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Watching Brewsters Millions with my kids (85 Version) - Couod you win the challenge
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:50 pm
Interesting- found all kinds of forums of people trying to see if they couod win the challenge given the rules - how would you do?
Here are the rules:
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How would you complete the Brewster's Millions challenge?
Under the terms of the will, Brewster is challenged to spend $30 million within 30 days in order to inherit $300 million ($7.5 Billion USD as of 2010). There are some important conditions attached: at the end of the 30 days, he may not own any assets that are not already his, and he must get value for the services of anyone he hires. Furthermore, he may donate only 5% to charity and lose another 5% by gambling, and he may not waste the money by buying expensive goods and then destroying them or giving them away. Finally, he is not allowed to tell anyone about the nature of this challenge.
Edit 1: I'm seeing a lot people want to throw a party. I mean, yeah you'll lose a lot of money initially but after that the rate of loss slows. Also it all has to be SPENT, so paying to plan something that can't just happen tomorrow is pretty uncertain. If you can arrange and organize these things in such little time I would be really surprised. Do you think you can just get these entertainers to drop everything and do something for you?
Here are the rules:
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How would you complete the Brewster's Millions challenge?
Under the terms of the will, Brewster is challenged to spend $30 million within 30 days in order to inherit $300 million ($7.5 Billion USD as of 2010). There are some important conditions attached: at the end of the 30 days, he may not own any assets that are not already his, and he must get value for the services of anyone he hires. Furthermore, he may donate only 5% to charity and lose another 5% by gambling, and he may not waste the money by buying expensive goods and then destroying them or giving them away. Finally, he is not allowed to tell anyone about the nature of this challenge.
Edit 1: I'm seeing a lot people want to throw a party. I mean, yeah you'll lose a lot of money initially but after that the rate of loss slows. Also it all has to be SPENT, so paying to plan something that can't just happen tomorrow is pretty uncertain. If you can arrange and organize these things in such little time I would be really surprised. Do you think you can just get these entertainers to drop everything and do something for you?
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Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:58 pm to 45RCRoy45
the rodney dangerfield version of that (easy money) was a much better movie
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:05 pm to 45RCRoy45
Yes. I would run for President.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:07 pm to 45RCRoy45
I haven't seen it since the 80s, probably. But even as a kid, it seemed like the purchase of the valuable stamp violated the rules of the bet.
That said, I miss movies like these and the 80s had so many of them.
That said, I miss movies like these and the 80s had so many of them.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:27 pm to 45RCRoy45
I love that movie. I've always wondered if I could do it, and what I would do. Probably a lot harder than it seems.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:30 pm to 45RCRoy45
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$30 million within 30 days in order to inherit $300 million
I'm just buy a few beef tenderloins and eat them that month.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:33 pm to kywildcatfanone
I’d take the $30 million and run.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:44 pm to 45RCRoy45
Could I just buy a ticket for Bezos’s next penis rocket launch? Tough to place a fair value in space tourism, since it’s really not even a market at this point. Who’s to say $30 million isn’t fair value for something virtually no one has done?
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:44 pm to 45RCRoy45
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Do you think you can just get these entertainers to drop everything and do something for you?
Rent the most expensive room you can get, open top of the top shelf bar, have an insane food set up and over pay as many music acts play.
Spend the rest on only fans
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:49 pm to 45RCRoy45
I'd pay 30m to be the kicker for the Saints for 1 day
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:52 pm to 45RCRoy45
Can’t you just buy ad space for Super Bowl or whatever and just fill it with nonsense? Promo expenses seem to the clear option.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 5:53 pm to 45RCRoy45
In 2021 there is no doubt I could do it. In 1985, I think I have my doubts I could pull it off.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:24 pm to 45RCRoy45
After donating and gambling my 10% I would then go to supermarkets in low income neighborhoods and pay every bodies bill until I hit my $30 million
Posted on 12/24/21 at 5:40 am to DaleGribble
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But even as a kid, it seemed like the purchase of the valuable stamp violated the rules of the bet.
It was a stamp. It was printed to be mailed and he used it for its intended purpose.
The real gray area is how much he pays people for services. He just hires all sorts of people to do random jobs and pays them some absurd salary. There didn’t appear to be a hard salary cap.
Posted on 12/24/21 at 8:44 am to 45RCRoy45
I'd take advantage of the 10% I can burn on gambling (whatever has the worst odds) and charity.
I'd rent the Beverly House for a month - $600,000 for a month
I'd throw a party equal to that of the Bat Mitzvah of Elizabeth Brooks - $10 million
Depending on the time of year, I'd buy a slew of tickets to the most expensive events (Super Bowl, World Series, etc) and give them out - all the most expensive box seats.
I'd buy the most expensive art piece that I could with what's left and then sell it for $1.
I'd then buy a milkshake at McDonald's.
I'd rent the Beverly House for a month - $600,000 for a month
I'd throw a party equal to that of the Bat Mitzvah of Elizabeth Brooks - $10 million
Depending on the time of year, I'd buy a slew of tickets to the most expensive events (Super Bowl, World Series, etc) and give them out - all the most expensive box seats.
I'd buy the most expensive art piece that I could with what's left and then sell it for $1.
I'd then buy a milkshake at McDonald's.
Posted on 12/24/21 at 10:05 am to 45RCRoy45
I started a thread about this movie a few years ago
Watching Brewster's Millions and something that always bothered me
If mailing that stamp didn’t disqualify him, then I would have just bought $30 million in rare stamps and mailed them to friends & family
Watching Brewster's Millions and something that always bothered me
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When Brewster is given the instructions on how he has to spend the $30 million in 30 days, his uncle tells him that he cant buy 12 Picassos and use them for firewood because he can not destroy anything that is inherently valuable. Doing that would be instant disqualification
Well later in the movie, he pays $1.25 million for a very rare stamp and mails a post card with it, thus destroying the value of the stamp.
Why didn't those two old dudes who looked like a real live version of Statler and Waldorf immediately cry foul and demand the $300 million?
BTW, on a side note, Brewster hooked the Hackensack Bulls up with probably the ugliest baseball uniforms I have ever seen. Silk shirts and silk pants?
If mailing that stamp didn’t disqualify him, then I would have just bought $30 million in rare stamps and mailed them to friends & family
Posted on 12/24/21 at 1:40 pm to 45RCRoy45
Not going to say it would be easy, but after the easy 10% off I’ve got 27 million to spend.
Ad buys are an easy one. Paying exorbitant fees to speakers for a “conference of ideas”, not to mention the cost to rent the super dome for it I figure I could shell out 10m easy
Ad buys are an easy one. Paying exorbitant fees to speakers for a “conference of ideas”, not to mention the cost to rent the super dome for it I figure I could shell out 10m easy
Posted on 12/24/21 at 1:55 pm to 45RCRoy45
I think I could do it by just eating and drinking with Johnny Depp for a few weeks
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