Top 20 Game Show Scandals

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  • Whether the contestants were caught cheating or they simply outsmarted the game, these game show scandals caused quite a stir. For this list, we’ll be looking at the 20 most shocking, head-scratching, and eyebrow-raising moments on game shows. Our countdown includes “Wheel of Fortune,” “The Price Is Right,” “Jeopardy!,” and more! WatchMojo ranks the biggest game show scandals. Which scandal shocked you? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  Před 4 lety +245

    Which gameshow scandal do you find the most shocking?!

  • @Vikn01
    @Vikn01 Před 3 lety +422

    The "I've got a good feeling about this" lady was probably the only game show moment that felt badass...well, besides the guy who used his lifeline to call his Dad and tell him he won 1 million.

    • @SerpySerper56
      @SerpySerper56 Před 3 lety +4

      John carpenter is an absolute legend, first one ever to win the million and he looked slick as doing it

    • @vergilmontiero2558
      @vergilmontiero2558 Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah that who wants to be a millionaire one was amazing, people underestimate how hard it was to answer questions without the prominence of things like "Google" and "Wikipedia" at the time. 1999 I believe was the year? Those questions, while easy now wouldn't be for most at that time.

    • @NS1.
      @NS1. Před 2 lety +1

      " the guy who used his lifeline to call his Dad and tell him he won 1 million."
      Does anyone know where I can find this clip?

    • @bronxjewelix
      @bronxjewelix Před rokem

      What Perfect Phrase For A To Describe This

    • @darkangel_1978
      @darkangel_1978 Před rokem

      Yeah I guess it's a good thing my great grandma never went on that show. What that woman did with one letter, my great grandma used to do a lot. We would just sit there stunned. Once in a while, it would take 2-3 letters, but usually one letter was all it took for her. Decades later, we still don't know how she did it, and she took that to her grave.

  • @3oh3fanboy
    @3oh3fanboy Před 4 lety +801

    Odd cut between 13 and 12
    “He flipped off a censored bird to the NUMBER 12”

    • @caisonrivera9207
      @caisonrivera9207 Před 4 lety +11

      Ah, I see... Abdullah the butcher. What a teddy bear, right?

    • @CorrineFerguson
      @CorrineFerguson Před 4 lety +2

      Love abby!

    • @GeronFletcher
      @GeronFletcher Před 4 lety +66

      It’s like they purposely censored themselves talking about censorship lol

    • @JimmiPynk
      @JimmiPynk Před 4 lety +35

      @@GeronFletcher yeah but it just came off awkward instead of cute or clever

    • @Justice_McWilliams
      @Justice_McWilliams Před 4 lety +22

      Ngl that made me laugh

  • @MW93249
    @MW93249 Před 4 lety +923

    The dating game killer was so freaky, that girl was smart enough not to go with him, good judge of character

    • @WonderWhatHappened
      @WonderWhatHappened Před 4 lety +25

      Her judge of character was the reason why he was the one she chose. Just joking. I know what you mean.

    • @MrDash03
      @MrDash03 Před 3 lety +40

      She was smart. The things I heard that guy did were disturbing.

    • @mepapasmurf7371
      @mepapasmurf7371 Před 3 lety +18

      WonderWhatHappened no technically his answers is what won him the game, but meeting him after showed his personality and that’s why she chose not to go

    • @WonderWhatHappened
      @WonderWhatHappened Před 3 lety +9

      @@mepapasmurf7371 OK thanks. Now can you technically explain " just joking" to me?

    • @alfonsogreen2722
      @alfonsogreen2722 Před 3 lety +11

      She did the right thing

  • @vurvo574
    @vurvo574 Před 4 lety +892

    The post-it note one was terrible because they lost 800k even though they were right and the show didn’t give them the money they deserved.

    • @Iggystar71
      @Iggystar71 Před 4 lety +114

      For real!! Now that would have been a legitimate reason to sue.

    • @michaelpalmieri7335
      @michaelpalmieri7335 Před 4 lety +15

      @@imjusthere750
      I don't get it. If they got the right answer, why did they lose?

    • @lightdragoon88
      @lightdragoon88 Před 4 lety +19

      @@imjusthere750 But there is the psychological aspect where losing the 2nd to last they didn't care/focus enough on the last question.

    • @lpcrossover5424
      @lpcrossover5424 Před 4 lety +47

      AJ Mainiac still doesn’t matter. Having wrong technicalities on a test...let alone a LIVE game show is inexcusable. Those contestants should at least be fully refunded after that mess or just have a small bit of cash to take home.

    • @TheNis240sx
      @TheNis240sx Před 4 lety +15

      But think about this. They lost so much money on that question that they didnt have enough to cover their bases on the final questions. If they had all that they could put it on all the options and have better luck rather then having to guess.

  • @Slipknot4769
    @Slipknot4769 Před 4 lety +122

    I love the contestants who don't really cheat, but actually just learn how to game the game show. That's so satisfying.

    • @andrewpadaetz5549
      @andrewpadaetz5549 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Exhibit A being Michael Larson. He figured out the patterns.

