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

submitted 1 year ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 15 points 11 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.

[–] Niiru@feddit.de 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kink unlocked

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

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