Gotta love Peter Tomarken's reaction at the end... PRICELESS!!!

And this is why Peter Tomarken will always be one of the best game show hosts ever.

I like how Katie thinks she made Peter collapse & the other 2 contestants don't seem to notice either one of them...

This Week Marks The 33rd Anniversary Of Peter's Collapse.

Poor Robert I can only imagine some 4 letter words coming out of his mouth leaving the studio that day

Gotta love that breakdancing Whammy. That just screams 80s.

his reaction, he looked pissed losing over $30,000

that was just brutal. hitting a whammy on the last spin to win the game.

This moment, to me, is what made Press Your Luck both amazing and heartbreaking...... and the real beauty of the game is it is unpredictable. :D Poor Robert. :(

Kate after winning: “Peter? Somebody get Peter. Peter? Peter..." I'm gonna screenshot Peter on the floor and use it as a reaction pic. That was priceless.

The best thing about this show were the spin battles like this one. This one took it to a new level of epicness. And Peter's reaction to cap it all off was the icing on the cake.

That finish was brutal.

This is when you say, "Loooooord..."

This originally aired on April 1, 1986. No joke.

one of the best episodes, poor Robert.

You can now add Sam's Whammy the other night to the top of most painful Whammy losses: She lost over $40k to the Whammy.

If Robert only loosened his tie, he probably would have won

What a comeback !!!! That was awesome !!!!

I remember watching this at my mother’s work. I thought for sure it was the contestant that fainted at the end. So hilarious that it was Peter.

This is the only episode in which Peter collapsed on the ground (for real), after one of Kate's opponents lost $30+ in cash/prizes, after hitting a whammy. That episode was taped on April 1, 1986, which was not a joke.

Heartbreaking at the end, but this game is all about strategy.

I guess Peter Tomarken passed out.

Damn what a crazy episode

I just saw this moment this morning. Classic! :-)

I wonder if CBS was breathing a sigh of relief when he hit that Whammy. I'm thinking their winning limit, by then, was $50,000 versus the original $25,000 when the show debuted.

Wasn't that the same Robert who appeared in the 1985 episode and came back due to a technical error?!

He collapsed because Peter Tomarken if anything as host of Press Your Luck, the last thing to see is a contestant with an unbelievable amount of money hit a whammy. He said, "You have $30,000..repeat $30,518 and it's riding on ONE CRUMMY SPIN!" Shocking thing is that the $30,518 is not the biggest loss to a whammy in the show's history. The costliest whammy loss was the infamous passing of a spin between two contestants named Lori and Cathy. Both contestants had over $50,000 combined together, and Lori passed that spin (which had been back and forth) in the middle of the round (hadn't even seen action from the winner of Round 1 yet) where Cathy hit a whammy and lost $890 more than Robert. She lost $31,408 to a whammy! Peter wanted Larson to stop spinning because even though he memorized the patterns (Peter didn't know), when he got up to $70,000 then $80,000 the last thing he wanted to see was Michael hit a whammy and bring it back to $0, instead he earned $110,237 ($104,950 in cash, and $5,287 in prizes with a trip to Kauai, trip to the Bahamas, and a Sailboat).

As you look at the board you see the 2 whammy pictures (on the right) has been switched

The real winner was the Whammy, over $50K lost

We all need to play the long game like Kate and gleefully deflate the egos of people like Robert as the “Press Your Luck” theme rolls. When life comes down to one crummy spin, make entitled people choke on on it.

The ultimate PYL episode: Kate/Robert/Larson

There is only one episode that matters

In the words of Kyle and Stan “Oh my God! She killed Peter! YOU BASTARD!”

Peter Tomarken passed out!

I think that was the most anybody ever lost. Feel bad but as Peter used to say strategy and turn about is fair play

Love it. The young guy seemed too smug and full of himself.

The Move Across the Board square is tribute to Michael Larson

This has to be the second biggest whammy loss. I think the first was when Kathy lost over $31,000 during the infamous Kathy vs. Lori spin battle.

The entire board did not change on the last spin at the last moment. This could have been considered a technical mishap because prior to that point in the spin, the entire board changed amounts from one flip to the next. I have seen this happen when the board would get "out of sync" and the board would only partially change but there was no indication of this happening. Not sure how I would have handled that situation, but a whammy's a whammy...

Ooooh. That loss must've hurt big time!

Kate was beautiful.

Stupid Whammy!! You Cost him the Championship!!!

She then went to court on charges of manslaughter.

I'm watching this like it's real. I know Robert was *MAD*!

DAMN that's a lot of money lost from one lousy spin

She supposed to have 11 earned...if I counted right

YAAAASSS KATIE

when did they change the Amount of money on the board in round 2 it used to be $50,000 in cash in prizes .

7:42 Oh God that hurt!!

Ouch

This was a back and forth game rip peter tomarken

Did Peter actually collapse?? (I got scared😱😱😱😱)

Wow!

no men on this show ever displayed such a schadenfreude like this woman.

THAT'S HILARIOUS!!! :D :D :D She deserved that win!!!

Who's here after watching Elizabeth sleeps on the host podium?

This is what Peter would have done if he saw someone lose over $430,000 to the whammy.

Robert's loss was the second largest sum of all.

Almost $50,000 was lost between Kate and Robert.

That sucks!!!😣😣😣

Peter Tomarken passed out?

Turnabout was fair play, in all honesty. But that still hurts nonetheless.

Whammy 1, Robert 0

I guess Peter really wanted that guy to win.

6:20

That was just evil

7:12 Thats an odd bit there

Every time I look at press your luck I think of when Michael Larson was there lol

RIP Peter Tomarken (died in a plane crash in 2003 at age 63).

I think that there was a rumor where someone lost over $35,000 to a Whammy.

Did Peter really pass out or was it a gag because if he really passed out they should be concerned

So...was Peter shocked about that Whammy, or was this a REAL medical emergency?

Please

Can't stand Kate... but I do wonder where she is now.

She didn't deserve to win. She DIDN'T.

Since Robert cost Kate $19,000+ earlier in this episode, I really can't say my heart bleeds for him... Just bein' real. :-/ #Karmasabitch

With adjusted inflation of when this comment is posted (2024), Robert lost *_$85,647._*

Robert was robbed by a woman who didn't deserve to win.

Let's Face It. On Press Your Luck I always, I mean ALWAYS, root for the women to beat the pants out of the men! Remember... you are getting this comment from a man! To see Robert lose $30,518 on one last measely spin by stopping on a Whammy was a dream come true for both Katie and moi. Robert should have DIED onstage while Peter only fainted! I remember the episode from June 21, 1985, when Chicagoan Cindy Schwartz won a great hunk of change, including a CAR, and both her man opponents, John and Guy (both stupid men), Whammied out of the game. BOY, WAS I HAPPY!!! I was literally screaming for joy like Cindy was! P.S. CINDY NEVER STOPPED ON A WHAMMY THE WHOLE GAME!