See They Changed It, Now It Sucks! below. Fans of the series give the 2002 revival this treatment.The Onion being The Onion, they included the infamous " Anthing With A Collar" blooper for added satirical effect. Much later, The Onion made a similar joke about New $25,000 reruns being adjusted for inflation, referring to the show as The $53,715.89 Pyramid.
Funnily enough, the show has never had a $70,000 prize, and the two largest amounts used at the top were $50,000 and $100,000.
Seemingly to demonstrate what would likely happen to the show with inflation, $20,000 became $70,000, with the 7 in the same font as the other numbers used during the New York era.
Part of an ABC news report circa 1978 (after the backdrop changed from orange to blue) had the reporter standing next to the Winner's Circle pyramid, showing six subjects. What makes this a "Funny Aneurysm" Moment? The name of the subject: "Famous Losers". After the break, Dick explained the judge's ruling that Didi's clue was too generic for the category and the contestant lost the $20,000. Then, the buzzer sounded repeatedly until the show went to commercial. The contestant got it and this was initially ruled a $20,000-win. On $20,000, Didi Conn gave the clue "A sad Vegas visitor" for the last subject in the Winner's Circle. 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, to the point where he said the wrong numbers on a New Year's Eve countdown at least once. Although the tapes of the CBS/ABC Daytime shows for the pre-June 1978 period don't exist anymore, there isn't quite a bit of talk about the Hollywood, CA era of the show, and that the New York days seem to generate the most interest, passion and fondest memories.
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