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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: dmota104 on November 09, 2003, 09:51:20 AM
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Here's another good conversation thread...
What's the most memorable moment of luck, good or bad, you've seen on a game show?
Some moments of great luck I've seen are...
\TJW: Hal "Lucky Suit" Shear needing to spin three jokers and answer a question correctly or else his reign as champion is over. The jokers come through in the clutch and he wins with a correct answer.
\TPiR's Dice Game: Walter wins a $13,455 Mercury Tracer in a 1996 episode. He wins after they spot him the 1, then he rolls a 3, 4, 5 and another 5 in that order. In other words, he rolled all the right digits at the right time (see this for yourself at http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8580/dicegame.htm (http://\"http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8580/dicegame.htm\") -- no video clip, just a screen grab).
...and now, for some rotten moments...
\CS Money Cards (Perry run): Contestant's first base card is a Jack (sorry, can't think of the player's name). So, she bets all $200 lower. Jim flips... (buzz!) ...another Jack. (No push rule was in effect at the time.) So, he moves the second Jack up to the $200 spot on the middle row and she does the same thing -- bet 200 lower. Jim flips over... (buuuuzzzzzzzzz!!! TPiR losing horns minus the first two notes) ... *another* Jack! Oh, and what's worse, while the suits of the Jacks may have been different, it was otherwise deja vu *all over again*.
\Treasure Hunt '81: Contestant (again, name escapes my memory) keeps $899 at her husband's insistence and inside the box was... the grand prize check of $46,000. Sure, similar incidents happened during "The New" TH in the '70s. Since the grand prize always stayed at $25K was never a "progressive jackpot" like TH did in the early '80s, the $46,000 incident supercedes all those others (at least, that's how I see it).
I can think of more memorable and fickle moments of luck. But, I turn it to the rest of the forum.
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[quote name=\'dmota104\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 09:51 AM\'] \CS Money Cards (Perry run): Contestant's first base card is a Jack (sorry, can't think of the player's name). So, she bets all $200 lower. Jim flips... (buzz!) ...another Jack. (No push rule was in effect at the time.) So, he moves the second Jack up to the $200 spot on the middle row and she does the same thing -- bet 200 lower. Jim flips over... (buuuuzzzzzzzzz!!! TPiR losing horns minus the first two notes) ... *another* Jack! Oh, and what's worse, while the suits of the Jacks may have been different, it was otherwise deja vu *all over again*. [/quote]
I've seen a number of two-card busts (the first on the original was a 4-4-3; the first Bob Eubanks saw was J-K-A), but my contribution to this thread is Risha Golby. Despite retiring as an undefeated champion in 1979, her seven Money Cards rounds averaged only $825, including king-ace busts on her first two! On her third attempt, she went double-or-nothing on her first card, a queen, only to turn over another queen (buzz). Her fourth MC round started the exact same way, with a double-queen bust! Jim even said the same thing almost verbatum, about losing the play of the next two cards.
Oh yeah, don't forget Toby, the first (and AFAIK only) player to get four in a row in the MC. As one three after another turned up, that may have been the round that convinced the producers to institute the push rule.
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 10:35 AM\'] I've seen a number of two-card busts (the first on the original was a 4-4-3; the first Bob Eubanks saw was J-K-A), but my contribution to this thread is Risha Golby. Despite retiring as an undefeated champion in 1979, her seven Money Cards rounds averaged only $825, including king-ace busts on her first two! On her third attempt, she went double-or-nothing on her first card, a queen, only to turn over another queen (buzz). Her fourth MC round started the exact same way, with a double-queen bust! Jim even said the same thing almost verbatum, about losing the play of the next two cards.
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So how much did she walk away with in total?
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CS Money Cards (Perry run): Contestant's first base card is a Jack (sorry, can't think of the player's name). So, she bets all $200 lower. Jim flips... (buzz!) ...another Jack. (No push rule was in effect at the time.) So, he moves the second Jack up to the $200 spot on the middle row and she does the same thing -- bet 200 lower. Jim flips over... (buuuuzzzzzzzzz!!! TPiR losing horns minus the first two notes) ... *another* Jack! Oh, and what's worse, while the suits of the Jacks may have been different, it was otherwise deja vu *all over again*.
Was this the unlucky Lois Lambert, who appeared on the show sometime in mid-79?
