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Nancy Christie, the first female winner, mentioned she travelled to Austin for Ed's last big dinner with friends and family, done the way he wanted it. She also was first to announce she'd learned Bob-O died and been with him during some health troubles before. Some of the WWTBAM winners did meet up and become friends, apparently. He really is still the last person to win more than a million on this show to this day as he said. R.I.P. Ed.
That could have been another intention. The actual intention was a 2nd chance at a lost bonus, due to a faulty question. The jackpot was reset to its amount in Ed's original game.
His new $16,000 question... Emmentaler is a type of what food? A: Chocolate B: Cheese C: Bread D: Sausage His $32,000 question... What is the name of the main character in Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville"? A: Figaro B: Faust C: Don Juan D: Fiorello His $64,000 question... Which of these U.S. states borders both Lake Superior and Lake Huron? A: Wisconsin B: Illinois C: Michigan D: Ohio (continued)
@@CrossoverFan4life So, as "Quiz" showed, the procedures are very tight, but when Norm played, how it worked was the writer of the question chose the 50 50. However they write them, they'd be able to work out the two most likely guesses. So, it was rigged only in the sense that they had expertise on guessing the guesses. Cynicism to not say the hunches isn't unwarranted, but really, it was just the question writers knowing the two likely hunches. Eventually however, the system had changed to where it was randomly chosen by an RNG when the 50 50 is used. Yes, quiz shows were rigged in the 50s, but WWTBAM, a global Sony/Celador huge franchise, is VERY professional.
In that case, I commend you on your knowledge. I like the difficulty of the questions as it is. This question was not easy to me. Then again, I only GUESSED it correctly. As Chris Tarrant [the original, and current British host] once said, "It's only easy when you know the answer."
The fact that Ed knew the right thing to do would be to walk away with $500,000 and yet he had the urge to risk it all and go for it even though he wasn't 100% sure was incredible.
In this case...yeah, it was worth the gamble. It often isn't, but listen to him reasoning it, and Regis was even, yeah. Walk into the cave. You can live with it.
Those are valid points. I could only guess that antiseptic could be used in an infirmary to swab on wounds. I see no use on the battlefield for it, or shaving cream.
I have to question where antiseptic could be used in WWII, and why the army would issue shaving cream when they were already carrying a lot of equipment as is.
i think i would be tempted to go for it too if i had the 50/50 and the jackpot was 2 mil as its nearly 3 to 1 odds but totally different story if jackpot was only 1 mil
@@ciaran6677 :D no you're not looking the same glass but different view. Mathematically speaking, Ed was wise to take his guess. Imagine that you played "Heads or Tails" with your friend. You place 100$ and he places 200$. Winner takes the whole 300$. This is the kind of scenario that you should take everytime on any given day, even if it scares you to lose the 100$. But if you get 2:1 payout with something that is 50/50... Thats just too good to turn your back away
I would have gone "shaving cream" final answer.. So I was thrilled to see the final answer... marvelous to see this..wonder what 1.86 million dollars is worth ???
@@fable9159 He was also on "Game Show Nationals"/"Grand Slam" on GSN with John Carpenter, Ken Jennings, Nancy Christie, Ogi Ogas, Brad Rutter and other Millionaire and Jeopardy big winners.
From what I understand, this wasn't originally supposed to air. In most cases, the contestants who returned due to faulty questions would play the rest of their run on an unaired segment. None of the others won the million, explaining why they only aired Ed's footage...and it might explain why Regis didn't draw this one out as much as usual. If you watch the full episode you can see how the transitions to and from commercial are pretty awkward.
Oh no, I watch it bootlegged on RU-vid after they air them, did they skip over it? It did air on ABC after a delay because of 9/11, why would they skip it now? They air higher quality versions than the existing recordings.
one thing I don't like about the American show is after they give their answer, the host says yes straight away. there's no pause or waiting for a few seconds to make him sweat. the British one is better!
I know what your're saying but the British one is still the original and the best! Did you ever watch the english one where an army major cheated his way to a million pound with the help off his wife and another contestant? Its called Major fraud! Its quite amazing really.. Watch it!
It would have made a good ending, but it was not Regis's finale. The WWTBAMClassics channel has a "final primetime episode" playlist. That is, b4 Meredith Vieira replaced him. I don't know if any episodes from his brief primetime return (in 2009) are uploaded. To my knowledge, those are his actual final episodes.
That's how the UK show did it. The US show I think tried it but it didn't work, maybe people were changing the channel so they didn't do the final answer cliffhangers.
Yeah, and a good logical hunch he explained. And, yeah, he'd be the first big loser, famous for that. You'd have to walk into the pitch black cave of treasures with those odds. You only live once.
In a ratings stunt, the producers added $10K to the jackpot for each episode since their previous million dollar winner (David Goodman). The original bonus winner (Kevin Olmstead) earned $2.18 million. Previously, Ed got ruled incorrect on a faulty $16K question. The producers invited him back to the hot seat, replaced the faulty question, restored the audience lifeline that he had used, and reset the jackpot to its amount from his original game. That's how it reached $1.86 million. Only during these times did the jackpot bonus exist.
I apologize if this goes to the wrong person. Ed was invited back to the show after a faulty question was thrown out. During his original show, there was an escalating bonus that added $10,000 to the million at the start of each episode. The producers reset the jackpot to what it was on that night. Before this episode, the original bonus winner was Kevin Olmstead. He won $2.18 million.
Easy question. The only way to atomise large volumes of air is by using an aerosol, and illness and disease caused by flying insects can decimate the fighting effectiveness of troops in tropical climates.
His new $16,000 question... Emmentaler is a type of what food? A: Chocolate B: Cheese C: Bread D: Sausage His $32,000 question... What is the name of the main character in Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville"? A: Figaro B: Faust C: Don Juan D: Fiorello His $64,000 question... Which of these U.S. states borders both Lake Superior and Lake Huron? A: Wisconsin B: Illinois C: Michigan D: Ohio (continued)
