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Post by vahan on Sept 1, 2018 15:18:44 GMT -5
pyramidfan can you tell me who the celebrity is in this ad for The $100,000 Pyramid? This ad was made in 1984, when they first announced this version. It looks like it could be Constance McCashin, except for one thing: The microphones in the Winner's Circle look as they did in most of the 1984 episodes, and Constance never appeared on the CBS version during these particular shows. She appeared in February 1984, when they were still using the Sony ECM-53s, then appeared again in July 1985. 
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Post by aaaa on Sept 1, 2018 16:32:34 GMT -5
Sort of looks like Patty Duke
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Post by pyramidfan on Sept 2, 2018 7:48:57 GMT -5
Sort of looks like Patty Duke That is indeed Patty Duke, on the Monday episode of her week against Henry Polic II in December 1984. The contestant won the $10,000 with Patty the next day, and for about a year, that win was featured in an opening clip along with a Charlie Siebert $10,000 clip. |
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Post by mike on Oct 26, 2018 0:10:59 GMT -5
I have really enjoyed various episodes with multiple tiebreaker rounds. In fact, I consider the one with Betty White and Mike Farrell (which I found on dailymotion), with the winning contestant's "I need a car," Betty's operatic singing of the word "prim," her humorous protestations of "hostage" and more, to be one of the finest pieces of drama in television history.
It is hard to find a show with so much irony and so many improbable events in one episode. I think by March 1984, well over half of teams scored 7/7 on tiebreaker rounds. It must have been very improbable that both only scored 6/7 TWICE.
And it was especially ironic that it happened after a perfect 21-21 tie! It was quite humorous to watch the smooth and astute game play in the main rounds all melt away when the tie-breaker rounds came.
I had to laugh when Johnny Gilbert said the words "perfect score tie-breaker." Well it was, it was just ironic that the tiebreakers were so much the opposite.
Of course, I lost count of the number of obvious edits, but it was worth it in my opinion.
I would love to see more episodes with multiple tie-breakers.
But, I have some questions (and may have more later):
1. Do others think I am guesstimating the probabilities and irony correctly?
2. What is latest double-tie (or triple-tie) anyone recalls? When I was young, I watched the last two seasons of the $100,000 pyramid on GSN. But, I struggle to remember any double ties. I know that some teams failed to get 7/7 on the tie-breaker. In fact, the week in which Marilyn Evans and Scott Junk entered the tournament on the same episode, there were two tie-breaker cuckoos with one involving Mary Cadorette accidentally handing $5000 to Scott Junk on Marilyn's first game (and there is a youtube clip in which David Graf handed later tournament champion Tracey Trench $5000 the same way). But, I cannot recall any times in the episodes I sawin which both teams scored six or lower in the same tie-breaker.
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Post by pyramidfan on Oct 26, 2018 9:48:58 GMT -5
2. What is latest double-tie (or triple-tie) anyone recalls? When I was young, I watched the last two seasons of the $100,000 pyramid on GSN. But, I struggle to remember any double ties. I know that some teams failed to get 7/7 on the tie-breaker. In fact, the week in which Marilyn Evans and Scott Junk entered the tournament on the same episode, there were two tie-breaker cuckoos with one involving Mary Cadorette accidentally handing $5000 to Scott Junk on Marilyn's first game (and there is a youtube clip in which David Graf handed later tournament champion Tracey Trench $5000 the same way). But, I cannot recall any times in the episodes I saw in which both teams scored six or lower in the same tie-breaker. Somewhere online is the Friday episode of Markie Post and LeVar Burton's week on "The $100,000 Pyramid," and both teams got 6 out of 7 in the first tie-breaker in the first round.
A few months later in the run, Vicki Lawrence and Dick Cavett had a double tie in Tuesday's first round when Vicki said the 7th answer in the first tie-breaker right on the buzzer.
