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** ''Donnymid'' undid the radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. The number of words per category was reduced from seven to six; to compensate, the time limit shrank from thirty seconds to twenty. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word. The Winner's Circle had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day in order to qualify for the tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
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** ''Donnymid'' undid the radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. The number of words per category was reduced from seven to six; to compensate, the time limit shrank from thirty seconds to twenty. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word. The Winner's Circle had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day in order to qualify for the tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar million-dollar game shows were big.
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** On ''$20,000'', Didi Conn gave the clue "A sad Vegas visitor" for the last subject in the Winner's Circle. The contestant got it and this was initially ruled a $20,000-win. Then, the buzzer sounded repeatedly until the show went to commercial. After the break, Dick explained the judge's ruling that Didi's clue was too generic for the category and [[DownerEnding the contestant lost the $20,000]]. What makes this a FunnyAneurysmMoment? The name of the subject: "Famous Losers".
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** On ''$20,000'', Didi Conn gave the clue "A sad Vegas visitor" for the last subject in the Winner's Circle. The contestant got it and this was initially ruled a $20,000-win. Then, the buzzer sounded repeatedly until the show went to commercial. After the break, Dick explained the judge's ruling that Didi's clue was too generic for the category and [[DownerEnding the contestant lost the $20,000]]. What makes this a FunnyAneurysmMoment? The name of the subject: "Famous Losers".
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** ''Donnymid'' featured the strictest Winner's Circle judging in the show's history. Contestants were usually required to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). For example, if the subject was "Things Mick Jagger Would Say", responses such as "Mick Jagger" or "I am Mick Jagger" would not be accepted.
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** ''Donnymid'' featured the strictest Winner's Circle judging in the show's history. Contestants were usually required to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). For example, if the subject was "Things Mick Jagger Would Say", responses such as "Mick "I am Mick Jagger" or "I am Mick simply "Mick Jagger" would not be accepted.
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winner's Circle victories, rather than letting teams celebrate as Clark and Cullen had done in the past.
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** John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winner's Circle victories, rather than letting teams celebrate as Clark and Cullen had done in the past.
** John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winner's Circle victories, rather than letting teams celebrate as Clark and Cullen had done in the past.
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** Downplayed with Donny Osmond; while he was no Dick Clark, and was derided for his NoIndoorVoice tendencies during Winner's Circle losses, many would say that he was actually halfway decent as a host, and that the blatant changes to the format were a far, ''far'' bigger issue than any of his own faults.
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** Downplayed with Donny Osmond; while Osmond. While he was no Dick Clark, Clark and was derided for his NoIndoorVoice tendencies during Winner's Circle losses, many would say that he was actually halfway decent as a host, and that the blatant changes to the format were a far, ''far'' bigger issue than any of his own faults.
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** Wiki/ThisVeryWiki Website/ThisVeryWiki refers to each version by its dollar figure.
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** ''Donnymid'' undid the radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. The most notable gameplay change was reducing the number of words from seven to six, and reducing the time limit from thirty seconds to twenty. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word. The Winner's Circle had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day in order to qualify for the tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
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** ''Donnymid'' undid the radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. The most notable gameplay change was reducing the number of words per category was reduced from seven to six, and reducing six; to compensate, the time limit shrank from thirty seconds to twenty. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word. The Winner's Circle had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day in order to qualify for the tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
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** ''Donnymid'' undid the radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. The most notable gameplay change was the six words in 20 seconds format. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word. The Winner's Circle had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day in order to qualify for the tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
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** ''Donnymid'' undid the radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. The most notable gameplay change was reducing the six number of words in 20 from seven to six, and reducing the time limit from thirty seconds format.to twenty. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word. The Winner's Circle had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day in order to qualify for the tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
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** ''Donnymid'' featured the strictest Winner's Circle judging in the show's history. Contestants were usually required to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). For example, if the subject was "Things Mick Jagger Would Say", responses like "Mick Jagger" or "I am Mick Jagger" would not be accepted.
