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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: chrispw1 on June 04, 2007, 11:46:45 PM
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I was watching the $25,000 Pyramid clip of the winners circle on youtube with the contestant and Tom Poston getting $0 and one of the posters commented that she also went on Super Password and won the $5000 in alphabetics. I was wondering, are there other examples of a contestant who did poorly in one game show but did well in another?
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Dan Avila, who's been on a pile of game shows, comes to mind. He didn't do too well on Break the Bank, or Greed (if you take into account he didn't win anything), but he did pretty well on WWTBAM.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'154307\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 05:07 PM\']
Dan Avila, who's been on a pile of game shows, comes to mind. He didn't do too well on Break the Bank, or Greed (if you take into account he didn't win anything), but he did pretty well on WWTBAM.
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How did he do on Joker's Wild?
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How did he do on Joker's Wild?
I'm pretty sure he was on the CBS version of the show (I believe in 1974), and we all know GSN dropped those episodes before they got to that part of the run, so unfortunately that looks like it remains a mystery for now.
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Randy West...I think his first appearance was on "Face the Music", where he didn't do so well.
Became the last champion on "Hit Man"...then a few months later, won a nice haul on PYL, and some other prizes on "All-Star Blitz".
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I can think of quite a few examples:
Howard Wilson won $25,000 on Whew, but lost on Jeopardy five years later.
Michael Lagmay lost in the first round of Face the Music, but took home the $100K on Name That Tune four years later.
Paris Themmen won it all on Trivial Pursuit, but was the first to be eliminated on Win Ben Stein's Money four years later.
Sharlene Roth won $25,000 on Monopoly, but lost her game on Shopping Spree six years later. (Might not be fair to say she did poorly though, since she wasn't the one doing the shopping on that episode...)
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Barry Lander, who won only $1,000 on WWTBAM in 2005, but rebounded this year to set the current all-time record on 1 vs. 100 with $343,000.
Also, Gene Synder, the big, crazy PYL champ, lost on Card Sharks with Bill Rafferty.
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Vanna White didn't do so good on TPIR, but struck it rich on WOF.
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How about Alan Lusher, who was good on Double Dare and lousy on Jeopardy?
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I just remembered another one. There was a guy by the name of Steve Doshay, who lost on both TJW and Hollywood Connection, but won a Mazda RX-7 and some other goodies on Wheel.
Chuck Donegan mentioned he won during one of the hostess tryout weeks in fall-1982.
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Here is one: David Hargett. He lost on Tic Tac Dough, but played Most Expensive on the Kennedy version of Price and won.
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Mark Gluckman bombed out on $ale of the Century in 1983, but was a 13-game winner in 1978 on The Joker's Wild.
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Mark DeCarlo won the lot on $ale of the Century but lasted just one entire segment on Tic Tac Dough in 1990.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'154307\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 03:07 PM\']Dan Avila, who's been on a pile of game shows, comes to mind. He didn't do too well on Break the Bank, or Greed (if you take into account he didn't win anything), but he did pretty well on WWTBAM.[/quote]Not only didn't he win anything on Greed, but without a great deal of prodding on Curtis's part, they would have been trying to sell off a Jaguar each, instead of counting = piles of money they eventually won.
For those who remember that particular game, how many correct answers did Dan come up with on his own? And for that matter, how many chances did the captain have to do so? I submit that Millionaire is a much better test of a person's trivia quotient. Much better.
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'154317\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 04:03 PM\']Vanna White didn't do so good on TPIR, but struck it rich on WOF.[/quote]Didn't she get slaughtered in that April Fools Day episode, though?
/If Jimmy wants to get in a race with Chuck Donegan for longest string of unfunny game show jokes, that's his own deal, but I can play with the worst of 'em.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'154337\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 10:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'154317\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 04:03 PM\']Vanna White didn't do so good on TPIR, but struck it rich on WOF.[/quote]Didn't she get slaughtered in that April Fools Day episode, though?
