Hacking Game Show, Oras Bryan Brushwood

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In 19 83, someone used a v c r to tape and then memorize the patterns in the seemingly random selection sequence on the game show press your luck. A wammy was when the squares on this 18 square game board lit up and you pressed your buzzer. When a losing square was illuminated, an animation would run of a weird little creature called a wammy. With extra spins that get you extra spins, you can play the game infinitely.

In this episode, we sit down with famed stage magician, infamous instructor of the school of scams, Brian Brushwood, whose new podcast explores the world's greatest con artists and con jobs from World War II to modern game shows.

We cover everything in this episode from why you can't con an honest person to the power of shame and fame to folk psychology to how the British conned Hitler using one of the oldest tricks in the book to how one man broke the code for Press Your Luck earning him the most money ever awarded in a single day on any program in the history of game shows.

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