I’m an old guy, 74 next month, and I remember watching the episodes with Dan Blonsky in particular since he was playing the week of my 50th birthday (important only to me). I was recently divorced and living alone, although I was at a friend's house one night and the same person was at my place the night he won. Dan was such a confident player and now, almost 24 years later, I’d guess he still is. I loved Who Wants to be a Millionaire and watched it faithfully every night it was on.
@@Mark-wx6xr As the contestant himself said, all the answer choices revolve around the number 93 million. No you don't need to know the answer already.
@@Mark-wx6xr From the childhood we were all told the fact that light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach the earth. The speed of light is also a well known thing 300.000 km per sec. It took me about half a minute to do the math and convert it into miles (i am from Europe) As a result i got 100 million miles which is close to correct answer
Indeed, why would someone know who was on the cover of a magazine issued almost 50 years ago? "Hollywoodland" is also one of those useless trivia things to know, nobody needs to know that (I did happen to know, by chance). But knowing at least approximately how far the earth is away from the sun is something every educated person should be capable of. It's not like the answers were 91 mio, 92 mio, 93 mio and 94 mio ...
@@n.b.380 The distance is actually called "astronomical unit" and it's not that hard to know it is roughly 150 mio km. That combined with knowing how many km there are in a mile immediately leads to the correct answer. 🙂
Great job! No hesitation in any of his answers! I still have the first issue of People magazine from 1974 with Mia Farrow on the cover! The last two questions were super easy to me!
I was thinking the same thing, holding my breath thinking "is he going to get the question right?" Of course he is, he won a million dollars 💵!! Mama proud of her son 🙏❤️
I am 66 years old and I not only knew the answer to the last question...but have known it for over 50 years. Can't believe that was the one million dollar question. Wish it was me on that show.
@@tomwelshy2759 not really. 93/10 is 9.3. 93 flipped is 39. 93 + 100 is 193. 93 is the base number and all the wrong answers are a variation of it. its easy to guess. you can actually use the same logic to guess SAT answers with a pretty high success rate
@@parsatayebi Lol m8 that is a bidirectional relationship, applies to ALL the options. You can flip in either direction. Only difference is number of steps to get to your answer. Besides, that is some shaky reasoning for risking a million dollars.
@@summushieremiasclarkson4700 all of them can reach 93 in 1 step. from every other number it takes 2 steps to reach, passing through 93 first. not that hard to comprehend
having a buddy knowing the answer for half mill and having the balls to trust was priceless in this series. Without he's trust and he's buddies knowledge he wouldn't of become a millionaire.That was absolutely the best part of it because very often friends are wrong and the responsibility to give such an clean and confident answer is hard. Wrong answer could of maybe even break a good friendship to some of the people he's friends (over)confidence that would of led to fire that answer. But i think assuring comes far easier when it is confident advice which it clearly was. "No buts or if's or maybes" but a certain answer.
I haven't watched this programme in yrs, but here in the UK the host usually asks (especially with high amounts at stake) the contestant whether they want the amount divulged to the 'phone a friend'. Personally I always thought that was fair.
Dan Blonsky was on the shows on Jan. 16 & 18, 2000. 6:50 "Which NYC building was bombed by terrorists in 1993?" 19:00 "Which celebrity appeared on the first cover of People?" How do we know Jeff didn't just look it up online? Yes, they had internet back then 21:00 Actually the million dollar question is something any 4th graders would know.
I didnt know the answer to the last one but I was able to figure it out with the speed of light and how long it takes for light to reach the earth which I already knew. The other ones I had no idea though I am Norwegian
I still remember the distance from a 4th grade musical I was in in 1960! These questions were a bit harder than the ones the first million dollar winner had, but they still were amazingly easy for a lot of money...
Oh Danny boy, you are a millionaire. From glen to glen and down the mountainside. 😂 Dan Blonsky became the second person to win $1 MILLION on the us version of who wants to be a millionaire in 2000.
I thought it was Jane Fonda on the first cover of People Magazine. 1974. Vietnam. Anti war advocate. All made sense. I would have lost. But in general though I found these questions to be not that difficult.
I cant believe someone would say that about John Carpenter. He didnt have his parents there at the spot so he called them in a way that was allowed (its not like you could pick up your phone and call them).
This is the instance where Regis talked about going into a New York bar one night and watching a couple of guys looking up at the TV screen hoping Dan would win the million dollars. There and then Regis realized the true cultural impact this game had.