Treasure Hunt '81: Contestant (again, name escapes my memory) keeps $899 at her husband's insistence and inside the box was... the grand prize check of $46,000. Sure, similar incidents happened during "The New" TH in the '70s. Since the grand prize always stayed at $25K was never a "progressive jackpot" like TH did in the early '80s, the $46,000 incident supercedes all those others (at least, that's how I see it).
Her name was Michelle something, and as they went to commercial, her husband got up and walked out of the studio...I guess he didn't wanna have to face her afterwards. :-)
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 11:25 AM\'][quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 10:35 AM\']her seven Money Cards rounds averaged only $825[/quote]
So how much did she walk away with in total?[/quote]
(825 + 200) * 7 -- barring any bonuses that might have been in effect
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[quote name=\'parliboy\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 01:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 11:25 AM\'][quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 10:35 AM\']her seven Money Cards rounds averaged only $825[/quote]
So how much did she walk away with in total?[/quote]
(825 + 200) * 7 -- barring any bonuses that might have been in effect [/quote]
Risha's run predated all bonuses, so her final total was $7,175.
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Here's extreme bad luck: Earlier this season on TPIR in 3 Strikes, someone pulled out the strike chip THREE STRAIGHT TIMES.
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TPIR(1996): Contestant gambles $5K in Punch a Bunch to win $10K
TPIR(late 90s): Contestant misses first two small prizes in Spelling Bee, then gets the third one exactly one right, winning all three small prizes and all the cards. On his five cards: C-A-R-CAR-CAR(the only player to spell car three times)
All-Star Blitz: Though there was a bit of skill in the Blitz Bonanza round, it required some luck to get the wheel to land on spaces that would give helpful enough clues to solve the puzzle. Two players managed to win all four bonus rounds(four matches was the limit on that show). One of those quartet of wins was a clip du semana on Klauss's legendary tv-gameshows.com theatre. Conversely, two or three players had all four of their spins(not counting the extra spin if they chose to take it) land on the same square.
High Rollers(1988): A contestant wins the Big Numbers, then manages to win all the prizes on the board in the first game of the next match. I think a similar occurrence happens in the 1978 Trebek episode on the trade circuit.
WOF(1985): "Thrill of Victory" round(most people are familiar with the contestant who earned $62,400 in the bank and then could not solve the puzzle with just four letters unrevealed)
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PYL 9/29/83:
The returning champ appears to be losing in the 2nd round. The opposing lawyer has the last spins of the game and has a hot streak that brings him over $6,000 ahead of the champ with only one spin left in the whole game. After the successful run the lawyer fears a Whammy is "due" and passes the very last spin to the champ knowing that getting MORE than $6,000 seems impossible with one spin. With the last spin the champ has incredible luck... he lands on a CAR worth over $6,000 and wins!
Replaying the VHS it seems as though the car didn't even appear in that square to the right of "Big Bucks" any other time in the round. The champ wins and the lawyer is so pissed he snarls at the champ and refuses to shake hands with him after the taping!
My all-time favorite moment of extraordinary game show luck!!
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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I wonder whatever happened to that lucky PYL winner? :-)
Didn't he become a porn star or something? (No, that's the OTHER guy) :-)
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It would have been awesome, Randy, if you were in that very studio when that occurrance happened. (wink wink)
Anyway, I liked Mikey Larson's last spin, with over $100,000 riding on a 50/50 chance (the slide changed from $700+a spin to a prize, but it could've been a Whammy.).
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Here are my favorite lucky moments!
CARD SHARKS (CBS)/HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (John Davidson)/JUST MEN!
All three of these shows had a winning streak of 4 cars in a row won! The Witch (my mascot) cackled over one of those streaks!
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
December 8, 1988; "Hurricane" Arlene not only wins $10,000 on the Grand Game, but $11,000 on the BONUS SPIN, earning her a BI-SLAM! She was $800 away from a DOUBLE SHOWCASE that would've earned her a GRAND SLAM!!!
May 3, 2000; "Hurricane" Lilia also gets a BI-SLAM only it was $10,000 on Punch-A-Bunch as well as $11,000 on the wheel! Another lady also won $11,000 that day on the same Showcase Showdown! Lilia was way off of a GRAND SLAM by $14,000!
Whoop-whoop-WHOOP!!! Woo woo woo woo woo!!! Moe, Larry, The Cheese! Moe, Larry, The Cheese!
I ALWAYS do the Curly cry when someone gets sirened!
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Now I'll explain my TPIR terminology. These are all examples & can be done in any combination, keeping in mind it's strictly for those who play Punch/Grand/Bag/Triple Play!
