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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 17, 2020 15:17:32 GMT -5
Could you Brendan give me the list of contestants for the April 13-17, 1987 Blind Players week? Also, GSN only reran 3 episodes from the August 18-22, 1986 week with Mary Cadorette & Danny Breen, yet Brandon Bolton's(aka wildjackmonroe/excuseyou77) collection says he has the Monday and Tuesday episodes from that week as well.
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Post by mike on Jan 19, 2020 2:45:33 GMT -5
Here are more of Brendan's excellent recaps:
The week of December 2, 1985, the celebrity guests on "The $25,000 Pyramid" were Martha Smith of "Scarecrow & Mrs. King" and Howard Morton of "Gimme a Break." It was Martha's eighth visit to the game and Howard's fourth, and it was their second time as opponents, the first being in September of 1984.
Monday's game had public relations writer Lisa Lyons challenging the returning champ, teacher Joanne Schuber. Howard and Joanne won the first game and almost won the $10,000, but even with more than half the time left on the clock, they couldn't get top category THINGS ON A BUSH. Joanne and Martha tried for $25,000 in the next round, but Martha got buzzed on $200 box INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS for saying "Your homeowner's tax." They got the rest of the board, which netted $850. Lisa left with a trip to Hong Kong.
Tuesday was full of great game play. In the first round, Joanne and opponent Robyn (didn't catch her last name or occupation) played to a 21-21 tie, which Joanne broke, earning her $5,000 extra. She and Howard scaled the board for $10,000, winning on top category PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS. The next round also ended in a 21-21 tie, and Joanne broke it again, earning another $5,000. She and Martha almost scored $25,000, but Martha got buzzed on top category SOPHISTICATED THINGS for saying "Ladies in elegant dresses." Robyn left the show with $1,100 and, as a special bonus for playing two perfect games, a trip to Cancun.
Lyricist Bryan Farrell was the new player on Wednesday. In the first round, Howard and Joanne won $10,000 again, this time with 29 seconds left on the clock. The final category was THINGS THAT CLING. Howard and Bryan almost tied that mark in the next round, but they missed top box THINGS YOU CLAIM. Bryan went home with $750 and a VCR.
On Thursday, psychiatric intern Laura Robinson was the new contestant. Joanne again won the first round, but she and Howard stumbled a bit this time and only won $300, missing top boxes THINGS THAT ARE DUSTED, PEOPLE WHO WEAR A VEIL, and THINGS THAT ARE LOYAL. In the second round, Laura and Howard almost scored a $10,000 win, but top category THINGS ON THE BOTTOM stopped them at $750. Joanne went home with $36,700, a car, and a trip to Rome, placing her at number 37 on the list of biggest money winners for this version of the show and at number 80 for all versions of the show.
On the last day of the week, newcomer Jeannette (name and job unknown) challenged Laura, but Laura took both games. She and Howard again won $750 in their attempt for $10,000, missing top box THINGS YOU HIRE. Laura and Martha almost won $25,000 in the final round of the week, but Laura couldn't guess $150 box NAMES OF MAYORS. This extra $900 brought her total so far to $2,400 and a trip to Jamaica, and she would return the next week. Jeannette left the game with $1,100 in bonus money.
All in all, this was a week of very good games. Despite the fact that Martha had no big wins this week, she came within one box of winning all three times she visited the winner's circle, and in Howard's seven trips there this week, he either won the big money or came within one block of a win six times. Any rustiness that Howard displayed the last time he was on the show was now gone.
There were two interesting quirks to both of Thursday's games. In the first round, Laura and Martha seemingly got 20 points total, but the judge took a point off because Laura had answered "Concourse" for "Concorde." They gave her a replacement word after the category was over, which she got. In the second round, the judges accidentally rang the bell when Joanne answered "Lucy" for "Lucille Ball," and since they thought it might have thrown her timing off, they also gave her a replacement word, but she wasn't able to get it.
Final tallies - 3 games, $9,700; Howard: 7 games, $30,500.
