Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (US) | Million Dollar Winner Montage | 1999-2009
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- All million dollar winners included from all editions in the US (Primetime, Syndicated, Super, Tournament of Ten).
Note: I made this video many years back when I was in my late teens, and have not gotten any money from the creation of this video. I make completely different videos now pertaining to the game show Jeopardy!, so if that still interests you, stick around!
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anyway I have a video about Jeopardy out right now and it's much better than this video: ruclips.net/video/JsiOn4OnF_g/видео.htmlsi=O_IESUOQrfQoDwKo
yes I know David Chang is the most recent winner, I made this video 7 years ago when I was a teenager 😭
*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*
- US Top prize winners:
◾ *David Chang* - Became the first top prize winner in the reboot and the first celebrity to win the million, for his charity, Southern Smoke Texas, on November 29, 2020.
◾ Sam Murray - Answered his question correctly during the Million Dollar Tournament of Ten and remained the only contestant to answer his question correctly on November 11, 2009.
◾ Robert Essig - Answered 12 questions correctly on Super Millionaire on February 23, 2004.
◾ *Nancy Christy* - Became the first only female top prize winner on May 8, 2003.
◾ Kevin Smith - First syndicated millionaire, winning the top prize on February 18, 2003.
◾ Ed Toutant - Won on September 7, 2001. Originally appeared on January 31, 2001, when the jackpot was at $1,860,000 when he was ruled out after answering his $16,000 question wrong. However, it was determined that there was an error in the question, so he was invited back and won the jackpot as it was at the time.
◾ Bernie Cullen - Won the top prize just five days after Olmstead's win on April 15, 2001.
◾ Kevin Olmstead - Won the top prize on April 10, 2001; however, because of the jackpot having been set to increase by $10,000 each episode, he won $2,180,000 - making him the biggest winner in television history at the time.
◾ David Goodman - Won on July 11, 2000.
◾ Kim Hunt - Won on July 6, 2000.
◾ Bob House - Won on June 13, 2000.
◾ Joe Trela - Won on March 23, 2000.
◾ Dan Blonsky - Won on January 18, 2000.
◾ *John Carpenter* - Became the first top prize winner in the history of the franchise on November 19, 1999.
@@sonicxrich0789 you forgot Ike and Alan Barinholtz
the first one took "like a boss" to new levels before it even became a thing!
what's list my friend ?
Definitely! Kevin, on the other hand: when he won the million, he looked at Meredith as if to say: 'Have I actually? Oh, right.'
trend setter
I remember watching it live and not telling my dad or my stepmom what happened because they taped it...
That wasn’t a thing before that?
I remember when I was kid watching this I used to be scared they were gonna call our house because I didn’t know the answer
That's so adorable lol
lol
Are you serious? I'm laughing really hard right now
Well, If Bob House is part of your house
Tell em ' Cousin Chad needs a loan
LOL. LOL. LOL
I love Regis' delivery! He doesn't wait around to cause suspense. He comes right out and says it.
"He's just won a million dollas!"
@FrenzyMedia - Your former place for craziness. 6:16
Thats actually exactly what I don't like in the US version
Yeah for real. Nowadays they sit around in suspense for 30 seconds just to say they're going to a commercial break, and when the show comes back on they sit around for another minute.
And he doesn't gush about the winner and show the audience the Million Dollar Cheque (granted, it wasn't tax-feee).
@@char1zard443 I guess the lack of suspense kills the vibe, but I would rather be told right away than risk the possibility of fainting from shock or breaking in tears
That first guy was so chill over winning. BEAST MODE
He was more worried about how to upgrade his wif
Even Chris Tarrant featured this clip in 2014
John Carpenter. First millionaire, and what a hell of a way to use Phone A Friend! :)
and the only life line he used too.
@@deadbonesbrook8950 He's god-tier status.
That was epic
I can't believe his Dad hung up on him.
@@dlowery51 i think his dad said "ok"
Regis is iconic for sure but Meredith brought such life to the hosting role too. Her glee when people won with her was so human and special.
17:24 is such an amazing moment. You can see her start to get emotional as the right answer appears because she KNOWS she just won a million. No grand hurrah, no suspense, she just got something she knew and crushed it. And the first woman to win the million as well! Honestly I almost got emotional and I have zero attachment to her at all. What a moment
Right out of Slumdog Millionaire… :)
She’s always been my favorite. Just the way she lights up and smiles gets me every time
Exactly! She closed her eyes and smiles when she sees dentist come up
Same with 10:17….the way he like budged…and you could tell his heart was racing!!!
