1979 $20,000 Pyramid "Famous Losers" Episode Part 4 (8-9-79)
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- *This is the ABC network version of the $20,000 Pyramid, taped on 8-9-79 (this is a studio tape copy). This episode features the infamous"Famous Losers" category in the Winner's Circle and the infamous moment it would cause. Didi Conn and Bart Braverman and the celebrities in this classic.*
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They still had 17 seconds left when the music started playing, which made them think they'd won. The show screwed up, not the contestant.
I disagree. She gave an illegal clue. Therefore, it doesn’t matter how many seconds were left.
@@TheOusooner56 As per the rulebook of the Pyramid Winner's Circle, Didi's clue was wrong & misleading, but it TECHNICALLY was not an illegal clue. It was not descriptive, it did not contain the essence of the answer, it was part of "a list". Never before did they buzz "wrong" clues. I heard CHECK MATE accepted for THINGS IN CHECKERS. The show INDEED screwed up. I said this as a teen in 1979 and I'll say it now: They SHOULD have not given the win on "LOSERS" but let Jackie continue and let the 17 seconds run out... and waited for him to say "FAMOUS LOSERS". That would have been fairer. Once the mistake was made, they should have given him the 33 seconds he had at the top box and substituted an equally difficult category. (This had been done previously.) As it was, he only ended up with $3000 , losing to some b****h a few games later.
A perfect clue that would even still work today for the category of "Famous Losers": the Chicago Cubs.
Famous losers is one of those categories that calls for proper names, teams or groups.
Trevor Panno "Charlie Brown" would be a perfect fit.
Especially for the Halloween special in which he gets a rock when going trick-or-treating.
“Dewey” or “hillary Clinton”
I agree with others that the infamous category needed a specific answer. Because of the time left on the clock, the show should have done what they did on at least one other rare occasion: play a new category with the time that was left. This would have made it fair.
1:00
Or so we thought…
Correct ruling
It would be really cool if somebody has the 8-10-79 episode :)
Let's hope that behind the scenes the show fixed the situation and gave him the money.
Richard Nixon would have also worked under the category “Famous Winners.”
I wonder if "1960 Richard Nixon" would have been an acceptable clue! (or 1972 George McGovern).
epaddon No doubt about it. 1948 Thomas Dewey, 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Charlie Brown would have been great clues.
If this were 1986, I'd have said "Bill Buckner" ;)
@mverno2 What "parts of a crib" episode had guest stars in it?
@chrisrenn40 One problem... 08-09-1979 is the day the episode TAPED, not the day it AIRED...
What a bunch of jerks! They should have given him the money.
Really uncool of them to play the win music, then snatch it back. He had a lot of time left and still could have gotten it.
@flokatirug I agree with flokatirug.. what they should have done is give him 33 seconds and another category since it was their error for accepting the clue.
Jackie was a good sport about it. He ended up winning $3,050 on the show, which is better than nothing.
that sucks they should've given him something extra there was 10 secs left
What should have happened was the judge should have buzzed Didi's clue before Jackie said anything. The Judge was correct but delinquent and Jackie should have IMO gotten some minor form of a bonus like maybe $1000 instead of $350 as an apology to him.
With the word “Famous,” you had to use proper names.
He ended up being a famous loser. ironic.
Didi would've been buzzed anyway--a sad Vegas visitor is an illegal clue for Famous Losers anyway, since it doesn't pertain to the subject.
@tyrese3745 The clue given didn't match the subject... the "Famous" in the subject title called for specific examples, and the clue-giver gave a generic clue... Listen to Dick Clark's explanation after the break and that breaks it all down in black-and-white
Because the category said "Famous," the clues had to be specific. "A sad Vegas visitor" is too generic, and thus does not fit the subject.
But it was NOT illegal. Bad call.
It meant having to use proper names.
in frount of a new york audence he said the mets were famous losers yow
In 1979 they were losers, on their way to their third straight season 95 losses or more.
I don't know if I would have come up with any names for "famous losers" under pressure. That was a difficult subject. Being from Chicago, I could have said "the Chicago Cubs," but that's the only one I can think of.
Cubs won't work anymore for this category. Try the Cleveland Browns instead.
I've heard references to "Someday the Saints." So, perhaps the New Orleans Saints would be a "famous loser." But you're right about the Cubs. We just had an exciting World Series win after 108 years.
Hillary Clinton
Thomas Dewey.
@loutenore33 The Mets were bottom of the barrel in 1979. If he had said the Yankees were losers, he'd have been chased out of the studio.
If Jackie is still around he's probably empathizing with the producers of "La La Land"!
like a couple other people had said, the judges messed up due to there being a lot of time left. had it been a buzzer beater i get it, but they should have left it be. "famous"is too ambiguous and opinionated to be connected with the word losers, and should not be part of that subject.
Once she gives an illegal clue, it doesn't matter how much time is left.
why was the mets considered famous losers kind of insluting is nt
Because in 1979 the were on their way to their third of four straights seasons where they lost 95 or more games whereas the Yankees were two time defending world champs.
sure but i bet the new york crowd wasnt thriled by that clue
@@louistenore2185 Nobody was going to Shea Stadium that year. Total Mets attendance that year was under a million.
Famous losers is one of those categories that calls for proper names, teams or groups.