The Biggest Fraud on TV

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  • @vbarreiro
    @vbarreiro 9 місяців тому +9849

    “It’s September 9, 2001”
    Boy oh boy is this news gonna get overshadowed reeeeal fast

    • @ihathtelekinesis
      @ihathtelekinesis 8 місяців тому +339

      If I remember rightly, one of his shows was actually due to go out on the 11th.

    • @clarenceboddicker6679
      @clarenceboddicker6679 8 місяців тому +340

      The second part of the show was filmed on September 10th 2001. Nobody knew at the time that the whole world would change the next day

    • @generalcrab0009
      @generalcrab0009 8 місяців тому +161

      @@clarenceboddicker6679was it really the whole world or just the states?

    • @MusicByThai
      @MusicByThai 8 місяців тому +338

      @@generalcrab0009Definitely the whole world. The peripheral effects of the attacks are incalculable.

    • @tajuddinahmed3379
      @tajuddinahmed3379 8 місяців тому +26

      ​@@generalcrab0009just the greedy capitalists

  • @cartographic.
    @cartographic. 9 місяців тому +19086

    imagine someone in the crowd had allergies and completely messed up his entire plan just by coughing 😂

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому +76

      E‎ ‎

    • @simonnilsson8375
      @simonnilsson8375 9 місяців тому +464

      He repeated answers often and often got the same cough on the same answer.

    • @ScrollingForViews
      @ScrollingForViews 9 місяців тому +49

      who coughs with allergies tf😂

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B 9 місяців тому

      Patient zero of COVID in England just messes the whole plan up!

    • @WackoMcGoose
      @WackoMcGoose 9 місяців тому +378

      @@ScrollingForViews I do, it's called "chronic dry cough" and it's an extremely common comorbidity with allergies, especially the year-round-seasonal kind.

  • @Navman_
    @Navman_ 9 місяців тому +1877

    18:30 Guys, THE CAT SURVIVED. There was a tv series called Quiz that came out in 2020 that was based on the Ingrams and in that show they had Buffy (the cat's name) as a dog which died from the shooting. But when fans asked Charles if it was true, he confirmed on twitter that Buffy was actually a cat and had actually survived in real life.

    • @Yosetime
      @Yosetime 8 місяців тому +79

      Well, he's such an honest man...of course he was telling the truth about that! (no cough)

    • @SfTexWillyB
      @SfTexWillyB 8 місяців тому +8

      Why do people give af about a cat

    • @DankBlank
      @DankBlank 8 місяців тому +336

      ​@@SfTexWillyBshould we care about you, an innocent person, if you were to be killed because your parents decided to cheat on a TV show?
      Their cat did nothing and was killed, bud.

    • @jordy9606
      @jordy9606 8 місяців тому +212

      ⁠@@SfTexWillyBBecause it's an innocent living thing that did not at all deserve to be targeted over something it couldn't even comprehend

    • @jordy9606
      @jordy9606 8 місяців тому +29

      @@SfTexWillyBI would have said a lot more but UA-cam is automatically deleting my replies. For no reason. I'm not even saying anything mean or anything. This has been happening to me so much lately and I'm so sick of it sorry

  • @technetium9653
    @technetium9653 9 місяців тому +19657

    Ok, none of these people should be harassed, but naming your cough medicine after the guy is legendary

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому +55

      E‎ ‎

    • @jamm8284
      @jamm8284 9 місяців тому +282

      That's the best part of this story 😂👌

    • @edgarneto1154
      @edgarneto1154 9 місяців тому +375

      I find it super weird that all that harassment was the actual reaction of the population.
      I would have totally expected him being viewed as some sort of Robin Hood type folk hero.
      I mean, pretty much a "victimless crime" like it was mentioned, *especially* for people to flip out about it like that,; like wtaf🤷‍♂🤷‍♂
      But not even judging what was right or wrong here, in terms of what was done and the reactions to it, I would have just thought I'd been around humans long enough to have figured out how they would generally react in a given situation, and even though I believe I mostly can, this is completely surprising to me. Sure the media plays a part here, but still. 🤷‍♂
      Like, the "model" I would use to understand people's minds works in most cases, but is actually quite off to the side? Lol I notice that sometimes, does anyone else share that feeling?
      People are weird.

    • @the_vba5384
      @the_vba5384 9 місяців тому +402

      @@edgarneto1154i think it's because they feel like he stole the chance for someone else to win. Plus the sheep mentality is really unpredictable

    • @KiroFlutterwing
      @KiroFlutterwing 9 місяців тому

      @@edgarneto1154 they could pay out 2 Millionaires each show, and still make a profit.
      They make absolute bullshit money on advertisement money in this show.
      I am 100% on the cheaters side here.

  • @vitoc8454
    @vitoc8454 9 місяців тому +7062

    Possible the most legendary episode was when a guy named John Carpenter competed. At the start, people booed him when he said he worked for the IRS. He got to the 1 million dollar question without using any lifelines, and on the final question he used Phone A Friend... to call his dad and tell him he was gonna win because he already knew the answer. Absolute legend.

    • @DuongLeAccountingAutomate
      @DuongLeAccountingAutomate 9 місяців тому +314

      Well that sounds like another fraud, but a smart one who hid his tricks successfully 🙂‍↔️

    • @cuckmasterflex9106
      @cuckmasterflex9106 9 місяців тому +183

      We've all seen the video

    • @burimsaliji23
      @burimsaliji23 9 місяців тому +69

      Yea I love that guy ,that shit at the end was amazing 🥹🥹

    • @iwatchwithnoads7480
      @iwatchwithnoads7480 9 місяців тому

      ​@@DuongLeAccountingAutomateis everything fraud for you? Do you believe birds are real?

    • @MrAB-fo7zk
      @MrAB-fo7zk 9 місяців тому +358

      Every time I've ever called the IRS the people there were super nice and professional. Don't understand the hate. Hate the congressmen that continue it.

  • @derek04151
    @derek04151 7 місяців тому +322

    I love how the signal is a cough....but he keeps needing confirmation, and after the 3rd cough he's still not certain.

    • @youtube-kit9450
      @youtube-kit9450 3 місяці тому +75

      This. They only got him because he was so absolutely bad at it. Iirc, they said that if they had just taken the 125k and gone, they likely would've gotten away with it.

    • @karolina285
      @karolina285 3 місяці тому +82

      Also him constantly saying the same thing "I never heard of ...". And then suddenly picking that answer.
      Why would you reveal that you don't know what this or that is? When you're waiting on confirmation to pick one answer. 🤦‍♀️
      He definitely shouldn't play poker 😂

    • @galdessa1
      @galdessa1 29 днів тому +3

      Because other people in the studio were coughing too.

    • @thebasketballhistorian3291
      @thebasketballhistorian3291 19 днів тому +7

      @@karolina285 Yeah, I thought that was really idiotic.
      Why even say that when there is a 1 and 4 chance that could be the answer.
      Also another thing that was silly was he kept saying "I think ... is the answer" and then suddenly picking another choice with no explanation. Not even an "ah, I just remembered it's actually this choice".

