Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Writer:

J.V. Martin (writer)

Release Date:

16 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Game-Show

Plot:

On May 19, 1984, an out of work ice cream truck driver from Southwestern Ohio broke the bank on CBS'...

Plot Keywords:

Scandal

Cast

Peter Tomarken	...	Host
Bob Boden	...	Himself
John Mueller	...	Michael Larson (in re-enactment)
Bill Carruthers	...	Himself
Ryan Sands	...	Teresa Larson (in re-enactment)
Janie Litras Dakan	...	Herself
James Larson	...	Himself (interviewee)
Michael Larson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Karen Martin	...	Herself - Contestant (archive footage)
Ed Long	...	Himself
Rod Roddy	...	Announcer (archive sound)
Teresa McGlynn	...	Herself
Bill Mitchell	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Bush	...	Himself - U.S. Vice-President (archive footage)
Michael Jackson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself - U.S. President (archive footage)

Runtime:

83 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Fremantle Media

Trivia:

The last time that Bill Carruthers was interviewed before his death.

Quotes:

Peter Tomarken: On May 19, 1984, a dubious kind of history was made. An unemployed ice cream truck driver took a major television network on a ride no one watching would EVER forget.

Movie Connections:

References Quiz Show (1994)

Such A Sore Looser

When this aired on Game show network and some others gathered with me to see this I could not believe how Peter Tomarkin had become such a sore looser. He was at times insulting Larson. He in some of my friends views was also giving Bob Barker, Regis Philben, Pat Sajak, Vanna White and Alex Trebek bad names because of how he was fussing over a mere 100 thousand dollars being won by one man where at the time this aired in 2003 Bob Barker and the others were giving away prize combinations that would be higher value than what Larson won. Some people that were with me were wanting to see Alex, Pat and Regis come in and slap Peter with a white glove then have Vanna hit him with her purse and have Bob give him a Chuck Norris Karate Kick because of how those who were with me felt that Peter was insulting all those other hosts by fussing over how a man won a mere 100 thousand dollars where all these others were giving away money amounts and prizes that valued over the amount that was won by Larson.