History Funny / Pyramid

* April 17, 1987: Dick Cavett [[WhatAnIdiot gave illegal clues for three subjects in a row]] then, with a frustrated look on his face, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zv3ApKk9Z0 gave a censored clue for "Things You Curb"]] which left the audience in an uproar and Dick Clark desperately trying to maintain his composure. If you listen closely and read Cavett's lips, you'll figure out what the clue was.

* September 26, 1986: Markie Post gives the unorthodox clue "[[ShootTheShaggyDog Your dead dog]]" for "[[AngstWhatAngst Things You Replace]]". Once the round ends, Dick immediately jumps in with, "[[WhatTheHellHero What kind of clue is that!?]]" and calls Markie a "[[YouMonster sick person]]". Markie then [[ThatCameOutWrong tries to explain]] that she was hoping the contestant would say "Things You ''Can't'' Replace" and admits she has a dog. Dick then tells the dog lovers who are watching the show to direct their comments to Markie.

* [[https://youtu.be/3dIRUc64Cow "Things that are perky"]] won Jacob the first ever $150,000.

** FunnyAneurysmMoment: Following his 2004 stroke, Clark began making a '''lot''' of these kinds of mixups (as seen on the 2009 ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'', when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0VqQnbccW4 severely screwed up the countdown]]).

** "[[BiggerIsBetterInBed An erection]]" as a clue for "Things That Are Stiff". Audience members screamed after Stuart Damon said this. The contestant guessed "Things a Man Gets" and "Things That Excite You". After she wins $10,000, John Davidson says this...
-->'''John Davidson:''' Are we still on the air?

* Any time a contestant has a DelayedReaction to a Winner's Circle win. In one memorable instance from the ''$10,000'' era, it took a woman several seconds to register that she had won, despite Anita Gillette shaking her.

* A celebrity was given the word “Clue” and they opted to give the clue “And I give good…”

* Peter Paige's clue for "Birkenstocks" was "the really ugly sandals that lesbians wear!" The contestant ''got the right answer''.

** "[[BiggerIsBetterInBed An erection]]" as a clue for "Things That Are Stiff". The audience screamed when Stuart Damon said this. The contestant guessed "Things a Man Gets" and "Things That Excite You". After she wins $10,000, John Davidson says this...

* Week of December 30, 1974: [[Theatre/TheOddCouple Tony Randall]] tells us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iih5LjRHqdE what you don't do]] on ''Pyramid'', in an uncensored clip which surfaced in April 2012.

* March 20, 1986: Teresa Ganzel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuI59PeMMbU played a mock round]] [[TalkingToHimself with herself]]; unlike Shatner (whose infamous solo Winner's Circle was mentioned), Ganzel's round used a camera trick.

** "[[BiggerIsBetterInBed An erection]]" as a clue for "Things That Are Stiff". The audience screamed when Stuart Pankin said this. The contestant guessed "Things a Man Gets" and "Things That Excite You". After she wins $10,000, John Davidson says this...

* Some Winner's Circle clues that [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar got crap past the radar]]:

** "[[BiggerIsBetterInBed An erection]]" as a clue for "Things That Are Stiff". The contestant guessed "Things a Man Gets" and "Things That Excite You".

* April 17, 1987: Dick Cavett [[WhatAnIdiot gave illegal clues for three subjects in a row]] then, with a frustrated look on his face, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zv3ApKk9Z0 gave a censored clue for "Things You Curb"]] which left the audience in an uproar and Dick Clark desperately trying to maintain his composure. If you listen closely and read Cavett's lips, you'll figure out what the clue was; that's right, what was perhaps the funniest Winner's Circle clue '''didn't''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar get "crap" past the radar]].

* June 6, 1985: Roger E. Mosley tries to convey "Joan Collins" by saying "She's on ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'', the bitch..." Cue the audience cracking up, especially when the contestant fails to get it.

* After getting buzzed for saying "dirty clothes" for "Things That Are Nasty", Teresa Ganzel contested and asked that they bring out a dictionary. After the break, she looked up "nasty" and listed off the definitions and synonyms, ending with "see 'dirty' as in 'judge'." The judge, of course, jumped right in with a buzzer.

* September 14, 1977 (billed as "[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk vs. Spock Week]]"): During a Winner's Circle for $20,000, Shatner threw his chair in frustration after accidentally giving out an illegal clue on the sixth category. Contrary to ''very'' popular belief, Shatner was '''not''' banned from the show following this week — he appeared the week of December 26, 1977 with Barbara Feldon, and on two ''$25,000'' episodes in 1978 (one taped before the chair incident, the other in Season 5).

** Creator/DavidLetterman makes his entrance by wearing a ''[[TheRival Los Angeles Dodgers]]'' jacket[[note]]The Yankees had beaten the Dodgers in the World Series for the second straight year two months before[[/note]]. The audience boos him, and Dick has to make sure the coast is clear before sneaking to his podium.

** Creator/DavidLetterman makes his entrance by wearing a ''[[TheRival Los Angeles Dodgers]]'' jacket[[note]]The Yankees had beaten the Dodgers in the World Series for the second straight year two months before[[/note]]. The audience boos him , and Dick has to make sure the coast is clear before sneaking to his podium.

* Date Unknown: A contestant describes the phrase "fun house" by saying "If you want to have a good time, you go to the..." which gets Creator/DavidLetterman to crack up.

* October 13, 1982: Charlie Siebert and a contestant play the Winner's Circle for $10,000. He says "Foods with Paprika" for "Spicy Foods", but the judge doesn't buzz it until after he and the contestant start celebrating. The same player goes back to the Winner's Circle, and she wins $25,000 with Betty White giving the clues. She's a bit slow to celebrate the win because she wants to be sure it won't get taken away this time.

* October 16, 1985: Dick Clark [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIaH8-MwWU got his digits flipped]] on the "brand new 1968 [sic] automobile" that the contestant could win in the Mystery 7 category. The judge even buzzed him for his slip-up. It was an inadvertent repeat of a mistake he made on ''$100,000'', identifying a 1985 car as a 1958. ''[[TemptingFate And this came nine days after Dick vowed that he would never make the mistake again.]]''