Who Wants To Be A Cheater

I recently came across the story of how, in 2001, three people tried to cheat on the UK version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". And they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky kids they hadn't been greedy.

The main character is the player, Charles Ingram, and his accomplices were his wife, and a player in waiting.

Here is how it unfolded from the UK programme "Tonight" split on Youtube in five parts.
It's fascinating and captivating to watch.


Part 1o5





Part 2o5





Part 3o5

Part 4o5





Part 5o5




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Family Feud Lasts Only 3 Minutes

Without all the BS, that is.

We've seen it before on this blog with "Deal or No Deal"





Hmmm.... some BS did manage to trickle through.
So, in reality, it's probably even shorter than 3 minutes.


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Game Show "Deal or No Deal" Lasts Less Than A Minute

Yap. The real duration of "Deal or No Deal" without all the crap...

(such as false suspense, stupid ramblings of the presenter in order to stall, cretin player trying to explain why he chose something which is inherently random)

...is less than a minute.





I hate these games. They're not educational. You don't learn anything new. They don't test you as a viewer. They just drag on and on and on... Plus, the players that go on them have a minimal chance of winning anything life changing. In contrast to the creators and the channel hosting it, who make a significant profit from each and every episode.

They've stopped making this totally random, idiotic game, right? RIGHT?!
Actually no. According to Wikipedia there are countries where new seasons were still being made as of 2013 (poor Estonia and Turkey). 

Don't worry though, Endemol (Dutch-Italian company, creators of this, Big Brother and many, many others) will devise something new to kill our brain cells with.

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Family Feud Compilation of Fails

I used to like this show. It was called "Κόντρες!" in my jurisdiction...
They never did manage to convince me that they had indeed asked 100 people in the street.
I'm pretty sure they made up all the answers.



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Number 13

And they say not to be superstitious... (from the Greek version of "Deal or No Deal").

Here Comes The Bonus!

Hilarious clip from the British game show "Catchphrase".