So amazing! So happy for them!
everyone goes on about Carpenter but tbh I think 10:15 is the best scene. The moment he realizes that the final question is something he can definitely answer is just amazing. He looks so overwhelmed he struggles to even breathe. great show!
And he gets 2 Million, oh no. It's 1 million
I agree
lady at 17:24 has a similar but less obvious reaction when the correct answer is read to her
Dude was sitting bricks of gold at that point
His emotion is gold
The John Carpenter moment was iconic. I remember watching it when it happened. Using a phone a friend to tell someone you are about to win the million...
He called his DAD, that's an even bolder move
No one can ever beat Mr John Carpenter's swag level
How's he so smart?
@@dragospahontu He graduated from Rutgers.
Man won without using a single lifeline 🤯
@@ekales_yea he just like hacker
The filmmaker?
remember it’s not just being able to answer the million dollar question correctly. You have to get in the contestant pool, win the challenge to get on the hot seat and answer all of the other questions correctly first
The degree to which the first guy just absolutely clowned on them, legendary doesn’t begin to describe it
11:01 This almost made me cry. It must have been the greatest moment of their lives and I am so happy for them
For real! I teared up for him.
She looked so happy and my bruh is overwhelmed. This is probably one of the greatest moments of his entire life my goodness.
10:25 seeing that man's face from realizing he knows the answer to realizing he won 2 million before even answering is the best thing I've ever seen! 😂
Just the way he perks up while the question is being read. The real human emotions of a guy who (presumably) happens to be a huge nerd about the subject and can’t believe it’s about to pay off
@@PhredLevi one doesn't have to be a nerd to know about Sikorsky cuz it's on the "Helicopter" wiki page and who wouldn't want to read about helis?
This was such a great show. Seeing people win life changing amounts of money is entertaining.
2002 is when the questions started getting harder after they realized too many people won in 2000 and 2001. :)
Well.... could u have answered the questions right 18 years ago???
At that point it moved to syndication, lower budget.
@@CutterHistorical never know
@@CutterHistorical I mean, how far away is the Earth from the Sun should not be a million dollar question, way too many people could answer it.
I think they should let high school/college students write the million dollar questions. I think there will be no one getting them.
While Carpenter is supreme in his big brain cockiness, Nancy Christy makes me cry every time. You could see that she knew early on, she still tells an entertaining story and the host is so excited. What a brain on that woman.
How is John cocky? He was just being nice by telling his parents he won $1,000,000.
I haven't seen someone comment about it but--
*The Show lost alot of money in 2000.*
Planet KC how?
You mean the insurance company did.
How????
@@johngonzalez6690 insurance
Actually they won, the show catapulted to be world known. Rating levels were astronomic.
I remember watching the Kim Hunt episode as it aired with my late grandmother... Rip granny 😇
Kim's win was the first win I ever saw on TV
@@bellabliss1860 When I first saw his run on TV, I thought he was going to walk away with $500,000. He sure made a gutsy move going for it, despite not being 100% confident.
21:05 "Because of taxes you would have won 4.14$ but we rounded it down to 0.00$"
I really like how Meredith was genuinely excited for Nancy Christie for winning the million dollar.
Me too
I LOVED Regis as the host. These were the simple times. The good ol days before 9/11. :/ and regis had all the winners too!!! I wish he would do one last season prime time of wwtbam!
Meredith had 3 winners and Jimmy had 1. The other hosts had none.
the rest of the 2000s were great too. smh
12:27
I thought it was L or N
Well L is gone
N A FINAL ANSWER REGIS
HE JUST MADE A MILLION DOLLARS
I absolutely love that part 😂
Also do you remember what the N stands for?
My dumbass thought bye your comment the question was about death note 💀
Gotta love it when it’s raining confetti. That never disappoints me. 😄
John Carpenter is the GOAT. Dude called his dad just to let him know he was going to win a million dollars 😂
Man just broke the phone a friend rules in a swag way
They need to bring back the prime time version cause this show was one of the best shows period.
They did bring back the original format for primetime.
But only 1 thing, still no $1,000,000 WINNERS
(no millionaires) & no fastest finger round (missing these 2 things) & they changed their set like the U.K. Millionaire 20th anniversary revival.
Jimmy Kimmel is the next (new) host.
@@huyliemtran9899 David Chang says hi
@@huyliemtran9899 WAIT. THE JIMMY KIMMEL?
Love when the super nerdy looking guys are their with their moms! 🤓❤
And suddenly for no reason related to their new net worth the bitches kept coming
I REMEMBERED watching number 3 live when I was little. First time seeing a contestant winning a million dollars.
