couple robbed on Fox game show (with happy ending)

[lazarus]

This is about the show Million Dollar Money Drop.

On Monday night’s episode of the show, a couple lost $800,000 when they answered a question about which item was sold in stores first: the Macintosh computer, the Sony Walkman or Post-it Notes.

Gabe Okoye and Brittany Mayi bet their money on Post-its, but were told they lost $800,000 by host Kevin Pollack, who said the answer was incorrect. While Mayi initially argued it was the Walkman, which was the correct answer according to producers, Okoye convinced her to go with the Post-it notes answer.

Okoye was moved to tears when he was told he had given the wrong answer.

But on Wednesday, the website Gawker.com refuted claims that the Post-it answer was incorrect. The website linked to the Post-it Facebook page, which said Post-it Notes didn’t go on sale nationally until 1980, but were market tested in four cities back in 1977.

A 3M engineer had physical proof that they were sold in test markets in 1977. So, the show's producers have decided to bring the couple back. Hopefully they don't have to start over at the beginning, and get the 800K.

[brettdale]

1. any updates

any updates?

[lazarus]

2. haven't heard anything

I'll go looking tomorrow, if I remember.