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chris319:
It's impossible to fully appreciate the role of someone like Randy until they've actually sat through a taping that took 3 - 4 times longer than it should have. I once worked on a taping (debacle is more like it) where the director decided to spend the better part of an hour screwing around with a lighting non-problem. We had a live audience and the poor warm-up guy was literally sweating to keep the crowd from totally losing interest. I don't think anyone else on the staff had a clue as to the ordeal this guy was going through, but it was almost \"Want to see me pull that rabbit out of the hat -- again?\".

chris319:
Match Game taped 3 and 2 or 3 and 3 depending on whether they were taping Match Game PM. If they didn't like an audience they might tape 2 and 3, changing audiences one show early.

davemackey:

--- Quote ---Dick's Pyramid on that same stage 33 taped 10 episodes some days and loaded 4 audiences (with members who wished they were \"loaded\").
--- End quote ---
In my experience (which is so much more limited than yours), the \"nighttime\" Pyramid taping had the same audience for all five shows. Robair and I once literally stepped out of the plane, into a rental car, and down to Television City for one of those Friday night Pyramid marathons where we did see a $100,000 win - what a way to start a trip!

tvrandywest:
[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Jul 23 2003, 12:08 AM\'] In my experience (which is so much more limited than yours), the "nighttime" Pyramid taping had the same audience for all five shows. Robair and I once literally stepped out of the plane, into a rental car, and down to Television City for one of those Friday night Pyramid marathons where we did see a $100,000 win - what a way to start a trip! [/quote]
 An awesome start to a vacation for any game show freak!

I have no doubt that you and anyone else wanting to stay for 5 shows were happily accommodated. While nobody cranks the machine faster than Sande Stewart, and Dick Clark's happiest moment is walking out of the building on schedule, I'm pretty sure that many audience members must have left over the course of those 3+ hours. No doubt the pages were filling vacant seats as they could, and I hope there were tourists waiting. When the crowd was light for those tapings, or when shows had those rare but lengthy stopdowns, pages were sent next door to the Farmers' Market to perform abductions!

Do you remember who the announcer was that evening? Johnny Gilbert perhaps?


Randy
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GSFan:
Back in the day when Pyramid taped in New York, two shows were taped between 12:00 and 1:15 PM.  They would release the audience and take a 90 minute lunch break.  A new audience would be brought into the studio and they would resume taping the remaining three shows beginning at 3:00.  There would be a half hour break between shows four and five, allowing anyone wanting to leave or come in to do just that.  By 5:30, there would be a weeks worth of shows in the can.

The syndicated $25,000 Pyramid would tape six shows in one day, enabling them to tape an entire season in five days, usually spread out over a one to two month period.  The latest I recall leaving Studio 15 after a 25K taping was 7:30 PM.

David

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