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Post by millionairenut on Nov 8, 2018 21:22:11 GMT -5
We have ourselves another anniversary.
Regis was technically wrong when he said Pat was the second woman to win $500,000. I know she was playing for charity, but let's not forget that Rosie O'Donnell got to the Million Dollar Question in a celebrity edition.
Pat here was very intelligent and very gutsy, such as going for it on $250,000. She clearly has read a lot, as emphasized during her run. Pat showed a lot of bravery, though did not have it for the Million Dollar Question, which is too bad, as she would have won. She had a good comeback, being down two lifelines after $16,000.
It's worth noting Regis said only one woman had won the top prize in any Millionaire country, although less than two weeks later, a major top prize win by a woman would happen.
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Post by kplewisvox on Nov 9, 2018 0:09:50 GMT -5
We have ourselves another anniversary. Regis was technically wrong when he said Pat was the second woman to win $500,000. I know she was playing for charity, but let's not forget that Rosie O'Donnell got to the Million Dollar Question in a celebrity edition. Sorry. Those celebrity specials don't count for stats. Not with all that cheating going on. There's a fine line between bravery and foolishness. It would have been a total guess. |
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Post by millionairenut on Nov 9, 2018 15:30:08 GMT -5
We have ourselves another anniversary. Regis was technically wrong when he said Pat was the second woman to win $500,000. I know she was playing for charity, but let's not forget that Rosie O'Donnell got to the Million Dollar Question in a celebrity edition. Sorry. Those celebrity specials don't count for stats. Not with all that cheating going on. There's a fine line between bravery and foolishness. It would have been a total guess. It does not change the fact who saw the Million Dollar Questions and whatnot. Yes, there was "cheating" up to and including the $32,000 level, but technically, it did happen. Pat said she does remember reading about population growth, but I guess she wasn't sure enough. I suppose you could say she was in between Tom O'Brien, who said it would have been a guess, and Mary Burke, who thought the right answer but did not go for it. |
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Post by millionairenut on Dec 7, 2018 0:20:06 GMT -5
I can't believe I haven't posted in this thread for nearly a month. I am aware many major anniversaries have happened since my last post, such as Martin Flood's win, John Carpenter's win, Juddith Keppel's win, as well as Justin Ray Castillo in the U.S. and John Randall in Britain winning 500,000.
Anyway, a major anniversary did indeed happen on this date:
Jim was very smart here. I do think, however, he wasted his Phone-A-Friend the way Michael Shutterly wasted his. Otherwise, he was good about using his lifelines and had a terrific memory. That Million Dollar Question was a tough one.
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Post by millionairenut on Jan 7, 2019 0:33:31 GMT -5
The first win of the 21st Century came on this date in 2001. Hans Peters claimed the top prize in the Netherlands on Lotto Weekend Millionaires. His full run used to be on YouTube. Now, only one of the four videos is up now. This was back when the Guilder was the Dutch currency.
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Post by millionairenut on Jan 23, 2019 18:34:09 GMT -5
There have been so many anniversaries in January. It really is one of the best Millionaire months out there. January 2000 was so good.
Notice the late Ed Toutant was a fastest finger contestant here.
It didn't seem like a terribly difficult question for $1 Million, but credit to him for getting that far after asking the audience at $100.
If only Mark wasn't so sure, so confident. He could also have used his phone a friend for his $500,000 question. Was he the first person in the world to miss his penultimate question? Duncan Bickley wasn't until October that year in the UK.
Then, we had another one just two days later.
I like Lawrence. He was pretty smart, and his reactions were great.
Two days later, January 17, across the pond, history was equaled.
Like Chris said, it's not their money, but that phone a friend seemed very confident, and David walked away anyway. We might not have had to wait until Judith Keppel, because David was so smart, using one lifeline through the first 13 questions.
Well, we'll have to wait until somebody else to get to the Million Pound Question. How long, though?
