Not only must Abby Dalton dodge six hard subjects to take her partner up to the top of The $25,000 Pyramid, she also has to avoid misspelled printed slides.
and they didn't add things with a dirty sexual title. All the reboot game shows today have to have something dirty in them. It's a sick society we live in.
Seeing a celebrity having to actually play well with so much at stake for their fans was what made this show special. They were never in character and the connection with the audience was unique and powerful.
That was what made the Pyramid special, they had the smart celebrities on there. Watching Super Password on Buzzr a lot, Ive noticed that a quite a few of the celebrity guests were terrible at the game or not even trying, just trying to get in their "bit" for the camera. Yea there were a few that were very good (Betty White, Pat Sajak, Nipsey Russell, Marcia Wallace, Jamie Farr) but some were downright awful.
@user-cm1mj9be5g, I agree. Donny Osmond's version was pretty good as well (I used to love it but got bored with it after a few years), and after I lost the tapes in a basement flood years ago, I didn't care. Dick Clark's version was the better one. I never saw the current version of it though.
@@Matto2tthe Donny Osmond version was whack. If a contestant does not win their first trip in winner's circle they only play for $10000 2nd time even if celebrity screws them out of a win and a shot at tournament. Should have been play for $15000 2nd time no matter what. Today's version is more fair than the Donny era.
I remember seeing this episode on TV when I was a kid. It sticks out in my mind that Dick Clark brought out the card with the typo on it and gave it to the contestant. Now that I'm grown up and seeing this, my thought is that misspelling "ANYTHING" wouldn't throw the contestant, but it would have been a lot worse if "COLLAR" were misspelled.
Imagine the production costs and logistics of each pyramid clue needing letters to be set on plexiglas as shown here. There was so much work behind these slick game shows if the past!
The next comment is a much better example of what you are talking about. Lots of people would never even notice the misspelling on that card. When I read the example in the comments, I know I am reading something that is scrambled
I hope he or his family kept that plexiglass graphic. It's probably worth a nice chunk of change, especially now that, rest his soul, Dick Clark is no longer with us.
Not only that but I wouldn't think any other contestant got to keep a slide... he's gotta be the only one on the planet (well, that didn't work on the show) with one of those :D
It makes me respect the good old days even more. They had to prepare *every slide* on plexiglass? Imagine the costs vs having everything digital now (and not being as impressive despite all the bells and whistles).
This is April 22, 1983, and Pyramid debuted on March 6, 1973. So after a DECADE of Winner's Circle categories that began with "Things with a", somebody decides to switch it up, and wind up screwing it up instead. If it ain't broke...
I've read about it before, and I think it's true: If you can read the first and last letters, if any of the middle letters are switched/missing, you got the word.
Sometimes today when we watch reruns, it’s hard to tell which one is the celebrity ! But I love this show all the same - they have tried to copy many times but there is only one Dick Clark
When giving clues, try to give two different ones that only have one thing in common (the thing you are trying to get them to say). For instance, for "Things with a Collar". "Shirt" and "jacket" are decent clues, and yes, they both have collars, but they are too much alike and share many other features (things with sleeves, things you wear, etc.), so it doesn't narrow it down for the other player. Instead, try "shirt" and "dog" (dog collar).
I was just thinking about this video and came back to it, because I was thinking that before I saw this as a kid, I thought the subject cards were actually blue, rather than being transparent with blue light behind them.
Did they use "anything" often? Usually I see "Things with...". Anything seems weird to me but I guess it doesn't matter as long as you say the keyword!
It makes you wonder what would've happened if the contestant did not get the "ANTHING WITH A COLLAR" subject but got all 5 others. The producers would've discovered the typo error, and to make it fair, he and Abby would've been given a new subject to guess in about 15 seconds. If right, he gets his $25k anyway. If not, he got $800. The scenario I just described is academic, because they got it smoothly, "onward and upwards".
This is totally off the subject/on the subject, but does anyone know where to find the episode(s) with Rick Hurst? During one version of the opening he is in the winner circle and accidentally kicks the opponent in his excitement! He shows with Lois Nettleton, and it was 10-19-77. I can find all the info about it but just not the episode. I would be glad just to see that winner's circle full clip! Any help would be appreciated!
I heard the finger snap, too. Then after, Dick was saying he's so glad the typo didn't throw Abby off. If anything was going to throw her off, it's the host snapping his fingers offstage in the dark! 😡😡😡☠️ That being said, it's too bad they don't give the contestants wrist straps. I know they're so the clue giver doesn't inadvertently use his/her hands, but if I were that contestant I'd need them to keep from slapping Abby when she SCREAMED IN HIS FACE when he won the money.
