25 Shocking Game Show Scandals You Won’t Believe Happened

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  • @list25
    @list25  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

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    • @Nakira2000
      @Nakira2000 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Their's a glitch in the matrix 😂 12:10

    • @AlaskanRockstar
      @AlaskanRockstar วันที่ผ่านมา

      🤘Great show

  • @redrazorx-23
    @redrazorx-23 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    I don’t care when anyone says the kid on Jeopardy straight up got robbed.
    He clearly knew the answer which is kind of the whole point of the game, which is to know the right answer but they wouldn’t give it to him because of a slight spelling error… which is complete bullshit.

    • @ChromeCobra
      @ChromeCobra 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yeah, but it is an error, period. Answers have been wrong before for pronunication, so this isn't out of the ordinary. Chill out.

    • @nancyomalley6286
      @nancyomalley6286 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The kid had the same name as my nephew, Tommy

    • @DXKramer
      @DXKramer 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      While you are correct, Jeopardy has stated that misspellings are ok, as long as the word would be PRONOUNCED the same.
      He could have written "Emancipayshun," and it would have been deemed correct, as the pronunciation would have been the same.

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What a lot of people overlook about this moment was that even if the error was let go, the kid would not have won. He was in second at the time and the leader got it right anyway for a big payday. Some still act to this day like the kid would have won the whole show if not for the cruel harsh producers.

  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Pick #23:
    There was a movie made about the 21 scandal called " Quiz Show ", Ralph Fiennes the star, that's a pretty good dramatic telling of the story

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The reason for the rigging: the premiere episode of 21 saw the contestants miss a combined 17 questions. While a laugh riot in the studio, sponsor Geritol was furious and demanded that next week's show better be a vast improvement or they were pulling out. And so, the choice was made to rig.

  • @susanyoung5447
    @susanyoung5447 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I was wondering if you would list Alcala/Dating Game. That "scandal" has always chilled me to the bone. That girl dodged a huge bullet. Her intuition was spot on.

  • @switchmasterluke1630
    @switchmasterluke1630 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The best story out of the 1950 American TV scandals was that Joyce Brothers, a psychologist, went on the $64,000 Question as an expert in boxing. She won, much to everyone else's surprise. So of course she was suspected of having been cheating, but was cleared when it turned out that her expertise on boxing was well earned and that she actually knew more than she said on the show. This started a great career for her in the public eye right up until the day she died.

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      True story (as told in Randy West's book "TV Inside Out"): Revlon, the sponsor, didn't want her to win, and demanded the show give her the hardest questions possible to thwart her. But she still succeeded. Part of the reason: Unbeknownst to everyone, she was friends with the very person who was writing the boxing material.

    • @switchmasterluke1630
      @switchmasterluke1630 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SapinskiMath I had never heard any of this part before. Thank you for sharing it.

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@switchmasterluke1630 go pick up Randy's book. Tons of amazing stories from TV history, some will even change your perspective on some of the legends.

  • @jcfreak4ever1
    @jcfreak4ever1 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Sorry about your cold, Mike; hope you feel better soon! Hang in there! 😉

  • @Daviticus042
    @Daviticus042 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I used to watch Canadian Cash Cab all the time and this is the first time I've heard about #11.

  • @ChadGriffey-w9m
    @ChadGriffey-w9m 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I was waiting for Rodney’s story and thought you were going to overlook it. Just watched the movie about it and it was very creepy. Thank goodness the girl trusted her instincts.

  • @donnatheroux841
    @donnatheroux841 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wonderful video and thanks List 25 and Mike also feel better soon 👍👍👍👍❤️

  • @BrianStephens-c5t
    @BrianStephens-c5t 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Mike, I’m down in Bradenton. That cold is going around fierce. Thanks for thuggin it out.

  • @candacemalinowski3447
    @candacemalinowski3447 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Feel better Mike! We love you. I remember Acala on The Dating Game...

  • @galevalenti7759
    @galevalenti7759 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Get well real soon, Mike! Love your content. 😃

  • @bluegold1026
    @bluegold1026 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Love the shirt, Mike! You must be a fan of Disney World!