  • @WayWardWonderer
    @WayWardWonderer Před 4 lety +344

    A law student who can read body language is actually a great thing! It's a tough skill to master, and being able to use it on a professional manner to determine which clients are guilty/innocent would be phenomenal.

    • @HackieP
      @HackieP Před 3 lety +5

      It is a great thing to have but as the saying goes there’s a time and a place for everything. Game shows: no. Court settings: most definitely!!

    • @mrwassef
      @mrwassef Před 2 lety +3

      Lawyers don’t determine who’s guilty or innocent. That’s the job of the jury or judge. Lawyers defend their clients and make their case using evidence. Body language cues aren’t admissible as evidence. It might be a good skill for an interrogator to have...but you can’t determine whether someone is guilty or not based on body language, it’s not a reliable method. You have to determine guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

    • @fashiondiva6972
      @fashiondiva6972 Před 2 lety +3

      While it is true that guilt is only decided by the trier of fact (judge or jury). Otherwise your comment made clear that you’re not an attorney. As a defense counsel in a criminal case you don’t need to assess “innocence or guilt p” per se. However reading body language of clients, judges and juries, just as a starting point, is everything in our profession. If you can’t do it well you won’t last long as a litigator, criminal or civil. If we can’t read a client’s body language how do you think we make a full assessment to best advise on any number of critical issues, such as accepting a plea, whether to choose a jury or a bench trial and how to plead..
      I’ve practiced law for over 23 years, as a federal prosecutor, public defender and now as a judge and will never understand why the general (non attorney) public feels comfortable giving legal advice and explaining concepts as though they’re practicing members of their state bar. Even attorneys hire other attorneys to represent themselves in areas outside their normal practice areas (myself included) yet for some reason the world thinks it’s appropriate to pretend they’re qualified to speak to others definitively on myriad legal issues (that is almost always wrong). There’s a reason I don’t have my dentist perform my annual mammogram; yes, he’s a doctor but that’s not his job. I’m sure he’s touched breasts before but he has no training or expertise to perform the test. By the same token I don’t walk into other people’s workplaces and decide to do their jobs on the spot, skipping all that pesky school, training and experience.

    • @samanthafairweather9186
      @samanthafairweather9186 Před rokem

      @@fashiondiva6972 I love what you said about the dentist! Also, you're right about everything else too. I worked for a law firm, as a legal secretary, when I first left school. That doesn't mean I'm able to give legal advice, just advice on a good law firm!!

  • @MrWebby93
    @MrWebby93 Před 4 lety +1222

    If I lost a game on Wheel of Fortune because of my accent or pronunciation, I would walk off the show.

    • @deepikachandra7857
      @deepikachandra7857 Před 4 lety +21

      same!

    • @bluegenes2273
      @bluegenes2273 Před 4 lety +18

      Or you could learn to pronounce words correctly.

    • @Cynful033
      @Cynful033 Před 4 lety +151

      @@bluegenes2273 Man this is mild racism! Accents exist in all languages and pronunciations are really based on region and geographic location. Like please tell me that you're nor American and speak our fucked up english while throwing this stone in a glass house.

    • @msnewsenior
      @msnewsenior Před 3 lety +62

      blue genes If you grew up with a certain accent then getting rid of it is next to impossible. Stop being a jerk

    • @shubhsiddhartha5237
      @shubhsiddhartha5237 Před 3 lety +12

      srsly those guys jerks

  • @user-uw9wp7ji9p
    @user-uw9wp7ji9p Před 3 lety +164

    Bro the guy who was just looking at the host's body language was a freaking genius

    • @ThoughtfulPotato
      @ThoughtfulPotato Před 3 lety +4

      Here in India, we've got Amitabh Bachchan playing the host... And you could NEVER tell from his face what the right answer was! I'm not a big fan of his but it was always amusing to watch people try reading his reaction as he just smiled like Dumbledore!

  • @landoman107
    @landoman107 Před 4 lety +360

    I think the best gameshow scandal was how "pork-upine" wasn't on the board in Family Feud

    • @vanityplates3125
      @vanityplates3125 Před 4 lety +4

      That was so unfair!!

    • @AwkwardBlackGal613
      @AwkwardBlackGal613 Před 4 lety

      Nightman

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Před 4 lety +12

      That clip never fails to leave me deceased. I've been revived multiple times 😂

    • @AnimeboyIanpower
      @AnimeboyIanpower Před 4 lety +7

      I thought it was funny as hell!
      Do you think Steve Harvey ever found out what "cupine" is?

    • @michaelpalmieri7335
      @michaelpalmieri7335 Před 4 lety +6

      @@vanityplates3125
      No it wasn't. The contestant's answer was stupid! The question called for something that comes after the word "pork" (i.e.: pork chops, pork loin, pork rinds, etc). The contestant said "upine," apparently thinking of the word "porcupine," which didn't make sense, because there's a "k" in "pork," but not in "porcupine." So, of course, the man's answer wasn't on the board, because obviously the people who set it up would have known that there's no "k" in "porcupine," so it never would have occurred to them to include such an asinine answer as "upine."

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 4 lety +154

    Charles: I did not hear any coughing
    Buddy: You sit on a throne of lies

    • @DeviemTwen
      @DeviemTwen Před 2 lety +2

      They even smell like beef and cheese, and not Santa...

