Here is another playing of Pyramid game show bonus round. This is from $100,000 Pyramid. Dick Clark hosts. They are playing for $10,000. Martha Smith is giving out the clues.
One thing that has always driven me nuts about this show is that the audience wastes like 2 seconds clapping after every right answer. Wastes at least 15 seconds every round. Am I the only one that noticed this?
Also, there's a lot to be said for the encouragement factor. If the contestant and the "giver" can attain a certain synergy, it's almost a foregone conclusion by the $250 square that they're gonna hit the money, and the level of audience encouragement (i.e., applause) will oftentimes mirror the extent to which the players have achieved that synergy. That is, the audience can just smell it: they KNOW when the contestant and the celebrity are clicking--when they're communicating with their eyes and facial muscles as much as through the actual words spoken--and the applause can work to boost the players' mutual confidence that they're "firing on all cylinders" (how's that for a sentence with a multiple of metaphors?!, omg--urg--but you know what I mean baby...). The episodes in which the audience heaves that collective sigh ("awwwwww") when the players have come SOOOOO close are typically those in which the contestant and celebrity have achieved that meta-communication but--for whatever reason(s)--just can't get that last square to turn. Those are the WORST because you just KNOW they should've hit it.
@@WarEagleTimeMachine If you see the early $10,000 Pyramid episodes there was no applause for the first few squares. Over the years the applause increased. Yes it's encouragement, but a couple of times the applause helped to keep Billy Crystal's record intact because others would have finished faster .
@@WILLIAMCHANEL Wow! That was *BEAUTIFULLY* put! Ever thought of trying out for the new, Michael Strahan-hosted version of *"Pyramid??"* You have *quite* a way with words! 😄💯
The most common difference is prize money that could be won in the nighttime was higher. Also in the 70’s, the weekly syndicated game shows were typically self contained with no returning champions or games that straddled between episodes.
I think that was a holdover from the CBS $25,000 winnings limit. But it should not have applied to the syndicated version. It kind of sucks that winning twice gives you the same money as only winning the second time.
The celebrity was actress/Playboy's Miss July 1973 playmate Martha Smith. She played Babs Jensen in "National Lampoon's Animal House" and, five years later, Francine Desmond on "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (opposite Kate Jackson & Bruce Boxleitner).
@danbarker39 I remember Dick saying, "When it says, "Something a _______ says," then you are allowed to say ANNNNYYYTHING!!!" Thus, the synonym/preposition/too descriptive/etc. rules don't apply. (e.g. "I'm also called a whirlybird." seems just fine)
"A patient's diet, a good movie."
NO CELEBRITY playing the modern versions of this game would come up with clues this good.
Today's "celebrities" appear to be empty vessels so i agree
Yeah those were genius to think of on the fly! I'm not even sure what I would say, maybe: a good book, a good restaurant, a good doctor, etc
It feels like the older versions are harder and had stricter rules.
'You daily vitamin allowance' came to me as I was watching. And I'm very sure that's within rules.
She's a genius!! Great job of feeding the right clues. Wow
i love seeing people win! Congratulations!
I do, too!! Warms my heart!
1:32 love Dick’s reaction when the contestant got the last subject
WHOA!
Those were great clues!
One thing that has always driven me nuts about this show is that the audience wastes like 2 seconds clapping after every right answer. Wastes at least 15 seconds every round. Am I the only one that noticed this?
it might not be that bad, it gives her a bit of time to think of a decent clue instead of rushing and panicking
Also, there's a lot to be said for the encouragement factor. If the contestant and the "giver" can attain a certain synergy, it's almost a foregone conclusion by the $250 square that they're gonna hit the money, and the level of audience encouragement (i.e., applause) will oftentimes mirror the extent to which the players have achieved that synergy. That is, the audience can just smell it: they KNOW when the contestant and the celebrity are clicking--when they're communicating with their eyes and facial muscles as much as through the actual words spoken--and the applause can work to boost the players' mutual confidence that they're "firing on all cylinders" (how's that for a sentence with a multiple of metaphors?!, omg--urg--but you know what I mean baby...). The episodes in which the audience heaves that collective sigh ("awwwwww") when the players have come SOOOOO close are typically those in which the contestant and celebrity have achieved that meta-communication but--for whatever reason(s)--just can't get that last square to turn. Those are the WORST because you just KNOW they should've hit it.
