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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'206259\' date=\'Jan 14 2009, 09:55 PM\']
I don't recall hearing how it was resolved but I recall a story in The Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1980 stating that Frank Dillon was suing B&E for $2,000,000 for failure to deliver on his tournament winnings from The Joker's Wild. It is unknown to me if this is the reason why Frank opted out of competing in The $1,000,000 Tournament to determine "the national champion".
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Didn't hear that, but this reminds me...at the end of the B&E shows, they'd place a mention for "T.M.C. Television Marketing Consultants". Was that B&E's "dummy" company or an outside firm?[/quote]
Pretty sure it was an outside firm, like Promotional Consideration. In the day I remember PIC-TV solely credited on "T or C" and Edward Finch & Co. credited on the MTV/Nick game shows. A lot of producers only work with one prize broker (or "schlockmeister") for convenience. Network shows, especially "TPIR" or any show that gives away mostly merchandise, work with more than one of them to guarantee a wider variety of prizes.
Which makes me wonder--are there other companies doing prize brokering (which I assume would include those fee plugs that appear on talk shows, etc.) these days other than Promotional Consideration?