On the daytime show, the latest double tie that springs to mind is the first round of the second Shelley Smith/Charlie Siebert week, in March 1986. Again, a contestant said the 7th answer right on the buzzer. In fact, a few years ago, the contestant's husband said that they stopped tape for about 10 minutes to determine whether or not it actually was another tie.
If I think of a later one, I'll pass it along.
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Post by vahan on Oct 26, 2018 11:03:09 GMT -5
pyramidfan This 1986 CBS promo for their game show lineup shows Shelley Smith and what could be a blind woman with sunglasses at the start of it. Could this be from January 2-4, 1985, in which the last three episodes of this four-show week had blind players?
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Post by mike on Oct 27, 2018 0:46:43 GMT -5
Another tiebreaker record question:
We all remember Cathy O'Brien, who held the winnings record for a time at $56,950 (and won it all in the winner's circle, with no $5,000 tiebreaker bonuses or even any 7-11s).
The first round of her last episode ended in a 15-15 tie.
That was nothing unusual in the $10,000 pyramid days, but everyone reacted to the scores in a very dramatic way, presumably because by 1985, it was very abnormal.
Does anyone remember any other 15-15 ties from the 1980s? 14-14 or lower?
I do not. I remember seeing 17-17 ties a few times, but I can only remember one 16-16 tie (the round Tom Reilly was lucky enough to win) and no other 15-15 ties.
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Post by mike on Oct 27, 2018 0:59:25 GMT -5
Now on another topic:
There was a contestant named Kathy Rechtsteiner (my guess at spelling) who won $66,450 on the $100,000 pyramid, but missed qualifying for the tournament. I think I saw her episodes, but my memory is hazy.
How in all did she reach her total? I read somewhere that she won 5/5 7-11s and 4/5 mystery 7s. Did she win $25,000 twice? $10,000 wins? 21-21 ties? other winner's circle attempts?
She was clearly on all 5 days. How many games out of 10 did she win? Did she retire undefeated?
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Post by pyramidfan on Oct 27, 2018 9:39:24 GMT -5
pyramidfan This 1986 CBS promo for their game show lineup shows Shelley Smith and what could be a blind woman with sunglasses at the start of it. Could this be from January 2-4, 1985, in which the last three episodes of this four-show week had blind players? Yep. It's from the second round of the January 2, 1985 episode. |
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Post by pyramidfan on Oct 27, 2018 9:42:36 GMT -5
Another tiebreaker record question: We all remember Cathy O'Brien, who held the winnings record for a time at $56,950 (and won it all in the winner's circle, with no $5,000 tiebreaker bonuses or even any 7-11s). The first round of her last episode ended in a 15-15 tie. That was nothing unusual in the $10,000 pyramid days, but everyone reacted to the scores in a very dramatic way, presumably because by 1985, it was very abnormal. Does anyone remember any other 15-15 ties from the 1980s? 14-14 or lower? I do not. I remember seeing 17-17 ties a few times, but I can only remember one 16-16 tie (the round Tom Reilly was lucky enough to win) and no other 15-15 ties. 15-15 was as low as I ever saw in California episodes. I did see a 13-13 between Loretta Swit and Robert Walden in New York, and I believe Dick Clark told them that it was the lowest tie score ever.
By the way, I found a newspaper article about Ms. O'Brien that ran after her "Pyramid" appearances, and she spells her first name with a "K."
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Post by CardSharksFan8689 on Oct 27, 2018 9:45:35 GMT -5
I remember that promo. It may have been shown around July or August 1986.
