[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 bitch
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
game show scandals a crush to Calle 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 was 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
we’ll 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 but 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 but it 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 niece 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 five days
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 guessed 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 that’s nothing
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 well Renee
Renee knew would happen as well and it
was easy to do because she’s kind of did
it in the vernacular 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 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 Renee 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
because he misspelled it badly
Emancipation you put a P in there
Proclamation that’s unfortunate
the judges are ruling
so it’s costing you how much this was
counted as an incorrect answer and
social media went nuts over the decision
some viewers felt that Alex Trebek had
embarrassed the poor twelve-year-old
while others applauded 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 pinning hey goodbye 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 uh what happened there I
had a little bit of an action a couple
weeks going but I’m full – 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 given 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
okay I’m calling 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 all we’re looking
for is fun gang just a little fun put on
the board nobody guesses number six
which came first the post-it or the
Walkman million dollar money drops
Macintosh computer okay be
mini-computers sony only wha man okay
posted right yeah do that every day 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 Baku 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 this part is really hard as poulsen
notes is like I’m thinking pulsing notes
are Walkman and I don’t know I don’t
think computer after bickering a co a
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 drop
number five modeling woes The Price is
Right
[Applause]
congratulations we will 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 so
importance to 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
I’ll stop there you made $20,000
regulation 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 do you
see a need for government regulation in
this area
yeah it’s not like the quiz shows a
republic utility sir it’s entertainment
number three copping to victory who
wants to be a millionaire
UK fifteen questions three lifelines
gives me all fifteen correct after 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 heed to Megatron
I’m sure it’s Google and again we took
deliveries Chris I’m going to play
unlike shows like The Price is Right
audience participation unless you use
that lifeline isn’t a part of this game
you just want one
[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 dust fever but not for
the moment we’ll be airing the program
or indeed authorizing payment of 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 professor 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 a 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 it is
a debacle
I asked you to make a wager we have to
take some money away from you read our
I’m inform that you very clearly said
Wimbledon
not Wimbledon a few moments ago so
you’re losing eight hundred bucks which
means you now have two hundred but you
can still risk up to a thousand number
one the dating game serial killer the
dating game between takes 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 one a your red dirty
old man take it come on over here
Cheryl Bradshaw didn’t end up going
through with it and she probably thinks
all the higher power 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 Samson but the struggle
to prove it had only just begun if we
learn 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
man Rodney a caller what does that name
mean to you today it means you
if meat or means pain in another banger
do you agree with our list
I think I needed to clear my throat
which game-show 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]
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 bitch
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
game show scandals a crush to Calle 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 was 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
we’ll 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 but 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 but it 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 niece 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 five days
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 guessed 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 that’s nothing
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 well Renee
Renee knew would happen as well and it
was easy to do because she’s kind of did
it in the vernacular 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 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 Renee 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
because he misspelled it badly
Emancipation you put a P in there
Proclamation that’s unfortunate
the judges are ruling
so it’s costing you how much this was
counted as an incorrect answer and
social media went nuts over the decision
some viewers felt that Alex Trebek had
embarrassed the poor twelve-year-old
while others applauded 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 pinning hey goodbye 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 uh what happened there I
had a little bit of an action a couple
weeks going but I’m full – 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 given 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
okay I’m calling 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 all we’re looking
for is fun gang just a little fun put on
the board nobody guesses number six
which came first the post-it or the
Walkman million dollar money drops
Macintosh computer okay be
mini-computers sony only wha man okay
posted right yeah do that every day 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 Baku 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 this part is really hard as poulsen
notes is like I’m thinking pulsing notes
are Walkman and I don’t know I don’t
think computer after bickering a co a
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 drop
number five modeling woes The Price is
Right
[Applause]
congratulations we will 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 so
importance to 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
I’ll stop there you made $20,000
regulation 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 do you
see a need for government regulation in
this area
yeah it’s not like the quiz shows a
republic utility sir it’s entertainment
number three copping to victory who
wants to be a millionaire
UK fifteen questions three lifelines
gives me all fifteen correct after 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 heed to Megatron
I’m sure it’s Google and again we took
deliveries Chris I’m going to play
unlike shows like The Price is Right
audience participation unless you use
that lifeline isn’t a part of this game
you just want one
[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 dust fever but not for
the moment we’ll be airing the program
or indeed authorizing payment of 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 professor 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 a 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 it is
a debacle
I asked you to make a wager we have to
take some money away from you read our
I’m inform that you very clearly said
Wimbledon
not Wimbledon a few moments ago so
you’re losing eight hundred bucks which
means you now have two hundred but you
can still risk up to a thousand number
one the dating game serial killer the
dating game between takes 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 one a your red dirty
old man take it come on over here
Cheryl Bradshaw didn’t end up going
through with it and she probably thinks
all the higher power 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 Samson but the struggle
to prove it had only just begun if we
learn 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
man Rodney a caller what does that name
mean to you today it means you
if meat or means pain in another banger
do you agree with our list
I think I needed to clear my throat
which game-show 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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