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** ''Donnymid'' featured the strictest Winner's Circle judging in the show's history. Contestants were usually required to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). For example, if the subject was "Things Mick Jagger Would Say", responses like such as "Mick Jagger" or "I am Mick Jagger" would not be accepted.
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** ''Donnymid'' reverted to the classic format, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. To the fans' chagrin, it was the basis for Ludia's ''$1,000,000'' game.
*** A [[NoIndoorVoice hyperactive host]] (albeit, not unlike [[Series/{{Whammy}} Todd Newton]], one far more competent than the other "pretty boy" hosts the genre was inundated with at the time).
*** Dark set and loud techno theme. Fun fact: even the ''critics'' said this about ''Donnymid''[='s=] theme selection, bemoaning it as "change for the sake of change".
*** Six words in 20 seconds instead of seven in 30. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word.
*** Gratuitous camera angles, especially in the Winner's Circle.
*** One of the worst warm-up guys in the genre, Steve Saunders.
*** Taping all the front games first, ''then'' all the Winner's Circle rounds.
*** If the contestant opted to receive in the Winner's Circle, the celebrity was briefed on the categories and given clues. If the contestant opted to ''give'' the clues, both were in the dark.
*** The Winner's Circle itself had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given.
*** Because there were no returning champions in this version, in order to qualify for the tournament, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day, which given the before mentioned problems was harder than before. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
*** A [[NoIndoorVoice hyperactive host]] (albeit, not unlike [[Series/{{Whammy}} Todd Newton]], one far more competent than the other "pretty boy" hosts the genre was inundated with at the time).
*** Dark set and loud techno theme. Fun fact: even the ''critics'' said this about ''Donnymid''[='s=] theme selection, bemoaning it as "change for the sake of change".
*** Six words in 20 seconds instead of seven in 30. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word.
*** Gratuitous camera angles, especially in the Winner's Circle.
*** One of the worst warm-up guys in the genre, Steve Saunders.
*** Taping all the front games first, ''then'' all the Winner's Circle rounds.
*** If the contestant opted to receive in the Winner's Circle, the celebrity was briefed on the categories and given clues. If the contestant opted to ''give'' the clues, both were in the dark.
*** The Winner's Circle itself had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given.
*** Because there were no returning champions in this version, in order to qualify for the tournament, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day, which given the before mentioned problems was harder than before. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
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** ''Donnymid'' reverted to undid the classic format, radical changes from the pilots, but still made changes that were deemed unnecessary by fans. To the fans' chagrin, it The most notable gameplay change was the basis for Ludia's ''$1,000,000'' game.
*** A [[NoIndoorVoice hyperactive host]] (albeit, not unlike [[Series/{{Whammy}} Todd Newton]], one far more competent than the other "pretty boy" hosts the genre was inundated with at the time).
*** Dark set and loud techno theme. Fun fact: even the ''critics'' said this about ''Donnymid''[='s=] theme selection, bemoaning it as "change for the sake of change".
*** Sixsix words in 20 seconds instead of seven in 30.format. While this may not seem like much, it did actually affect things — the older format gave teams an average of 4.28 seconds to get each word; under the ''Donnymid'' format, this shrunk to 3.33 seconds per word.
*** Gratuitous camera angles, especially in the Winner's Circle.
*** One of the worst warm-up guys in the genre, Steve Saunders.
*** Taping all the front games first, ''then'' all the Winner's Circle rounds.
*** If the contestant opted to receive in the Winner's Circle, the celebrity was briefed on the categories and given clues. If the contestant opted to ''give'' the clues, both were in the dark.
***word. The Winner's Circle itself had some bad writing and plenty of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s. This wasn't helped by anal judging which required the category names to be said ''verbatim'' for credit to be given.
*** Becausegiven. Fans also decried the tournament format; because there were no returning champions in this version, in order to qualify for the tournament, a player had to conquer the Winner's Circle twice on the same day, which given day in order to qualify for the before mentioned problems was harder than before. tournament. The same thing was required to win the top prize in the tournament, meaning any tournament winner had to conquer the Winner's Circle four times in 2 days. On top of that, the top prize was still $100,000 dollars in an era where million dollar game shows were big.