I remember when this first aired. I was pretty sure I knew the answer to the final question-but I’ll also knew that if it were me on the show, I could have calculated it to be more certain. The speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles per second. And I remember from a grade school science class that light from the sun takes between eight-and-a-quarter and eight-and-a-half minutes. That time rounds to about 500 seconds. And 186,000 miles per second tomes 500 seconds is… 93 million miles. It was also reasonable derivable without any science, by just using some game theory. For a question like this, test writers will frequently create wrong answers which are: 1) the key digits reversed, 2) a factor of 10 larger and/or smaller, or 3) adding some even quantity (like 100 million). Sure enough, this question’s author used all three rules.
I live outside of the US, hence I don't know the pledge of allegiance, so wouldn't have even got to sit in the chair. We don't have pink slips here, I've never played cat's cradle or smoked a cigar, so even if I was in the chair, I would have blown my lifelines and possibly still not made it to the $1,000. But I knew Lassie was a collie ($300), cells in an amoeba ($500), WTC ($4k), Colombia ($16k), Hollywoodland ($32k), Switzerland (125k), Mia Farrow ($500k) and I still remember the distance between the earth and the sun from my schooldays in the 1960s. But would have flunked all the others, and therefore got nowhere. My point being that for me personally, the early questions were just as difficult (or easy, whichever way you look at it) as the later ones. Anyway, all kudos to Dan, he played the perfect game and I'm delighted for him, he seemed like a real down-to-earth kind of guy, and I bet he got his 'personal issues' sorted pretty darn quickly after the win !!
Never heard of cat's cradle either, that one, the comedians for 64k and the 250k one about Betty Ford (although I'd have guessed that one right, but no way I would have taken the risk) were typical questions that could only be asked in one specific country. No chance with those. But the more "international" ones were quite simple actually. Only the question about People magazine was really tough, but for half a million, completely fair.
This is the one million dollar question that I knew the answer with no hesitation. That stuck in my head in HS when I learned it. Easiest question ever!
From the American "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" show, this is the original run of 2nd million dollar winner Dan Blonsky and it's from January 2000 (during the primetime/ABC version). 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
I remember watching this episode live. The easiest million dollar question of all time. I was 9 when this episode aired and knew immediately. Almost rigged if you ask me.
I looked up this guy's name and found his web page and then emailed him 😂😂😂😂 I was going to ask him if he gave Jeff any money but decided against it 😂😂😂
When I saw the million dollar question, I literally said to myself, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I know that answer!! 93 million miles! Where's my million bucks??" 😂
I just hate the million dollar question, it's super easy if you were a 90s kid I guess that kept getting tought about the solar system and such, random questions earlier would've got me but the million dollar question was so easy
I’m an old guy, 74 next month, and I remember watching the episodes with Dan Blonsky in particular since he was playing the week of my 50th birthday (important only to me). I was recently divorced and living alone, although I was at a friend's house one night and the same person was at my place the night he won. Dan was such a confident player and now, almost 24 years later, I’d guess he still is. I loved Who Wants to be a Millionaire and watched it faithfully every night it was on.
Dude's a lawyer. Confidence comes with that profession.
You should have gone and play too grandpa
😮
74 is not old 😅
WWTBAM was appointment TV. Unfortunately, ABC and the producers squeezed the lemon dry instead of embracing less being more.
This dude has balls of steel. Zero hesitation or overthinking
Just like sasha
How much would you compare him to John Carpenter
The most beautiful feeling in this world is to make your mom feel proud with such an unbelievable excitement.
It’s incredible to hear him say “25 years ago” for 1974, when today it’s 1999!!
That 1m dollar question was easier than some of the earlier ones!
They're only easier if you know them. If you're a historian you'd know who ruled X in 1357. Ask who played X in Dynasty they'd be stumped.
@@Mark-wx6xr As the contestant himself said, all the answer choices revolve around the number 93 million. No you don't need to know the answer already.
@@Mark-wx6xr
From the childhood we were all told the fact that light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach the earth.
The speed of light is also a well known thing 300.000 km per sec.
It took me about half a minute to do the math and convert it into miles (i am from Europe)
As a result i got 100 million miles which is close to correct answer
Indeed, why would someone know who was on the cover of a magazine issued almost 50 years ago? "Hollywoodland" is also one of those useless trivia things to know, nobody needs to know that (I did happen to know, by chance). But knowing at least approximately how far the earth is away from the sun is something every educated person should be capable of. It's not like the answers were 91 mio, 92 mio, 93 mio and 94 mio ...