  • @colmor05
    @colmor05 Před 4 lety +158

    “And flipping a censored bird to the- number 12: our little genius”

    • @ZoeyHope
      @ZoeyHope Před 4 lety +6

      They didn't need to do that!

    • @colmor05
      @colmor05 Před 4 lety +8

      Zonnie Hoffer it’s probably an editing mistake

    • @ZoeyHope
      @ZoeyHope Před 3 lety +1

      @@colmor05 I hope they can fix that

    • @schoolcamr.e179
      @schoolcamr.e179 Před 3 lety +2

      @Zonnie hoffer it's 2020 they had not fixed it

    • @bleedingcuppajoe
      @bleedingcuppajoe Před 3 lety +2

      to think I was the only one that caught that, and it has been 3 months already.

  • @Nate-tw4zi
    @Nate-tw4zi Před 4 lety +128

    The lady who solved the Wheel of Fortune "I've got a good feeling about this" puzzle should have at least guessed a few letters before she solved! She could've gotten way more money

    • @WatchMojoLady
      @WatchMojoLady Před 4 lety +48

      There should be a "blank board bonus" where you get a certain large amount if you guess correctly with zero letters!

    • @note2owns
      @note2owns Před 4 lety +18

      @@WatchMojoLady Or $500 for every blank space on the board. Maybe somebody should pitch our ideas to the show?!

    • @monica124
      @monica124 Před 4 lety +28

      She won a trip. That's why she answered so quickly. It was a prize puzzle.

    • @jacob9399
      @jacob9399 Před 3 lety +2

      She was trying to figure out if the first word was "i've" or "I'll"

    • @kimanireid9617
      @kimanireid9617 Před 3 lety +4

      She could've landed on "Bankrupt" so she did the right thing

  • @catnewskawai9367
    @catnewskawai9367 Před 4 lety +232

    10:07 It was enough for Alex Trebek to say the boy misspelled the word. He didn't have to say "badly".

    • @TeamPaul17
      @TeamPaul17 Před 4 lety +42

      Not to mention, he was off by an extra "t" in emancipation. Also, I distinctly remember seeing numerous answers that were hastily scribbled (BADLY) and so hard to read that Trebek had to confer with the contestant themselves to figure out what was written.

    • @fullmetalgamer6062
      @fullmetalgamer6062 Před 4 lety +7

      Even if the answer was correct, he wasn't going to win.

    • @loganarnoldkicks4321
      @loganarnoldkicks4321 Před 4 lety +28

      That mans even said “You added a P in EmanciPation” of course there’s a p! He added a t, not a p

    • @2Clarence47
      @2Clarence47 Před 4 lety +13

      LoganArnoldKicks yea, I noticed that. I was like ugh maybe you shouldn’t have a paycheck this episode because you messed up too!!! Lol

    • @keribryant87
      @keribryant87 Před 3 lety +6

      You put a P in there. Yeah, he did, because that’s how it’s spelled.

  • @Zeytrixx
    @Zeytrixx Před 4 lety +312

    It’s entertaining to watch them get caught cheating.

  • @KingsNerdCave
    @KingsNerdCave Před 4 lety +73

    The million dollar drop seemed like such a cool concept, but not only did it screw the couple, but it never paid out what it owed. So it deserved to be cancelled.

    • @e1iteyoshi998
      @e1iteyoshi998 Před 6 měsíci

      You know that the same thing happened to another couple who got an answer right and they lost 500,000 dollars due to the judges being wrong again. And unlike the couple in this video they actually sued Fox for the money, however there was never an update on the lawsuit... most likely got dropped. But ironically these two incidents were enough to cancel the show entirely. Guess the backlash became to much for the show... that and a rumor about the host being in on the second incident.

  • @StriderStryker
    @StriderStryker Před 4 lety +259

    This is the reason why I don’t watch game shows.
    _Because the _*_possibilities_*_ are _*_endless..._*

    • @subarashii2374
      @subarashii2374 Před 4 lety +14

      They could make 59 seasons out of any stupid thing

  • @ohwell94
    @ohwell94 Před 4 lety +224

    Try that coughing now they will throw you in isolation
    Literally!

    • @chazztreat8317
      @chazztreat8317 Před 4 lety +4

      Really

    • @LilithGrey...FromHell
      @LilithGrey...FromHell Před 4 lety +9

      And it was so obvious too 😄

    • @jdb47games
      @jdb47games Před 3 lety +8

      @@LilithGrey...FromHell Those coughs were subsequently amplified for the purpose of making a documentary about the case. They were not obvious in the original recording.

    • @unknowna8056
      @unknowna8056 Před 3 lety +1

      I find that scandal funny for some reason lol

    • @unknowna8056
      @unknowna8056 Před 3 lety

      Probably because of the time nail

  • @rndmpinkiepie64
    @rndmpinkiepie64 Před 3 lety +34

    "Her legs began to flash and vibrate"
    Me: *...go on*

  • @jeremywilliams5141
    @jeremywilliams5141 Před 4 lety +156

    In Michael Larsen's case, it would have only been cheating if he had anything to do with the design or the creation of the board. So you really can't fault him for his strategy. As for Terry Kneiss, if you watch enough episodes of The Price for Right, you're likely to know and memorize the prices of prizes. So technically no rules were broken.

