Here's what I admit is a strange question. It was something my son asked me. We were watching a $25,000 Pyramid and an actor named Howard Morton (who I never heard of, but anyway....) was disqualified for giving part of the subject in his list, costing the contestant $10,000. My son said he should give her the money because he screwed up, not her. Would they be breaking some kind of FCC quiz show regulation or written game show rules if he had put a check in the mail for $10,000 and apologizing for his mistake, or sent her some kind of gift? As I say, I know it's a bizarre question, but I also can't help but thinking about William Shatner throwing the chair and not able to forgive himself for his legendary screw-up.

Without revealing too much...

I worked on a show that involved a timed round. The host made a mistake that required a stopdown and broke the momentum a little bit. The game ended up being close, and the feeling was that it played out fairly. The host, however, personally felt that their mistake had caused the game to swing in a certain direction. The host walked up to the S&P person and asked, "Can I take the losers to a restaurant and treat them to dinner? I feel really bad about this."

The S&P person replied, "Once the game has been played to completion, we can't tell you to do anything." So the losers got a free dinner that night.

So yes, theoretically, Howard could give them $10,000.

I know the panel shows What's My Line and I've Got A Secret brought on a lot of diverse celebrities and famous people who appeared a couple of times as special panelists, in single segments and/or Mystery Guests within the episode.

But what about shows that had diverse list of celebrities who actually played the game for a full week?

After winding up binge watching a slew of random Tattletales episodes recently, besides the regular and semi-regular couples who appeared on that show, it seemed like that G/T show brought on the most variety of celebrities you did not see on any other show.

For example, seeing the likes of singer James Brown, songwriter Sammy Cahn, and legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson playing at least one week's worth of shows...with their partners...sharing some of their more personal and intimate stories with America.  Kudos to the staffers who convinced these lesser-known people to appear and play a game show.  Peter Marshall's Hollywood Squares is another great example of variety, but TT seemed a tad better in bringing out "I can't believe they got them on the show" names.

Thoughts?

It's interesting how many times Rosie O'Donnell has come up in this thread, and she was the first person that came to mind for me for yet another example.

Rosie was a big fan of Regis' Millionaire, and at one point made a public plea to be someone's "phone a friend". In the year 2000, that wish became a reality when contestant Jerry Halpin chose Rosie to be his lifeline for the $32,000 question. After providing her guess at the answer, Rosie said she'd pay the contestant if her answer was wrong. Here's a clip of it on YouTube for anyone interested.

^No, this was still during the "pick a star and answer one main game-type question correctly to win" bonus game.

Smartest thing Strahanamid does is forcing the contestant to do the heavy lifting, takes that problem away.

I do recall an episode of Donnymid where Colin Mochrie gave three illegal clues.