    • @tbuk8350
      @tbuk8350 14 днів тому

      ​@@thebasketballhistorian3291Yeah, him randomly picking something he hasn't heard of could be explained easily by saying they knew the rest of the answers were wrong and eliminated them. Saying "I think it's this answer" and then choosing a different one, is incredibly suspicious without explanation.

  • @nerdbot4446
    @nerdbot4446 9 місяців тому +7876

    That was the most brilliant sponsor integration I've seen a while

    • @medhamehra
      @medhamehra 9 місяців тому +183

      brilliant 😉

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому +8

      E‎ ‎

    • @Quovio
      @Quovio 9 місяців тому +54

      I see what you did there

    • @Pumpkinpied
      @Pumpkinpied 9 місяців тому +33

      it was indeed quite brilliant

    • @orangejjay
      @orangejjay 9 місяців тому

      As a user of Sp0nsorbl0ck, I am happy to report I never see these things. Being able to avoid ads is beautiful.

  • @ventiqx.1070
    @ventiqx.1070 9 місяців тому +11379

    that 1 million question is the easiest i have ever seen lmao

    • @ThePhoenix107
      @ThePhoenix107 9 місяців тому +2422

      You gotta keep in mind that this was in 2001. Today, a lot of people have heard about this trivia because Google named themselves after it but at that time, why would anyone know about this?

    • @OhQueBacan
      @OhQueBacan 9 місяців тому +466

      @@ThePhoenix107if this guy had any critical thinking, he would know that at the time it was a rare trivia question 🤭

    • @TMtheScratcher
      @TMtheScratcher 9 місяців тому +886

      @@ThePhoenix107 well with middle school knowledge you would know what a mol and hence nanomol is. Gigabit is also a known unit and falls under the same pattern. Also, you can know that nano is small and giga big, but not that big, so even two reasons to cancel these out. And then there is megatron. Even if this was before transformers made blockbusters, it sounds more fictional than Googol. You're right, back then it was not as easy as today, but I would still argue there were more complicated questions along the way.

    • @ThePhoenix107
      @ThePhoenix107 9 місяців тому +113

      @@TMtheScratcher
      Yeah probably. Hard to tell from today's perspective though.

    • @Tudas
      @Tudas 9 місяців тому +79

      @@TMtheScratcher I mean I wouldnt choose nanomole either and would've said Googol because it made the most sense for me. Gigabit idk about 2001, but most people didn't even have internet at this point and internet was fking slow too and most stuff was small.

  • @AdirondackRuby
    @AdirondackRuby 6 місяців тому +763

    He was quick to refute the irregularities without even being told what the issue at the recording even was. And he kept saying WE...if the other two played no part in anything why even involve them in your defense? "Me and the people I definitely didn't cheat with, didn't cheat!"

    • @estherstreet4582
      @estherstreet4582 6 місяців тому +67

      Yeah, his response to the phone call was majorly suspicious. I don't know if maybe the TV rep was speaking in legalese that I don't understand, but it really seemed like he somehow *knew* he was busted for cheating even though they weren't really saying anything solid.

    • @The_Secret_King
      @The_Secret_King 6 місяців тому +6

      @@estherstreet4582 Well he had actually called them and was expecting a short and perfunctory conversation and was at his army base where histronics would not have been acceptable. I do think I would have reacted much differently but I am not British.

    • @konradk1066
      @konradk1066 5 місяців тому +37

      Also not British, but I would have answered with a stuttering "Well.. why... that's positively ridiculous. What are the next steps?" He wasn't even interested in the rest of the process, he just gave up on the milly in like 2 sentences

    • @ixinor
      @ixinor 5 місяців тому +4

      Always scam a gaming scam.

    • @hhds113
      @hhds113 5 місяців тому +16

      @@The_Secret_King You don't need to be British to understand why he answered quickly on the phone and wasn't told what those irregularities were. Irregularities can mean ANYTHING until it was specified. So his answer BEFORE they said about what those irregularities were is a major suspicious behavior.

  • @TomSistermans
    @TomSistermans 9 місяців тому +4651

    I mean, someone shooting the cat with an airgun is the most unacceptable thing ever, whomever did that can rot in hell... But the cough drops company naming their products after them is absolutely hilarious

    • @PenguinCrayon269
      @PenguinCrayon269 9 місяців тому +98

      brits are truly something else

    • @DarkCobra88
      @DarkCobra88 9 місяців тому +237

      Yeah i was thinking how disgusting it was to do that, the cat wasn't involved or even aware of anything from one day to the next... but the cough medicine thing is honestly just classy, talk about good marketing as the public would laugh that up so much.

    • @davo6263
      @davo6263 9 місяців тому +114

      @@DarkCobra88 Furthermore, civilised people don't hurt the loved ones (I include pets as loved ones) of those who have done them wrong as a form of retribution.

    • @JosephQPublic
      @JosephQPublic 9 місяців тому +37

      You focus on the cat? All of the harassment is despicable…

    • @kelvinpang438
      @kelvinpang438 9 місяців тому +13

      ​@@JosephQPublicHe had it coming for trying to steal $1m.

  • @felixw19
    @felixw19 9 місяців тому +3102

    0:56 in English, they are called "lifelines" not "jokers" like in the German version

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому +44

      E‎ ‎ ‎

    • @espben360
      @espben360 9 місяців тому +256

      Jokers is kind of cool, like wildcards

    • @HNBGamer
      @HNBGamer 9 місяців тому +36

      Which make sense, since the creator is from Netherlands

    • @felixw19
      @felixw19 9 місяців тому +112

      @HNBGamer they are Germans. Just currently living in the Netherlands.

    • @Sinthoras155
      @Sinthoras155 9 місяців тому

      WHY JUST WHY NOOO

  • @JamesR624
    @JamesR624 4 місяці тому +189

    5:10 Okay, that was the smoothest sponsor segue I have EVER seen. I GENUINELY didn't realize it was a sponsor spot at ALL at first. It took me a second to remember, "right, this is about questions from 2001, not post-2012."
    REALLY good job there!

  • @rocko34
    @rocko34 9 місяців тому +2117

    10:47 as a Brit who is fluent in “Bri’ish” I can confirm the [inaudible] statement is “I’m absolutely gobsmacked” 😂

    • @rawtrout007
      @rawtrout007 9 місяців тому +24

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @DigitalDart
      @DigitalDart 9 місяців тому +43

      I had to read your comment to understand/hear what was being said 😂😂😂

    • @rocko34
      @rocko34 9 місяців тому +7

      @@DigitalDart You're welcome 😂

    • @mildlydispleased3221
      @mildlydispleased3221 9 місяців тому +20

      I guess our language is harder to understand than I thought.

    • @sarahnadeofpoetry
      @sarahnadeofpoetry 9 місяців тому +20

      I'm not British, and I even got that. lol.

  • @dismiggo
    @dismiggo 9 місяців тому +1204

    "[...] he had to trademark his name, to stop a company naming cough medicine after him."
    Sorry but that's just hilarious xD

    • @Serizon_
      @Serizon_ 9 місяців тому +9

      I know right.

