I think DC knew the judges were gonna reverse that call. He just wanted to be sure. The one thing that made DC a great host. He is actively listening when it comes to the Winner's Circle.
So did Bill Cullen. I don't recall it happening much under John Davidson, plenty of errors under Donny Osmond, Mike Richards wasn't on long enough to judge and as far as I know, Michael Strahan hasn't had to.
@@stevekay1925 It was definitely the judge’s decision, but a good host knows when to ask the judge to reconsider something. That’s why he was able to immediately tell the players that there will be a discussion.
True. But Remember this is on the heels of an era when there was a Game Show cheating scandal. So yeah, they took it seriously. No producer wanted to go through that again.
@@terryparish2304 Remember several years ago on the Price is Right when the contestant's final showcase bid was exactly bang on. Jim Carrey would have been informed of that during the commercial break after the bids. Jim realized the possibility of accusations of a potential cheating scandal involving the contestant, producers, and himself. So when he announced the winning results, it was in his most unenthusiastic and sombre tone ever. He saw the (small) potential that this moment might be the end of the show and his career. ruclips.net/video/JMFFGFmn20k/видео.html
The actor giving the clues, Barry Gordon, still holds the record for youngest person to ever hit the Billboard Top 10. He was 6 years old when his hit record "Nuttin' for Christmas" became a hit in 1955. From 1988 through 1995, Barry Gordon was President of the Screen Actors Guild.
They are called ‘mounted police’ because they are mounted on horseback. The judges must have thought it was a nickname given to them. Good thing they looked it up during the commercial break!
Dick explained the judges didn't think of that angle(law enforcement). As in, once on his horse, he is mounted. The judges might have thought that the horse is mounted. True, but the cop on top is a mounted policeman. I'm also glad they looked it up.
Canadian here. Still don't get why this cataegory was immediately buzzed off on this response. If this happened today, it would absolutely be front page news in my country.
You are not supposed to use a nickname or part of a name in your clue you are giving and Mounted is part of the formal name of the Canadian Police. But, after deliberating more, the judges decided that was an acceptable clue after all because they were not expecting a clue like that to be given for "Things that are mounted" and thus would be against the spirit of the game if they buzzed it off. Very classy decision that was made that you do not see in society nowadays.
No, the judge just screwed up. The name of the organization is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. “Mounted.” It has nothing to do with a nickname. The judge is just an idiot.
As soon as it buzzed I would have just shouted "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police! What was wrong with that? 😡" Barry and the contestant kept their cool there a lot better than I would have. The judges always did a great job anticipating a "sneaky" clue and were ready to buzz but this was a rare case of somebody outsmarting them. Human error it happens. 🤷♂️ At least they made it right in the end and the contestant got the money.
On the current Pyramid with Michael Strahan, they no longer play extra rounds when there is a tie. They just give the win to whomever took less time to get the score. The problem with the extra rounds is that they are in a time crunch to complete the game. I recall that earlier in the Dick Clark days, they would play another tiebreaker if the score was tied after the first one, so by reducing the time of the second team, they make it a definitive decision to award the win to the one who gets all 7 faster.
i remember what i assume was an early version where one part of the game wnet 49 48 or 52 49 they just kept throwing stuff at them and they kept hitting them. probably still the record since they changed the format. if i remember right and i probably don't, i think billy crystal was the winning celebrity, or at least int he game, and if he was he certainly held up his end of the bargain evenin a loss if the score went that high
Then in the 1982-88 $25K/$100K Pyramid, whoever scored 7 faster or scored more points in the tiebreaker won it. If the game ended in a 21-21 tie, the contestant who broke the tie won $5,000 in bonus money or a car.
They weren’t allowed to give a clue that gave a slightly different word to try to stretch out to the right word. The judge probably thought Mounties and that she was trying to put a similar word in their head.
