Much like the
Wheel of Fortune list, I thought I'd try to start up a list of categories you'd never see on
Pyramid...and some that really shouldn't have been on the show, but were. If anybody wants to chip in on either count, go ahead!
Categories the show never touched:* Why You Fail
* What Air Would Say
* Countries Surrounding Pakistan
* Things Found In Al Capone's Vault
* Unused Winner's Circle Categories (
)
* Smells Found In The Back Of A Bus
* Failed Shows Developed By Fred Silverman
* Things To Which You Might Lose A Key
* What Dana Carvey's Left Butt Cheek Might Say
* Programs Gary Coleman Has Appeared On Through A Cameo
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Categories that were actually used during the show's history:* Used Car Dealers You Can Trust (~)
* Hit Shows On NBC-TV (~)
* Oil Companies In Bankruptcy (~)
* Famous Japanese Rabbis (~)
* Things Kissinger Did Not Foul Up (~)
* Famous Italian TV Directors (~)
* Things That Are Enshrined (#)
* Things Associated With Morse Code (^)
* Why You Grow A Mustache (^)
* Famous Sculptures (^)
* Brown Foods (^)
* Why Your Soufflé Falls (or Fails; don't quite know which is correct)
* Why You Have A C-Section
* Colors In The Olympic Rings
* What Regis' Coffee Cup Might Say
* What Tom Cruise's Dentist Might Say
* At least one of the categories in
this 2004 Winner's Circle(~) -- Used in
the "...if we wanted to save the money" Winner's Circle (June 27, 1980) which, despite not being a "genuine" Winner's Circle, had the same camera angles.
(#) -- Denotes a category that was
actually guessed. "Things That Are Enshrined" clinched
the tenth $100,000 win (January 19, 1988), which is also one of the few wins I know of where the contestant gave the clues.
(^) -- Used in
this Winner's Circle (May 18, 2004). Unlike the above, the contestant gave the clues but had absolutely no chance of getting any of these, which were the only ones revealed before time ran out.