Brendan
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Post by mike on Jan 19, 2020 2:46:10 GMT -5
The week of December 9, 1985, the celebrity guests on "The $25,000 Pyramid" were Mary Cadorette and Earl Holliman. It was Mary's sixth visit to the game and Earl's eighth. It would be a good week for both.
Monday's game had property inspector Kris Moyers competing against the returning champ, psychiatric intern Laura Robinson. Laura and Earl started off the week with a $10,000 win when Laura guessed top category THINGS THAT FLICKER. Kris tried to tie that mark in the next round, but Earl couldn't get her to say the top box, THINGS YOU FORGIVE. Kris went home with $1,850 and a home computer.
Model Debbie Young (sister of future "$100,000 Pyramid" champ Cheryl Reinwand) was the new contestant on Tuesday. She and Mary won the first game and scored $800, missing $250 box THINGS YOU CHEAT ON. In the second round, with Mary's help, Laura won another $10,000 when she went back and guessed $200 box IT MAKES YOU TIRED. Debbie left the game with her $800.
Laura's fifth and last day was Wednesday, but sales promotions manager Devita Johnson took both games. She missed the $200 and $300 boxes in both rounds and scored $550 each time, missing NAMES OF NOVELS (FICTION) and THINGS THAT TEMPT YOU with Mary and THINGS THAT HAVE A DIAMOND and THINGS THAT ARE PRODUCED with Earl. Laura left the show with $23,500 and a trip to Jamaica.
Postal clerk Betty Willis was Devita's new opponent on Thursday. She and Mary won the first game but only scored $150, missing $150 box THINGS ON NOAH'S ARK, $200 box THINGS THAT HAVE BARS, and $250 box THINGS A WOMAN DOES (WIFE) and never seeing the top box. In the second round, Mary gave away another $10,000 when Devita guessed top box STATES WITH TWO WORDS with only a few ticks left on the clock. Betty left with $1,250.
On the last day of the week, Devita and Earl almost made it to $10,000 in the first round, but $250 box THINGS MADE OF TIN stopped them at $800. Satellite dish salesperson John Whitford tried to match that mark in the next round, but he and Earl missed $150 box WORDS THAT HAVE AN "X" and top box THINGS THAT PROBE. He went home with $600 and a trip to Norway. So far, Devita had won $13,000, and she would return on Monday.
Mary and Earl both continued their winning ways this week. So far, each of them had only played one week where they hadn't won the big money at least once. Having two or more wins in a week was not uncommon for either celebrity.
Final tallies - Mary: 5 games, $23,700; Earl: 5 games, $14,900.
Next week's match: Jo Anne Worley vs. Stuart Damon.
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Post by mike on Jan 19, 2020 2:47:34 GMT -5
The week of March 25, 1985, the celebrity guests on "The $25,000 Pyramid" were Markie Post of "The Fall Guy" and Charlie Siebert of "Trapper John, M.D." It was Markie's 7th visit to the game and Charlie's 11th. This was the first of four times that these two celebrities would play against each other. They would meet again on the daytime version in September and November and for the second week of "The $100,000 Pyramid" in the fall. Every match between these two top "Pyramid" celebrities would be very successful, with three of them featuring $25,000 wins and both celebs winning the big board at least once each week.
Monday's show pitted secretary Clementine Capparella against the returning champion, retired teacher Mary Decker. Charlie and Mary took the first game, but THINGS THAT ARE WRONG in the top box stumped them, and Mary wound up with $750. The next game proved to be interesting, as there were ties after every two categories played. Each team earned 5 points in the first round, 6 in the second, and 6 in the last. Markie and Mary ended up breaking the tie and trying for $25,000, but THINGS IN A STABLE in the $150 box and THINGS PEOPLE SHARE in the $300 box kept them from the top prize. Clementine went home with the $1,100 bonus money.
Dick Clark introduced Tuesday's show by saying that 12 years earlier on that date, "The $10,000 Pyramid" premiered. This show was the only day this week to feature a big win, and it featured two. In the first round, Markie helped accountant Sheila Taylor win $10,000, with THINGS WITH A MESSAGE being the top category that put them over the top. Sheila returned in the second round, and she and Charlie won the $25,000 prize. They had less than 10 seconds for the top category, THINGS THAT SATISFY, but somehow Charlie's one clue of "a good meal" sparked the answer in Sheila's head. (Because of the rules of the game, Sheila's earlier win of $10,000 was wiped out by her $25,000 win, which is why the $10,000 is not included in Markie's total for the week.) Mary left the show with $3,100 and a trip to Amsterdam.
