Uncomfortable moments with losing contestants?

[Gromit]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 02:21 PM\']Wasn't she the one who spent an inordinate amount of time on her decision while Regis fought with his inclination to wring her by the neck?

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Yep. Kati was phishing Regis for the answers. She'd start with one answer, then the next, then the next until Regis would seem to acknowledge that she was finally on the right one, and she'd go ahead.

Worked out great on a low level question where Reege actually knew the answer, and would help contestants out. Not so good at a high level where Reege had no clue.

One of my all time favourite Millionaire moments was watching her go down hard.

Vtown, who's the "infamous Hollywood Dave" Should I know him? Never heard of him.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 05:59 PM\']Vtown, who's the "infamous Hollywood Dave" Should I know him? Never heard of him.

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He's referring to "Hollywood Dave" Stann, former World Series Of Blackjack contestant and current Celebrity Blackjack dealer.

[Chief-O]

Actually, I'm gonna SHOW you my pick.

http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/inn.rm

[Steve Gavazzi]

I'm trying to figure whether I'm thinking of the right person...did Kati have a really obvious question about Presidents that she spent about fifteen minutes on?

[Kevin Prather]

Steve...

$250,000: The 18th, 19th and 20th US presidents all hailed from what state?

She finally decided on Ohio.

I dunno if I would call it obvious.

[Kevin Prather]

I think I heard somewhere here that a contestant on Jeopardy broke down at her podium when she got the right answer, but failed to phrase it in form of a question, thus losing the game.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 08:16 PM\']Actually, I'm gonna SHOW you my pick.

http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/inn.rm

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Yeah, I was never thrilled about her behavior either.....

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 07:16 PM\']Actually, I'm gonna SHOW you my pick.

http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/inn.rm

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Man, talk about kowtowing to pressure.  Clearly she only earned $900 for that playing, as the buzzer sounded a good half-second before she said "inn."  To award the $20,000 just like that was plain and simply wrong (not that I had any control over the situation anyway).

Thanks for linking the clip, Chief (and thanks to John R. for housing it).

Doug

[bandit_bobby]

From what I heard, one contestant on Classic Concentration cursed after falling just short in the car game. And we have that other player who totally bombed it on purpose.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 07:38 PM\']And we have that other player who totally bombed it on purpose.

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Someone wanna give me the details of this, preferably in such a way as to convince me that this kid isn't speaking ex-rectum yet again?

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 08:29 PM\']Steve...

$250,000: The 18th, 19th and 20th US presidents all hailed from what state?

She finally decided on Ohio.

I dunno if I would call it obvious.

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Now I remember...it wasn't so much that the answer was obvious (hell, it wasn't) as that she was totally off on either who those presidents were or what years they were in office.

Yeah, I wanted to wring her neck, too.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 10:17 PM\'][quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 07:38 PM\']And we have that other player who totally bombed it on purpose.

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Someone wanna give me the details of this, preferably in such a way as to convince me that this kid isn't speaking ex-rectum yet again?

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One guy purposely lost the bonus game and defended doing that in order to win more maingame prizes. IIRC he lost his next game afterward, and blew a free car.
I remember seeing some contestants make their bonus round matches so as to leave the car they most wanted to win for last. Those contestants virtually always ended up losing the bonus round.

[dzinkin]

I NEVER want to see this on the front page again.

[CarShark]

I looked at the Super Password clip, and didn't the contestant was acting badly. It seemed to me like she was playing around, because she was making nice with Constance McCashin while it happened. She didn't look like she expected to be given $20,000.

One guy purposely lost the bonus game and defended doing that in order to win more maingame prizes. IIRC he lost his next game afterward, and blew a free car.

The maingame prizes must have been really good if he was willing to risk a car for them.

I remember seeing some contestants make their bonus round matches so as to leave the car they most wanted to win for last. Those contestants virtually always ended up losing the bonus round.

What kind of cars did they give away on Classic Concentration? I would understand it if they had Escorts and DeVilles on the same board. Otherwise, just take what you can get and sell it later.

By the way, didn't some guy get beat by the buzzer twice on Wheel of Fortune, once in the Speed Round, and again in the Bonus Round? I remember him being especially sore because he lost $100,000. Not fun to watch.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'STYDfan\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 10:54 PM\']I looked at the Super Password clip, and didn't the contestant was acting badly. It seemed to me like she was playing around, because she was making nice with Constance McCashin while it happened. She didn't look like she expected to be given $20,000.


What kind of cars did they give away on Classic Concentration? I would understand it if they had Escorts and DeVilles on the same board. Otherwise, just take what you can get and sell it later.

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They had cars ranging from the cheapest $6K-$7K econobox(Geo, Hyundai, and even a Yugo once or twice) through Jeeps and sports cars and low end Cadillacs(Cimarrons). The TofC had the cars a tad higher end than that.