  • @Tanya-mw8ru
    @Tanya-mw8ru 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I live in BC Canada & we were all devastated by the Cash Cab accident. My heart goes out to the family that lost their loved one. This truly was an accident. He wasnt impaired or going really fast, it just happened.

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I remember hearing about some of these scandals. Also get well soon Mike.

  • @carly9355
    @carly9355 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Feel better!!! Love your shirt!

  • @scottcardon5222
    @scottcardon5222 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Try three, I think there is one other serial killer that showed up on the "Dating Game."

    • @kayhenry6293
      @kayhenry6293 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ted Bundy.

    • @allenabrams-dw4hy
      @allenabrams-dw4hy 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Rodney Alcala

    • @robertclark2253
      @robertclark2253 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      John Cooper on British darts/quiz show Bull's-eye and Rodney Alcala on The Dating Game both were in the video . There were probably more but none of them were in this video mostly a bunch of cheaters or the studios cheating the contestants .

  • @SPAnComCat
    @SPAnComCat 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love Ya Videos, Mike!

  • @vikkicunningham5051
    @vikkicunningham5051 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    EPIC as usual!!

  • @jackdelorenzo8498
    @jackdelorenzo8498 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Mike, the model you showed alongside Mike Richards is Lanisha Cole, not Brandi Sherwood. However, Lanisha has also sued the show for racial discrimination and sexual harassment.

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Take care of yourself, Mike.
    Hot tea, with honey and a squeeze or two of fresh lemon should do the trick.☕🍯🍋🤒🤧

  • @Tom.Club1871
    @Tom.Club1871 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love your videos as always. Get well ASAP mate.

  • @ThriftedSpirit
    @ThriftedSpirit 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Get better soon!

  • @lourayguyer1324
    @lourayguyer1324 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Feel better soon. Thank you for the video.

  • @RebeccaEdwards-pt4or
    @RebeccaEdwards-pt4or 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Theraflu..the drink!! Lemon and honey..i swear it works. Along with natural honey and tea as well as some homemade chicken noodle soup and rest...feel better soon 😊

  • @indowneastmaine
    @indowneastmaine 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hope you feel better Mike! Like your shirt!

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Get better soon Mike. Look at the various recipes to help out!

  • @Baldevi
    @Baldevi 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I think Dark Roast Detectives needs to cover Rodney Alcala's horrifying spree. What do you think about it, Mike?

    • @jenniferlindsey2015
      @jenniferlindsey2015 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Robert Pickton or Karla Humolka’s outrageous deal.

    • @lisachiappetti6092
      @lisachiappetti6092 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      **squints suspiciously** hmm, someone copied somebody here. I know of a yt channel called coffeehouse crime. Something's fishy here. The alliteration in both the names and the reference to coffee? Like I said, someone copied someone here.

    • @lisachiappetti6092
      @lisachiappetti6092 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Follow up comment: yeah dark roast detectives copied coffeehouse crime. They came in October and Adrian of coffeehouse crime made his channel in 2020.

    • @Baldevi
      @Baldevi 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@lisachiappetti6092 I beleive it was mentioned that Mike was inspired by that Channel, actually? More of an Homage than a copy-cat.

  • @zuzukris4952
    @zuzukris4952 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Why was the Price is Right thing such a big deal? A handful of people have correctly guessed the exact price of the showcase over the years. When you do, you win both showcases! Why were the producers scrambling to make sure no one else can do it, and investigating if he cheated? That’s really weird! He wasn’t the first one to do that!
    Also, I hope you get better, Mike. We’re sick here too.

    • @DXKramer
      @DXKramer 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      1) It was the first time in the show's history that the showcase big was perfect.
      2) You win both showcases if you're within $250 (originally $100) of the price of the showcase without going over.
      3) Cheating was suspected for a number of reasons. First, prizes were used and overused so much that people were able to memorize the prices of them. Second, one such person, Ted, was in the audience that day, and he was given a death glare by then-producer Kathy Greco when the perfect bid happened. Most importantly, longtime staffer Roger Dobkowitz was let go only months before, so it was suspected that people from a certain fansite had infiltrated the show and were sabotaging it.
      Sources: the show itself and the documentary "Perfect Bid: the Contestant Who Knew Too Much."

