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Hi, I don't mean to sound silly or anything with this for any of you G.S. veterans as this may have been discussed before in certain variants, but who out there can think of any favorite or memorable kind of moments of this show from any version. Not really just winner's circle moments, but others too.
This is my favorite game show and I was wondering what you all thought:
Some of mine are:
The $10,000 Pyramid:
-Loretta Swit and McLean Stevenson winning the winner's circle round with, like, 2 seconds left on the clock.
The $20,000 Pyramid:
-Tony Randall using what would usually be known as an illegal clue of "stuffings in bottles of pills" for the category 'Cotton Things.'
-William Shatner gets mad, screams, and throws a chair when he blows a winner's circle round. Somebody needed a nap!
-Billy Crystal gets the record time in the Winner's Circle.
The $25,000 Pyramid:
-(70's) Dick Clark is a celeb guest and wins both games and winner's circles! He really knew his stuff!
-(80's) Didi Conn uses her classic "'Cause you're horny as hell" clue for "Why You Make Love."
-('80's) Tom Poston and his civilian partner get ZERO dollars in the winner's circle. (The same thing happened with Flex Alexander in 2003 on Osmond's version.)
The $50,000 Pyramid:
-When Dick Clark told Tony Randall that he was difficult at the beginning of one show, his response of "Don't give me that s***!"
The $100,000 Pyramid:
-Vicki Lawrence walks off the set early due to her not doing well during that week. Poor Vicki! I thought this was more funny than anything else.
-Contestant M.G. wins $100,000 with Barry Jenner.
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No Donny-mid moments?
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[quote name=\'$100kPyramidfan\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 05:24 PM\']
The $100,000 Pyramid:
-Vicki Lawrence walks off the set early due to her not doing well during that week. Poor Vicki! I thought this was more funny than anything else.
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That moment aired on today's GSN airing, no less.
Another memorable moment was the $100K win when Nathan Cook nailed Things that are Enshrined while in the receiving chair.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 04:35 PM\']No Donny-mid moments?
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Or Johnny-mid?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 07:46 PM\'][quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 04:35 PM\']No Donny-mid moments?[/quote]
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The best Davidson moment was its cancellation. :-) There were more memorable Pyramid moments at the Congress last weekend than between the combined Osmond and Davidson runs. I still swear I said "Things on Neptune" at some point.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 05:55 PM\']I still swear I said "Things on Neptune" at some point.
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Ok. Tell us more.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 08:57 PM\'][quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 05:55 PM\']I still swear I said "Things on Neptune" at some point.[/quote]
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The category was "Things on Neptune". My first guess was "Things on Uranus". However, I went with the "your anus" pronunciation, causing the audience to go crazy. After that, I guessed "Things in the Milky Way", "Things in the Universe", and I thought I said every planet besides Earth before passing. Either I skipped Neptune or the judge missed it. Regardless, it was quite funny. After that was 7-digit prime numbers, which I could've gotten if the audience wasn't in hysterics by that point.
After the gag game, Jason Block and I went up the non-gag Pyramid in 25 seconds, using just 7 clues.
There's two moments in the span of two rounds, which is likely more than the number of such moments from 3+ seasons of Davidson and Osmond-hosted shows.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 07:35 PM\']No Donny-mid moments?
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The only one I could think of then was that one mentioned earlier about Flex Alexander getting zero.
Some more I just thought of -- David Brenner cursing after using a word in the category "Why You Write An Autobiography." He used the word "write."
And the Dick Clark episodes, how could I forget about that?! Too bad he and Donny didn't switch off for a while.
I'm sure there's a couple more that are obvious to me, but I can't think of them off the top of my head right now.
I got an episode of John Davidson's Pyramid (the finale actually) and it was still a Bob Stewart Pyramid show, but it still felt... odd seeing him host that show for some reason. And it wasn't just Davidson, it was just like that version wasn't right or something like that. That version just looked weird to me.
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Anything that John Davidson touched turned to weird. Trust me, I have some of his albums!
Things I can think of that nobody's mentioned yet:
From 1973, The $10,000 win on "Things You Press," which the contestant won by giving "Things You Iron" as an answer. Obviously the judges had a lot of fine tuning to do.
1982: A category was misspelled on the WC board: "Anthing with a collar." The contestant got to keep the category card as a souvenir.
1983: Tony Danza gets punched in the arm by his impatient female partner in the main game.
1983: One of many classic exchanges in the main game, for "Mononucleosis": "This is the kissing disease." "VD?"
