Author Topic: A pair of Pyramid riddles (Read 10376 times)

Jay Temple · « **on:** February 03, 2008, 04:44:47 PM »

1. Which two Pyramid celebrities played the same role? (One of them didn't do so until a few years after his last appearance on Pyramid.)

2. Which character is this?
a. A person famous for playing him appeared on Pyramid.
b. He was the title character of a different show.
c. The person who played him on that show did not appear on Pyramid, but at least two cast members of the show did.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2008, 06:15:00 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'177041\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 04:44 PM\']
1. Which two Pyramid celebrities played the same role? (One of them didn't do so until a few years after his last appearance on Pyramid.)[/quote]
There are probably a lot of answers to that question. For example, the first thing that came to my mind almost certainly isn't what you had in mind. Both Reid Shelton and John Schuck have played Pyramid while they were playing Daddy Warbucks on stage in Annie.

Ron Glass and Tony Randall have each played Felix Unger in a TV series. Is that the one you're looking for?

Eric Paddon · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2008, 06:52:31 PM »

#2 is Trapper John McIntire. Because:

1-Wayne Rogers did Pyramid in 1974 and 75 when he played the character on MASH.

2-Pernell Roberts, who played the character in "Trapper John M.D." did not do Pyramid.

3-Charles Siebert and Brian Mitchell, cast members of Trapper John, did play Pyramid.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2008, 08:04:34 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'177046\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 05:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'177041\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 04:44 PM\']
1. Which two Pyramid celebrities played the same role? (One of them didn't do so until a few years after his last appearance on Pyramid.)[/quote]
There are probably a lot of answers to that question. For example, the first thing that came to my mind almost certainly isn't what you had in mind. Both Reid Shelton and John Schuck have played Pyramid while they were playing Daddy Warbucks on stage in Annie.

Ron Glass and Tony Randall have each played Felix Unger in a TV series. Is that the one you're looking for?
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That's the one. (I wanted a better wording, because you could stretch it to include SNL or SCTV parodies.) And Trapper John is right also.

Fedya · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2008, 09:06:48 PM »

Bill Cullen and Dick Clark both played the host of Pyramid, and both were Pyramid celebrities, too. :-)

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2008, 09:48:00 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'177049\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 08:04 PM\']That's the one. (I wanted a better wording, because you could stretch it to include SNL or SCTV parodies.) And Trapper John is right also.[/quote]
It's not the parodies you'd worry about, it's the performers' stage work. I happened to remember the Daddy Warbucks thing because I remember what a bad player Shelton was in his single appearance, and later remember Dick Clark explaining why Schuck was playing with a shaved head.

Lots of those stars, especially when the show was in New York, had extensive stage credits. Not only Broadway, but a bunch of them would do regional theatre and summer stock, where there were only so many popular plays to go around. So there are probably tons of connections in that world. Anita Gillette alone has an astonishing number of musical comedy characters to her credit, and in fact replaced Lucie Arnaz in one show, so there's at least one more just limited to Broadway.

It's still a really neat question, and it took a while for me to come up with Felix Unger, so there probably aren't a lot of other TV or movie roles shared by two Pyramid players. Incidentally, I first though of Trapper John for the first part of your question, but didn't follow through to realize it was the answer to the second part.

clemon79 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2008, 12:14:42 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'177051\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 06:48 PM\']
Incidentally, I first though of Trapper John for the first part of your question, but didn't follow through to realize it was the answer to the second part.
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Likewise, except I couldn't positively confirm if Pernell Roberts had been on the show or not.

The Ron Glass / Tony Randall one is pretty good, though.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2008, 12:59:08 AM »

June Lockhart, Susan Ruttan and (in a cartoon) Edie McClurg have all played Mrs. Claus in TV-movies.

Robert Morse in a 1995 TV-Movie and Howard Morton in the dreadful 1988 remake both played Grandpa Munster.

Damn you, Temple, for making me waste my time like this!

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2008, 01:07:56 AM »

New question:

Which character is this?
a. A person famous for playing him appeared on Pyramid.
b. He was the title character of a different show.
c. The person who played him on that show also appeared on Pyramid, and at least two cast members of the show did.

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2008, 03:07:26 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'177065\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 10:07 PM\']
Which character is this?
a. A person famous for playing him appeared on Pyramid.
b. He was the title character of a different show.
c. The person who played him on that show also appeared on Pyramid, and at least two cast members of the show did.
[/quote]
I'm honestly not sure I even understand the question.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2008, 03:53:35 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'177069\' date=\'Feb 4 2008, 03:07 AM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'177065\' date=\'Feb 3 2008, 10:07 PM\']
Which character is this?
a. A person famous for playing him appeared on Pyramid.
b. He was the title character of a different show.
c. The person who played him on that show also appeared on Pyramid, and at least two cast members of the show did.
[/quote]
I'm honestly not sure I even understand the question.
[/quote]

It's a character that was in two different series, one of which was titled after the character. The person who played the character was on Pyramid as well as at least two other cast members of the series named after the character. Name the character.

clemon79 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2008, 04:02:18 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'177070\' date=\'Feb 4 2008, 12:53 AM\']
It's a character that was in two different series, one of which was titled after the character. The person who played the character was on Pyramid as well as at least two other cast members of the series named after the character. Name the character.
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Ah, ok. A completely wild-assed guess would be Gomer Pyle. But that guess is based more on plausibility than anything.

Don Howard · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2008, 09:20:35 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'177070\' date=\'Feb 4 2008, 03:53 AM\']
It's a character that was in two different series, one of which was titled after the character. The person who played the character was on Pyramid as well as at least two other cast members of the series named after the character. Name the character.
[/quote]
Might the answer to this one be Lou Grant?
The celebs I have in mind as players are Edward Asner, Linda Kelsey and Robert Walden.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2008, 09:28:37 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'177081\' date=\'Feb 4 2008, 09:20 AM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'177070\' date=\'Feb 4 2008, 03:53 AM\']
It's a character that was in two different series, one of which was titled after the character. The person who played the character was on Pyramid as well as at least two other cast members of the series named after the character. Name the character.
[/quote]
Might the answer to this one be Lou Grant?
The celebs I have in mind as players are Edward Asner, Linda Kelsey and Robert Walden.
[/quote]

Yes! That is the answer! Darryl "Animal" Anderson also made a Pyramid appearance.

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2008, 02:42:36 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'177081\' date=\'Feb 4 2008, 06:20 AM\']
Might the answer to this one be Lou Grant?
The celebs I have in mind as players are Edward Asner, Linda Kelsey and Robert Walden.
[/quote]
Oh, good one, and one I tossed around when I was considering the Trapper John question, so you'd think I would have considered it.