    • @TheBilly
      @TheBilly 9 місяців тому +7

      Which you can't even do unless you legitimately use your name in commerce, and in the same area (such as medicine). They were in the clear to mock him

    • @Lady_Tee15
      @Lady_Tee15 8 місяців тому

      😂😂😂

  • @PinataFreaks
    @PinataFreaks 9 місяців тому +598

    I have never seen a better example of me having been ruined by the internet than when I heard "Cheating at Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and my first thought was "Did he use a vibrating buttplug?"

    • @SfTexWillyB
      @SfTexWillyB 8 місяців тому +88

      You're not ruined by the internet, it was just you're first thought because thats how you would have done it. You were ruined by lifestyle choices

    • @idrinkmilk282
      @idrinkmilk282 7 місяців тому

      @@SfTexWillyB you're a mongrel

    • @james088
      @james088 6 місяців тому +24

      Hans Niemann vibes?

    • @iamerror1699
      @iamerror1699 6 місяців тому +36

      It's a valid cheating strategy, I used it for my final exams 13 yrs ago.

    • @EdinoRemerido
      @EdinoRemerido 6 місяців тому +25

      ​@@SfTexWillyBthat's a accusation that a chess grandmaster received.

  • @nitolak
    @nitolak 9 місяців тому +1972

    September 9th 2001? eh, the next tuesday is gonna be crazy

    • @jamesbissonette
      @jamesbissonette 9 місяців тому +107

      🙂

    • @sawyersprott
      @sawyersprott 9 місяців тому +123

      @@jamesbissonetteYo it’s the legend himself! James Bissonette!

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому +3

      E‎ ‎

    • @aidansuguitan6533
      @aidansuguitan6533 9 місяців тому +50

      ​@@jamesbissonette Holy shit it's THE james bissonette

    • @Faded._
      @Faded._ 9 місяців тому +8

      Me a New Yorker:

  • @philipjohn1254
    @philipjohn1254 9 місяців тому +958

    It was a clever plan in a way, but the execution of it was piss poor. By dismissing answers, and then having to backtrack, he just made it so obvious he was cheating. And by going back for confirmatory coughs he just made it even worse.

    • @burimsaliji23
      @burimsaliji23 9 місяців тому +174

      The problem is the way he spoke during the game,that's where he incriminated himself" I've never heard of Google" "Google is my final answer" plus the dude didn't know any answer,lets say I would if I knew the answer start saying as he reads the question, "oh i know this answer" so the coughers stop coughing at all.. guy if he knew at least 3,4 questions ,they would've been safe 😅

    • @burimsaliji23
      @burimsaliji23 9 місяців тому +4

      Set*

    • @spriestchump1531
      @spriestchump1531 9 місяців тому +97

      Exactly. Even without the coughing it is obvious he is cheating. Nobody risks so much money on a random guess on something they have never heard of.

    • @mydogeatspuke
      @mydogeatspuke 9 місяців тому +54

      They should have had sneezing and nose blowing too, shake it up a bit, make it more likely someone had a cold. Perhaps feel out the audience in the early easier questions to make sure nobody else was also sniffing and spluttering, with a plan B if someone was genuinely sick.

    • @mydogeatspuke
      @mydogeatspuke 9 місяців тому +48

      @@spriestchump1531 he was definitely a poor choice to sit in the hot seat, he enjoyed the duping too much and was not a good actor. But it seemed to be that the others had already been on the show before so he may have been their only option.

  • @Electricity0
    @Electricity0 8 місяців тому +296

    Court: "Did you cheat?" Ingram: "It could be no, but it could also be yes" *cough*

    • @tregoboing
      @tregoboing 5 місяців тому +12

      "My initial thought is yes, I cheated. Yes, yes, yes,.....no *cough* (angry look from wife)....no, I did not cheat"

  • @Modenut
    @Modenut 9 місяців тому +2414

    That million pound question was fucking sad tbh lol. Megatron? lmao

    • @Hyperlaser_Merc
      @Hyperlaser_Merc 9 місяців тому +165

      Google got named after Googol

    • @antonfeirer
      @antonfeirer 9 місяців тому +344

      From our current standpoint it's laughable but considering the company Google was founded in late 1998 and the show was filmed in 2001 I suppose the term was not as populatized as it is now. Same for Gigabit and Nano-whatevers 😅😅

    • @theextremegigachad
      @theextremegigachad 9 місяців тому +28

      I'd be a millionaire :(

    • @Modenut
      @Modenut 9 місяців тому +126

      @@theextremegigachad Anyone who is old enough and smart enough to be sitting there would be. Even if you hadn't heard of a googol the alternatives are so obviously not the right answers that it's laughable lol

    • @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX
      @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX 9 місяців тому +72

      ​@@Modenut"So obvious"
      Yeah looking back everything seems obvious doesn't it. Actually being there is a different story.

  • @MarijnRoorda
    @MarijnRoorda 9 місяців тому +887

    That Brilliant commercial was in fact, Brilliant. I had already named it Brilliant as soon as i saw it, and then realized it was a joke and the advertising to the video. Hilarious.

    • @matty_isthemotto
      @matty_isthemotto 9 місяців тому

      Just another shill of useless crap

    • @epharonaldo
      @epharonaldo 9 місяців тому +7

      that was very creative

    • @rayfangrui
      @rayfangrui 9 місяців тому +6

      Except there was no cough

  • @Spectoral_on_SPOTIFY
    @Spectoral_on_SPOTIFY Місяць тому +16

    The inaudible part of his reaction on the phone call is: "Good lord I'm absolutely gobsmacked"

  • @phantom9805
    @phantom9805 9 місяців тому +1058

    Plot twist : Sound engineers added the coughs later to deny his prize

    • @filipbitala2624
      @filipbitala2624 9 місяців тому +90

      With the way english courts work, i wouldnt even be surprised

    • @aaaaaa-hh8cq
      @aaaaaa-hh8cq 9 місяців тому +23

      English courts are horrible

    • @aaaaaa-hh8cq
      @aaaaaa-hh8cq 9 місяців тому +8

      although he probably cheated

    • @Yosetime
      @Yosetime 8 місяців тому +6

      And paid off all the other staff to look the other way....perfect plan! Or...'hear' the other way....so unlikely.

    • @Patichu
      @Patichu 7 місяців тому +21

      I mean we do know the coughs were amplified in order to make them legible in the court tapes and to this day that is the only tape we have of the game

  • @lifeisfakenews
    @lifeisfakenews 9 місяців тому +393

    The transition into the sponsor was dare i say, brilliant

    • @raylopez99
      @raylopez99 5 місяців тому

      Was Brilliant the sponsor? I thought it was Incogniti... (Ray quietly leaves the scene).

  • @Hale-Bopp
    @Hale-Bopp 5 місяців тому +40

    the biggest fraud here is the ad that secretly played without you even knowing it's an ad.

  • @graham1034
    @graham1034 9 місяців тому +1210

    Someone killed their family cat?!? That is definitely the worst part of the whole fiasco

    • @evab.6240
      @evab.6240 9 місяців тому +69

      Agree. That is so sad

    • @paulofelipebbraga9634
      @paulofelipebbraga9634 9 місяців тому +11

      Nah! The worst part is how they traded their dignity and rightousness just for a few bucks.
      If you want to get disgusted remember who made that happen.

    • @babuskaonline8907
      @babuskaonline8907 9 місяців тому +123

      @@paulofelipebbraga9634 I think that says more about the world we live in than the individuals.