1985: Tricky Dick's Used Cars tries to give away a 1958 Chevette as a Mystery 7 prize, much to the delight of celebrity players Betty White and Nathan Cook.
Ca. 1986: Dick learns that clams have feet after Lois Nettleton gives "his foot" as a clue for "Parts Of A Clam".
1991: Stuart Damon and his partner get aroused by Stuart's clue of "an erection" for "Things That Are Stiff".
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I recall the time Vicki Lawrence claimed that the judge was from Uranus. She might have phrased it slightly differently, though. (And then they made peace at the beginning of the next show.)
Then there was the end of one show where, after Dick Cavett had done his typical excellent-pyramid-run-minus-one-extremely-stupid-zapped-category, he playfully (?) stormed around the set, removing his jacket and tie and going to work on his shirt before the show mercifully faded to black. Dick Clark took his seat after saluting. And I think I'm in true Horanian territory here, so I'll stop.
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[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 10:57 PM\']From 1973, The $10,000 win on "Things You Press," which the contestant won by giving "Things You Iron" as an answer. Obviously the judges had a lot of fine tuning to do.
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I remember this '73 moment too, because this was the first $10k episode I ever saw. I didn't know a lot about the whole history of the show when I first saw that, and Ed Asner who was playing then was using his hands. I was shocked, lol! Even watching him imitating ironing something with his hands too. And for a couple seconds, they didn't realize they won. I didn't know you could do that in the very, very beginning.
I love their reaction too...
Dick: Now, the situation was.. what was it? Things that are pressed or ironed or whatever.. The judges accepted that and that was the shocker....
Ed Asner: Thank you judges, wherever you are!
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 07:08 PM\']and I thought I said every planet besides Earth before passing. Either I skipped Neptune or the judge missed it. Regardless, it was quite funny.
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That'll happen. Yesterday, playing Password, we had "Methodist". We musta danced around EVERY SINGLE denomination of Christianity (and a few other religions) except that one, especially because I had it in my head that it had already been said as a clue.
A later game had "livelihood", which might qualify as the Worst Password Ever. We literally went twenty clues.
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Oh, speaking of Things on Uranus, that was the top category in our game the other day.
My friend, Amy (who was the same girl who tried to get away with "Mayim Bialik" for "Things that Blossom") started with "methane gas" and "sideways rings." Partner Joe responds "Things on neptune? Venus? Jupiter? ..."
Amy, knowing Joe is stuck, then says "Asteroids. Meteoroids." (I knew this wasn't right, but it didn't seem illegal at the time.) Joe responds "The moon? Mars?"
Shortly after, I realized what Amy was going for. Her next series of clues were given rather fast: "Asteroids. Hemmorhoids. Meteoroids."
<BZZZ!> Nice try, Amy.
Amy is a good Pyramid player, but when time is winding down, she'll tend to get desparate and try to pull one over.
Although she did come up with a doozy of a clue a few days ago. Category is "Where you find a forest." Amy starts with "State parks and the Olympic Peninsula," then goes right to "Jane Fonda's pants." :P (This got it for them right away.)
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 01:40 PM\']Amy is a good Pyramid player, but when time is winding down, she'll tend to get desparate and try to pull one over.
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Is that the sign of a good player, tho? One would think that a good player would be able to stay cool under time pressure.
then goes right to "Jane Fonda's pants." :P (This got it for them right away.)
Okay, that's just nasty (plus it conjures up an image of Jane Fonda that I really don't need, since I prefer to remember her in the Workout days), but I also would have allowed it since it's funny as hell.
(That said, how do any of you know she doesn't keep it shaved? :))
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 02:00 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 01:40 PM\']Amy is a good Pyramid player, but when time is winding down, she'll tend to get desparate and try to pull one over.
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Is that the sign of a good player, tho? One would think that a good player would be able to stay cool under time pressure.[/quote]
This is true. She doesn't always do this, either. Aside from that, she really is good at the game.
then goes right to "Jane Fonda's pants." :P (This got it for them right away.)
I also would have allowed it since it's funny as hell.
Also because it's perfectly legal. :)
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To me, one of the best Pyramid moments was the 43-42 game between Sandy Duncan and Nipsey Russell from (I think) 1978.
That is why I favor the '70s version......For those seemingly endless tie games. The 1980's version is anti-climactic in their tie games, but I realize why they made that change (to move things along faster).
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I love the '70's episodes too because they had a lot of good celebs from shows that I've seen in reruns growing up. I was so glad to see them play the game, and a good number of those celebrities were pretty good back then too!
