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"Telegrapher's key" was an excellent clue--but I'm surprised that Geoff Edwards didn't know how to pronounce larynx.

Jeff started hosting when he said "Once you got Things You Tap that did it for you" i think he almost started to look at the camera and says "Theres $20,000, congratulations"

THINGS YOU TAP: a maple tree, your feet, Morse code…

Geoff Edwards was excellent giving those on the $20,000 pyramid!!

RIP To Geoff Edwards, Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, And Bob Stewart. Edwards, Clark, Cullen, And Stewart Sorely Will Be Missed.

I should mention that the jackpot actually started at $2,000 and went up by $1,000 for every failed attempt. Even in 1978, $2,000 wasn't much in bonus round prize money-- $5,000 would've been a better starting point for the jackpot.

How great is it to see Geoff help a contestant WIN????!!

Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Marie Avgeropoulos, Bob Morley, Henry Ian Cusick and Christopher Larkin. Those are the Battlestars. And here's the man in command.. Alex Trebek.

What is the name of the font used in the dollar amounts on the trilons?

Superb win with terrific clues given by an outstanding entertainer and fine gentleman !!!!!

Geoff Edwards perfect clues.

A caligrapher's key was such a perfect clue for "Things You Tap".

I thought a Colt was a type of beer? (Colt 45)

I wonder if they would have buzzed him if he had said a bitter woman (for things that are sour)

They didn't use the synonymous rule for this era of Pyramid, it wasn't till the $25,000/$100,000 era that it was modified

RIP Debbie

The subject was "Kinds of Guns." Rifle is not synonymous with gun. It is a "kind" of gun.

@egbrown312 That is awesome. This was a great win! Congrats to your mom on winning the $20,000. She was an excellent Pyramid player.

@bainsey89 Like how a square is a type of rectangle, but a rectangle isn't necessarily a square.

I always thought they should have had the audience refrain from clapping after each correct category. It seemed to take time off the clock. Nice win!

I was on the show in 1978 with Geoff and JoAnn Worley. He was terrible, maybe because he had his leg in a cast and had just taken a train in from DC because of a fierce snow storm. Made it to the winner's circle 5 times before I won (and set a new record) with JoAnn. She was a great player. Wish I could find a copy somewhere.

Orion picked up the Heatter-Quigley formats. Heatter and Quigley broke up in 1981. Heatter couldn't revive Squares himself, but he could use portions of Squares' format which he did with this show and later All-Star Blitz(agree-disagree format)

I dont like the scoring format it makes the first 3 rounds pointless, If I were to revive it: 4 words: $500, 3 words: $1,000, 2 words: $2,000 1 word: $5,000, if you failed at a level you could try again with the next celebrity but you stayed at that level.

At the time this episode was aired, Geoff Edwards hosted "Shoot for the Stars" from the NBC studios in New York.

Some of the sound effects used were from the following: the bell from "Wheel of Fortune", the buzzer from "The Gong Show", and the beep from "Scrabble"...all from NBC.

He also done "Name that Tune", "Break the Bank", "Whew!", and his best show "Body Language".

What year was this???

yea it was probably erased by the network

Is this REALLY your Mother!? She played her (you know what) off! DAMN good job!

I actually won $10K by first time through...and was "retired." Still was a thrill. Love to find a copy but can't.

I think in the later stricter days he'd get buzzed for saying "an M-1 Rifle" as the judges would likely say that's a synonym for "gun"..

Jamie has always been one of the better Celeb players in game show history, doesn't surprise me!

I'd love to see this game on GSN as well, but I don't think that Battlestars lasted long enough on the air for GSN to run it.

The exact broadcast date of this show was February 23, 1978 (the end credits have a voiceover promoting the debut of "Quark" the next night). This is the only episode other than the premiere of the show from October 3, 1977 that's in the game show trading circuit (a third episode from March 17, 1978 can be seen at the Museum of TV/Radio in NY).

Geoff had previously emceed producer Bob Stewart's NBC daytime game "JACKPOT!" in the mid-'70s...

This was an ABC game, so network rules applied. After the quiz scandals, earning limits were imposed on game shows. ABC and CBS had a limit of $25,000, with ABC mandating contestants retire after $20,000. CBS retirement was $25k in 1972, $35k in 1978, $50k in 1982, $75,000 in 1984 (retire after $50k), $100k in 1986 (retire after $75k), $125k in 1991, and unlimited now (daytime record is $147k, 2006). The early CBS Pyramid made contestants retire after $25k, but later $50k after Larson PYL.

He should not have purged the word "assistant". He was lucky this time.

dude was *too* lucky. to say the least is another of those rare finds. i thought it would be stupid but look at the ending!!!!!

This guy was an IDIOT to remove "assistant".

The stupid thing that got me with the daytime 70's version was that if you won at the $10,000 level, you were retired. You actually had to lose twice in the winner's circle to even try for $20,000. Now, does that make any sense? You were essentially punished for being good enough to win on the first try. That's just not fair at all. I don't know who's bright idea that was, but at least on Bill Cullen's nighttime version was like the 80's version. First trip to was worth $10K, the 2nd $25K.

Its not hard. you just keep taking out words until you have just one left for 5K.

Wouldn't you like to see Tom Kennedy back on TV for one last game show?

Yes, he's alive and well at age 80.

Thanx,haven't seen or thought of in 30 YEARS! Is Tom Kennedy still with us?

motre like the sound meaning you need to pick on of the 2 leters, 2nd sound

The earlier episodes weren't NEARLY as anal as the later ones (e.g. $100,000 version). And dig Geoff Edwards with his telegrapher's key. I couldn't come up with that under pressure in a million years.

Battlestars was a heel & a hero @ the same time. The 1981 edition knocked off Card Sharks (heel) & the 1983 version "melted" Just Men! (hero).

No violation here. The category is "Kinds on Guns." A rifle is a kind of gun. A gun isn't necessarily a rifle.

Yo, pluto69: I hate ta say it, but'chur exac'ly right...