Personally, I like the applause. I think it is encouragement.
@@WarEagleTimeMachine If you see the early $10,000 Pyramid episodes there was no applause for the first few squares. Over the years the applause increased. Yes it's encouragement, but a couple of times the applause helped to keep Billy Crystal's record intact because others would have finished faster .
@@WILLIAMCHANEL Wow! That was *BEAUTIFULLY* put! Ever thought of trying out for the new, Michael Strahan-hosted version of *"Pyramid??"* You have *quite* a way with words! 😄💯
Martha's like WOAH, he's tall!!
This wasn’t the first time she saw him standing
I miss Dick Clark
So do I
Me Too.
Well Martha Smith is a great Pyramid Player and she also turned 56 years old recently and she's still looking beautiful.
Which means she is now 68
I think the clapping is added in post-production. There's a couple episodes where the clapping is left out.
It's always amazing how night time syndicated game shows are 98% similar to their daytime counterparts.
The most common difference is prize money that could be won in the nighttime was higher.
Also in the 70’s, the weekly syndicated game shows were typically self contained with no returning champions or games that straddled between episodes.
I'm surprised the vocal effect on the helicopter clue didn't get buzzed.
Dang she was good and he is smart
Dam its june 9 2024 THIS GUY IS UNBELIEVABLE AND SHE WAS SUPER 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Did I remember Dick Clark saying on a show once you don't win 35,000 total...you first win 10,000 then you are upgraded to 25,000 if you win?
I think that was a holdover from the CBS $25,000 winnings limit. But it should not have applied to the syndicated version. It kind of sucks that winning twice gives you the same money as only winning the second time.
Assuming no tragedies befell his family, the baby his wife is carrying would be in his/her mid-30s today
this guy also won 10,000 with earl Holliman
Awesome win! Who's the celebrity? I feel like I should know who it is, but I don't....
Have you ever watched the spye series Scarecrow and Mrs Smith? :) She plays in there :)
@@joannajones8533 Scarecrow and Mrs. KING, not Smith.
The celebrity was actress/Playboy's Miss July 1973 playmate Martha Smith. She played Babs Jensen in "National Lampoon's Animal House" and, five years later, Francine Desmond on "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (opposite Kate Jackson & Bruce Boxleitner).
Damn her friends just pushed Lavar Burton aside.... 🤨
@danbarker39 I remember Dick saying, "When it says, "Something a _______ says," then you are allowed to say ANNNNYYYTHING!!!" Thus, the synonym/preposition/too descriptive/etc. rules don't apply. (e.g. "I'm also called a whirlybird." seems just fine)
That rule also applies to a box which says "Why you _______". Anything goes with those categories.
Another WIN!
That is a quick one for certain.
martha smith was a playboy centerfold in the early 1970s
How the hell did he get "Elegant things" that quickly???
She said it elegantly, so I think that helped :)
@allisonjohnson6399 you're a cutie Allison Johnson 💕
Actually, Dick another way he could've won $100,000, was he could've won $25,000 4 times.
TOUGH board!!!!
Ways to Prepare Chicken, ELEGANT Things, and Things you RECOMMEND---those three are HARD!!!
Heck, he still won though!!!!
Especially when they've shamed him so by pulling PYL?
When Maureen Reagan was on the woman won, the husband rushed on stage...and out came the Secret Service.
That’s hilarious
I don't know how he won $10,000 they were hard those subjects.
Martha gave a great list of things that fit each category. And the contestant was bright as well. So that is how he won.
ELEGANT and RECOMMEND were the stinkers.
Clinched tournament playoff spot
Martha Smith remembered to use pronouns @ 1:01.
Would’ve been funny if the wife vomited on stage.
DA'FUQ?
@@jmiller297 Someone needs to keep an eye on that dude.
@@carlsaganlives6086 Right?? #Freak
Wasn’t his wife on the $25,000 in 1986
I wrote show years ago about applause that cut into contestant time. No response.