College Humor Rescues Man Who Spent $2,600 on Carnival Game in Exchange for a Stuffed Banana

Life savings recouped, and then some

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College Humor took a break from making videos that aren't as funny as they could be to help Henry Gribbohm, a man who lost his $2,600 in life savings on a rigged carnival game. The goal was to get Gribbohm his money and dignity back. Well, his money, anyway. College Humor posted a video explaining Gribbohm's situation, and vowed to donate 10 cents for every time the post was "liked" on Facebook. If they got 26,000 likes, they planned to buy the banana from Henry for $2,600.

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