Press Your Luck

[lavender]

 

[lavender]

 

[Raina]

Funny, I just read about this show.



In 1984 an Ohio man put together an astounding run on the television game show Press Your Luck. He did so by memorizing the sequences by which the various prize squares lit up on the game board, allowing him to time his button presses to coincide with the lights' stopping on the most advantageous squares. By hitting 35 such squares in a row, he was able to accumulate the largest win in the history of that show, and he did it all in under an hour. When the effort became too fatiguing, he passed his remaining spins to another contestant rather than risk losing his accumulated winnings to a mistimed press of the plunger.

The rest of the story is here...



I used to love to watch that show when I stayed home from school sick.

 

[lilminx]

No Whammies, no Whammies, no Whammies....


I loved the show, but I think the people who went on it are hands-down the worst dressers with the ugliest hairstyles out of any game show contestants (not like that's saying much).

 

[glamorilla]

big bucks! big bucks! big bucks!

total fashion faux pas.

 

[lilminx]

Glammy, still no package in the mail... should I call my old post office?

 

[glamorilla]

grrr...i was hoping it would have been fowarded to you. how far is your old place from your new place.chances are your old super has it.

totally! it was sent first class.

 

[lavender]

 

[penguindance]

 

[lisalove]

I'm thinking her hair would look good frosted.

 

[Guest]

Press your luck and Bumper Stumpers!

The best game shows, eva!

 

[lavender]

 

[Dougy]

Come on people. The proper mantra is:

"Big money...no whammies...Stop!" (as you press the button)

 

[lavender]

 

[Dougy]

I don't recall Bumper Stumpers, raindancer...

That's not the one where you had to translate the license plate numbers into phrases was it?

 

[Dougy]

You remember I suggested gay porn for your avatar? Check that, you definitely need some anal action going on.

That may be...not gonna happen though.

 

[Guest]

Yes, Dougy! I am really good at that game. I'm a dork. I blurt out those personalized plates, while riding down the road.

 

[lavender]

 

[Dougy]

Yes, Dougy! I am really good at that game. I'm a dork. I blurt out those personalized plates, while riding down the road.

I have a tendency to do that myself...or at least think them to myself. That game show has warped my psyche permanently...

 

[SlowHand89]

Oh God, THANK YOU!!!!


I have been trying to remember the name of that show for weeks now. My friend and I vaguely remember watching it as kids and we weren't sure about any of the details but that is definately the show.