Why cheating is allowed on game shows

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7 ай бұрын

A lot of today’s contests are edited and rigged. But it wasn’t always that way.
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Today’s game shows, whether they’re Mr. Beast on KZfaq or Storage Wars on cable, often feature sensationalistic editing, recreations, and straight-up fixing. But it wasn’t always that way. As the above video shows, game shows in America have gone from unregulated, to a Federally regulated activity, and back to unregulated once again.
The Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s set in motion a new law that enforced rules for games of skill. But, as the above video shows, changing media consumption habits and expectations have made game shows a wild west once again.
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You can check out the original Time Magazine profile of Charles van Doren and his family - central figures in the quiz show scandals.
On a few different platforms, you can watch the episode of Twenty One where Herb Stempel lost.
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Read George Brietigam’s paper about the FCC enforcement today.
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@klikkolee 6 ай бұрын

A major problem with the "everyone knows" attitude which I haven't seen addressed: it functionally means that we don't get to have real game shows. Producers are heavily disincentivized to make them, and even if they did, there's really know way for us to spot the diamond among the glass.

@XhumpersX 6 ай бұрын

This is very true, sometimes companies actually want regulations like this because it puts them all on the same playing field by law instead of racing to the bottom through underhanded hyper-competition.

@reprovedcandy 6 ай бұрын

the squid games game show is not rigged at all. it's actually blatantly obvious because the characters we're supposed to care for/root against get eliminated basically right away and stuff done to build suspense dies out cause the competitors who gained the advantage get eliminated before they can use it. Totally pointless.

@joaquinvaleri7022 6 ай бұрын

You should hate mrbeast ok?

@GodlikeIridium 6 ай бұрын

*no way But you're absolutely right.

@joaquinvaleri7022 6 ай бұрын

@@GodlikeIridium ok

@indiaandrews6996 7 ай бұрын

My brother has a friend in San Jose who was on American Idol. He was eliminated after a producer told him his story wasn’t as sellable as other contestants.

@squibbelsmcjohnson 6 ай бұрын

Wild

@uhohhotdog 6 ай бұрын

I believe it. Every episode there’s some sad story they push.

@cashreedhar 6 ай бұрын

That is why George Santos could win congress election. He made up a great story

@TheOsamaBahama 6 ай бұрын

Was he eliminated or was he simply not cast? I understand not wanting to cast a person who is not interesting to the audience. After all the participants have been selected though, then they should compete fairly.

@MrJoosebawkz 6 ай бұрын

tbh I wouldn’t even consider that cheating. There was really no indication ever that the first round of open auditions wasn’t completely arbitrary. If you’re saying this person was eliminated during the actual contest with public voting then yeah that’s blatant cheating

@oyuyuy 6 ай бұрын

I gotta disagree with the guy, I think people are completely clueless to what's real on TV, I know I am. There's also a lot of ground between lets say 'producers mildly influencing a competition' and 'completely rigged, everyone's an actor'. And even if you know something is heavily scripted and edited, you're still going to be affected by what you see.

@MrJoosebawkz 6 ай бұрын

I just want to know how real Nathan For You and The Rehearsal are. The only times I’ve wanted to believe “reality tv” was real

@oyuyuy 6 ай бұрын

@@MrJoosebawkz I've watched the Rehearsal and while the first episode seemed kinda real the rest didn't feel genuine to me. And I do wonder if they'd really dare to make a mock visit to someone's apartment and candidly film it like that. Sounds very risky from a legal point of view.

@Harderanger 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating and truly high quality journalism. With his huge army of followers, calling out Mr Beast is not a zero risk game, good on you Vox.

@barrishautomotive 7 ай бұрын

Does anyone believe Mr Beast content isn't bogus?

@zhye5588 7 ай бұрын

@@barrishautomotive I mean in an interview mr. beast basically said he wants to make the best yt videos and has no limits. so why would faking it all and a script not be something he would do. The real question is, is the money real? but on the other hand his videos are quite entertaining especially the video in question here. Eventho staged its still peak yt entertainment.

@SOSULLI 7 ай бұрын

@@zhye5588 I think the most important question, if you genuinely want to judge his character, is on his charity work. I don't give 2 shites if someone actually turned out 5th or they didn't really use the "most dangerous trap in the world" if the next video was on how he built 100 wells in Africa. He's not putting in any clear work in deceiving his audience if he were. If someone actually ended up in 4th instead of 3rd in a game and there's someone here crying, they must be such a tragic human being.

