WC #2 is TV perfection. The contestant's reaction is priceless, as is Mike Gargiulo's direction (shots of the $25,000 sign instead of the on-screen graphic), the music, and the time allowed for the celebration... absolutely incredible.
This episode is unusual because there's no winner montage, and there's enough dead space at the beginning that it wasn't a matter of starting the tape too late.
if I remember correctly, each episode of this version, from the premiere to the finale, and no matter how poorly edited, had a winner's montage from other episodes. It looks like the uploader has a fade in effect or something at the beginning.
Why Vicki Lawrence was ONE OF THE BEST at Pyrmaid!! Had this win been a decade later, the winning contestant would have been in the $100,000 tournament of champions!
Yes, that's him. He worked at WCBS through the mid-80s, then had a brief short-lived stint on the CBS Morning program in 1987, then went back to local NY news at WWOR-Channel 9 for a number of years after that.
It aired October 12, 1977. This video was given to me by one of the contestants, and she confirmed that date. The imdb listing for the show in 1977 confirms there was an episode aired the date she says.
@@michaelnovrocki6567 The Two Guys Easter sale was the reason I mentioned it. Michael, you were the guy around my age who wrote to TV Game $how Magazine in Fall 1986 during its seven issue run(aug 1986-feb 1987) about $20K Pyramid, not knowing at the time it aired that it taped in NYC and you lived in Pennsylvania at the time, correct?
I checked some old TV listings, and the station in my area that carried $25,000 Pyramid during this season, WDAU (now WYOU) Scranton, PA (CBS affiliate), aired the episodes first run on Tuesday nights at 7:30pm. In a 39 week span, they would air the 30 episodes and every so many weeks in a 39 week span, over nine times they would air some special show or presentation in that slot- like a Billy Graham revival for example that would cover this slot (and sometimes the time slot before it too). Then for 13 weeks in the summer, WDAU would air a summer replacement series in the Tuesday 7:30pm time slot and moved Pyramid to Saturday nights at 6:30pm for the summer, making the case that they did re-run episodes. Since these episodes were bicycled around, I’m supposing a station would get some of the episodes a second time on the bicycle route? Lol.
THIS CONTESTANT PLAYED WITH THE VERY SAME PARTNER: VICKI LAWRENCE. It was way before the partners had to switch celebrities. And besides, I had seen the THINGS MADE OF LINEN subject before. ( $20,000 PYRAMID, DICK CLARK WITH PHYLLIS GEORGE, 1976. KENNETH HUANG. 6/13/24.
And Debbie Kirschenbaum wound up winning the $20K, in 28 seconds. But a year later, Billy Crystal did give $10K away to a contestant in just 26 seconds.
Original Broadcast CUllen $25K Pyramid. Nice. Quite a few Cullen Pyramids surfaced on the trading circuit or UA-cam coming from 1985-86 reruns from WLIG Long Island, but this is IRC only the second one to come from original broadcast.
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WC #2 is TV perfection. The contestant's reaction is priceless, as is Mike Gargiulo's direction (shots of the $25,000 sign instead of the on-screen graphic), the music, and the time allowed for the celebration... absolutely incredible.
What a fantastic win , exciting and fabulous clues given by a brilliant actress, Bravo!!!!!
Thank you wholeheartedly for posting this! 🔼👍❤
Blazing saddles was the perfect clue for Mel Brooks films
Nice to see another Cullen Pyramid!
Especially one with a 25K win!
@@gladfan1989I love these episodes. Hopefully these will re-air soon.Bill did Dick's show well.
This episode is unusual because there's no winner montage, and there's enough dead space at the beginning that it wasn't a matter of starting the tape too late.
None of the syndicated Pyramid shows had winner montages, going all the way to the Donny Osmond-hosted Pyramid.
@@libertubey2199I think the Cullen version had montages at points.
The tape started too late, it didn't record the montage. All episodes of Cullen Pyramid featured it.
No. Most of them.
if I remember correctly, each episode of this version, from the premiere to the finale, and no matter how poorly edited, had a winner's montage from other episodes. It looks like the uploader has a fade in effect or something at the beginning.