    • @MainInternetUser
      @MainInternetUser 9 місяців тому +108

      ​@@paulofelipebbraga9634getting money on a TV game show (that would have just kept the money if nobody won it) is 100% not worth their cat's life.
      You see everyday at least 1 person who hasn't done better than them if you live in a city it's not like it's rare to see corrupt politicians and other. They're invisible till they're exposed

    • @gutdupois2809
      @gutdupois2809 9 місяців тому +91

      @@paulofelipebbraga9634 that is absolutely in no way worse than what happened to the cat

  • @BryRod
    @BryRod 9 місяців тому +629

    Seriously, They killed his cat? Quite sad some would hurt an innocent animal over this.

    • @PhilipMarcYT
      @PhilipMarcYT 9 місяців тому +27

      Bullying kids is no big deal? Or throw bags of vomit?

    • @BryRod
      @BryRod 9 місяців тому +139

      @@PhilipMarcYT It is absolutely but an innocent helpless animal DIED sooooo yeah that was the main thing that upset me. Had a kid died then I would be upset over that.

    • @tancreddehauteville764
      @tancreddehauteville764 9 місяців тому +21

      @@PhilipMarcYT The kids weren't shot at.

    • @youngspaghettii
      @youngspaghettii 9 місяців тому +35

      ​@@PhilipMarcYTtypical strawman argument i bet you have So many friends that like talking to you and inviting u places btw

    • @Jason-vo8td
      @Jason-vo8td 9 місяців тому +13

      @@BryRod Except the cat didn't die xD Charles confirmed it on twitter, lol.

  • @Spdey_guy
    @Spdey_guy 4 місяці тому +23

    I saw a guy watching this on the bus, he probably saw me watching so he clicked on the screen i saw the name of the video. Thank you guy :)

  • @eshnd-1
    @eshnd-1 9 місяців тому +283

    "He had to trademark his name to stop a company from naming cough medicine after him" 💀

  • @TerryJGeo
    @TerryJGeo 9 місяців тому +1829

    I really hate how abusive and violent some people get over things that have nothing to do with them. So these three people probably tried to scam a million out of a TV show - does that mean you're entitled to kill their cat, throw vomit at and smash their windows, force them out of their jobs and schools? Get a life!

    • @TheCatLady65
      @TheCatLady65 9 місяців тому +137

      They didn't scam anyone, they were the ones who got scammed. Corporations are all powerful in the West

    • @ivy3671
      @ivy3671 9 місяців тому +129

      the poor cat bruh

    • @traceyrice4978
      @traceyrice4978 9 місяців тому +2

      Yeee.

    • @Navman_
      @Navman_ 9 місяців тому +65

      Nah the cat actually survived!!!! There was a tv series called Quiz that came out in 2020 that was based on the Ingrams and in that show they had Buffy (the cat's name) as a dog which died from the shooting. But when fans asked Charles if it was true, he confirmed on twitter that Buffy was actually a cat and had survived in real life.

    • @EmperorKonstantine01
      @EmperorKonstantine01 9 місяців тому +21

      Your right no one deserves that treatment, he should be compensated at least 10 Million for the ordeal his family went through

  • @themapoe
    @themapoe 4 місяці тому +152

    My toxic trait is that I see absolutely nothing morally or ethically wrong with committing this type of fraud.

    • @prodigal_southerner
      @prodigal_southerner 4 місяці тому +31

      That's not a toxic trait, you sound far healthier than anyone who got angry about someone scamming a TV network.

    • @floggyWM1
      @floggyWM1 3 місяці тому +6

      how would you feel if someone scammed you out of a million?

    • @JFitz626
      @JFitz626 3 місяці тому +50

      @@floggyWM1I’d be too busy counting the hundreds of millions profited from my TV show

    • @alexc9434
      @alexc9434 3 місяці тому +18

      @@floggyWM1he didn’t scam a random person. It’s a shady game show.

    • @floggyWM1
      @floggyWM1 3 місяці тому +1

      @@alexc9434 why is it shady?

  • @thekiwiclipper1113
    @thekiwiclipper1113 9 місяців тому +209

    I knew about the first group of people you talked about, but I had never heard of the consortium. That is impressive that they were able to do that.

  • @Marseb574
    @Marseb574 9 місяців тому +369

    Another plausible answer to this mystery could be that every single question was relatable to a specific event in this poor man’s life.

    • @HaggisMuncher-69-420
      @HaggisMuncher-69-420 9 місяців тому +65

      WHO WANTS TO BE A SLUMDOG MILLUNAIRRRRRRR?!!!!

    • @newshodgepodge6329
      @newshodgepodge6329 9 місяців тому +12

      I saw that movie. I'm pretty sure it was called Slumdog Millionaire. Just thought I'd put that out there.

    • @TheCatLady65
      @TheCatLady65 9 місяців тому

      @@newshodgepodge6329 Try reading the book instead 🤪

    • @alejrandom6592
      @alejrandom6592 9 місяців тому

      💀

    • @hoodiem1812
      @hoodiem1812 9 місяців тому +9

      I love you for bringing this up cause as soon as i started watching this video that movie was the only thing that came to mind😂😂

  • @vegamineral207
    @vegamineral207 9 місяців тому +12

    He maybe could have gotten away with it if he didn't make himself look so damn suspicious by always admitting that he doesn't even know what the right answer was every time

  • @MarioGoatse
    @MarioGoatse 9 місяців тому +53

    "He is quite possibly the biggest fraud on TV." Dr Phil sweats nervously

    • @alive.-xn4fx
      @alive.-xn4fx Місяць тому +5

      Dr. Oz wants you to hold his non alcoholic beer😂

  • @x_kells_o4249
    @x_kells_o4249 9 місяців тому +1881

    This has to be the worst thing to have happened in September, 2001.

    • @vd9570
      @vd9570 9 місяців тому +82

      Best comment on this platform

    • @klpty8808
      @klpty8808 9 місяців тому

      ⁠@@vd9570Best Platform on this comment

    • @andrerodrigues8024
      @andrerodrigues8024 9 місяців тому +103

      you may want to sit down before I tell you something..

    • @adamgerald849
      @adamgerald849 9 місяців тому +9

      Probably.

    • @Unizuka
      @Unizuka 9 місяців тому +85

      @@andrerodrigues8024 yeah, this is the second worst thing that happened on september 2001, the worst thing is my cat getting hit by a car

  • @lizzychrome7630
    @lizzychrome7630 9 місяців тому +215

    Someone killing their pet is just plain sick.

    • @SladeBling
      @SladeBling 6 місяців тому +3

      The pet survived just fine

    • @markymark443
      @markymark443 5 місяців тому +27

      @@SladeBlingdoesn’t matter, it’s the intent that counts. What they did was objectively infinitely worse than defrauding a multi-billion dollar network (even though the latter is still obviously morally wrong)

    • @raylopez99
      @raylopez99 5 місяців тому +1

      @@SladeBling Because it was a UK airgun. They regulate the muzzle velocity energy in the UK to 12 ft-lbs or below, which is enough to harm a sparrow but often not much more. Outside the UK, with the airgun we have for example, you can decease a wild boar through their thick skull with a spring-loaded pellet air gun.

