The Biggest Fraud on TV
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Published 2024-04-09
The story of a gang that systematically exploited a quiz show.
Check out Liam Shaw's brilliant article here: medium.com/@liam.philip.shaw/a-statistical-analysi…
Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/1Jm88ps3esFi4nKnY6oTPs-…
Music:
EpidemicSound:
Anthony Earls - Hearing Aid
Auxjack - Gravity Loss
Bill Ferngren - Crooked Teeth
Brendon Moeller - Following On
Cobby Costa - Duality
Craft Case - Nerve Twinge
Ethan Sloan - Bionic
Ethan Sloan - Catacomb
Ethan Sloan - Qubit
Gerhard Feng - For the Business
Gerhard Feng - No Talk
Howard Harper-Barnes - Fatal Flaws
Marten Moses - Unfriendly Users
Michael Rothery - It's Perilous
Artlist:
Articulated Sounds - Occult Master - Energy Stone Magic Drone
Alex Cummings - Critical Tension - Digital Rainforest Atmosphere
Lens Distortions:
Given Up
Clean Bass
Washing Money A - Silk
Tonalities
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Armchair documentaries, almost weekly
All Comments (21)
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Ok, none of these people should be harassed, but naming your cough medicine after the guy is legendary
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imagine someone in the crowd had allergies and completely messed up his entire plan just by coughing 😂
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Possible the most legendary episode was when a guy named John Carpenter competed. At the start, people booed him when he said he worked for the IRS. He got to the 1 million dollar question without using any lifelines, and on the final question he used Phone A Friend... to call his dad and tell him he was gonna win because he already knew the answer. Absolute legend.
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I really hate how abusive and violent some people get over things that have nothing to do with them. So these three people probably tried to scam a million out of a TV show - does that mean you're entitled to kill their cat, throw vomit at and smash their windows, force them out of their jobs and schools? Get a life!
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that 1 million question is the easiest i have ever seen lmao
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That was the most brilliant sponsor integration I've seen a while
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“It’s September 9, 2001” Boy oh boy is this news gonna get overshadowed reeeeal fast
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Seriously, They killed his cat? Quite sad some would hurt an innocent animal over this.
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I mean, someone shooting the cat with an airgun is the most unacceptable thing ever, whomever did that can rot in hell... But the cough drops company naming their products after them is absolutely hilarious
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10:47 as a Brit who is fluent in “Bri’ish” I can confirm the [inaudible] statement is “I’m absolutely gobsmacked” 😂
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Another plausible answer to this mystery could be that every single question was relatable to a specific event in this poor man’s life.
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Plot twist : Sound engineers added the coughs later to deny his prize
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0:56 in English, they are called "lifelines" not "jokers" like in the German version
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This has to be the worst thing to have happened in September, 2001.
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Dude but think about it , picking the option you’ve never heard of is a strategy because you know the meaning of every other option
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How you integrated the sponsor was BRILLIANT 😂 first time in a very long time I've seen that type of creativity
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"[...] he had to trademark his name, to stop a company naming cough medicine after him." Sorry but that's just hilarious xD
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September 9th 2001? eh, the next tuesday is gonna be crazy
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The real question is how she knew the answer...
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Creating an international crime syndicate built purely around gaming Who Wants to Be a Millionaire sounds like it could be an episode of Rick and Morty or Community.
