What I loved about this show was the way Dick Clark treated the bonus round, especially the $100,000 one. He really made it seem bigger that it was and gave it just this real tension.
I remember seeing this when it first aired on local tv here in Las Vegas in syndication. I was stunned at how quick they did that ! That was pretty darn spectacular. He totally deserved that $100,000 !!
Barry Jenner was absolutely badass when he was on Pyramid. He gave great clues and was so damn enthusiastic and seemed like he genuinely wanted the contestants to win. He was awesome.
I went back and counted. Barry Jenner said a total of 27 words, including repeats of clues, to get him up that pyramid in 27 seconds. Locked. Friggin. In.
The stage hands were swinging the trilons back and forth - cheaper and more effective than confetti. They were celebrating along with the contestants even though could not be seen on camera.
Back in the 70s, when this was taped at a theater on W. 58th Street, NYC, NO ONE was allowed to run up on stage, not even a spouse - they'd let them up during the commercial break, but never would they let the shots be interrupted. Also, I was amazed how much smaller the set looked in real life. We used to go during all school breaks, and especially during the summer, and I have a bookful of autographs I got from Pyramid tapings, even Dick Clark himself.
My dad and I went to see a show from the current run of $100,000 Pyramid during its first season. I think the studio was somewhere in the West Sixties. The studio had always been used for soaps so it wasn't used to having an audience. There were so many rules (like leaving your cell phone and getting a claim check before you could get in the elevator). But the studio was ridiculously small.
The all-time best television game show, IMO. To belong on this show, contestants and celebs had to be not only intelligent, but quick and clever, and possess a broad vocabulary. A slice of daytime heaven; an oasis! Well, there were some pretty bad weeks here and there with "matching" terrible celebrity players - at least this gave the contestants a fair shot!
Aired Friday September 10th 1987. 8th tournament win. As Barry Jenner helps MG McCormick go top of pyramid in 27 seconds winning $100k. Lynn Davis & Marylin Richardson were contestants in playoff. His total $133,650 dollars.
This was true of several incarnations, especially the early $10,000 Pyramid versions. You can find clips all over TH-cam… look for the $25,000 Pyramid pitch film, a pyramid run with Jack Klugman… Tony Randall would quite often act so calm about it, but would give his contestant partners a smile because it seemed like he did not want to overshadow their celebrations. Getting through that bonus round has always been a huge thrill. :)
One thing that Dick Clark was an absolute GOD at was building the suspense... even though silence on TV was usually considered death, between 0:36 and 0:50 he's not afraid to just let the silence... sit there... for up to 4 seconds at a time. Brilliant.
This was such a great show. Dick Clark was an amazing host. The wins on this show are somehow more enjoyable and energetic than any other game show in history.
+Jeff Brown I'm surprised, no laughs. A few years later, there was one category, "Things that are stiff."...the celebrity gave clues, "An erection, a well starched shirt." Thankfully, the contestant nailed it. The celebrity said, "Are we still on the air?"
Brent: That's hilarious! What's just as funny is your (perhaps unintentional), "the contestant NAILED IT!" ha. Thanks for sharing this. Do you happen to remember who the celebrity was, by chance?
+Jeff Brown Unfortunately, I don't. One would have to keep digging on the computer!!! I believe John Davidson was hosting at the time, which I never watched...when John hosted.
@@diamonddog13 most episodes he did there were a few where he stayed and talked to the celebs and contestants. There were also a few episodes of the $10 $20 and $50k pyramid where he would walk off then come back during the credits
That’s easy to say from the outside; try sitting in either chair in that winners circle, with $100,000 on the line (or however much that would be today-$500,000? $1,000,000? More?)…that’s a FAR different matter.
I decided to read the comments to maybe learn what became of MG. I’m so sad to read this. I’ve watched this clip more than a few times and was so happy for MG. He was such a likeable contestant. May your friend rest in peace.
I loved the part in the background where the stagehands would move the trilons back and forth after the win. It was like they were congratulating him from backstage in their own way.