SEPERATE DOUBLE: One player wins BOTH SHOWCASES, another player wins $11,000! I've seen 5 Seperate Doubles, including the Lilia episode!
BI-SLAM: The SAME contestant winning all three cars on Triple Play & $11,000 on the Wheel (almost happened in Las Vegas!). That contestant would be upgraded to a HURRICANE (or HIMACANE; 4 men were denied the HIMACANE!).
SEPERATE TRIPLE: One player winning $16,000 on bag, another player winning $11,000 on the wheel & another player (not the same) winning BOTH SHOWCASES!
GRAND SLAM: The SAME contestant winning $10,000 on Grand Game, $11,000 on the Wheel AND A DOUBLE SHOWCSE WINNER! That contestant would be upgraded to an EARTHQUAKE!
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*taking an episode from the ''Card Sharks'' Playbook*
If we look back at February 1979, they had this character of the name Tony Geyser (sp?) who had a impressive run of the cards (his first match--he ran the board in G1 Q2, and Ran in G3 Q1). His first trip to the money cards weren't bad (at first), since he managed a good $2400 up to the big bet. However, during that part, he struck bad luck with a DOUBLE 2!!! (thats an insult).
His second match, well, he faced someone who's good, but he managed to get his fix.
His card playing in his second match:
G1 Q1 (5-->4)
G1 Q2 (2-->3--->3)
G1 Q3 (didn't play-his opponent barbara took the game)
and now, Game 2 was a disaster
G2 Q1 (K--K)
G2 Q2 (K--A)
G2 Q3 (K-6-7-A-4) <--he ran it, and everyone laughs and applauds the run! Jim even mentioned "if he keeps it up, he's going to break the bank at the main casino in the black hole of calcutta!"
He was defeated in G3, and his opponent Barbara won $1300 in the 1st MC, won 2-1 in her second match (G3 went all three questions, BTW), and her 2nd MC wasn't that successful:
Jclubs-->Kclubs---Aclubs--->A hearts (so thats a 1st line bust)
(she later makes a move to win $1050 in the MC)
Barbara gets defeated by her opponent Patty, and she goes to the money cards, where she busts on the second level (to what? Double Deuces!!!) She had about $1500 at that point.
So, in closing, double deuces or Aces (or any good card, before the push change) are the kicks to the groin, especially with a high score up to that point.
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Regarding ugly Money Cards deals... pull out your episode with the only perfect run ($28,800). Watch the first Money Cards, which involved either a two- or three-card bust because of the no-push rule.
Speaking of ridiculous luck with cards: The only episode of Gambit on the trading circuit has a couple pulling A-A-A-3-5 in an end game.
I also recall an episode of 1990 TJW where a champion trailed by a ton, only to spin $50-$50-JOKER. What caught my eye was the Joker about to leave the window, only to be pulled back to the window as the final position. (Dan Enright, white courtesy phone.) The champ reeled off 4 consecutive answers for a come-from-behind miracle.
Wheel Luck: On the first episode of the 1995-1996 season, a woman in the Blue position got exactly one spin of the wheel -- Lose A Turn. Awful. Two episodes later, the Red player got shut out until the speed-up round. The spin was $5,000, and Red had the turn. He called a letter and caught three of the letter. He solved the puzzle for $15,000 and the win.
'Brian
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 07:29 PM\']TPIR(late 90s): Contestant misses first two small prizes in Spelling Bee, then gets the third one exactly one right, winning all three small prizes and all the cards. On his five cards: C-A-R-CAR-CAR(the only player to spell car three times)[/quote]
Zach,
Was this contestant for sure a male? I remember in the mid 90's when a female did the same thing, and I thought it might have happened twice, but not positive. Just confirming with you.
P.S. My extraordinary luck came when I was chosen as one of the first four contestants on my first and only trip! I can't ask for better luck than that! ;-)
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CARD SHARKS (CBS)/HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (John Davidson)/JUST MEN!
All three of these show had a winning streak of 4 cars in a row won!
I remember the "Squares" car very well. It was during early 1987, and it was the SAME car that started four straight days. It was picked again on the fifth day - but unfortunatly didn't start that day.
The producers must have been shaking their heads that week wondering what the odds were of something like that happening four days in a row!