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I didn't see that particular show, but I dare say she has made more money on Wheel over the years than what she may have lost on the April Fools Day episode.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'154341\' date=\'Jun 6 2007, 01:04 AM\']
I didn't see that particular show, but I dare say she has made more money on Wheel over the years than what she may have lost on the April Fools Day episode.
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But the point is, this thread is about contestants doing better on one show over another, and the one time Vanna participated as a contestant, she didn't do too well. (And to be fair, she did solve one puzzle, so she did indeed do better than when she never got out of Contestant's Row.)
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Cool. Then the original point stands. Vanna did better on WOF than TPIR. Though it would be a stretch for me to say that she did "well." Scratch Vanna from the list.
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Thought of two more...
John Goss won the lot on $ale of the Century, but was dominated by an incredibly good player on Let's Go Back. (At one point, you can hear him ask the other trailing opponent "Why are we even here?")
Rabbi Daniel Swartz won a lot of games on Tic Tac Dough '90. Two years later he went on Jeopardy...against Jerome Vered.
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[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'154432\' date=\'Jun 6 2007, 11:23 PM\']John Goss won the lot on $ale of the Century, but was dominated by an incredibly good player on Let's Go Back. (At one point, you can hear him ask the other trailing opponent "Why are we even here?")[/quote]
An incredibly good player named Ralph Garman, who went on to host The Joe Schmo Show on Spike a few years back, as well as doing voicework for Family Guy.
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I just remembered another one. There was a guy by the name of Steve Doshay, who lost on both TJW and Hollywood Connection, but won a Mazda RX-7 and some other goodies on Wheel.
Chuck Donegan mentioned he won during one of the hostess tryout weeks in fall-1982.
He was indeed...Summer Bartholomew was the hostess that wk, in fact.
A few more...
- Michael Lagmay lost on Face the Music in 1980 (following a close tiebreaker), but won the $100K ToC on the Jim Lange version of Name That Tune just 4 years later
- On the flip side, Shari Lowenstein was a 5-time champ on FtM, but lost on the Lange NTT
- Remember Carl, who was cheated out of $50K on Super Password in 1986 w/that infamous "frog" heartbreaker? He was on WoF some 8 years later, and more than made up for it
- Before she was famous, Kathy Najimy and her family won on the syndie Dawson FF in 1981, but she lost going solo on The $25K Pyramid in 1985 (though she did pick up that day's Mystery 7 prize, I believe)
- Kit Salisbury was Tic Tac Dough's 2nd all-time top winner in 1984, but only managed to win 1 game on J! 14 years later
- Jennifer Gillespie won over $30K on TJW in 1979, but took home a mere $200 on Hit Man 3 1/2 years later
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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John Goss won the lot on $ale of the Century, but was dominated by an incredibly good player on Let's Go Back. (At one point, you can hear him ask the other trailing opponent "Why are we even here?")
I think that was the only show he lost on...Gose also appeared on NYSI (won the $8K bank on his 1st show), Liar's Club, and The $25K Pyramid (retired undefeated w/around $50K).
Rabbi Daniel Swartz won a lot of games on Tic Tac Dough '90. Two years later he went on Jeopardy...against Jerome Vered.
He also appeared on LGB...and much like Gose, he lost there as well.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' post=\'154466\' date=\'Jun 7 2007, 06:21 AM\']
- Remember Carl, who was cheated out of $50K on Super Password in 1986 w/that infamous "frog" heartbreaker? He was on WoF some 8 years later, and more than made up for it
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Well, you've managed to pique my curiosity. How was he "cheated" out of winning?
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[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'154432\' date=\'Jun 6 2007, 11:23 PM\']
John Goss won the lot on $ale of the Century, but was dominated by an incredibly good player on Let's Go Back.[/quote]
Oh, yes! Thanks for mentioning John. Close to ten years before his $otC appearance, he bet it all and lost during the art gallery round of The Liars' Club.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'154505\' date=\'Jun 7 2007, 12:04 PM\'][quote name=\'ChuckNet\' post=\'154466\' date=\'Jun 7 2007, 06:21 AM\']- Remember Carl, who was cheated out of $50K on Super Password in 1986 w/that infamous "frog" heartbreaker?[/quote]
Well, you've managed to pique my curiosity. How was he "cheated" out of winning?[/quote]
They were strictly enforcing the rule that no credit would be given if a password had already been passed. It went "passfrog!", and the buzzer sounded right as the ninth word was gotten. So, yeah, not cheated.