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Post by pyramidfan on Oct 27, 2018 9:49:08 GMT -5
Now on another topic: There was a contestant named Kathy Rechtsteiner (my guess at spelling) who won $66,450 on the $100,000 pyramid, but missed qualifying for the tournament. I think I saw her episodes, but my memory is hazy. How in all did she reach her total? I read somewhere that she won 5/5 7-11s and 4/5 mystery 7s. Did she win $25,000 twice? $10,000 wins? 21-21 ties? other winner's circle attempts? She was clearly on all 5 days. How many games out of 10 did she win? Did she retire undefeated? Kathy started with Meg Bennett and Don Galloway. She won $25,000 with Meg her first day, then $750 with Meg on Thursday, and then Meg had a $10,000 double-header on Friday (along with a $5,000 tie-breaker bonus for Kathy's opponent, Sandi), so both contestants returned next week. Then Kathy won another $25,000 with Martha Smith (in 45 seconds -- 2 seconds longer than the current longest qualifying time). On her last day, she won $200 with Dick Cavett -- who then won $10,000 with the challenger, Michael, in the next round.
Kathy did indeed also win all five $1,100 bonuses (three with Don and two with Dick) and four of her five Mystery 7 prizes (two with Meg and two with Martha). |
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Post by mike on Nov 2, 2018 0:40:34 GMT -5
Now on another topic: There was a contestant named Kathy Rechtsteiner (my guess at spelling) who won $66,450 on the $100,000 pyramid, but missed qualifying for the tournament. I think I saw her episodes, but my memory is hazy. How in all did she reach her total? I read somewhere that she won 5/5 7-11s and 4/5 mystery 7s. Did she win $25,000 twice? $10,000 wins? 21-21 ties? other winner's circle attempts? She was clearly on all 5 days. How many games out of 10 did she win? Did she retire undefeated? Kathy started with Meg Bennett and Don Galloway. She won $25,000 with Meg her first day, then $750 with Meg on Thursday, and then Meg had a $10,000 double-header on Friday (along with a $5,000 tie-breaker bonus for Kathy's opponent, Sandi), so both contestants returned next week. Then Kathy won another $25,000 with Martha Smith (in 45 seconds -- 2 seconds longer than the current longest qualifying time). On her last day, she won $200 with Dick Cavett -- who then won $10,000 with the challenger, Michael, in the next round.
Kathy did indeed also win all five $1,100 bonuses (three with Don and two with Dick) and four of her five Mystery 7 prizes (two with Meg and two with Martha).
Thank you very much pyramidfan for your detailed answer.
What an unbelievable five-day stretch! It is truly amazing that Kathy’s
incredible total of $66,450 far from the only money given away. The total was over $90,000. Wow!
For me, the fact that the same player did not win everything actually makes it more entertaining.
She won $60,950 in the winner’s circle, which is certainly a record among non-tournament winners. She may have won 5/5 7-11s and possibly set a record for that, but she reached her incredible total without any $5,000 tie-breaker bonuses. That is certainly impressive.
She won 7/10 games, which in itself is not really extraordinary, but she really made them count in a big way.
If you or anyone else posts any of her episodes on youtube or daily motion, I hope to see them.
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Post by mike on Nov 19, 2018 1:34:15 GMT -5
Some exceptionally difficult categories that I have seen discussed include THINGS YOU PERCEIVE, THINGS THAT CONGEAL and the unforgettable THINGS THAT ARE ENSHRINED, but there is a category swear I saw that I have never seen discussed:
THINGS THAT INFLUENCE YOU
That seems nearly impossible to me. For clues, I thought of "the media" and "intelligent advice", but those do not seem likely to convey it.
Does anyone else have any ideas?
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Post by pyramidfan on Nov 19, 2018 10:36:02 GMT -5
Some exceptionally difficult categories that I have seen discussed include THINGS YOU PERCEIVE, THINGS THAT CONGEAL and the unforgettable THINGS THAT ARE ENSHRINED, but there is a category swear I saw that I have never seen discussed: THINGS THAT INFLUENCE YOU That seems nearly impossible to me. For clues, I thought of "the media" and "intelligent advice", but those do not seem likely to convey it. Does anyone else have any ideas? I only saw it guessed one time. It was the day after the third John Davidson tournament ended. Barry Jenner got it, and he started with "heredity" and "environment." He gave one or two more clues, and the contestant said the answer.
My go-to clue would be "your mentor."
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