@@millenniumman75 okay.......... not that I'm putting them down, but I wish their reflexes would have been a little bit more tighter during the round. But you have to have a keen sense of hearing, that when you hear the answer, you could do the fastest flip ever. Just recalling Billy Crystal's round
what i love is the genuine reaction of the celebrities when they help people win. etiher their really good actors or they really feel that excited...............
Arguably this shows Pyramid bonus rounds were the most exciting in game show history. So great when when the celebs would get as excited or more than the contestants.
This was taped in Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood (the Bob Barker studio). It seats 325 people but they had to remove about 25 seats in order to install a ramp for the center camera and crane. That left about 300 seats (not that all the seats were filled). It looks like the entire audience ran up on stage.
So sad to hear the winner here died a few years after this. Hopefully he got to enjoy his winnings before he died. Barry Jenner was great with his clues!
I'm also guessing that the audience rush-in (and the "trilon wiggle" ) was done in lieu of confetti/balloons just in case the $100,000 was won in the first WC Round.
Just as I Thought… here he is with Barry Jenner racing to the top of the Pyramid in only 27 seconds. He really knows how to play this game. Kenneth A Huang 7/17/2022.
THIS, right here, is how you scale the Pyramid! Great, short and precise clues to the subjects given. ("Old woman's breasts. Wow!) Grew up on this stuff. Dick Clark is missed without a doubt. Too bad the new version isn't a daily show, because those 'Tournament of Champion's series can get intense when playing against the clock time of other contestants. They were a highlight of this classic game.
I know somebody said this on another video but the when the audience swarms the stage its like he just made the game winning shot in a college basketball game.
I think it's great the way people rush the stage. It adds to the energy and excitement of a great win. All of the naysayers know very well that if their friend was on stage and won, they would be running up there too.
Not only was it not stupid, it was one of the greatest clues ever given on this show. He could say nothing EXCEPT the correct answer after being given that clue.
MG McCormick was on Super Password in 1985 and then went on to do $100,000 Pyramid in 1988. I'm guessing his love playing on game show and shows really well in my mind!
MY GOD! It makes me absolutely insane to see a lot of people run up on stage like that after the big win. Just allow about two or three people on stage and not about half the audience.
what a win. there has been only one time that a winner's circle was done faster, with Billy Crystal in 26 seconds. But, still, fantastic job. and great clues
![The $100,000 Pyramid [1985]](/img/n.gif)
This is one of the best wins I have ever seen. RIP Dick Clark, I really miss your candor and class.
Amen Kelly T One of my fav moments here
What I loved about this show was the way Dick Clark treated the bonus round, especially the $100,000 one. He really made it seem bigger that it was and gave it just this real tension.
100 percent. Those 2-3 seconds of silence to allow the contestants to compose themselves added to the atmosphere.
@@arizonashane THAT part
He was The Best
I remember seeing this when it first aired on local tv here in Las Vegas in syndication. I was stunned at how quick they did that ! That was pretty darn spectacular. He totally deserved that $100,000 !!
Barry Jenner was absolutely badass when he was on Pyramid. He gave great clues and was so damn enthusiastic and seemed like he genuinely wanted the contestants to win. He was awesome.
Barry Jenner who also plays Admiral Ross on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
@@aaronbaker5887 also played as Lieutenant Murtaugh on FAMILY MATTERS trying to win Rachel's ❤️.
He looked more excited than the contestant. 😊
Because he came through at the last, possible opportunity for the week!
I went back and counted. Barry Jenner said a total of 27 words, including repeats of clues, to get him up that pyramid in 27 seconds.
Locked. Friggin. In.
You're a *"Pyramid"* geek like me! 🔺️🤓👍🏾
"An old woman's breasts"
One of the BEST CLUES OF ALL TIME!!! :D
True
Hey, it got the word right away.
*ALWAYS go for the "man clue!!"*
It worked, didn't it?
No time to be PC.. get that BANK 😄
The crowd rushes in! Best win on this show ever!
