That WTC question hits a lot different in a post 9-11 world

@surestrange

Жыл бұрын

Hits hard like controlled demolition

@vincentlorusso689

Жыл бұрын

That fact immediately reminded me of how I felt when I learned Oswald tried assassinating another politician 6 months before Kennedy.

@Mhvjhvnbvhvggvgv

Жыл бұрын

YEA LIKE THE CIA BLOWING IT UP!

@codyherold7888

Жыл бұрын

crazy right

@sullyrules7

Жыл бұрын

@@surestrange yeah... That's been thouroghly debunked

This dude has balls of steel. Zero hesitation or overthinking

@ADAMSIXTIES

Жыл бұрын

Just like sasha

The most beautiful feeling in this world is to make your mom feel proud with such an unbelievable excitement.

That 1m dollar question was easier than some of the earlier ones!

@Mark-wx6xr

Жыл бұрын

They're only easier if you know them. If you're a historian you'd know who ruled X in 1357. Ask who played X in Dynasty they'd be stumped.

@dogsteve

Жыл бұрын

@@Mark-wx6xr As the contestant himself said, all the answer choices revolve around the number 93 million. No you don't need to know the answer already.

@n.b.380

Жыл бұрын

@@Mark-wx6xr From the childhood we were all told the fact that light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach the earth. The speed of light is also a well known thing 300.000 km per sec. It took me about half a minute to do the math and convert it into miles (i am from Europe) As a result i got 100 million miles which is close to correct answer

@denisb6718

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, why would someone know who was on the cover of a magazine issued almost 50 years ago? "Hollywoodland" is also one of those useless trivia things to know, nobody needs to know that (I did happen to know, by chance). But knowing at least approximately how far the earth is away from the sun is something every educated person should be capable of. It's not like the answers were 91 mio, 92 mio, 93 mio and 94 mio ...

@denisb6718

Жыл бұрын

@@n.b.380 The distance is actually called "astronomical unit" and it's not that hard to know it is roughly 150 mio km. That combined with knowing how many km there are in a mile immediately leads to the correct answer. 🙂

That $1,000,000 Question was so easy. 23 years ago

I’m an old guy, 74 next month, and I remember watching the episodes with Dan Blonsky in particular since he was playing the week of my 50th birthday (important only to me). I was recently divorced and living alone, although I was at a friend's house one night and the same person was at my place the night he won. Dan was such a confident player and now, almost 24 years later, I’d guess he still is. I loved Who Wants to be a Millionaire and watched it faithfully every night it was on.

@WhoopityDoo

Жыл бұрын

Dude's a lawyer. Confidence comes with that profession.

the fact that he had his mom hold on that check and didnt even look like he wanted to take it off her is amazing

There's just something so likeable about this guy.

@zemzunina7089

Жыл бұрын

He smiles, he doesnt overthink, he answers at the speed of which we cant get bored of, ofcourse u will like him

@anthonyamnajnue3651

Жыл бұрын

I just hope that when the contestants win the 1 million that everyone around that they know personally don't start becoming overly obsessed with him

This is the first time I've seen a successful phone a friend in any version of who wants to be a millionaire.

He's won one million dollars congratulations 💰🤑

Fair play to the chap... congrats, he who dares wins.... Richard from UK

@KengaruZ

Жыл бұрын

Good Haiku

@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

4 ай бұрын

@@KengaruZNot quite, his comment was 5 / 6 / 5, he’s missing a syllable. Damn.

I hope to see more full episodes of the old millionaire I miss these so much I hope to see the episodes in order from the each season

I remember thinking, "you've got to be kidding me" when that million dollar question was revealed. That was way too easy.

@tomwelshy2759

26 күн бұрын

Only easy if you know it

@jdon2638

18 күн бұрын

Yet, the half million was a lot harder.

Great job! No hesitation in any of his answers! I still have the first issue of People magazine from 1974 with Mia Farrow on the cover! The last two questions were super easy to me!

@JenJHayden

Жыл бұрын

Did we watch the same video? He hesitated quite often.

@thechuckster57

Жыл бұрын

@Jen J Well maybe I didn't watch the whole video!

Proud mom 😍

Miss those days

1/18/2000 Wow, classic stuff. I love it.❤️👍

January 18th 2000 bring a lot of memories

Not I’m at the edge of my seat knowing the outcome 🤣😂🤣 this show was good

I haven't watched this programme in yrs, but here in the UK the host usually asks (especially with high amounts at stake) the contestant whether they want the amount divulged to the 'phone a friend'. Personally I always thought that was fair.

The million dollar question was the easiest for me.

@aph613

Жыл бұрын

I learned that from The Jetsons. And they all said cartoons don’t teach kids anything

@mike196212

Жыл бұрын

That was an easy question. You're right. Learned the Mia Farrow answer only a few months ago playing bar trivia.

