Hi Greg: You caught me -- I had forgotten from the original series whether the sport was called Pyramid also -- I didn't think it was (as you've confirmed), but I didn't remember that they had a card game called Pyramid already by that point. Mostly it was tongue-in-cheek anyway, but I thought it was possible that the new BG writers had some LL experience, and when they needed to come up with the name of "the" sport... but now I see that name already existed before (and Pyramid is hardly an esoteric term). Pretty much, pure laziness on my part. I have bought the original BG box set, but haven't watched past the pilot episode yet -- mostly because my wife has difficulty with the cheese factor of the original as compared to the new. I remember at least a couple decent episodes from my childhood, but have to see how they hold up upon rewatching. I'm both surprised and not surprised that I haven't seen any sort of DVD (bootleg or otherwise) regarding Galactica 1980 -- but considering how bad that was, I haven't been looking very hard. Cheers, Ankhst > X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1166730717-4274001f0000-6KopCH > X-Barracuda-URL: http://dakia3.marvell.com:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi > X-Barracuda-Connect: unknown[65.98.82.44] > X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1166730717 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on lists.looneylabs.com > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 > X-Original-To: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Delivered-To: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=chPmy7Ocsesw1uIMpe1oSvABefkDP3QnLBMnT6ylk94RXvkAau79Jg8Ly0XBax7f; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Tra nsfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:51:41 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > From: Greg Crowe <gregcrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [Icehouse] Martian Coasters rule question > Subject: Re: [Icehouse] Martian Coasters rule question > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-ELNK-Trace: afa5440c6feadcf35b59645513f9ec4240683398e744b8a4c6d797e4b762e2a1fab2ca64b63ed517 666fa475841a1c7a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c > X-Originating-IP: 209.86.224.51 > X-BeenThere: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 > List-Id: Icehouse Discussion List <icehouse.lists.looneylabs.com> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse>, <mailto:icehouse-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/pipermail/icehouse> > List-Post: <mailto:icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > List-Help: <mailto:icehouse-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse>, <mailto:icehouse-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > X-Barracuda-Bayes: SPAM GLOBAL 1.0000 1.0000 4.3430 > X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by dakia.marvell.com at marvell.com > X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 4.34 > X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes, SCORE=4.34 using per-user scores of TAG_LEVEL=3.5 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=5.0 KILL_LEVEL=7.0 tests= > X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.02, rules version 3.0.29356 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- > X-Barracuda-Spam-Flag: YES > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Dec 2006 19:51:58.0882 (UTC) FILETIME=[79B81820:01C72539] > > >On 12/19/06, Joseph Pate <jpate@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I wonder if the Battlestar Galactica writers have played any Ice-ish > >> games, given that the most popular sport in the human-centric 'verse > >> is called Pyramid? Possibly a coincidence. I doubt it's an homage to > >> Dick Clark... > > The first series of Battlestar Galactica aired in 1978, several years before Icehouse was conceived. It was probably called 'Pyramid' because of the ancient mythology that the writers weaved in. 1978 Galactica's "Pyramid" was just a card game akin to poker. I have no idea why they decided to use "Pyramid" as the name for the Aztech-like ball sport (which was called "Triad" in the 1978 series). They also now call the card game "Triad" or "Full Colors." > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse