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Cash Cab, the Discovery Channel series where everyday people just trying to get a cab ride in New York are amazed to suddenly find themselves on a game show full of bright lights, fun sound effects, and cash prizes, is all about the element of surprise. Fans of the show may know the feeling: you're in NYC, you hail a cab, and part of you thinks Am I about to be on Cash Cab? Probably not — turns out the show is less spontaneous than it seems.
Some of the participants are actually recruited beforehand. Many former contestants have revealed that they were pre-screened by producers. One former participant, Rebecca D., explained on Yelp that she was approached in Union Square and told she was being interviewed for a reality show called Show Me New York, where New Yorkers would talk about the city.
'I wasn't sure why that show required a trivia quiz in the interview (maybe they didn't want anyone stupid on-air?),' she reflects, 'but I aced it'
After exchanging emails with the producers, they sent a cab to pick her up to film a non-existent segment for the non-existent show. You know what happens next.
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Other contestants also reported similar stories — producers approached them with a fake premise for a travel-based reality show, quizzed them on general knowledge, and set them up to get in the cab (via Mental Floss). In all these cases, the element of surprise is real — they truly didn't know that they were stepping into a game show when they got in the car. However, they're not some random strangers that the car just happened to pick up.
This is not to say that every Cash Cab participant is pre-screened. One former participant wrote in a Reddit AMA, 'I couldn't tell it was the Cash Cab, but there was a 10 minute period after he hit the lights where they stopped, a PA came and talked to me, told me the rules, I signed a waiver, and continued.'
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Another former participant blogged about the experience, 'My friend Kristian...and I found ourselves stepping into quite a surprise today...It's a gameshow in a taxi cab!'
So no, Cash Cab isn't always as spontaneous as it may seem. But hey, there's still some chance that the taxi you're stepping into could in fact be a game show waiting to happen.
The Canadian version is produced by Castlewood Productions and began airing on 10 September 2008 on Discovery Channel (Canada) and Discovery HD, hosted by comedian Adam Growe.
Our version closely mirrors the structure of its US counterpart, retaining familiar features like “Shout Outs”, “Red Light Challenges”, and the “double or nothing” Video Bonus option at the end of each game. Our newest season features a “Triple Play” component, where contestants have a chance to triple their winnings if they go for the Video Bonus Question…and ONLY if they arrive at their destination strike-free.
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The questions have a heavier focus on science, technology, nature and adventure, as opposed to purely general knowledge. Regular questions are worth $25, $50, $100; while Red Light Challenge questions are worth $75. When contestants reach the $100 questions, they have the option to “swap out” a question, and the Cash Cab dispatcher will give them a new question.
The Canadian Cash Cab uses It is also the first Cash Cab format to be taped and broadcast entirely in High Definition. Cash Cab has been on the streets of the major Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver.
Following the success of the first season, Canada’s host Adam Growe was invited to host a special season premiere episode of the American Cash Cab on December 23, 2008, which promoted the feature film Frost/Nixon.