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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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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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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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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"He had to trademark his name to stop a company from naming cough medicine after him" 💀
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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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0:56 in English, they are called "lifelines" not "jokers" like in the German version
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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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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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This has to be the worst thing to have happened in September, 2001.
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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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Wow! After knowing the Simpli video (and I watched it once more today), this is a nice add. I thought, it is another copy, which is fine. But no, this video is totally different, showing several other and new facets! Really good job!!!
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Plot twist : Sound engineers added the coughs later to deny his prize
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September 9th 2001? eh, the next tuesday is gonna be crazy
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It was a clever plan in a way, but the execution of it was piss poor. By dismissing answers, and then having to backtrack, he just made it so obvious he was cheating. And by going back for confirmatory coughs he just made it even worse.
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Amazing video with amazing animation and a brilliant theme. Hyped for the next one.
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Fern, the way you did the ad was truly brilliant! 😊 I love your work!
