Press your Luck Michael Larson Parts 1 & 2 (FULL CREDITS)
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This was recorded on KTXH-DT 20.4 on 31 July, 2016 19:00-20:00.
It was broadcasted at 19:00-20:00 and I believe it was re-aired at 22:00-23:00 on the same day.
I do not claim copyright over this since this belongs to Fremantle North America.
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That ad was so short. Nowadays it's like watching Endgame.
But that 3 times
BRUH MY UA-cam AD WAS 5X longer than this one. LOL
I miss what I was never alive for to begin with Haha strange times
I did edit out the ads not connected to Buzzr so...
@@jordanbaker6242 ahhh ok that makes more sense😂 well appreciate u know making us watch an ad
Who is here because of that inforgraphics show?
Me
Me lol
Mee
Me 😂
Me
The only reason CBS kept this buried is because the house hates losing. There's nothing illicit here. This is a man using his intelligence to take advantage of a flaw in the game's design. This isn't cheating, it's sheer brilliance.
its sad what happened to him after, he really did deserve it
THANK YOU. They were vilifying him for simply *paying attention...* #BS
@kingofkings69ner k Had he not passed in 1999, he might have.
He exploited a flaw in the game to gain an unfair advantage over the other players so you could argue that he cheated.
*But he DID NOT CHEAT. If he did, they wouldn't have paid him!*
He watched six televisions simultaniously . Took notes and made diagrams for six months. In that time he practiced using his vcr remote as his buzzer button, as he had everything previously recorded on tape to study. What I notice is, in studio he learned the lag time response difference live and he's a national treasure RIP
An unemployed asshole who lost his winnings in a Ponzi scheme is a national treausre?
Great points! I believe you are right, you can see where he relearns the timing in studio.
If anyone needed the money, it was a 35 year old unemployed Ice Cream Truck driver that looks 50.
IceveinsProductions It’s a shame how Michael let all the money go to waste. You’d think he got the biggest break of his life, but all it did, was fuel his thirst to get rich quick. He lost all his winnings within two years, spending it on rogue investment and having half of it stolen in a home burglary.
In the latter, he literally had $50,000 in single dollar bills, in his house to win a radio show jackpot, and since his winnings were no secret in his neighborhood, someone stealing his winnings was inevitable.
"A fool and his money are soon parted"
50? I'm almost 50 and I look like I could be his goddamn son.
Unemployed ice cream truck driver
Wut
35? Jeez. He had a really hard paper round.
"But we're gonna have big bucks today, I can feel it."
He wasn't wrong
"Hopefully you won't OD on money, Michael"
Oops
Rahfu definite oops upside your head. Pretty prophectic words.
a stopped clocked is right twice a day
Famous last words 😂
Rahfu he definitely wasn't wrong
I love how all the contestants are supportive to each other. Just adorable!
This guy figured out their system. He's not a cheater he's smart. Typical of the man to get mad when someone figures out their scam.
Drewsen, right. Just like doing your schoolwork, as me father sez is the term.
Exactly...one can't really call it cheating...he was just very calculating
Well, technically, counting cards in blackjack isn’t cheating either. But it is still frowned upon because it’s playing the system for gain. Either way, it’s the older technology that did the game a disservice, so what’s done is done. Still, I’m pretty blown away about how committed he was to memorize those patterns!
Their show is not a scam though. It's not like the contestants have to pay to play (gamble), nor were they fixing anyone to ever lose either.
@@AnneIglesias If the system isn't good enough, that's not the players fault. Learn the system, and win big bucks :)
2060: Michael you're at 1 billion dollars
Michael: let's go again!
King Chubster the guys broke dumbass
@@agrxexate9271 r/wooooosh
He died of cancer dumbass
He died in 1999 from cancer
lol people can't tell this is a joke
Michael: Enters the room
CBS: Why do I hear boss music?
Good one
42:26
That was the whammy who asked that. With the whammy at least getting 1 weak hit that did 10 damage.
'To Be Continued...'
On a game show? Rare.
@@blind_t2 The Whammy did not like Michael one bit
Peter told Michael to spend his $110,237 wisely. Michael should've really done what Peter said.
Shakespeare would have had a field day with the tragedy of Michael Larson.
He sadly didn't get to because someone robbed him by taking all his money :(
Well, actually about half of it. The money he had already gone through, he redeposited into the bank. But there was still roughly $50K remaining in the house and that's what was stolen. The thief was never found. Even if the thief were found today, there would be no prosecution for the burglary because the statute of limitations has run out.
