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I'll begin.
* Tom Reilly from ChiPs. He appeared on The New $25,000 Pyramid for a week, which was five shows too many. Surprisingly--to me--his team did manage to win one game of the ten.
Your turn. Please limit your contribution to one name so that everyone who wishes can play without repeating a nominee.
ADDED LATER: One name < three or four or 127 or more names. I'm mystified as to why that's so difficult to grasp.
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I would have to say that Denise Miller from Archie Bunker's Place qualifies as a pretty bad player on The $25,000 Pyramid. However, she did make it to the winner's circle.
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Reid Shelton (the original Daddy Warbucks on Broadway) also went 1-10 on the one week he played Pyramid.
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Here's my input...
Any soap star on MG- Most of the soap stars that appeared on MG obviously didn't want to be there, and lacked the personality and spontaneity needed for MG. Most notably, Kin Shriner on MG 98 and Deidre Hall on MG/HS.
George Peppard- I don't recall his playing ability on PW+, but his attitude was wrong. He decided to use PW+ as a forum to complain about standards and practices, and the treatment he got. Allen was clearly upset abot George getting on his "high horse". Allen tried to get George to "redeem" himself by asking him to explain why he felt the way he did, but George only dug himself a deeper hole. George was never invited back after that week.
John Saxon- When you have to resort to getting a B movie star, you know you're in trouble. John Saxon was on Whew!, and by some accounts, never won a single game for his partner.
Peter Lawford- While Peter was an excellent Password player, when he was on The $20,000 Pyramid in 1979, he was way past his prime and noticably either drunk or stoned. During the game, he talked with a noticable slur, and he could barely stay in his chair. Ironically, his gameplaying ability wasn't too bad, but it still wasn't good enough to get to the winner's circle. I happened to get an email from a contestant that was on that same week, and she said he was so out of it, he actually made an entrance wearing shoes but no socks. Another bit of irony is that in Pyramid's earlier days, Peter was a much sharper player, as evidenced in the clip they sometimes showed of a contestant chasing Peter around the Winner's Circle. He also appeared much more sober in the Cullen Pyramid ep. in the trading circuit.
Charles Nelson Reilly- Funny guy, great MG panelist, but on Super Password he turned to Jell-O when it comes to word games. He was on the second week and was not asked back.
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Kin Shriner on MG98; he was chosen for the Super Match and to "CHUNKY ____" he replied "CHEESE." UGH
Patty Deutsch; she gave the most annoying responses. JUST PLAY THE GAME!
Joey Bishop; stink-bomb on MG. After several appearances he still couldn't grasp the task of holding up his card as he verbally gave his response.
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[quote name=\'jmangin\' date=\'Jun 23 2005, 12:52 PM\']Patty Deutsch; she gave the most annoying responses. JUST PLAY THE GAME!
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If all the celebs "just played the game," it would be boring as all hell. I thought Patti (with an i, by the way) was funny.
And add Valerie Bertinelli to the list for her less-than-stellar work on $20K Pyramid, as well.
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With regards to Patty--it would have been better if she played around during the 1st question and got serious for 2 (and 3 on PM). I'm not saying she's not funny--I thought she was hilarious. It's just annoying when people can't get it together at some point.
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[quote name=\'MCArroyo1\' date=\'Jun 23 2005, 02:18 PM\']And add Valerie Bertinelli to the list for her less-than-stellar work on $20K Pyramid, as well.
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I'm not watching her play the game.
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What about William Shatner?
We all remember his moment on the $10,000 Pyramid he played the Winner's Circle himself..
And of course in 1977 on the $20,000 Pyramid where he threw a chair out of the Winner's Circle after blowing up on the category "Things That Are Blessed." I don't believe he was invited back on any future version after that incident.
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John Saxon- When you have to resort to getting a B movie star, you know you're in trouble. John Saxon was on Whew!, and by some accounts, never won a single game for his partner.
I wasn't overly impressed with Robert Vaughn, who's on one of the celebrity episodes in the trading curcuit. It looked to me like he just wasn't too interested in being there.
And add Valerie Bertinelli to the list for her less-than-stellar work on $20K Pyramid, as well.
I know a couple of her episodes have aired on GSN, but I didn't tape them. Was she one of the celebrities who never got to the Winner's Circle in the whole week, or am I getting her confused with someone else?
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jun 23 2005, 04:11 PM\']I know a couple of her episodes have aired on GSN, but I didn't tape them. Was she one of the celebrities who never got to the Winner's Circle in the whole week, or am I getting her confused with someone else?
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That's her...I think Jimmie Walker is on that list, too.
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Paula Poundstone, who pretty much screwed up TTTT2k
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Don Galloway was pretty bad on Pyramid. By the grace of his civilian players, he always seemed to get to the Winner's Circle. Unfortunately he almost always gave and seemed to get buzzed almost every time he played. He couldn't grasp categories like "What A _____ Might Say" or "You Put It In Your Pocket", where he started asking his player questions like "What do you do with loose change?" instead of giving a list of things you put in your pocket. Next time I'll give, OK Don?
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I seem to recall Tony Danza doing a pretty lousy job on the $25K Pyramid.
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I remember the woman who had to hit him to get an answer out of him. Great moment.
[punch] Tony!
