As most TV games are, it was pretty simple. ![]() ![]() To understand how he did it one must understand how Press Your Luck worked. A few astonishing hours later Michael Larson walked out of the studio with a staggering $110,237-the most ever won by a game show contestant in TV history, a record which, adjusted for inflation, remains-and having committed an act of intellectual and mnemonic legerdemain that is still infamous in the history of gaming. The hapless host had no idea what he was in for. The lights and cameras clicked on and Press Your Luck host Peter Tomarken started the proceedings with his oozy charm (and very 80s ensemble of pink shirt, pastel V-neck sweater vest and striped coat). Long, who'd won the previous game and came back for the fifth taping, was one of the other three contestants the other was a dental hygienist, Janie Litras. After some chit-chat in the green room with Ed Long, a Baptist minister with a very 80s 'stache, Larson waited for his turn outside the studio. ![]() Michael Larson, an ice cream truck driver from Lebanon, Ohio, was due to be on for the fifth taping session of the day. More than 30 years ago, on May 19, 1984, a bearded man in a blue suit walked into CBS Television City in Los Angeles to tape an episode of a game show, Press Your Luck, for which he'd been selected as a contestant.
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