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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;d_lairson, post: 282769, member: 8441&quot;]This is sad... but my wife is a big fan of this show...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, as I understand it, it is very rare for them to use an expert witness, as such it is a little strange for them to &quot;swear the witness in&quot;. In most small claims cases the swearing in of the parties is included in the opening of the case, which usually includes personal info, and as such would not be shown to the whole world. I read, I think on another forum, that the show producers asked around to several people before the settled on Mr. Ganz, so I think it might have just been a happy coincidence that he had written a book about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is way out there, but I think because of union rules, to appear on a tv show, you have to get paid somehow. Most people on game shows and realitly show are paid union minimum, so part of Mr. Ganz&#039;s payment could have been the fact that they mentioned his book, and highlighted his knowledge, in an attempt to sell more books for him. But like I said, this is way out there</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:</p><p>Here is a link to the other forum that talks about this, and has a post from someone who supposedly was contacted to be on the show... I know the thread goes horribly off topic at times, sorry...</p><p><a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=611207&amp;STARTPAGE=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=611207&amp;STARTPAGE=1" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=611207&amp;STARTPAGE=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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