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[quote name=\'GameShowFan\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 12:12 AM\'] I also recall an episode of 1990 TJW where a champion trailed by a ton, only to spin $50-$50-JOKER. What caught my eye was the Joker about to leave the window, only to be pulled back to the window as the final position. (Dan Enright, white courtesy phone.) The champ reeled off 4 consecutive answers for a come-from-behind miracle. [/quote]
Riiiiiiggggggggggeddddddd?
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I also recall an episode of 1990 TJW where a champion trailed by a ton, only to spin $50-$50-JOKER. What caught my eye was the Joker about to leave the window, only to be pulled back to the window as the final position.
That's surprising. The only time I ever saw the third-window Joker was when the other amounts were rediculously small - usually $5 and $10.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 09:12 AM\']
I remember the "Squares" car very well. It was during early 1987, and it was the SAME car that started four straight days. It was picked again on the fifth day - but unfortunatly didn't start that day.
The producers must have been shaking their heads that week wondering what the odds were of something like that happening four days in a row! [/quote]
DIdn't JD, in his infinite wisdom, say that the budget was shot to hell upon all those cars won that week.
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 07:12 AM\'] Riiiiiiggggggggggeddddddd? [/quote]
No, and that's a serious accusation you ought not be making without something to back it up.
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I'd like to chip in my own lucky story, taken from when I was on Wheel.
It was the third round. I was in the yellow position (this was pre-toss-up). The guy in the blue started round three. He proceeded to spin about 5 or 6 times, getting $3500 three separate times. After buying a vowel, he spun bankrupt, losing $18K+. The girl in the red position then spun a few times, landing once on Jackpot. Due to blue's TDV hitting, the pot was at $17400. With this puzzle.
PHRASE
SHA _ _ / I / _ OM _ ARE / THEE / TO / A / SUMMER'S/ DAY
she proceeds to pick a "K". I then spun $3500, took two L's, and solved.
My mother convinced I had quite a few horseshoes in me that day!
Cheers,
Ryan :)
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No, and that's a serious accusation you ought not be making without something to back it up.
I didn't really mean it, Chris.
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DIdn't JD, in his infinite wisdom, say that the budget was shot to hell upon all those cars won that week.
Dunno, but he defintely used that line on the Time Machine finale as well.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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I seem to remember a contestant named Fran who became new champion at the top of the show, and played Money Cards. She busted out on the second level with two Kings. (This was right after the new G2T2 was introduced but long before the "tie = push" rule.)
The next Money Cards she played, she got a double King on the first level and busted, then moved to the second level and said "This time I'm betting $150 lower." Flip...
Ace.
Jim: "Fran.... don't go to Las Vegas."
Thankfully she was able to turn it into $400 by the time she got to the Big Bet.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 01:09 PM\'][quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 07:12 AM\'] Riiiiiiggggggggggeddddddd? [/quote]
No, and that's a serious accusation you ought not be making without something to back it up.[/quote]
Alternately, it's a light-hearted joke I've seen used for years by several members of this group.
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[quote name=\'vtown7\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 02:44 PM\'] I'd like to chip in my own lucky story, taken from when I was on Wheel.
It was the third round. I was in the yellow position (this was pre-toss-up). The guy in the blue started round three. He proceeded to spin about 5 or 6 times, getting $3500 three separate times. After buying a vowel, he spun bankrupt, losing $18K+. The girl in the red position then spun a few times, landing once on Jackpot. Due to blue's TDV hitting, the pot was at $17400. With this puzzle.
PHRASE
SHA _ _ / I / _ OM _ ARE / THEE / TO / A / SUMMER'S/ DAY
she proceeds to pick a "K". I then spun $3500, took two L's, and solved.
My mother convinced I had quite a few horseshoes in me that day!
Cheers,
Ryan :) [/quote]
Nice story! You were in the yellow position?
If I was in the yellow position, I'd tell Pat that I'm in the "Banana" position ala Tattle Tales!
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 01:05 AM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 01:09 PM\'][quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 07:12 AM\'] Riiiiiiggggggggggeddddddd? [/quote]
No, and that's a serious accusation you ought not be making without something to back it up.[/quote]
Alternately, it's a light-hearted joke I've seen used for years by several members of this group. [/quote]
Then some sort of indication that you are in fact joking would be appropriate.
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On a syndicated LMAD during the "Super Deal" era, a contestant wins a car, and trades it in for a Big Deal door; she wins the Big Deal, which includes the car she traded away. She then trades the Big Deal for a Super Deal door and ends up with $20,000 plus the Big Deal, including "the car that just wouldn't stay away".
