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World's Greatest Con

Michael Larson broke Press Your Luck - Game Shows Part II

World's Greatest Con

Dog And Pony Show Audio

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The largest single-day haul in game show history. An Ohio conman exploits Press Your Luck so cleanly they're forced to admit it and hand him the cash. That's only the beginning of his strange, sad story.

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0:00.0

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0:29.0

Speck savers have asked me to tell you something important, so I've gone creative and dug out

0:35.8

my old jack-in-the-box. It's about prices and how they jump up when you least expect them. I said, jump up when you least expect them. I said jump up when you least expect them.

0:45.6

That spec savers glasses still start from 15 pounds not now Jack including standard

0:51.4

single vision lenses only. He's going to jump up now isn't he?

0:54.7

Oh well you're better off with spec savers. Oh I knew it. Ask in store for details.

1:05.0

This is world's greatest con. I'm Brian Brushwood.

1:07.0

I don't know for sure if this was my first one,

1:11.0

but it was definitely an early one and the one I remember the most, a moment

1:16.2

of inspiration, a moment when I knew something that nobody else did.

1:21.6

I was seven years old going through the Houston Post looking for the

1:25.6

comic pages and there was a single coupon for four free tokens at Chuck E. Cheese.

1:34.0

It's Chuck E Cheese.

1:38.0

Now dude, I loved Chuck Echucky Cheese. And my friends loved Chuck E. Cheese and my friends love Chuck E.

1:45.7

Of course we all love Chuck E. Cheese.

1:48.0

We were seven.

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