Wednesday's show continued with more great playing. The first round ended with a 21-21 tie, and the new player, secretary Ruth White, broke it and won $5,000 in bonus money. She and Markie then went to the winner's circle, where she won $550 after Markie got buzzed on the $200 box, PARTS OF AN UMBRELLA, for saying "the raindrops" and missing the $300 box, THINGS THAT ARE VIVID. In the next round, Markie and Sheila tried for $10,000, but by missing ARTS AND CRAFTS in the $250 box and THINGS THAT ARE AGILE in the $300 box, they came up $50 shy of Ruth's score. Sheila went home with $27,700 and a VCR.
* Note: Although never mentioned on the air, this show might have caused the judge to be a little more meticulous about the tiebreakers. In the 21-21 tiebreaker, Charlie said the last answer when there were 12 seconds left on the clock, which meant that his and Sheila's time should have been 18 seconds. However, 19 seconds was put on the clock because the clock counted down to 11 seconds left AFTER Charlie said the answer. As it turns out, Markie said her last answer when there was one second left on the clock, so Markie and Ruth were declared the winners, even though both teams did the tiebreaker in 18 seconds. Sometime later in 1985, the judge started setting the "new" tiebreaker clock based on when the receiver's last answer started, not when the clock stopped, though this was not explained on the air until two years later. For my money, it made the game more fair.
Thursday's game featured two more ties: one in the front game and one in the winner's circle. In the first round, Charlie and Ruth tried for $10,000, but Charlie's buzzer for saying "the runner ahead of you" for the top box, THINGS YOU CHASE, left Ruth with a $750 score. The next round featured a 20-20 tie between Ruth and waiter Richard Rosen. Richard and Charlie broke the tie, but the top box (THINGS YOU DODGE this time) proved to be a stumper again, and Richard also earned $750, which meant that both contestants would return on Friday.
Friday, Ruth earned another $750 in the circle, although this time, it was an accumulated total between both rounds. In the first game, she and Charlie originally had earned $650, with POEMS in the $100 box and THINGS THAT ARE TRANSPARENT in the $300 box keeping them from the top prize. But when the show returned from the commercial, Dick explained that they had to take back the $200 box because Charlie had used "sage" as a clue for THINGS THAT ARE WISE, which was a direct synonym. This cut Ruth's score down to $450. She and Markie won the next round and tried for $25,000, but they were only able to get the bottom row of categories. Leaving THINGS WITH A MOUTH, THINGS YOU SCRAPE, and THINGS THAT GLISTEN in the 4th, 5th, and 6th boxes meant that Ruth earned another $300. Ruth would return to play again on Monday. Richard left with $750 and a home computer.
One more observation: the $25,000 win this week was Charlie's second. His first was the very first $25,000 win on this version, in the fourth week of the show. (I forgot to mention last week that Melody Thomas Scott's $25,000 win was her first ever.)
Final totals: Markie - 5 games, $9,150; Charlie - 5 games, $31,000.
Next week's game: Teresa Ganzel vs. Soupy Sales.
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Post by mike on Jan 19, 2020 2:48:43 GMT -5
The week of April 1, 1985, the celebrity guests on "The $25,000 Pyramid" were Teresa Ganzel and Soupy Sales. It was Teresa's fourth visit to the show and Soupy's fifth visit to this version.
Monday's game featured newcomer Pam Kolignan against the returning champion, secretary Ruth White. Soupy and Ruth took the first game, and Ruth helped Soupy have his first big win in the L.A. versions when they scaled the Pyramid in 34 seconds, winning $10,000 on the final category, FRESH THINGS. Soupy returned to the circle in the next round, but he and Pam got stuck on WHY YOU FAINT (PASS OUT) in the $150 box and THINGS THAT ARE TAME in the $300 box. Pam went home with $600.
