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Re: A new car!!!!
Author: OP
Date: 09-29-2024 - 23:05
TPIR Wrote:
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> Price is Right circa 1976 Wrote:
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> > Bob Barker saying, "A NEW CAR-RRRRR!!!," will be
> in my memory till I die.
>
> Wasn't it the Announcer, not Bob, that said that?
You are correct. I realized that while watching it on youtube yesterday.
>
> > What if gameshows got cars cheap off derailed
> trains as part of some crooked rail
> > official's side hustle!!!
>
> Nope - they bought them from local dealerships in
> the L.A. area. The dealer was named in the
> credits of the shows and sometimes during the
> announcer's announcement of the prize. Most of
> the cars won were not taken up by the prize
> winners - the taxes had to be paid on the spot and
> most contestants didn't have the cash to pay the
> taxes. If they won a cash prize along with the
> car, they could use the cash to pay the taxes on
> both the cash prize and the car. But most cars
> were left behind and then re-used in later
> episodes.
Wow. I had no idea about taxes on the prize autos. Maybe contestants didn't either.
My comment about corrupt officials was of not serious.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Price is Right circa 1976 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Bob Barker saying, "A NEW CAR-RRRRR!!!," will be
> in my memory till I die.
>
> Wasn't it the Announcer, not Bob, that said that?
You are correct. I realized that while watching it on youtube yesterday.
>
> > What if gameshows got cars cheap off derailed
> trains as part of some crooked rail
> > official's side hustle!!!
>
> Nope - they bought them from local dealerships in
> the L.A. area. The dealer was named in the
> credits of the shows and sometimes during the
> announcer's announcement of the prize. Most of
> the cars won were not taken up by the prize
> winners - the taxes had to be paid on the spot and
> most contestants didn't have the cash to pay the
> taxes. If they won a cash prize along with the
> car, they could use the cash to pay the taxes on
> both the cash prize and the car. But most cars
> were left behind and then re-used in later
> episodes.
Wow. I had no idea about taxes on the prize autos. Maybe contestants didn't either.
My comment about corrupt officials was of not serious.
