Whenever a contestant on The Magic Game lost to the other contestant on the show without winning any money at all, host Gene Rayburn would tell that person that they were going to receive a “very nice departing gift.”

I’ve always wondered what that “very nice departing gift” actually was? Did the departing contestant get a TV set, a microwave or a clock radio? Maybe the departing contestant only got a $10.00 gift certificate at McDonalds or Burger King?

I wonder if Joyce Bulivant or Fannie Flagg remembers what those departing gifts were?

Sometimes BUZZR will retain the segment of the show where Johnny Olson spotlights a collection of beauty or household products. I'm pretty sure those are the prizes they give to the losing contestants.