His response "Things in your head" (as in 'the brain') is NOT the same as 'Parts Of The Head' (as in 'the eye', 'the ears', 'the nose', 'the mouth'). "Your scalp" is not IN your head, it is a PART OF your head'.
Technically not retired that just the limit they had for the show in 82-84 until it was raised to $50,000 and then mid or late 85-88 $75,000 same for Press Your Luck in 83-85 I believe you can win up to $25,000 after that you’re retired
@lboog0907 Originally on press your luck you retired when you hit $25,000 (but kept the whole amount). Later on (I think in the last season) you retired when you got to $50,000 and there was a $75,000 winnings cap. So I would assume you can keep $75,000 but anything over that went to charity. I know that cap wasn't a rule when Micheal Larsen was on, he got to keep the whole $110,237. His run is what convinced them to add that rule.
I love the old episodes of this, especially the ones from the 80's. Dick Clark was an amazing host.
and they didn't add things with a dirty sexual title. All the reboot game shows today have to have something dirty in them. It's a sick society we live in.
These clips make me ridiculously happy.
THAT PART
Seeing a celebrity having to actually play well with so much at stake for their fans was what made this show special. They were never in character and the connection with the audience was unique and powerful.
That was what made the Pyramid special, they had the smart celebrities on there. Watching Super Password on Buzzr a lot, Ive noticed that a quite a few of the celebrity guests were terrible at the game or not even trying, just trying to get in their "bit" for the camera. Yea there were a few that were very good (Betty White, Pat Sajak, Nipsey Russell, Marcia Wallace, Jamie Farr) but some were downright awful.
@@lilbluefoxie Also Richard Klein, Charlie Siebert, Vickie Lawrence, LeVar Burton...the ones you named for sure. I loved watching Betty and Nipsey!
Watching William Shatner freak out when he lost was also great television :-)
This used to be one of my favorite shows. I miss it.
Me too and press your luck came on afterward back in 83. But before that it was child's play
RIP beautiful Abby Dalton.
The original show is so much better than the remake today.
@user-cm1mj9be5g,
I agree. Donny Osmond's version was pretty good as well (I used to love it but got bored with it after a few years), and after I lost the tapes in a basement flood years ago, I didn't care. Dick Clark's version was the better one. I never saw the current version of it though.
@@Matto2tthe Donny Osmond version was whack. If a contestant does not win their first trip in winner's circle they only play for $10000 2nd time even if celebrity screws them out of a win and a shot at tournament. Should have been play for $15000 2nd time no matter what. Today's version is more fair than the Donny era.
Agreed.
Today’s period with Michael Strahan….he is terrible
@@Matto2t Donny's version SUCK'D
I remember seeing this episode on TV when I was a kid. It sticks out in my mind that Dick Clark brought out the card with the typo on it and gave it to the contestant. Now that I'm grown up and seeing this, my thought is that misspelling "ANYTHING" wouldn't throw the contestant, but it would have been a lot worse if "COLLAR" were misspelled.
I remember seeing this episode for the first time, as a rerun on USA... :-)
I found it more strange that they would write "an(y)thing" and not something.
@@meehow72 A more typical wording would be "things with a collar" or "things that have a collar."
Imagine the production costs and logistics of each pyramid clue needing letters to be set on plexiglas as shown here. There was so much work behind these slick game shows if the past!
So, I've heard it before that you can read any word at all, as long as the first and last letters are in place. this proves that point.
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The next comment is a much better example of what you are talking about. Lots of people would never even notice the misspelling on that card. When I read the example in the comments, I know I am reading something that is scrambled
Why I loved this show was how suspenseful it is and how they PAID OUT such large amounts of money especially for that time period!!
I hope he or his family kept that plexiglass graphic. It's probably worth a nice chunk of change, especially now that, rest his soul, Dick Clark is no longer with us.
Not only that but I wouldn't think any other contestant got to keep a slide... he's gotta be the only one on the planet (well, that didn't work on the show) with one of those :D
It makes me respect the good old days even more. They had to prepare *every slide* on plexiglass? Imagine the costs vs having everything digital now (and not being as impressive despite all the bells and whistles).
Great seeing this! Thanks. One of the best game shows ever.
abby dalton always kicked ass on this show!
...and *"Super Password!!"*
❤ May she RIP
I love Abby Dalton's reaction when he says brew
Yeah, she was excited for him.
