duh-rye-won Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 damn. my man got the whammy. RIP, dog. best game show ever. show some love. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A former TV game show host and his wife were killed Monday morning when their small plane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, authorities said. Rescue crews were searching for a third person also aboard the plane. ADVERTISEMENT The bodies of Peter Tomarken, 63, host of the hit 1980s game show "Press Your Luck," and his wife, Kathleen Abigail Tomarken, 41, were identified by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The plane was on its way to San Diego to ferry a medical patient to the UCLA Medical Center, said Doug Griffith, a spokesman for Angel Flight West, a nonprofit which provides free air transportation for needy patients. Griffith said the pilot was a volunteer for the group. According to the FAA, the plane was registered to Tomarken and he was the pilot. The plane apparently had engine trouble and was headed back to Santa Monica Airport, located about two miles inland, but went down about 9:35 a.m. just off shore, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer. Rescue boats and divers searching for the third person believed to be aboard the plane were clustered about a half-mile southwest of the Santa Monica Pier where the plane went down in about 19 feet of water. Luis Garr said he didn't hear the engine but heard the splash as the plane "kind of landed into the water." "It's a big splash, a huge splash. ... Then it started going down," Garr said. "The wings were still floating so I was, `Get out! Get out!' because the door was still available to get out and nobody came out. So the plane kept going down, down, down." Tomarken's death was first reported by "Entertainment Tonight." "Press Your Luck" was known for contestants shouting the slogan "Big bucks! No whammies!" Tomarken's agent, Fred Wostbrock, said his client's first game show was "Hit Man!," which ran 13 weeks on NBC, followed by the four-year hit "Press Your Luck" on CBS. He also was on "Bargain Hunters," "Wipe-Out" and "Paranoia." "He was always a fun guy to be around, and he just loved the genre of game shows," Wostbrock said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 RIP and RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 damn. rip. I think that's one of those shows that's just wouldn't live up to the nostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 i seriously liked that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DREDZ Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 me and my o.g. used to watch that shit all the time, when i was a shorty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Originally posted by CACashRefund@Mar 13 2006, 06:40 PM RIP and RIP Quoted post RIP...... and damn that fool (in the picture) is smart as fuck for finding out the order that board works and scamming the show out of thousands...RIP him too.... :king: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I never saw this show, but RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 damn, Whammy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I remember it. RIP. its always those private planes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamAlmighty Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Player done be hitting a wifey 20 years his junior! Or WAS... R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 he got that whammie joe. rip guy i never heard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny ballbags Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Originally posted by CALIgula+Mar 14 2006, 03:14 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CALIgula - Mar 14 2006, 03:14 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-CACashRefund@Mar 13 2006, 06:40 PM RIP and RIP Quoted post RIP...... and damn that fool (in the picture) is smart as fuck for finding out the order that board works and scamming the show out of thousands...RIP him too.... :king: Quoted post [/b] i never heard of dude scammin the show... you got any links to stories about it or anything? oh and RIP whammie dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGS156 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Rip this show kept me entertained on many sick days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Originally posted by johnny ballbags+Mar 14 2006, 09:58 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (johnny ballbags - Mar 14 2006, 09:58 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> Originally posted by CALIgula@Mar 14 2006, 03:14 AM <!--QuoteBegin-CACashRefund@Mar 13 2006, 06:40 PM RIP and RIP Quoted post RIP...... and damn that fool (in the picture) is smart as fuck for finding out the order that board works and scamming the show out of thousands...RIP him too.... :king: Quoted post i never heard of dude scammin the show... you got any links to stories about it or anything? oh and RIP whammie dude Quoted post [/b] Go to Rotten.com and root through the Rotten library....they have a fascinating story about how this guy cracked the code behind the seemingly "random" layout of the game board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 yeah he just watched the show for hours on end and after watching that shit for so long, something must have "clicked" in his head and figured out the sequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Johnny... sorry dude, you're going to have to wade through the library to find it. i have work to do. And Cash....dude had something like 20 televisions lined up with all the episodes recorded or something like that. he was obsessed. But it paid off...he walked away with $100,000 worth of gear but he lost it all on retarded business decisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunTimePartyTeam Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Kinda like that movie war games, and tic tac toe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANKYOU Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 WHAMMMMMMY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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