@ilijadjordjevic3506 7 ай бұрын

And probably nothing gonna change or happen

@lucaskang548 7 ай бұрын

I’m a MrBeast follower, but yeah, this is not okay for him to do

@Gurgio 7 ай бұрын

I would be a little careful with the "everybody knows"... especially when we are talking about Mr.Beast's target audience

@sumaiya1803 7 ай бұрын

they made that clear with the zoomed in comments that are seemingly believing his videos

@neociber24 7 ай бұрын

It's just enternaiment, not sure if it matters

@Spo8 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was my first thought. I guarantee you a large portion of the (predominantly) children that watch his videos think that they're seeing real stuff.

@Andreas0047 6 ай бұрын

Critical (digital) literacy is really going downhill nowadays

@osheridan 6 ай бұрын

@@Andreas0047 Not really, kids are just getting easier access to the internet. They'll grow

@weirdowaterfall4519 7 ай бұрын

My best guess as to why Mr. Beast allowed him to cheat was because they already spent large sums of money on the challenges further ahead would have gone to waste. I probably would have considered a re-casting or maybe just a retake but they decided not to.

@27pattywhack2 6 ай бұрын

The Mr. Beast contestants aren't cheating, they're actors. It's just WWE styled as a game show.

@QuintusAntonious 6 ай бұрын

@@27pattywhack2 Exactly, Mr. Beast is primarily about entertaining content rather than any kind of realism. His productions are portraying a game show and massaging or outright scripting the results so the viewers are entertained. Reality TV shows have been doing this for over 20 years now, so it isn't really that new of a concept. The only reason television game shows don't do it (or at least as obviously) is because of the scandals in the 60s and 70s the video is addressing.

@27pattywhack2 6 ай бұрын

@@QuintusAntonious Only reason *Network TV shows don't do it. Cable & streaming don't have to follow FCC rules

@neunzehnvierundachtzig 6 ай бұрын

@@QuintusAntonious Well then he should show a disclaimer.

@Katniss0000 6 ай бұрын

Most of that in that game show are content creators. All of those are paid actors. I haven’t watch it because I just think. It is another scripted show like most youtubers do.

@ashybearrrr 7 ай бұрын

seeing mrbeast on a vox thumbnail was not on my 2023 bingo card

@rolfs2165 7 ай бұрын

I don't get why the FCC doesn't have jurisdiction over cable tv. Cable is considered just another medium for broadcast in Germany.

@matrinoxtm 6 ай бұрын

My guess is outdated laws

@RUCER3Al 6 ай бұрын

My best guess is that the FCC doesnt see cable tv as a public medium, because you have to pay to view the cable tv service 99% of time in the US. Sinxe these services are managed by the cable tv company (private company who has invested money), its not viewed as a public medium/utility/service. Tldr: politics (maybe)

@mareksicinski3726 6 ай бұрын

@@RUCER3AlHm but you need to pay for the internet

@dekev7503 6 ай бұрын

Well we all fund German tv with our tax so they have to be accountable to us.

@rolfs2165 6 ай бұрын

@@dekev7503 That only goes for public broadcast, not private tv.

@HeyTylerAustin 6 ай бұрын

It's worth noting the changes that a show like Survivor made after the lawsuit. From my understanding, there is a CBS Standards and Practices person on set at all times to ensure fairness for contestants, especially during challenges. Jeff Probst has talked about it in some interviews.

@TheLouisisawesome 6 ай бұрын

I think they mostly follow it, but remember the season where the Military Veteran who was terrible at the strategic and social game found 3 idols in a row to save him, was allowed to play an idol in a way which had never been done before and was saved by a final 4 twist that never existed before?

@777Mikos 6 ай бұрын

So you are saying a company, in who's interest it is to rig a show for more views...pinky promised that they not gonna? lol They more likely just tightened the NDA's so contestants won't be able to sue/leak. If anything, even if show wasn't rigged, lack of made-up accusations from some disgruntled contestants proves it even better

@antiLGTBQ 6 ай бұрын

lol ive had people try to argue that survivor is real.... yeah bro 100%

@DavidKen878 6 ай бұрын

@@777Mikos How exactly does that work? Regardless of what they rig, the only people who would be interested in seeing it are people who watch the show. So how does rigging anything result in more views?