12:28 that dude just ripped the bandaid off like a boss. no beating around the bush.
17:33 That question was so perfect for her!!!
I’m so happy for these people :) I like when people do well!
When 'C.... the dentist' appeared, we knew by Nancy's smile, that she knew. For me, this was the most genuine reaction and the most satisfying of winners.
12:11 "And don't you dare call your father, not now." 😂 Regis having John Carpenter flashbacks!
20:30 I love the rollercoaster she put us in there! Damn haha
These questions are soooo ridiculously easy, now that we have instant internet access almost everywhere. But back then knowing answers to them would be very impressive.
And yeah, the first one’s boss move was dope af
Because of them not being able to reuse questions and they're being International versions Who Wants To Be A Millionaire got ridiculous after 2010. Questions worth $1,000 in 2015 would have been worth half a million in 1999-2000.
Seriously. Who doesn’t know how far the Sun is from the Earth lol. Learned that in 3rd grade.
If this is the million dollar question, will you drop out?
For an oblique section plane at an angle of 45° to the normal plane through a 2 force member with a cross sectional area of 0.0001 m², the maximum allowable normal stress is 150 MPa and the maximum allowable shearing stress is 75 MPa. What is the maximum value for the axial loading?
A. 45 kN
B. 30 kN
C. 15 kN
D. 7.5 kN
@@SamuelLee-gw6wr I'm getting somewhere close to 21k dude, the rough estimate of 15root(2).
@@HEYitzED Unfortunately this video cut out the part before where Dan said "If this was a $4000 question I'd tell you right now"
And of course, the million dollar question is only the final piece of the puzzle. You have to get through the previous 14 to even get a glimpse
This is really one of the best game shows ever.
Carpenter was the pioneer, but Kevin Smith is the GOAT for me. Unassuming trucker, family man, showed tremendous guts, and hugely emotional. And looks like Santa. His questions were way harder than Carpenter’s too.
16:52 "Would you please let my mom know? "
Aww...
13 winners... incredible!
The thing is that the questions were super easy by today's standards, because American entertainment companies have a lot of money and won't have trouble paying the winners. In other countries especially, these questions are much harder.
Poland got only one winner.
Czech Republic only 2 people got 13th question correctly for 2.500.000 crowns, noone won the main prize (10.000.000 Kč)
@@Box0rz In other countries, you don't give 1M... Maximum in Portugal is 100.000€ and I bet taxes take 20% of that.
Celebrity chef David Chang now makes 14!
Kevin Smith was definitely my favorite contestant to win the million. He's just a guy you innately root for.
Hosting this show would be so much fun xD
I saw that Laugh-In with Nixon as a kid. So funny! He said SOCK IT TO ME? 😂😂
1:35, 3:11, 4:29, 6:05, 7:18, 9:28, 12:35, 19:31 - HE’S WON A MILLION DOLLARS (Regis Philbin)
16:15, 17:54, 20:41 - You’re a MILLIONAIRE (Meredith Vierra)
10:47 - JUST WON $2,180,000 AND IS THE BIGGEST WINNER IN AMERICAN GAME SHOWS (Regis Philbin)
14:35 - HE GOT $1,860,000 (Regis Philbin)
Still remember seeing Johns as it was first broadcast as a kid. Loved watching WWTBAM when i was a kid as random facts and knowledge is kind of my thing. I even went through one of the 500k winner’s questions and got every one right.
RIP Regis Philbin, Ed Toutant, and Robert "Bob-O" Essig
Good I miss them all
The original show format and the original host is what makes the show.
exactly
I miss Regis. Also the original music/set was better.
Rubycon99 agree on both accounts
I agree millionaire is way to hard now.
@@brandonbennett8368 Well, while I haven't watched the show in quite some time I think it's always been hard. Even if not, I don't believe any other game show offers anything close to a grand prize of a million dollars so I don't blame them lol. Well except for Wheel of Fortune, which makes it incredibly hard to even get the *CHANCE* to win a $Million. Even the show that requires the most intelligence, (or at least incredible memory/trivia skills) Jeopardy, can only gross you ~$30k per game (as long as your name isn't James Holzhauer anyway).
@@hylic2637 it wasn’t as hard as it go after Regis left now it’s back to old format with Jimmy
Facts
“N, A, final answer Regis!” will never not be iconic.
Some of these are so fucking easy for million dollar questions
But it wasn't hard back then. The question at 11:40 is answered correct by 70% of the audience. That's not a difficult question.