@@Matto2t 1:37 N'awww... she's got tears in her eyes!
i would assume that if it did throw her they would have had no choice but to give him the $25k anyway.
Things that BREW was a killer. I had no other clue for that one.
@@richardhernandez4490: Tea? Strong tea (too descriptive?)
"ANTHING" with a collar. Too funny!!! Plus, that slide is a lot bigger than it looks with Richard holding it...
lol
ANTHING WITH A COLLAR was used twice on a $25,000 win
I bet the 1:03 snapping sound is Dick Clark snapping his fingers to the stage manager realizing the error on the card
I'd bet you're 100 percent correct.
It was.
Thank you Dick Clark for keeping us kids home sick and in the summers occupied as much as Bob Barker did.
lol nice! and when I first clicked on the video I read it as ANYthing Can Happen.
I laughed so hard when she screamed at "things that are brewed" 😂
$25,000 in 1983 is equivalent to $62,000 in 2017!
Daniel Seib Interesting.
I didn't notice this misspelling of anything--and I'm a proofreader!
I miss Dick Clark
Chris Arseneault1 Johnny looking Johnny
A.m. JOHNNY
Chris Arseneault jpp
Johnny Johnny love JOHNNY
Johnny Johnny
my favorite episode of the $25,000 Pyramid Is when I saw Johnny Gilbert with the CBS eye logo curtains behind him
When was that?
This is April 22, 1983, and Pyramid debuted on March 6, 1973. So after a DECADE of Winner's Circle categories that began with "Things with a", somebody decides to switch it up, and wind up screwing it up instead. If it ain't broke...
Ah Actually That’s March 26, 1973.
Actually That’s March 26, 1973.
"Anything with a collar". A Priest's vestment?
A dog's neck.
@@ccie12933 Yeah the dog was the real missing clue.
1:04...Dick snapping his fingers when he saw ANTHING WITH A COLLAR
Fabulous win excellent clues !!!!!
I've read about it before, and I think it's true: If you can read the first and last letters, if any of the middle letters are switched/missing, you got the word.
It's actually not, I programmed a simulation once doing the same thing to words I chose and the words were impossible to read.
I hope that guy still has the card with the typo on it today. 😂
Abby Dalton was a great Pyramid player. RIP Abby.
Sometimes today when we watch reruns, it’s hard to tell which one is the celebrity ! But I love this show all the same - they have tried to copy many times but there is only one Dick Clark
Contestant looks like Rod Blagojevich.
Yeah, the youthful face and the blue suit do make him look like Blagojevich. I live in Chicago, so I notice that now that you mention it.
One of my favorite theme songs as well
If they gave away the slide on this one episode, I wonder if any other parts of the set were given away after the show's final run?
$27,000+, AND a piece of the *"Pyramid"* set???
I officially hate my life... -_- #SOjelly
I wonder if he still has it? That would be so cool to own a piece of a game show!!
@@georgemaster9952 Especially, one as classic as the "Pyramid!" :-O
@@jmiller297Sell it on Ebay,perhaps?
@@georgemaster9271 Oh, no... I would keep it FOREVER! :-P
Richard, if you see this, do you still have the slide?
Hope he got some autographs on the slide.
That contestant was on fire!
When giving clues, try to give two different ones that only have one thing in common (the thing you are trying to get them to say). For instance, for "Things with a Collar". "Shirt" and "jacket" are decent clues, and yes, they both have collars, but they are too much alike and share many other features (things with sleeves, things you wear, etc.), so it doesn't narrow it down for the other player. Instead, try "shirt" and "dog" (dog collar).
"We really want you to win the money."
True of every game show ever, except Press Your Luck (Michael Larson).
I never noticed. I read that as “anything” too. Nice they gave him the typo card as a souvenir.
That scream was hilarious
GREAT!! Great JOB!!
He was reading the reflection in her glasses. Wait, she doesn’t wear glasses😂
I was just thinking about this video and came back to it, because I was thinking that before I saw this as a kid, I thought the subject cards were actually blue, rather than being transparent with blue light behind them.
Did they use "anything" often? Usually I see "Things with...". Anything seems weird to me but I guess it doesn't matter as long as you say the keyword!
That sure was nice of Dick to give Richard that, ahem, "blooper" slide. Hopefully he still has it
It makes you wonder what would've happened if the contestant did not get the "ANTHING WITH A COLLAR" subject but got all 5 others. The producers would've discovered the typo error, and to make it fair, he and Abby would've been given a new subject to guess in about 15 seconds. If right, he gets his $25k anyway. If not, he got $800. The scenario I just described is academic, because they got it smoothly, "onward and upwards".