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@DXKramerfrom my understanding, the book Come On Down written by Stanley Blitz the same year Bob retired claims there was one perfect bid up to that point. So this would have been the second, if that's true.

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Roger Dobkowitz once stated in a blog interview that that perfect bid was something he and Bob wanted and encouraged if at all possible. They wanted the "loyal friends and true" to be rewarded for their constant viewership and turn this into a great PR moment if it ever happened on their watch (again, see my other comment). Obviously, after he was let go, the other staff did not agree.
      Personally, I think the bigger issue was Carey's no-sell of the moment. He was still green and had a lot to learn, but dude, fake the excitement now and complain later.

  • @kenhogg858
    @kenhogg858 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing…..thank you

  • @victorejiogu8534
    @victorejiogu8534 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Get well soon Mike and love the shirt.

  • @TheGreatApollo55
    @TheGreatApollo55 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just this last week I caught an episode of The Price is Right. The winner got the Showcase and he was off by 16.00 so in fact he won both showcases

  • @TedSlauson1
    @TedSlauson1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Regarding #18, you may not have seen the documentary film "Perfect Bid - The Contestant Who Knew Too Much" which explains in detail how Terry Kniess was provided his perfect bid on his showcase by an actual long-time viewer (me). Terry has admitted in interviews that he only started watching the show a few months before going to the taping in September of 2008, so I would hardly call him a "long-time viewer" of the show.

  • @Giambijuice
    @Giambijuice 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    There's a pretty good film about the Twenty-One scandal called Quiz Show (1994)

  • @robertclark2253
    @robertclark2253 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Deal or No Deal UK featured 2 controversial editions 1 where a box contained no prize not even 1 penny and another where a contestant dropped his box which burst open revealing £20,000 of a possible £250,000 . Even Noel Edmonds , the shows presenter , was visibly angry when the £20,000 box was dropped .

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've seen the one where they forgot to tape the money value in the box and it was empty ("an act of God", the priest contestant said), but not one with dropping the box, though. Was this the chosen contestant while they were walking up to the table at the start of the show? I imagine this blooper had to happen sooner or later, though.
      I also heard that in the beginning of the UK run in 2005, the values in the boxes had patterns to them, with only a select few arrangements of where everything was. So someone could have pulled a Michael Larson if they paid close enough attention. But the practice was dropped before it got that far.

    • @robertclark2253
      @robertclark2253 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SapinskiMath The guy who dropped the box was in e the circle waiting for the main contestant to make his choice and somehow dropped the revealing what was inside .

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@robertclark2253 whoops! Again, had to happen sooner or later.

  • @kendellstewart2090
    @kendellstewart2090 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I agree with Jeopardy - spell your answer right

    • @Shasgirl
      @Shasgirl 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same here.

  • @Underland76
    @Underland76 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    keeping with the game show theme, how about making a list of celebrities on game shows before they were famous

    • @bluegold1026
      @bluegold1026 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I can think of a few examples: Vanna White and Aaron Paul were both on The Price is Right before they were famous

    • @robertclark2253
      @robertclark2253 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Peter Evison was a contestant on British darts/quiz show Bull's-eye before turning professional dart player and even appeared on Bull's-eye as a professional dart player throwing for charity .

  • @suzeathome7154
    @suzeathome7154 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The shirt is Awesome!!!!

  • @JS1Nonly
    @JS1Nonly 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Feel better soon

  • @christinabond8900
    @christinabond8900 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My fiance and I are big on natural remedies/herbs, etc. We take Vitamin C, Echinacia-Goldenseal, Zinc, Garlic, a tsp of raw honey with 1/8 tsp cinnamon, and use Zicam nasal swabs. We do this twice daily. Also, you can try hot herbal teas like Cold Season or DeTox (Yogi brand), or Green tea w/lemon & honey. I like Twinings of London brand Green Tea. I hope you feel better soon.