I still think his wife did it.
Robbie Rotten and he tried and blame his wife all on it
Janie: Big bucks!!
Michael: *I'm gonna show you what's called a pro gamer move*
😂
XD
Wth
Micheal here
@@larry2toes637 facts
I still consider this to be among the greatest game show performances ever. He may not be as knowledgable as Ken Jennings or James Haultzhour, but Larson did something no one else could.
I wholeheartedly agree!
Love Brie Larson!
It was like speedrunning a game show live, blindfolded.
@@nuyourricanshe is cute
How is he a con man? He played Legitimately. The man was smart to figure out the strategy on his own with no help from anyone.
I think he was deemed a con man because of his behaviour after he appeared on the show.
He later on created ponzi fraud and scammed 20000 people with total 3 mil dollars
He was a human incarnation of Mr.Krabs
Guys, who is disagreeing with you. Yes he didnt cheat. No one is disagreeing with you but its already been said 110237 times in this comment section alone
Guys, who is disagreeing with you. Yes he didnt cheat. No one is disagreeing with you but its already been said 110237 times in this comment section alone
I'm quite perplexed why CBS guys tried to suppress the airing of the show for so many years afterwards and fought the guy on his payment. They should have spun it as a historical performance and use it as much as possible for publicity, while quietly changing the patterns. This is such an electrifying story for millions of people watching! They should have thanked the guy for so much special advertising and run documentaries and PR events with him. So much goodwill could have been won.
Especially considering his background! A poor, unemployed bloke running an ice cream van turns his life around! (or at least won enough to try to turn it around, as we know...).
They didn't lose much money on it either. Their cap on allowing a person return was $25k per contestant - they later raised it to $50k in the same year. So one guy randomly winning $100k certainly didn't put them in the red. It was such a magnificent story - and totally legit! Unlike the "Quiz Show" scam.
It is legit but he was essentially counting cards.
There's a doc produced by Game Show Network over how he did it. It was totally legal but it exposed the system. After this ep they changed the cursor pattern and added a lot more projector patterns. Pretty much he figured out the pattern of both the cursors pattern and when a certain set on the projectors was going to come up on the board.
When the show was revived on GSN as Whammy! in 2003, the second round, with updated technology, changed the board's spots at random times one by one, plus they actually had a rematch with Jaime, Ed, and Micheal's Brother on that show. Peter actually hosted the quiz portion of the show for that ep shortly before his death in a plane accident.
@@BLRNerd He put a lot of work in to this and did nothing illegal. Anyone could have done it if they put in the time. Nothing illegal here just stupidity for having the board constantly repeat the same pattern.
@@bostonblackie9503 If anything it’s their fault for being lazy with the parents if Michael wasn’t going to figure it out someone else would’ve.
@@BLRNerd Unless the rules of the establishment prohibit "counting cards," it's cool. Nothing wrong here. Quite the opposite, he actually did what the show wanted people to do: Watch it regularly!
At the time, the executives were too embarrassed by the incident to openly talk about what happened. It wasn't until 10 years later, that they briefly talked about it, albeit not in as much detail compared to the 2003 documentary. By the time 2003 came along, enough time had passed that CBS calmed down enough to openly talk about what happened during that famous incident.
This was a truly stunning performance. Michael Larson realised that playing the board was a game of skill; he spent months studying and practising, and when he got the opportunity he held himself together under extreme pressure to successfully execute his plan. It would have been glorious to see him hammer the board for even more money but he knew when to call it a day and bank the cash. Without a doubt one of the greatest game show performances ever.
PureExile, right. Like doin your schoolwork.
That guy really knows how to press his luck. Yes pun intended. June 10, 2019, 12:58pm
He could have at least played it off like he was shocked while he kept hitting the money... He celebrated before it even landed.... Real subtle
It would've been great if he could've hit the Add A One space, and then the Double Your Money + One Spin space. If he did that after he hit the Bahamas trip space, which was what knocked his score up to $110,237, Add A One would've put him at $1,110,237, to which Double Your Money + One Spin would've given him a grand total of $2,220,474.
@@tomdalfonzo9959 so now it is like 10 mil
Janie: CMON BIG BUCKS BIG BUCKS CMON BIG BUCKS
STAP!!
HARDER
Mong Goose “BIG BUCKS BIG BUCKS STOP!”
Awww you stole my idea.
Taz Tazza did I steal it or did I think of it before you
He hits two spots over and over again like 25 straight times and no one noticed. I love this guy RIP
I noticed that shit right off the bat.