    • @Mukukuish
      @Mukukuish 2 місяці тому +3

      Meanwhile bullying kids and harassing people is ok... I love animals, but this is pathetic.

    • @angelaquizz
      @angelaquizz 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Mukukuishcalm...🙄

  • @Valeofmusic
    @Valeofmusic 9 місяців тому +411

    Dude but think about it , picking the option you’ve never heard of is a strategy because you know the meaning of every other option

    • @jackgonahieu4999
      @jackgonahieu4999 9 місяців тому +54

      It works in school tests fs

    • @wellokayyes1266
      @wellokayyes1266 7 місяців тому +9

      Yeah they waffle a little in breaking this down. Also almost every other contestant reads all answers out loud before final answer. The guy is a cheater, but the extra dressing on it isn’t necessary or relevant.

    • @jendakrynicky5218
      @jendakrynicky5218 7 місяців тому +14

      I mean, seriously ... nanomole? If you paid any attention in chemistry lessons you know what that is, gigabit is a unit of information with quite a few fewer zeroes and megatron is some comics or sci-fi or some such thing.
      This was a fairly simple question.

    • @EinTypOhneHandle
      @EinTypOhneHandle 6 місяців тому

      @@jendakrynicky5218sure but a google is a search engine by your logic ;)

    • @Puggylord316
      @Puggylord316 4 місяці тому

      @jendakrynicky5218 It was in 2001. People knew far less about the internet, and even if they did that wouldn’t stop them picking it. We have a lot of hindsight to bear in mind.

  • @owenleal
    @owenleal 9 місяців тому +61

    Creating an international crime syndicate built purely around gaming Who Wants to Be a Millionaire sounds like it could be an episode of Rick and Morty or Community.

    • @GEMSofGOD_com
      @GEMSofGOD_com 3 місяці тому

      I would be surprised if such shows (notvintellectual games; shows) never had such "non-illedal" syndicates appearing immediately after the shows launched

  • @Epsilon2042
    @Epsilon2042 3 місяці тому +35

    18:30 Even if they cheated, that is unacceptable. I wish there were laws against this...

    • @Elias6233
      @Elias6233 24 дні тому +3

      There are laws against this wtf are you on about

    • @Epsilon2042
      @Epsilon2042 24 дні тому +1

      @Elias6233 well sorry for not being from england I didnt know lmao

  • @porterowen-ch4nk
    @porterowen-ch4nk 9 місяців тому +55

    “That’s how a question works” is amazing

  • @witchywoman2008
    @witchywoman2008 9 місяців тому +38

    The fact that there was a whole underground ring getting people onto a game show is absolutely hilarious.

  • @RabidBoii
    @RabidBoii Місяць тому +4

    5:10 Bro just pulled the most diabolically smooth ad transition of all time

  • @WaterChamp2
    @WaterChamp2 9 місяців тому +115

    How you integrated the sponsor was BRILLIANT 😂 first time in a very long time I've seen that type of creativity

    • @cdel4391
      @cdel4391 8 місяців тому +1

      they should let us now beforehand, "and now a word from our sponsor" instead of sneaking it in there, i spotted it right away and skipped that lol

    • @kennethkho7165
      @kennethkho7165 7 місяців тому +6

      ​@@cdel4391you must be fun at parties

  • @skyfetheranger6066
    @skyfetheranger6066 9 місяців тому +73

    Good work man! iv seen this story on a bunch of other channels before, but your vid was my favorite because it felt like Lemmino had remembered his password

  • @nickchambers3935
    @nickchambers3935 9 місяців тому +46

    I love how Chris just gets tired of his antics at 4:00

  • @andykapur5628
    @andykapur5628 9 місяців тому +138

    "Named a cough syrup after that guy". Give that marketing executive a f*cking raise!!
    @fern - Search for this guy called Shashwat on India's who wants to be a millionaire and what he did on the final question. Broke the system and exposed the rules so much that makers changed it next season. Should make a video on that to be a sequel to this masterpiece video you have created.

    • @littlekishmish
      @littlekishmish 9 місяців тому +4

      What’s the guy’s full name? I tried to Google him but couldn’t find anything like you described

    • @mlydian8840
      @mlydian8840 9 місяців тому +19

      Found him, Shashwat Goel, but I didn’t understand a word so I’ve no clue what he did to break the system haha

    • @whois2517
      @whois2517 9 місяців тому +1

      @@mlydian8840 is the video in hindi?

    • @ValCronin
      @ValCronin 9 місяців тому +38

      All I could find is that he made it to the final question but answered it incorrectly. Also he used to watch the show with his mom but she died like a year before he made it on the show, and he chose not to bring a companion on the show because he left it open for her memory. Also he said if he was about about to win that he would donate most of the winnings but then he ended up answering incorrectly.
      I can't seem to find what you seem to be referencing about him 'breaking the system'....could you just summarize it for us since we can't find it on the internet?

  • @LostStylus
    @LostStylus 9 місяців тому +272

    The question for million is the simplest question I think I ever seen here

    • @BigBoyJay_69
      @BigBoyJay_69 9 місяців тому +18

      It's only simple because of the search engine. I doubt you know the name of the number with a 1 and a thousand 0's after it.

    • @matthewdurkin9543
      @matthewdurkin9543 9 місяців тому +58

      @@BigBoyJay_69 It's pretty easy through process of elimination assuming you have basic knowledge of some things. The options are megatron, gigabit, nanomole, and googol. Transformers was like 20 years old at that point, so it makes sense someone would recognize Megatron. Personal computers already had multiple gigabyte hard drives by 2000. Nano means one billionth and most people have heard of nanoseconds. Even if you'd never heard of googol you can figure it out through process of elimination

    • @NodaxWoW
      @NodaxWoW 9 місяців тому

      ​@@matthewdurkin9543exactly. also mol is a si unit in chemics. if this wasnt multiple choice, yes the question would have been really hard. but with those tupid other options its pretty obvious even if you never heard of google

    • @MrNikolidas
      @MrNikolidas 9 місяців тому +3

      @@BigBoyJay_69 Googolplex. There's also a Googolplex-plex but I forget the number of 0's. Ten thousand?

    • @volkan2097
      @volkan2097 9 місяців тому +14

      U forget that nobody and their mother heard of google in 2001, its like asking you what a number with 10 thousand 0 in it is called, u wouldn’t know it

  • @camillecrichlow8138
    @camillecrichlow8138 9 місяців тому +47

    He doesn’t sound upset enough for a “winner” being called a cheater 😂

  • @lIlIlIIlIIlIIlIIIlIIIl
    @lIlIlIIlIIlIIlIIIlIIIl 9 місяців тому +94

    a fern upload is always good

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому

      E‎ ‎

    • @AnZionist83
      @AnZionist83 9 місяців тому

      ​@@EEEEEEEEway too political man

  • @drpopandfizz
    @drpopandfizz 9 місяців тому +333

    The saddest part is if he would of stopped at like... 16,000... maybe even 32,000, he could of gotten away with it, or at least not live in infamy. instead, greed took over.

    • @volkan2097
      @volkan2097 9 місяців тому +27

      Why stop there if you can have it all?