    • @TeamPaul17
      @TeamPaul17 Před 4 lety +4

      The reason Kneiss looked shady was that while it is difficult enough to get the Item Up For Bids exactly right, pricing three prizes (or even four or more on occasion) for a showcase is nearly impossible. However, you are right -- I remember the $144 BBQ tool kit well, as they used that particular mini-prize ALL THE TIME a few years ago. It's no one's fault that producers repeated items frequently. Now, they'll mix things up a bit with various add-ons or accessories being used to create a range of price points for common prizes.
      As for Larsen, once I heard the explanation for his strategy, I was shocked to hear that it hadn't happened already (although early 80's tech made that a little difficult). In the documentary on his life and death, Peter Tomarken even had his opponents that day (and Larsen's brother) practice Larsen's technique on a mock-up board with the same patterns. It took them a bit, but they started to get it.

    • @georgemaster6356
      @georgemaster6356 Před 4 lety +6

      Michael Larson won the $128,000+ money legitimately.He studied the show by taping it and studying the board's strategy,so CBS awarded him the money.

    • @jeremycrispo1993
      @jeremycrispo1993 Před 4 lety +7

      @@georgemaster6356 There was an incident during a pricing game on the nighttime version of Price is Right in 1976 where Cliff Hangers was played, but the game itself it had nothing to do with cheated, rigging but rather the name of the Mountain Climber. Dennis called the mountain climber Fritz after the contestant lost had cliffhangers. However what Dennis did not realize and wasn't aware that the name comes from model Janice Pennington's husband Fritz Stammberger who had vanished while mountain climbing in Afghanistan. After the game was loss Dennis yelled out "THERE GOES FRITZ" this upset Janice so much that she ran off and remained backstage crying for the rest the episode.

    • @JonesDylan874
      @JonesDylan874 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jeremycrispo1993 And WE NEVER SAW DENNIS AGAIN after this.

    • @alanguages
      @alanguages Před rokem

      Mike Larsen deserved every cent he won. He outsmarted the game and paid attention to the algorithm. In other words he used his brain.

  • @abellewis3062
    @abellewis3062 Před 4 lety +144

    The game show "The Moment of Truth" should have their own list. The entire show is a scandal all by itself. Enough said.

    • @shannond7437
      @shannond7437 Před 4 lety +6

      So true!!

    • @GabrielaTorres-do3cg
      @GabrielaTorres-do3cg Před 4 lety +12

      Yes! That show destroyed relationships

    • @dasiareed5147
      @dasiareed5147 Před 4 lety +7

      Gabby Torres how?? They shouldn’t have been lying to their partners

    • @christopheredale
      @christopheredale Před 4 lety

      Explain how Moment Of Truth is fradulant pls..

    • @myheartiswriting
      @myheartiswriting Před 4 lety +34

      @@christopheredale If you're asking seriously, lie detectors cannot detect if someone is lying, lie detectors monitor your pulse, your temperature, your blood pressure, your breathing, and a few other bodily functions related to stress. They're intended to see if the questions/answers raise your stress level because if you're stressed out over a question, you're "lying". However, people can become stressed out over a lot of things without lying.
      Say you hook up a car crash victim who witnessed their parents fly through the front window, and asked them if they were somehow responsible, that would likely trigger a lot of stress, anxiety, and even anger, because how could they have caused the accident? But to the lie detector, the victim is lying because they're stressed. If a girl is raped and someone asks if she did something to ask for it, she could be having anxiety about just being there, having to answer uncomfortable questions.
      Also, a person with low empathy might be okay with murdering someone and not be stressed out by questioning, or someone just might be able to manage their stress so well that the lie detector doesn't pick up on anything because they aren't showing signs of stress. It just doesn't work effectively, and it's been proven to not work repeatedly, so to the point where lie detector tests are not admissible in court.
      Lie detector tests simply do not work. The whole basis of the show is to use a lie detector in order to find the truth. If the test itself is flawed, then the "truth" is falsifiable, meaning it really isn't the truth. This woman for example lost her marriage out of fear that if she lied, the lie detector test would reveal the truth, and it wouldn't have. Equally, if someone told the truth, but the lie detector read that they were lying, then that is also extremely damaging. If someone was asked if they cheated on a partner, and honestly said no, but the lie detector says that persons lying, what do you think that would do to that relationship? It would ruin real love, real trust, and real people's lives. That is why The Moment of Truth is so incredibly fraudulent.

  • @note2owns
    @note2owns Před 4 lety +33

    Alex "A term used for a steak that is cooked for a lengthy period of time"
    Me "Weldon"
    Alex "The judges informed me that you answered incorrectly. You forgot the pause between the words. It's Well Done, not Weldon...Sorry"

    • @mrwassef
      @mrwassef Před 2 lety +5

      Well you got it wrong because you didn’t answer in the form of a question 😜

    • @barbarachippel3142
      @barbarachippel3142 Před 2 lety +1

      😂

  • @GotFirenza
    @GotFirenza Před 3 lety +53

    these aren't "scandals", they are "controversies!"