@@n.b.380 The distance is actually called "astronomical unit" and it's not that hard to know it is roughly 150 mio km. That combined with knowing how many km there are in a mile immediately leads to the correct answer. 🙂
That WTC question hits a lot different in a post 9-11 world
Hits hard like controlled demolition
That fact immediately reminded me of how I felt when I learned Oswald tried assassinating another politician 6 months before Kennedy.
YEA LIKE THE CIA BLOWING IT UP!
crazy right
@@surestrange yeah... That's been thouroghly debunked
the fact that he had his mom hold on that check and didnt even look like he wanted to take it off her is amazing
There's just something so likeable about this guy.
He smiles, he doesnt overthink, he answers at the speed of which we cant get bored of, ofcourse u will like him
I just hope that when the contestants win the 1 million that everyone around that they know personally don't start becoming overly obsessed with him
I watched this live, and it was so good. This dude pulled a miracle out of his hat for the ultimate question.
This happened when I was in 4th grade as we were learning about the solar system. I was excited to know the answer to the $1,000,000 question.
I was in 3rd grade. And today at 34 I got the question wrong.
This guy had much harder questions than John Carpenter, the first winner.
agreed. John's questions were rather easy. The only ones I did not know were the last two
Harder is a relative term. So they are harder to you but easier to some.
I love how the first two Millionaire winners with Regis were in two of the most hated occupations: IRS collections and attorney 🤣
Great job! No hesitation in any of his answers! I still have the first issue of People magazine from 1974 with Mia Farrow on the cover! The last two questions were super easy to me!
Did we watch the same video? He hesitated quite often.
@Jen J Well maybe I didn't watch the whole video!
Not I’m at the edge of my seat knowing the outcome 🤣😂🤣 this show was good
I was thinking the same thing, holding my breath thinking "is he going to get the question right?" Of course he is, he won a million dollars 💵!! Mama proud of her son 🙏❤️
This is the first time I've seen a successful phone a friend in any version of who wants to be a millionaire.
Did he give his business partner $250k for the correct answer? Or did he get sued ?
@@billylid100I think taking him out to the fanciest dinner & drinks ever would have sufficed just fine.
You can't have watched many episodes then it happens all the time
Awesome episode. I was half expecting the super model to make an appearance when the guy won or at least call into the show lol.
Fair play to the chap... congrats, he who dares wins.... Richard from UK
Good Haiku
@@KengaruZNot quite, his comment was 5 / 6 / 5, he’s missing a syllable. Damn.
He's won one million dollars congratulations 💰🤑
January 18th 2000 bring a lot of memories
I hope to see more full episodes of the old millionaire I miss these so much I hope to see the episodes in order from the each season
The mom who still kisses her loved ones right on the lips! So sweet!
Dan is my Uncle 😊
I am 66 years old and I not only knew the answer to the last question...but have known it for over 50 years. Can't believe that was the one million dollar question. Wish it was me on that show.
I don't remember how old I was but I watched this with my dad when it aired. I was so excited I knew the answer because I had just learned it
The million question was very easy, indeed.
That $1,000,000 Question was so easy. 23 years ago
No doubt. I knew that answer in 6th grade. As soon as I seen the question I said no way, I didn't even need the 4 choices, I knew it immediately.
I used to love watching this show on TV. I remember when people would lose on the very first question. I felt terrible for them.
They need to win are you smarter than a fifth grader
Wonderful !
I remember thinking, "you've got to be kidding me" when that million dollar question was revealed. That was way too easy.
Only easy if you know it
@@tomwelshy2759 not really. 93/10 is 9.3. 93 flipped is 39. 93 + 100 is 193. 93 is the base number and all the wrong answers are a variation of it. its easy to guess.
you can actually use the same logic to guess SAT answers with a pretty high success rate
@@parsatayebi what if the actual answer was 193? then what happens!
@@parsatayebi Lol m8 that is a bidirectional relationship, applies to ALL the options. You can flip in either direction. Only difference is number of steps to get to your answer. Besides, that is some shaky reasoning for risking a million dollars.
@@summushieremiasclarkson4700 all of them can reach 93 in 1 step. from every other number it takes 2 steps to reach, passing through 93 first. not that hard to comprehend
That Elle MacPherson he keeps mentioning appeared in a few episodes of Friends, that's crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Very easy questions, at least some of them
Miss those days
having a buddy knowing the answer for half mill and having the balls to trust was priceless in this series. Without he's trust and he's buddies knowledge he wouldn't of become a millionaire.That was absolutely the best part of it because very often friends are wrong and the responsibility to give such an clean and confident answer is hard. Wrong answer could of maybe even break a good friendship to some of the people he's friends (over)confidence that would of led to fire that answer. But i think assuring comes far easier when it is confident advice which it clearly was. "No buts or if's or maybes" but a certain answer.
great quality on the video, well done chaps
Boy made his mama proud
I haven't watched this programme in yrs, but here in the UK the host usually asks (especially with high amounts at stake) the contestant whether they want the amount divulged to the 'phone a friend'. Personally I always thought that was fair.