    • @pnuttyinthacutty
      @pnuttyinthacutty 9 місяців тому +13

      He didn’t cheat

    • @drpopandfizz
      @drpopandfizz 9 місяців тому +111

      ​@@pnuttyinthacutty No question he did. he can deny it all he wants. the 32,000 question there is no way he wasn't cheating on that one. 'i'm not sure' I think it's A1,' 'i never heard of craig david', no clue, his wife coughing at the time, and then just goes for the answer he A, never heard of the artist and B, the answer he wasn't leaning to? It's absolutely unnatural behavior.

    • @Patichu
      @Patichu 9 місяців тому

      ​@@drpopandfizz watch quiz it's a fantastic retelling of the story that puts things into new light he is smart man and people seem to forget that every time this story is brought up i Don't know if he cheated or not but there is just a big of a reason to believe either side of the story after watching quiz. The only one who truly knows is him and we just have to accept that.

    • @ieclaw1140
      @ieclaw1140 9 місяців тому +8

      ​@drpopandfizz if he knew A1 but the question doesn't line up with what he knows about A1 then by default its Craig David

  • @JamesR624
    @JamesR624 4 місяці тому +19

    1:13 Wait, THIS? THIS was the £1,000,000 question. A semi-common-knowledge question? A question most college freshmen would know off the top of their heads? REALLY?

    • @ToshioRiko_nextgenchems
      @ToshioRiko_nextgenchems 4 місяці тому +5

      By now maybe. But back then? Idk I knew it too but the question Makers are just humans too. Probably none though someone would know it - and just think it's a dumb pun. ;)

    • @joshhenry2389
      @joshhenry2389 4 місяці тому

      After you’ve answered the rest you deserve a nice question to seal the victory

    • @LePredator1
      @LePredator1 3 місяці тому

      Oh, woooow... you're very smart indeed. Let's all grovel at your callused feet

    • @partytrumpet
      @partytrumpet Місяць тому

      common knowledge in 2001?

    • @JohnnyApplesauce1
      @JohnnyApplesauce1 11 днів тому

      Not common in 2001

  • @marcinchreptowicz6843
    @marcinchreptowicz6843 9 місяців тому +55

    1:40 tbh if you know all 3 but googol you can always answer correctly. Megatron has obviously nothing to do with numbers - its a fictional character.
    Gigabit has nothing to do with 100 zeros. It's just billion bits.
    Nano means it's in the fractions of 1. I dont remember but I think it was 1 to 10(-9) power.
    Stupid question. Should be for 1000$

    • @cuntyclown
      @cuntyclown 2 місяці тому +1

      and tbh, googel is a term part of the standard curriculum. the guy must have been extremely nervous because there's no way anyone with an engineering degree could be genuinely that clueless on that particular question

    • @juicy3193
      @juicy3193 Місяць тому +5

      Relax bud its from 2001. There was no google or easier ways to gain general knowledge

    • @alewis514
      @alewis514 19 днів тому

      @@juicy3193 Googol doesn't even mean anything, it's not a systemic number name. 10^100 has one - 10 duotrigintillion (short scale) or 10 sexdecilliard (long scale). This number is far beyond anything used in reasonable normal life, even astronomy doesn't use numbers as big as this. Not many people would know this. This word was literally made up by a 9-year old in 1920 and published in a book in 1940. Became popular once Google was a thing and they set themselves a goal to index a googol results.

  • @riditnimdia13
    @riditnimdia13 9 місяців тому +320

    People saying “Googol” is the easiest answer ever, this show was from 2001

    • @sherrymartini_
      @sherrymartini_ 8 місяців тому +34

      it really is tho, by process of elimination, 3 other options could not be the answer.

    • @macgyversmit4647
      @macgyversmit4647 8 місяців тому +29

      @SomeGuy-ul1np u really think that people in 2001 would have known that megatron is a fictional characters as most to nearly all people started knowing that megatron is a fictional character when the transformers movies started in 2007

    • @zorktxandnand3774
      @zorktxandnand3774 8 місяців тому

      The fact that he did not seem to reason elimination makes this suspicious.
      And yes by that makes googol an easy answer. even if you do not know the Megatron character. the prefix "Mega" means million. So all 3 other answers contain a prefix that does not match a number with a 100 zero's.
      If he eliminated some obvious wrong answers, his win may have been more believable.
      Also fuck the asshole who shot their cat. what the hell is wrong with you.

    • @dollzo
      @dollzo 8 місяців тому +9

      Legit never heard of a googol till now

    • @riditnimdia13
      @riditnimdia13 8 місяців тому +7

      @@dollzo It is what Google is named after

  • @KingWesleyIV
    @KingWesleyIV 12 днів тому +2

    For people casting doubts on the validity of the verdict; Two people who had already been on the show multiple times all cough repeatedly, but only on the correct answers. Occam's razor says that it's not just unlikely, but statistically impossible, for those coughs to NOT be signs. It's not about who is coughing, it's about who ISN'T coughing. Literally everyone except two people who have direct affiliation with the winner.

  • @Mark-lj1dj
    @Mark-lj1dj 9 місяців тому +141

    10:17 this is such critical evidence. He barely pretends to sound surprised. Imagine being innocent and being told you're not getting your million pounds and being referred to police. You'd be so shocked and angry. They're so guilty

    • @radicaltrafficcone8284
      @radicaltrafficcone8284 7 місяців тому +31

      As a british person, this is exactly how we would react in that situation

    • @Mark-lj1dj
      @Mark-lj1dj 7 місяців тому +15

      @@radicaltrafficcone8284 yeah if you were a character in a Jane Austin novel. Certainly not if you were told you weren't receiving the million pounds you thought you'd won and you were being referred to the police

    • @kojoyeboah7
      @kojoyeboah7 7 місяців тому +11

      ​@@Mark-lj1djthe guy was a major in the British army. Angry hysterical fits isn't part of their training be it killing innocent people as collateral damage or losing a million pounds 😂

    • @Thatdudewiththedogs
      @Thatdudewiththedogs 3 місяці тому +3

      Also, if you truly didn’t cheat and someone tells you that you’re under suspicion of cheating and the money isn’t coming, you’d naturally want to know how they thought you were cheating, or you’d inquire in some way about the cheating, but he just doesn’t care at all. Very sus.

    • @StarryEyed0590
      @StarryEyed0590 2 місяці тому

      @@Thatdudewiththedogs If you weren't cheating, you wouldn't assume the filming irregularities had to do with you - you'd be asking what happened during the filming.

  • @vanceroday
    @vanceroday 9 місяців тому +46

    literally the best sponsor ad incorporation i've ever seen

    • @jabukatshwa
      @jabukatshwa 9 місяців тому +2

      It was brilliant 😂😂

  • @theodorrichey
    @theodorrichey 5 місяців тому +4

    Having cough medicine named after you because of a scam you did is WILD

  • @Fanaro
    @Fanaro 9 місяців тому +164

    18:55 That was was hilarious.

  • @bohrabhijeet
    @bohrabhijeet 9 місяців тому +310

    It takes balls of steel to cheat in such a high stakes game.

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому +4

      E‎ ‎

    • @GerdLPluu
      @GerdLPluu 9 місяців тому +44

      The stakes aren't that high, though, are they? This is not Poker or Roulette. You don't wager a or bet. The only thing you can lose is a bit of your dignity, but that's just how TV works.