@jacoL8 6 ай бұрын

@@DavidKen878rigging the show -> more interesting events -> better clips to share/audience recommendations -> more views its not hard

@oceanbearmountain 6 ай бұрын

apparently when stempel gives the wrong answer ("marty"), the answer was actually one of his favourite movies and he was pained to forgo delivering a slam dunkaroo. he had a small taste of the fame van doren was to enjoy, as the show gave him a shorter-lived winning streak before van doren's. iirc, they basically made up the backstory they gave about him whole cloth; really he was just a broke undergrad

@kylevincent4720 7 ай бұрын

“Quiz Show” is such an underrated movie on this topic

@JamesVomit 6 ай бұрын

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@Tensei888 6 ай бұрын

I thought it would be one of the first comments, it’s a classic 90’s movie.

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@TimChuma 6 ай бұрын

At least the networks say "portions of the show that do not affect the outcome have been edited". What they do not say is the contestants do not recieve their winnings until the show is broadcast and sometimes they never do.

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@samsaraatiger 6 ай бұрын

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@tylerwhittington2891 6 ай бұрын

You didn't talk about how part of the punishment for the network was that they would have to broadcast the presidential debate. The Nixon Kennedy debate looked eerily similar to the Stemple VanDoren competition.

@gimmick206 7 ай бұрын

Imagine justifying someone promote something as real but in reality its staged and rigged just because he do charity and "want to make it look as entertaining as possible so thats make it okay". You can admire someone but dont worship them, when they do something wrong, say it as it is. Mr Beast clearly has built a real cult personality seing all the comment here.

@mareksicinski3726 6 ай бұрын

What is this statement

@Duckduckobtusegoose 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree, just be honest. There’s no need to lie about it, just say it’s set up or things are adjusted for better content, that doesn’t make him a horrible person. It’s just ridiculous that people think good actions can negate bad ones. It’s also normal to question if he’s always being honest with donations now that you know he’s lying in other areas and unwilling to own up to it.

@samolbe6845 6 ай бұрын

@@mareksicinski3726exactly what it’s is exposing his cult of kids

@fraizie6815 6 ай бұрын

I always knew Mr.Beast is largely faking his videos to make them more spectacular. You can see that in a lot of shots on more spectacle-driven videos.

@micahlish 7 ай бұрын

I'm still unclear as to why cheating is allowed on game shows

@DavidKen878 7 ай бұрын

It isn't. Congress made it law back in the 50s.

@amandasunshine2 6 ай бұрын

@@DavidKen878the full answer is it isn't, but that doesn't stop shady people from being shady, and none shadier than Hollywood execs. Well, some of the shadiest, at least.

@MisaelMatute76 6 ай бұрын

Yeah they stratey way off the question. But the answer seemed that it was "because its in the internet and no one cares to do something about it". Seems the only ones that cared are the FCC, but with free aired content...

@kevinbarnard355 6 ай бұрын

Because corporations avoid regulation/investigation by settling out of court, avoiding the FCCs jurisdiction by keeping it on cable/internet sources and/or by using the same defense as Fox News in court..."No sane person would believe this is really fair."

@jamontiqueq8763 6 ай бұрын

Because the genre of 'game show' died along with broadcast television itself. Only for game shows to be revived in the age of streaming services, cable television, and the internet-- all platforms the FCC does not regulate. This video's conclusion was just not very clearly stated.

@mshroye2 6 ай бұрын

Let’s be quite clear. It’s illegal in the United States to rig a game show. Technically this would only apply to shows like the price is right or wheel of fortune for example. Shows like survivor and American idol skirt that line between reality and game show

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@SayAhh 7 ай бұрын

Next: why lying is allowed on Fox "News"

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n 6 ай бұрын

Their lawyers testified in court that it is entertainment and is so ridiculous, "no reasonable person would believe it to be news," and won. For some reason, fans of the show thought THAT was a lie and the show was real.

@uyeetqboals3098 6 ай бұрын

I remember watching this video and i noticed in the beginning of the video there was a mistake and you can see the laser hit the guys leg pretty obviously, I later watched the video again with a friend to show them and it was edited out. you can prob find the unedited version on some peoples reaction to the original video.

