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I recieved a post from JRaygor suggesting I put all my queries in a single post. I shall attempt to do so now:
1. In the 30+ year history of Pyramid, what is the biggest total? Also, what was the biggest winner on the Davidson version?
2. On Davidson Hollywood Squares, did anyone go five days and automatically win a car? How did they fill the time? Also, did Stormy Sacks do the theme live? Finally, what was the biggest grand total, and what was the biggest cash total?
3. How did The Cross-Wits/Crosswits play?
4. When the Newlywed Game switched to money, what was the biggest cash total?
5. How did Joker90 play?
6. Who owns American Gladiators, 80's Dream House, and LMAD?
7. What was the biggest Big Deal on LMAD90?
8. On Bob Goen's Wheel of Fortune, did anybody play for and win the $5000
in the bonus round?
9. What was the biggest total win on Classic Concentration? What was the highest Cashpot?
10. What was the biggest win on Sale of the Century?
11. What was the biggest win on JOker90 & TTD 90?
12. Was the $100,000 won on the last episode of Trump Card?
13. What were the rules to the 1984 Jackpot pilot?
14. What were the rules to the Whammy! pilot?
15. What were the rules to the TNPiR'94 pilot?
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 11:40 AM\'] 1. In the 30+ year history of Pyramid, what is the biggest total? [/quote]
About $150,000, I believe.
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 01:40 PM\'] 5. How did Joker90 play?
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Damn that's some list lol.
I can answer #5, but I haven't seen this show in 10 years, so my memory is very fuzzy.
There were three contestants in round one, and the first two to make $500 advanced to round two. The questions were more like "clues" or shorter versions of Jeopardy "answers."
I believe that in round one, each contestant spun the wheels, but instead of categories, there were dollar amounts, and the total amounts would be the value of each question. IIRC, after each spin, contestants chose from two categories.
I think it was only possible to get one Joker per spin, and in that case the dollar amount might've been multiplied, but I *do* remember the contestant had :15 to get through as many questions as possible.
For example:
50-25-20 and my choices are Game Shows or Comic Strips, $95 per question.
Round two might have been similar, just with higher dollar amounts, and the first to $2000 won. I don't think there were any Jokers in round two either.
In the bonus round, Pat read definitions to words, which the contestant tried to guess. However many they got in :60 was the number of spins they got on the board. The object was to freeze three of the same prize, with Jokers acting as wild cards. Three Jokers won a cash jackpot starting at $5,000.
Like I said, my memory is extremely hazy, so corrections are welcome, esp. with the revised format in mid-season. In retrospect, it wasn't a bad show, it just shouldn't have been TJW.
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You have GOT to be kidding me.
"Please tell me everything you know about game shows. Be sure to be complete and correct, and provide examples where necessary."
Joe: Bad idea. Better than 10,000 individual threads, but still.
Standby for a word from our moderators. <crossing fingers>
(To his credit, the thread is aptly named.)
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edited to remove a long quote that really isn't necessary.
About TJW90: in the dollar format, the joker (which only appeared in the third window) tripled the dollar amount per question. My recollection was that there were jokers in round two, but it's been quite a while since I've watched my copies.
The categories format was more like the original show, except that the same $500 elimination and $2000 win rules applied, IIRC. (I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone will correct me as well.)
As for another question:
11. The biggest win on TTD90 was that of the viewers, when the show was canned.
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 01:40 PM\']3. How did The Cross-Wits/Crosswits play?
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I'll take a shot at this one. I used to watch this show when it aired weeknights during prime time access.
Two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and a peasant, faced a crossword puzzle consisting of eight to ten words. In turn, a team would call for the clue for one of the words. One player would take a guess and then the teammate would take a guess. After making a correct guess, the team had to guess what subject all the words had in common to win the round. If memory serves, each round was worth some amount of cash and the team who won the most cash would win an go on to the bonus round.
The bonus round was a lighning round; the team has to solve the ten words in a crossword puzzle in sixty seconds.