*** A [[NoIndoorVoice hyperactive host]] (albeit, not unlike [[Series/{{Whammy}} Todd Newton]], one far more competent than the other "pretty boy" hosts the genre was inundated with at the time).
*** Dark set and loud techno theme. Fun fact: even the ''critics'' said this about ''Donnymid''[='s=] theme selection, bemoaning it as "change for the sake of change".
*** Six
*** Gratuitous camera angles, especially in the Winner's Circle.
*** One of the worst warm-up guys in the genre, Steve Saunders.
*** Taping all the front games first, ''then'' all the Winner's Circle rounds.
*** If the contestant opted to receive in the Winner's Circle, the celebrity was briefed on the categories and given clues. If the contestant opted to ''give'' the clues, both were in the dark.
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* BrokenBase: Fandom opinion is divided over whether Mike Richards' ''The Pyramid'' is worth watching. Some feel it's a breath of fresh air compared to ''Donnymid'', while others aren't comfortable with Richards hosting or the removal of the bonuses in the main game. More still aren't comfortable with [[WhatAnIdiot the less-than-stellar gameplay from celebrities and contestants.]], or the fact that the "dance" theme was substituted over the 1982 theme in post-production.
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* BrokenBase: Fandom opinion is divided over whether Mike Richards' ''The Pyramid'' is worth watching. Some feel it's a breath of fresh air compared to ''Donnymid'', while others aren't comfortable with Richards hosting or the removal of the bonuses in the main game. More still aren't comfortable with [[WhatAnIdiot the less-than-stellar gameplay from celebrities and contestants.]], contestants, or the fact that the "dance" theme was substituted over the 1982 theme in post-production.
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** Fans of the series give the 2002 revival this treatment. See TheyChangedItNowItSucks below.
** ''Donnymid'' featured the strictest Winner's Circle judging in the show's history. Contestants were usually required to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). For example, if the subject was "Things Mick Jagger Would Say", responses like "Mick Jagger" or "I am Mick Jagger" would not be accepted.
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** The original box games produced by MiltonBradley from 1973-1981 recreate the front game fairly faithfully...but the Winner's Circle is essentially just the main game all over again, with six items from a single subject. While it's never been confirmed, the common reasoning behind this is that the show frequently reused Winner's Circle categories (in an era before home video recording) and putting too many of them in the home game would give potential contestants an unfair advantage.
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** The original box games produced by MiltonBradley Creator/MiltonBradley from 1973-1981 recreate the front game fairly faithfully...but the Winner's Circle is essentially just the main game all over again, with six items from a single subject. While it's never been confirmed, the common reasoning behind this is that the show frequently reused Winner's Circle categories (in an era before home video recording) and putting too many of them in the home game would give potential contestants an unfair advantage.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Every game show has them, and word-association games with illegal clues are more prone.
** At least twice, a team managed to claim ''none'' of the boxes in the Winner's Circle. One of those instances, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyVrGOsVEg here]], was one of the few times that the contestant chose to give clues.
** At least one team on ''Donnymid'' managed to get '''zero words''' in one category in the main game.
** Those ''Donnymid'' judges, who usually required the contestant to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). Among others:
### '''Category:''' Characters In ''The Wizard of Oz''\\
'''Unacceptable Guess:''' Things In ''The Wizard of Oz''
### '''Category:''' Things Mick Jagger Would Say\\
'''Unacceptable Guesses:''' Mick Jagger / I Am Mick Jagger
### '''Category:''' Tools\\
'''Unacceptable Guess:''' Things In A Toolbox
### '''Category:''' Things On A Cave Wall\\
'''Unacceptable Guess:''' Things In A Cave
### '''Category:''' Things A Babysitter Says\\
'''Unacceptable Guesses:''' Babysitter / Things A Babysitter Does [[note]](Actually in the 1996 pilot, but listed here because that pilot and ''Donnymid'' had the same producer.)[[/note]]
** ABC ''$100,000'', July 24, 2016. \\
'''Category:''' Things You Hit\\
'''Clues:''' A Person, Your Wife
** At least twice, a team managed to claim ''none'' of the boxes in the Winner's Circle. One of those instances, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyVrGOsVEg here]], was one of the few times that the contestant chose to give clues.
