Long-running champions with unusually low winnings

[Allstar87]

On Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour, a gentleman named Ron won the full 5 days, but was incredibly unlucky in the Super Match. The only time he won it was when $2,000 was at stake. Even worse, his final Super Match was for $30,000. The question was "_____ GOOSE"; Ron said "cooked", Gloria Loring said "mother".

His final total was $7,475...he was the only retired champion who never crossed the five-digit mark.

[CeleTheRef]

It's quite common in Italy because gameshows here often have no participation limit and pay only bonus round winners.  About 20 years ago a 79-times champion of Name That Tune famously failed to complete any single Golden Medley, netting him a grand total of €0. 

[JMFabiano]

Is now racking my brains for any Card Sharks examples. 

[Strikerz04]

Is now racking my brains for any Card Sharks examples.

Risha (Spring 79) won $7,175 and retired a 7-time champion with some abhorrent luck.

[PYLdude]

It's quite common in Italy because gameshows here often have no participation limit and pay only bonus round winners.  About 20 years ago a 79-times champion of Name That Tune famously failed to complete any single Golden Medley, netting him a grand total of €0. 

I don’t know what’s the more stunning fact: that he won 79 games or that he didn’t win the bonus once.

[Kevin Prather]

It's quite common in Italy because gameshows here often have no participation limit and pay only bonus round winners.  About 20 years ago a 79-times champion of Name That Tune famously failed to complete any single Golden Medley, netting him a grand total of €0.

In my head, I hear "about 20 years ago" and I think it happened in the 80s some time. Then I realize that Ken Jennings' 74-game streak is knocking on 20 years ago.

[JMFabiano]

It's quite common in Italy because gameshows here often have no participation limit and pay only bonus round winners.  About 20 years ago a 79-times champion of Name That Tune famously failed to complete any single Golden Medley, netting him a grand total of €0.

In my head, I hear "about 20 years ago" and I think it happened in the 80s some time. Then I realize that Ken Jennings' 74-game streak is knocking on 20 years ago.

Yeah, off topic but reminds me about how I was abhorred to hear "...Baby One More Time" on CBS-FM the other day.  Then I realize that it too is 20+ years...same age a lot of the 50s hits were when the station started.

[BrandonFG]

It's quite common in Italy because gameshows here often have no participation limit and pay only bonus round winners.  About 20 years ago a 79-times champion of Name That Tune famously failed to complete any single Golden Medley, netting him a grand total of €0.

In my head, I hear "about 20 years ago" and I think it happened in the 80s some time. Then I realize that Ken Jennings' 74-game streak is knocking on 20 years ago.

A couple months ago, my fiancée and I were watching J! and Mayim referred to Ken’s streak being 17 years ago. We both had to stop and do the math, and still didn’t believe what we just heard.

I could make some analogies about the stuff I watched on USA/FAM/GSN in the 90s was only a few years old at the time, but I won’t ruin anyone’s Sunday morning.

[aaron sica]

Yeah, off topic but reminds me about how I was abhorred to hear "...Baby One More Time" on CBS-FM the other day.  Then I realize that it too is 20+ years...same age a lot of the 50s hits were when the station started.

Chew on this…When GSN first launched, MG74 was 20 years old.