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Davidson Pyramid Set Question

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Jeremy Nelson:

--- Quote from: ITSBRY on January 17, 2025, 11:16:28 PM ---I’ve been watching some of Davidson Pyramid on YouTube of late. I think I remember reading here that the set had been completely rebuilt for this revival but I could be making that up.

It does seem odd that they would have rebuilt that huge set rather than do something new to distinguish this version from the previous one that had just gone off the air a few years prior. It’s obvious that the big pyramid is different (larger trilons, etc), but the rest looks almost identical. I’d think maybe it was cost effective if other pieces of the 80s set were still sitting around somewhere and all they had to rebuild were the portions that weren’t saved. Otherwise, it seems strange that they’d so painstakingly recreate it exactly as it was if there was a budget to build all those big set pieces. I was just curious whether anyone here had any first hand info.

Thanks!

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They did- the telltale sign is the Winner's Circle trilons. For the entire Clark run,the board was built and rebuilt as if it could still house a fourth row of trilons. On the Davidson version, that space isn't there anymore.

I would have to think that they built it the same partly for viewer familiarity and partly because the schematics were readily available.

BrandonFG:
IIRC, the contestant desks were much wider than the 80s versions too.

The thicker borders on the WC trilons def. stand out in my mind.

Kevin Prather:

--- Quote from: Jeremy Nelson on January 18, 2025, 12:26:43 PM ---I would have to think that they built it the same partly for viewer familiarity and partly because the schematics were readily available.

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I figured they would want to keep that space to ensure that the bottom row was never blocked by a taller player. I wonder if that was ever an issue on the Davidson version.

steveleb:
The distributor had a history with nbc and they were the anchor group such as they were. At one point New York was committed to replacing ruckus with it in access and the license fee would have been much higher—making Scott a possibility.  But as Sande said he was quite demanding.  And WNBC basically got cold feet.  So they asked the stations who were going to support it for feedback and with Squares still fresh in their memories they underscored the advertiser sentiment and hence John got his only gig with the Stewart regime

PYLdude:
So wait a second. WNBC was considering moving Pyramid to access? I was under the impression that the show didn’t make it to 1992 and left the air before Ruckus did; I also seem to remember the show moving to WWOR for its much abbreviated second campaign.

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