Bradford Pearson

Two sides of the game show spectrum

I love game shows. I've tried out in person for Jeopardy twice (both unsuccessful, though I think the judges were biased as I wore blue shirts both times...) and watch them whenever I can. My love of all things quizzical made these next two clips all the more interesting to me.

In this first clip, a gent (is that what they say in Australia?) tries to make some quick money in Deal or No Deal. The only thing is, he happens to be the worst player in the history of the show.

Now I actually feel terrible for this guy. Just plain dumb luck.

This next guy however, I couldn't have been happier that he lost.

Some background. This guy, Ken Basin, graduated high school at 16, the University of Southern California at 20, then went right to Harvard Law. Then he made an ass of himself on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, after being a cocky putz for 25 minutes.

If you need to, skip ahead to 3:40.

Spoiler: he loses the $1 million, and I literally jumped off the couch and cheered.

Enjoy.