@leefi1

Жыл бұрын

I still remember the distance from a 4th grade musical I was in in 1960! These questions were a bit harder than the ones the first million dollar winner had, but they still were amazingly easy for a lot of money...

@TaxmanTV

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I learned it from an old Popeye episode. The things that stick in our brain as kids!

@KeiranBro

Жыл бұрын

Nerd lol

4:12 Italian here, the other term is "scotta"

@man-observing-world

Жыл бұрын

I wondered!

He's more human (and a class act) than John Carpenter. Thank you for sharing.

@hekermen6969

Жыл бұрын

and why was john carpenter not "class" act ?

@zeinabk1840

Жыл бұрын

no need to compare the two :)

@OrionOodama

Жыл бұрын

@@hekermen6969 It doesn't require rocket science to know why, right?

@OrionOodama

Жыл бұрын

@@zeinabk1840 And it doesn't wrong to compare them, either.

@santerikoho1579

Жыл бұрын

I cant believe someone would say that about John Carpenter. He didnt have his parents there at the spot so he called them in a way that was allowed (its not like you could pick up your phone and call them).

It is funny how the questions break down. I was 10 when I watched this the night it happened and I knew the answer. But I definitely didn't know who was on Laugh In lol

First winning contestant that was truly on his own.

his mother was ready to spend that check

Boy made his mama proud

I hope he give a good money tips to his friend over the phone , If was me at will give him at least 30.000 dollars

I miss Regis Philbin.

@tjfaus3202

Жыл бұрын

@ZZCossack ZZ you don't need to be a downer about it. You don't got nothing nice to say then don't say it at all.

@tjfaus3202

Жыл бұрын

@ZZCossack ZZ yes I do have a life. I'm autistic

@beetheimmortal

Жыл бұрын

@ZZCossack ZZ Imagine being this butthurt over Orange Man

@kaysunday9900

Жыл бұрын

May he rest in piss

How does he not have any idea and then he just spontaneously forms a map in his head? Wow!

@silkk7993

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

Tough luck, Joel

He was already an accountant and my favourite winners and half-mil winners were the less well off ones (Kevin Smith, Justin the DMO, Bob-O) but I respect good game and good learning. He seems nice.

@ChiSportsNut18

Ай бұрын

He was an attorney.

Good times

Back when a million dollars had purchasing power. In 2022, a mil can get you a medium sized condo.

I live outside of the US, hence I don't know the pledge of allegiance, so wouldn't have even got to sit in the chair. We don't have pink slips here, I've never played cat's cradle or smoked a cigar, so even if I was in the chair, I would have blown my lifelines and possibly still not made it to the $1,000. But I knew Lassie was a collie ($300), cells in an amoeba ($500), WTC ($4k), Colombia ($16k), Hollywoodland ($32k), Switzerland (125k), Mia Farrow ($500k) and I still remember the distance between the earth and the sun from my schooldays in the 1960s. But would have flunked all the others, and therefore got nowhere. My point being that for me personally, the early questions were just as difficult (or easy, whichever way you look at it) as the later ones. Anyway, all kudos to Dan, he played the perfect game and I'm delighted for him, he seemed like a real down-to-earth kind of guy, and I bet he got his 'personal issues' sorted pretty darn quickly after the win !!

@denisb6718

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of cat's cradle either, that one, the comedians for 64k and the 250k one about Betty Ford (although I'd have guessed that one right, but no way I would have taken the risk) were typical questions that could only be asked in one specific country. No chance with those. But the more "international" ones were quite simple actually. Only the question about People magazine was really tough, but for half a million, completely fair.

@happyliving1922

Жыл бұрын

If you live in the UK you'd play the UK version with UK questions.

I knew the answer to his final question way back in the 6th grade.

Oh Danny boy, you are a millionaire. From glen to glen and down the mountainside. 😂 Dan Blonsky became the second person to win $1 MILLION on the us version of who wants to be a millionaire in 2000.

This is the one million dollar question that I knew the answer with no hesitation. That stuck in my head in HS when I learned it. Easiest question ever!

He's definitely owes Jeff some money!

Dan Blonsky was on the shows on Jan. 16 & 18, 2000. 6:50 "Which NYC building was bombed by terrorists in 1993?" 19:00 "Which celebrity appeared on the first cover of People?" How do we know Jeff didn't just look it up online? Yes, they had internet back then 21:00 Actually the million dollar question is something any 4th graders would know.

Shut up about the sun! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!

@lawlessp1234

Жыл бұрын

YES!

@matthaddock1817

Жыл бұрын

Who said that? Sounded familiar.

@suriyaelango703

Жыл бұрын

@@matthaddock1817 Gabe from office

@matthaddock1817

Жыл бұрын

@@suriyaelango703 Oh yeah! Him!

