$100,000 Contest
Near the end of each season, the $10,000 winners from selected episodes are brought back to participate in a contest to win an additional $100,000. Three $100,000 contests air each season, though only one aired in the first season. During the Saget era, the set would be decorated with balloons; and beginning in the second season, a revolving gag involves the "money" being guarded in some bizarre way from Saget on-stage, including a security guard or a force field. Once the winner is announced, a marching band would often appear on stage playing the theme song (other times the regular theme would be played), and balloons are dropped from the ceiling. For the Fuentes/Fugelsang and Bergeron eras, usually only confetti (occasionally balloons) is dropped and the regular theme is played.
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)