This is totally off the subject/on the subject, but does anyone know where to find the episode(s) with Rick Hurst? During one version of the opening he is in the winner circle and accidentally kicks the opponent in his excitement! He shows with Lois Nettleton, and it was 10-19-77. I can find all the info about it but just not the episode. I would be glad just to see that winner's circle full clip! Any help would be appreciated!
I believe those transparent slides were hand-set; therefore, is it still technically considered a "typo"? Asking for a friend™
Didn't need to see her face to know that was Abby Dalton
That guy has a solid Dallas accent
Are you thinking he was from there? We don't have access to the full broadcast of that day, so did he state as much?
@@bmasters1981 I am just going by ear
I wonder if he still has the souvenir!!!
I hope that he still has the plexiglass panel.If I were the contestant,I'd frame it and display it.
That looks like a young Bryan Cranston.
I see that, mixed with Gordon Thompson, who played Adam on Dynasty
First collar that came to my mind … a priest … a starched shirt … But he was okay…
You know...I always wondered how big those slides were.
0:58 "ANTHING WITH A COLLAR"
5 minutes after this clue was shown, somebody was probably fired.
wonder if he still has that?
I heard the finger snap, too. Then after, Dick was saying he's so glad the typo didn't throw Abby off. If anything was going to throw her off, it's the host snapping his fingers offstage in the dark! 😡😡😡☠️ That being said, it's too bad they don't give the contestants wrist straps. I know they're so the clue giver doesn't inadvertently use his/her hands, but if I were that contestant I'd need them to keep from slapping Abby when she SCREAMED IN HIS FACE when he won the money.
In some versions/seasons of the show, they *_did_* have wrist straps.
DAMN THERE GOOD!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh man I'm sure I 100% would have accidentally said "Easter egg" if I was in her place
1:00 I don't see anthing wrong.
I see what you did there.
Anything With A Collar The Letter Y Is Missing.
Wonder if it got framed
Rip Abby
The human brain is a wonderful thing.
Well, I didn't notice anthing!
again in my Charlie O Donell inpersonation you just won 25 thousaaaaaaaaaand dollars
@1:59 = that's such a Shelley Long reaction there, her little sounds & vocal inflections *lol
Well, I wonder what would have happened had he not won--would they have let hi redo it due to the typo
I imagine that they might have made such an allowance.
Thats Courtney Burr, he was Sal Mineo's lover at the time Sal got killed. Tragic ending for Sal Mineo.
1:18.....YAAAAAAS!
This contestant was clever
His response "Things in your head" (as in 'the brain') is NOT the same as 'Parts Of The Head' (as in 'the eye', 'the ears', 'the nose', 'the mouth'). "Your scalp" is not IN your head, it is a PART OF your head'.
TheTreasureHouse The keyword in this subject is “Head.” Any form is acceptable, has been, and will be.
Anthing ... I see what you did there. 😅
I wonder if Dick Clark autographed it.
@Jeff: It would be worth a US Mint today.
Did you notice that the word anything is misspelled?
That's the whole point of the video. Anything was misspelled on the show, so the poster misspelled it here on purpose.
@@ericsloss4385 didn't see that until now lol
YAY! Julia Cumson wins that man a ton of money! I wonder what Angela Channing would feel about this. xD
I was aabout to ask who julia cumson is, but now i know, she was abby's character on falcon crest.
Pyramid pharoh...Dick Clark....
thumbs up if you rather have the anthing with a collar over the $25k
One word for that. Whoops.
You had one job, and you spelled "Anything" wrong!
Is it me or does that contestant look like Bryan Cranston?
cute contestant :)
I bet the contestant had to retire after this video because he broke the $25,000 limit on winnings?
Technically not retired that just the limit they had for the show in 82-84 until it was raised to $50,000 and then mid or late 85-88 $75,000 same for Press Your Luck in 83-85 I believe you can win up to $25,000 after that you’re retired
@lboog0907 Originally on press your luck you retired when you hit $25,000 (but kept the whole amount). Later on (I think in the last season) you retired when you got to $50,000 and there was a $75,000 winnings cap. So I would assume you can keep $75,000 but anything over that went to charity. I know that cap wasn't a rule when Micheal Larsen was on, he got to keep the whole $110,237. His run is what convinced them to add that rule.
Anything not spelled correctly..
A dog…
My name is barbie. Ken is my boyfriend