My father was self aware of the fact that something was going on when he saw it. The people behind the scenes realized 8-9 spins into it, just before the first episode ended, that Michael Larson was onto something. It went from "How is he doing that, to OMG he's doing it: we're in BIG trouble!"
Was your father involved with the show? Or, was he just a viewer?
@@wesleyrichardson2841 So did I. I remarked to my husband that he was studying the board as it lit up, and stopped at the right time. My husband said it was coincidence. (Jan Griffiths).
Oh they noticed but could do nothing about it. The execs wanted to stop the game but since he wasn't cheating they couldn't
Amazing how much bad luck came to him the next decade of life. His marriage fell apart and his wife left him, 50k was stolen from his house and he came down with throat cancer and died.
+Brandon Bennetzen Don't forget the IRS. They had their fair share of pitchforks and torches as well!
Xx_CheetohFingers_xX
No. He was a scammer a con artist after he went broke he used he’s name to scam over $300,000
It was the wammy
That was after his 3 million dollar ponzi scheme
@Xx_CheetohFingers_xX I mean he's amazing until you realise that after his stunt here he scammed about 3 million away from average joes in a ponzi scheme. he became the money shark, if i may.
List of all of Michael's spins.
Round 1
1. Whammy
2. $1250
3. $1250
Round 2
4. $4000 + one spin
5. $5000 + one spin
6. $1000 + one spin
7. Kauai
8. $4000 + one spin
9. $500 + one spin
10. $700 + one spin
11. $1000 + one spin (home player spin)
12. $750 + one spin
13. $5000 + one spin
14. Pick a Corner ($2250)
15. Sailboat
16. $3000 + one spin
17. $500 + one spin
18. $4000 + one spin
19. $750 + one spin
20. $3000 + one spin
21. $1000 + one spin
22. $1000 + one spin
23. $1000 + one spin
24. $3000 + one spin
25. $750 + one spin
26. $3000 + one spin
27. $500 + one spin
28. $500 + one spin
29. $500 + one spin
30. $4000 + one spin
31. $5000 + one spin
32. $4000 + one spin
33. $5000 + one spin
34. $4000 + one spin
35. $4000 + one spin
36. $500 + one spin
37. $4000 + one spin
38. $3000 + one spin
39. $4000 + one spin
40. $500 + one spin
41. $4000 + one spin
42. $5000 + one spin
43. $3000 + one spin, then passes spins to Janie.
44. $4000 + one spin
45. $750 + one spin
46. Bahamas
Michael was a Press Your Luck legend. He killed the board with a Whammy and biggest bucks and more one spin.
The only 3 Prizes on the board were:
5th spin-Trip to Kauai ($1,636)
13th spin-Sailboat ($1,015)
43rd spin (3rd passed spin)-Trip to Bahamas ($2,636)
IMO, it’s kinda fu@*ed up that he only hit $1000 on the home player spin. If I was unemployed, knew the patterns on a game show board, and was broke, I would have hit the max amount for a random person just to make their day. Just saying that I would like to pass along good karma.
Get a job
@@frankdiaz6214 - He was basing it on the square he wanted to hit, not the amount. He didnt know what amount would be in the square . *Michael aimed for those 2 squares because they never had Wammy's and also had a few of the higher cash amounts.*
it's like a student preparing for an exam, he/she studied hard for it, so when that student gets a perfect score he/she deserves it!
michael here did his homework, he didnt cheat nor hack. he prepared for it and he deserve it :)
The people that say he cheated are strange ones. I know these shows want Jo blow off the streets that is below average intelligence. They don't want anyone with a brain.
"Hopefully you won't OD on money, Michael." Now that's foreshadowing!
Holy crap, not for that Michael, but for another.
“We’re gonna have big bucks today I can feel it” he knew it all along.
Zack Monsour knew*
Damn ur worse than the burglars
conspiracy theory?????
He KNEW all along, not new
Knew
To be clear, there’s a difference between exploiting a glitch and cheating. If Michael had secretly used some kind of hidden device to manipulate the board or managed to obtain advanced knowledge of the trivia questions, then he would have been cheating.
However, using his intelligence and observational skill to discover a flaw in the system and then use that to his advantage is not cheating at all. It’s no different than a runner on second base figuring out the catcher’s hand signals and relaying that information to the batter to let them know what pitch is coming or a defense reading the quarterback’s eyes to determine where he’s looking to run or pass. Even the CBS executives and legal team agreed he didn’t cheat.
Michael wasn’t the problem. This is purely the fault of the programmers who didn’t thoroughly think this through and failed to address this systemic flaw in time.
