He seemed to logically deduce the answer with confidence, so it's not like he was guessing. He was reasonably confident in the answer (and I thought it was either Bette Midler or Diane Keaton too)If no one ever answered the high-value questions without being 100% sure, John Carpenter would've been the only person to ever win in the US (and Donald Fear in the UK). Every other winner had to take some risks on questions they weren't 100% sure on. That's why I hate when people say never go for it unless you're certain. That's not how you win the million.
You are an MVP, my man. I cannot tell you how many requests I've gotten for this episode on my channel… and I too have wanted to see this one again for years. Thanks a bunch!
Wow. Who knew I was sitting on a goldmine?? I actually can't believe how fast you found this. I saw your post from the other video with Frank and was going to reach out today. Frank lives in my town and I remember begging my parents to record this episode, I was at a watch-party at a friends house. We got a fresh blank tape and set the VCR for SP for high quality. Its so cool how this became a "lost episode" of sorts. And Thank YOU for all the uploads. I've been watching one episode a night since Regis died. So many wonderful memories.
@@ahayes9675 Appreciate it! I'm glad you've enjoyed them! It's why I post them, I know there's a lot of people out there who enjoy watching these as much as me, so someone's gotta post them! That's a great story! Kind of a testament to how big this show was that so many people can remember these things with that level of detail… I still recall watching the original ABC airings as well And yeah, I've gotten requests for this show *tons* of times… like almost every time I've posted an episode since I started my channel haha. Obviously Nick Meyer's run was pretty noteworthy, but Frank was a great contestant too, by far one of the most personable on the show! I posted a link to this vid in the community tab on my channel… hoping all my subscribers who kept asking me for this give you the proper thanks 😂😂😂
@@WWTBAMclassics mmm I think I saw one more in the box. I'll check it out today. Thanks again for sharing this one. This is the most attention this channel has ever received. Lol!
Kati was a complete moron. At least Nick actually knew the answers to some of his questions and didn't just guess. Nick was 50,000x the player that Kati would ever be.
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Is there a way I can find other old episodes of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? I am looking for August 22nd, 2000. Can anyone offer me any advice? Thank you!
Great yet tough $500k question. I feel for Nick, after watching Hocus Pocus, i thought it was Bette Midler. He handled the loss better than I would've. Plus The crowd cheering before the answer was revealed reminds me of Ken Basin's million dollar question.
I think the majority of the audience must've thought it was Midler as well, hence the premature cheering. Probably the only time such cheering happened outside of Ken Basin's appearance.
@@ESchu-pm5mw $500k questions are hard, and he thought it was Bette Midler because she starred in lots of musicals. That thought got into his head, and that's where Bette Midler's Hocus Pocus character Winnie got him in her spell. Get it? Haha
51:17 I am glad he rethought before going with the Audience otherwise he would have ended up as the show's tenth primetime contestant to leave with Bupkis!
I've said this before, but the smartest, most self assured contestants didn't go on Greed, at least not as their first choice. People can say it's their preferred show but is it the show you'd prefer to go on? You get potentially screwed over by random strangers assigned as your teammates/terminators, and the questions were subjective survey stuff more than studied facts. People applied for WWTBAM first, Greed was a fallback. I am annoyed when people complain that WWTBAM was boring and then complain game show contestants are too shallow nowadays. The fairness of WWTBAM attracted less shallow contestants. It was arguably too fair, given he spent 52 minutes wasting their time on this question.
As someone who was in the studio while literally everyone had to pee because Nick Meyer literally took 52 minutes on that question, no he did NOT. That is the longest anyone ever took on a question.
@@AnthonyDOrazio I can't believe they let it go on for that long. I saw a taping of Millionaire a few years ago in Las Vegas and producers came out and basically told the contestant to hurry up after about 10 minutes. I'm assuming they took a much needed break after 52 minutes!
@@AnthonyDOrazioSo that's why there's a laugh when Regis asks if it's his final answer, applause when it goes orange before it's confirmed, and a sort of relieved applause when it's wrong? Heh. I feel bad I've heard about Kati Knudsen but not this guy who spent an hour too, they both undermined the show towards its 15 second timer downfall.
Wow, why did Regis jump on "final question?" for Nick!? It pushed him over the uncertainty . . . like him suggesting 'that's it!' . . . Not too sure about proof question
