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Not to be confused with the game show primarily named ''Series/StrikeItLucky'', which was also titled ''Strike It Rich'' for some years.
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Wrong image. Previous image was from the 90s UK game show Michael Barrymore's Strike it Rich, which was based off the 80s American game show Strike it Rich, which had nothing to do with the original 1950s program outside of name.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* EvilDebtCollector: Some contestants have had encounters with these, often with the threat of their homes being foreclosed.
* GameShowHost: Todd Russell for the first year on radio. Warren Hull then took over, hosting for the remainder of its run on radio and the entirety of the two television versions.
* HealthcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment, usually for a child.
* GameShowHost: Todd Russell for the first year on radio. Warren Hull then took over, hosting for the remainder of its run on radio and the entirety of the two television versions.
* HealthcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment, usually for a child.
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* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Todd Russell for the first year on radio. Warren Hull then took over, hosting for the remainder of its run on radio and the entirety of the two television versions.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* EvilDebtCollector: Some contestants have had encounters with these, often with the threat of their homes being foreclosed.
* HealthcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment, usually for a child.
** GameShowHost: Todd Russell for the first year on radio. Warren Hull then took over, hosting for the remainder of its run on radio and the entirety of the two television versions.
** StudioAudience
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!!This show provides examples of:
* EvilDebtCollector: Some contestants have had encounters with these, often with the threat of their homes being foreclosed.
* HealthcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment, usually for a child.
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While popular enough to last a combined ten years, ''Strike it Rich'' remains as one of the most controversial game shows of all time. While the premise of giving aid to people in need seemed wholesome, its most vocal detractors have called it exploitation for the sake of viewership. ''TV Guide'' even called it "a despicable travesty on the very nature of charity".
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While popular enough to last a combined ten years, ''Strike it Rich'' remains as one of the most controversial game shows of all time. While the The premise of giving aid to people in need seemed wholesome, but its most vocal detractors have called it exploitation for the sake of viewership. ''TV Guide'' even called it "a despicable travesty on the very nature of charity".
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time Herbert Stempel had been trying for over a year to prove ''Series/TwentyOne'' was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time Herbert Stempel had been trying for over a year to prove ''Series/TwentyOne'' was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.scandals.
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time Herbert Stempel had been trying for a year and a half to prove ''Series/TwentyOne'' was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time Herbert Stempel had been trying for over a year and a half to prove ''Series/TwentyOne'' was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
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* Personnel:HomeGame: One was released in 1956 with host Warren Hull on the cover.
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* HealthcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment.
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* HealthcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment.treatment, usually for a child.
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time ''Series/TwentyOne'' contestant Herbert Stempel had been trying for a year and a half to prove the show was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time ''Series/TwentyOne'' contestant Herbert Stempel had been trying for a year and a half to prove the show ''Series/TwentyOne'' was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
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* SoundToScreenAdaptation: After four years on radio, a television version began and ran concurrently. Both were cancelled within a week of each other in late 1957/early 1958.
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* SoundToScreenAdaptation: After four years on radio, a television version began and ran concurrently. Both were cancelled within a week of each other in late 1957/early 1958.1958.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time ''Series/TwentyOne'' contestant Herbert Stempel had been trying for a year and a half to prove the show was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The show itself would be subject to one. The last episode aired January 3, 1958 by which time ''Series/TwentyOne'' contestant Herbert Stempel had been trying for a year and a half to prove the show was fixed to no avail. ''Strike it Rich'''s daytime replacement, ''Series/{{Dotto}}'', would go onto launch the quiz show scandal investigations that August. ''Strike it Rich'', despite all its baggage, avoided the scrutiny of the scandals.
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* KickTheDog: Hull would sometimes be needlessly sarcastic to the contestants.
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* EvilDebtCollector: Some contestants have had encounters with these.
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GameShow that aired on radio and television from 1947 through 1958. People in desperate need of money were given $30 to wager on four questions. If a contestant did not win any money, the "Heart Line" was opened for home viewers to call and send cash.
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GameShow that aired on radio and television from 1947 through 1958. People in desperate need of money were given $30 to wager on four questions. If a contestant did not win any money, the "Heart Line" was opened for home viewers to call and send cash.
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* ConsolationPrize: ZigZagged. Finishing Contestants who finished with no money allowed contestants to collect collected donations from home viewers who called the "Heart Line". This depended on the generosity of the viewing audience.home viewers.
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* HeathcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment.
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GameShow that aired on radio and television from 1947 through 1958. People in desperate need of money were given $30 to wager on four questions. If a contestant did not win any money, the "Heart Line" was opened for home viewers to call and send cash.
While popular enough to last a combined ten years, ''Strike it Rich'' remains as one of the most controversial game shows of all time. While the premise of giving aid to people in need seemed wholesome, its most vocal detractors have called it exploitation for the sake of viewership. ''TV Guide'' even called it "a despicable travesty on the very nature of charity".
!!GameShowTropes in use:
* ConsolationPrize: ZigZagged. Finishing with no money allowed contestants to collect donations from home viewers who called the "Heart Line". This depended on the generosity of the viewing audience.
* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Todd Russell for the first year on radio. Warren Hull then took over, hosting for the remainder of its run on radio and the entirety of the two television versions.
** StudioAudience
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!!This show provides examples of:
* EvilDebtCollector: Some contestants have had encounters with these.
* HeathcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment.
* ProductPlacement: Colgate-Palmolive and Luden's Cough Drops had a huge stake in this show.
* SadistShow: To the point where it put ''Series/QueenForADay'' to shame at its worst. Each contestant had a sob story and was made a spectacle on national television.
* SoundToScreenAdaptation: After four years on radio, a television version began and ran concurrently. Both were cancelled within a week of each other in late 1957/early 1958.
While popular enough to last a combined ten years, ''Strike it Rich'' remains as one of the most controversial game shows of all time. While the premise of giving aid to people in need seemed wholesome, its most vocal detractors have called it exploitation for the sake of viewership. ''TV Guide'' even called it "a despicable travesty on the very nature of charity".
!!GameShowTropes in use:
* ConsolationPrize: ZigZagged. Finishing with no money allowed contestants to collect donations from home viewers who called the "Heart Line". This depended on the generosity of the viewing audience.
* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Todd Russell for the first year on radio. Warren Hull then took over, hosting for the remainder of its run on radio and the entirety of the two television versions.
** StudioAudience
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!!This show provides examples of:
* EvilDebtCollector: Some contestants have had encounters with these.
* HeathcareMotivation: One of the reasons contestants appeared on the show was to pay off bills for a medical treatment.
* ProductPlacement: Colgate-Palmolive and Luden's Cough Drops had a huge stake in this show.
* SadistShow: To the point where it put ''Series/QueenForADay'' to shame at its worst. Each contestant had a sob story and was made a spectacle on national television.
* SoundToScreenAdaptation: After four years on radio, a television version began and ran concurrently. Both were cancelled within a week of each other in late 1957/early 1958.