** At least one team on ''Donnymid'' managed to get '''zero words''' in one category in the main game.
** Those ''Donnymid'' judges, who usually required the contestant to say the Winner's Circle subject '''verbatim''', with uttering the "essence" considered unacceptable (breaking all precedent). Among others:
### '''Category:''' Characters In ''The Wizard of Oz''\\
'''Unacceptable Guess:''' Things In ''The Wizard of Oz''
### '''Category:''' Things Mick Jagger Would Say\\
'''Unacceptable Guesses:''' Mick Jagger / I Am Mick Jagger
### '''Category:''' Tools\\
'''Unacceptable Guess:''' Things In A Toolbox
### '''Category:''' Things On A Cave Wall\\
'''Unacceptable Guess:''' Things In A Cave
### '''Category:''' Things A Babysitter Says\\
'''Unacceptable Guesses:''' Babysitter / Things A Babysitter Does [[note]](Actually in the 1996 pilot, but listed here because that pilot and ''Donnymid'' had the same producer.)[[/note]]
** ABC ''$100,000'', July 24, 2016. \\
'''Category:''' Things You Hit\\
'''Clues:''' A Person, Your Wife
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** The Davidson version was packaged as "''The New $100,000 Pyramid''", and is still referred to as such to distinguish it from the 1980s run. The Strahan version is also being referred to as that name in certain ABC promos.
** In a {{Portmanteau}}, Osmond's version is nicknamed "''Donnymid''". Some have also used "''Mikeymid''" to refer to the Mike Richards-hosted ''The Pyramid''.
** Wiki/ThisVeryWiki refers to each version by its dollar figure.
** The Davidson version was packaged as "''The New $100,000 Pyramid''", and is still referred to as such to distinguish it from the 1980s run. The Strahan version is also being referred to as that name in certain ABC promos.
** In a {{Portmanteau}}, Osmond's version is nicknamed "''Donnymid''". Some have also used "''Mikeymid''" to refer to the Mike Richards-hosted ''The Pyramid''.
** Wiki/ThisVeryWiki refers to each version by its dollar figure.
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winner's Circle victories, rather than letting the teams celebrate as Clark had done in the past.
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winner's Circle victories, rather than letting the teams celebrate as Clark and Cullen had done in the past.
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winners' Circle victories, rather than letting the teams celebrate.
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winners' Winner's Circle victories, rather than letting the teams celebrate.celebrate as Clark had done in the past.
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** ''Donnymid'' reverted to the classic format, but still made changes that fans deemed unnecessary. To the fans' chagrin, it was the basis for Ludia's ''$1,000,000'' game.
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** ''Donnymid'' reverted to the classic format, but still made changes that fans were deemed unnecessary.unnecessary by fans. To the fans' chagrin, it was the basis for Ludia's ''$1,000,000'' game.
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. Seriously, something like this should '''never''' happen:
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* ReplacementScrappy: John Davidson was criticized by many fans for constantly screwing up, similarly to when he hosted ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''. Seriously, something like this should '''never''' happen:He was also criticized for jumping in too quickly after Winners' Circle victories, rather than letting the teams celebrate.
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** ''Donnymid'', to most fans. The kicker? It was done by the same guy who did the 1996-97 pilots. The double kicker? It was the basis for Ludia's ''$1,000,000'' game.
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** ''Donnymid'', ''Donnymid'' reverted to most fans. The kicker? It was done by the same guy who did classic format, but still made changes that fans deemed unnecessary. To the 1996-97 pilots. The double kicker? It fans' chagrin, it was the basis for Ludia's ''$1,000,000'' game.
