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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.

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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.

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Cash Cab (TV Series 2008– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

'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' Ashiq banaya aapne all songs download.

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. Sniper elite 4 console commands pc. How to install sapcar. However, they're not some random strangers that the car just happened to pick up.

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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!'

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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.