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 05:55 PM\']To me, one of the best Pyramid moments was the 43-42 game between Sandy Duncan and Nipsey Russell from (I think) 1978.
That is why I favor the '70s version......For those seemingly endless tie games. The 1980's version is anti-climactic in their tie games, but I realize why they made that change (to move things along faster).
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I always thought it was more exciting to see the first team set a fast time in the tiebreaker, and the second team beat that time.
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Oh! Speaking of tie-breaker rounds, the one in 1983 with Michael J. Fox and Denise Miller. Michael and his partner won that round and the Winner's Circle!
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[quote name=\'$100kPyramidfan\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 10:49 PM\']Oh! Speaking of tie-breaker rounds, the one in 1983 with Michael J. Fox and Denise Miller. Michael and his partner won that round and the Winner's Circle!
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Oh yeah! Of course! THAT one! How could I forget THAT one!
(You're kidding me, right?)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 01:01 AM\']Oh yeah! Of course! THAT one! How could I forget THAT one!
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Come on Chris! How could you forget! Michael had on this super nice looking red cardigan, and Dick commented that he "looked great today".
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 01:01 AM\'][quote name=\'$100kPyramidfan\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 10:49 PM\']Oh! Speaking of tie-breaker rounds, the one in 1983 with Michael J. Fox and Denise Miller. Michael and his partner won that round and the Winner's Circle!
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Oh yeah! Of course! THAT one! How could I forget THAT one!
(You're kidding me, right?)
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One show during that week WAS notable in that there were four tiebreaker rounds in one show(three in one round, one in the other)
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[quote name=\'$100kPyramidfan\' date=\'Aug 26 2005, 05:24 PM\']
The $25,000 Pyramid:
-('80's) Tom Poston and his civilian partner get ZERO dollars in the winner's circle. (The same thing happened with Flex Alexander in 2003 on Osmond's version.)
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Gee, it's bad enough that "Homeboys In Outer Space" is on his resume...
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 04:30 AM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 01:01 AM\']Oh yeah! Of course! THAT one! How could I forget THAT one!
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Come on Chris! How could you forget! Michael had on this super nice looking red cardigan, and Dick commented that he "looked great today".
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All I remember that week were Denise Miller's stage entrances. (Was she even wearing a bra that week?)
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(sigh) Was this Michael J. Fox tiebreaker, by any chance, the one where both teams got only 6 points in 30 seconds? The second tiebreaker in which the second team got the last item right on the buzzer, and they went to a commercial? Came back from the commercial to announce that they would play a third tiebreaker? That one?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 02:01 AM\']Oh yeah! Of course! THAT one! How could I forget THAT one!
(You're kidding me, right?)
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Okay, okay... I might have overexaggerated that a little, only due to the fact that when the Duncan-Russell tie breaker was brought up, it had just come to me then and I thought it was a valid moment. Not the most memorable, but just a memorable one.
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If you had explained why it was memorable, no one would have teased you. You're right. It certainly fits.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 05:14 PM\']If you had explained why it was memorable, no one would have teased you. You're right. It certainly fits.
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No, I'm sorry. There are moments on Pyramid that I remember. Tiebreakers aren't among them. There were a LOT of tiebreakers, many of them well-played.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 05:20 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 28 2005, 05:14 PM\']If you had explained why it was memorable, no one would have teased you. You're right. It certainly fits.
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No, I'm sorry. There are moments on Pyramid that I remember. Tiebreakers aren't among them. There were a LOT of tiebreakers, many of them well-played.
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Well, how many times are there three tie-breakers played to determine the winner of one game?
If that's not memorable to you, that's fine. To each his own. I, however, think that there are some people who would find that at least a little bit memorable.
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Without question, the most significant Pyramid moment ever was when ABC decided to take a chance on the show that CBS dumped after only a year. Without that, the show might not have evolved into a classic and it might be remembered today as just another clever Bob Stewart show that never got off the ground.
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Nice to see, though, that CBS made up for their earlier transgression by giving Pyramid a home again in the '80s...even giving it a reprieve after they canceled it for Blackout.
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Very good points, Matt and mystery7.
Also, how about this? Before his '77 tantrum, William Shatner playing the winner's circle solo for charity.
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[quote name=\'$100kPyramidfan\' date=\'Aug 29 2005, 08:54 PM\']Also, how about this? Before his '77 tantrum, William Shatner playing the winner's circle solo for charity.[/quote]
That's definitely a major moment, just because it was so different.