No, the judge just screwed up. It’s fine to put a word into somebody’s head. That’s actually what the game is about. You just can’t use the word, and the clue has to fit the subject.
Wow, lots of people arguing a point everyone agrees on, including the judge. The judge admitted s/he made a mistake in buzzing the clue. Let it go, ffs.
I just looked up RCMP in Wikipedia, and it confirms that they are called the "Royal Canadian MOUNTED Police." So, "Royal Canadian Police" is a legal clue.
Dick explained it perfectly. The judge had something in mind: Deer heads, Moose heads, probably anything you can mount on poster board or something to that effect. At first, the judge heard that and buzzed it, not thinking of "Royal Canadian Mounted Police" -- given that the RCMP exists, and that the celeb made sure not to foul on that regard (and that the contestant immediately got the answer, so the remaining time is not the issue), the reversal and the $25000...
Another time I recall this occurring, $100000 pyramid with Mary giving clues to contestant on Attractive things in $250 square. Judge buzzed the clue, Dick talked to the judges and they gave the contestant the $25000 win.
Because the judge was thinking mounting stuffed animals and heads. Obviously you don’t do that to a Canadian policeman. The judge apparently thought (at first) Barry was saying something not nice about Canadian policeman.
@@cisium1184 Because Pyramid is a family show and to mount someone would normally only have one meaning and the judge thought Barry was being inappropriate.
This was a great show and my favorite. Especially with dave Clark. Some the " famous' guests are brilliant wordsmiths..some you'd never expect. To me though betty white on password was the best
Dick Clark said it himself, the show is as fair as possible and there have been times like this where a good clue was inadvertently buzzed and ultimately reversed, granting the big win. However, there have also been times when an illegal clue was given, accidentally accepted and later reversed, voiding the big win
All of the versions of the Pyramid, first on CBS, then ABC and back on CBS in the 1970's & 80's with Dick Clark are tops! Right behind would be the 1970's syndicated nighttime version hosted by Bill Cullen. All other versions after hosted by John Davidson, Donny Osmond and the newest revival on ABC are total garbage!
I don't know why anyone would have considered that an illegal clue in the first place. Of course a policeman has to mount his horse...it can't work any other way.
That was 100% the right call! What the judge had in mind were good clues as well but Canadian policeman are also mounted, so yeah… How about this one; horseback sheriffs?
It shows my age but I miss the dignity of a host like Dick Clark. Game shows these days are about people trying to have big personalities and being loud. So annoying.
@@thechadmosher Absolutely. I never thought the clapping was a problem, it always happened in the 2 seconds that boxes turned, and the next box is read. HOWEVER... the latest version of pyramid, I feel they DO lose about 5 seconds per game, because their "virtual trilons" turn too slowly.
i know people probably are stressing when the judges have to make calls like this i know i would be. but let's keep in mind a few things. judges are human. they make mistakes. secondly when i saw that pop up i thought the same thing, animal heads, dear heads, trophies. long time before i'd of got to canadian police. thirdly and most importntly these episodes back then were generally filmed in one long session. when they "cut to a commercial" they've got time to take their time and get it right. they don't just have 2 minutes. they figure it out then tape what u see at the end. yes people are stressing and yes people are freaking out i'm sure. but the most important thing is they hopefully get it right. i've seen ones they didn't and ew knew it. one i think on superpassword she said it about the time the buazer finished but because i guess the buzzer was still going off they gave her the money. not sure i agreed with that but if that was the logic, ok just be consisten if it happens again. always remember it's better to take an extra minute to get it right then get it wrong days or hours later fidn out yeah we screwed up. i kind of like these videos shows we're human and in the interest of fair play we try to do the right thing. in my opinion kudos to the judge to admitting i never thought of that and then realizing it fits it's legal. i guarantee you nobody felt worse. and i'd rather have that happen than find out a week or two later oh yeah we screwed up.