    • @270MOX
      @270MOX Před 3 lety +5

      Almost the same, because they can both make people angry

    • @liampatrick3110
      @liampatrick3110 Před 2 lety +1

      Is there even a difference?

    • @richardperaza5083
      @richardperaza5083 Před 2 lety +1

      @@liampatrick3110
      Scandal-Is an action that is done that is morally or illegally wrong and causing general public outrage
      Controversy-Is a disagreement that is publicly hated and causes backlash
      So the video has a bit of both

    • @dawnieb.7394
      @dawnieb.7394 Před 2 měsíci

      @@liampatrick3110 Yes there is! With a scandal, an incident occurs that is 100% wrong (like cheating on a game show); scandals are more "shocking" and usually damaging to the reputation of the people/company involved. With a controversy, people will have widely opposing opinions on an issue (like whether certain subjects should be taught in school), and much debate & argument take place.

  • @melissamarie7930
    @melissamarie7930 Před 4 lety +27

    Drew Carey has made some hard arguments in favor of the models since he’s started. Supposedly things have gotten a lot better

  • @here2laff397
    @here2laff397 Před 3 lety +9

    “Good luck to ya Patrick, you picked the right time to come on the show”......sure did🤣

  • @ShatnerLover
    @ShatnerLover Před 3 lety +27

    How was the single-letter solver a scandal? I get that the contestant losing a puzzle based on missing the G is controversial, but there wasn’t a huge outrage or a lot of argument over the contestant solving the puzzle with one letter

  • @jakeholley1970
    @jakeholley1970 Před 3 lety +12

    The press your luck guy didn’t cheat. He just noticed the pattern he learned the game.

  • @sethfreakinrollins9889
    @sethfreakinrollins9889 Před 4 lety +72

    What do people expect? It's almost guaranteed there are going to be cheaters in those types of game shows.

    • @HackieP
      @HackieP Před 3 lety

      Just like any game what’s your point

  • @carlstawicki1915
    @carlstawicki1915 Před 4 lety +56

    There's no mention of Randy Marsh's infamous Wheel of Fortune appearance.

  • @jacksonkent69
    @jacksonkent69 Před 4 lety +85

    Remember when top 20s were rare and not at least once a day?

    • @Detroitdawg1983
      @Detroitdawg1983 Před 4 lety +4

      Lol... with Covid and riots they have a lot of free time.

    • @jacksonkent69
      @jacksonkent69 Před 4 lety

      @@Detroitdawg1983 definitely

    • @jasongerrard8940
      @jasongerrard8940 Před 3 lety

      @@Detroitdawg1983 just wait for the top20towns with the most rioting or civic deaths.

  • @isaacmartinez6904
    @isaacmartinez6904 Před 4 lety +20

    Herb Stempel, the guy on the right side, passed away this year. My condolences to his family 11:08.

  • @erieanapappano8437
    @erieanapappano8437 Před 3 lety +15

    The irony of “I’ve got a good feeling about this.” She sure did 😙✌️

  • @nalaterswa3038
    @nalaterswa3038 Před rokem +5

    I've long forgotten the name of the show, but I remember watching an Australian kids quiz show where the contestants get quizzed on the specialty subject of their choosing. One kid's area of expertise was Vlad the Impaler and he lost heaps of points because he kept pronouncing it as "Valdameer"

  • @billmurray7473
    @billmurray7473 Před 4 lety +34

    Robert Redford directed a movie
    about this, called "Quiz Show".

  • @Aka_____
    @Aka_____ Před 4 lety +106

    Why do I feel like this list has been done before..

    • @mrodriguez16ks
      @mrodriguez16ks Před 4 lety +6

      right i feel like i watched this a few weeks ago

    • @kershabeaver3312
      @kershabeaver3312 Před 4 lety +10

      They had two separate lists

    • @marcstephen506
      @marcstephen506 Před 4 lety +5

      This was a Top 20 trololol

    • @julianjet
      @julianjet Před 4 lety

      Yes. Twice in fact.

    • @COMPFUNK2
      @COMPFUNK2 Před 4 lety +12

      Not only did they do this before, but they even flat-out reused some of Rebecca’s voiceovers.
      You know, WatchMojo, you don’t _have_ to create a seemingly new list every single day.

  • @wolfinsheepsclothing842
    @wolfinsheepsclothing842 Před 4 lety +12

    I don’t understand how #16 was a scandal, the girl was just super smart.

  • @chazztreat8317
    @chazztreat8317 Před 4 lety +56

    There was an actual TV show where a contestant was hooked up to a polygraph and was asked very personal questions

  • @thudthud5423
    @thudthud5423 Před 4 lety +6

    If a gameshow uses predictable and calculable patterns, they are liable to have someone figure it out and win. The fault lies with the gameshow, not the one that honestly figures them out.

  • @kevinmorgan8782
    @kevinmorgan8782 Před 4 lety +21

    9:58 "You put a 'p' in there ..." So, rather than "emanciptation," he should have spelled it "emancitation"?