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[quote name=\'alfonzos\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 01:25 PM\'] Two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and a peasant, faced a crossword puzzle consisting of eight to ten words. In turn, a team would call for the clue for one of the words. One player would take a guess and then the teammate would take a guess. After making a correct guess, the team had to guess what subject all the words had in common to win the round. If memory serves, each round was worth some amount of cash and the team who won the most cash would win an go on to the bonus round.
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Kinda.
The teams were two celebs and a civvie. The civilian would call for a clue, which was given to whichever celebrity whose turn it was. (They would alternate within each team.) If the celeb was wrong or did not know, the player could pick it up. A right answer allowed a team to guess at the puzzle or pick another clue.
Guessing the puzzle involved the civilian calling for a "conference", which gave that team seven seconds to talk it over, and then the civilian would make a guess. An incorrect guess threw control over to the other team, so blind guessing was discouraged.
On the Jack Clark version, scoring was 10 points per letter in the guessed word, plus bonus points for guessing the puzzle. High score when time ran out played Crossfire, which played as you described, and any player who accumulated 1,000 points or more in the front game (this took a pretty major asskicking to accomplish) won a car.
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High score when time ran out played Crossfire, which played as you described, and any player who accumulated 1,000 points or more in the front game (this took a pretty major asskicking to accomplish) won a car.
Did that ever actually happen?
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 01:54 PM\']
High score when time ran out played Crossfire, which played as you described, and any player who accumulated 1,000 points or more in the front game (this took a pretty major asskicking to accomplish) won a car.
Did that ever actually happen? [/quote]
I know I saw it at least once.
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 01:40 PM\']Also, did Stormy Sacks do the theme live? [/quote]
Presumably, as it would have been quite difficult to compose music from the grave. <rimshot>
Now if he was de-composing, on the other hand...<double rimshot>
Thank you, ladies and germs, I'll be here all night.
--Sam
(A music student walks by Beethoven's grave and hears the 9th symphony being played backwards...)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 03:53 PM\']On the Jack Clark version, scoring was 10 points per letter in the guessed word, plus bonus points for guessing the puzzle. High score when time ran out played Crossfire, which played as you described, and any player who accumulated 1,000 points or more in the front game (this took a pretty major asskicking to accomplish) won a car.[/quote]
The other way to win was to guess the puzzle on only one completed word in either the second or first and second puzzles, if the contestant wanted to do that. No conferring with their teammates and they only had 5 seconds to think it over (and control lost if incorrect). That did happen a few times.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 04:30 PM\']
The other way to win was to guess the puzzle on only one completed word in either the second or first and second puzzles, if the contestant wanted to do that. No conferring with their teammates and they only had 5 seconds to think it over (and control lost if incorrect). That did happen a few times. [/quote]
I remember Jack Clark bellowing everytime when the car was won...
"You.....Are.....RIGHT!!!!!!!".......
It was good dramatic and exciting tv....well at least, good tv for a 6 year old at the time...
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 02:52 PM\'] It was good dramatic and exciting tv....well at least, good tv for a 6 year old at the time... [/quote]
The Clark Crosswits was just plain a great game show. Good host, good set (miles better than that Chyroned crap David Sparks subjected us to, never mind his performance), lots of playalong factor, and a neato theme.
Couple weeks ago we had a big barbecue to-do out in the parking lot here at Atari, complete with a steel-drum band. I was thinking how cool it would be if they did the Crosswits theme. I was then thinking that I would be the only person in that parking lot that would have recognized it as such. :)
(Okay. For my knocking the OP for his inane laundry list of questions, some interesting discussion came out of it. So I suppose it wasn't so bad.)
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 04:52 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 04:30 PM\']
The other way to win was to guess the puzzle on only one completed word in either the second or first and second puzzles, if the contestant wanted to do that. No conferring with their teammates and they only had 5 seconds to think it over (and control lost if incorrect). That did happen a few times. [/quote]
I remember Jack Clark bellowing everytime when the car was won...
"You.....Are.....RIGHT!!!!!!!".......
It was good dramatic and exciting tv....well at least, good tv for a 6 year old at the time...[/quote]
I liked the buildup he would so after the buzzer went off--"The car is washed and cleaned, the tank is filled, the keys are in the ignition, if you can solve the puzzle, what is your answer?"
