Game Show Whammy Scandal
The Whammy is a fictional character from the 1980s game show Press Your Luck, its 2002 GSN remake Whammy!: The All-New Press Your Luck and the 2019 ABC revival that would usually steal cash and prizes from unlucky contestants after landing on a wrong square. Contestants who hit four Whammies will be eliminated for the rest of the game. Contestants who would hit a Double Whammy. Once he was on the show. Then it was time to rack in the Big Bucks. When he took his first spin to check the time from hitting the button to stopping the board he hit a Whammy. But you will be surprised because that was the only Whammy he hit in the game.
Peter Tomarken and Wife Killed in Plane Crash
PEOPLE reports that Peter Tomarken, host of the popular 1980s game show “Press Your Luck,” and his wife were killed in a plane crash Monday “while transporting a cancer patient to a treatment center in San Diego.”
Press Your Luck Scammer
Tomarken actually had a busy career as an actor and producer, in addition to several other game shows. He’ll always be known for “Whammy,” though.
Peter Tomarken was 63, and from 1983-86 he hosted the CBS show, which was noted for the dreaded “Whammy” — which signaled that a contestant was about to lose all his money. Contestants yelled out the memorable line “No Whammies!” to ward off bad luck.
This death is especially sad given the humanitarian nature of the flight.
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crossposted to OTB: Gone Hollywood.