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I can think of a couple:
-Celeste Wallace won a few games of "Sale of the Ceuntury" in December 1984 (on the last episode I have with her, she won her fourth game), but was pretty much slaughtered on "Monopoly" in August, 1990.
-Amy Isenberg won the Power Prize on the premiere of "Fun House" after accumulating one of the lowest scores a few months before on the final episode "I'm Telling!" with her sister.
-Kathy Doolittle won "Wipeout" (I think she may have won the bonus round as well, but I'm not certain) after failing to win a game of "Press Your Luck" in 1985.
-Kurt Weldon became won eight games (I think) of "The Challengers" in March/April, 1991 after winning only two games of "Jeopardy!" in 1986 (he lost to Randy Amasia, in fact). (Yes, I realize he didn't do poorly on "Jeopardy!," but he was a dominant force on "The Challengers.")
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Here are some more:
- Nico Martinez, the 2005 Jeopardy College Champion and winner of $100,000 won only $1,000 on Millionaire a year earlier.
- Recent 5-time Jeopardy champion Steve Unite, as a Captain on Greed, won nothing.
- Francis Grant, Jr. also won $250,000 on Millionaire, but lost his only game on Jeopardy!.
- Caren Chancey won $125,000 on Millionaire, but lost her only game on Jeopardy!.
- Jack Martin won $250,000 on Millionaire, but lost his only game on Jeopardy!.
- Cigus Vanni was a 5-time Jeopardy! champion, but won only $4,000 on Millionaire.
- Tim Hsieh won over $1,000,000 on It's Your Chance of a Lifetime and $64,000 on Millionaire, but lost his only game on Jeopardy!.
- Darrell Garrison was a 7-time undefeated champion on Sale of the Century and won $1,000 on Millionaire, but lost his only game on Jeopardy!.
- Brian Miller won only $1,000 on Millionaire, but won $67,000 on Deal or No Deal
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Todd Kim won $500,000 on Super Millionaire, but lost his only game on Jeopardy.
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John Carpenter was the first $1,000,000 winner on WWTBAM, yet just last night, was eliminated early as one of the Mob members on 1 vs. 100.
Regards,
Bill McD.
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I can't believe nobody mentioned Skyler Stone yet. He tended to do much better in stunt shows hosted by Brooke Burns than in shows involving little red money-grubbing CGI creatures.
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' post=\'154931\' date=\'Jun 11 2007, 08:25 PM\']
I can't believe nobody mentioned Skyler Stone yet.
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I think most of us are trying to forget he exists. :)
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This might be an interesting thread on its own, but are there any contestants that won the same amount on two different shows?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154932\' date=\'Jun 11 2007, 10:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' post=\'154931\' date=\'Jun 11 2007, 08:25 PM\']
I can't believe nobody mentioned Skyler Stone yet.
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I think most of us are trying to forget he exists. :)
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The guy keeps popping up like carpet lint. I saw his name attached to a reality pilot (which, IIRC, seemed to be a prank show like "Punk'd") for Fox as host and producer. Thank God it didn't get picked up--at least for now.
The fact that Skyler Stone is considered a credible producer of a reality format may say more about the state of the industry in 2007 than we may want to admit.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'154967\' date=\'Jun 12 2007, 09:23 AM\']
The fact that Skyler Stone is considered a credible producer of a reality format may say more about the state of the industry in 2007 than we may want to admit.
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The fallacy in your logic is the combination of "credible producer" and "reality format". :)
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'154934\' date=\'Jun 11 2007, 11:21 PM\']
This might be an interesting thread on its own, but are there any contestants that won the same amount on two different shows?
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Does $0 count?