I'd be tempted to say "so long, Jack," grab Jeri Fiala and put her in the back seat and drive off the set. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 05:12 PM\'] The Clark Crosswits was just plain a great game show. Good host, good set (miles better than that Chyroned crap David Sparks subjected us to, never mind his performance), lots of playalong factor, and a neato theme.
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In defense of the Sparks version, at least the maingame and bonus round largely stayed the same as the original, except for the lack of cars to be won in the maingame and the different scoring system.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 04:34 PM\'] In defense of the Sparks version, at least the maingame and bonus round largely stayed the same as the original, except for the lack of cars to be won in the maingame and the different scoring system. [/quote]
Add in the fact that it blew Chunks*, and you more or less have it.
* "Chunks" is my dog.
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On the subject of Cross-Wits, one of my random memories of watching the original (which I loved, but didn't get to see often) was the first clue coming up as "GODBLESS" and knowing that I would have won the car by coming up with the solution "Red Skelton".
What a twelve year old would have done with the car, though, is another matter.
It would be great if some more of those episodes would turn up. The collecting community was all a-titter a while back when somebody announced that he had a lot of rare episodes, but he turned out to be lying in a tape trade scam.
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I don't recall that. Can someone fill me in?
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 05:45 PM\'] I don't recall that. Can someone fill me in? [/quote]
Well, you see, someone said they had a bunch of old Crosswits episodes, and that got everyone very excited. Turns out, however, they were lying in an effort to get people to trade with them.
Boy, I sure missed you.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 08:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 05:45 PM\'] I don't recall that. Can someone fill me in? [/quote]
Well, you see, someone said they had a bunch of old Crosswits episodes, and that got everyone very excited. Turns out, however, they were lying in an effort to get people to trade with them.
Boy, I sure missed you. [/quote]
ANother time people got excited regarding the possibility of seeing the 70s Cross-Wits again was in December 1997, when the little-seen cable network AIN(American Independent Network I believe it stands for) had Cross-Wits with Jack Clark in its listings. Soon after, someone who had the station watched it and it turned out to be the Sparks version.
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The categories format was more like the original show, except that the same $500 elimination and $2000 win rules applied, IIRC. (I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone will correct me as well.)
Indeed they will. :-) When they went to the category format, the elimination score for round 1 was upped to $1000.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 08:43 PM\'] It would be great if some more of those episodes would turn up. The collecting community was all a-titter a while back when somebody announced that he had a lot of rare episodes, but he turned out to be lying in a tape trade scam. [/quote]
Absolutely, Matt.
I have vague memories of watching this show; I was only about 5 or 6 when it went off. I have the clip that's circulated around, with only a tiny bit of game play, but it's a great show, with the music used, Jeri Fiala, and everything.
I never stop holding out hope that one of the "lost" shows will find its way back to TV, and I hope this is one of them.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 08:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 05:45 PM\'] I don't recall that. Can someone fill me in? [/quote]
Well, you see, someone said they had a bunch of old Crosswits episodes, and that got everyone very excited. Turns out, however, they were lying in an effort to get people to trade with them.
Boy, I sure missed you. [/quote]
And that pitiful excuse for a human was Danny Vosine.
He also stated that he had a ton of Woolery WOF.
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'SamJ93\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 05:22 PM\'] [music jokes snipped]
Thank you, ladies and germs, I'll be here all night. [/quote]
Is that a promise or a threat?
(Someone in another group actually cut me down like that when I ended an equally bad joke with that old line.)
Now it's nitpick time: On TJW90, round 1 ended when one player $500 ($1,000 in "classic mode"), not two. Third place leaves with Lee Press-On Nails.
6. Who owns American Gladiators, 80's Dream House, and LMAD?
The Samuel Goldwyn Company (mostly a separate entity from MGM), don't know, and Monty Hall, respectively.
Seriously, my sarcasm detector exploded when I saw the original post.