Yep, this is literally card counting.
@@oz_jones Which is neither illegal nor a violation of the show rules.
@@TommygunNG yeah except casinos staff show you the way out the moment they catch you card counting.
@@deqinwu Because they have policies about refusing service to anyone they choose. For a game show to do something like that would have network Standards and Practices down on them, and lawyers worried about the contestant suing.
Very different situations.
it wasn't a flaw in the system, they programmers were presumably didn't get paid enough so they set a repeating pattern that just looked random lol
I love that he hugged the guy and shook the girls hand 😂😂
If he hugs the girl he'll catch a case
@@deltagaming444 nah this was at a time where girls were actual people
DK Broman no vise versa
Vin B gotta watch out for them fake accusations
His wifey won't like that.
"Stop! Woooooo!" *shakes and flails his arms like a maniac*
Woooo!
🖐🖖👐👎🤚🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖👋
he bounces as he claps oml
Spongebob:
Everybody do the *wooooooooo*
For most of the show Ed's just cracking going "Michael, you go bro!".
Meanwhile Janie's face says "Unbelievable. WTF bro?!"
He's the same as a card counter. He used his brain to play them, which wasn't against the rules, but CBS wasn't happy! I applaud him! Shame he blew all that money and died so young. But what a historic moment!
even tho half of his money was gone because he got burglarized
He died when he was 50, he wasn’t THAT young.
Some Random Gamer Dying at 50 is pretty young... Many people live healthily for 25 more years
And y’know, being chased by the government, and dying at 49.
I bet ya CBS Stole some of that, and at least he got to spend $50k which is $100k today, before he passed of cancer.
They were playing Press Your Luck while he was playing Press Your Skill.
Peter: what was going through your mind when you had $50, 000 and you kept on spinning.
Michael: simple I figured out your stupid computer algorithm so I kept on spinning and now I have $110,237
I'm pretty sure Janie managed to figure out what he was doing fairly early on in his rampage. If you pay attention to her, you can see that she starts to get really suspicious of him fairly early on.
Notably when it FINALLY got to her turn, she also managed to hit two 5000 + One spin panels in a row. I think she figured out he was abusing patterns, but only managed to recognize the one with 5000 + one spin.
If he would say similar to that on stage, would he risk losing his money?
@@TokoWH abusing patterns? If they wanted the show to be more challenging the patterns should be more complex. You can see the patterns clear as a bell, he did't abuse anything. The point of the game is to know when to push the button and he knew better than the rest.
@@samd1405 Obviously, they didn't think that people would figure out the patters as well as Michael did.
The same thing that's going through it right now...ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FRICKINATOR DOLLARS!!!!
Michael Larson really made history. CBS thought he cheated and tried to find a loophole that would keep them from paying him but they couldn't. He didn't cheat, he won fair and square. The people in the control room couldn't believe this. Michael did have the light patterns memorized after watching and recording the show. He figured out that there were only 5 different sequences that they kept using repeatedly. There was no rule against what Michael did. Right after this, they changed the 5 light pattern sequences and kept changing them for the rest of the season. By the next season, they acquired new software that allowed them to have 30 different light patterns so Michael's trick could not be repeated by anyone, not even Michael.
Alexander Edward Pytko a few more episodes used the old patterns, but you better believe Caruthers and CBS were extra diligent on who was getting the nod until substitute patterns were installed on the board.
Ironically I have memorized some of the 30 patterns they developed and use them in video game recreations whenever they come up XD
Alexander Edward Pytko, right! Me father even sez it's like doin your schoolwork. There4 2 the Xtreme Michael Larson avoided the Whammy.
Brandon Bennetzen that "hard cap" of $75,000 wasn't really that hard... I'll tell you why... In theory on the $25k Pyramid, they didn't count prizes against your total. So you could in theory win more than the "hard cap".
Well if one had enough time on his/her hands it's not unreasonable to think one could memorize all 32 patterns. I recognize a handful of them and I've never really paid a whole lot of attention to them but a few stand out to me. Even if that were the case, it'd be a matter of just waiting for the randomizer to flash a sequence you recognize.
39:08 ,, "we'll be back,,, we'll be back sometime,,," the host wasn't sure if the show would survive 😂😂
7:28 "An unknown comedian, Adam Sandler." WOW look at Adam now.
i thought the same thing when i heard that haha
That was a joke what she said
This recording is seemingly of a repeat - not the original airing in the 1980’s.
By the looks of it, on a dedicated game show channel.