Barry Jenner's celebration was top tier. He was more excited for the win than the guy that got the money.
That bro hug was *FIERCE!*
You could always tell the contestants who had practiced, practiced, practiced before coming on the show. This guy was one of them.
The whole audience came on stage!
Pandemonium !.😀👍
Not only was that for $100,000, that was in the top 4 fastest rounds in the history of the Pyramid franchise!!
Good info!!
best celebrity reaction to winning
Barry *FELT* that win!!
I believe this was true emotion from strangers in the crowd. Strange but brought tears to my eyes.
The stage hands were swinging the trilons back and forth - cheaper and more effective than confetti. They were celebrating along with the contestants even though could not be seen on camera.
Back in the 70s, when this was taped at a theater on W. 58th Street, NYC, NO ONE was allowed to run up on stage, not even a spouse - they'd let them up during the commercial break, but never would they let the shots be interrupted. Also, I was amazed how much smaller the set looked in real life. We used to go during all school breaks, and especially during the summer, and I have a bookful of autographs I got from Pyramid tapings, even Dick Clark himself.
My dad and I went to see a show from the current run of $100,000 Pyramid during its first season. I think the studio was somewhere in the West Sixties. The studio had always been used for soaps so it wasn't used to having an audience. There were so many rules (like leaving your cell phone and getting a claim check before you could get in the elevator). But the studio was ridiculously small.
Cool!!!!
Great win & it's the 2nd fast winner in PYRAMID game show history behind BILLY CRYSTAL 26second world record winner circle from the 70s.
1:27 Even the boxes are celebrating.
Like "Wheeeeee!!"
How does it change to red to blue
OMG, I rewound it and you're right.
The all-time best television game show, IMO. To belong on this show, contestants and celebs had to be not only intelligent, but quick and clever, and possess a broad vocabulary. A slice of daytime heaven; an oasis! Well, there were some pretty bad weeks here and there with "matching" terrible celebrity players - at least this gave the contestants a fair shot!
I believe I found someone who shares my way of typing.
@@holisticpsychologybyobrien And mine! :-)
They only invited celebrity players who had previously proven that they were good for tournament weeks
@@scottblish766 I think they made a huge mistake not letting Nipsey play during the tournament
Yes, a truly great game show! Funny now, when I watch - sometimes I can’t tell which one is the celebrity!
I wish every game show win had this type of celebration. 😃👍
Barry Jenner was fantastic. Every single clue was perfect.
Aired Friday September 10th 1987. 8th tournament win. As Barry Jenner helps MG McCormick go top of pyramid in 27 seconds winning $100k. Lynn Davis & Marylin Richardson were contestants in playoff. His total $133,650 dollars.
September 11th.
One of the most dominant major prize wins on game shows
You gotta love the excitement from the celebrities. You can tell they are authentically thrilled.
This was true of several incarnations, especially the early $10,000 Pyramid versions. You can find clips all over TH-cam… look for the $25,000 Pyramid pitch film, a pyramid run with Jack Klugman… Tony Randall would quite often act so calm about it, but would give his contestant partners a smile because it seemed like he did not want to overshadow their celebrations. Getting through that bonus round has always been a huge thrill. :)
One thing that Dick Clark was an absolute GOD at was building the suspense... even though silence on TV was usually considered death, between 0:36 and 0:50 he's not afraid to just let the silence... sit there... for up to 4 seconds at a time. Brilliant.
I have always wondered why they pause so much when they talk on the WWE.
If only Drew Carey would learn how to do that.
This was such a great show. Dick Clark was an amazing host. The wins on this show are somehow more enjoyable and energetic than any other game show in history.
Judging by all those "friends & relatives" that swarmed the stage, he'll be lucky if he has bus fare at the end! LOL
Sure was a lot of black cousins that rushed the stage.
@@brndnwilks imagine that a non-racist he's obviously Democrat
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 uh huh, okay.
I think the friends and family of the others also came up.
