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TimK2003:
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on November 13, 2024, 02:54:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on November 13, 2024, 02:37:52 PM ---TJW had a similar situation about a year earlier. Guy named Joe Dunn won a bunch of money and Jack said anything over $50K was donated. I think Joker and Tic Tac aired on CBS O&O’s right after Thom’s run ended.
Off the top of my head, not too many other syndicated shows of the era allowed you to win more than 50K as a returning champ, so the O&O rule prolly didn’t need to be a thing. Case in point, looking over J-Archive, most of the first season undefeated champions retired with about 40K.
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I remember that sometime during Joker's Wild's first syndicated season, Jack said something to the effect of "when we were on the network we were bound by their winnings limit, but we have no winning's limit now so if you can win $100,000, go ahead and win it".
I was puzzled when Joe Dunn was "retired" because that went against what he earlier said. I guess it wasn't on an O&O when he said it.
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I remember seeing TTD ads in the TV guides where the captions would say "The Sky's The Limit", referring to the unlimited winnings potential.
I also remember sometime during the CBS PYL era the cap went from from $25K to $50K, but the contestant got to keep all winnings, but had to retire after the game.
Still odd to see a game show LOWER a winnings cap midstream.
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on November 13, 2024, 06:49:49 PM ---I also remember sometime during the CBS PYL era the cap went from from $25K to $50K, but the contestant got to keep all winnings, but had to retire after the game.
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I believe that $50k soft cap was paired with a $75k hard cap. I think Dick talked about it on $25k Pyramid about the time it happened.
steveleb:
CBS did indeed carry both shows as a lead-in to Pyramid in New York and they indeed did enforce the cap
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on November 13, 2024, 06:49:49 PM ---I also remember sometime during the CBS PYL era the cap went from from $25K to $50K, but the contestant got to keep all winnings, but had to retire after the game.
Still odd to see a game show LOWER a winnings cap midstream.
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I guess technically that CBS example was a case of both raising and lowering. It went from $25k soft cap with no hard cap to $50k soft cap with a $75k hard cap. Michael Larson would not have kept all his money under the new rule.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on November 14, 2024, 02:21:49 PM ---I guess technically that CBS example was a case of both raising and lowering. It went from $25k soft cap with no hard cap to $50k soft cap with a $75k hard cap. Michael Larson would not have kept all his money under the new rule.
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I don't know if that case was an impetus for changing the limits, but in stretching my brain I don't think there has ever been a game show before that on CBS where you could win over a hundred grand, certainly not in one game. 50/75 allows for those monster wins on Pyramid and Card Sharks and if you win $79,000 then set aside a chunk of the cash to invest and you'll make it back eventually.
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