The Best Game-Show Contestants Ever

[let'swatchtv]

according to Esquire:http://www.esquire.com/the-side/best...s-ever#slide-1

"...Or,at least, a collection of one author's well-studied favorties.Because to make a defintive list would be impossible."

here are the "video clips" of the contestants and their shows that they were on when you click on the top of this link...

John Carpenter (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire/U.S./Philbin)

Dan Avila (Greed)

Ken Jennings (Jeopardy!)

Roger Craig (Jeopardy!)

Evan Goding (The Price Is Right/Barker)

Michael Larson (Press Your Luck)

Olga "In The A**" Perez (The Newlywed Game)

Jim Smith (Family Feud/Combs)

Caitlin Burke (Wheel of Fortune)

Thom Mckee (Tic Tac Dough/Martindale)

Charles Ingram (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire/U.K./Tarrant)

Terry Kniess (The Price Is Right/Carey)

Nick and Ibrahim (Golden Balls/U.K./Jasper Carrott)

M.G. McCormick (The $100,000 Pyramid/Clark)

Jessica Robinson (Deal or no Deal)

[megamanj2004]

Thom McKee

John Carpenter

Curtis Warren (Sale of the Century/Greed)

Mark DeCarlo (Sale of the Century)

Nancy Christy (WWtbaM w/ Meredith Viera)

Jessica Robinson

Brad Rutter (Jeopardy!)

Chuck Forrest (Jeopardy!)

Frank Spangenberg (Jeopardy!)

Jerome Vered (Jeopardy!)

Alice Conkright (Sale of the Century w/ Jim Perry)

Terry Kneiss

M.G. McCormick

Ken Jennings

Michael Larson

Charlie Brown III (HS w/ Tom Bergeron)

Hal Shear (The Joker's Wild)

Eileen Jason (The Joker's Wild)

Joe Dunn (The Joker's Wild)

Jim Bontempo (Super Password/HS w/ Tom Bergeron)

Natalie Steele (Super Password)

Gene Snyder (Press Your Luck/Card Sharks w/ Bill Rafferty)

Steve (?) Bryant (Press Your Luck)

Anyone that won the $100K big prize on GSN's Russian Roulette

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

Thom McKee

John Carpenter

Curtis Warren (Sale of the Century/Greed)

Mark DeCarlo (Sale of the Century)

Nancy Christy (WWtbaM w/ Meredith Viera)

Jessica Robinson

Brad Rutter (Jeopardy!)

Chuck Forrest (Jeopardy!)

Frank Spangenberg (Jeopardy!)

Jerome Vered (Jeopardy!)

Alice Conkright (Sale of the Century w/ Jim Perry)

Terry Kneiss

M.G. McCormick

Ken Jennings

Michael Larson

Charlie Brown III (HS w/ Tom Bergeron)

Hal Shear (The Joker's Wild)

Eileen Jason (The Joker's Wild)

Joe Dunn (The Joker's Wild)

Jim Bontempo (Super Password/HS w/ Tom Bergeron)

Natalie Steele (Super Password)

Gene Snyder (Press Your Luck/Card Sharks w/ Bill Rafferty)

Steve (?) Bryant (Press Your Luck)

Anyone that won the $100K big prize on GSN's Russian Roulette

besides Thom Mckee,John Carpenter,Jessica Robinson,Terry Kneiss,M.G. McCormick,
Ken Jennings, & Michael Larson i assume that those other contestants
that you've mention in your thread should have been mentioned on the
Esquire list right?

well if that's the case then i think they should've added Tomorrow Rodriguez (Deal or no Deal) as well.

[Zoneboy]

Michael Larson gets my vote for all-time favorite contestant. He may not have won as much money as a some of the others on these lists but the way he did it was sheer genius. It's a shame what happened after his run on Press Your Luck and what's even worse is that there are those who still to this day think he cheated even though CBS found no wrong-doing.

Here's the most annoying PYL contestant.

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Michael Larson gets my vote for all-time favorite contestant. He may not have won as much money as a some of the others on these lists but the way he did it was sheer genius. It's a shame what happened after his run on Press Your Luck and what's even worse is that there are those who still to this day think he cheated even though CBS found no wrong-doing.

Here's the most annoying PYL contestant.

hey Zoneboy, you know what i need from you?

"I NEED A POOL TABLE FOR DAN, COME ON POOL TABLE,COME ONNNNN...POOL TABLE!"

(LOL!)

[UMFaninMD]

My favorite is Bob Johnson, who answered "turkey" to every question on Family Fortunes, UK's version of Family Feud:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AWKfMvDtw

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by UMFaninMD

My favorite is Bob Johnson, who answered "turkey" to every question on Family Fortunes, UK's version of Family Feud:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AWKfMvDtw

Max Bygraves version right? if it is then this was taking place during The Big Money Game, (UK's version of The Fast Money Round) from 1983.

here's how it goes:

Bygraves:Name something people take with them to the beach.

Johnson:Turkey!

Bygraves:...The first thing you buy in a supermarket.

Johnson:uh,Turkey hahahahaha!

Bygraves:...A food often stuffed.

Johnson:Turkey, hahahahahaha!


and the results were:

Bygraves:Now, you've got a chance here at making 1,000 pounds in two weeks...two weeks in Turkey.
and um, i said to you Name something people take with them to the beach
you said, ("Turkey" Flash on the board) and now show us (UH UH).

...The first thing you by in a supermarket,the answer was,("Turkey" flashes on the board) and the survey gave you (UH UH).

...a food often stuffed,you said, ("Turkey" flashes on the board) and that gave you (DING) twenty-one, yes.


now i don't know about you UMFaninMD, but i heard that in the UK reruns of that particular episode was seen on Challenge/Challenge TV (UK's answer to Game Show Network/GSN) but here in American is was shown as a clip in bloopers shows like The most outrageous game show moments and Game Show Moments Gone Bananas.

[danderson400]

Here are mine...

Ken Jennings

Cheryl Reinwand

Chuck Forrest

Keif Ferrendini

Bob Verini

Bob Harris

Brad Rutter

Julia Collins

Natalie Steele

Frank Spangenberg

[danderson400]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Michael Larson gets my vote for all-time favorite contestant. He may not have won as much money as a some of the others on these lists but the way he did it was sheer genius. It's a shame what happened after his run on Press Your Luck and what's even worse is that there are those who still to this day think he cheated even though CBS found no wrong-doing.

Here's the most annoying PYL contestant.

She's the most annoying contestant of all time. Arthur Chu was just as bad.

[Edward216]

I'm going with Thom McKee on Tic Tac Dough as my favorite. Just because I think he was the first ever game show contestant to have a long winning streak.

Ed.