Standards and practices with game shows developed after the quiz show scandals require when mistakes made by the show rules in favor of the contestants they be awarded any prize lost due to the error or the portion of the game replayed. Since the contestant gave the correct answer as the judges were buzzing the clue, she has to be awarded the $25000 since she got every category.
@@avcbyr actually they decided it was a legal clue, but yes in instances where its for lack of a better word, a "tie" on time, or borderline legal/illegal (or as i think k of it a sick bird) clue, they do and should err or the side of the contestant, especially in a format like this where it's the celebrity's fault not the contestant. it was a legal clue. as i said in comments above i think most people would have thought of a lot of different things before they got to canadian police unless from canada. that's why i give barry extra credit, fighting for the contestant is noble, but that was the first clue, not welll let's see if all these others work. and not like he had plenty of time to go to something else if she hadn't caught on, i mean what'd they have like 25 seconds when the last clue started? i think bill cullen put it best when they awarded a contestant the money after he messed up and gave her a correct answer for something that wasn't. we want to see you win, we wnat to see you succeed. we don't penalize people for our mistakes. ironically if i remember right, just like in this case, there was plenty of time to work around it had that not been accepted. (or in this case legal or she not got what he meant) i think in bill's constestant's case it was on the gold run of that game he hosted, and it was like the second word. she had like 15 seconds left she probably could havestill got it. again kudos for the way these getnlemn handled it. it's ok to be wrong. it's not ok to be wrog and not care. and if that judge had any sense of morality or fair play he or she probably felt just as bad.
This is the most infuriating show in game show history. They enforce rules but they don't tell you what they are until after you've already broken them. And in this case, they weren't even broken. It's like the $25,000 Soup Nazi. But at least the judges copped to it and made amends. Seriously though, if a clue isn't congruent with the answer, why do they have to stop the game? If your partner gives you a bad clue, that already makes it harder for you, so why do the judges need to get involved?
The rules are simple: no overly descriptive adjectives, no using the keyword in giving clues, no using your hands in the Winner's Circle. The judges are there to ensure fairness, because the object was to get to the top of the pyramid in the fastest time, as only the 3 fastest times got to come back to compete in the $100,000 tournament.
Actually I think the judges on pyramid are pretty fair. Definitely more fair than the judges on Match Game (school riot!), and any Barry enright production.
Really dumb judge. He/she should have had a list prior to the taping that would include all legal 'mounted' clues, Canadian police being at the top. To their credit they had no Google back then.
As Dick Clark said, the judge wasn’t thinking about that. She was thinking of other things. So she did have a list, Canadian policeman wasn’t on it. If she had and chose to disallow it, that would have been a different matter , but fortunately she realized her mistake.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police. That is absolutely a legal clue and a brilliant one, for that matter.
I was so confused at the quick buzzer because that was an AMAZING clue. Glad Dick caught it and I love how he revealed the win. Such a great host.
I can't fathom why it was initially considered illegal.
@@Lava1964 Because the judge didn't think about Canadian policemen being called "Mounties" (aka the Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
@@Lava1964 Dick explained it; in the moment the judge didn't catch the reference. The judge was only thinking about deer heads, paintings, etc.
And THAT's why Dick Clark was and is the only true host of Pyramid...fought for the contestants if he thought it was right.
I think DC knew the judges were gonna reverse that call. He just wanted to be sure. The one thing that made DC a great host. He is actively listening when it comes to the Winner's Circle.
!Dick Clark the best there ever was !!!!!!!
He was the best. But I’m pretty sure this was the judges decision.
So did Bill Cullen. I don't recall it happening much under John Davidson, plenty of errors under Donny Osmond, Mike Richards wasn't on long enough to judge and as far as I know, Michael Strahan hasn't had to.
@@stevekay1925
It was definitely the judge’s decision, but a good host knows when to ask the judge to reconsider something.
That’s why he was able to immediately tell the players that there will be a discussion.
Not only was it a legal clue... it was a damn good one.
First thing I thought of!
