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Monday, December 20, 2010: Million Dollar Money Drop

by Meghan Ross December 20, 2010 11:11 AM
Monday, December 20, 2010: Million Dollar Money Drop

If you want to take a mind-numbing break from watching Elf on repeat tonight, tune into Fox for the premiere of Million Dollar Money Drop. Essentially, it's a game show focused on people answering random questions to earn money (original, we know), but instead of gradually winning more cash by getting multiple-choice questions right, contestants start out with $1 million and have to answer correctly in order to not "drop" the money they already have.

They could put all the money on one answer or spread it across several answers if they're uncertain, which is sure to excite any recovering gamblers watching. However, the real challenge here is whether host Kevin Pollack can appear to be more annoying than Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel while contestants inevitably screw up and lose their not-hard-earned cash. Don't worry if you miss the premiere tonight since it will be airing over the next three nights. Think of it as a way to count down to you losing more money during last-minute Christmas shopping while contestants lose more money by not knowing the most popular Thanksgiving side dish according to the Lenox Report. It's a shared pain by all.

The money starts dropping at 8 PM on Fox.

1 Comments

December 23, 2010 12:50 PM
hi
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HELLO

I AM A PERSON THAT IT SURE THAT POST IT NOTES WERE SOLD IN STORES IN THE LATE 1970'S. I WILL TELL YOU HOW I AM SURE. ONE DAY IN 1977 SOMETHING REALLY BIG HAPPENED TO ME, SOMETHING LIFE CHANGING. I DO NOT WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS INTO WHAT HAPPENED BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT A PERSON NEVER FORGETS. WELL THAT DAY I WENT TO THE STORE TO BUY SOME THINGS. AS I WAS LOOKING FOR WHAT I NEEDED I FOUND SOMETHING CALLED POST IT NOTES. I BOUGHT THE POST ITS AS WELL AS THE OTHER THINGS I WENT TO THE STORE TO GET. AS I WENT HOME THAT LIFE CHANGING THING HAPPENED TO ME. A HUGELY TRAMATIC EVENT. I CLEARLY REMEMBER THE THINGS I BOUGHT THAT DAY INCLUDING THE POST ITS. AFTER THAT DAY I WAS GOING THROUGH MY PERSONAL DRAMA THAT I DID NOT EVEN USE THE THINGS I BOUGHT THAT DAY (INCLUDING THE POST ITS) UNTIL A WEEKS LATER. I TOUCHED THE THINGS I BOUGHT, I LOOKED AT THEM BUT I DID NOT OPEN THEM OR USED THEM. I KEPT ON THINKING IF I WOULD HAVE NOT GONE TO THE STORE TO DO SOME SHOPPING, THAT TERRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME WOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED. I KEPT ON TELLING MYSELF, IF I WOULD HAVE STAYED HOME AND NOT GONE TO THE STORE TO BUY THOSE THING NOTHING BAD WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME.
THE REASON I AM WRITTING THIS IS TO SAY POST ITS WERE SOLD IN STORES BEFORE 1980. FOX'S THE MILLION DOLLAR DROP SHOW GOT IT WRONG. POST ITS WERE SOLD IN STORES BEFORE 1979. THE CONTESTANTS ON THE SHOW WERE RIGHT. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND I FOUND OUT THAT POST ITS WERE LATER GIVEN AS FREE SAMPLES FOR A SHORT WHILE. BUT I KNOW THAT IN 1977 THEY WERE NOT FREE BECAUSE I BOUGHT THEM.
PLEASE SEND THIS E-MAIL TO THE MILLION DOLLAR DROP SHOW. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW SAY THAT 3M TOLD THEM. WHAT MATTERS IS THE TRUTH. POST ITS WERE SOLD IN STORES IN 1977. IN DOES DOES MATTER IF THEY WERE NOT SOLD IN STORES NATIONALY UNTIL 1980. THE QUESTION ON THE SHOW DID NOT ASK WHAT SOLD FIRST NATIONALY. PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL.

THANKS

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