By and large the show was a solid, workmanlike effort, a little more serious than GSN's 2003 special on Larson. The older show was more of a promo for GSN's PYL remake Whammy. By contrast, this new show might as well have turned up on PBS.
The new documentary did use some footage from the old show, like the comments from PYL host Peter Tomarken. A new interview with Tomarken was sadly impossible due to his fatal plane crash in 2006. GSN did land some new people for interviews, most notably Michael Larson's daughter. Her comments on her strained relationship with her father may have been the most affecting part of the entire documentary.
If you don't know Michael Larson's story after Press Your Luck, Wikipedia can fill in the sad details. GSN didn't fudge Larson's downfall and legal troubles, which kept him on the run until his death in 1999. But for a few hours in an LA studio, Michael Larson really was the king of the game show world.
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