Not only that, but it takes a moment for that silly device to flip around and reveal the answer for the person to give the clues. Ideally, it should flip around instantly as soon as the prior clue has been properly answered.
@@ferretqueen4286 I don't know what that has to do with the initial comment or my response, but there's no evidence Jesus exists, let alone evidence that he loves me or anyone else. The time to believe in something, anything at all, is after there is evidence and a valid justification to warrant that belief. Not before.
Is there an applause light in the studio every time the contestant guesses something correct? Each time that happens it delays the next category and the train of thought of both. I think they should hold the applause until the end.
Had he started aluminum, he's golden. He said things aluminium. If he starts the word it's like shooting a buzzer beater. He starts the word he can finish thru the buzzer but he proceeded with things then aluminum... tough break.
Like Dick explained on another episode, if you get the key part started before the buzzer you're good. So if it ends up: Things made of (buzz) aluminum. That's a loss. If he just said "aluminum" he might have made it. At least that's how I understood it.
The clue started with the word “things” all is other answers were accepted with the word “thing” first. He as robbed. He should be paid his 20k with interest!
Damn, that was a VERY close call! But I agree they made the right call though, I clearly heard the buzzer go off before the guy started saying Aluminium.
they took a lot of time on the $200 catagory and the $250 Catagory had she had passed on the $250 catagory which was things you sell and went to up to aluminum and came back to sell they would have won $10,000
This is one reason why, when time is short, you try to give abbreviated answers. If he had said "Aluminum Things" instead, he probably would have squeaked out the buzzer.
That sucks that he had to say the word itself in time. He may have said, "Things" to start in time, but not "aluminum", and said it all straight through without a pause.
I still say give it to him, I mean even the buzzer goes off when a basketball is in the air until it goes through the net to score the point. We have seen that countless times. Prove me wrong lol 🙂
@0:18 -- She had trouble with "Things that float" The optimal clue, after "A boat", is "An old turd". Had she had given that clue, she would have made it onto funny game show compilation videos.
His response was only 'aluminum' and he was apparently too late. I would have awarded it to him if I were scrutineering. In '81, had the same exact hair he has (same color too), but sadly didn't appreciate it!
Why did he keep saying "things you buy", and not also say "things you sell". (If there's a buyer, there's also a seller!) Also, her clues were not good. Besides real estate, she could have said "seashells by the seashore".
He got stuck too long on the previous one. He kept saying all kinds of variations of buying but didn't make the logical jump to the opposite answer of selling.
Prepositional phrases became as big issue in Donny Osmond's and Mike Richards' versions. If your subject in the the winner's circle was "Where you find clowns", the giver would likely say "in the circus" (or at the circus), "in (or at) a rodeo" and get accepted
The “what so and so would say” categories were different than the other boxes. As long as you were saying something that entity might reasonably say, you were OK. It wasn’t as constrained.
No Spooner was played by Mike Berry who was as English as the series, and if you listen to this guy, he is clearly an American. Moreover not to embarrass you, but when they come out of commercial, Wagstaff addresses him by name: "Sandy"
The game shows were under pressure since the scandals of the 1950s. There's a documentary about a guy who was obsessed with Price Is Right and menorized the prices of everything.They thought he cheated, because his bids were too on the money. He didnt, but it was almost a scandal like the 1950s. Fair is fair.
He was stuck on "things you buy", and to get him from thinking "things you buy" to "things you sell" is hard, because everything that you can sell you can also buy.
You could have done it better than Anita? You, as a nobody, would have peed in your pants. Anita was certainly trying her best, and could handle pressure much better.
The buzzer started before he said aluminum, but really, the answer is "things that are aluminum " and he started the word "things" (first word of answer) just before the buzzer.
Anita demonstrated a clown so she should have been buzzed on that one....also she spent so much time on THINGS YOU SELL that they could have gotten the last one. But he would not have won anyway due to the 'clown' issue.
Pyramid rules say you must start the Key word before the buzzer sounds... in this case "aluminum" started after the buzzer... They made the right call.. Funny though... If this were Super Password, he would have won. They accept answers on the buzzer.. meaning as long as the buzzer is still sounding, the answer is still permissible... I think, yes, if he didn't say "things" and just said "aluminum" he would have won.. The Split Second cost him $9,250.
Problem is you can sell just about anything if you own it. That is hard to narrow down. Stocks and Bonds was the ultimate clue and at least it came but too late. That box actually belonged at the TOP not aluminum things.
Her clues were terrible. She wasn't thinking fast enough to come up with some variety. She also kept returning to the same clue again and again, several times, which didn't allow her mind to look for new clues.
That would be buzzed. You verbally sell "door to door". But it's not something THAT you sell. Can't believe I'm agreeing with the judge after all these years
He did say Aluminum after the buzzer, BUT I thought the rule was that if he STARTED the answer before the buzzer, it counts, and he did start "Things that..." before, and that's the way it should be phrased. Setting aside wither or not he should have won, during "Things you sell", can someone explain Fuller Brushes? .... maybe a brand name at the time?
"Fuller Brushes" were brushes sold door to door from the 1920s to the 1980s. They were brushes made by the "Fuller Brush Company" sold by a salesman commonly referred to as a "Fuller Brush Man" -- they even made a comedy movie about this type of salesman called "The Fuller-Brush Man" in 1948, www.imdb.com/title/tt0040379.
I was just watching the two other examples of this rule "Things made of Flannel" ; Things With a Strap", and this example. The Judges got it right on three calls. "Things made of Flannel" The contestant started the word "flannel" before the buzzer sounded. This is why Dick Clark was such great host. The way he explains the rules, you clearly understand why the judges made that call. Sometimes it was good, and sometimes it was bad.
I disliked actress Anita Gillette as Quincy’s girlfriend/wife, and I dislike her even more after seeing this. Lousy and too-few clues, too much time saying nothing. Cost the guy ten grand.
So, using that logic, contestants should just give 1 word answers. Instead of saying, "things a clown says," just say "clown" , and instead of, "things you sell," just say, "sell" because apparently the other words in the answer don't count. He should gotten a lawyer.
This is another example of the buzzer being concurrent with the contestant's answer. Apparently, this happened three times in the life of the show. And I've seen two of the three times. Despite the rules, one of the times they said the contestant won, and this time the contestant lost. I listened several times to the recording and both times were exactly the same. In the time it took the buzzer to begin and end, the contestant said the "essence" of the answer. BOTH times. The inconsistency of the judge cheapened the show.
The ending of the buzzer does not matter. For better or worse, the rule is that the key word must start before the buzzer starts. He did not say “aluminum” before the buzzer started sounding.
When he said "Things you buy" to her clue of "Real estate," she should have said something along the lines of "purchased real estate" which may have inclined him to say the opposite. So close!
if this were Super Password, he would have won the money.. They accepted answers on the buzzer.. Pyramid was like the NBA... the word (shot) had to be released before the buzzer