  • @joshlunt7827
    @joshlunt7827 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Get well soon, Mike! 😢

  • @theunspoke815
    @theunspoke815 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "THE PRICE IS WRONG B♤♡◇H" 😂😂😂

  • @SapinskiMath
    @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a lifelong game show fan, all of the American stories and a couple of the international ones, I knew about.
    That two of the top 5 on the list were about the same show, The Moment of Truth, and knowing that ours in the US was just as shocking and tasteless, proves how terrible of a concept it was.
    The only show I'd add to this list in any way is The Chamber. Both it and ABC's counterpart The Chair decided it was a good idea to torture contestants while making them answer trivia questions. But The Chamber was way worse, subjecting contestants to extreme heat and cold that could have had massive health effects in them. The backlash quickly built, and Fox pulled the show after only 3 of the 6 taped episodes had aired.

  • @frankhooper7871
    @frankhooper7871 วันที่ผ่านมา

    First prize: you get a baby - second prize: two babies!

  • @timwodzynski7234
    @timwodzynski7234 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I used to love watching game shows in England.

  • @francescorengifo
    @francescorengifo 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I want a baby...only to drive in carpool 😅

  • @deloresmull
    @deloresmull 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Feel better!!!

  • @khott4300
    @khott4300 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’ve never been this early! Hiiiii

  • @TUGxBones357
    @TUGxBones357 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🔥List 25🔥
    🤧25 Amazing Facts That’ll Help Mike Get Over His Cold
    1) Try “Hottie Tottie”

  • @patretchloff925
    @patretchloff925 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sorry about your cold bur your shirt is really cool.

  • @666Brago
    @666Brago 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Every time I see Thomas Hurley on a game show scandal list I have to explain why there was no scandal involved. The extra T he added to his response changed the pronunciation of the word 'emancipation' and therefore could not be accepted. Besides, the contestant who wound up winning that episode had him covered by a healthy margin so it would not have mattered anyway.
    Admittedly he was just a kid, but the same rules apply to the adults. Normally Jeopardy! does not penalize for misspelling, but if the spelling error changes the word phonetically, it cannot be accepted and this has happened more often than people may think. So I'm sorry to say that Thomas Hurley was wrong.

  • @bartlester591
    @bartlester591 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Sorry about your cold Mike try hot tea, preferably herbal and two spoonfuls of raw natural honey. It’ll help your throat.

    • @Mommabear_71
      @Mommabear_71 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      With a little lemon

    • @bartlester591
      @bartlester591 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ you can have that or you can just have lemon tea

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Better - at least for night - a tall glass, a decent shot of Scotch whisky, a heaped teaspoon of runny honey, topped off with water that's come off the boil and cooled just enough to sip. It's soothing and you'll sleep like a baby!

    • @Tom.Club1871
      @Tom.Club1871 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As horrible as this sounds, and I've not tried it so not sure if it actually works, but chop up raw onion and put it in a jar with honey. Leave it for a while and as and when, sip the onion water. Sounds absolutely minging but I heard it works 😂. Alternatively, whisky kills of germs if you like whisky.

    • @JamesAutoDude
      @JamesAutoDude 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lol nah that's placebo

  • @JulianneRemley-l2q
    @JulianneRemley-l2q 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is interesting

  • @richardharepax123
    @richardharepax123 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That's one rule that I don't like for jeopardy and why I wouldn't want to be on the show even if I could beat the record

  • @jameskidd8733
    @jameskidd8733 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🤔 my great grandparents were on a tv show in the 50's called its your life and actually won 😮

  • @leviolin9328
    @leviolin9328 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How are you going to back a minivan into a garage fast enough to kill a person?who does that?

  • @catherinecooper4582
    @catherinecooper4582 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Australia doesn't have Big Brother Mike. We haven't had it for about 8 or 10 yrs now.

  • @KennethRobertson-i3r
    @KennethRobertson-i3r 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Press your luck should have been on list

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It was (see #25)

  • @francescorengifo
    @francescorengifo 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Sometimes I hear these titles and think you made it up 😅

  • @MFNDman
    @MFNDman 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'd lose on jeopardy easily because of spelling lol

  • @paulsarnik8506
    @paulsarnik8506 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Get better! 🤓😎✌🏼

  • @lindah3879
    @lindah3879 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Have you ever even listened to 50s songs? Stagger Lee?

