Wouldn't you know, a thread popped up on what used to be Matt Ottinger's board about Pyramid judging. The original poster dinged what he saw as unfair judging on the old Dick Clark version. Naturally, most other posters leaped to the defense of the old show. Had the o.p. complained about judging on Donny Osmond's version, posters would have agreed that it was an outrage, abomination, and all-round evil thing.
I don't recall many complaints from the hardcore fans about judging on GSN's recent, ill-fated Pyramid. But that show followed Clark's version so slavishly that the hardcores gave it a pass on just about everything. Of course, any version of Pyramid is brutal to judge. Verbal and visual clues fly by at the literal speed of sound, and the poor judge has to decide instantly whether to zap somebody.
Dick Cavett, a good Pyramid player, once expressed sympathy for "the poor fellow who, watching from the control booth, had to make — under inhuman pressure — the instant on-air decisions about what answers and clues to accept or reject." Yep, I can sympathize, too.
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