I think of your question this way: If I was making a two-hour clip special, what would I include? The earliest surviving footage is obvious (episode three exists in black and white) You'd also want to showcase the star power of the series, including before-they-were-BIG-stars players like Letterman or Billy Crystal (his record-setting run another obvious choice). Despite Lemon's misgivings, I consider that 4-tiebreaker Duncan/Russell game to be just ridiculous enough to include. Put in some big wins, of course, and whatever off-the-wall stuff you can find, Many of the ones you mentioned in your initial post are good examples. And definitely Shatner playing solo.
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I wonder if the CBS O&Os signed on to the Cullen Pyramid before or after the CBS network cancelled the Clark Pyramid? Here in Michigan, 4 out of 5 that carried it were CBS affils. The other was an ABC affil.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 27 2005, 03:40 PM\']Oh, speaking of Things on Uranus, that was the top category in our game the other day.
Amy, knowing Joe is stuck, then says "Asteroids. Meteoroids."
Her next series of clues were given rather fast: "Asteroids. Hemmorhoids. Meteoroids."
<BZZZ!> Nice try, Amy.
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Let me backtrack a second for another episode of "You Make the Call."
Does "Pyramid" not work the same way "Password" does, in that "night" is acceptable for "knight" and thus, "things on [well, you know]" would work for "things on Uranus?" So would hemmorhoids be an acceptable clue?
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There are not hemmorhoids on Uranus. The clue is not legal.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 29 2005, 08:17 PM\']There are not hemmorhoids on Uranus. The clue is not legal.
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"Do you have Asteroids?"
"Naw, but my dad does. Can't hardly sit on the toilet some days."
$200 and control to the first person to name the movie...
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 30 2005, 01:33 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 29 2005, 08:17 PM\']There are not hemmorhoids on Uranus. The clue is not legal.
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"Do you have Asteroids?"
"Naw, but my dad does. Can't hardly sit on the toilet some days."
$200 and control to the first person to name the movie...
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National Lampoon's Vacation. All $20s please, unmarked. ;-)
ObGameShow: The Griswolds get a pissy dog that likes "Family Feud".
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Aug 29 2005, 11:43 PM\']National Lampoon's Vacation. All $20s please, unmarked. ;-)
ObGameShow: The Griswolds get a pissy dog that likes "Family Feud".
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Congratulations. You instead get $200 worth of Hamburger Helper, which is said to taste just fine on its own. :)
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I wonder if the CBS O&Os signed on to the Cullen Pyramid before or after the CBS network cancelled the Clark Pyramid? Here in Michigan, 4 out of 5 that carried it were CBS affils. The other was an ABC affil.
Hmmm....in Western New York, the two stations that aired it my area were ABC affiliates!
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I think a significant moment was the first $10,000 win. Rob Reiner did it, and it occured during the first week - although there's some debate over whether it happened on the first show or third show. According to Bob Stewart, Fred Silverman was watching the taping on a monitor in his office, and immediately called down to the control room and told them to stop tape, because he thought the show was fixed. It took some convincing by Stewart that it was on the up and up, and the rest is history.
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Rob Reiner's $10,000 win was the first game on the first show. According to rumor, he said that the game would never last, it being too easy.
Another memorable moment was Joel Grey being the first celebrity who, with his partners cleared the big board twice in one episode.
David
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' date=\'Aug 30 2005, 09:01 AM\']Another memorable moment was Joel Grey being the first celebrity who, with his partners cleared the big board twice in one episode.
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It seems to me this as happened several times, has it not?
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Yes, but the key word here is first. How many first times did the same celeb clear both boards?
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[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Aug 30 2005, 01:08 PM\']Yes, but the key word here is first. How many first times did the same celeb clear both boards?
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Meh. I guess if I was arguing that the MJ Fox tie-breaker was memorable, who am I to argue against this.
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I just recalled another: poor Robert Foxworth. It takes him 3 or 4 days to make it to the Winner's Circle at all, and then he wins $150 for the first player--and $100 for the second player. (In the '80s, for those who might find those to be passable scores.)
He well and truly looked like he wanted to crawl under his chair at the end of that show.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Aug 30 2005, 10:01 PM\'](In the '80s, for those who might find those to be passable scores.)
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Were $150 and $100 ever passible scores??
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 30 2005, 10:07 PM\']Were $150 and $100 ever passible scores??
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Well, $150, while bad, might not have been abjectly awful if they nailed the first three and hit the wall.