So Adam Sandler was steady famous when that ad was made, but it was advertising an old show from before he was famous.
I can’t imagine the tragedy in the kids faces on summer waiting for ice cream
What are you special needs?
@@bigmeowmeowfan8002 Michael Larson was an ice cream man.
@@devoteeofmediocrity821 oh
“No I’m never losing them”
They should’ve listened to him at the start...
Michael Larson sitting in between Marcy Darcy and Ned Flanders.
LMAO
I was trying to think of who Janie reminded me of, and that's exactly it!
Skinny Umbridge!
That chicken deserve to lose
LMAOOOO
the producers are sitting there horrified
Hi mr.president
@UnknownDarkDragon Oh my god thank you I thought it was real thanks for clarifying
UnknownDarkDragon I thought it was real too. That’s the real president, I mean look at his profile picture. That’s him
UnknownDarkDragon rats. I was gonna message him to give me 100k too. Lol xD. Hahaha 😂😀😔😂😂
I am a Supergirl fan. The version as presented in the DCAU (DC Animated Universe). In the comics, it was a costume by Linda Danvers.
The female contestant's face whilst he's on a roll is absolutely hilarious. She just gets more & more confused, more & more pissed off lmao
She is a jerk. Watch the documentary. A real shallow person
Jamie was shocked and a bit impressed. In the end, she thought she could beat him. But she was wrong. And she was not happy, but in a recent interview, she said she revealed she took her loss like a good sport
15:41
Host: You Haven't lost a spin Michael
Michael: I ain't ever losing them
Proceeds to lose one the next turn
Yes....Peter....I know that.
If I was the host I'd fear for the physical safety of myself and the other contestants if he hit a whammy.
Well he wasn't winning due to luck but pure strat so take that as u will
@@darianbarber3763 He memorized the patterns (since the board wasn't randomized back then), but he could still have hit a whammy if his concentration momentarily lapsed. Also, to quote one article, "he'd learned how to trigger only plunger-hitting patterns nailing a cash prize and a free spin. . . The only way to break this loop would be for Larsen to abandon any pretext of surefire pattern matching. He would literally have to Press His Luck like a regular contestant, plunging the Big Board onto a non-winning square, a non free-spinning square, and one possibly yielding a Whammy capable of draining him of every penny. When he pushed the plunger the last and final time-Michael Larsen won a trip to the Bahamas."
To be able to concentrate under this pressure like that takes some hard work and determination.
The woman's face was brilliant, the disbelief really showed a couple of times :D
She was angry because Michael took her moment away. Meanwhile, Ed's wife was very concerned for Michael's health. Especially since he was riding the wave and it could have ended badly at any time. However, it did not.
She has a name you know
@@bigmeowmeowfan8002 Thanks for that pointless replay...2 YEARS after I made the original comment.
DalekKaan101 your right my love is pointless
Here to reply something pointlessly
Michael: " not hitting on Whammy "
Producer: Wait thats illegal
He crack the game .
But he's not cheating
He's not
He hit one on the first spin
Seems pretty challenging...but he had the patterns down after cracking the code.
The host just doesn't know what to do...
Alexander Gaebel 100th like
Janie: BIG BUCKS BIG BUCKS
Michael : I’m about to end your whole career
De Boi
How exactly?
That was funny when ed hit 5 grand and a spin twice
He thought he could continue the streak but the wammy got him lol
Your comment meme version:
Ed: gets 5000 and a spin
Whammy: im about to end this guys hole career
There’s only one wammy
@@notsquarezum2858 nah i prefer the version that doesn't look like a 12 year old wrote it :P
@@jonbowman7686 2 year old*
Oh my god that was brutal! I think he thought some of michaels “luck” was rubbing off on him
Immediately after the infographic show this is in my recommendation
Just Me ? Ok
Happened to me as well
Same
Samee
Me too
@@hibuddy2768 yeah
It’s funny how Michael hugged Ed but only shook Janie’s hand😂😂
They actually became acquainted and talked before the show, during the auditions.
She thought she was creepy. She had stank queefs
@@biruss What are "stank queefs" please?
She was married and didn't feel right to hug her.
The way I see it, Michael Larson was not a bad person. He was just a poor ice cream truck driver from Ohio who in his spare time began watching episodes of Press Your Luck. With time, he discovered that the game show's screen pattern went a certain repetitive direction. From there, he studied the pattern and figured out which prizes and whammies were in every square. Therefore, he obviously outsmarted the creators of Press Your Luck and respectively earned the money he won.
