One poster notes that a pre-Thirtysomething Mel Harris slipped back onto 100K Pyramid as a civvie in 1985 after she played on the 20K version in 1979. As it happens, YouTube offers that second appearance, when Mel used her married name "Mel Kennerly." (She was then married to famed photographer David Hume Kennerly.)
Maybe the moniker helped her get past the contestant coordinators. Her return trip to Pyramid even earns a mention in her Wikipedia entry.
Mel was a good player and scored a big win on 100K Pyramid. (Markie Post was her celeb partner.) She turned up as a post-Thirtysomething celeb player on Johnnymid in 1991, as YouTube also records. They even played a clip of her win as a civvie in 1985. Who knows if the producers were aware of her turn on 20K Pyramid in 1979.
Always thought game shows were a little too paranoid about civvies coming back for a second try. Most shows have loosened the old lifetime bans now. I can see where you wouldn't want the same civvies showing up again and again, but Mel Harris was pretty easy on the eyes at any time.
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