Dan Blonsky was on the shows on Jan. 16 & 18, 2000. 6:50 "Which NYC building was bombed by terrorists in 1993?" 19:00 "Which celebrity appeared on the first cover of People?" How do we know Jeff didn't just look it up online? Yes, they had internet back then 21:00 Actually the million dollar question is something any 4th graders would know.
his mother was ready to spend that check
4:12 Italian here, the other term is "scotta"
I wondered!
Such a cool guy....congrats🤴💯🥂
Love that his buddy was waiting to google the answer there. Good play.
1/18/2000 Wow, classic stuff. I love it.❤️👍
7:22 who would guess that it would be attacked again 8 Years Later? THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED!
Was a set up.
Flat earther gets the final million dollar question. "NO, I REFUSE TO ANSWER IT'S A LIE" 😂😂
Proud mom 😍
I didnt know the answer to the last one but I was able to figure it out with the speed of light and how long it takes for light to reach the earth which I already knew. The other ones I had no idea though I am Norwegian
I hope he give a good money tips to his friend over the phone , If was me at will give him at least 30.000 dollars
The million dollar question was the easiest for me.
I learned that from The Jetsons. And they all said cartoons don’t teach kids anything
That was an easy question. You're right. Learned the Mia Farrow answer only a few months ago playing bar trivia.
I still remember the distance from a 4th grade musical I was in in 1960! These questions were a bit harder than the ones the first million dollar winner had, but they still were amazingly easy for a lot of money...
Same here. I learned it from an old Popeye episode. The things that stick in our brain as kids!
Nerd lol
Money is taxable?
But the IRS guy is still the legend
the US questions are much easier than the UK show's questions
He used the tools perfectly😅😅😅.
Back when a million dollars had purchasing power. In 2022, a mil can get you a medium sized condo.
you can t maintain a Tesla Cyber Truck for a million dollars over its lifetime........
million dollars is nothing today.
Where I live, a million can buy a three bedroom house on ten acres of land with money left over
I recently looked him up and saw that he is currently an attorney
Oh Danny boy, you are a millionaire. From glen to glen and down the mountainside. 😂 Dan Blonsky became the second person to win $1 MILLION on the us version of who wants to be a millionaire in 2000.
He's definitely owes Jeff some money!
I thought it was Jane Fonda on the first cover of People Magazine. 1974. Vietnam. Anti war advocate. All made sense. I would have lost. But in general though I found these questions to be not that difficult.
Yeahhhhh boy Miami in tha house
Regis to Dan at 22:35 “YOU JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS!”
That million dollar question should have been the $100 question.
I miss Regis Philbin.
@ZZCossack ZZ you don't need to be a downer about it. You don't got nothing nice to say then don't say it at all.
@ZZCossack ZZ yes I do have a life. I'm autistic
@ZZCossack ZZ Imagine being this butthurt over Orange Man
May he rest in piss
He's more human (and a class act) than John Carpenter.
Thank you for sharing.
and why was john carpenter not "class" act ?
no need to compare the two :)
@@hekermen6969
It doesn't require rocket science to know why, right?
@@zeinabk1840
And it doesn't wrong to compare them, either.
I cant believe someone would say that about John Carpenter. He didnt have his parents there at the spot so he called them in a way that was allowed (its not like you could pick up your phone and call them).
Jeff was the MVP here
This is the instance where Regis talked about going into a New York bar one night and watching a couple of guys looking up at the TV screen hoping Dan would win the million dollars. There and then Regis realized the true cultural impact this game had.
I found them all very very easy
I remember when this first aired. I was pretty sure I knew the answer to the final question-but I’ll also knew that if it were me on the show, I could have calculated it to be more certain. The speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles per second. And I remember from a grade school science class that light from the sun takes between eight-and-a-quarter and eight-and-a-half minutes. That time rounds to about 500 seconds. And 186,000 miles per second tomes 500 seconds is… 93 million miles.
It was also reasonable derivable without any science, by just using some game theory. For a question like this, test writers will frequently create wrong answers which are: 1) the key digits reversed, 2) a factor of 10 larger and/or smaller, or 3) adding some even quantity (like 100 million). Sure enough, this question’s author used all three rules.
