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Word: pyramidic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Doren and the scandals of the '50s; there has not been a game that really tested one's knowledge since Art Fleming's Jeopardy!, a cult favorite, was canceled by NBC in 1975. Aside from two skill-testing parlor games, Family Feud and The $20,000 Pyramid, all the current shows celebrate the theater of cruelty and the entertainment values of Las Vegas. Masochistic contestants meet fourth-rate Hollywood celebrities in a neon-lit orgy of product plugola, group hysteria and psychological mayhem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Truth and Consequences | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

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