@d3nza482 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, but did you notice that in this video the whole argument is that FCC does nothing and is useless - is made by a lawyer who is against FCC and stronger regulations. Did you notice that he lied about internet and cable being out of FCC jurisdiction?

@DylanMichaelTumacay16 7 ай бұрын

I’d never thought that MrBeast would appear on a Vox video

@Aligariusful 7 ай бұрын

I was a contestant on Fear Factor (Season 6) and there were a few things that, while not scripted, weren't the first take.

@mujtabaalam5907 7 ай бұрын

Examples?

@Monkerey 7 ай бұрын

Tell us

@Aligariusful 7 ай бұрын

So there were two main ones that happened that altered the outcomes of challenges. 1) In the first challenge, there was something that happened accidentally that would have given one of the contestant pairs an advantage. Producers were going to let it slide, since it just happened naturally, but other people on set didn't get the memo, so they had already started to reset the challenge for that pair. So what you see in the show is an edit of the pair's two attempts at the challenge. 2) The second challenge had two parts: eating "food" and then shooting a bow and arrow (depending on if you finished your food or not) with the worst shot sending that contestant pair home. Before starting the bow and arrow portion, we were told that if the arrow didn't hit the target (basically a big paper on a haybale), we would be allowed to reshoot (so all contestants knew this going in). The final contestant pair to shoot hit what looked like the very bottom of the target. But when producers went to look, they ruled that it had just missed the target and was just in the haybale, so they gave that pair the chance to shoot again. On the second shot, the arrow hit close to bulls-eye, giving that team the win.

@isaacmartinez6904 7 ай бұрын

There’s a movie about the game show scandal called Quiz Show. Really good movie.

@TheOneWhoKnocks969 7 ай бұрын

Vox in their way to dethrone coffee zilla on detective skills🔍

@yogeshwarpandey3147 7 ай бұрын

they went for the biggest fish in the ocean

@ramr7051 7 ай бұрын

Lol no

@Pyxlean 7 ай бұрын

Vox is a media corp, Coffeezilla is one person

@vitoc8454 7 ай бұрын

It's weird how Coffee spent weeks to months investigating Logan Paul's NFT scam, yet inexplicably failed to look up how to pronounce "Eddie Ibanez" It's "eee-BAN-yezz," not "EYE-banezz." His video even had a clip of a TV program where the host said the guy's name *correctly.*. Like, imagine a French news channel reporting on the trial of "Same Bonkman-Frayed."

@MeowjinBoo 6 ай бұрын

Lol, please tell the last one to my family who send me countless reels of things that "totally happened"

@alifairways 7 ай бұрын

I love the way Vox explain things and presents them.

@Soloohara 7 ай бұрын

ookk

@GeckoClever 7 ай бұрын

the bla bla bla bla bla for a 60 word conclusion just to get that ad revenue? They would take half a year to explain why your phone has a display, and they went to the year 800 BC to do it.

@elliot_729 7 ай бұрын

Game theory jeopardy.

@elliot_729 7 ай бұрын

The best source for certain history.

@eugenelenskih2885 7 ай бұрын

I like how u said things and not facts

@haskeymorrison 6 ай бұрын

Hi Vox! I summarized this for a school assignment! Thank you for making quality content!

@EpicChicken8 6 ай бұрын

try using your own ideas for school assignments

@VonHohenstaufen 6 ай бұрын

@@EpicChicken8You're not their teacher

@haskeymorrison 6 ай бұрын

@@EpicChicken8 I didn't make the assignment

@TheMCEnthusiastPlays 6 ай бұрын

@@EpicChicken8c'mon man, they're a student, not writing a book. calm down

@PodcArne 6 ай бұрын

@@TheMCEnthusiastPlays*hbomberguy appears*

@Lockieez 6 ай бұрын

It's also possible that Mr Beast's shows are legit but they reshoot certain things for the audience. Kind of like how in Survivor when a contestant finds a hidden immunity idol without a camera present, they then rehide the idol in the same place and find it again with a camera present just for narrative reasons.

@kushking949 6 ай бұрын

You must be a kid bc only kids love him like u

@racool911 6 ай бұрын

Honestly I think this is the most likely scenario.

@WackMaDino 6 ай бұрын

@@kushking949Insightful.

