Top 10 Game Show Scandals

[Music] but Michel Larsen had a secret in his back pocket that the producers didn't know about as Adam Sandler once said the price is wrong [ __ ] welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 game show scandals a crush Tuco yay and matey went on to lose what was left but it wasn't until they returned to their everyday life at home in Southern California that they learned the money drop what's a mistake for this list we'll be looking at those shocking moments that may have tarnished our favorite wheel spinning puzzle solving and trivia questioning programs will take game show scandals for 200 Alex we asked the major and his wife to discuss the case on this show but they declined yet days after the documentary they went round the talk shows to declare their innocence number 10 the perfect bid the price is right 17 foot 17 foot she's passing it on to Terry Terry would he bid for all that getting a perfect bid when trying to get on stage is hard enough getting a perfect bid during the showcase you'd have to be superhuman to do such a thing or watch a lot of daytime television which is exactly what Terry nice and his wife did there was only a seven twenty three thousand seven hundred forty three twenty three thousand seven hundred and forty three dollars Wow as very exact bid good luck Sharon here's your showcase the couple studied The Price is Right for months picking up on its patterns commonly featured items and usual pricing even so when Meese took the stage for the final showcase he was absolutely shocked when his twenty three thousand seven hundred and forty three dollar bid was spot on as was host drew Carey and we assumed every producer in the control room actual retail price twenty three thousand seven hundred forty three dollars you got a right on the nose in fact his cousin happen in fact the perfect bid was such a source of suspicion for the show's producers that niece's opponent being within 500 dollars on her own bid hardly seemed remarkable at all actual retail price 31,000 $19 difference of four hundred ninety four dollars number nine don't drop the G Wheel of Fortune people are upset at the game show Wheel of Fortune this morning it all has to do with this contestant right there she guess the right words but she was told she lost anyway who knew that pronunciation mattered so much especially on wheel this was a hard lesson contestant Renae Durrett learned in 2012 following her enthusiastic cry of seven swans a-swimming Renae the audience and the folks at home were surprised to hear Pat Sajak say that her answer was incorrect yeah yeah why because it's swimming not swimming while it was obvious to anyone watching what ranae was saying dropping that G cost her the round it was easy to do because she kind of did it in the vernacular or left off the G in seven swans a-swimming and despite the uproar on social media the show stood by its decision Wiggins will be careful about dropping letters when we speak from now on that's kind of how how I speak you know being from Florida and and I had asked for the G so I knew it was there number eight misspelling counts even for kids jeopardy it's being called this saddest moment in jeopardy history Wheel of Fortune might have been harsh on Rene but you'd think a game show would go easy on a kid right well think again jeopardy fans in 2013 Thomas Hurley the third appeared on kids jeopardy and in the final round answered the question correctly except he spelled it wrong what is the Emancipation well it was because he misspelled it badly Emancipation you put a P in there Proclamation that's unfortunate the judges are ruling against you so it's honking you how much this was counted as an incorrect answer in social media went nuts over the decision some viewers felt that Alex Trebek had embarrassed the poor twelve-year-old while others have plotted the show for not giving credit to a misspelled answer at least Thomas was able to bring some money home for his second-place win what a finish goodbye come on come on everybody number seven not so smooth criminal' super password word of advice if you're on the run from the law keep a low profile do not go on a game show hi Patrick hi what happened there I had a little bit of an accident a couple weeks going but I'm feeling finest you know least of my worries right now in the 80s Carrie Ketchum was wanted for insurance fraud credit card fraud and forgery surely all he needed to do to elude the authorities was used a different name right all right good luck to you Patrick you picked a great time to arrive here we go 100-dollar puzzle Phyllis and Marty giving the clues and let's do it Joe taking on the alias Patrick Quinn he went on the show in 1988 and proceeded to win big and was then promptly arrested when he went to pick up his money because a viewer at home recognized him and called the police that is the stupidest thing you could do right now he's right cops can't do anything until a crime has been reported no well maybe he used his winnings to pay back his debts no he couldn't keep his money because he won under false pretenses ouch hysterical hilarious oh we're looking for his fun game just a little fun you put on the board nobody guesses number six which came first the post-it or the Walkman million-dollar money dropped Macintosh computer when couples appear on game shows networks are hoping for some relationship hijinks and that's exactly what this show got in the worst way possible a backhoe yay and Brittany matey were well on their way to 1 million dollars until the which came first question came up which of these was sold in stores first talk it over Wow stars is really hard as poulsen notes is like I'm thinking post-it notes are Walkman and I don't know I don't think computer after bickering a coy way went with the post-it and the couple watched as $800,000 fell through a trap door because they got the right answer though the show's research team had checked with 3m post-its original parent company a slight technicality meant their information was just plain wrong cue the social media outrage the show offering to bring the couple back and then cancellation we feel it is only fair to give our contestants