It was the definitive one!
I wonder if ‘my wife’ would have been a good clue?
I loved the way the Pyramid took itself so seriously, such a hoot.
I wish this show was still on.
True. But Remember this is on the heels of an era when there was a Game Show cheating scandal. So yeah, they took it seriously. No producer wanted to go through that again.
@@terryparish2304 Remember several years ago on the Price is Right when the contestant's final showcase bid was exactly bang on. Jim Carrey would have been informed of that during the commercial break after the bids. Jim realized the possibility of accusations of a potential cheating scandal involving the contestant, producers, and himself. So when he announced the winning results, it was in his most unenthusiastic and sombre tone ever. He saw the (small) potential that this moment might be the end of the show and his career.
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As a Canadian, it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the category. Surprised to hear the buzzer but happy at the fair outcome.
The original set is classic and beautiful
Thank you so much Chad for uploading these. I'm homebound and this was my favorite game show ever created!!!!
The actor giving the clues, Barry Gordon, still holds the record for youngest person to ever hit the Billboard Top 10. He was 6 years old when his hit record "Nuttin' for Christmas" became a hit in 1955. From 1988 through 1995, Barry Gordon was President of the Screen Actors Guild.
Daniel Seib wasn’t he also the original Donatello in TMNT?
Went to junior high school in Hollywood with Barry. Friends for a few years. Had fun times together, definitely a good guy. And a talented performer.
Was one Beaver Cleavers friends.. his name is was Chopper.
Also, Razor on SWAT Kats!
They are called ‘mounted police’ because they are mounted on horseback. The judges must have thought it was a nickname given to them. Good thing they looked it up during the commercial break!
Dick explained the judges didn't think of that angle(law enforcement). As in, once on his horse, he is mounted. The judges might have thought that the horse is mounted. True, but the cop on top is a mounted policeman. I'm also glad they looked it up.
You could mount a Canadian policeman if you tried hard enough..
I readily admit that my mind went dirty right off the bat with that one.
I mean...isn't there a whole song by NWA about doing exactly that?
Well played!! I loved that clue. It was perfect. I am so happy for the winners.
Joanne Worley was a great guest celebrity
She's *FABULOUS!!!*
Canadian here. Still don't get why this cataegory was immediately buzzed off on this response. If this happened today, it would absolutely be front page news in my country.
Is the news THAT slow in Canada?!??
You are not supposed to use a nickname or part of a name in your clue you are giving and Mounted is part of the formal name of the Canadian Police. But, after deliberating more, the judges decided that was an acceptable clue after all because they were not expecting a clue like that to be given for "Things that are mounted" and thus would be against the spirit of the game if they buzzed it off. Very classy decision that was made that you do not see in society nowadays.
No, the judge just screwed up. The name of the organization is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. “Mounted.” It has nothing to do with a nickname. The judge is just an idiot.
The judge made a big mistake. BUT you really DO NOT MOUNT "Canadian Policeman". But yiu can MOUNT a CANADIAN POLICE HORSE.
@@chapter7thomas You most certainly CAN mount a Canadian Policeman, if they are into it. 🙂
That was the first thing that came to my mind. Yes, I'm a Canadian.
Chad, thank you for posting these !
There are SO MANY things I loved better about the old 100k pyramid vs the new.
As soon as it buzzed I would have just shouted "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police! What was wrong with that? 😡" Barry and the contestant kept their cool there a lot better than I would have. The judges always did a great job anticipating a "sneaky" clue and were ready to buzz but this was a rare case of somebody outsmarting them. Human error it happens. 🤷♂️ At least they made it right in the end and the contestant got the money.
mounted is in the clue and he would be rightfully buzzed for it- saying candian police is best since mounted not mentioned by him
On the current Pyramid with Michael Strahan, they no longer play extra rounds when there is a tie. They just give the win to whomever took less time to get the score. The problem with the extra rounds is that they are in a time crunch to complete the game. I recall that earlier in the Dick Clark days, they would play another tiebreaker if the score was tied after the first one, so by reducing the time of the second team, they make it a definitive decision to award the win to the one who gets all 7 faster.