@jeffrowisdabest

Жыл бұрын

Easy now, skeleton man

The last question was the easiest of them all.

I remember watching this episode live. The easiest million dollar question of all time. I was 9 when this episode aired and knew immediately. Almost rigged if you ask me.

Jeff was the MVP here

What ?? THATS THE $1000000 question?!!!!!! Lol

I wonder if they write checks for every amount.

Larry Lamb 😂 funny name

I love 💕 u

the US questions are much easier than the UK show's questions

Wow

paused the video to count the final answer lmao

That $1,000,000 question was the easiest one.

Is it just me that I knew it, or that million dollar question was very easy 😀 P.S. Why this show isn't on anymore, such a nostalgia..

I recently looked him up and saw that he is currently an attorney

22:35 *REGIS PHILBIN: You've just won a million dollars!* 😲 22:38 *REGIS PHILBIN: WOW! 😮* *REGIS PHILBIN: Fabulous!* 😄

Dan Blonsky from WPLG.

I hope he gave his friend $66k, 1/15th of $1M for answering that question.

The million dollar question was trivial.

👏👏

Considering he put all the blame on this Law partner(if he was wrong) i hope he gave him 100k+ because without him he would have walked away on 250k and not won 1 million.

@jairomy

Жыл бұрын

No he would have gone down to 32k.

Back when $1 million actually meant something

@Marcel_Augustin

Жыл бұрын

To quote the first "Millionaire"-Winner: "after the taxes, it's not change-your-life kind of money if you want to eat every day." Adjusted for Inflation the Million Dollar in 2000 would be worth around 1,7 Million Dollars now. As Winnings are considered Income and a yearly income of 1,7 Million will place you in the highest tax-bracket you will pay about 37-50% taxes, so you will be left with about 1,1 Million to 850.000 $. Sure, that is nothing to scoff at but you know.... You buy a nice house, you put something to the side for the future and that Million is gone fast.

@gambinom5967

Жыл бұрын

umm I'll still take it

@RConnickJr

Жыл бұрын

It still means something. The overwhelmingly vast percentage of people will never make that much money in an entire lifetime of toil.

@Marcel_Augustin

Жыл бұрын

@@RConnickJr That depends what you mean with the general term "people". Do you mean "world population"? To get an accurate assessment, you would have to adjust the winnings to the local PCI, as the show does in other Countries.

@RConnickJr

Жыл бұрын

@@Marcel_Augustin The median lifetime earnings for the world's workers is a bit under two million dollars. Putting aside the fact that by definition that means a massive amount of people make significantly less than that, that means that even today getting one million dollars in a single lump sum would be a massive windfall. You aren't very good at this game.

His mother was more excited over the win than he was

Years went by, and then jason mraz wrote the song "93 million miles."

Million dollar question should be more like $1000 tbh

“ the moderator looks like WEDNESDAY from the American Gods “ -Eyes

93 million, hundred percent, final answer.

22:50 *RYAN CHAR: YAY!!!* 😄👏

that last question was easy as hell for a million dollar question

@WirelessArchitect

9 ай бұрын

That's why you must answer the other 14 questions first in order to get to th easiest one.

I knew the million answer in km which is about 150.000.000km, in miles I worked out around 93 millions.

@gianniskyriakidis911

Жыл бұрын

man, i would answer the question because i know the speed of light (who doesnt) and i knew it takes aproximmately 8 minutes to reach earth, i calculated 144M km and 1 mile is about 1.6 km so there was no other suitable answer

@beetheimmortal

Жыл бұрын

It's actually about 91.4 million if I'm not mistaken, but yeah, it's close.

To be honest , John Carpanter has a lot more difficult questions.

@AZambri1

Жыл бұрын

John Carpenter's questions were easy peasy until about Question 12.

@RhastaS47

Жыл бұрын

@@AZambri1 that religion question was easy as well...

considering how easy questions were back then ^^ and the questions suck in every country now. especially German questions are straight out of wonderland, even with a very good education and a physics degree + reading all day you wouldnt probably be able to do 32k without a joker.

Seeing Chris Rock really "hits" different in 2023

world trade centre question in 2000!!!!

How can someone even know the cover of people magazine from 1974 ?!

how much money did he give his mate Jeff???

SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!!

I just hate the million dollar question, it's super easy if you were a 90s kid I guess that kept getting tought about the solar system and such, random questions earlier would've got me but the million dollar question was so easy

Wonder if was easier to find a lady friend after winning

I watched him and John Carpenter played Compared to the UK cheat Charles Ingram, they played totally differently

Guarantee you the original run of “Millionaire“ would’ve lasted longer (although 1999/2002 isn’t a bad run at all,) had ABC kept it on one night a week instead of getting greedy/overconfident and over exposing it.

