Game shows have always been popular in America, giving people hope that they can win big, potentially life-changing money. But what happens when someone attempts to game the game show? That’s the subject of The Luckiest Man in America, which is based on a true story.
That story is of Paul Michael Larson, who in 1984 would take part in what the movie is describing as “the most infamous episode in game show history” as he played a game of Press Your Luck (the one where contestants go “no Whammy, no Whammy,”).
