More Down to the wire #7 -- Pyramid game show bonus round -- The $25,000 Pyramid -- Levar Burton

[@djevildave]

Levar Burton is naturally good at game shows. He also won the weakest link.

[@BenJabituya]

I once saw LeVar appear on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" back in 1995.

[@tameriajones593]

I loved him on the reading rainbow he inspired me as a kid.

[@scottmiller6495]

Terrific win with clues given by a brilliant entertainer!!!!!

[@chasethecat3839]

Best tv game show and Dick Clark was a wonderful host just as on Bandstsnd

[@BenJabituya]

They Brought back The $100,000 Pyramid. If there's any celebrity who I'd wanna appear on the show and play the game with, IT'S LeVAR BURTON! How can anybody NOT like LeVar?

[@tugboat2030]

That was a tough board. Great clue with novocaine.

[@miss_midge_]

" things you fry" right off the bat "an egg" WHAT THE HECK!!

[@sweiland75]

You've never heard of fried eggs?

[@miss_midge_]

OOOPS, your are right. please excuse me. :-(.

[@sweiland75]

miss_midge_6515 LOL! It's OK :)

[@biruss]

potato, chicken (southern accent)

[@SarahElovich-li7tx]

I love Levar Burton!

[@Sjsuman5000]

Out of all these subjects in this winner circle, I found at least half of them to be TOUGH!!!!

[@BenJabituya]

Not as long as you're playing with LeVar.

[@JepMasta]

For "Automatic Things" I would have used "A Car Transmission"

[@PatrioticPirate]

Non-Standard Car Transmissions..?

[@kornmaze]

I would have said, "Hospital Entrance Doors".

[@uppity892]

Teller machines! Or non-manual car transmission.

[@MaryDavidson911]

Or “some guns”

[@WavemasterAshi]

What about "A bank teller machine"

[@georgemaster9979]

I saw the rebooted $100k show,and it's great!

[@Matto2t]

Excellent win!! With 1 second left, that was soooo close! Just think of how much more exciting this win would have been if it were on the $100,000 version of the show and if this lady won $100,000. -Matt

[@spwash1000]

They did it with 1 second remaining! Give her $10,000!!

[@Getrealpeeps]

SHE GOT IT!!!

[@millenniumman75]

I think in this case, he said "salesman" and "salesperson", not "sales" - he probably would have gotten buzzed with "sales" since it would practically give away "commission". The first thing I thought of about "automatic things" was transmission.

[@drewconway7135]

He had to pull her to her feet at the end 😂

[@thisfirrre]

It's funny 'cause I saw this today and thought 'gee, I bet this will be on youtube by the time I get home from work.' Thanks for all the great clips you upload!

[@mr29]

AUTOMATIC THINGS ...brutal.

[@Logan_Woods-zd2zi]

It was the contestant here, who was super impressive

[@PriceRight89]

Whoops! I bet the family was thankful the judge was asleep there!

[@drlee2]

About the salesperson clue, he didn’t say people, so I don’t see why that would be a violation. It’s basically a noun the way he said it. Plus, she already said people a couple of times before he gave out that clue, so she knew he was talking about people.

[@63utuber]

nope - watch again - he introduced "person" - now whether he should have gotten away with it, I say NO, as Teresa Ganzel (among others) didn't

[@biruss]

across/crossword

[@blindsportslover]

@@63utuber does anybody have that clip? It seems like you can and can't get away with prepositional phrases depending on what the subject and question is.

[@boxcom5622]

@graperonto Yes. You're right about Theresa. She did have the same subject. But that is because the subject was "people who get a commission." I know, I know, who else besides people receive a commission. : ) Since "people" is still part of the answer, it is not permitted to be given as a clue. "Agents" or "Men", "Women", "Brokers" would have been permitted since they are clues and not part of the answer.

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

La Var was like, "Thank you, you very smart person!"

[@SarahElovich-li7tx]

I love Levar Burton

[@catherinegabriel760]

WOW, how did she get that??

[@April235E]

I hope I’m watching the new host of Jeopardy!

[@jeopardy60611]

Is that the same Levar Burton that guest-hosted Jeopardy?

[@wschmrdr]

@AustinSportsGuy Descriptive prepositional phrases, from 80's $25,000 pyramid on, caused the buzz. In your case, anyone could have a five-foot putt. If it was part of a known title, like if you were to say "The Earl of Sandwich", that would be OK (assuming it fit the subject, perhaps inventors).

[@thisfirrre]

Also, I'm amazed LeVar didn't get zapped for "a sales PERSON" on "PEOPLE Who Earn a Commission." For the contestant's sake I'm glad he didn't!

[@onnapnewo]

thisfirrre that’s because if the contestant had said “people,” it wouldn’t have been a correct answer. That was just one of the words in the category, much like “a.” “Commission” is the word that would have gotten the most scrutiny.

[@63utuber]

@@onnapnewo Yeah, like saying "Word Book Encyclopedia" for "reference books" - checks tape, um, NEVER MIND

[@juliocastaneda5940]

This is because the essence of the word they wanted was "commission" not the entire box which was why salesperson was acceptable. All the judges care about is the key word in the subject and at least in their eyes salesperson was not illegal to use but definitely a grey area matter but even then, because he used salesperson rather than salespeople that's probably why it wasn't scrutinized more. If he had used salespeople maybe then it would have been buzzed but again a definite grey area subject. Either way it was a close win indeed.

