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Pyramid
Neumms:
Since the issue of \"Pyramid's\" guest list came up, let me fire this out there for discussion: Since the celebrities are in large part Hal Sparks and radio deejays, wouldn't the show be better off without them?
They haven't been able to draw decent stars since the 70s, so it's not as if that's a big part of the appeal. And they could still do a celebrity-partner week once in a while, whenever Betty White, Dick Clark or Vicki Lawrence happen to be driving by on taping day.
It would be more exciting to me to see a family pair (or \"Lingo\"-style team) celebrating a big win, you wouldn't have celebrities to blame for lousy clues, and think what they could do with all the time spent explaining what exactly qualifies the \"celebrity\" as a celebrity.
Jimmy Owen:
Wasn't the problem with having family or friends partnered that they could be too familiar. Clues like \"Uncle George works in a...\" or \"The first name of our cousin in Oregon..\" etc.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jun 28 2003, 04:22 PM\'] Wasn't the problem with having family or friends partnered that they could be too familiar. Clues like "Uncle George works in a..." or "The first name of our cousin in Oregon.." etc. [/quote]
Exactly. The LAST thing you want is two people playing that game that know each other well. All of the \"inside\" clues would make for horrendously bad television.
zachhoran:
Such a scenario Chris and Jimmy describe is what didn't help the family pair episodes of Pyramid tried in 1979.
Neumms:
I hadn't seen the family pair episodes, so thanks for pointing that out.
Well, what about teaming up two total strangers, as on \"You Bet Your Life\"? They could switch strangers after the first round. Or what if they were strangers but had the same job, as on \"Hot Potato\"? Or what if they got sort of creative? Stay-at-home moms versus stay-at-home dads? Bald guys versus toupee wearers? Blonde versus brunette week?
I'd go for anything to keep them from inviting Leeza Gibbons back. But what do you think of it?
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