In 1993 ! 😂

It's kind of weird to ask a pretty subjective question at a million, with ZERO clarification about Earth's "generally accepted distance" or "Earth's average distance...". I guess it's made to be tough, but also opening the door for technicalities.

That million dollar question was piss easy. A child could’ve told you that

@richardkronberg4925

Жыл бұрын

He’s wrong its 93 million plus 222 miles.😅

@Trep3

Жыл бұрын

back in 2000? im not so sure

@richardhillier1593

Жыл бұрын

Now now, be nice

@Ronin-eh1li

Жыл бұрын

@@Trep3 Why should it been more difficult back then - Were they still measuring and not sure about the distance? I didn't know it by heart, and I use metric system - With 3 small & rounded calculations I have ended up at 90 millions. Close enough to give a call. Way too easy for the million-$-question.

@Trep3

Жыл бұрын

@@Ronin-eh1li it wasn't exactly common knowledge, and it wasn't so easily available like it is today

This was refreshing to watch. The first guy to ever win the million was a bit of a douche, so it was cool to see the excitement and gratitude from Dan Blonsky (and his mom).

I only watched the very last bit so I assume there were some pretty hard questions, but how on Earth can that be a $1million question. I knew the answer to that when I was 6 years old.

@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303

Жыл бұрын

I think they make the questions easy, but people tend to mess up by overthinking them. They want people to win.

@johngonzalez6690

Жыл бұрын

I think the $500,000 question is normally the hardest. It’s normally harder the $1 million question

The million question was simple

jeff crockett googled the hell out of that mia farrow question lol

@0011peace

Жыл бұрын

wish i could google in less than 30 seconds

@jdstox1

Жыл бұрын

type who sang in my fair lady....doesnt take 30 seconds for most

As a resident of the UK, its interesting to know nothing of US culture and yet I do 'OK' at the UK version. I wonder if US residents watch the UK version and think the same?

You can tell the call a friend guy googled the answer. 19:26

How could anybody know who was on the first People magazine cover?

@0011peace

Жыл бұрын

someone who hgas read every issue

@beetheimmortal

Жыл бұрын

Maybe someone who reads the damn thing?

@ChiSportsNut18

2 ай бұрын

It is a very good trivia question.

@ChokeslamToHell

23 күн бұрын

Someone who has Google lol. You can hear him typing.

Speed of light is 300million m/s (common knowledge) A mile is 1609m, approximate to 1500 for simple maths 300million÷1500 200,000miles per second 12 million miles per minute Light takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth from the sun. I heard many times the fact that if the sun disappeared right now it wokld take 8 minutes for us to find out

@Ronin-eh1li

Жыл бұрын

I did a very similar calculation - Ended up at 90 millions, close enough to "risk" the answer. Way too easy for the million-$-question.

@vincenzofranchelli2201

Жыл бұрын

@@Ronin-eh1li ye i forgot to write the last step, 96 million ofc 12*8, close enough to put 93m for 1 million

@0011peace

Жыл бұрын

the actual distance in miles 186,282.4 miles per sec and its only 299792.458 metres close to 300k but not quite the time is 8 min 20 secfr 186,262.4 x 500 = 93141200 miles

@vincenzofranchelli2201

Жыл бұрын

@@0011peace well miles is actuqlly 1609.344m and we can add 100s more decimal places but that level of precision is not useful

@0011peace

Жыл бұрын

@@vincenzofranchelli2201 but being almost 300 km or miles is a bit of a distance every second that is about how much off the round figures are for the extra seconds you ar twice the distance acorss the the US off. At thatspeeds in the tmie it takes you to sneeze you have gone 186Mi 300KM

Crap I would have said 39M

That million dollar Q was a rather easy one for that level.

why hurry the winners away so fast. At least an interview after and let them share their thoughts on the win and how what was going through his mind at the final question.

@Silligk

Жыл бұрын

Some sort of legal reasons, making sure they haven't cheated or something like that.

@0011peace

Жыл бұрын

If time is remaining they want to get th next player in playing. At the end of the first episode they gave the names o the players for the next game after Jeff left. If they talked to jeff they would lose any chance t making money. he takes until te end of gsame none of those mention even get to play a fast finger question

Did legitimately win the Million dollars? Considering American game shows get taxed

first question was bs most every body do not get a pink slip when fired

@0011peace

Жыл бұрын

it used to be a thing and this was 2000. And. term for getting fird s gettimng a pink slip

Wow. All white people. Didn’t notice that back in the day.

last question is all wrong the distance is actually 91.404 million miles

@goldguy4185

Ай бұрын

It's approximate Einstein

500k taxes

@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303

Жыл бұрын

Way better than Fear Factor.

John Carpenter is better than