Other poster: I at least hope GSN didn't change the 7 words in 30 seconds to 7 words in 25 seconds, or something like that.
The original time limit on Dick Clark's Pyramid was 8 in 30, or 3.75 seconds per clue. You can watch an eight-clue perfect round with Sandy Duncan here. Also, Ed Asner complains about a minor technical glitch.
The loosest limit was used on the kid version of the show, 7 in 35 or five seconds per clue. I actually liked the tighter limit on Donnymid. Made perfect rounds less boringly routine. But 7 in 30 has become enshrined as the one and only limit. [The GSN version uses the hallowed 7 in 30.]
One other thing about that clip I posted from Pyramid's very first year with Sandy Duncan. As Sandy gets closer to the perfect round, you can hear the audience starting to cheer, as if they're witnessing something really rare. With the 8 in 30 limit, perfect rounds were much rarer, much more of an event. Once the limit was loosened to 7 in 30 (and Bob Stewart started finding celebs who were really good at the game) perfect rounds became routine.
But 7 in 30 is practically hallowed dogma now, though it wasn't even the original limit.
Same poster: Notice they made a mistake on Hollywood Junket by saying they add $50,000 to the Winners Circle if you get 7 out of 7.
Yeah, that would bust the budget pretty fast. I wonder if the build-the-bank feature will survive at all after scrutiny from GSN's green-eyeshade guys.
Another poster: I hope that this new revival will have REAL contestants, rather than coached actors from a talent agency.
What do you mean by "coached actors"? The show is rigged? You gotta be kidding. There's literally a federal law against that.
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