  • @kathleennagwak1761
    @kathleennagwak1761 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Unbelievable.

  • @worry2much
    @worry2much 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ted Bundy was on the Dating Game and Vanna White was on The Price is Right as a contestant don't know if she made it on stage.

    • @shypoke6027
      @shypoke6027 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rodney alcala. Not Bundy

    • @DXKramer
      @DXKramer 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She didn't

  • @raboom514
    @raboom514 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Really enjoy the channel, but please stop with the horrible background music!

  • @girlsvsboysandmore280
    @girlsvsboysandmore280 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love these uploads. Thanx!

  • @richardharepax123
    @richardharepax123 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember the top one but I can't remember if he died in prison or execution yet

  • @paulsarnik8506
    @paulsarnik8506 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    №25 Yeah like card counting in L.V. not Illegal but frowned upon. 🤓😎✌🏼

  • @lorrainejones3600
    @lorrainejones3600 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ron Alcakla will be on here

  • @laurenregnier3710
    @laurenregnier3710 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The movie The Contestant is about that Japanese guy . I want see movie . 😊

  • @Kiddman32
    @Kiddman32 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Interesting list, but I have one issue... "reality" shows are not game shows. So, some of these examples, even though interesting, shouldn't be here.

  • @robertclark2253
    @robertclark2253 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    All this and no mention of Price Is Right where a female contestant had shall we say wardrobe malfunction of the top half variety , the numerous controversial slip ups on British words and numbers game show Countdown or another British game show Blockbusters where a contestant famously said "Can I have a "P" please Bob ?" leaving the host Bob Holness in a state of confusion and the studio audience and whoever was watching on TV laughing . If that episode had come during the Internet it would've gone viral .

  • @Patzi-l1w
    @Patzi-l1w 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Big Brother has to be the greatest lame ass show on TV. People going through that type of degradation on live television just because they think that they’re going to be famous! It’s so sad! Px

  • @John-w3u3w
    @John-w3u3w 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ted Bundy was on a dating show as well don’t think he won

  • @h3lloajxo
    @h3lloajxo 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love a good game show scandal!!😏

  • @oLENkENT-do4vs
    @oLENkENT-do4vs 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cool Mickey Mouse shirt

  • @tessstirton
    @tessstirton 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Me first 🎉

  • @cindycatron608
    @cindycatron608 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    maybe, start explaining the shirts relevance.

  • @brendamorrison3307
    @brendamorrison3307 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🎉

  • @okay5045
    @okay5045 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Some of this is not cheating just smart

  • @doriscasto5336
    @doriscasto5336 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Moral of this video: Don't do game shows!

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      More accurately: don't do game shows with questionable morals (in most cases here, some of these just happened)

  • @loverhood2016
    @loverhood2016 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My sister once told me that gameshow contestants were vetted for their gullibility. It would seem she was right after all. And sponsors only add to the tastelessness. We have a lot of this US trash in my country now. An outbreak of woke bulls**t. I NEVER watch gameshows.....😮😮😮

    • @AceMoonshot
      @AceMoonshot 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I get so hard when people say, "woke."
      Say it again.
      Come on.
      Come on!
      Say it. Say it!
      Say, "woke"....say woke! Say it!
      I'm close...please say it!

    • @SapinskiMath
      @SapinskiMath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is a highly mistaken belief, and I have friends who know people in the game show business here in the US that will completely refute this argument. I can't speak for your country and how they do the process, but the people who get on shows here know how to play the games well. It's just sometimes, though, the pressure of the moment hits harder than you ever thought it would when the cameras are on you.
      Case in point, a friend of mine was on Millionaire six years ago. Very smart, even hosts his own version of the show at pop culture conventions. But he only won $10,000 cuz he overthought the very easy first questions. And he knew it, too, he was very flustered during commercial breaks, he told me. But he was still happy to have his chance.
      The saying we have here regarding game shows: It's always easier when you're sitting at home.