Moncton Forum

I like watching because well I am a broken individual. I like seeing how far people will go and trying to figure out why.

That being said even though I like watching it I can't for one moment imagine why anyone would go on the show and lay bare their lives for money. Unless of course they were looking to just get rid of everyone in their lives prior to that day.

A brief synopsis for those that don't know what it is :

a contestant prior to the show is hooked up to a lie detector and asked a series of questions (yes I am aware of the controversy surrounding lie detector tests I didn't come up with the premise). During the show they are asked 21 of those questions (yes/no) they win money at 6, 11, 15,18, 20,21 up to 500,000 for the last question. one wrong answer 9one that doesn't match what the detector said) and you lose it all.

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You walk around like you're oh so debonair
You pull 'em down and there's really nothing there
I wish you would just be real with me

I think they agree ahead of time to accept whatever they reveal just to get the money

When is that show on and what station/channel?

Interesting....

it was on ctv last night, episode 8 no one has won more than 100k and one person who went past that mark lost it all with " Do you think you are a good person ?"  She said yes the computer voice said "that answer is false"

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You walk around like you're oh so debonair
You pull 'em down and there's really nothing there
I wish you would just be real with me

I wonder if its rigged to say false so they can't win the money?

I would highly doubt that is. The FCC has very strict rules regarding game shows. If they were ever caught they would lose way more than the 500,000. Besides they make that in 1 commercial break. Ever since the fiasco with twenty-one back in the 50's.

Having said that I wouldn't be surprised if at the higher levels they started using questions that were more embarassing, closer to a "baseline" response, or something like that. But as far as actually falsifying the (already very subjective) lie detector report I would have to go with no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_show_scandals entire article if anyone feels like reading

The entire matter was called "a terrible thing to do to the American people" by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. After concluding the Harris Commission investigation, Congress passed a law prohibiting the fixing of quiz shows.^[1] However, at the time, while the actions may have been disreputable, they were not illegal. As a result, no one went to prison for rigging game shows. The individuals who were prosecuted were charged because of attempts to cover up their actions, either by obstruction of justice or perjury.

well as long as we are in the tv thread can you clue me in..I noticed in another post you made you mentioned...."Dexter"

I watched it 2 weeks in a row and I am  is he a serial killer that decided to kill only bad people..or did he become a serial killer to bad people only for justice..and who is watching him all the time..is it his father or someone else..also...does his sister know what he does....

in the interest of not spoiling things for others check your PM in a few minutes 8)

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You walk around like you're oh so debonair
You pull 'em down and there's really nothing there
I wish you would just be real with me

ok