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Big winners on game shows, how did winning a prize really pan out? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Examples: If you won a car, did you get a car without a hitch? Any help on insurance payments? Not the prize or cash you were promised?

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I was on Nickelodeon game show Get the Picture back in the early 90s. I was 12. I won $500 and a bike. I had to pay taxes in both (nearly half their total worth), and the bike was trash. I already had a much better one. I donated it to recoup the loss.

This was season 2. Season 1 had better prizes, and my friend, who was also on (they scouted our school) got a much better haul.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if that show had it or not, did you get slimed? My ultimate goal in childhood was to get nickelodeon slimed.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kink unlocked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Hey baby, what’s the melting point of cadmium?