Combs' FEUD

[musicman]

Ray had announced the birth of his sixth child (second son).  After mentioning that, Ray showed a telephone he was holding on to...and suddenly there's a message from GSN that included the old '94-'97 logo and a mailing address followed by a commercial message.  When the commercial was over (about 2 minutes), Ray was introducting the returning family.

What was Ray doing with the phone in his hand?  Did Ray call his wife and there was some issues about airing that?

[Dbacksfan12]

Typically, these are used to cover a contestant plug.

[JTFriends1]

I believe it was to announce a home-viewer contest: "The $250,000 Family Feud Giveaway" or something like that.  I happened to see a glimpse of all the rules for it on the smushed screen during the closing credits.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'JTFriends1\' date=\'Nov 15 2005, 01:07 AM\']I believe it was to announce a home-viewer contest: "The $250,000 Family Feud Giveaway" or something like that.  I happened to see a glimpse of all the rules for it on the smushed screen during the closing credits.

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Anyone know how this contest worked?

[HYHYBT]

I believe it was one of those 900 number things, the blocked out part would show a question and you called and pressed the number of the answer you wanted. Kinda like "Lucky Day USA".