The John Davidson version: I do have to give credit for a few things: 1) John Davidson when at the end of the main game just goes straight to the WC. Dick goes to the contestant area briefly and the celebrity/civie team goes with Dick to the WC. 2) The background colors go from red to blue when John Davidson leaves the stage at the end of the show. 3) The light by the contestant area only goes on at the end of the show.
No explanation was needed anyway bc in the 2nd WC, Dan had to win $10k to come back tomorrow. Dan won $750 while Dianne won $10k + $1.1k + trip. Otherwise, the explanation may have been done during the commercial…
I don't know which is more surprising: that they got Dan to come back after 2 1/2 years, or the fact that apparently CBS just happened to have the Pyramid set lying around that long.
He actually commented on this when John Davidson was introducing him. Yes they called him, as a nice "tie up bow" he was on Dick's last episode, and they invited him to be on John's first episode.
I gotta wonder, did any of the celebrities that played on Dick Clark's versions of Pyramid feel really uncomfortable playing this game with John Davidson at the helm?
We could be grateful that Stuart Damon wasn't on this week. Considering his clue for "things that are stiff", one can only imagine what he might have come up with for this.
@@erikdraven1731 That DID happen on the Davidson version of the pyramid, with Michael Corbett. If I remember correctly, he actually SAID an erection, and it got beeped.
@@brockreynolds870 I have the episode in question and it was not censored the time I recorded it... as for things that are stroked: You start with your cat's fur, move on to some people's egos, and if that doesn't work: a lonely teenage boy's penis. If they don't get it from those three, then it just wasn't meant to be.
@@RobertJohnson1975 Actally, the tiebreaker is which team did it faster during the game, unlike the 80s version where each team get the chance for seven additional words and the winner is the team that get the most words. In the case of a tie, then the winner is the team that get all seven in the shorter time. Breaking a 21-all tie would also give the team a $5,000 bonus.
He's better than Donny Osmond. But not better than Michael, Dick or Mike Richards. He rushed everything and stifled celebration. Perfect example would be with a $100K win and him saying "take a seat" 2 seconds after the win.
I don't think John Davidson did bad with Pyramid at all, sure he was no Dick Clark, but he did his best, certainly better than Osmonds, I think CBS should've revived the daytime show.
The Osmond version was OK for me; syndicated and never could find it. For me, the real "stinker" was the GSN-originated version with Mike Richards. The latest incarnation with Michael Strahan ain't a whole lot better.
I thought all the versions were pretty good. No one will ever be as natural at it as Dick Clark, but I thought both John Davidson and Donny Osmond did well. I haven't seen Michael Strahan's version yet. The best thing JD and DO did during their hosting stints was to be themselves and NOT try to be the 2nd coming of Dick Clark.
There were problems with the versions of _Pyramid_ hosted by Donny Osmond and the now-disgraced Mike Richards. Osmond's version was criticized, and rightfully so, too, by the asinine judging in the Winners' Circle, where the answers had to be given as written to count as correct. Secondly, in order to qualify for the tournament, a contestant had to win in the Winners' Circle twice on the same show, as there were no returning champions. This extended to tournament play, as well. The Mike Richards version of the show was hastily rushed into production as an attempt to memorialize Dick Clark after his death. Some celebrities booked to appear on _The Pyramid_ had no idea how to play. Nicholas Turturro, best known for his role in _NYPD Blue,_ had a week of episodes filmed, with GSN only airing three of his episodes, with one unaired episode seeing him disqualified on _FIVE_ of the six Winners' Circle categories.
The Ray Combs syndicated _Family Feud_ was on NBC owned/operated stations and did not premiere until October. _The $100,000 Pyramid_ aired on WWOR-TV 9.
30:13 You could tell this would be a budget version of the $100 000 when the contestant didn't win $5000 for breaking the 21-21 tie. Addition of Gamble for a Grand and Double Trouble were are troubling signs.
I also agree. Another situation like this host-wise was when Rob Elliott was replaced by Steve Oemcke on the australian version of Wheel of Fortune in 2004.
