Author Topic: most heartbreaking moments in game show history (Read 23843 times)

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #60 on:** December 22, 2007, 07:21:29 PM »

I've noticed recently that it's always a "reminder" in round 1 and usually your entire time bank in round 2.

TenPoundHammer · « **Reply #61 on:** January 09, 2008, 11:46:42 AM »

My picks for most heartbreaking moments in game show history, in no order:

* The Thrill of Victory... on WoF -- Uninspired choice, I know, but geez, losing nearly $65K...

* Any Winner's Circle where the judge starts buzzing once the music plays (Famous Losers for instance)

* Any Final J! where a contestant has misspelled a word or written it illegibly (I have an ep on tape somewhere where the judges couldn't read what the contestant had written, yet it looked totally legible to me)

* A TJW90 I saw on YouTube where a contestant zipped through a bunch of categories, getting up to $950... only to stumble and then end up with an opponent (who was at $100 or so before) taking over and trumping him

* I seem to recall a CS Money Cards round once where a guy called for "lower", and ended up getting zinged by an Ace. THREE times.

PYLdude · « **Reply #62 on:** January 09, 2008, 02:24:05 PM »

[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'174280\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 11:46 AM\']
* I seem to recall a CS Money Cards round once where a guy called for "lower", and ended up getting zinged by an Ace. THREE times.
[/quote]

I might be on the same wavelength here...might be the same.

I remember a contestant who made two trips to the Money Cards...busted out on doubles twice in both tries.

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #63 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:02:20 PM »

[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'171935\' date=\'Dec 12 2007, 09:46 PM\']
For me, the most heartbreaking moment in game show history was when Richard Karn began hosting Family Feud. [/quote]

Karn might not have been the best host, but at least he acted like he wanted to be there.
I would say Louie Anderson hosting FF was a bigger heartbreaking moment. Add to that
John Davidson hosting Hollywood Squares and Pyramid - he REALLY screwed up on
Pyramid. Here's some others:

The guy who lost $260k on 1 vs. 100

The lady who ended up with a PENNY on DOND.

Ogi Ogas, on Merideth's Millionaire, who decided to keep $500K, but would have won
a million if he trusted his instincts and had gone with his answer - it was right

On a recent TPIR with Drew Carey, a contestant overbid on their showcase by $4.

Any family who got 199 points in Fast Money on Family Feud

Ken Jennings losing to Nancy Zerg, who beat him on a fairly easy Final Jeopardy:
Most of this company's employees work for only four months out of the whole year
(the wording is the equivalent of that). Nancy said the correct answer - H & R Block.
Ken said Fed Ex.

ABC airing Set For Life. In Jimmy Kimmel's defense, he should get a shot at a
better show to host.

One final one - the guy on last week's Power of 10, who missed the $1,000
question by just ONE PERCENT - as a result, he left with nothing.

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #64 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:11:15 PM »

I find it difficult to feel "heartbroken" for Ken Jennings.

clemon79 · « **Reply #65 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:16:24 PM »

[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'174318\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 12:11 PM\']
I find it difficult to feel "heartbroken" for Ken Jennings.
[/quote]
Or Ogi, for that matter.

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #66 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:27:26 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'174319\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:16 PM\']
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'174318\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 12:11 PM\']
I find it difficult to feel "heartbroken" for Ken Jennings.
[/quote]
Or Ogi, for that matter.
[/quote]

OK, Ken made off like a bandit, I'll give you that one. But Ogi struggling
with himself as to whether to go for the $1M was exciting, if you saw the
episode or the You Tube clip. You wanted him to go for it, especially
since Millionaire hasn't had a millionaire in quite some time.

TenPoundHammer · « **Reply #67 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:29:35 PM »

[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:02 PM\']
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'171935\' date=\'Dec 12 2007, 09:46 PM\']
For me, the most heartbreaking moment in game show history was when Richard Karn began hosting Family Feud. [/quote]

Karn might not have been the best host, but at least he acted like he wanted to be there.
I would say Louie Anderson hosting FF was a bigger heartbreaking moment.[/quote]

I agree with you on Karn -- he seemed to love his job, but he was rather stiff. Anderson wasn't horrible at all, in my opinion. I tend to see Louie as being one of those people who looks and acts bored even when he's not. I saw him smile and crack jokes occasionally on his version of the Feud -- although, just like Karn, Anderson wasn't really meant to be a game show host.

[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:02 PM\']ABC airing Set For Life. In Jimmy Kimmel's defense, he should get a shot at a better show to host.[/quote]

Ah yes, the game for people that find "Deal or No Deal" too confusing...

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #68 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:55:49 PM »

[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'174323\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:29 PM\']

[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:02 PM\']ABC airing Set For Life. In Jimmy Kimmel's defense, he should get a shot at a better show to host.[/quote]

Ah yes, the game for people that find "Deal or No Deal" too confusing...
[/quote]

LOL!! I love it. Coincidentally, they're both produced by the same comnpany, Endemol.

tomobrien · « **Reply #69 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:57:58 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'174319\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 02:16 PM\']Or Ogi, for that matter. [/quote]Agreed. I don't see how it's "heartbreaking" when he has complete control over his fate. He made the decision not to go for it. So he would have been right, and he still won money. Not much heartbreak to me.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #70 on:** January 09, 2008, 04:07:51 PM »

[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 02:02 PM\']
The guy who lost $260k on 1 vs. 100

The lady who ended up with a PENNY on DOND.
[/quote]

Didn't both those people kinda earn their fates, especially the lady who won the penny?

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #71 on:** January 09, 2008, 04:07:52 PM »

[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'174318\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:11 PM\']
I find it difficult to feel "heartbroken" for Ken Jennings.[/quote]
Me either, strangely enough.

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #72 on:** January 09, 2008, 04:42:43 PM »

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'174330\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 04:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 02:02 PM\']
The guy who lost $260k on 1 vs. 100

The lady who ended up with a PENNY on DOND.
[/quote]

Didn't both those people kinda earn their fates, especially the lady who won the penny?
[/quote]

Yes, they earned it, but it was still heartbraking to see. At least I thought it was.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #73 on:** January 09, 2008, 04:46:30 PM »

[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:02 PM\']
The guy who lost $260k on 1 vs. 100

The lady who ended up with a PENNY on DOND.

On a recent TPIR with Drew Carey, a contestant overbid on their showcase by $4.[/quote]

Point 1 I really don't see as heartbreaking...he got a question wrong.

Point 2 was probably due to the gal being too damn greedy...I refuse to put "hearbreaking" and "DOND" in the same sentence. (except there to prove a point.)

Point 3...is it less hearbreaking if it's $1?

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #74 on:** January 09, 2008, 05:04:58 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'174338\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 04:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'174317\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 03:02 PM\']
The guy who lost $260k on 1 vs. 100

The lady who ended up with a PENNY on DOND.

On a recent TPIR with Drew Carey, a contestant overbid on their showcase by $4.[/quote]

Point 1 I really don't see as heartbreaking...he got a question wrong.

Point 2 was probably due to the gal being too damn greedy...I refuse to put "hearbreaking" and "DOND" in the same sentence. (except there to prove a point.)

Point 3...is it less hearbreaking if it's $1?
[/quote]

I think if the late Rodney Dangerfield was here, he would say "Boy, this is a tough crowd!!"