Current Pyramid sucks
i remember what i assume was an early version where one part of the game wnet 49 48 or 52 49 they just kept throwing stuff at them and they kept hitting them. probably still the record since they changed the format. if i remember right and i probably don't, i think billy crystal was the winning celebrity, or at least int he game, and if he was he certainly held up his end of the bargain evenin a loss if the score went that high
Then in the 1982-88 $25K/$100K Pyramid, whoever scored 7 faster or scored more points in the tiebreaker won it. If the game ended in a 21-21 tie, the contestant who broke the tie won $5,000 in bonus money or a car.
The GSN version (called "The Pyramid") the tiebreaker categories had more than 7 answers so they would each keep going until the 30 seconds ran out.
I really dislike the tiebreaker in the new version. If they are so pressed for time they should just play to 3 points with a 10 second limit.
That guy was a good player.
As soon as I saw the $300 answer, I came up with the same exact clue.
Why would it not be a legal clue? He didn't actually said "mounted", who cares if it was accurate or not?
They weren’t allowed to give a clue that gave a slightly different word to try to stretch out to the right word. The judge probably thought Mounties and that she was trying to put a similar word in their head.
No, the judge just screwed up. It’s fine to put a word into somebody’s head. That’s actually what the game is about. You just can’t use the word, and the clue has to fit the subject.
Barry's shoulders getting the most extreme workout
Wow, lots of people arguing a point everyone agrees on, including the judge. The judge admitted s/he made a mistake in buzzing the clue. Let it go, ffs.
lol I was just thinking this. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't finish the video.
I’ve been watching this show since those days and I don’t understand why sometimes they don’t allow some clues. Why did they initially buzz it?
Because they thought alluding to the word “Mountie” was a way to “go around” the subject, not knowing Mounties get that name because they’re mounted.
A great call there
I just looked up RCMP in Wikipedia, and it confirms that they are called the "Royal Canadian MOUNTED Police." So, "Royal Canadian Police" is a legal clue.
First thing I thought of when I clicked on the thumbnail.
He was right to say Canadian Policeman, as a clue, anyways! There's such thing as being "Mounted". Judges made mistakes, before. They weren't perfect.
And the judge corrected his mistake.
Judges are human. They make mistakes, but he corrected his mistake. Great reversal. It's a split second decision.
but still, it makes you wonder, WHY did he screw up in the first place. it was pretty obvious that that should've been allowed.
Dick explained it perfectly.
The judge had something in mind: Deer heads, Moose heads, probably anything you can mount on poster board or something to that effect.
At first, the judge heard that and buzzed it, not thinking of "Royal Canadian Mounted Police" -- given that the RCMP exists, and that the celeb made sure not to foul on that regard (and that the contestant immediately got the answer, so the remaining time is not the issue), the reversal and the $25000...
Jeff T her mistake (judge was actually a woman)
2:15 Nothing quite like a turnip for dessert.
She said "turn it"... meaning go to the next one.
Great clue
Another time I recall this occurring, $100000 pyramid with Mary giving clues to contestant on Attractive things in $250 square. Judge buzzed the clue, Dick talked to the judges and they gave the contestant the $25000 win.
Can we just replace the entire Supreme Court with the whomever were the Pyramid Judges in the 1980s? They took their job so seriously.
The Pyramid judges were the ones that screwed up. They shouldn’t be allowed to judge the flower show at a garden club.
I wonder why it got buzzed in the first place as none of those are synonyms.and I don't THINK it was to descriptive.
Because the judge was thinking mounting stuffed animals and heads. Obviously you don’t do that to a Canadian policeman.
The judge apparently thought (at first) Barry was saying something not nice about Canadian policeman.