On Tuesday, psychiatric nurse Patty Waite challenged Ruth, but Ruth prevailed, winning both games. In the first round, she and Soupy scored $450, with DIET FOODS in the $50 box, THINGS THAT ARE THICK in the $250 box, and IT MAKES YOU TINGLE in the $300 box causing them problems. In the next round, Teresa and Ruth tried for $25,000 but fell far short. "EXCUSES OR ALIBIS" in the $100 box ate up a lot of time, and they also couldn't get THINGS MADE WITH FLOUR in the $200 box and THINGS THAT ARE CROOKED in the $250 box. With this extra $200, Ruth's final total was $21,000 and a trip to Hawaii. Since this was her fifth day, she retired undefeated.
Wednesday's match featured two new contestants, painting contractor Gary Best and secretary Katherine Hand. In the first game, Katherine and Soupy came within a second of winning $10,000 when Katherine said the final answer, THINGS WITH A PLATFORM, just after the buzzer. With the help of Teresa, Katherine came back in the next round. Missing THINGS THAT ARE ROASTED in the $250 box and FANCY THINGS in the $300 box left them with a score of $500 to add to the $750 that Katherine had won earlier.
Thursday was an odd day, as both front games were somewhat weak but the winner's circles were both strong. In the first round, after stumbling somewhat to beat the 16-point score of Teresa and expectant mother Charlotte Willain, Soupy and Katherine set the circle on fire, winning $10,000 in 31 seconds. The final category was THINGS THAT GUSH. In the next game, it looked like things might be bad for Soupy and Charlotte when they only scored 4 points in the first category, but they ended up winning the game 18-17. Again, a slow front game was no indicator of how the circle would go, as Soupy and Charlotte won $10,000 in 40 seconds, sealing the deal on the final category THINGS THAT ARE REHEARSED. This was the second double-header win of the year, following Melody Thomas Scott's two 10K wins two weeks earlier.
Since both contestants tied at $10,000 on Thursday, they both returned on Friday's show. Soupy and Katherine again took the first game, but they were only able to accumulate $350, with $150 box THINGS WORN ON THE LAPEL, $250 box THINGS THAT ARE LOW (on which Soupy got buzzed for saying "a man on a totem pole"), and $300 box THINGS YOU REDEEM causing them trouble. The final game of the week ended in a 21-21 tie. Soupy and Charlotte broke it, so Charlotte won another $5,000. In her attempt for $10,000, she and Soupy missed THINGS WITH A HOST (HOSTESS) in the $200 box and SNEAKY THINGS in the $300 box, but the $550 she earned meant she would return on Monday. So far, she had won $15,550 and a Mexican cruise. Katherine went home with $13,800 and a videocassette recorder.
This was easily Soupy's best week in the L.A. years and Teresa's worst. Soupy had been the biggest money winner in the New York versions of the show, but in his first four visits to this latest version of the show, he was never able to hit the jackpot in the winner's circle. He came close a lot -- nine $750 wins and one $850 win -- but could never get all six boxes. In January 1984, however, he did become the first celebrity to give away a car in a 21-21 tiebreaker (a feat he repeated in June of that year.)
Despite the strong showing this week, though, Soupy was never able to completely recapture his past "Pyramid" glory. After this visit, he took a two-year hiatus from the game, then returned for two more visits to this version in 1987 and four visits to "The $100,000 Pyramid" in 1987 and 1988. In all of those visits, he only won one winner's circle. His last win in the circle came in May of 1991 on John Davidson's version of the game.
By contrast, Teresa recovered strongly from this weak week. She went on to become one of the strongest players in the L.A. years and one of the biggest winners, with a total of almost $500,000 given away between 1984 and 1991.
Final tallies: Teresa - $700, two wins; Soupy - $41,000, eight wins.
Next week's game: Lauri Hendler vs. Ed Begley Jr.
