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** Parodied in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', where a contestant wins "Tonight's star prize — the entire Norwich City Council!". She complains that she's already got one.

** And due to the BBC not being allowed to waste licence-payer money on ''good'' prizes unless its on ''[[Going for Gold]]'' (they've relaxed the rules a bit nowadays), ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' (the British version of ''[[Match Game]]'') was also known for having loads of questionable items as bonus round prizes. It quickly became a [[Running Gag]] for host Les Dawson to [[Lampshade]] this with [[Self-Deprecation]].

* On an early-1970s episode of ''[[Concentration]]'', during a period when home viewers would win prizes based on the first letter of their surname, a viewer in Oklahoma won a motorboat. Bob Clayton was less than impressed.<ref> [[Subverted Trope|Shortly afterwards, the show was flooded with brochures of Oklahoma lakes.]] In fact, most Okie lakes are man-made in response to the Dust Bowl.</ref>

* ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' producers were rather fond of a large, wheeled, popcorn cart during Bob Barker's tenure as host. Contestants were usually less-than-convincingly enthused when it showed up.