    • @subnormality.
      @subnormality. 9 місяців тому

      Ego of steel. Selfishness of steel.

    • @NodaxWoW
      @NodaxWoW 9 місяців тому +26

      bruh there is literally nothing on the table. no risk at all. what do you mean???

    • @Naw1dawg
      @Naw1dawg 9 місяців тому +1

      Not really. It’s not illegal so either you win or you don’t. No additional loss for cheating or not

  • @linnamuuf
    @linnamuuf 8 місяців тому +38

    And now, a million dollar question:
    How many times in a minute you'd have to cough to consider it a serious health issue?
    A: 2 times, B: 6 times, C: 7 times, D: 192 times
    (somebody starts coughing indefinitely)

    • @jackiwheeler6963
      @jackiwheeler6963 4 місяці тому

      Coughcoughcough

    • @GEMSofGOD_com
      @GEMSofGOD_com 3 місяці тому +1

      Such an insulting absurdity. I hope your life is fine, linnamuuf

  • @mattburland8105
    @mattburland8105 9 місяців тому +178

    I thought the phone call with the producers was pretty telling. If you knew you hadn't cheated you'd be asking how long is this going to take to get cleared up? And when am I going to get my money? He didn't ask any of those obvious questions, because he knew he'd been busted.

    • @mikhails5483
      @mikhails5483 9 місяців тому +32

      True, and he said that he obviously "refutes" it, even if the caller didn't even say he was accused of cheating. If you're innocent, you'd first ask what's wrong and be in disbelief if told you were being investigated for cheating.

    • @TheCatLady65
      @TheCatLady65 9 місяців тому

      Complete bullshit. Why are you so hateful?

    • @Furious321
      @Furious321 5 місяців тому +3

      @@mikhails5483 Yeah something along the lines of "Well, wait... What did you see when you reviewed the tapes? Maybe I can clarify whatever you found problematic."

    • @GEMSofGOD_com
      @GEMSofGOD_com 3 місяці тому

      He's been greeted in a calm and professional way with "We have police om you", how else do you react, "To heck the police, where's my money??"

  • @Appfel
    @Appfel 9 місяців тому +16

    Wow! After knowing the Simpli video (and I watched it once more today), this is a nice add. I thought, it is another copy, which is fine. But no, this video is totally different, showing several other and new facets! Really good job!!!

  • @yucelmutlusoy
    @yucelmutlusoy 5 місяців тому +2

    That "Brilliant" plug was one of the best I have ever seen 😆👍🏼

  • @florisdays
    @florisdays 9 місяців тому +89

    2:48 idk why but the ringtone made me giggle

    • @TheBlakus420
      @TheBlakus420 9 місяців тому +5

      Every Nokia phone had it back in the day lol

    • @rawtrout007
      @rawtrout007 9 місяців тому +4

      Old school 😂

    • @夜空が素晴らしいです
      @夜空が素晴らしいです 9 місяців тому +5

      @@TheBlakus420 I can even remember the ringtone's name. It's "Kick". 😭

    • @wooper2654
      @wooper2654 9 місяців тому +1

      High intelligence specimen:

    • @rawtrout007
      @rawtrout007 9 місяців тому

      @@夜空が素晴らしいです you just unlocked a core memory

  • @HawkingNoise
    @HawkingNoise 9 місяців тому +28

    Damn Fern your animations are always top notch and high quality. Looking forward to see more!

  • @redrider7xbilly548
    @redrider7xbilly548 16 днів тому +2

    I can't believe that was the million dollar question.

  • @davidl.7383
    @davidl.7383 9 місяців тому +7

    I ain’t even skipping the ad after a segue that smooth 😂

  • @sarvarbekmatsapaev5711
    @sarvarbekmatsapaev5711 9 місяців тому +56

    isnt the date strange to you guys? 0:01

  • @afterhourscinema782
    @afterhourscinema782 9 місяців тому +4

    There should be a...
    "Who Wants to be a Millionaire??"
    *-Zimbabwe edition* 🤣

  • @Linos.1
    @Linos.1 9 місяців тому +29

    That was the cleanest sponsorship I've ever seen. Brilliant!

  • @HernanBensasson
    @HernanBensasson 9 місяців тому +63

    The way you merged your sponsor was amazing! I was like "wait, what?". Amazing content btw. Thanks

  • @robynw6307
    @robynw6307 9 місяців тому +21

    Charles and Diana. Are we sure the other guy wasn't called Camilla?

  • @LOLyoujustgotrickrolled
    @LOLyoujustgotrickrolled 9 місяців тому +267

    the date is pretty close to *it*

    • @universaltoons
      @universaltoons 9 місяців тому +5

      My parents said if I reach 35K, they'd buy me a professionaI camera for recording... Pls guys I'm literally begging you!!...😮

    • @gbt722
      @gbt722 9 місяців тому +5

      I wonder if people are bright enough to realise what you meant?

    • @LOLyoujustgotrickrolled
      @LOLyoujustgotrickrolled 9 місяців тому

      @@gbt722 same

    • @bisbirick
      @bisbirick 9 місяців тому +7

      that's the first thing I thought about

    • @kateapple1
      @kateapple1 9 місяців тому +5

      HUSH BOT 🤖

  • @johnrhico04
    @johnrhico04 9 місяців тому +62

    5:16 that ad transition was so smooth

  • @TraTranc
    @TraTranc 12 днів тому

    _"Their cat was shot dead with an airgun."_
    TV show fraud or not, that would make me go full John Wick.

  • @philjtephenson41
    @philjtephenson41 9 місяців тому +9

    And watch, in 10 years when it all comes out that they didnt cheat and Celador just decided they didnt want to pay out the cash so dragged them through the shite!

    • @GEMSofGOD_com
      @GEMSofGOD_com 3 місяці тому

      Exactly how it went, obviously from the poor guy's phone call response. Take the best AI from 2034 and it'll tell you this with >98% certainty

  • @killerkeks8843
    @killerkeks8843 9 місяців тому +12

    Amazing video with amazing animation and a brilliant theme.
    Hyped for the next one.

  • @SmilingSynic
    @SmilingSynic 4 місяці тому +17

    It was not just the coughing. It was the example of a cough followed by an obvious NO! when Ingram was going to choose the wrong answer on a six-figure question.

  • @Fanaro
    @Fanaro 9 місяців тому +42

    14:21 The guy looks awfully suspicious indeed, but it's worth pointing out that coughs are not at all uniformly distributed, meaning if the person gets anxious (as she would when the time for answering would come), the likelihood of coughing goes way higher.

    • @thej3799
      @thej3799 9 місяців тому

      This is why I'm afraid of facing a jury. It seems like juries are filled with idiots that only want to punish people

    • @GEMSofGOD_com
      @GEMSofGOD_com 3 місяці тому

      Absolutely so. It feels obvious to me that the three haven't cheated.