Brendan
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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 19, 2020 11:43:45 GMT -5
Wow mike, you are superb, you are also a lifesaver for Vahan. I think Barbara Bossom only stepped into the WC only once(this was the week where the word "New" is added to the title to avoid confusion between the 2 versions with the same amount in the title and the logo is pointy and they still had the zoom-up shot at the Mystery 7 box). Oh, the September 29, 1983 episode saw a new contestant winning $25,000 with Richard Kline. For many years, I thought that the Rita Moreno & Michael Spound week was labeled as episodes #269-#273, but that week was officially labeled as #271-#275, so the episode # codes skips a couple of numbers but the on-air episode sequence didn't.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 19, 2020 12:07:03 GMT -5
What I'm fascinated is that when the flashback intros began on September 19, 1983(which they also tested the complete WC area darkness in the closings), they started with only 20 sets of past WC big wins and kept repeating the sets of WC big wins over and over, it'd be until the week of November 14-18, 1983(#301-#305 with Audrey Landers & Michael McKeon) which they began adding more WC big wins to the flashbacks including the most recent ones such as the one with Rita Moreno from October 5, 1983 I think.
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Post by pyramidfan on Jan 20, 2020 10:56:57 GMT -5
What I'm fascinated is that when the flashback intros began on September 19, 1983(which they also tested the complete WC area darkness in the closings), they started with only 20 sets of past WC big wins and kept repeating the sets of WC big wins over and over, it'd be until the week of November 14-18, 1983(#301-#305 with Audrey Landers & Michael McKeon) which they began adding more WC big wins to the flashbacks including the most recent ones such as the one with Rita Moreno from October 5, 1983 I think. The second batch of clips started on the December 19, 1983, episode. The celebs in the intro were Betty White and Michael Spound, each with $10,000 wins.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 20, 2020 12:00:25 GMT -5
I'm taking a wild guess and say that Jack Clark announced all the November 1983 weeks, including the abbreviated Thanksgiving 1983(which is the only Thanksgiving week that was never rerun BTW), the month of December 1983 had Jack Clark and Johnny Gilbert taking turns announcing that month, and I believe Jack Clark announced the January 3-6, 1984 week(another week that was never rerun, blame USA on that folks), and Johnny Gilbert announced the first 2 weeks of the 1984 tapings(and the first 2 weeks with the theme music starting after the show's title flying down) and back to Jack.
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Post by pyramidfan on Jan 20, 2020 12:05:18 GMT -5
Could you Brendan give me the list of contestants for the April 13-17, 1987 Blind Players week? Also, GSN only reran 3 episodes from the August 18-22, 1986 week with Mary Cadorette & Danny Breen, yet Brandon Bolton's(aka wildjackmonroe/excuseyou77) collection says he has the Monday and Tuesday episodes from that week as well. Monday: Robert vs. Rhonda Tuesday: Jody vs. Larry Wednesday: Julie vs. Burns Thursday: Mack vs. Stephanie Friday: Carmen vs. Roger
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Post by vahan on Jan 20, 2020 12:27:57 GMT -5
I'm curious to know exactly which weeks Rod Roddy announced. I know for a fact that he announced twice; 1984 w/Markie Post & Nipsey Russell and 1985 w/Vicki Lawrence & LeVar Burton.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 20, 2020 12:56:26 GMT -5
I'm curious to know exactly which weeks Rod Roddy announced. I know for a fact that he announced twice; 1984 w/Markie Post & Nipsey Russell and 1985 w/Vicki Lawrence & LeVar Burton. Rod also announced the Elaine Joyce & Nathan Cook week from August 27-31, 1984, according to what Kris Lane had in his collection.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 21, 2020 7:59:34 GMT -5
So the Carmen vs. Roger episode is the one where they had the 21-21 tie and both players split the $5000 bonus and both blind players headed to the WC at the same time, I'm assuming. Now, which celebrity won both games of the April 3, 1987 episode when you said there were co-champions?
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Post by pyramidfan on Jan 21, 2020 10:51:25 GMT -5
Now, which celebrity won both games of the April 3, 1987 episode when you said there were co-champions? Clifton Davis. He also won $1,100 for Linda and $5,000 for Anne that day.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Jan 23, 2020 0:55:50 GMT -5
In addition, Anne won the Mystery 7 bonus prize on the April 3 show too. What was the bonus prize offered that day Brendan?
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