You have to give Michael Larson credit! He played Press Your Luck his own way and clearly deserved that cash!
~Dutch
YouCantHoldOnTooLong Except for when he was a fugitive from the FBI, IRS and SEC for being part of an illegal gambling scheme
@@danem2215 That happens sometimes to the best of us though
"COM'ON DUTCH"
Even Tomarken until his death respected what he did on that episode and the way he went about it especially knowing that he memorized 5 patterns with Peter in Michael's face, on TV and in front of a crowd. Personal life aside, he was a game show legend and would have been a legend if he didn't f up his life.
@@danem2215 Yeah I think it's fair to say that even though he didn't really cheat (he simply realized the board wasn't actually randomized and planned accordingly), he seemed like the sort of guy who was always looking for an easy way to get money and wasn't content with the wealth he had just acquired.
If you watch closely, you'll find that there was still one pattern he didn't know. I typically notate the patterns by their starting square, so you've got the 3 pattern (a.k.a. the infamous 2-12-1-9-4), the 5 pattern, the 11 pattern, the 17 pattern, and the 18 pattern. It appears that he had 3, 17, and 18 down pat, and he knew enough about 11 to land on square 8, even if he couldn't get it to stop on 4. Yet pay attention whenever 5 comes up; he always lets it run its course and waits for the next pattern. Not once did he ever attempt to stop the board during the 5 pattern.
Lord knows what he would have accomplished if he had a solid knowledge of all five patterns.
NERD!
What a dork. Wasted your time figuring out the pattern and it's not even correct. LOL
Hey uh, Mister? Please ignore these 2. You're not a nerd
👍🏾
These are the patterns OP was referring to (squares are numbered clockwise from the upper-left square being 1):
3, 16, 13, 10, 18, 8, 6, 14, 7, 5, 15, 11, 17, 2, 12, 1, 9, 4
5, 18, 11, 13, 3, 6, 15, 7, 1, 9, 14, 16, 10, 2, 4, 12, 17, 8
11, 6, 10, 12, 1, 4, 14, 16, 2, 9, 17, 8, 13, 15, 3, 7, 18, 5
17, 10, 15, 13, 2, 8, 18, 16, 12, 3, 5, 11, 7, 4, 1, 9, 14, 6
18, 16, 10, 5, 11, 9, 2, 13, 17, 7, 4, 15, 12, 8, 6, 3, 1, 14
Larson's goal is to land on the 4 and 8 squares, which had money and a spin. He would use the 2 square and the next square as a reference to know what pattern the lights were on. For example if he saw 2, then 12 light up, he knows the next squares are 1, 9, and 4, which he'll try to land on.
Basically he's waiting to see this:
2-12-1-9-4
2-4-12-17-8
2-9-17-8
2-8-18-16-12-3-5-11-7-4
2-13-17-7-4
If you watch his full game and see other pictures online that show the patterns visually, you'll start to see them.
I think he knew the 5 sequence but thought it was too fast and confusing, since it used 4 as a reference. The 17 pattern uses 8 as a reference but is longer and easier to plan for. I think he also wanted to stick to fewer patterns he could nail consistently.
My favorite episode of any game show ever.
Here after INFOGRAPHICS SHOW. YOU TOO?
HH Productions yes hahahah
Me Lol
Yep
Same here !!! Awesome!
I watched this on the infographics yesterday and today it's in my recommended lol
I love how he starts off in last place with the least spins but goes on to win like that. This man is a genius
I remember watching the special surrounding this guy when it aired. The detail that he used to calculate for precision was amazing. All those tvs monitoring at the same time. As a gamer, math nerd, fan of game shows, and a puzzle lover, everything about this made me excited to watch!
Card Counting 2: No Whammy Boogaloo
@@oz_jones - As a friend of mine once said at a poker tournament, "Win if you can; lose if you must; but always, always cheat."
You don’t come from the infograthics show?
@@diamondcubey8464 - I'm not sure what you mean by that.
What I never understood about this show is why contestants have to yell stop when the board stops with a hit of the button anyways
Probably a legality, much like the host of Millionaire asks "Is that your final answer?"
Nah, just chrome. It's more exciting to hear the player yell "STOP" instead of just hitting a button.
They don't. You just simply are not a television producer. IT is all part of the "fun" of the game.
They did the same thing in Wheel of Fortune back in the day by having the contestants constantly shout "BIG MONEY BIG MONEY GIMME BIG MONEY" whenever they spun the wheel.