[@63utuber]

@@juliocastaneda5940 nope

[@TommygunNG]

"A machine gun." Follow up with "A .45."

[@WrestlingHeretic]

"People" isn't the key word. You get zapped for violating the key word only. If he had said "a city commissioner" he would have been zapped.

[@63utuber]

Tell it to Jamie Farr.

[@jamesbonnen]

Reading Rainbow guy? I think he was much known better for Roots and Star Trek the Next Generation.

[@BenJabituya]

Can't forget "Captain Planet and the Planeteers", either. LeVar voiced a character named Kwame.

[@jakeblake415]

Numb things--icy cold winds, frostbite (don't know if that's illegal clue)

[@thisfirrre]

Nope -- Teresa Ganzel once got buzzed for saying "Certain salespeople" on the same category. See excuseyou77's "What Not to Do" Part 3 - second clip, 10 seconds in.

[@RedNekLvr22]

I kept waiting for Lavar to say "your modern car's transmission" for "automatic things. That was a rather easy pyramid on the whole.

[@lojosol]

@RochesterFICS they did get it you're allowed to answer after saying pass but not giving any clues for the next one

[@NJAD0]

How did LeVar get away with "Salesperson" in "People Who Earn a Commission"? I don't remember where but someone said that exact same word and got buzzed.

[@Cullenfields]

I think it's because the essence of the answer is "Commission" and not "People" I also had another ideal clue that would work for "People Who Earn a Commission"...A Work-for-Hire Artist

[@biruss]

@@Cullenfields would for get buzzed

[@wschmrdr]

@lojosol You can give clues for the next one. Obviously the giver can't say anything about the subject unless they are back on it (and in the up front game, the giver can't say anything about it once it is passed).

[@AustinSportsGuy]

@wschmrdr Really? I never understood where the line was on what got buzzed and what didn't.

[@fivelegduc12]

You may not use prepositional phrases (on the house, in the house, etc) unless it is an established title of something (like Statue OF Liberty, Scales OF Justice), you can't use parts of the words (like saying 'nut' if the category is 'things with peanuts) or synonyms of the words (or obviously use any of the words directly). You can't change the nature of the subject (for ex. if it's "Uses of a Sponge", you can't say, "i'm an absorbent tool that cleans". That would be "What a sponge might say"

[@biruss]

would absorbently cleaning work

[@richardhernandez4490]

You also can't use definitions of keywords too (like No Charge for THINGS YOU GET FREE or A Wave's Top for THINGS WITH A CREST)

[@TheHYPO]

Though person is singular of people, it is probably much harder to notice than if he had actually said "people" in the category. I ASSUME that was a sleepy judge and not a decision that "person" didn't violate "people"

[@wschmrdr]

@FutureNewsAnchor Doubt it. He probably had a chuckle, though.

[@fuunygurl10]

Geordi!! XD

[@BrandonSugiura]

You could, but it would have to be in the dictionary that the judges are using, had the word been illustrated, then it would of been acceptable, but that is my take on that.

[@roseconmatswatson5389]

Lavar Burton...pyramid master!!!

[@brianschaffer9220]

Wow...she was WAY off getting that clue, then all the sudden...BAM, automatic!

[@cokeheadbenny]

reading rainbow guy OMG!

[@jmiller297]

You're 12 lol

[@nextbarker2702]

AUTOMATIC was tough.

[@cats0182]

For "Automatic Things": a Horn and Hardart Restaurant?

[@AustinSportsGuy]

Adam Viniateri. A five foot putt for Tiger Woods. Jessica Simpson saying something stupid...

[@skylyon]

How she got automatic out of that. WHAAAAAAAAAT

[@RicksTravelogue]

I take it "of the United States" isn't a prepositional phrase?

[@onnapnewo]

Rick's Travelogue Established noun phrases with prepositions, such as “The President of the United States,” usually pass muster. That’s a fairly common title for the person in that office, so it’s not necessarily too descriptive.

[@StukInBuf]

@@onnapnewo Indeed; it's part of the name.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

LB would be even better if he had his visor.

[@GameShowFan6]

Who has it?

[@Mr02151965]

Soo 80s

[@wschmrdr]

@AustinSportsGuy Second one gets buzzed.

[@brockreynolds870]

I can do the top box in 1 clue... "A clutchless transmission"

[@StukInBuf]

Would she have clinched it sooner if he said, "a coffee-percolating machine"?

[@graperonto]

Now hang on... didn't Teresa Wanzel (I think) have the Commission clue and she said "People" and she got buzzed and Levar didn't...

[@jmiller297]

*GANZEL,* you mindless wonder.

[@JW-rv9cy]

some cars transmissions!

[@9Ballr]

Well, that was anything but automatic.

[@jmjfanss]

@rickhh1 You can say of.

[@StukInBuf]

That doesn't apply to "the President of the United States;" it's an established part of the name.

[@TheCoreyd1086]

The judge missed it when he said sales person which is a form of people which should have been buzzed. It was used before and Teresa Ganzell said the same thing but was caught. Very happy she won and yes Lavar Burton Mr Reading Rainbow and Jordie from Star trek tng is a very good player

[@biruss]

salesperson isn't people. cross and across

[@retro38]

@cokeheadbenny yeah Levar Burton