Pyramid

[TravisP]

According to Challenge, Sony are after contestants to take part in a UK version of Pyramid. Which from the listing it will feature Donny Osmond. Looks like a US duplicate for the British audience then.

http://www.challenge.co.uk/getinvolved/

[itiparanoid13]

You have my deepest sympathy.  I never thought it was possible to screw up The $XXX,000 Pyramid, but Sony somehow found a way to do it with Pyramid in my eyes.  Here's hoping you guys can fix some of the issues I felt our game had, like the Winner's Circle which was a bit too easy, the really bad tournaments, and, hmm, maybe a set that's more than steal beams.

[Jimmy Owen]

Donny Osmond?  Wouldn't brother Jimmy, that "Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool" have more marquee value for GB?

[Brig Bother]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'142123\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 02:58 PM\']
Donny Osmond?  Wouldn't brother Jimmy, that "Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool" have more marquee value for GB?
[/quote]

Jimmy did quite well in I'm a Celeb a few years ago, but Donny has been a regular on the chat show circuit over here for aaaaaaggges and is the bigger name, so it makes sense really.

[TLEberle]

Didn't British television already screw up the Pyramid once? This just proves that y'all are gluttons for punishment.

/Oh, right. And you boil meat, too.

[Brig Bother]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'142135\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 05:20 PM\']
Didn't British television already screw up the Pyramid once? This just proves that y'all are gluttons for punishment. [/quote]

Yep, it began as a segment in a much bigger everning extravaganza hosted by Bruce Forsyth in 1978 (The £1,000 Pyramid, as part of Bruce's Big Night), next year became a segment in The Steve Jones Games Show, and then was on and off (mainly off) throughout the eighties, finally ending in 1991. It was hosted by the same guy throughout.

/Oh, right. And you boil meat, too.

And do you know what? It's LOVELY.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'142137\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 09:49 AM\']
And do you know what? It's LOVELY.
[/quote]
Boiling meat as a preparatory action to something else (say, boiling country-style ribs to get the fat off, then broiling or grilling them" is just fine with me. Boiling and serving it directly, not so much.

[Brig Bother]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'142139\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 05:51 PM\']

Boiling meat as a preparatory action to something else (say, boiling country-style ribs to get the fat off, then broiling or grilling them" is just fine with me. Boiling and serving it directly, not so much.
[/quote]

Well we wouldn't boil everything, obviously. But a proper slab of bacon? Lovely!

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'142139\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 12:51 PM\']Boiling meat as a preparatory action to something else (say, boiling country-style ribs to get the fat off, then broiling or grilling them" is just fine with me. Boiling and serving it directly, not so much. [/quote]
The reason I boil my chuck roast is to make broth for egg noodles.  I've rarely had better.

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'142135\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 01:20 PM\']
Didn't British television already screw up the Pyramid once? This just proves that y'all are gluttons for punishment. [/quote]

Hey, they could've brought John Davidson out of mothballs just for the Brits!

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'142135\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 01:20 PM\']
Didn't British television already screw up the Pyramid once? This just proves that y'all are gluttons for punishment. [/quote]

Hey, they could've brought John Davidson out of mothballs just for the Brits!

John know all the rules to Pyramid verbatim today as well he did 15 years ago!  And I challenge anyone out there to prove me otherwise!

[The Pyramids]

[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' post=\'142121\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 10:17 AM\']
Here's hoping you guys can fix some of the issues I felt our game had, like the Winner's Circle which was a bit too easy, the really bad tournaments, and, hmm, maybe a set that's more than steal beams.
[/quote]

Were these the main criticisms that the show had during its run? I wasn't around here then. I'll agree about the tournaments.

[itiparanoid13]

I wasn't really involved in this forum at the time, so I truly have no idea.  For me, the issues were that the Circle was far too easy, the celebrities (for the most part) weren't that good, the music blew, the set blew, the tournaments blew, and I think they could have had far better hosting choices.  Really, the only part I liked was toughening up the main game the bit, but the difficulty seemed to flip flop between the main game and the Circle.  I don't know what the opinion was here, maybe some of the older members could fill us in, because I am curious as well.  I should probably search.

[Dbacksfan12]

The main issue I had with the show is they took the focus off the game/contestants and focused too much on the celebrities and whatever project they had going on at the time.

That, and the Winner's Circle blew.

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'142160\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 04:32 PM\']
The main issue I had with the show is they took the focus off the game/contestants and focused too much on the celebrities and whatever project they had going on at the time.

That, and the Winner's Circle blew.
[/quote]

In addition, you never had the same set of celebrities doing a whole week.  

Granted, you had some no-name B, C & D-listed dogs in the celebrity mix during the syndicated 100K run that you had to endure for 5 days in a row, but that (along with returning contestants) allowed consistency and you knew the shows were running in some sort of order.