[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'231544\' date=\'Dec 3 2009, 02:23 AM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'231500\' date=\'Dec 1 2009, 11:23 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'231457\' date=\'Dec 1 2009, 06:06 AM\']Finally, regarding The $1.98 Beauty Contest as being intentionally cheap, I forgot completely about its sister, The Cheap Show.[/quote]
I wouldn't call The Cheap Show cheap, considering that they offered a car on every show.
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But the only way to win the car was if the "Wonder Rat" went down the right hole on the wheel -- not too likely.
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Actually, if you watched carefully, the rat tended to end up in either the #6 or #12 hole - the holes were evenly spaced, except that there were larger gaps between the 1 and 12 holes, and between the 6 and 7 holes; the rat almost always ran straight for the outside of the wheel, and then in the direction opposite the wheel's spin.
-- Don