@@georgehellerman9344 I still don't get what rule they thought he was breaking that needed to be buzzed. So what if the clue was "not nice"?
@@cisium1184
Because Pyramid is a family show and to mount someone would normally only have one meaning and the judge thought Barry was being inappropriate.
This was a great show and my favorite. Especially with dave Clark. Some the " famous' guests are brilliant wordsmiths..some you'd never expect.
To me though betty white on password was the best
See, I thought by saying "Royal Canadian...police," the judge buzzed because he thought Barry was giving away the answer.
Canadian Policemen -- perfect clue.
I didn’t even think of it as a potentially dirty clue until they buzzed it.
I'm surprised they didnt think of "the Godfather makes one you can't refuse" for "offer."
That's not how this part of the game works.
@@thechadmosher yes it is.
During the main game, absolutely, that’s fine; unless you accidentally start to say the word “offer.”
Oh wow...not what I expected. I was irked at the buzzing.
2:09 I'm going make him this thing he can't refuse.
I have a problem with that win....... it was things that are mounted...... she said Mounties...not mounted
A framed photo…….a butterfly collection
Is there an episode of the $25,000 Pyramid where the celebrities were both Barry Gordon & Denise Miller?
Man that's AWESOME..! Good days of mid morning game shows on CBS AND THE PYRAMID/wit America's Teenager DICK CLARK!
I never liked the clapping between correctly guessed categories. I feel it could slow down the flow.
Dick Clark said it himself, the show is as fair as possible and there have been times like this where a good clue was inadvertently buzzed and ultimately reversed, granting the big win. However, there have also been times when an illegal clue was given, accidentally accepted and later reversed, voiding the big win
It was a legal clue, a great clue, and, frankly, maybe the only clue! Except maybe horses and scrapbook photos.
4:10-4:32
is my favorite part of the video
I was thinking horsemen and knights. Not a very hard question at all.
Omg..yes, i thought of that too...wished audience would clap til the end, its distracting
Looks so 80s. After the groovy 70s everyone looked so conservative.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Legal Clue
And a very smart clue.
Actually no, Mounted is in the answer. :P
I guess that sorta makes up for "Things in London".
All of the versions of the Pyramid, first on CBS, then ABC and back on CBS in the 1970's & 80's with Dick Clark are tops! Right behind would be the 1970's syndicated nighttime version hosted by Bill Cullen. All other versions after hosted by John Davidson, Donny Osmond and the newest revival on ABC are total garbage!
my hero paused at 4:27 😊
I don't know why anyone would have considered that an illegal clue in the first place. Of course a policeman has to mount his horse...it can't work any other way.
That was 100% the right call! What the judge had in mind were good clues as well but Canadian policeman are also mounted, so yeah…
How about this one; horseback sheriffs?
A horse
A Royal Canadian Policeman, on a horse
The Royal Canadian Police
A train platform
WELL, game show judges that get it right!
How nice
My clue would've been horses
she seriously doesnt know george harrison?
Name categories are intimidating.
It shows my age but I miss the dignity of a host like Dick Clark. Game shows these days are about people trying to have big personalities and being loud. So annoying.
If the clapping was forbidden, these contestants would've had a good 7-10 seconds extra.
bee tee2 Most of the clapping is canned applause. It does not affect their game.
Chad Mosher I know, but there seems to be wasted paused when the clapping occurs & seconds are ticking if u watch closely
He's reading the box and thinking of a clue. That's all it is.
@@thechadmosher Absolutely. I never thought the clapping was a problem, it always happened in the 2 seconds that boxes turned, and the next box is read. HOWEVER... the latest version of pyramid, I feel they DO lose about 5 seconds per game, because their "virtual trilons" turn too slowly.