@hfbdbsijenbd 7 ай бұрын

"Everyone knows what's on the Internet is usually not real." Where has this guy been for the past decade?!?

@akorn9943 6 ай бұрын

Lawyer moment

@DemoEvolvedGaming 7 ай бұрын

When a youtube clip has a sponsor, there are clear requirements that you have to announce it and this is obeyed by youtubers. It is no stretch to think that a regulation requiring videos that are showing a contest with a skill based outcome when they are staged for drama, that the uploader should need to say so in the preroll.

@The_Invisible_Hand 6 ай бұрын

Are those legal requirements, or just KZfaq's policy?

@DemoEvolvedGaming 6 ай бұрын

@@The_Invisible_Hand they are legal regulations afaik

@reaganharder1480 6 ай бұрын

@@DemoEvolvedGaming as I understand it, they are legal requirements in some places (such as the UK), but I don't think it's a legal requirement in the US. That might have changed? idk, I think I saw a Tom Scott video about it a couple years ago.

@adventofnull 6 ай бұрын

@@reaganharder1480i believe KZfaq videos by US creators have to follow FTC guidelines (and not FCC) for disclosure of sponsors. Though I've never heard of enforcement from them ofc.

@danko5866 7 ай бұрын

Mr beast lived long enough to see himself become the villain

@samsonsoturian6013 7 ай бұрын

He was always just making whatever video gets clicks. In the early days he was just a teenager with a smartphone but now he runs a studio.

@sergiosierra2422 6 ай бұрын

What could help is adding a disclaimer that it's entertainment only and not based on skills or luck.

@chauhanashish9825 6 ай бұрын

The journalism we need

@henrymouland02 6 ай бұрын

Really insightful video as always. Would love to see an equivalent on NFT’s and high profile footballers in light of recent news on Ronaldo being sued for $1B. We cannot assume the world is full of rational people; quite the opposite

@dogstick12 6 ай бұрын

Rationalism is actually just choosing to be consciously reductionist...

@tiaanbothma7555 6 ай бұрын

Vox is a humble lightbulb in the vast sea of blinding media. Thank you for consistently expressing a factual form of journalism. We love you ❤

@Kevin.Costner. 7 ай бұрын

Vox Back to back days? 🍿🔥

@SimonTaylorcomedian 7 ай бұрын

Light on 'game', heavy on 'show'.

@granitegrizz 6 ай бұрын

The call back to the sponsor was hilarious

@theaidanator 6 ай бұрын

0:25 The contestant’s name is Mack, not Zack. He’s a KZfaqr too!

@StudioSmith 6 ай бұрын

FOR REAL! That¨dangerous trap¨ video was an enormous joke.

@sathwikmadhula9527 7 ай бұрын

I even doubted why he (Mr. Beast) did not live stream being buried for 7 days on twitch or KZfaq like he has done 24 hours challenges previously in front of live online audience.

@WonTonDJ 7 ай бұрын

The man was struggling and probably didn't want to have to add to anything else he'd have to stop the stream for and turn back on and etc such as using the restroom or other various things. Kinda weird logistically lol.

@Maytimothy01 7 ай бұрын

Does yield the same quality results

@Katniss0000 6 ай бұрын

I don’t know why the need to prove? He is not doing something for Guinness book of world records. A lot of youtubers are doing this. People hating just for the sake of hating or just mad that most youtube contents are scripted. Just treat it like watching a marvel movie. You came for the story on how he will spend 7 days buried. I’m even watching a show “how I survived 1000 days in nuclear war. You should be more concerned if News is faking a story on what is happening on israel and palestine.

@Justgoodvids 7 ай бұрын

Also repeat players is annoying. There doesn’t seem to be a random selection of participants and one guy said to the other contestants that lost that he will see them back home I think he also built two wells in the same place in Africa as there’s a sign with the same name.

@CharlieOliverBates 6 ай бұрын

0:25 his name is Mack not Zack lol

@magnuswiesener9588 7 ай бұрын

Funny how I was just catching up on videos on Phil's own channel, then a Vox video pops up and happens to be one of his.

@LightBlueVans 7 ай бұрын

I'm so behind I need to find his channel

@parinuser 7 ай бұрын

woah... i didnt realize that-

@dcapjunk 7 ай бұрын

Jimmy beast will be speaking about this somewhere I’m sure

@X1GenKaneShiroX 7 ай бұрын

I love designing and creating new game shows.