This is an American show. What more do you expect?
I know a bit of political geography, and that Lesotho one was easy af (South Africa surrounds Lesotho)
Well, some of the questions are like those found on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?", that is, they're school knowledge that we tend to forget after a long period of time.
The show was much easier back then. They wanted to give away the money fairly often.
20:35 nah u can’t play with a mans heart like that that ain’t okay
“Dont you dare call your father right now” lol
I love the ones where you can see the moment when the question comes up that they know they are about to win $1M
I miss Regis. I loved his personality and sense of humor.
Facts. Maybe I'll host that particular game show.
@@arielgonzalez5296 you won't
@@acegambit777 Yeah, I will
@@arielgonzalez5296 yo I believe in you
@@sega64official thank u.
They need to bring this show back
They did, it came back to Primetime ABC in 2020 with Jimmy Kimmel after the syndicated series ended in 2019. It lasted two seasons, it's only been off American TV since 2022
not me acting surprised when they get the answer right even though i’m literally watching a winners montage lol
On November 2020, the 1st male celebrity contestant win 1 million dollars on a reboot particular game show, and the male celebrity name was David Chang. 1st time in 20 years.
Actually 11 years since it was won
I remember the night John Carpenter one. That was the biggest game show win I'd EVER seen at the time.
This was such an amazing show! My Mom and I loved watching it on ABC. I remember there was a who wants to be a millionaire book with all kinds of questions. I would have a lot of fun with that, and I would pretend to be on the show
Questions used to be a lot easier back then. Nowadays I couldn't even make it to $25k
I guess they got tired of losing money and stepped it up about 10 notches lol
i remember watching John Carpenter as a kid and not hearing what he said to his dad so i was yelling at the audience to stop cheering so he could read the question
That’s funny.
He didn’t have to read the question since he knew he was going to win $1,000,000.
Regis: Tells you you've won a million before he's even heard your full answer
Meredith: Sends you home thinking you were wrong and calls after five years: "just kidding, you won"
One time in Romania the host had someone walking off before he admitted he was joking and he got the answer right
In my country, only one person took the grand prize, and before checking the final answer, they showed commercials twice and prolonged the moment as much as possible... here it's just 'final answer,' 'correct! You've won a million dollars!'
It's always nice to share in the glory and successes of other people, even if I'm a bit jealous. Congratulations to all of you who now have life a little bit easier ;)
I wish was alive during the first era of this show because seeing these people win the jackpot blind would just bring tears to my eyes
As a brit I was very surprised to see that Paddington question for a million. In the UK, the first thing most people known about Paddington as that he’s from Darkest Peru.
The people who made this roller coaster are definitely under fire!!!
Kevin Smith winning is just so satisfying bc he made sure he knew exactly what everything was
Bob-O was the best one on the show. John Carpenter was another great person to be on the show! I love all these clips! Sam Murray was the best one of all. I was shocked how he got the answer right!!!
Goodman was the worst, literally asked for a Google search 😭😭
@@WelshWing98 I haven’t seen him yet I’m watching it on RUclips TV and I’m about to see Bob House’s win. I’ll get to David eventually. Did he really ask for a Google search? I heard that there was a contestant named Steve Perry whose friend tried to look up the answer but didn’t look it up in time and he won $500,000 instead of the million.
@@WelshWing98 high-speed internet wasn't even a thing in the early 2000s, wtf are you on about?
Wow. What a cool way to use your phone a friend lifeline on the million dollar question. Mad respect for John Carpenter.
8:00
"Who would you like to call?"
"Google"
DeadBones Brook LOL thats the best. Can literally hear him typing
It was actually a room full of people he's asking, specifically for the show
Otherwise, he'd be verbally asking a computer, in the year 2000...
@@Aunini I believe that both text-to-speech software and broadband internet existed back then, making it very plausable
@@FIXTREME Text to speech existed, but it was much, much slower to recognise words than it is nowadays. Broadband was only starting to make headway in 2000 as well, and you'd have to be living in an urban area to have a possibility of it.
@@Aunini r/Whoosh
1/18 was my birthday and I remember watching Dan win this
8:25, you can very clearly hear the guy on the phone asking other people in the room. I think they ended up banning that, and I believe now they even have a person standing there in person to make sure you don't google the answers or ask anyone else.
You can hear it at around 5:45 as well
I even believe I heard a keyboard clacking but I could be wrong hahaha
@@bink9797 You did.
you were allowed to do it back then but later it was banned
That second one was a $1,000,000 question?!