    • @bugcatcherjacky1334
      @bugcatcherjacky1334 Před 2 lety +1

      I think he might've said 't', not p. Otherwise I have no clue either

  • @ebonyneal1192
    @ebonyneal1192 Před 3 lety +3

    "it was throat cancer" nearly took me out lol

  • @erik55suyama
    @erik55suyama Před 3 lety +6

    I bet that kid won't ever misspell "emancipation" again in his life...I just misspelled that, and autocorrect just fixed it 😂

  • @MEDICx87
    @MEDICx87 Před 3 lety +9

    "Only fair to give them another shot"...
    It would be fair to give them the money they rightfully won.

  • @umainebearman
    @umainebearman Před 4 lety +4

    The "Ultimate whammy" LMAO!!!!!! Amazing

    • @mrwassef
      @mrwassef Před 2 lety

      They went all in on that one 😂 no shame

  • @devin_so_devious
    @devin_so_devious Před 4 lety +2

    And flipping a censored bird to the NUMBER 12 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ilFanEditore
    @ilFanEditore Před 4 lety +15

    In Italy we had a couple of historic cases, both in tv game shows presented by the same man.
    The first one was in the Wheel of Fortune. The main contestant is still known today simply as "Mr Giancarlo". He had to solve a phrase about amazons: "They won battles thanks to their ardor" (Vinsero le battaglie grazie alla loro f*ga). But the word "ardor" in Italian is "foga", which is very similar to "F-I-G-A", which means (sorry) "p*ssy". Everyone started laughing, because Giancarlo chose to become a legend by saying out loud the latter, thus knowingly losing the game.
    The other case was during another show where a contestant started to read her own notes during the final game. Consider that these episodes happened many years ago, when basically everyone was watching those shows. She was caught and eliminated. And then she fainted (or at least faked it).

  • @Canuck024
    @Canuck024 Před 4 lety +16

    The Gong Show lives through Tik Tok, Instagram, CZcams.....

  • @MC-dn7pg
    @MC-dn7pg Před 4 lety +37

    Where I’m from in the UK no one pronounces the G at the end of the words like that

    • @Komicklepto
      @Komicklepto Před 4 lety

      Where are you from? They pronounce it like it's spelled in the midlands.

    • @jdb47games
      @jdb47games Před 3 lety

      Where I’m from in the UK everyone pronounces the G at the end of the words like that, but that's irrelevant
      . She should have been conscious of the rule that requires saying all normally pronounced letters rather than omitting them in regional dialect.

    • @Komicklepto
      @Komicklepto Před 3 lety +1

      @@jdb47games exactly. If you were writing down the sentence "Seven swans a-swimming" you would write it down the way it's spelled not the way you would say it. Why would a game show not use grammatically correct English just because you don't?

    • @kjb6637
      @kjb6637 Před 3 lety +1

      Must be from Birmingham

  • @scarlettdawn6703
    @scarlettdawn6703 Před 4 lety +25

    Me: *trying to watch the video*
    Ads: *come at the most inappropriate times*
    Me: what are you doing youtube???

  • @warriner1290
    @warriner1290 Před 3 lety +5

    how can you say that this guy's "cheating" resulted in throat cancer or a "life whammy"

  • @amymiller8964
    @amymiller8964 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow!!! So you’re cheating if you actually pay attention? What a joke!!!

  • @zidannemaulana1537
    @zidannemaulana1537 Před 4 lety +7

    17:52 Popsicle Twins was so scandalous

  • @MizLaur
    @MizLaur Před rokem +1

    “…only fair to give them another shot to play…”
    HAHAHA HAND OVER THE 💰!!!

  • @scottakanumba1heathen379
    @scottakanumba1heathen379 Před 4 lety +3

    "Have You Got a Nickel?" was genius!

  • @mainetwo6356
    @mainetwo6356 Před 4 lety +7

    5:28 (Shakes her hand)
    Drew - thanks for playing the price is right, you’ve just won your self unemployment
    🤣🤣

  • @TechhNique
    @TechhNique Před 4 lety +34

    “It was throat cancer ... The ultimate whammy”

  • @crimsonslayer6641
    @crimsonslayer6641 Před 2 lety +5

    just seeing Alex Trebek on jeopardy on this list makes me miss him even more from the show

  • @mybad.7164
    @mybad.7164 Před 4 lety +8

    !!! NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE !!!

  • @maloc1824
    @maloc1824 Před 4 lety +12

    Come on now, Jeopardy has always been a spelling bee.

  • @pandaplayr73
    @pandaplayr73 Před 3 lety +6

    You want to know the question that caused the girl on "Moment of Truth" to leave with nothing?
    "Do you believe you are a good person?"

  • @DanFarrell98
    @DanFarrell98 Před 4 lety +5

    The ITV series ‘Quiz’ on Charles Ingram is definitely worth watching, very well done

  • @skarjj1
    @skarjj1 Před 4 lety +10

    how was number 20 a scandal i've seen the same thing BEFORE on Jeopardy.