Some of those might have been Marilyn and Lynn’s people like in the first tournament when robin and tobys people came
This is one of my favorites. Dick Clark you'll be missed.
27 seconds, unbelievable
I want to go back to 1988.
This is '87, actually.
"An old woman's breasts." Maybe the best clue ever given on this show!
+Jeff Brown I'm surprised, no laughs. A few years later, there was one category, "Things that are stiff."...the celebrity gave clues, "An erection, a well starched shirt." Thankfully, the contestant nailed it. The celebrity said, "Are we still on the air?"
Brent: That's hilarious! What's just as funny is your (perhaps unintentional), "the contestant NAILED IT!" ha.
Thanks for sharing this. Do you happen to remember who the celebrity was, by chance?
+Jeff Brown Unfortunately, I don't. One would have to keep digging on the computer!!! I believe John Davidson was hosting at the time, which I never watched...when John hosted.
Brent: I didn't watch it either. Dick Clark was irreplaceable!
+Brent O'Brien I would rather watch him than Donny Osmond who came after him and everything changed given a choice and neither was not an option.
There was a time, a long time ago, when celebrities celebrated regular people winning a lot of money. Dick Clark was the BEST
Barry’s reaction when they won startled the contestant!!
Wow what a hell of a game. The clues were fantastic that he gave. Barry Jenner was fantastic and gave fantastic clues.
"Uh... an old woman's breasts"
"Things that sag."
😂😂😂😂😂
Why u laughing?
It's funny.
Now that's how you celebrate when someone wins the big one. Feels like a rock concert.
*CELEBRATORY MOSH PIT!!!*
"For now, Dick Clark, so long" Thank you Dick Clark, RIP
nkaio5
No other game show host said it better than Dick Clark:
“Here is your first subject... GO!”
@@dekirkbride amen to that
He always bolted at the end like he had a plane to catch.
@@diamonddog13 most episodes he did there were a few where he stayed and talked to the celebs and contestants. There were also a few episodes of the $10 $20 and $50k pyramid where he would walk off then come back during the credits
Barry Jenner: 27 seconds
Billy Crystal: 26 seconds
Great clues by Barry!
Not to mention these categories were much tougher than Crystal's overrated win.
Chris...wow...of all things to get defensive about...and THIS is what you choose?
Truly amazing!
@@ccie12933 r u kidding the 1st 4 were ducks--the sagging was moderately difficult & the top was more like a 1st row clue idiot
That’s easy to say from the outside; try sitting in either chair in that winners circle, with $100,000 on the line (or however much that would be today-$500,000? $1,000,000? More?)…that’s a FAR different matter.
You know what Barry reminds me of right before the round starts, a thoroughbred race horse in the starting gate.
MG McCormick was my friend and a very good actor. Sadly, he died a few years after this show.
I decided to read the comments to maybe learn what became of MG. I’m so sad to read this. I’ve watched this clip more than a few times and was so happy for MG. He was such a likeable contestant. May your friend rest in peace.
Oh crap! What happened? Car crash? Cancer? He looked very young.
@@seanvogt221 AIDS
@@daffyduckfan4478 oh shit.
@@daffyduckfan4478 proof?
1:18 All hell breaks loose on a game show.
I loved the part in the background where the stagehands would move the trilons back and forth after the win. It was like they were congratulating him from backstage in their own way.
Oh wow!!! I just realized this for the first time. That is so cool... everybody was in on the cheering and congratulations. So cool!
Are you talkin about the boxes
@@aredeemable1 Yes. The trilons are those three-sided boxes. The old Wheel of Fortune puzzle board had them, too.
@@millenniumman75 okay.......... not that I'm putting them down, but I wish their reflexes would have been a little bit more tighter during the round. But you have to have a keen sense of hearing, that when you hear the answer, you could do the fastest flip ever. Just recalling Billy Crystal's round
that was the quickest $100,000 win i have ever seen. well done.
what i love is the genuine reaction of the celebrities when they help people win. etiher their really good actors or they really feel that excited...............