A rare full shot of Bill Cullen walking to the podium.
Rare to see.
Aired on Los Angeles TV Station KNXT-TV (pre KCBS) Channel 2 on Saturday, October 15, 1977 at 7:30pm.
After the credits fade to black came the Viacom V of Doom
And of course, the Sony Pictures Television symbol. Celebrating 50 years, 1974-2.024.
Why Vicki Lawrence was ONE OF THE BEST at Pyrmaid!! Had this win been a decade later, the winning contestant would have been in the $100,000 tournament of champions!
9:55 - Is Roland Smith the "Fighting the Frizzies at 11" guy (from a local WCBS promo aired during the 1978 infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special")?
Yes, that's him. He worked at WCBS through the mid-80s, then had a brief short-lived stint on the CBS Morning program in 1987, then went back to local NY news at WWOR-Channel 9 for a number of years after that.
do you maybe have more taped by WCBS Ch 2?
Two Guys ad mentioned a pre-Easter sale and Easter was March 26 in 1978, so this airing comes from sometime in March before the 26th in 1978
It aired October 12, 1977. This video was given to me by one of the contestants, and she confirmed that date. The imdb listing for the show in 1977 confirms there was an episode aired the date she says.
Is it possible the stations that aired this show would have re-run an episode? Maybe it aired on Oct. 12, 1977 and again in March 1978?
@@michaelnovrocki6567 The Two Guys Easter sale was the reason I mentioned it. Michael, you were the guy around my age who wrote to TV Game $how Magazine in Fall 1986 during its seven issue run(aug 1986-feb 1987) about $20K Pyramid, not knowing at the time it aired that it taped in NYC and you lived in Pennsylvania at the time, correct?
@@michaelnovrocki6567 They made 30 episodes a year, so presumably 22 of them were aired a second time.
I checked some old TV listings, and the station in my area that carried $25,000 Pyramid during this season, WDAU (now WYOU) Scranton, PA (CBS affiliate), aired the episodes first run on Tuesday nights at 7:30pm. In a 39 week span, they would air the 30 episodes and every so many weeks in a 39 week span, over nine times they would air some special show or presentation in that slot- like a Billy Graham revival for example that would cover this slot (and sometimes the time slot before it too). Then for 13 weeks in the summer, WDAU would air a summer replacement series in the Tuesday 7:30pm time slot and moved Pyramid to Saturday nights at 6:30pm for the summer, making the case that they did re-run episodes. Since these episodes were bicycled around, I’m supposing a station would get some of the episodes a second time on the bicycle route? Lol.
Do you have any of the shows that Kate Jackson did?
Not a bad day at the office, even today!
WCBS New York.
The $10,000 Pyramid
I’m curious. What channel in Chicago did this show come on?
CBS Channel 2, WBBM.
THIS CONTESTANT PLAYED WITH THE VERY SAME PARTNER: VICKI LAWRENCE. It was way before the partners had to switch celebrities. And besides, I had seen the THINGS MADE OF LINEN subject before. ( $20,000 PYRAMID, DICK CLARK WITH PHYLLIS GEORGE, 1976. KENNETH HUANG. 6/13/24.
And Debbie Kirschenbaum wound up winning the $20K, in 28 seconds. But a year later, Billy Crystal did give $10K away to a contestant in just 26 seconds.
27:19 WINNERS!
I call this episode "Judy's big night"
Cullen once did ads for Korvettes department store
Original Broadcast CUllen $25K Pyramid. Nice. Quite a few Cullen Pyramids surfaced on the trading circuit or UA-cam coming from 1985-86 reruns from WLIG Long Island, but this is IRC only the second one to come from original broadcast.
Third if we count the Shatner-Lockhart partial show that was on the same tape as the Shatner-Nimoy $20K week from Fall 1977.
Was Bill filling in for Dick?
Syndicated version of Pyramid, hosted by Bill Cullen. Dick Clark hosted the ABC daytime version of the show!!!
@@michaelpowell5266 thanks for the info
Why the announcer in such a hurry??????