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					Originally Posted by Mark Padgett  No offense taken.  GSN and Turner Classic Movies are my favorite cable channels.  I can't get over that the "What's My Line" contestants winning $50 was considered a huge prize back in the 50s. | 
	
 They were paid so much just for appearing on the show.  On top of that they could win $50 if the panel couldn't figure out what they did.
I looked it up on Wikipedia and it said that guests were paid $750 just to be on the show.  So they were actually winning $800 not $50.