  • @DeCypher67_
    @DeCypher67_ 9 місяців тому +7

    I get so happy when I see there is a new video posted, doesnt matter the topic. they are all amazing! great work

  • @alewis514
    @alewis514 19 днів тому +2

    This scheme failed because of a very simple reason - greed. They talked about the plan and intended to bail out at 125000 at most. And if they did - they would get away with this. Show producers wouldn't care nearly as much to conduct a thorough investigation and would not have nearly as much evidence to push any court case. Coughing escalated through the roof starting on 250k question.

  • @giovannifrrri5495
    @giovannifrrri5495 9 місяців тому +90

    The real question is how she knew the answer...

    • @dekuuchiha9990
      @dekuuchiha9990 8 місяців тому +2

      google

    • @guninkakar7714
      @guninkakar7714 8 місяців тому +25

      @@dekuuchiha9990 they got no google in 2001, like phones with google

    • @wellokayyes1266
      @wellokayyes1266 7 місяців тому +7

      @@dekuuchiha9990 Wait for it !
      “BEeEeE BUUUU be ba ba ba ba teeeeeeeeeeedlityyyyyyy Be bum Be bum Be bum weee oh weeee “
      - Your google dial up in 2001

    • @Gumplayer2
      @Gumplayer2 7 місяців тому +1

      but they had Googol!

    • @Dan75817
      @Dan75817 5 місяців тому

      Google? In 2001 mate? ​@@dekuuchiha9990

  • @YouBeAiight
    @YouBeAiight 9 місяців тому +9

    The way you did the switch to the brilliant ad was 🔥 no lie

  • @BaseShombolAli
    @BaseShombolAli 2 місяці тому +6

    1:27 my name is optimus prime

  • @illuminatedzach4206
    @illuminatedzach4206 9 місяців тому +28

    10:42 Imagine you’ve just gone on a game show and fought your heart out and win 1 million dollars. You then get a call saying there a issues and they we be delaying payment. And then you respond I disagree bye. Like wouldn’t you say. Wtf why? I won where’s my money? Like he already knows why terrible liar

    • @Puggylord316
      @Puggylord316 4 місяці тому +1

      I could understand him not being angry, because he went through the military and will have learnt a lot about controlling that. But to not even sound slightly surprised is crazy.

  • @avxway
    @avxway 9 місяців тому +11

    the production quality of your videos is insane!

  • @klvcrz7998
    @klvcrz7998 5 місяців тому +2

    So no one's gonna talk about how brilliant he pulled the Brilliant ad?

  • @Piyush_636
    @Piyush_636 9 місяців тому +14

    This might be one of the best ads integration in a youtube video i have seen in a while, absolutely camouflaged in the video 👏🏻

  • @DjVortex-w
    @DjVortex-w 9 місяців тому +59

    I find it interesting that the host said afterwards that he didn't notice anything odd about Ingram's behavior.
    It's of course understandable. The host is there to present the show, keep the audience entertained and overall be as charismatic and likeable as possible, and make the show as engaging and interesting as possible. He's not there to observe and scrutinize every single detail of the contestant's behavior, he's there to run the show to the best of his abilities. He has priorities and things in his mind enormously more important than whether a particular contestant behaves a bit different than your typical contestants. But nevertheless, I still find it interesting that apparently he didn't notice anything suspicious.

    • @youtube-kit9450
      @youtube-kit9450 3 місяці тому +1

      It's funny he said that when he, in the show, said a few times Ingram was doing weird and illogical things.
      So he just thought Ingram was actually such a mouthbreather that he didn't think he was cheating lol.

  • @savitthranmuthuramu4611
    @savitthranmuthuramu4611 4 місяці тому +2

    The fact that this history was made two days before another historical event.

  • @Quovio
    @Quovio 9 місяців тому +14

    The production quality on this is insane!🔥🔥🙌🏿

  • @arumaril
    @arumaril 9 місяців тому +5

    THAT AD TRANSITION WAS IMMACULATE AND UNEXPECTED, YOU EARNED A SUB WTH.

  • @SevereFamine
    @SevereFamine 6 місяців тому +9

    It’s crazy the googol question was a million dollar question in 2001. Usually old questions that are hard, only get harder.

    • @crewrangergaming9582
      @crewrangergaming9582 3 місяці тому +1

      I thought that too when I first saw nut then I realized Google wasn't a everyday name back then and not many would have had knowledge about the number Googol, definitely with Google's popularity more people would know about the word Googol than in 2001.

  • @Denboy0708
    @Denboy0708 9 місяців тому +8

    Ich liebe es, eure Videos auch auf Englisch zu schauen und dann zu merken, dass es trotz dem gleichen Oberthema so viele neue Fakten zeigt und ihr das Thema komplett neu, auch visuell, überarbeitet habt. Chapeau Jungs und Mädels

  • @martingaspar8364
    @martingaspar8364 9 місяців тому +6

    the fact that when the called him and told about the "irregularities" and he didnt even questioned it, wasnt surprised or anything like an innocent person would do

  • @Name-ot3xw
    @Name-ot3xw 3 місяці тому +1

    The engineer should be ashamed to not be sufficiently nerdy to know where Google got its name.

  • @rene2106
    @rene2106 9 місяців тому +8

    18:34 bags of vomit thrown at their home?
    People collected vomit in bags, drove to their home to throw them?
    Or did they had vomit left over from the last time they used it for something?

    • @something1793
      @something1793 9 місяців тому

      its very easy to make yourself vomit and there is probably medicine to make you vomit

  • @thebigcnel
    @thebigcnel 9 місяців тому +127

    That was a super easy last question btw. I suck at trivia and had it immediately.

    • @TheTTL1997
      @TheTTL1997 9 місяців тому +34

      That's because trivia questions get re-used and the show was shot in 2001. Gigabit internet speeds only started to be used in 1999, and Google wasn't a household name yet as it was founded in 99 as well. I only eliminated nanomol because I learned in chemistry that a mol is something to the power 23, but someone who hadn't taken a college level chemistry course back then wouldn't have known that. Context is key, and most people back then wouldn't be 100% sure in their answer which you need to be in order to risk a million dollars on it.

    • @mina86
      @mina86 9 місяців тому +23

      @@TheTTL1997, it’s still a super easy question.
      - Giga is one followed by nine zeroes. That’s grade school knowledge.
      - Nano is inverse of giga, so obviously it’s not it either. Again, that’s grade school knowledge.
      - Megatron is a Transformer. [PS. Not to mention that mega prefix means one milion; again, grade school knowledge.]

    • @papabaddad
      @papabaddad 9 місяців тому +10

      We probably all know this fact BECAUSE of this show lol

    • @NodaxWoW
      @NodaxWoW 9 місяців тому

      ​maybe in the US this is college level chemistry. i learned that in like 8th grade. bit and byte are also known for several decades. no need for internet speed as reference. how about hard drives? and megatron is kinde obvious too. even if you dont know transformers. mega, nano, giga are all already number prefixes one could and should have known back then @@TheTTL1997

    • @hcc942
      @hcc942 9 місяців тому

      asked

  • @sagittarius5466
    @sagittarius5466 2 місяці тому +5

    10:30 this is such bad acting 😂 “oh, good lord no… you’ve got me!” Instead of “what the hell?! What do you mean suspicions???”

  • @BucketHeadianHagg
    @BucketHeadianHagg 9 місяців тому +26

    Fern, the way you did the ad was truly brilliant! 😊 I love your work!