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mriggles · 01-03-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TeeVeeCloset

I know this is going to be met with alot of negative comments but here is what really happened........The contestant met a man who is a game show savant fanantic while waiting online.....this man is well known in the serious game show collectors circuits, he has a website but is lying low right now...he told everyone that he knows all the prices and if they were to get out of contestants row, look for him.....he has been previously banned but managed to get in around the third row no less........the contestant listened to him and guessed exactly to get out of the row, when he guessed the showcase amount, he looked over to him first....a 45 minute break was taken and the production staff realized what happened.....the savant now has been absolutely banned from studio tapings......BTW....the producers have a clause in all game show agreements that if the episode doesn't air, the prizes don't have to be awarded...but CBS didn't feel the contestant actually cheated....the savant was digitally taken out of the broadcast by slightly blowing up the screen to take him out of the shot.......I have all this info from very inside production meetings.

I can confirm this to be true as well....

rusty spike · 03-30-2023, 12:28 AM

Big Bump

There's a TPIR documentary that covers this story that was made in 2018 about Theodore (Ted) Slauson and his quest to memorize all the products and prizes on the game show. Once you see the first half of the documentary, it's not hard to figure out how Ted helped Terry to come up with the perfect bid and won both showcases.

And I am not saying that Terry couldn't have won on his own, but Ted was there in the audience that day and it wasn't serendipitous that a big win in TPIR history occurred.

As of 2023, you can watch it on Freevee: Perfect Bid-The Contestant Who Knew Too Much

PaperClips · 03-30-2023, 12:49 PM

I watched it awhile back. It is really good. They changed the entire way to get tickets - you have to get them through the mail. Barker was hysterical.

03-30-2023, 12:28 AM	#17
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	Big Bump There's a TPIR documentary that covers this story that was made in 2018 about Theodore (Ted) Slauson and his quest to memorize all the products and prizes on the game show. Once you see the first half of the documentary, it's not hard to figure out how Ted helped Terry to come up with the perfect bid and won both showcases. And I am not saying that Terry couldn't have won on his own, but Ted was there in the audience that day and it wasn't serendipitous that a big win in TPIR history occurred. As of 2023, you can watch it on Freevee: Perfect Bid-The Contestant Who Knew Too Much

03-30-2023, 12:49 PM	#18
PaperClips Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 09, 2021 Posts: 316	I watched it awhile back. It is really good. They changed the entire way to get tickets - you have to get them through the mail. Barker was hysterical.