  • @Deputy._.J
    @Deputy._.J Před 4 lety +15

    Either I'm from the future or you guys just put a 3 and 2 year old videos you've posted together and reposted it again

  • @ewancooke1109
    @ewancooke1109 Před 3 lety +4

    Feel so bad for the couple who was robbed of loads of money

  • @margarethmichelina5146
    @margarethmichelina5146 Před 4 lety +8

    Man, #2 breaks my heart.

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye Před 4 lety +8

    There was also a moment I saw on Family feud where one team said french fries but because they had said potatoes they couldn't say french fries but then the other team actually stole the the board by actually saying french fries and being correct and even Steve Harvey facepalmed after that. I'm not sure if the outcome of the entire game would have changed because that family that won that round with french fries won almost every other round and got to fast money, but I'm not sure.
    also I feel like post-it notes on invention we should have caught with long before we did because it seems like a very simple thing. Just small square pieces of paper with tape.

  • @bernielokz6973
    @bernielokz6973 Před 4 lety +4

    You forgot to mention the one where Josh Nichols was giving Drake Parker the answers via a small chip heI had in his ear

    • @laurahuynh8333
      @laurahuynh8333 Před 3 lety

      That wasn’t a really incident. It was a plot on a fictional show.

  • @dewey9596
    @dewey9596 Před 4 lety +7

    Michael Larson was a legend

  • @jayjanzee9059
    @jayjanzee9059 Před 4 lety +2

    Notice the body language of the two other contestants at 20:24. They are leaning towards each other, while the one sitting next to the killer is leaning far away from him. Their bodies can suggest an alliance and understanding of discomfort regarding the killer

  • @darkjoseph86
    @darkjoseph86 Před 4 lety +33

    so these top 20's are just their top 10, and other top 10 combined into one vid.....cool

  • @THEGIBBLESGAMING
    @THEGIBBLESGAMING Před 4 lety +93

    You told the perfect bid story on The Price is Right completely wrong. It was person in the crowd you yelled the perfect bid to him. That's why it was so controversial. This video is heavily inaccurate.

    • @Matt-vy8kr
      @Matt-vy8kr Před 4 lety +20

      They mentioned the documentary but clearly didn’t watch it.

    • @JetBlack2024
      @JetBlack2024 Před 4 lety +10

      The scandal 😂 that is watch Mojo

    • @islandvibes9076
      @islandvibes9076 Před 4 lety +6

      Thank you! I was thinking the same thing!

    • @christopheredale
      @christopheredale Před 4 lety +15

      Surely the controversy can’t be because he “overheard an audience member yell the perfect bid to him” like the original commentator says, because in every game, audience members are encouraged/constantly yelling out their personal guesses aloud, in literally every game. (Think of the car-game, where the contestant picks a number between 0-9 then pays the host a dollar for every number they’re off) the audience is ALWAYS yelling out what the contestant should choose, so it’s kinda unfair to say but during the showcase the contestant has to now “ignore” what he should hear from any given audience member, when they literally shout & hold up their fingers on what they personally guess, every game/episode
      The truth I read, is that the contestant shown, & his wife watched a shit ton of episodes of remembered the pricing of each item up for bid. So based off memory they just added up what such & such costed in previous episodes

    • @michaelmyers2327
      @michaelmyers2327 Před 4 lety +14

      I just watched the documentary. Ted was the one who knew the exact amount and told it to Terry's wife who was sitting next to him in the audience. Then she signaled that price to Terry.... also Drew knew before reading it on air that he bid the exact price. Because production was talking about it with him during a break. You can see in the episode Drew is not happy when he reads the price because he thinks the show is gonna be canceled for this. Watch the documentary everyone. It's free on CZcams.

  • @Renegade2786
    @Renegade2786 Před 4 lety +3

    Holy cow, the Only Fools and Horse episode, *If They Could See Us Now* predicted # 2.

  • @ItsMyPixel
    @ItsMyPixel Před 3 lety +1

    Flipping a bird to the cam- number 12!

  • @trans-dragonroger1948
    @trans-dragonroger1948 Před 2 lety +1

    Rebecca (narrator): “# 11-Not so smooth criminal”
    Me: Micheal Jackson is better at that.

  • @RENTnerd87
    @RENTnerd87 Před 3 lety +5

    How did you mention the Perfect Bid documentary and still get the story completely wrong? Terry Kneiss was NOT the one who memorized all the prices, it was an audience member named Ted Slausen, the guy who the whole documentary is about. Slausen did the math in his head and shouted out the price from the audience. He was banned from the studio afterwards

    • @jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821
      @jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 Před rokem

      ya but why? isnt the audience allowed to shout out the price? they do it all the time

    • @RENTnerd87
      @RENTnerd87 Před rokem

      @@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 Yeah, he didn't break any rules of the game or do anything illegal. But he made himself persona non grata at the studio because he was a game breaker

  • @VOLAIRE
    @VOLAIRE Před 4 lety +17

    10:13 "you put a *p* in there"
    Yeah its actually supposed to have a *p*
    He didnt give the explanation right

    • @gameshowguy2000
      @gameshowguy2000 Před 4 lety +3

      It was a T he put in. But the misspelling is NOT the issue, but the change in pronunciation the misspelling caused.

  • @Blcastillo74
    @Blcastillo74 Před 3 lety +2

    She said he creeped her out backstage. So she told the producer she didn’t feel comfortable.

