Pyramid/In Popular Culture

On an episode of Muppet Babies, baby Kermit and baby Miss Piggy appear on a parody of this game show called The 25,000 Dollhouse Pyramid. As the announcer is introduced to the game and its host (which used reused footage of an episode of The $25,000 Pyramid, but with the dollar sign censored out in its references), baby Miss Piggy says "We must be on American Bandstand!".

The $100,000 Pyramid was given homage in a season 3 episode of In Living Color where Jim Carrey portrayed Dick Clark as the host. In this segment, Tom & Tom, the brothers brothers (played by Keenan Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans) played with contestants. The contestant partners fail during the main game, which automatically sends the brothers to the winners circle. They also manage to win $100,000 in the end. (Note: The timer cue is used in this segment.)

On an episode of The Simpsons (after the initial debut of the Donny Osmond version), two characters appear in the Winner's Circle.

On a episode of Friends Joey was a contestant on Pyramid hosted by Donny Osmond.

On a MADtv sketch, a spoof was titled the Ebonics Pyramid, hosted by LL Cool J and with Gangsters playing. $25,000 was the top prize in the Winner's Circle.

Comcast (or "It's Comcastic!") has spoof commercials of The $20,000 Pyramid.

In an episode of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, a dog and his human partner fail at the $25,000 Pyramid. The dog barks out clues, but the human does not understand what he's trying to say. Time runs out and the answer turns out to be blender, in which the dog then yelled out loud, "IT WAS BLENDER YOU A**HOLE! BLENDER! Dumba**." The host in this segment sounds and looks a lot like Dick Clark, but no names of the host are mentioned.

In a episode of the short-lived talk show revival of The Queen Latifah Show, Queen Latifah and actress Kristen Bell tries to climb the winner's circle of The $10,000 Pyramid with John Davidson (who previously hosted The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991) as host.