[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'May 29 2005, 07:57 PM\']
I wonder what was going on in the controll room at the time. I was mentioned just in passing on the GSN speacial.
This is something I wonder every time I've seen it...what I would give to go back in time and be in that control room - or even be on the set afterwards when Peter says "I can't believe this happened...what's going on here?"
There was a good TVGuide article about this around 1994 (but some of the facts in the article are wrong). It states that Michael Brockman was called to come down to the studio (the show was taped on a Saturday) and everyone was in amazement that this fellow was racking up such big bucks. After a while, it got quiet and they waited for him to slip up and lose it - luckily for Michael, it didn't happen....on the show anyway.
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I get the impression that Peter was fooled. If he got suspicious he did not let on.
In the controll room someone had to think on their feet and decide not to go to a commericial, and that we'll make it a two-part show if we have too.