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1973-1981(CBS, ABC and syndication),2016-present(ABC)The NYC eras.

The second, actually. Rob won a female contestant the big money on the premiere episode.

I never understood why the later pyramids didn't have the chase lights going that fast.. It added to the satisfaction of a win

@@aceeerie1203 After "Pyramid" moved to ABC in May 1974, which meant the show would be taped at ABC's old Elysee Theatre instead of CBS' Ed Sullivan Theatre, the set had to be redesigned. Since the set for CBS version was designed by one of its staffers, Jim Ryan, it was not allowed to leave. Dick Bernstein of ABC handled the, uh, makeover. The prime result, though, was that while the chase lights on the big Pyramid didn't speed up for a win, the light borders around the categories flashed on and off.

Same with Password Plus and Super Password.

The judge was asleep on the Cat Family miscue.

Don't worry, later versions of Pyramid would have seen pussycat get buzzed.

I'm convinced the judges don't know the rules of the winner circle. Did anyone know the rules? I can't even follow the rules.

best game show my ass, i've never liked this show.

That would've been overcorrecting the problem, and here's why... With the proposed "10 in 60" format, you have 6 seconds for each category, which is obviously too short for a verbose game like the Winner's Circle. With the "6 in 60" format the show actually used, that allows 10 seconds per category, which works just fine. "10 in 120" is 12 seconds per subject, which is far too easy. If you were to try "10 in 90", that'd allow 9 seconds per category, which would be slightly tougher than what we're used to, but still more forgiving than 10 in 60.

They actually tried it with 10 in 90 seconds.

I would have given them 60 seconds plus convert their points in the main game to additional seconds. The squares would be worth $10, $20, $30… up to $100

Aw jeez, the Meathead did pretty good at this!

@@MrMatteNWk yes!

​@@anthonyguarino4242Do I detect a New York City accent when Rob speaks?

@@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg yes

But it wouldn't have been the top box by that time.

Not the first win. On the Wednesday show of this week, Dick flat-out says the first win happened on the first Winner's Circle of the first episode, and that Reiner was the clue-giver for that one (with a lady contestant). This was win number two.

The cuckoo was for the main game. The buzzer was always used for the big pyramid.

@@samturner64 I meant when was the change from Buzzr to Cookoo in the main game?

Maybe within the first few weeks. On the Ballard/Deacon episode, the cuckoo was there, so I would guess early CBS.

@@samturner64 I remember William A. Padron said it was changed in Week 3, Michele Lee & Jack Klugman.

@@samturner64 Too bad it was confusing between times-up and a violation. I still think they could've added the 'losing horns' if it was a Goodson-Todman game show.

Episode #003 is at UCLA.

The irony that it came up in a category where they'd just buzzed two clues!

That was changed in early 1974, by the ABC run.

You could at least on the first CBS version. From 1974 on you couldn't.

It's said that In 1975, Sandy Duncan got so into the game that she tore the arm straps out by the roots! 🤣