I live outside of the US, hence I don't know the pledge of allegiance, so wouldn't have even got to sit in the chair. We don't have pink slips here, I've never played cat's cradle or smoked a cigar, so even if I was in the chair, I would have blown my lifelines and possibly still not made it to the $1,000. But I knew Lassie was a collie ($300), cells in an amoeba ($500), WTC ($4k), Colombia ($16k), Hollywoodland ($32k), Switzerland (125k), Mia Farrow ($500k) and I still remember the distance between the earth and the sun from my schooldays in the 1960s. But would have flunked all the others, and therefore got nowhere. My point being that for me personally, the early questions were just as difficult (or easy, whichever way you look at it) as the later ones. Anyway, all kudos to Dan, he played the perfect game and I'm delighted for him, he seemed like a real down-to-earth kind of guy, and I bet he got his 'personal issues' sorted pretty darn quickly after the win !!
Never heard of cat's cradle either, that one, the comedians for 64k and the 250k one about Betty Ford (although I'd have guessed that one right, but no way I would have taken the risk) were typical questions that could only be asked in one specific country. No chance with those. But the more "international" ones were quite simple actually. Only the question about People magazine was really tough, but for half a million, completely fair.
If you live in the UK you'd play the UK version with UK questions.
@@happyliving1922 how long was Boris' Johnson
that sort of thing............ no pun intended
That’s how I feel when I watch the UK version because I live in the US.
First winning contestant that was truly on his own.
i knew both of the answers how i dont know
Years went by, and then jason mraz wrote the song "93 million miles."
Damn that $500 question was hard.
I didn't think so--and I'm not a cigar smoker.
@@Lava1964 That's the $1000 question. The $500 was the Amoeba one.
@@occono3543That one was incredibly easy imo. Amoebas are single-celled, i.e. one cell.
That was the inevitable that got me
@@nobodyburgen4594you literally just repeated the answer. No new information was given based on how or why it would be easy 😂
Like um okay 👌🏻
He is better than John carpet ❤😂
How? John only used one lifeline and that was to tell his dad he won the jackpot. 😅
all the numbers revolve around that....
This is the one million dollar question that I knew the answer with no hesitation. That stuck in my head in HS when I learned it. Easiest question ever!
How much you reckon he gave his pal
He deserves at least 100,000
Correct me if im wrong?
From the American "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" show, this is the original run of 2nd million dollar winner Dan Blonsky and it's from January 2000 (during the primetime/ABC version). 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Another bunch of easy questions
I knew the answer to his final question way back in the 6th grade.
I remember watching this episode live. The easiest million dollar question of all time. I was 9 when this episode aired and knew immediately.
Almost rigged if you ask me.
Shut up about the sun! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!
YES!
Who said that? Sounded familiar.
@@matthaddock1817 Gabe from office
@@suriyaelango703 Oh yeah! Him!
Easy now, skeleton man
It's only easy if you know the answers. Education matters.
Brick and mortar will be obsolete after the aliens land,giving us the instant knowledge technology.
I don't know who's editing these videos but they should get a pink slip... 95% could be cut out of this so we could enjoy watching it.
paused the video to count the final answer lmao
How could anybody know who was on the first People magazine cover?
someone who hgas read every issue
Maybe someone who reads the damn thing?
It is a very good trivia question.
Someone who has Google lol. You can hear him typing.
someone who beats meat regularly
When the $500 question is harder than the $1 million
12:02 For $32,000, you got it!!
Too many damn commercials screwed this game up.
22:35
*REGIS PHILBIN: You've just won a million dollars!* 😲
22:38
*REGIS PHILBIN: WOW! 😮*
*REGIS PHILBIN: Fabulous!* 😄
I looked up this guy's name and found his web page and then emailed him 😂😂😂😂 I was going to ask him if he gave Jeff any money but decided against it 😂😂😂
That million dollar question was too easy. I knew the answer before it even came up.
Up until taxes take a good 30% of that
23:51
The last question was the easiest of them all.
Is it just me that I knew it, or that million dollar question was very easy 😀 P.S. Why this show isn't on anymore, such a nostalgia..
93 million, hundred percent, final answer.
I don't know why he keeps reminding me of Elvis.
When I saw the million dollar question, I literally said to myself, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I know that answer!! 93 million miles! Where's my million bucks??" 😂
Yeah but it’s getting to that question in the first place.
that will be good for his social life
he is going to be swarmed with instagram "massage therapists"................
I just hate the million dollar question, it's super easy if you were a 90s kid I guess that kept getting tought about the solar system and such, random questions earlier would've got me but the million dollar question was so easy
SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!!