I don't know if this is "luck" or not, but (at least) two contestants have lost on WoF because they didn't know how to pronounce foreign words ("Milan" and "concerto"); it's painfully obvious that what they're pronouncing matches the spelling, but the producers say "no" both times (and one was an end game).
A contestant on The New Treasure Hunt wanted to take box #1, but changed her mind for some reason; at the end of the show, Geoff reveals that box #1 had the $25,000 in it.
However, the worst luck seems to go to those unnamed TPIR Home Viewer Showcase players who hear the price, realize that's what they entered, and then hear the dreaded words, "There was a tie, so we selected the winner randomly".
(And did more than one person on TNTH keep the money when there was $25,000 in the box? I remember one win and one "keep the money" in the first season, and the two (maybe three) women who chose the $25,000 box always kept the box.)
-- Don
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 01:23 PM\']
A contestant on The New Treasure Hunt wanted to take box #1, but changed her mind for some reason; at the end of the show, Geoff reveals that box #1 had the $25,000 in it.
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You beat me to it, TDG...
I remembered that the young lady told Geoff she wanted either Box X (#1? I couldn't recall) or Box Y (the one that she wound up with) of the 29 remaining boxes for Game Two. She chose Box Y, turned down the cash envelope and got klunked. At the end of the show, she was quite distraught when Box X was revealed as the location of the $25,000 check.
Esoteric Eric, who at the time of the original TH broadcast, actually toyed with the idea of writing a short story based on the incident for his Creative Writing class; how's THAT for being a lifelong GS freak!
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GSWitch said:
Nice story! You were in the yellow position?
If I was in the yellow position, I'd tell Pat that I'm in the "Banana" position ala Tattle Tales!
I never thought of that... at the time I was just trying to sound sensible when I played!
Cheers,
Ryan :)
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For fickle, how about anyone on Feud who ends up with 199 points in Fast Money?
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[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' date=\'Nov 12 2003, 12:12 AM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 01:23 PM\']
A contestant on The New Treasure Hunt wanted to take box #1, but changed her mind for some reason; at the end of the show, Geoff reveals that box #1 had the $25,000 in it.
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You beat me to it, TDG...
I remembered that the young lady told Geoff she wanted either Box X (#1? I couldn't recall) or Box Y (the one that she wound up with) of the 29 remaining boxes for Game Two. She chose Box Y, turned down the cash envelope and got klunked. At the end of the show, she was quite distraught when Box X was revealed as the location of the $25,000 check.[/quote]
I happen to remember that--she screamed, jumped out of her seat and ran up on stage when Geoff revealed where the check was. I was so surprised--I would think that she would have been rushed backstage to sign the release forms as soon as her spot was finished and not brought back into the studio.
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For fickle, how about anyone on Feud who ends up with 199 points in Fast Money?
I remember a show from the early '80s where the first player got 199. The second player's first three answers all got 0 - the audience was really going nuts when that third 0 came up, thinking they may have blown it. The fourth answer was worth 42 to give them the win.
I don't know if that show was ever run on GSN, but that would be a keeper if it ever comes up.
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Pyramid has had its share of moments of extraordinary and fickle luck, though in this case, I don't know if officials' decisions are matters of luck.
Extraordinary luck: A contestant's answer in the Winners' Circle isn't counted in the last category....until after further review by the officials, which results in a $10k win.
Fickle luck: The officials sound the buzzer several times to rob a contestant of $10k or $25k in the Winners' Circle because they determined that an illegal clue was given on the last category, which happened a few times.
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[quote name=\'byrd62\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 05:46 PM\'] Extraordinary luck: A contestant's answer in the Winners' Circle isn't counted in the last category....until after further review by the officials, which results in a $10k win. [/quote]
This doesn't qualify as luck either, per se, but on Blockbusters last weekend, we saw a Gold Run player give the answer "Harold Hesseman" for the clue "He played Johnny Fever". The correct answer was, of course, Howard Hesseman, but neither Bill nor the judge ruled him wrong. This error was not caught until the commercial break, so his $5,000 win stood.
John Ricci's video page includes the same kind of judging lapse: during a bonus round win on Super Password, the two-word clue "high school" got past the judges. Again, the win stood.
Not every such judging error goes in favor of the contestant, though. I recall one Supermarket Sweep team who, just before the Big Sweep, lost 30 seconds from their sweep time because they used an illegal clue during the 30-Second Shooutout game (you cannot repeat clues given by another team).