@MattXShaver 6 ай бұрын

Worth noting that the contestant in that MrBeast video, Mac, is friends with Jimmy and is the lead editor for Airrack - another KZfaqr known for faking videos

@DavidPruitt 6 ай бұрын

"Everyone knows what's on the internet is usually not real". First day here?

@cantthinkofname4138 6 ай бұрын

man this was an eye opener

@ArthurstaYshakChannel 7 ай бұрын

You can also see the laser hit the guys leg before he dives in to the exit

@samsonsoturian6013 7 ай бұрын

To be honest, even children know no one is going to put their lives in danger for a game show.

@krismyth 6 ай бұрын

I know before I graduated high school we had watched some movie about fixing of quiz shows and I graduated in 93 the movie quiz show came out with John tutorial after that what was the movie prior to that?

@pourdamghani 7 ай бұрын

Also, clearly there is laser on the leg of contestant... I was more buged by this, that also happens in his other videos...

@cameronmitchell8180 7 ай бұрын

He touches the laser the door closes. He had to get through the door.

@JustWasted3HoursHere 6 ай бұрын

I think that as long as it is expressly stated at the beginning of the episode, game shows should be able to do whatever they want. At that point it's just entertainment. But on the main point, if the FCC and/or Congress really cared about honesty they should look in a mirror first.

@collins_channel8643 7 ай бұрын

Phil consistently making the best conent on vox

@codingidiot6754 6 ай бұрын

im not sure what you mean by the bit in 0:23 about the bag and shoes, the shoes are on the left and the bag is on the right and then the camera looks to the right so you see the bag and not the shoes.. his legs being in a different position is weird though

@pedropereira5043 7 ай бұрын

I'm my country if there's a prize involved, there's severe regulation 😂 you can't just offer to pay someone 50k

@zhye5588 6 ай бұрын

Same . Here we have something like "gift taxes" anything above 2k the gov takes a big bite out of it.

@RichardHannay 7 ай бұрын

That’s why I don’t like game shows unless it involves celebrities as panels or contestants cuz then I know they’re playing for fun and entertainment and not really for money.

@yojacq 6 ай бұрын

Great for editors to learn from

@GeekFurious 6 ай бұрын

To be fair to Survivor, nothing like that first season has ever been alledged since. Sure, some contestants think producers nudged votes, but unlike that first season, there has been no evidence of it happening, just people who lost claiming that's why they were voted out despite the people who voted them out saying it never happened.

@jessicaclarke2408 7 ай бұрын

I mean are we really surprised?

@StevieCooper 7 ай бұрын

Great episode

@spongebot64 6 ай бұрын

At least Van Doren wasn't instructed to listen for coughs

@ninafuentes04 6 ай бұрын

Probably the most significant thing to happen on October 7th 2023.

@__dane__ 6 ай бұрын

A story that Vox should cover is video game clones (and interview NYU Game Center and others). After all, Stumble Guys is clearly just Fall Guys mobile

@vincenturquhart1370 6 ай бұрын

Not sure what the story is here. Game mechanics arn’t subject to copyright.

@hayeonkim7838 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for useful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

@xyz.anonymous 7 ай бұрын

It's so over for Mister beast

@damiadeniji 7 ай бұрын

Great video :) Another aspect of Mr Beast's video that isn't often mentioned is that the contestant in the video is Airrack's video editor.

@julianjazz7296 7 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks

@richsackett3423 6 ай бұрын

2:34 Mr. Stempel knew the fix was in.

@chrisball3778 6 ай бұрын

Abe: 'All I have is this house that I built with my own two hands.' Homer: 'You didn't build this house, you won it on a crooked '50s game show!' Abe: 'I ratted on everybody and got off Scott-free!'

@thatsit5049 6 ай бұрын

Did the people who scored clash of clans do the music for this video?

@freddytang2128 6 ай бұрын

Besides the example in this video, I don't think survivor producers has ever tried to rig results. But as a huge survivor fan, I would admit there is some misrepresentation of the show in the edited TV. Like maybe something happens and someone has a dramatic reaction, but that reaction was filmed at a different time and spliced out of context. Does that count as "rigging"? Not really, I guess its more like a dishonest way to make the show more entertaining

@AdammmmYT 6 ай бұрын

Correction: The name of the contestant was Mack

@NowherewithNate 6 ай бұрын

First time MrBeast is in a Vox video lol

@Zhuk-zc8es 7 ай бұрын

Mr. Beast on the thumbnail got me.

