did?) happen if the contestant had turned down receiving the car.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 14, 2005, 03:42:17 AM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 13 2005, 09:03 AM\']That's something I never liked of the Osmond version. If you win both games in one show, you should get a shot at something extra.[/quote]
This is the one thing I liked about the Osmond version..if you totally bomb the first bonus round; why should you get a chance for more in the second? Want something extra? How about a box of lollipops?

Author Topic: Pyramid (Read 14932 times)

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