Pyramid/In Popular Culture

In the 1976 episode of the sketch comedy show SCTV called "Crosswords" it was spoofed as "The $211,000 Triangle".

In the 1984 film Splash (not to be confused with the short-lived 2013 ABC reality competition show of the same name) a brief clip of Pyramid can be seen played on TV.

In the 1986 film Howard the Duck, a opening scene when watching TV, Howard comes across a brief spoof of Pyramid as "The $64,000 Pyramid".

On a 1988 episode of Muppet Babies called "The House That Muppets Built", 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 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!"

In the 1988 film Rain Man featured a clip of Pyramid on TV in the Hotel scene.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: Other game show clips that were featured in the film includes: Sale of the Century, Wheel of Fortune along with its sister show Jeopardy!.

In the 1991 film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead a clip of Pyramid was seen in the living room on TV.

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 2013, Pyramid was ranked by TV Guide as one of "The 60 Greatest Game Shows of All-Time".

In a episode of the short-lived talk show revival of The Queen Latifah Show, Queen Latifah and actress Kristen Bell try 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.

In a episode of The Goldbergs called "Double Dare", a brief clip of the opening from "The $25,000 Pyramid" can be seen playing in the montage.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: Other game show that were seen in the montage are: Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy!, The New Newlywed Game and of course Double Dare.