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** Much later, ''Website/TheOnion'' [[http://www.theonion.com/graphic/rerun-of-25000-pyramid-adjusted-for-inflation-9681 made a similar joke]] about ''New $25,000'' reruns being adjusted for inflation, referring to the show as ''The $53,715.89 Pyramid''. ''The Onion'' being ''The Onion'', they included the infamous "[[YouMakeMeSic Anthing With A Collar]]" blooper for added satirical effect.
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** Much later, ''Website/TheOnion'' [[http://www.theonion.com/graphic/rerun-of-25000-pyramid-adjusted-for-inflation-9681 made a similar joke]] about ''New $25,000'' reruns being adjusted for inflation, referring to the show as ''The $53,715.89 Pyramid''. ''The Onion'' being ''The Onion'', they included the infamous "[[YouMakeMeSic Anthing "Anthing With A Collar]]" Collar" blooper for added satirical effect.
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: ''The $1,000,000 Pyramid'' for the Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, easily one of the worst game show video games ever created. No Mii support (typical of Ludia's Wii games), the classic 1982-91 logo is a lie since the game otherwise copies pretty much everything from ''Donnymid'' (the version most fans hate viciously), zero computer AI (your opponents start off by scoring '''one point''' on just about every subject; they get smarter as you progress, but will never pose a challenge), laboriously slow gameplay, hideous camera angles (no shots of the Winner's Circle pyramid while you're playing it), and the $1,000,000 top prize is awarded '''every time''' you clear the Winner's Circle — thus you have no incentive to play it after clearing the game once... unless you ''really'' want to unlock the wardrobe items.
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: TheProblemWithLicensedGames:
** The original box games produced by MiltonBradley from 1973-1981 recreate the front game fairly faithfully...but the Winner's Circle is essentially just the main game all over again, with six items from a single subject. While it's never been confirmed, the common reasoning behind this is that the show frequently reused Winner's Circle categories (in an era before home video recording) and putting too many of them in the home game would give potential contestants an unfair advantage.
** ''The $1,000,000 Pyramid'' for the Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, easily one of the worst game show video games ever created. No Mii support (typical of Ludia's Wii games), the classic 1982-91 logo is a lie since the game otherwise copies pretty much everything from ''Donnymid'' (the version most fans hate viciously), zero computer AI (your opponents start off by scoring '''one point''' on just about every subject; they get smarter as you progress, but will never pose a challenge), laboriously slow gameplay, hideous camera angles (no shots of the Winner's Circle pyramid while you're playing it), and the $1,000,000 top prize is awarded '''every time''' you clear the Winner's Circle — thus you have no incentive to play it after clearing the game once... unless you ''really'' want to unlock the wardrobe items.
** The original box games produced by MiltonBradley from 1973-1981 recreate the front game fairly faithfully...but the Winner's Circle is essentially just the main game all over again, with six items from a single subject. While it's never been confirmed, the common reasoning behind this is that the show frequently reused Winner's Circle categories (in an era before home video recording) and putting too many of them in the home game would give potential contestants an unfair advantage.
** ''The $1,000,000 Pyramid'' for the Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, easily one of the worst game show video games ever created. No Mii support (typical of Ludia's Wii games), the classic 1982-91 logo is a lie since the game otherwise copies pretty much everything from ''Donnymid'' (the version most fans hate viciously), zero computer AI (your opponents start off by scoring '''one point''' on just about every subject; they get smarter as you progress, but will never pose a challenge), laboriously slow gameplay, hideous camera angles (no shots of the Winner's Circle pyramid while you're playing it), and the $1,000,000 top prize is awarded '''every time''' you clear the Winner's Circle — thus you have no incentive to play it after clearing the game once... unless you ''really'' want to unlock the wardrobe items.
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** The many weeks where Henry Polic II (a friend of Stewart) filled-in as announcer. Stewart's earlier ''Double Talk'' (a revival of his own ''Shoot For The Stars'') proved that Polic wasn't that great a host; ''Pyramid'' proved that he wasn't very good at announcing, either.