You knew the win was a big deal when the people behind the trilons would swing them back and forth.
until seeing that, i always thought they were automated/motorized
Arguably this shows Pyramid bonus rounds were the most exciting in game show history. So great when when the celebs would get as excited or more than the contestants.
Back in the days: fans go on stage
2019: security everywhere making sure no one will shoot up the place
Times were different back then
Its like free for all.
@@tiffanymorgan6562 just a few short years after the Newark riots
2020: no audience period
People were less idiots back then
It suddenly turned into American Bandstand.
Remeber this show when I was a kid. RIP, Mr. Dick Clark, you will be missed!
This was taped in Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood (the Bob Barker studio). It seats 325 people but they had to remove about 25 seats in order to install a ramp for the center camera and crane. That left about 300 seats (not that all the seats were filled). It looks like the entire audience ran up on stage.
That was the most boring tid-bit of information I think i've ever read on a youtube comments thread xD
How is this boring?
+Jax Dagger How's that Haterade taste, bruh??
1:18 is the most pure unbounded joy i have ever seen oml
1:18 The PUREST moment of bro excitement, ever...
I always cry!! The joy is overwhelming!
@@allijo514I do, too! 🥹🥲
Damn. He kicked the game's ass. Not bad for 27 seconds worth of work.
So sad to hear the winner here died a few years after this. Hopefully he got to enjoy his winnings before he died. Barry Jenner was great with his clues!
4 words...... LIKE A FUCKING BOSS!!!!
Got that right!
David Shiel think that tied Billy Crystal's record
The guy must have been like "Who the hell are all these people?"
The entire studio audience along with the audience for Card Sharks being taped next door.
@@DBR00 Actually, *"Card Sharks"* used the exact, same stage as *"The $100,000 Pyramid."*
Future ex-wives.
They should've also dropped the balloons and confetti too, that would've been awesome.
And mix that with the audience mob? That might be a little too crazy.
I'm also guessing that the audience rush-in (and the "trilon wiggle" ) was done in lieu of confetti/balloons just in case the $100,000 was won in the first WC Round.
I figure each friend on stage got 35 cents after he split it.
I put this in my Classic video list! Has to be close to a record OMG!!!!
August 8, 2016 Barry Jenner the guy that brought MG McCormack to the top of the pyramid winning $100,000 died he was 75.
I love how everyone rushed the stage
$100,000 theme song is way too underrated
I like the original better...more bass. Tuning Up by Ken Aldin. If I could figure out HOW, it would be my iPhone ring tone. LOL
Oh, the *"Pyramid"* theme song *SLAPS!.*
@@lonnieappleby6242 - I did it for my Samsung many years ago.
#TeamAndroid
That guy nailed it!
"Things You Accept!" The Ultimate $100,000 Words!
In my opinion, the best game show format of all time
Bob Stewart was easily the most creative guy in the game show business. He created The Price Is Right, To Tell the Truth, Password and Pyramid.
Just as I Thought… here he is with Barry Jenner racing to the top of the Pyramid in only 27 seconds. He really knows how to play this game. Kenneth A Huang 7/17/2022.
A hundred grand back then would be like a quarter million today
I watched this "live" was so exciting back then! and now
THIS, right here, is how you scale the Pyramid! Great, short and precise clues to the subjects given. ("Old woman's breasts. Wow!) Grew up on this stuff. Dick Clark is missed without a doubt. Too bad the new version isn't a daily show, because those 'Tournament of Champion's series can get intense when playing against the clock time of other contestants. They were a highlight of this classic game.
The new series is great! It could be in daytime later on!
The new series w/ Strahan is doing a great justice to the Clark-hosted shows of the past. I've not missed a single show yet....
The people in the back that work the boxes were also celebrating by turning them a little back and forth.
I always like that about the $100,000 wins.
I know somebody said this on another video but the when the audience swarms the stage its like he just made the game winning shot in a college basketball game.
Wow he's won $100,000 congratulations 👏
MG was amazing ... he got it right on the first guess on 5 of the 6 squares! He was like a surgeon.