The players are coached before the show to cheer "big bucks" and yell "stop" in order to make the game seem more exciting to the viewers. To me, it got old after I watched a few shows. They need to be more varied to keep it interesting, plus that "big bucks" nonsense is obviously scripted. On the other hand they may have been trying to push a catch phrase onto the national conciousness.
Over 40 spins without a whammy!
He memorized the board system.
I love how the first spin after Michael's incredible run is a Whammy. Hahahahah
Smart man, he didn't cheat he just learned how to play the game perfectly by studying and having the guts and time to put into it, He deserves every penny of it.
The ads are actually really interesting because of how different they are compared to nowadays
“the odds are unbelievable”
micheal : 😏
Screw luck I got brake the system
34:40 I am just imagining ED like, "Wow he was pretty good maybe I'll be as lucky as he wa-" WHAMMY!
Kite2014 this is hilarious
If I'd have been Michael at that point I would have cracked up laughing out loud and not been able to stop. The whole podium would have been shaking with my belly laughing.
*"lets hope you dont OD on money."* _little did he know_
It's incredible he played as long as he did without hitting the whammy. Even knowing the light patterns. He invented a new word though: STAAAAAAPP! I used to spend part of my summer vacation from elementary school at my grandparents and watching this unfold on tv, I will never forget it.
He likely also memorized particularly the safest ones (I.e the ones where even if his timing was off he would still not loss as accepting more risky ones could blow it all, notice how the entire time he never got a single whammy. His risks were clearly calculated as he only intended on hitting 2 squares, some of these he mistimed and still didn't loss it all.
The picture is pretty damn good for being from the 80's
Recorded on professional grade tape, no doubt. They can be exceptionally high quality, and I’m sure CBS could afford the best!
@@CrowTRobot-ni7zu And not just for this, but for practically anything CBS did then that was on tape-- sports, news, daily serials, anything.
"we're gonna have big bucks today i can feel it"
little did he know...
Michael really knew the other 2 participating didn’t had a chance but he stayed humble 100% deserved win.
This guy is a legend.
*F@#%ing legend*
The crazy thing is that I saw this in my recommended and didn't know what it was. I then watched the Infographics Show, then this pops up again.
I was so happy for Michael that it truly brought me to tears. Though I was afraid that he might end losing it all. Great show
I’m surprised that Janie and Ed didn’t think about the patterns while Michael was playing. At a certain point, I would’ve start thinking how is he doing that and paid attention
Kei Nanjo I wonder if that’s why Ed hit those two $5,000 spots in a row before whamming our. Maybe he did see it enough to copy Larson a couple of times.
Stephen Huntsucker no I think that was just sheer dumb luck on Ed’s part. I don’t think it ever occurred to either him or Janie to pay attention to the patterns. They were just in utter disbelief
Also Janie was so angry by that time, she probably didn't care what the outcome was.
I would imagine they were so incensed and since they weren't in a position to walk away and had to sit there while Larson ran the count, thinking about the patterns were the least of their concerns
You really think someone is going to learn them on the fly like that?
Could you imagine if he would have done this when they had "Double Your $$ + One Spin" on the board in this episode??
He wouldn't have hit it, unless he knew every single square (not just 4 and 8), and it was in square 15 (to guarantee an extra spin).
Spursfan1527 = 4 EPISODES
Spursfan1527 oh dear god no
why wouldn't he hit it? he knew every square. He just hit 4 and 8 everytime because they were extra spins and no risk of a whammy
At the time, they put it in 13. Only once have I EVER seen it in 15... that being around the time of Randy/Lori/Cathy.
39:20 "I didn't wanna do it to you" you can hear Michael say to the other contestant, Ed. Turns out he met Ed at the casting session for Press Your Luck, and they actually had a really nice conversation that day. Michael genuinely felt bad that he, with all the wisdom he had, would have to... well, outsmart that friend he made that day.
He did say to Ed in the casting session "I really hope we don't have to play each other," which struck Ed as odd.
Michael Larson looks much older than 35 at the time
Richard Cleveland no kidding huh. I'm 36 and he looks wayyy older than me
He looks closer to 50 here
35??? wtf!! I always thought he was 50 or over. I'm 33 and I can still pass for 23 people tell me lol
I'm 46, and I look a damn good 10-15 years younger than he does. Missing left eye, bumps, bruises, almost wearing an ass-whoopin', never was much in the looks department. I have no idea what the hell happened to him, but DAMN..!
I recently turned 47, and he still looks older than I do.
The greatest and most legendary moment in all of game show history, and forever, right here. Has to be!
Ed Long: *hits $5,000+Spin*
Michael Larson: Hey good for you buddy! Real lucky!
