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thomas_meighan:
Going along on the coincidences route—

Jack Cassidy was a celebrity guest on “Stumpers” during the week that aired right after his death.

“Password Plus” did *not* air the week of Allen Ludden’s passing, being replaced by “Wedding Day.”

Dorothy Kilgallen appeared on the 11-8-1965 daytime episode of TTTT, which had been videotaped six days earlier (per Daily News of 11-9-1965, page 4).

Reducing one coincidence a bit, the new versions of TTTT and BTC had started in some markets before Bud Collyer’s passing. WPHL in Philadelphia and WGAL in Lancaster began TTTT on 8-18-1969, and several stations began BTC that same day (per newspapers.com search).

Scrabbleship:

--- Quote from: thomas_meighan on April 16, 2025, 07:04:07 PM ---Jack Cassidy was a celebrity guest on “Stumpers” during the week that aired right after his death.

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Florence Griffith-Joyner passed the day her week of Hollywood Squares (the second aired Bergeron week) started airing.

Robbo:

Florence Griffith-Joyner passed the day her week of Hollywood Squares (the second aired Bergeron week) started airing.
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Even more ironic - I remember one of the celebrities from that week (possibly Craig Shoemaker?) commented on the lack of picks of his square during the week that he was in the “Death Square”.

Eric Paddon:
The interesting coincidence of the last episode of "Split Second" having Judd Rose and Markie Post in "before they were famous" moments becomes an irony to me in that it took us decades to realize that contestant Steve Robinson, the last champ in the show's history who won a car thanks to Monty Hall's generosity, had a bigger pre-existing game show connection as Henry Morgan's illegitimate son.

BrandonFG:
In early-1999 J! had a clue about then-recently deceased leader King Hussein. I remember a ticker scrolling across the screen to let viewers know the episode taped prior to his death.

Around 2001 there was a Wheel puzzle that read ROBERT BLAKE AS BARETTA, either right after his wife was killed or right as he went on trial for the murder. Pat did a pre-recorded disclaimer following the puzzle to let viewers know the episode taped in advance. Semi-related, GSN aired a Marshall Squares episode where Robert was a guest. Robert gave his response and said “Trust me” with a smile. The contestant deliberated and muttered “I don’t want to…” Obviously that episode taped well before the trial, but I remember getting a kick out of the comment.

There’s the wheelchair-bound TPiR contestant who had the chance to win a treadmill.

There was another show (I think Price) that offered a trip somewhere recently hit by a disaster. Even with the disclaimer, there was the predictable (and performative) internet outrage and useless clickbait articles.

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