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I'll add Joyce Bulifant's appearances on MG to the list. Now, I've seen dumb blonds, and known a few (and a number of smart blonds, mind you), but she takes the cake. I never really enjoyed her appearances or antics on the show.
I'll also add my defense of Patti Deutsch. I enjoyed when she was on, and liked her dead-eye stare into the camera during the intros.
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Jun 23 2005, 12:46 PM\']Peter Lawford- While Peter was an excellent Password player, when he was on The $20,000 Pyramid in 1979, he was way past his prime and noticably either drunk or stoned. During the game, he talked with a noticable slur, and he could barely stay in his chair. Ironically, his gameplaying ability wasn't too bad, but it still wasn't good enough to get to the winner's circle. I happened to get an email from a contestant that was on that same week, and she said he was so out of it, he actually made an entrance wearing shoes but no socks. Another bit of irony is that in Pyramid's earlier days, Peter was a much sharper player, as evidenced in the clip they sometimes showed of a contestant chasing Peter around the Winner's Circle. He also appeared much more sober in the Cullen Pyramid ep. in the trading circuit.
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My recollection is, Peter Lawford was always a terrible "Pyramid" player, both in the regular rounds and in the winner's circle. I remember him chasing Dick Clark around the winner's circle - that was after the only time I saw him help the contestant win the Pyramid. If my addled recollection is to be trusted, for "Names of Movie Monsters," Lawford said "Munsters," which drew a loud groan from an audience member who thought it was going to be buzzed, but it wasn't. And for the top panel, "Things That Are Stiff," Lawford said, "Dead people..." and the young female contestant cried out, "Stiffs!" and she won. And that's what set Lawford to racing around the circle in the same sweatshirt and sweatpants that he wore for all five of that week's tapings.
To top it all off, somebody in the audience handed Dick Clark one of those phony newspaper headlines you can get printed up in an arcade. The banner headline was: "Pyramid Staff Rejoices - Lawford Finally Wins!"
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I have an episode of "Password Plus" where Regis Philbin guested and wasn't a good player.
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And add Valerie Bertinelli to the list for her less-than-stellar work on $20K Pyramid, as well.
ATGS's Tom Gauer can attest to that, as he had the misfortune of being paired w/her for his 2nd game (following a near-win in the 1st WC w/the other celeb, veteran player Robert Mandan), which naturally resulted in him being sent packing.
You can also add Robert Foxworth...he was on early in the $25K's run, and in the ep I have, he manages to get to both WCs on that eps by virtue of his civillian partners...how much did he win for those players? One picked up $100, and the other just barely edged his opponent out w/a whopping $150 to become the day's champ.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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I concur with a previous poster -- Watching Joyce Bulifant on MG just made my blood boil, because she would give ridiculous answers at times when contestants needed to make a match to win. Her ridiculous answers weren't even funny.
Good thing she only had a few lines in Airplane!..it would be a shame if she had ruined two of my favorites.
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How about Jackee? She screwed up the winners circle on that clip from one site. She never played again.
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I'll Say George Hamilton was also very bad at MG1998.
Almost every answer he gave was either off topic or completely wrong on some Questions. Also he'd take the longest when trying to write an answer. I know CNR would take long too, but it was to make at least a Funny answer or Answer plus...,George's just takes his dear sweet time and is not even the Funny. IMHO.
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Apparently the $25,000 Pyramid back in its "New" days had bad celebrity players. I have two episodes with Lou Richards. He didn't get in the Winners' Circle in either episode. He also gave an infamous moment where he couldn't remember who Ronald Reagan was.
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Rosie O'Donnell in the first season of Hollywood Squares. It wasn't so much that she was bad, but I couldn't stand the fact that every time she would try to "bluff," she'd shake her head no to basically let the contestant know to disagree.
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Lynn Redgrave and Harvey Korman on the first episode of "Celebrity Bullseye". It was one of the two episodes shown on the last "Feast of Favorites". It was a painful half hour to watch!
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The match between Jerry Mathers and Tina Louise on Celebrity Bullseye is even more painful IMO. Neither seemed to care that it was a competition, and banked the money at every opportunity, instead of letting it build up higher. I guess since the player keeps any money they bank, win or lose, they were just raking in whatever money they could get. You could tell Jim Lange was thinking "You want to bank THAT.... ok...
Sandy Duncan on Jeopardy! Watching this celeb tourney, especially with Sandy Duncan, was just like watching an SNL Jeopardy! sketch! Alex did indeed get more impatient as the game progressed, and looked like he wanted to get it OVERWITH.
Lynn Redgrave on WML... watching Lynn struggle to ask a question on WML was about as agonizing as any episode of Faux Paus. You wanted to shout "JUST PASS DAMN IT!"
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[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jun 24 2005, 02:10 AM\']I have an episode of "Password Plus" where Regis Philbin guested and wasn't a good player.
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Although you have to admit he did give the perfect clue for "Alabama." :)
As an aside, I didn't think Jim Perry looked all that comfortable in his guest shots on P+ and FF (of course, in his P+ week he only won when paired with Judy Norton-Taylor, who I think won every match played that week). At least he wasn't teamed with civilians in those cases.
Doug -- and the countdown to 1300 continues
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Only one response here. Jimmie "J.J." "Kid Dyn-O-Mite" Walker. Worst. "Pyramid." Player. Ever.