4:11
i know people probably are stressing when the judges have to make calls like this i know i would be. but let's keep in mind a few things. judges are human. they make mistakes. secondly when i saw that pop up i thought the same thing, animal heads, dear heads, trophies. long time before i'd of got to canadian police. thirdly and most importntly these episodes back then were generally filmed in one long session. when they "cut to a commercial" they've got time to take their time and get it right. they don't just have 2 minutes. they figure it out then tape what u see at the end. yes people are stressing and yes people are freaking out i'm sure. but the most important thing is they hopefully get it right. i've seen ones they didn't and ew knew it. one i think on superpassword she said it about the time the buazer finished but because i guess the buzzer was still going off they gave her the money. not sure i agreed with that but if that was the logic, ok just be consisten if it happens again. always remember it's better to take an extra minute to get it right then get it wrong days or hours later fidn out yeah we screwed up. i kind of like these videos shows we're human and in the interest of fair play we try to do the right thing. in my opinion kudos to the judge to admitting i never thought of that and then realizing it fits it's legal. i guarantee you nobody felt worse. and i'd rather have that happen than find out a week or two later oh yeah we screwed up.
Standards and practices with game shows developed after the quiz show scandals require when mistakes made by the show rules in favor of the contestants they be awarded any prize lost due to the error or the portion of the game replayed. Since the contestant gave the correct answer as the judges were buzzing the clue, she has to be awarded the $25000 since she got every category.
@@avcbyr actually they decided it was a legal clue, but yes in instances where its for lack of a better word, a "tie" on time, or borderline legal/illegal (or as i think k of it a sick bird) clue, they do and should err or the side of the contestant, especially in a format like this where it's the celebrity's fault not the contestant. it was a legal clue. as i said in comments above i think most people would have thought of a lot of different things before they got to canadian police unless from canada. that's why i give barry extra credit, fighting for the contestant is noble, but that was the first clue, not welll let's see if all these others work. and not like he had plenty of time to go to something else if she hadn't caught on, i mean what'd they have like 25 seconds when the last clue started? i think bill cullen put it best when they awarded a contestant the money after he messed up and gave her a correct answer for something that wasn't. we want to see you win, we wnat to see you succeed. we don't penalize people for our mistakes. ironically if i remember right, just like in this case, there was plenty of time to work around it had that not been accepted. (or in this case legal or she not got what he meant) i think in bill's constestant's case it was on the gold run of that game he hosted, and it was like the second word. she had like 15 seconds left she probably could havestill got it. again kudos for the way these getnlemn handled it. it's ok to be wrong. it's not ok to be wrog and not care. and if that judge had any sense of morality or fair play he or she probably felt just as bad.
before the Godfather
This is the most infuriating show in game show history. They enforce rules but they don't tell you what they are until after you've already broken them. And in this case, they weren't even broken. It's like the $25,000 Soup Nazi. But at least the judges copped to it and made amends.
Seriously though, if a clue isn't congruent with the answer, why do they have to stop the game? If your partner gives you a bad clue, that already makes it harder for you, so why do the judges need to get involved?
The rules are simple: no overly descriptive adjectives, no using the keyword in giving clues, no using your hands in the Winner's Circle. The judges are there to ensure fairness, because the object was to get to the top of the pyramid in the fastest time, as only the 3 fastest times got to come back to compete in the $100,000 tournament.
Yeah, but that was "The $100,000 Pyramid..." This here is the $25,000 one... :-)
Actually I think the judges on pyramid are pretty fair. Definitely more fair than the judges on Match Game (school riot!), and any Barry enright production.
The contestants get a full reading of all the rules before the show, in great detail. What Dick Clark says on-air is an abridged version.
Really dumb judge. He/she should have had a list prior to the taping that would include all legal 'mounted' clues, Canadian police being at the top. To their credit they had no Google back then.
As Dick Clark said, the judge wasn’t thinking about that. She was thinking of other things. So she did have a list, Canadian policeman wasn’t on it. If she had and chose to disallow it, that would have been a different matter , but fortunately she realized her mistake.