Speaking this is the 100000 tournament, that almost broke billy crystal record for fastest wc win
I think it's great the way people rush the stage. It adds to the energy and excitement of a great win. All of the naysayers know very well that if their friend was on stage and won, they would be running up there too.
The audience can't do that today, due to security issues
That was amazing! Tied Billy Crystal's 27 second record. This game was the most exciting of any when the contestants won.
Bet you had an orgasm, huh, Skippy?
JeffersonDinedAlone Why don't you watch someone's assisted suicide? Seems to be your speed.
Billy's time was actually 26 seconds.
+nibsvkh May of 1979, when the show was still in New York.
Original: That may be the best comeback at a troll I've ever read! ha. And very, "original," to match your name.
His wedding must have been held at a stadium
That "Things That Sag" puzzle, I saw that from Stupid Game Show Answers. (1:11)
but this was a SMART ANSWER
Kinda *stupid* of them to include that part in their video, huh? Lol...
I disagree. That was a brilliant clue because it was a guy clue!
Not only was it not stupid, it was one of the greatest clues ever given on this show. He could say nothing EXCEPT the correct answer after being given that clue.
MG McCormick was on Super Password in 1985 and then went on to do $100,000 Pyramid in 1988. I'm guessing his love playing on game show and shows really well in my mind!
MY GOD! It makes me absolutely insane to see a lot of people run up on stage like that after the big win. Just allow about two or three people on stage and not about half the audience.
his entourage! lol this has to be people from the audience he diesnt know. im like does any of his friends work. wow.
SAG was the money stopper there. That clue made SAG look relatively easy! ACCEPT is also not a cakewalk...
Imagine Barry Jenner giving clues to Tony Randall, for charity. They'd be done in 20 seconds tops.
How about the time William Shatner did the pyramid all by himself? That was hilarious!
what a win. there has been only one time that a winner's circle was done faster, with Billy Crystal in 26 seconds. But, still, fantastic job. and great clues
Barry Jenner:
1:17 - YEA!!!! OMG!!
2:26 - The hell is all this I get panicky in large crowds where did I park could you not step on my toes miss?
Why did 286 people run on stage?
I used to get all into it too, screaming at the contestants. LOL
+Chris Lawson I still do! :-)
How can you not? :-)
I do too especially with Richard mahaffey Andy culpepper and MG
100,000 back in the 80's is now like winning 250,000 today.
doug avila 297k!
Beyond beautiful
$100k in 1985 = $292k in 2024. I'd be excited too.
01:17 His reaction right when he got the winning answer.... Priceless. ALL his masculinity went out the window...LOL
< cue the fire alarm and sirens >
Only if Jamaal Brown was there.
I believe most of those people were just people from the crowd that were excited for him.
1:11 The greatest clue ever and with 100,000 on the line there is NO TIME for even a smirk. 😅😅
Things you accept: A marriage proposal
Sad to read below that MG passed away a few years after this show. Nice looking guy, about my age.
Who's MG?
David Turner
Ohhhhhhhh, r u serious?????
What'did he die from?😔
Mistylilac Misty I'm not quite sure about MG when he died. If this show was aired on September 11, 1987, he died like about 1989 or 1990.
That was impressive. He did it in only 27 seconds. Almost a record! $133,000?! I wonder who the all time money winner during the Dick Clark era is.
That title belongs to Cheryl Reinwand; who won a *GRAND* total of $150,800 in mid 1986. Her record still stands to this day! 🤓👍🏾 #Pyramidfactoid
@@jmiller297 So, about $450,000 in today’s money? Nice chunk of change!
Almost broke billy crystal record for fastest wc win
@@crgray1979This was more impressive because it was a 100k board
You never see that on The Price is Right.
They walked right up it, in no time flat. Great Pyramid.
Wow, I never seen so many people come up on a stage at once
For all that moment I thought he had an extended family
And I bet 98% of the people that ran up there he doesn't know.
This is the game show equivalent to fans rushing the field after a college football game.