No whammies, big money, STOP!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/Press_Your_Luck/

Keep reading, it's awesome.

[Kevy Baby]

Truth is dtranger than fiction

[CoasterMatt]

I love that story...

[Prudence]

I'd heard the first part of that story about him figuring out the pattern, but never the rest. It amazes me how many people don't invest their winnings but continue to, pardon the pun, press their luck.

[Moonliner]

I'm with Prudence, I'd heard the first part but not the follow-up.

Actually what I found most interesting was going up one page to the conspiracy list (http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/). There you find things like: NSA, Alien Autopsy, Majestic-12, Illuminati and Press Your Luck. Looking over that list a song comes to mind, please feel free to sing along...



One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn't belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you're absolutely...right!

[blueerica]

Wow, the truth is stranger than fiction...

[mousepod]

What a great story. This would make a great movie. Thanks for the link, CP.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I mentioned this to a coworker of mine.

"You know that game show 'Press Your Luck'?"

He shook his head.

"The one with the Whammies?"

Nope.

Then I realized that my coworker is 18 years old. He wasn't even born yet when Press Your Luck (http://imdb.com/title/tt0353238/) stopped filming. :eek: Although he may have seen the bomb of a remake (http://imdb.com/title/tt0312253/)...

BTW, I just found out that Game Show Network made a special (http://imdb.com/title/tt0353238/) about this incident!

[Prudence]

I used to love watching that show. No Whammies!

That and Tic-Tac-Dough. Oh yeah.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

But I still want to know what the hell a Flokati Rug is....

[Ghoulish Delight]

flokati - n. - 1. A hand-woven Greek rug with a thick shaggy wool pile.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Tic Tac Dough....the music they used while the contestant was making their decision will be in my head forever.

There was a time where my afterschool TV included High Rollers and Card Sharks, every single day. On summer vacation you could see Scrabble every morning. Of course, that was after watching Price is Right.

For me, the mid-eighties was the golden era for game shows. :)

[mousepod]

There was a time that I was a fan of the psychopath known as Wink Martindale. Well, not a fan of his, per se, but more of a fan of the ridiculous asides that he'd make on his various game shows.

He hosted a show called "Headline Chasers," which used magazine covers as the jumping off point for a series of questions. On one episode, the magazine cover was for the TV Guide. The question was "What year did the first issue of TV Guide appear?" The contestant answered the question correctly, but rather than move on in typical rapid-fire game show pace, Wink stopped the show dead with his own reverie, which he spoke aloud: "I wonder what the cover price was on the first issue of TV Guide...?" he mused. Silence. Pause. More silence. "Oh... probably twenty-five cents," he answered himself. Satisfied with his decision, the show continued...

I also have a great memory of Wink screwing up questions on Tic Tac Dough and hearing the producer in voice-over correcting him. "In what country was the famous guerilla leader CHEE..." "That's Che, Wink..."

[Prudence]

I *still* watch the Price is Right when I'm home sick. I even have the board game.

$ale of the Century! That's the other one I was trying to think of. Loved that one, too.

And dammit, but I miss when people had to buy prizes on Wheel of Fortune. And how many ended up with that damn dalmation?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

For me, the mid-eighties was the golden era for game shows. :)I agree, with one exception: Match Game. I still love watching reruns of that on GSN. Even after 30 years, Brett, Charles, and Gene make me howl with laughter.