@SOSULLI 7 ай бұрын

irony.

@efp722 7 ай бұрын

THere is something about Mr. Beast that I find very off putting. Can't really put my finger on it.

@zenandtheartofnlp 5 ай бұрын

It's the oldest trick in the TV show playbook! Remember, reality is an illusion!

@Fanof_OSRS 6 ай бұрын

very well done video!

@Nakla 6 ай бұрын

I already knew that a lot of stuff is just a lie on the internet to get engagement and attention Sometimes people for example will on purpose mispronounce a word just to get YT comments that correct them

@squibbelsmcjohnson 6 ай бұрын

And unfortunately once you break Through that wall, you can never look at things the same.. I question literally everyone and everything... World is a lie full of sharks

@Sessiria 6 ай бұрын

funamusea pfp? wa

@Nakla 6 ай бұрын

@@Sessiria ?

@colinmaharaj 6 ай бұрын

I remember watching the movie about this, the Geratol thing

@reprovedcandy 6 ай бұрын

Clearly the creators of the Squid Games show did not get the memo that game shows were rigged. They kept letting main characters get thrown out left and right. Then that nice old man and young guy the audience loved won some secret thing, but then immediately got eliminated because of it and we never found out what happened. Same with that other dude - wins something advantageous to build suspense, but then gets eliminated 2 minutes later. In real life, those are obvious competitive decisions a real person would make. However, I was shocked the game show producers didn't see that coming and put a stop to it via rigging. Lol.

@adrianblake8876 6 ай бұрын

You do know the "nice old man" is the sponsor and that the game was rigged to let him stay so far...

@reprovedcandy 6 ай бұрын

@@adrianblake8876 wait, what? really?

@reprovedcandy 6 ай бұрын

@@adrianblake8876 you do know im talking about the reality show on netflix, not the actual squid games show right ?

@aryanram02 6 ай бұрын

@@reprovedcandy uhh did u even watch the whole series buddy? lol **spoiler alert** in the end of the series the old man is shown to be on a bed, he wasn't actually killed or eliminated like everyone else. the plot reveals that he has been a long time sponsor and viewer of the squid games, he was initlly part of those ppl (rich dudes in special golden masks) who were watching the show in the beginning, but even this got too boring for him so he ended up participating in it himself.

@kehoeforward 6 ай бұрын

What's up with the mr beast reference

@mikesheahan6906 7 ай бұрын

The first ad that popped while I was watching this was for Survivor's new season on Paramount plus.

@SubsWithNoVideos-ps2pc 6 ай бұрын

I think the video they mentioned is the last major mr beast vid I watched tbh, other than the supermarket one

@TwinShards 6 ай бұрын

I do not see the MrBeast specific clip as cheating, if it truly was i believe the other contestant would have said something on Twitter. When you first talked about this specific video i though you were going to pull up the part where, the same guy ironically, bypass a part of the obsticle by jumping on the side and going back in. (Referring to the one right after the Tesla option to quit)

@squibbelsmcjohnson 6 ай бұрын

They are required to sign NDA's👍

@jareknowak8712 7 ай бұрын

Thank You Vox !! 👍

@lorenzooliver1131 7 ай бұрын

6:31 6:42

@botanicalitus4194 6 ай бұрын

Mr beast fanboys make it impossible to criticize him even in good faith. Its ridiculous

@romulopericles 6 ай бұрын

Wake up and smell the coffee... Everything is just a big "soup opera"😅😅😅

@aryanram02 6 ай бұрын

bdm TSSS

@armanke13 6 ай бұрын

Reality is often boring, not dramatic enough for shows

@unkierich 7 ай бұрын

I love the bit at the end, we know every other entity in the World is subject to the economy. We don't like that, just give us cash!

@sadiexoxo275 6 ай бұрын

Obviously it's entertainment. Just really pay people and keep it moving

@user-hm8ub5mz6k 6 ай бұрын

Whenever you play a broad game or running a show. U want a script to make a dramaticism between two or more player. Scrips make a game more interesting and fascinating. it's purposes all of game show want.