You know full well that happened far less frequently. Also, the level of play in the 80s was such that most of those resulted in a win of the bonus. GSN might have gotten there given some time.
So? Sometimes it didn\'t. To his credit Dick wouldn\'t dwell on that. \"I\'m sorry you didn\'t win the bonus but we\'re off to the winner\'s circle.\"
And sometimes there\'s a triple stumper in Final Jeopardy. I haven\'t seen all 40 Mike Richards
Pyramid episodes, but with the gap between celebrities and the writing a bit more designed not to get 7/7 (at least, that\'s the impression I got), it\'s clear this was going to happen a lot more than on the 1980s Pyramid, which the first requirement for it to happen was for the prize card to be selected last, something which should only happen once every three days. (You\'d also need the leading team to need fewer than 6/7 for the win for it to happen.)
I haven\'t watched all the 80s episodes either, but I\'d bet it was more common for a team to lose by getting cuckooed going second in the tiebreaker (or in the last category needing 7/7 just to tie), which always ended the game awkwardly, than it was for a team to get the prize card on the last category and win the game without winning the prize.