Ed Long: *hits $5,000+Spin again*
Michael Larson: Alright, now I’m scared. Just keep clapping and nodding...
Ed Long: Hits a whammy.
Michael Larson: Starts belly laughing uncontrollably.
His first whammy is to test his theory is right
Panji RS not at all, he practiced hundreds of times at home, that was just a slip up
LiveNation your right
it was to see when the pattern started
Filip Nikolic, I beg to differ. To not seem suspicious he would have to do that every few turns, but what idiot would do that? As “Donald Trump” said, it was just a slip up.
Cardi B Because at home and in real life is different, a bit different on the timer
I loved the way Michael positioned his hands over his Button!
Hes paying attention to the 4th square on the top row because it always has the one spin aspect and it rotated between 3,4 and 5 thousand dollars And the third square on the right side because it rotated between 500, 750 and 1,000 plus one spin. This enabled him to get near infinate spins and rack up money very fast. He paid attention to the light patterns and this is what pissed off cbs. This man won at the time almost 4 years middle class salary(30k a year) . Kudos to you Michael Larson. CBS shafted you.
Had Michael hit the whammy on his last spin, we might still be here today. I can see him, even with only two spins, going another 40-some spins and still winning over 100K.
At that point, he probably would have gone back to his original plan of winning under $25,000 so he could come back the next day. However, it is likely they would have refused to let him stay on.
Other contestants: "Big bucks big bucks gimme money! STOP!!" (pays little attention to the board, relying more on pure luck than even reaction)
Larson: (Pays extremely close attention to the pattern) "Stop!" (Always landing on one of 2 spaces)
it happened 40 years ago! on June 8 & June 11, 1984, CBS aired Michael Larson's episodes of Press Your Luck.
Saturday June 8, 2024 i'm watching this on the 40th anniversary.
33:23. He had the patterns down so good he celebrated before the board stopped.
And CBS tried to used that proof of Michael being a cheater and not give him his winning?
i just love Michael's smile so much
Rest in peace
He will never be forgotten
How in the world is that guy 35 years old
A poor and stressful one
35? WTH?
I grew up watching Press Your Luck; I was mostly drawn to the bright colors of the board and the flashing lights and bleep-bloops.
I was in my teens at the time...I thought The Big Board was the coolest thing ever, not knowing the mechanics and technicals it took to work it then...
OMG me too! The colors and the lights made the game! Also I loved the rotating stage and the illuminated logo on the back of the stage!
Peter Tomarken was the one who was truly pressing his luck with that pink suit
PYL took place in the state of California. Nobody was going to beat him up on suspicion of being gay/transgender.
In fact, PYL had a "woke" episode to briefly highlight 2 women and their adopted child, which was very controversial in the mid 1980's.
They never said the PYL winner was gay, but it was strongly implied.
He rocks it.
He was holding his laugh the entire time since he knew the system completely
Jennings might have the intelligence but Larson has great concentration and memory.
Larson was also intelligent enough to crack the code
@Kevin McMahon now that you ask and how long ago i commented this, i have no idea.
In Round 1 it didn't look like anything was wrong. Michael Whammied because he didn't have the timing down and he was in third place because in Round 1 there are so few extra spins on the board that his strategy was largely ineffective.
It was in Round 2 that everyone realized "oh shit, he's figured the game out!"
2:35 "We're gonna have big bucks today, I can feel it." Oh boy are you right.
Mike's performance was God-like.
this is what being a freaking legend gets you
Michael played them lol
Tbf it serves the show right for not changing the sequences, this was bound to have happened at some point
Yep. And it was a lesson the entire staff at Press Your Luck ended up learning, the hard way.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were a number of daily watchers thinking to themselves "I know which square comes up next, how do I know that?"
I love how, in the still image used when Tomarken was talking at the end of the first half, had Ed facepalming,... XD
I like how almost every time he is already clapping before the buzzer actually stopped on the board..hahaha..dude had them beat
Unknown canadian Adam sandler. I lost it when the commercial said that
Comedian*
I wonder what some of the audience members who was there for the taping must of thought. I have read in articles about this episode that they gave Michael a standing ovation when he cracked the $100K and passed his spins.
you can see the audience from background at 34:19
I would have been in absolute hysterics
Rest in peace to Mr. Peter Tomarken and Michael. May they rest in peace.
And also rest in peace to Rod Roddy!
Jesus Christ I heard of this guy for being a cheater but this guy is fn unbelievable to memorize this board and to analyze it the way he did is wow