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** The many weeks where Henry Polic II (a friend of Stewart) filled-in as announcer. Stewart's earlier ''Double Talk'' (a revival of his own ''Shoot For The Stars'') proved that Polic wasn't that great a very good host; ''Pyramid'' proved that he wasn't a very good at announcing, announcer, either.
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** The many weeks where Henry Polic II (a friend of Stewart) filled-in as announcer. Stewart's earlier ''Double Talk'' (a revival of his own ''Shoot For The Stars'') proved that Polic wasn't that great a host; ''Pyramid'' proved that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpfcP4XBQc he wasn't that great an announcer, either.]]
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** The many weeks where Henry Polic II (a friend of Stewart) filled-in as announcer. Stewart's earlier ''Double Talk'' (a revival of his own ''Shoot For The Stars'') proved that Polic wasn't that great a host; ''Pyramid'' proved that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpfcP4XBQc he wasn't that great an announcer, very good at announcing, either.]]
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*** And much later, ''Website/TheOnion'' [[http://www.theonion.com/graphic/rerun-of-25000-pyramid-adjusted-for-inflation-9681 made a similar joke]] about ''New $25,000'' reruns being adjusted for inflation- now it's ''The $53,715.89 Pyramid''. (And oddly, they used the "[[YouMakeMeSic Anthing With A Collar]]" blooper for the photo.)
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Both classic themes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriS4N-zSTI Ken Aldin's "Tuning Up"]] was used from ''$10,000'' to ''$50,000''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ZB7CsSw6Q this]] replaced it and was used until ''New $100,000''. ''The Pyramid'' also utilized a nice-sounding "dance" remix of the 1982 theme, while Strahan's ''$100,000 Pyramid'' features a jazzy version.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Both classic themes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriS4N-zSTI Ken Aldin's "Tuning Up"]] was used from ''$10,000'' to ''$50,000''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ZB7CsSw6Q this]] replaced it and was used until ''New $100,000''. ''The Pyramid'' also utilized a nice-sounding salsa-type "dance" remix of the 1982 theme, while Strahan's ''$100,000 Pyramid'' features a jazzy version.version that mixes in elements of "Tuning Up".
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** Once after getting buzzed Vicki Lawrence in ''$100,000'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments called the judge an asshole]], earning a hug from Dick Clark.
** Teresa Ganzel once got zapped for saying "Dirty Underwear" for "Nasty Things". Upon finding out the two words were synonymous, she gave a TakeThat to the judge, resulting him disagreeing with a buzzer.
** Teresa Ganzel once got zapped for saying "Dirty Underwear" for "Nasty Things". Upon finding out the two words were synonymous, she gave a TakeThat to the judge, resulting him disagreeing with a buzzer.
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** Once after getting buzzed buzzed, Vicki Lawrence in ''$100,000'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments called the judge an asshole]], earning asshole]] and got a hug from Dick Clark.
** Teresa Ganzel once got zapped for saying "Dirty Underwear" for "Nasty Things". Upon finding outthe two words that dirty and nasty were synonymous, she gave a TakeThat to the judge, resulting him her disagreeing with a buzzer.
** Teresa Ganzel once got zapped for saying "Dirty Underwear" for "Nasty Things". Upon finding out
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** The Winner's Circle lighting effect from ''New $25,000''[=/=]''$100,000'' also deserve mention. When this round begins, the lights dim around the stage. The main effect causes the prominent blue pyramids around the set to disappear, thus creating the appearance of dozens of smaller orange pyramids hovering about.
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** While the ''Donnymid'' theme might not be the greatest fit for a game show, it's still a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_5TNXPYgg pretty catchy techno tune]].
** The classic themes (and their modern updates) can also apply, as well as the Winner's Circle clock sound.
** While the ''Donnymid'' theme might not be the greatest fit for a game show, it's still a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_5TNXPYgg pretty catchy techno tune]].
** The classic themes (and their modern updates) can also apply, as well as the Winner's Circle clock sound.
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** Any moment where Dick Clark had trouble adding up the amounts on the Winner's Circle or transposing the digits on a car's model year became this after his 2004 stroke. Even more so after his 2012 death.