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ANother time people got excited regarding the possibility of seeing the 70s Cross-Wits again was in December 1997, when the little-seen cable network AIN(American Independent Network I believe it stands for)
Not so much a cable network, its a bunch of low-end syndicated programming and reruns for small-town TV stations to air.
The other network that provides such programming is America One TV--they aired "Kidstreet", "The $1,000,000 Word Game (*cough*), and "Acting Crazy"--all Canuck games.
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6. Who owns American Gladiators, 80's Dream House, and LMAD?
The Samuel Goldwyn Company (mostly a separate entity from MGM), don't know, and Monty Hall, respectively.
MGM acquired the original Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1997 and now Sony owns or is about to own "Gladiators." Mr. Goldwyn, Jr. now owns the separate Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Viacom owns 80s "Dream House"--King World, to be exact, since they took over the former Group W Productions inventory.
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On The Cross-wits, other then the winner getting $1 a point, were there any other cash prizes?
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 30 2004, 03:15 PM\']On The Cross-wits, other then the winner getting $1 a point, were there any other cash prizes?
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I'm not even 100% certain they got a buck a point. They might have gotten money for each answered clue in CrossFire if they failed to win, but I'm really not sure.
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From the fuzzy hazes of my then preschool memories:
They didn't get a buck a point for winning. At some point, there was a bonus of $1,000 if the winning team got to 1000 points. That might be where that comes from.
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I'm not even 100% certain they got a buck a point. They might have gotten money for each answered clue in CrossFire if they failed to win, but I'm really not sure.
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Indeed it was 10 Points/letter.
In the later episodes of "The Cross Wits" when one could win a car off of the first clue, the category/clue was never revealed until the first word was filled in on the board and the contestant either guessed for the car (also risking control of the board), or decided to skip the car challenge.
Earlier episodes like the 1/2 episode floating around showed the category/clue at the top of the round as there was no car bonus established yet.
Tim
(Getting used to this forum's new format...)
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One rule not mentioned about 70s Cross-Wits(not sure if it applied to the Sparks run) is that a tie at the end of the maingame meant that both contestants advanced to Cross Fire(the two contestants with no celeb help IIRC played the round) and both would win the prize if all 10 words were gotten.
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If memory serves:
1. It was always 10 points per letter and never $1/point.
2. They did, however, add a $1,000 bonus for winning with 1,000 points.
3. That was the only cash prize.
4. In the one game that I saw end in a tie, they simply let the player continue. She got the next word and won the game. (I'm least certain of this one.)
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 04:30 PM\']The other way to win was to guess the puzzle on only one completed word in either the second or first and second puzzles, if the contestant wanted to do that. No conferring with their teammates and they only had 5 seconds to think it over (and control lost if incorrect). That did happen a few times.
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Originally, the car could be won on any puzzle (I'm pretty sure the first time the car was won was when somebody got the first word of the last puzzle when the time signal sounded, but Jack allowed the contestant the chance at the car), and I'm pretty sure they got the "usual" seven seconds for a conference. Later (right about the time they switched the celebrity names on the podiums to having their first names above their last names, I think), this changed to just the second puzzle being the "car puzzle", and in another rules change (besides allowing only five seconds to think it over instead of a seven-second conference), whoever solved the first puzzle went first for the second puzzle (instead of the usual "whoever is behind goes first").
Bonus points if you remember Greg Mullavey "making out" with Jeri Fiala in the car in one episode.
Extra bonus points if you remember Greg Mullavey (who pretty much fell off the face of the earth after Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)...
-- Don
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 09:17 PM\']Extra bonus points if you remember Greg Mullavey (who pretty much fell off the face of the earth after Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)...
-- Don
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The husband of $50,000 A Minute co-host Meredith MacRae.
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Oct 1 2004, 09:17 PM\']
Bonus points if you remember Greg Mullavey "making out" with Jeri Fiala in the car in one episode.
Extra bonus points if you remember Greg Mullavey (who pretty much fell off the face of the earth after Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)...
-- Don
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Hopefully Greg & Meredith weren't on the same episode! :-D
Triple Word Score if you remember stagehand (and future People's Court producer) Tim Regler trying to "hit on" Jeri in front of the car, only to get slapped in the face.
