In another era, before the era of fast litigation, it seemed more common to do viewer submissions of material on game shows. Back in the radio days of "T or C," the questions were submitted by listeners (and in those days, they were more often ridicuously obscure information than the bad puns of the Barker era). If you're watching "The Name's the Same," you'll notice Robert Q. mentioning every so often that they're sending out a little token of appreciation to a person who submitted a contestant for the show. Even "J!" did a home viewer contest where viewers were asked to submit an entire thirty-clue game board--of course stating that all entries would become the property of Griffin Productions.
