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Old Mon Oct 20, 2008, 05:00pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett View Post
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.
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