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** Any moment where Dick Clark had trouble adding up the amounts on the Winner's Circle or transposing the digits on a car's model year became this after his 2004 stroke. Even more so after his 2012 death.stroke, to the point where he said the wrong numbers on a New Year's Eve countdown at least once.
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** Those who don't speak English as their primary language are naturally going to have a difficult time playing an English-language game where the object is to describe words and phrases as quickly and concisely as possible. Despite this, ''Donnymid'' brought in Russian-born Lenny Krayzelburg for a week. He proceeded to lose '''all ten games''' against the other celeb (Picabo Street), and at least once did so poorly in the maingame that it ended after the fifth category. Considering that, the fact that players change partners for Game 2, and the many ways ''Donnymid'' screwed contestants out of qualifying for the Tournament, it seems the only reason the poor guy was there in the first place was so nobody playing that week could qualify.
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** Those who don't speak English as their primary language are naturally going to have a difficult time playing an English-language game where the object is to describe words and phrases as quickly and concisely as possible. Despite this, ''Donnymid'' brought in Russian-born Lenny Krayzelburg for as part of a week. He special "Olympic Week". During his two episodes, he proceeded to lose '''all ten four games''' against the other celeb (Picabo Street), and at least once did so poorly in the maingame that it ended after the fifth category. Considering that, the fact that players change partners for Game 2, and the many ways ''Donnymid'' screwed contestants out of qualifying for the Tournament, it seems the only reason the poor guy was there in the first place was so nobody playing that week could qualify.
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** One contestant on ''$100,000'' listed her occupation as a "[[Manga/AhMyGoddess domestic goddess]]", which befuddled Dick Clark. When asked to clarify, she revealed that she was simply a housewife, and a few subsequent housewives introduced themselves the same way.
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** Once after getting buzzed Vicki Lawrence in ''$100,000'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny called the judge an asshole]], earning a hug from Dick Clark.
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** Once after getting buzzed Vicki Lawrence in ''$100,000'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments called the judge an asshole]], earning a hug from Dick Clark.
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* AwesomeMusic: Both classic themes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriS4N-zSTI Ken Aldin's "Tuning Up"]] was used from ''$10,000'' to ''$50,000''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ZB7CsSw6Q this]] replaced it and was used until ''New $100,000''. ''The Pyramid'' also utilized a nice-sounding "dance" remix of the 1982 theme, while Strahan's ''$100,000 Pyramid'' features a jazzy version.
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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Both classic themes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriS4N-zSTI Ken Aldin's "Tuning Up"]] was used from ''$10,000'' to ''$50,000''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ZB7CsSw6Q this]] replaced it and was used until ''New $100,000''. ''The Pyramid'' also utilized a nice-sounding "dance" remix of the 1982 theme, while Strahan's ''$100,000 Pyramid'' features a jazzy version.
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* BreatherLevel: Any Winner's Circle box in the format "Why you ____" or "What ____ Might Say", because these allowed for more elaborate but still legal clues.
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** Any Winner's Circle box in the format "Why you ____" or "What ____ Might Say", because these allowed for more elaborate but still legal clues.
** Any Winner's Circle box in the format "Why you ____" or "What ____ Might Say", because these allowed for more elaborate but still legal clues.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the rest of ''Donnymid'', but the way the monitors for the Winner's Circle flipped up was pretty cool looking.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the rest of ''Donnymid'', but the way the monitors for the Winner's Circle flipped up was pretty cool looking.
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** In the front game, clues that actually encourage gestures over verbal clues ("Things You Can Do With One Hand": point, salute, snap, etc.).
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* SoOkayItsAverage: What some people think of the 2012 version now, considering [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks which version came before it]] and [[EvenBetterSequel which came after it]].
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* SoOkayItsAverage: What some people think thought, and still think, of the 2012 version once it actually got going. It's especially in full force now, considering [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks which version came before it]] and [[EvenBetterSequel which came after it]].
