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JasonA1:
I was showing my wife Bob Harris' great video documenting all the parting gifts he received on Jeopardy!...



...and it made me wonder: who here had the honor/burden of such a haul? This all stemmed from a conversation of what today's contestants receive vs. yesteryear. I imagine some contestants ended up with some decent gifts, on top of the task of having to give out Dimetapp as a stocking stuffer.

-Jason

TimK2003:
$25 worth of Bon Ami went a loong way back then...

tomobrien:
from Jeopardy '84:

Coupons for a case of Shasta soft drinks and a Shasta beach towel.
Os-Cal calcium tablets, which went right to Mom.
Hanes Underalls: The "male" equivalent of that gift was a Kodak instant camera. Since Kodak lost a patent lawsuit to Polaroid and had to discontinue it, it was worth a share of Kodak stock.
Niagara Spray Starch and Mazola No-Stick: 50 coupons for free cans of both products.  I would hand them out to friends who came over as their "parting gifts."

There was probably more but now I'm too depressed upon realizing that I outlived most of these products.

colonial:
WWTBAM: Everyone went home with a "million-dollar check" regardless of how you did. I still have my million-dollar checks from my two appearances, as well as the check with my actually winnings listed. That check is in my home office and my daughter has the million-dollar checks in her bedroom.

2-Minute Drill: Received a 2MD T-shirt and CD-ROM video game. Both are long gone.

1 Vs. 100: Only thing I got from that show was the slight stomach discomfort from the breakfast spread the show provided contestants (and it was quite the sizable spread). Some travel-size Pepto I got from the hotel did the trick there.


JD

tvmitch:
WWTBAM: I have my million-dollar check from my appearance in 2000, which I framed and is hanging in my home office. Was also given a cash per-diem of $150 while there, and a t-shirt. And transportation to-from the show, I guess.

At-home contestant on PPoT: bupkis

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