In this episode, Rachael and Roxanne guess the price of fame and talk about what happens when you're too good at a game meant for the average player? Exploring what happens when a game show contestant cracks the code, beats the system, and disrupts The Price Is Right, the longest running game show of all time through the documentary Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much, where superfan Ted Slauson memorized the prices of the prizes on The Price Is Right.
Get ready for a buzzer-beating look at obsession, math, and the details of a college professor's anxiety dreams.
Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6854248/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Goodson#
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