This was why the champion on Super Password has been found to be ineligible, and would not receive his cash or prizes he won, as he was stripped of his near $60,000 in winnings, right after someone recognized him on TV and had it reported to the authorities. And this was how Patrick Quinn (a.k.a. Kerry Ketchum) was caught, and the ineligible champion will not receive his prize money.
@@ken_danerdiest1 CNN had two reports, as it made the national news, but these episodes of Patrick Quinn (a.k.a. Kerry Ketchum) who was declared ineligible on "Super Password" in 1988, was replayed sporadically on Game Show Network and BUZZR which now exclusively airs the game show in reruns.
Good he was caught - what annoys me is that Super Password never re-offered the $55,000 in the bonus round he would've won to somebody else in a future episode after finding out he was a con-man, which they should've done - because the jackpot never reached that level again the remainder of the run.
The jackpot did reach $55,000 on ONE other occasion-and the other contestant who won it was eligible to actually receive it. Since they surely went through many more tapings and bonus rounds before that episode actually aired (remember, it was a home viewer who informed the production company that he was a fugitive under an assumed name), I don’t know how they would have remedied the situation regarding the jackpot amount. BUT, any other contestant who lost to him would’ve had a case for being brought back to compete again-since Kerry Ketchum lied about his identity to get on the show, this made him an ineligible contestant.