  • @ItsAllGood_
    @ItsAllGood_ Před 2 lety +2

    The documentary they mention about #8 was pretty well done. I dont think watch mojo bothered watching it though because it's about a math wiz guy who studied and memorized the prices of all the prizes and could do all the math in his head. He told that couple exactly what the price of the showcase was going to be. It's a great watch.

  • @AriaKyuKyu
    @AriaKyuKyu Před 4 lety +21

    I felt so bad for the number 2 :(

  • @AfroManny15
    @AfroManny15 Před 4 lety +15

    Those people working on Money Drop straight rigged that game against them.

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL Před 4 lety

      The show was actually cancelled

    • @nancyomalley9959
      @nancyomalley9959 Před 3 lety +4

      @@MASTEROFEVIL But the studio, Fox produced the show and THEY should have paid the couple instead of just 'inviting them back'

  • @Auron12786
    @Auron12786 Před 2 lety +2

    Even the other 2 bachelors found Alcala very creepy

  • @bainsey89
    @bainsey89 Před rokem +1

    20. Not a scandal.
    19. Not a scandal.
    18. This is why we have anti-cheating laws in the US.
    17. Dude just had a brain cramp, but should have been DQed.
    16. Not a scandal, a very cool moment.
    15. Actual scandal, models have not always been treated as they should.
    14. Not a scandal, brilliant contestant.
    13. It's the Gong Show. What did you expect?
    12. A scandal nipped in the bud.
    11. Scandal, glad he was caught.
    10. Total overreaction. Not a scandal, and it was a runaway game, anyway.
    9. Absolute scandal, which is why we have anti-rigging laws in the US.
    8. Not a scandal. He studied and beat the game.
    7. Not a scandal, but hard evidence of the worst game show idea ever.
    6. Absolute scandal, and the couple still won't own up.
    5. Not a scandal. He studied and beat the game.
    4. Repulsive. Glad he was caught.
    3. It's the Gong Show. What did you expect?
    2. Producer error. Since this show is gone, another big-money show should these two a shot.
    1. Repulsive. Glad he was caught.

  • @danfultz7906
    @danfultz7906 Před 4 lety +3

    I love how pat sajak also said swimmin

  • @mrodriguez16ks
    @mrodriguez16ks Před 4 lety +6

    "A group of pill-pushers"

  • @avacatherine5646
    @avacatherine5646 Před 2 lety +2

    Imagine watching your wife freely admit on national television that not only has she cheated on you, but that she actually wants to be married to her ex boyfriend. Like her husband looks kinda spaced out there but I can only imagine that he’s just keeping it together until he gets off camera. There’s no way your marriage could ever recover from that.

  • @thudthud5423
    @thudthud5423 Před 4 lety +2

    They ought to have a game show where the contestants are given the answers ahead of time, but the hosts have to guess the questions.

  • @MrRonald327
    @MrRonald327 Před 4 lety +4

    It happens. That's called 'drama.'

  • @nancyomalley9959
    @nancyomalley9959 Před 3 lety +3

    "That's the LEAST of my worries"-Huh???

  • @memyselfandeye76
    @memyselfandeye76 Před 3 lety +1

    omg at 17:31 I thought I was Tom Brockaw until he started talking lol

  • @FORTYFPS
    @FORTYFPS Před 4 lety +2

    thanks for #8! our doc isn't about terry though haha

  • @NickelAntonius
    @NickelAntonius Před 4 lety +3

    #20: He mispronounces one syllable, and it's addressed moments later.
    WatchMojo: SCAAAAAAAAAAANDAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!

  • @Elegantlybella
    @Elegantlybella Před 4 lety +3

    Before watching I knew the dating game one would be number 1

  • @Conrad6900
    @Conrad6900 Před 3 lety +1

    Is it just me or did anyone notice that they jumped quick from number 13 to number 12?! after saying “they were flipping the bird too, NUMBER 12”. 🤔

  • @DeviemTwen
    @DeviemTwen Před 2 lety +1

    I didn't get The Popsicle Twins segment at first, but then I heard of a little something called innuendos...

  • @markymark443
    @markymark443 Před 3 lety +6

    4:53 I guess you could say...she had a good feeling about that puzzle *ba dum tss*
    sorry I'll leave now.

  • @ShanesTubes
    @ShanesTubes Před 4 lety +3

    I've always been suspicious of Trebek's (and others) "unseen judges." Just seems like a cop out for when someone feels like making arbitrary changes to the rules. I wonder if anyone who works/worked on a game show set can confirm.

  • @rickusmaximus4037
    @rickusmaximus4037 Před rokem +1

    Shazaam during a song contest, flawless.

  • @97Senator
    @97Senator Před 8 měsíci

    "...and flipping a censored bird to the-"
    *NUMBER 12*

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 4 lety +4

    You could say she got a good feeling about it

  • @hannahlowe794
    @hannahlowe794 Před 4 lety +6

    Also, love you, Rebecca! You’re a super awesome host!

  • @randomvideos.5.4m35
    @randomvideos.5.4m35 Před 3 lety

    That coughing idea was marvellous