Yes.

yes and no.......

i was living in Huntington Beach in the mid-90s and my buddy & i applied to be on MTV's "Trashed"....the idea was that the contestants brought in sentimental objects that we risked losing based on competing against another team of two.....

we were accepted, filmed the segment, but it never aired....the show was cancelled after 6 months and our episode never made the cut.....looking back, it was a terrible show that deserved to be cancelled......

My parents were on The Newlywed game in the late '60s. They didn't win it all but did get a projector and set of encyclopedias.

maroon barchetta said:

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Richard Dawson kissed your wife!!!

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I was asked this question in response to stating my family was on Family Feud when Richard Dawson was host.

I don't remember if he kissed my then wife or my sister. What I do remember, is he was a class act. Kept calling my grandfather Buddie. That's the term WWI vets used for each other. Not too many WWI vets ever appeared on Family Feud. Dawson let my grandfather keep drawing lollypops until he got one with a hundred-dollar bill on the stick.

Remember when she was on. Worked with her in HS(or at least I was in HS she was a few years out). Saw her not long before she was on the show but don't think I've seen her since. Other than on FB.

Know 3 folks...
Ex gf was on TPIR and won it all. Was in 2nd on the sweepstakes part and got the crappy package to bid on. Other contestant waaaay over bid on the better package so she won. Ended up keeping one piece of furniture but then selling the rest to cover taxes and put some money in the bank.
Second one was Aggie buddy of mine who was on the first season of The Mole right after college. Finished 4th. Went to watch party at his parents house every week
Another Aggie buddy was in first season of The Apprentice. Lost a few weeks in.

One of my old coworkers was on who wants to be a millionaire; he ended up walking away with a quarter million

One of my high school classmates won on Wheel of Fortune

Former employee of mine won on Price is Right but had to sell some of her items won because the taxes were too much for her to afford.

Beat it, Ken Jennings. We have a new greatest game show contestant of all-time.pic.twitter.com/qS04ADGAYL

— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) May 24, 2024

I was on quiz bowl in high school which aired on PBS (which covered half of the state).

One of my professors won $32k on who wants to be a millionaire and was on teen jeopardy.

one of my former coworkers won 1/4 mil on who wants to be a millionaire.

LawHall88 said:

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Beat it, Ken Jennings. We have a new greatest game show contestant of all-time.pic.twitter.com/qS04ADGAYL

— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) May 24, 2024

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I LOL'd

One of my students had supposedly been a contestant on "America's Next Top Model." That's about all the info I have, other than if she won, she probably wouldn't have been in my class.

I know someone that won "Models of the Runway", but only barely know her. And that's more of a "talent competition" than a game show.

An employee of a client of mine was on Wheel of Fortune. Don't know if they have some big winner each show or not, don't watch game shows, but I do think she won some decent amount of money or prizes or whatever they give away on that show.

I worked at student financial aid in the Pavillion a student went on the price is right and won the show case game plus other stuff and lost her financial aid for the year.

They considered prizes as "income"? They don't get actual money for it unless they sell a bunch of that stuff.

maroon barchetta said:

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They considered prizes as "income"? They don't get actual money for it unless they sell a bunch of that stuff.

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You can opt for the cash value rather than waiting on them to ship you the junk. Buddy of mine was on Price is Right and won a washer and dryer plus a year supply of Fixodent. He took the cash instead. Yes, it would be reported on taxes and dump into FAFSA.

Good to know

Guy I worked with 15 years ago made it on Jeopardy, finished third, with a score of -$1800. He said after the taping, Alex Trebek walked up to him and said, "Now do you want to write a check for the $1800 or how are we going to handle that?"

The Porkchop Express said:

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Guy I worked with 15 years ago made it on Jeopardy, finished third, with a score of -$1800. He said after the taping, Alex Trebek walked up to him and said, "Now do you want to write a check for the $1800 or how are we going to handle that?"

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very subtle humble brag to say you were buddies with Sean Connery.

ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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Guy I worked with 15 years ago made it on Jeopardy, finished third, with a score of -$1800. He said after the taping, Alex Trebek walked up to him and said, "Now do you want to write a check for the $1800 or how are we going to handle that?"

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very subtle humble brag to say you were buddies with Sean Connery.

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My wife worked with a lady who was on the TLC show Searching For Sisterwives (or soemthing like that).

I went to high school with a guy who was on the Maury Povich show doing one of those 'are you the father' segments. He lost.