Someone who rewarded players out of their own pocket was Bob Stewart.  There are a few examples on Pyramid (especially the NY era where one loss and you're gone) where Bob would give extra money to contestants who lost but played EXCELLENTLY.  Bob shelled out $200 to a losing contestant in the longest tiebreaker ever.  Bob also shelled out $1,000 to contestants who played NINETEEN perfect rounds in a row. Hell, Bob shelled out $10,000 to the charity of the contestant's choice when a gray area reared during a Winner's Circle win that was taken away due to a ruling by S&P. Bob knew S&P can't do anything after the game is completed with no lingering issues, and he got to reward the people who deserved it.

I do recall an episode of Donnymid where Colin Mochrie gave three illegal clues.

Carlisle96, I hate to have the appearance like I made an example out of somebody, but can you fix how the quote is formatted in your last post please? I can delete this communication once you do -- private messages around here aren't exactly a priority for people, so I didn't use that route to tell you. But I can help you understand how the quote function works if you can't get it yourself.

-Jason