Author Topic: Clark $100,000 Pyramid Questions (Read 2827 times)

CBSJokersWildFan · « **on:** November 27, 2003, 04:50:13 AM »

How many tournaments were held during the run of The $100,000 Pyramid?

What is the longest that any one tournament lasted?

zachhoran · « **Reply #1 on:** November 27, 2003, 07:07:48 AM »

[quote name=\'CBSJokersWildFan\' date=\'Nov 27 2003, 04:50 AM\'] How many tournaments were held during the run of The $100,000 Pyramid?

What is the longest that any one tournament lasted? [/quote]
$100K Pyramid(CLark) had 12 tournaments, the shortest was IIRC two shows and the longest was 12 shows.

Davidson $100K had five tournaments, and all were won in the first week IIRC.

The last Clark $100K show should air again on Saturday at 6PM EST(or Friday if they skipped over the Thursday show of the final week due to the Feast of Favorites tonight)

CBSJokersWildFan · « **Reply #2 on:** November 27, 2003, 09:07:02 AM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 27 2003, 07:07 AM\'][quote name=\'CBSJokersWildFan\' date=\'Nov 27 2003, 04:50 AM\'] How many tournaments were held during the run of The $100,000 Pyramid?

What is the longest that any one tournament lasted? [/quote]
$100K Pyramid(CLark) had 12 tournaments, the shortest was IIRC two shows and the longest was 12 shows.

Davidson $100K had five tournaments, and all were won in the first week IIRC.

The last Clark $100K show should air again on Saturday at 6PM EST(or Friday if they skipped over the Thursday show of the final week due to the Feast of Favorites tonight)[/quote]

Thanks, Zach. :-)

Don Howard · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2003, 03:55:57 PM »

Ah, yes. A reflection to a time when holding a $100,000
tournament meant that someone was guaranteed to win
the $100,000 cash award.

curtking · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2003, 05:57:22 PM »

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Ah, yes. A reflection to a time when holding a $100,000
tournament meant that someone was guaranteed to win
the $100,000 cash award.

And a time when winning $100,000 wasn't a common occurrence.

In watching Bullseye last night, my wife commented on the fact that an average Bullseye win ($3K-$4K) was pretty chintzy. Of course, she's had her major exposure to game shows during the past four years, when even mediocre performances win ten times that much.

Geez, I'm starting to sound like Steve Beverly now.

Curt

Don Howard · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2003, 07:25:32 PM »

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And a time when winning $100,000 wasn't a common occurrence.

Indeed so. And say what you will about the cheapness of The $50,000 Pyramid--at least the winner of that tournament was guaranteed the $50K. This recent Pyramid tourney reminds of the big championship on Trump Card. "Oh, well, we didn't give the $100,000 away. At least The Donald won't end up in the poor house".

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2003, 09:10:58 AM »

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In watching Bullseye last night, my wife commented on the fact that an average Bullseye win ($3K-$4K) was pretty chintzy.

I agree that $3-4K doesn't seem much by today's standards, but when you look at the Barry-Enright shows from that period, quite often a champ would run up several consecutive wins and walk away with $30,000 or more - quite nice for the early '80s.