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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1999-2002

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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999): :  -- David Honea wins $32,000; Rob Gelbman can't get the $32,000 question right.
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999): :  -- Mark Dixon misses out on $64,000 and leaves with $32,000 in winnings.
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999): :  -- The hour-long conclusion to season one!
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999): :  -- Bill MacDonald wins $125,000 before walking on his $250,000 question.
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999): :  -- Michael Rosenthal, tonight's carryover, walks away with $125,000.

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16 August 1999 (USA) more
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Contestants, selected by calling a phone number, are chosen based on their ability to arrange 4 answers to a question in the correct order the fastest... more
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12 wins & 7 nominations more
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I love it!! more (24 total)

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Regis Philbin ... Himself - Host / ... (16 episodes, 1999-2009)
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John Carpenter, the first million-dollar winner, got all the way to the final question without using any "lifelines." The question was, "Who was the only U.S. President to appear on 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in'?" When Regis Philbin asked him the question, John decided to call his father for the "phone-a-friend" lifeline. Instead of asking his father for help, he told him "Um...I don't really need your help. I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to win the million dollars." more
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Regis Philbin: Is that your final answer? more
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Referenced in Four Christmases (2008) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
I love it!!, 25 October 2000
Author: hickey_d from Dublin, Ohio

Regis Philbin is the best host for the best game quiz show of all time. He has enough humor to light up the television sets and he's serious enough to host the game like any other classical show. And the contestants are not all rocket scientists, which is what I like. I saw "Jeopardy!" before I wrote this and the contestants knew things I have never even heard of. However, contestants on Millionaire have ordinary jobs and even ordinary knowledge. And of course, it's geared toward everyone, so that the whole family can play and together. Personally, my favorite is the $1,000,000 question.

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