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Biggest winner on the Davidson version was Kris McDermott (spelling?), who won $147,750 -- a total which puts her second on the list of all-time biggest winners. Tops, of course, is Cheryl Reinwand, who amassed $150,800 and a trip to Fiji in 1986.
Brendan
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[quote name=\'pyrfan\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 12:42 AM\']Biggest winner on the Davidson version was Kris McDermott (spelling?), who won $147,750 -- a total which puts her second on the list of all-time biggest winners. Tops, of course, is Cheryl Reinwand, who amassed $150,800 and a trip to Fiji in 1986.
Brendan
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Are you speaking of HS86? How can that much be amassed in 5 days?! I can understand if it was Pyramid 91, but not HS 86.
clarification, PLEEEEASE?!
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He's talking about Pyramid.
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[quote name=\'pyrfan\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 12:42 AM\']
Biggest winner on the Davidson version was Kris McDermott (spelling?), who won $147,750 -- a total which puts her second on the list of all-time biggest winners. Tops, of course, is Cheryl Reinwand, who amassed $150,800 and a trip to Fiji in 1986.
The CBS $25K cash record(not counting Mystery 7 prizes) is $60,050, set in the final week of the series in mid-1988.
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[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 12:36 AM\']Are you speaking of HS86? How can that much be amassed in 5 days?! I can understand if it was Pyramid 91, but not HS 86.
clarification, PLEEEEASE?!
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...and THIS is what happens when you ask 47 seperate questions in a single post.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 11:41 AM\']...and THIS is what happens when you ask 47 seperate questions in a single post.
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Brings to mind, this little flash movie which could very well teach a lot of people on this forum some lessons!
(The "search button is your friend" section immediately made me think of adamjk....;) )
http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html (http://\"http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html\")
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How did both Davidson Squares & Davidson Pyramid open?
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 08:56 AM\']How did both Davidson Squares & Davidson Pyramid open?
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With an announcer talking.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 09:41 AM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 08:56 AM\']How did both Davidson Squares & Davidson Pyramid open?[/quote]With an announcer talking.[/quote]And a theme song playing. :)
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[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 11:53 AM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 09:41 AM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 08:56 AM\']How did both Davidson Squares & Davidson Pyramid open?[/quote]With an announcer talking.[/quote]And a theme song playing. :)
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And in the case of HSq, the audience was cheering. ;-)
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"In a few minutes, we're gonna do something that bears a slight resemblance to a game show, with a host who truly has no business being here. Sure, he's a nice enough guy, but still, he couldn't host his way out of a paper bag. Feel free to change the channel now. Really? Yer gonna stick around? Your half hour, I guess...THIS is the $100,000 Pyramid!..."
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Nice challenge for Google. As it happens, a pretty page (http://\"http://gscentral.net/pilot.htm\") answers number fourteen. Sorry, but I'm too lazy to track down other questions that haven't been answered yet...or to knock over the Davidson setup.
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What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 12:41 PM\']"In a few minutes, we're gonna do something that bears a slight resemblance to a game show, with a host who truly has no business being here. Sure, he's a nice enough guy, but still, he couldn't host his way out of a paper bag. Feel free to change the channel now. Really? Yer gonna stick around? Your half hour, I guess...THIS is the $100,000 Pyramid!..."
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SHADOE STEVENS: These eight stars and myself either really need the publicity bad or really need the thousand bucks scale to want to work with this schmuck host--hit it, Stormy...
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What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
Not to push too hard, but any question involving the immortal JD probably won't get too many serious answers on this board.
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 02:16 PM\']What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
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[This is to the best of my recollection]
Well, the Davidson Squares opened with nothing but an announcement of the stars, and Shadoe saying "They are, the [New] Hollywood Squares! and here's the star of the show, John Davidson!
The 1991 100K Pyramid with John "You were great entertainment!" Davidson, I'm pretty sure, started "Keep your eye on this spot" just like the 1973 one did.
Corrections, comments, flames, roastings, certainly welcome!