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 07:25 PM\']
This doesn't qualify as luck either, per se, but on Blockbusters last weekend, we saw a Gold Run player give the answer "Harold Hesseman" for the clue "He played Johnny Fever". The correct answer was, of course, Howard Hesseman, but neither Bill nor the judge ruled him wrong. This error was not caught until the commercial break, so his $5,000 win stood.
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SPeaking of errors, I'm wondering if this error on Davidson TPIR in 1994 was ever rectified: A contestant won the third prize, a Car, on Superball, but had not won the first two prizes, and the contestant didn't get the chance to win the SUperball and try to win the other two prizes as was normally the case.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 08:56 AM\']
For fickle, how about anyone on Feud who ends up with 199 points in Fast Money?
I remember a show from the early '80s where the first player got 199. The second player's first three answers all got 0 - the audience was really going nuts when that third 0 came up, thinking they may have blown it. The fourth answer was worth 42 to give them the win.
I don't know if that show was ever run on GSN, but that would be a keeper if it ever comes up. [/quote]
Didn't this happen on the Hatfield/McCoy week as well?
For extraordinary luck - how about any time someone actually won "Gauntlet" on Eubanks' powerball show.
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Watching the PYCR repeats on Challenge there was this one.
One couple bust on the last card of the 1st row. Bruce moved them up to Row 2 and they proceeded to gamble the lot on the card being lower than King. Up pops an Ace.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Nov 12 2003, 05:28 PM\'] For fickle, how about anyone on Feud who ends up with 199 points in Fast Money? [/quote]
Actually, during the first WCW week in May 1990, Road Warrior Animal was playing second in Fast Money, and because his mind blanked out on "Name something that's hard to do when your hair is too long" ("Go for a walk, heh") and "Name a word that rhymes with 'rush'" (*pause* "Cush..." *shaking head*), he could only get the score up to 196. He only needed 36 points on the last question, and he only got 32. Upon the close but non-winning finish, Animal stomps on Ray's foot. :)
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 08:56 AM\']
For fickle, how about anyone on Feud who ends up with 199 points in Fast Money?
I remember a show from the early '80s where the first player got 199. The second player's first three answers all got 0 - the audience was really going nuts when that third 0 came up, thinking they may have blown it. The fourth answer was worth 42 to give them the win.
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On today's(9:30AM EST) late 1979 syndie Feud GSN airing, the first player gets 180 points in Fast Money, and the family still fails to win the big money(forget their final FM score). Did any first player ever get more than 180 and still have their family not win the big money?
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[quote name=\'Brakus\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 12:41 AM\'] I seem to remember a contestant named Fran who became new champion at the top of the show, and played Money Cards. She busted out on the second level with two Kings. (This was right after the new G2T2 was introduced but long before the "tie = push" rule.)
The next Money Cards she played, she got a double King on the first level and busted, then moved to the second level and said "This time I'm betting $150 lower." Flip...
Ace.
Jim: "Fran.... don't go to Las Vegas."
Thankfully she was able to turn it into $400 by the time she got to the Big Bet. [/quote]
Ah yes, one of our CS Icons from the good old days. The aforementioned Lois Lambert is another one...think we even invented the fandom for her (we really need to get back in touch someday, it's been too long!)
Another one from the Original Soria Tapes was on a TJW episode, started with female contestant Zee at the Bonus Game, where she quit right on the cusp of a victory after a false finish. Leading to Jack giving her a "what if" spin and the famous soundbite..."Oh, devil, come up!" Her next opponent looked like Professor Klump (of Nutty Professor fame). I forget his name, but he proceeded to win the game with three jokers...and come the bonus game, he won, first spin, with the natural triple!
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[quote name=\'dmota104\' date=\'Nov 9 2003, 09:51 AM\']
\TJW: Hal "Lucky Suit" Shear needing to spin three jokers and answer a question correctly or else his reign as champion is over. The jokers come through in the clutch and he wins with a correct answer.
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There was a TJW contestant in 1983 in a similar pickle, spinning three jokers and winning the game when going for their fifth win and a new car.
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Today's 10/12/1988 GSN airing of WOF had a contestant with some not-so-bad and some not-so-good luck on it. A contestant lost nearly $15K to a Bankrupt in round three, and then spun $5K THREE times in a row in round four, and on his third spin(racking up nearly $15K so far) calling a letter not in the puzzle.