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Eric Paddon:
Yes. I saw that happen and remember it clearly, and obviously the reason they could do that and "hold" Nipsey over was because they were doing two weeks of shows in one day of taping. It happened around 1975-76 since that's my clearest memory of watching "lost" Pyramid in those days.
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: Eric Paddon on January 30, 2025, 09:57:22 PM ---Yes. I saw that happen and remember it clearly, and obviously the reason they could do that and "hold" Nipsey over was because they were doing two weeks of shows in one day of taping. It happened around 1975-76 since that's my clearest memory of watching "lost" Pyramid in those days.
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It's such a rare occurrence in the first place. I thought Pyramid played it like Password+ or Super Password: New Week...New Celebs...Coin toss determines which celeb pairs with champion in Alphabetics/Super Password.
Eric Paddon:
I think the Nipsey incident may have been the genesis for what led to the rule we're more familiar with in the latter NY run where a tie game on Friday means the celebs play for $5000 to be split evenly among the contestants and they start over on Monday.
Loogaroo:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on January 30, 2025, 04:14:36 PM ---I've always wondered if PYL could ever work back then (or today as a daily show) as a game which straddled matches between episodes, given that back then you still had a few shows that would stop the game mid-stream a d pick up where they left off the next episode.
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Has there ever been a show that straddled and also incorporated distinct rounds of play? Seems like straddling only works when you're playing with the same parameters throughout the game.
TLEberle:
What do you mean by distinct rounds of play? Do you mean different like how AG had different events, or The Price is Right? Most game shows are like Blockbusters or Card Sharks where you’re doing the dpsame thing just broken up by an end game.
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