Fucking hell I would’ve won it at 7 years old
And talk about #6
THE OFFICE HAHA
SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN, SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!!
Thanks Gabe!
Num 4 is too easy
The Lesotho (#5) one is easy because I’m a history nerd
@@erezsolomon3838 How about this?
Let S = {u, v, w} be linearly independent set. Then which of the following sets is NOT
linearly independent?
(A) {2u, 2v, 2w}
(B) {u, u + v, u + v + w}
(C) {u − v, v − w, w − u}
(D) None of the above
What's crazy is that there has only been one winner since Sam Murray's. Celebrity chef David Chang won it in November 2020.
8:14, dude repeats question to another guy on a computer you can clearly hear the typing lol
19:40 the contestant teleported and was now seen in drag. Insane.
LOL
4:29
*REGIS PHILBIN: He just won a million dollars! 😲*
*TOBY TENMA: YOU DID IT, JOE!* 😄👏
How did the 69% of the audience know the million dollar question.. wtf
Well the question was about US aircraft
@@Musicrecords10 Point? You think 69% of the audience were ex military personnel?
@@vaddix9980 It says non-military aircraft lol
@@Musicrecords10 lol it's two years ago
Just guessing because non-military started with N.
That first dude...wow brought a tear to my eye ; )
The look on his face when she says its not 100 billion...
Mom was soo happy . Heartwarming
90% of these questions were answerable. Nowadays it's shit like "What shoes were Michael Jackson wearing when he died?" like wtf, why would an average everyday person know that? It isn't GENERAL knowledge anymore smh
10:05 This episode just came on GSN again today. (02/19/24)
Really happy for him!
1:35
*REGIS PHILBIN: He's won a million dollars!*
*BEN TENNYSON: We have a first american Millionaire, did y'all hear it!*
*BEN TENNYSON #15: ⭐ (CORRECT!)*
0:04 All of John Carpenter's questions, were the *ONLY* time that I knew the answer to ALL of the questions asked.
These are so great! Thanks for sharing.
It's weird to think that sex has happened at least 100 billion times.
Much more than that when you consider the unsuccessful attempts at pregnancy.
xd
Sex has probably happened 100 billion times just in the last 10 years.
John's run is the most badass move you can pull off.
14:26--"...deal or no deal. Oops, that show hasn't premiered yet!"
Sam Murray, the final $1,000,000 winner of the original version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
The questions are ridiculously easy! "Where is Paddington bear from" is like the £1k question here in the UK
One comment pointed out that after 2002 they needed harder questions. Plus not a lot of this info was obvious because you didn't have the internet at the point qwhere it is today. And Paddington was never a big thing here until the movie came out. I bet "what steel driving man beat a rock drilling machine in a race to make a train tunnel" would be worth more than £1k even tho most second graders here have heard at least some variation of the John Henry story
Thought the same thing. In Germany the million dollar questions are like "name all 3 billion human DNA strings by name". Never even stood a chance.
Regional differences matter.
Yet in the UK your million pound question about the triple crown horse races would've been a lower tier question here...
@@khaotix64 🤣 It's universally recognised that the US is among the most remedial nations in the world. For those within, it's covered up with propaganda by the powers to be
I actually saw this live on ABC with my grandparents. I went crazy like Ace Ventura would.
I knew Kim’s answer Lesotho is landlocked completely by South Africa
The only one not clapping in these wins is the janitor.
He's probably going "F*ck.... Now I got to clean up all this mess......."
Could have answered that Lesotho one just as easily as the fifth guy did :P
Same with me. The other two are San Marino and the Vatican. Some people think Swaziland is, but no. It borders both South Africa AND Mozambique.
krookyj
Yep 😉
Thanks for sharing! Brings back memories
The Lady must've been so thrilled when she saw the question
The producers did it on purpose. They know the background of the contestants. Source: trust me bro
That Olmsted knew the answer the moment he catch his breath, that was a nail bitter on this.
Jesus was a carpenter just sayin...
John Carpenter - J.C.
Jesus Christ - J.C.
Ok so we just confirmed Jesus made another stop here on earth only to win a million dollars like a boss then fuck off. What a legend.
Aa Gg no he wasnt joseph was a carpenter
Jesus was raised by Joseph, and he very much worked as a carpenter.
Javier Belmer if jesus was a carpenter why didnt he magic the wood together?
I think you misinterpret the Bible. Magic is not the same as Miracles. Magic is an act of a human being, whereas a Miracle is an act of God. The story is written so that he was taught the value of hard work by his father, Joseph, as an apprentice.