Gabe and Brittany another shot to play million dollar money draw number five modeling woes The Price is Right [Applause] congratulations we'll just give you a car models and the prices right go hand in hand sometimes it's true that the beautiful ladies and men from time to time have been a show staple for decades but not every models well-crafted smile has been genuine there are several stories of models suing the series for various reasons sexual harassment weight discrimination being fired for getting pregnant just to name a few most of these cases were settled dropped or appealed but we can't shake the feeling that there's some tension behind the scenes between that first come on down and the final showcase why did you decide it was so important to do this because if I hadn't gotten pregnant I wouldn't have lost my job that's what this boils down to and that's not right number four that one scandal where Congress stepped in 21 tonight here on 21 Herbert Stempel our 29 year old GI college student can win 111 thousand five hundred dollars we live in a time where a show is accused of being fixed every other second however back in the 1950s the news was so shocking that no one believed it when former contestant Herbert Stempel told all after his loss to Charles Van Doren the fallout revealed that everything about the show even stempel's image and backstory had been set up and tinkered with by the producers dan Enright came to see me in my kitchen and he said how'd you like to make twenty five thousand dollars and I said who wouldn't meanwhile the show was feeding answers to the contestants and pre deciding the show's outcome when it was all said and done Congress had to step in and amend the Communications Act to declare fixing quiz shows illegal how do you see a need for government regulation in this area yeah it's not like the quiz shows or a public utility sir it's entertainment number three coughing to victory Who Wants to Be a Millionaire UK 15 questions three lifelines who gives me all 15 threat tops he wins 1 million pounds let's play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire so fixing shows is illegal but no one said anything about coughing right in 2001 Charles Ingram implemented a brilliant idea what if he read the answers out loud and had his wife and friend cough when he said the right one Megatron mega mega mega mega yeah I didn't use Megatron I'm sure it's Google the game which it delivers Chris I'm gonna play unlike shows like The Price is Right audience participation unless you use that lifeline isn't a part of this game you just won [Applause] Ingram had to give back the million he won pay a fine of 15,000 pounds and consider giving his loved ones cough drops if he ever appeared on a game show again I have to tell you that these suspicions have been referred to the police right and thus lethal but not for the moment we'll be airing the program or indeed authorizing payment on the check worse still as a result of the scam Ingram was dismissed from his job as a major in the British Army did you notice somebody coughing no I didn't I didn't notice any coughing at all I did not hear any coughing I was totally unaware of any coughing on the night number two no whammies lead to life whammies press your luck kind of like a giant ship almost like the Titanic and in its day it was the technological marvel of its time unfortunately press your luck as the Titanic met Michael Larson the iceberg after recording episodes and studying the pattern of the board Mike Larson appeared on press your luck in 1984 and completely annihilated the competition by taking home over $100,000 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] since it technically wasn't cheating Larsen was free to keep his winnings unfortunately not everyone knows what to do with that much money his missteps included making a sizable withdrawal to take part in a radio game show having $50,000 stolen from his home and later taking part in a scheme involving a foreign lottery michael got himself into a lot of different problems with the law and in respect of like getting involved with the telephone sort of scam where they were selling part of a nationwide lottery his participation in that scheme put him on the run from authorities until his untimely death in 1999 the whammies of life hit Larson hard it was throat cancer the ultimate whammy came from Michael Larson On February 16th 1999 before we go into the final round let's take a break for these honorable mentions [Applause] [Music] before I ask you to make a wager we have to take some money away from you read our I'm informed that you very clearly said Wimbledon not Wimbledon a few moments ago so you're losing 800 bucks which means you now have 200 but you can still risk up to a thousand number 1 the dating game serial killer the dating game between tapes he might find him skydiving or motorcycling please welcome Rodney Alcala Rodney Alcala appeared as bachelor number one on the dating game in 1978 and managed to charm his way through the show to win the date a bachelor number 1 oh come on Cheryl Bradshaw didn't end up going through with it and she probably thinks all the higher powers she can for her decision turns out Alcala had a terrifying criminal history involving multiple murders kidnapping and rape with his victims ranging from adult women to young girls Rodney Alcala was arrested on July 24th for the kidnap and murder of Robin samsung but the struggle to prove it had only just begun if we learned nothing else from this list it's the importance of doing extensive background checks on your contestants they could be cheaters they could be frauds they could be Rodney Alcala the name Rodney a caller what does that mean to you today it means you know if meat or means pain in it out of anger do you agree with our list I think I needed to kill my throat which gameshow moment do you think is the most scandalous for more top 10s published every day be sure to come on down and subscribe to watchmojo.com let's play gold case that one congratulations [Music]

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Length: 14min 56sec (896 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 04 2016