[quote name=\'TheGameShowGuy\' post=\'239883\' date=\'Apr 23 2010, 01:20 PM\']Does anyone know if the current LMAD gives trade-off (consolation) prizes to zonkees? I ask as Wayne often tells those about to get zonked that they can take cash or they may "leave with nothing". In this day and age where "parting gifts" are becoming rarer and rarer, it makes me wonder.[/quote]
What was the value of the consolation prizes? From
Curt Alliaume's site...Let’s Make a Deal gave away an estimated 10,000 zonks during its first run, but per network rules, those prizes had to be honored. Most contestants signed a certificate of forfeiture and received another prize in place of the giant lollipop Jay Stewart was sucking on. Depending on the value of the zonk, contestants could even receive a stereo or a television. (And who knows, maybe some of the contestants were happy to take home a Holstein cow.)
Being that
Temptation was too cheap to even give the second- and third-place contestants the consolation money* like the 80s version, I'd be very surprised if
LMaD would spring for consolation prizes worth 5-10 times as much. Come to think of it,
Feud doesn't either. Hell, even
Crosswords gave away the Croton watch!
/What's wrong Fremantle? The $100 extra per episode too much for your precious budget?