How's that for a treat? He has the original episode/broadcast of Peter Lee's win. Enjoy, everybody, if you haven't already. Apparently he was in touch with Peter Lee himself.
Peter Lee wasn't the only one to make waves in the hot seat that night.
We nearly had a top prize winner in the U.S. and the U.K. on the same date. What are the chances?
If only this contestant had the guts to go for it. He used a lot of smarts on his 13th question. He had a panic attack and came back and did this.
Then finally, 19 years ago on this date, we got this.
Regis asks if it's possible to have two millionaires in the same week, and we could have, but Rob said he was 99% sure. We might not have had to wait until Ken Basin. There would, later, however, be two millionaires in one week. Twice.
So, in January, we have had:
Hans Peters
David Fite
David Neale
Peter Lee
Dan Blonsky
Steve Devlin
Rob Coughlin
Plus:
Mark McDermott
Lawrence Caplan
Is January the best month in Millionaire history?
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Post by millionairenut on Feb 26, 2019 20:13:41 GMT -5
When I think of Millionaire in the month of February, two major anniversaries come to mind:
Stephanie Girardi was the first woman in the U.S. ever to face the final question.
That happened on this date 17 years ago. Roger was the last public contestant to win 500,000 and nobody would see the final question in the U.K. again until Pat Gibson more than two years later. I think Roger is my favorite half-millionaire. He had a ton of courage and went for it despite being out of lifelines on the ninth question. The moment he won 500,000 was a great exchange when Chris asked for the check, tore it up and telling him he won.
His daughter also was concerned about him taking chances, but it all paid off, and he knew when to stop.
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Post by millionairenut on Mar 23, 2019 14:06:25 GMT -5
It's hard to believe this was 19 years ago on this date. Joe was the only person to get his fastest finger correct, just as Judith Keppel was the only one to get hers. He was pretty much fantastic for the most part. The only questions that gave him trouble were $16,000 and $32,000. I do wonder why he went against his brother on the question. He didn't explain his logic. Answering the last five questions without a lifeline was duplicated by Ingram Wilcox in Britain. Nancy Christy answered her last six questions without a lifeline. Joe lost weight during the 2009 10th Anniversary special of Millionaire. He looked very good. Mother Carmel was a fastest finger contestant. Wouldn't it have been something if she got into the hot seat? gilroydispatch.com/2006/06/24/not-your-average-joe/It's really awesome what he did for his family after he won. I see he's also done some voice acting, too. voice123.com/joetrela |
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Post by millionairenut on Mar 30, 2019 11:52:18 GMT -5
I'm not the craziest about this quality, but it is a full episode.
Paddy Spooner correctly answering 13 questions twice has to be one of the greatest feats in Millionaire history. To have that much general knowledge is so impressive. Not to take anything away from Primetime Millionaire, but I feel like UK and Australia have had a broader sense of general knowledge in their questions. I do ask myself how Paddy would have done if he had made it to the hot seat in New York.
He clearly was influenced by Australia, hence the shirt and also telling Chris to lock in an answer. He is from England, though. I know one of our members had a picture with Paddy during the playing of Quiz last year. Paddy also played in Ireland in 2002, but wasn't nearly as successful.
He was the fifth contestant in Britain to see the 14th question, and whereas he had two lifelines by his 14th question in Australia, he was out of two of them before the 10th question here.
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Post by millionairenut on Apr 1, 2019 14:25:44 GMT -5
This is one of those runs where you ask yourself what if.
David was fantastic. It appears Jeopardy is a gateway show. If you can get on there, you can succeed at nearly any other show, such as him winning twice and getting $500,000 here. He wanted to be sure on his $32,000 by using the 50:50. Maybe that would have come into play. Also, what if he could his art phone-a-friend instead of the one he actually used? Maybe Kevin Olmstead doesn't set the record in that case. We'll never know for sure. Tony Mangaser and Father Bill Matheny were also fastest finger contestants. David played brilliantly and was gutsy to impulsively go through all of his lifelines.
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