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 01:44 PM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 02:16 PM\']What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
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[This is to the best of my recollection]
Well, the Davidson Squares opened with nothing but an announcement of the stars, and Shadoe saying "They are, the [New] Hollywood Squares! and here's the star of the show, John Davidson!
The 1991 100K Pyramid with John "You were great entertainment!" Davidson, I'm pretty sure, started "Keep your eye on this spot" just like the 1973 one did.
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With the end game "doot--doot--doot" in the background instead of the cue used in the original opening."
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 01:23 PM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 12:41 PM\']"In a few minutes, we're gonna do something that bears a slight resemblance to a game show, with a host who truly has no business being here. Sure, he's a nice enough guy, but still, he couldn't host his way out of a paper bag. Feel free to change the channel now. Really? Yer gonna stick around? Your half hour, I guess...THIS is the $100,000 Pyramid!..."
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SHADOE STEVENS: These eight stars and myself either really need the publicity bad or really need the thousand bucks scale to want to work with this schmuck host--hit it, Stormy...
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The version I downloaded also has Shadoe saying "and if our two contestants aren't as stupid as they look, then they might be able to play for one of these five crappy automobiles!"
What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 11:16 AM\']What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 01:44 PM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 02:16 PM\']What I meant was, how did their opening sequences go?
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[This is to the best of my recollection]
Well, the Davidson Squares opened with nothing but an announcement of the stars, and Shadoe saying "They are, the [New] Hollywood Squares! and here's the star of the show, John Davidson!
The 1991 100K Pyramid with John "You were great entertainment!" Davidson, I'm pretty sure, started "Keep your eye on this spot" just like the 1973 one did.
Corrections, comments, flames, roastings, certainly welcome!
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No, no. Shadoe would say: "JOOOOOOOHHNNNNNNNN DAVIDSOONNNNNN !!!!!!" : P
-Joe R.
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The 1991 100K Pyramid with John "You were great entertainment!" Davidson, I'm pretty sure, started "Keep your eye on this spot" just like the 1973 one did.
Early on it started with a close-up of the WC, with Johnny G. saying "This is the WC. This is where someone is guaranteed to win $100K. From TV City in Hollywood, this is the $100K Pyramid". Then the celeb guests would be introduced and JD would make his entrance. Later on, the opening spiel changed to "If someone gets to the top of the Pyramid in less than (time needed to beat to get into tourney) seconds, they will return to play for $100K", or words to that effect. The rest remained the same.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 6 2004, 08:14 PM\']Early on it started with a close-up of the WC, with Johnny G. saying "This is the WC.
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How times have changed. Jack Paar was censored for saying WC on The Tonight Show.
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And during the tournaments, the 3 finalists would stand behind the WC during the opening, w/Johnny's spiel going "The first one of these players to make it up to the top of the Pyramid in less than 60 secs. will walk away w/$100K in cash".
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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What was the "Things in a W***ehouse" incident?
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 15 2004, 09:42 AM\']What was the "Things in a W***ehouse" incident?
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You don't need to post your question again. No one answered the first time, so either no one knows, or just don't care to answer.
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Oct 15 2004, 08:42 AM\']What was the "Things in a W***ehouse" incident?
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This is the closest I know of:
David Letterman's on "$20K Pyramid" as a celeb. The topic is "types of houses--you can say 'house' in your description." The item is "A FUN HOUSE":
CONTESTANT: This is the house where you go to have a *real good time!*
(Dave starts laughing uncontrollably as buzzer goes off)
DICK CLARK: Don't you say a thing--don't you dare say a thing!
DAVE: Oh, I don't know, Dick--seems to me that there was more than one correct answer in this instance...
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What was the "Things in a W***ehouse" incident?
Must've missed the first time it was asked, else I would've responded then. :-)
Anyway, during the Davidson era, Lois Nettleton was giving clues for Things in a Hotel in the WC...among the items she offered were "the bill, the rate list," and the contestant guessed Things in a Whorehouse...after the break, John speculated on whether or not such an establishment would have a rate list: "I've never been to one, but I imagine they have a list...I'll have one of these, and one of those...".
Prolly one of the funniest moments from his version, I'd say.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")