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Who Wants to Be a Thousandaire? (2011)

Michael Larson had a lot of time and TVs on his hands, and he used them to hack one of his favorite game shows.

The warm, buzzing television tumor metastasized into adjacent rooms, filling the house with a goulash of infomercials, news programs, game shows, and advertisements for money-making schemes. Michael's secret safe spots are the ones that contain $3000 and $2000 prizes at the time this picture was taken.Larson invested in a newfangled video cassette recorder and began taping episodes of Press Your Luck. With a raspy voice he unbeardily reminisced about his game show exploits and expressed regret that he was never able to play on Jeopardy, because, he explained, “I think I have figured out some angles on that.” Around that same time he was also interviewed by TV Guide magazine.

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