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LinusMines — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:56:54 -0800

"...he just loved the genre of game shows." Peter Tomarken was killed today in a plane crash in Santa Monica, CA, while on an errand of mercy. As the host of the original Press Your Luck, he was associated with some wacky (and later controversial) Eighties television.

By: LinusMines

LinusMines — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:57:38 -0800

-- Another take on the scandal at the Rotten.com library (SFW) -- As part of tributes, tomorrow evening GSN will air the 2003 two-hour documentary Tomarken hosted on the scandal. -- "...A short film he did back in 2004 called 19 at 11 has been airing throughout this month on IFC as part of their second Short Film Collection (it's the third one in the set). It'll continue to air through the rest of March. He played a veteran news anchor at a local TV station who was somewhat bent on giving his newbie co-anchor a hard time..." (via)

By: filchyboy

filchyboy — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:37:22 -0800

That's funny. I wondered who died this morning. I kept my ears peeled all day. Funny I would get my local news from MF.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:37:59 -0800

One of my favorite game shows ever. I still say "Big money, no whammies" whenever I'm playing a game of chance. Sad news.

By: bardic

bardic — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:39:33 -0800

Suck it Charles Van Doren!

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:43:08 -0800

Allow me to put my . in now, before this thread disintegrates. I fear for it.

By: drstein

drstein — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:00:38 -0800

Can someone PLEASE pirate the GSN documentary for me? I'd love to see it, and I don't own a Tivo. Argh! I remember hearing about this when I was a kid - I watched "Press Your Luck" like it was going out of style. I LOVED that show! And it's sad that Peter died. Angel Flight does good work. :(

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:09:58 -0800

I knew about the story of the guy who sort of scammed the game show (and wasn't there supposed to be a movie starring like Bill Murray or something?) but I never knew that he ended up using that money in a real estate scam and died of throat cancer while basically on the run from the law. Weird.

By: marvin

marvin — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:45:43 -0800

Haven't we buried this one already?

By: tellurian

tellurian — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:50:39 -0800

Yeah, that's some story xmutex. As for the (movie), I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon.

By: darkstar

darkstar — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:02:50 -0800

My heart still goes out to the family...

By: Gator

Gator — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:50:18 -0800

Thanks for taking my advice, LinusMines. And again: .

By: moonbird

moonbird — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:05:03 -0800

By: jeversol

jeversol — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:31:47 -0800

I spent every day of my childhood looking forward to watching Press Your Luck. I loved that show... Ruki: Same here. All the time. .

By: JHarris

JHarris — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:27:11 -0800

In the end, the whammies always win. .

By: etoile

etoile — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:56:47 -0800

I had heard he died, but I didn't hear it was on a trip for Angel Flight. That's a bit more tragic than I first thought - does anybody know what happened to the Angel Flight patient? I know his wife died as well, so I assume there were no survivors?