Where do game shows get their prize money?
Million Bazillion
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
“Million Bazillion” listeners and brothers John and Peter want to know where game shows get their prize money. It’s the perfect opportunity to answer this question as Ryan and Bridget find themselves competing on a chaotic game show with a chance to win $1 million on the line. While they take on one challenge after another, the duo uncover the surprising ways game shows get the cash for those big prizes.
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| 0:00.0 | Bridgett! Bridget, wake up! Answer the door! I need to talk to you! |
| 0:07.0 | Ryan? What time is it? What do you want? |
| 0:13.0 | You won't believe what just happened. |
| 0:15.0 | Ryan, you have to stop showing up at my home in the middle of the night. They're called Boundaries. |
| 0:20.0 | I hear you, and I will definitely take those thoughts under advisement, but I have to tell you about an exciting development and I promise it's going to be worth the wake-up. Look at this. Dear Ryan Prez, you and your guest, Brojit Bibner. Brojit Bibner. I must have misspelled your name on the application. Keep reading. You and your guest, |
| 0:38.0 | Broget Bibner, are cordially invited to be participants on the Incredible Chase, the latest hit |
| 0:44.4 | game show from the Win a Prize Network. If you agree, you'll be competing for the $1 million |
| 0:51.3 | prize. Holy molly, Ryan, is this for real? |
| 0:55.7 | You bet your biscuits, Bridgett. You know how I love game shows? Of course I do. Survivor, |
| 1:00.9 | Jeopardy, the floor, the wall, the ceiling, all game shows you watch religiously. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, when I heard they were looking for applicants for the incredible chase, I knew we just |
| 1:09.1 | had to try out. I mean, a chance to win a million dollars sounds great, but what exactly does this game show entail? |
| 1:17.4 | That's the incredible part, Bridget. No one knows. |
| 1:21.8 | My logic brain tells me that I shouldn't sign up for a mysterious game that I don't know the rules of. |
| 1:28.0 | But my silly fun chaos brain says, why not? |
| 1:31.0 | That's the spirit, Bridget. |
| 1:32.8 | All right, everyone. |
| 1:33.9 | She said yes. |
| 1:34.9 | Come on out. |
| 1:37.4 | All right, crew. |
| 1:38.3 | Let's get in here close and get Brodett's reaction. |
| 1:41.1 | I want a camera right on her face. |
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