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00:00Who did it in the fastest time?
00:24Winner, Sam Wolfe.
00:28B, final answer.
00:32You got it for $32,000.
00:33Way to go, Sam.
00:34Thank you all.
01:01Thank you very much.
01:02Thank you, everybody, and welcome to Sunday Night
01:03at Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
01:05You know, people keep asking us about the phone lines.
01:08Well, they're open tonight for our upcoming shows.
01:10And for those of you who have had some frustration
01:13in the past, I've heard that story, we have some good news.
01:16The phone game just got simpler.
01:18Now there's just one round of questions you have to get right,
01:21and then there's one round of random selection
01:24that gets you into the phone player pool.
01:27And then some of you from that pool end up here.
01:31Much easier, right?
01:32Yeah.
01:33I think so.
01:34All right.
01:35Well, we'll give you that number at the end of the show.
01:36So how many calls did it take you to get here, Sam?
01:38It took a lot of calls.
01:40I called probably 60, 70 times.
01:43Sam Wolfe, you met him the other night on our show.
01:46He's the chef.
01:47He's out of the Salt Lake area.
01:48So you called a number of times, huh?
01:50I did, yeah.
01:51Yeah, it takes a while, I know.
01:52And some people get frustrated and they...
01:53But it's a little bit easier now.
01:55So you spent the night in New York City?
01:57Yes, we did.
01:58And did you have a dinner here?
01:59Yeah.
02:00It was a nice restaurant, French restaurant.
02:02Chef do a good job for you?
02:03I was impressed.
02:04Were you really?
02:05Yes, I was.
02:06And you're a tough guy to impress.
02:07I have high standards.
02:08Yeah, good for you.
02:09Well, Sam, is there a TV set in your restaurant?
02:14There's a big screen TV in the hotel that I work at.
02:17Well, you know right now everybody's around that screen saying, the chef is on.
02:21I know.
02:22I know.
02:23Well, you've been in training for this.
02:25You've had everybody working for you.
02:26Whenever they pick up a meal in the kitchen, they have to give them a trivia question and
02:29you have to come up with the answer, right?
02:30Absolutely.
02:31So you're all set.
02:32All right.
02:33Good luck, Sam.
02:34Say, if you're thinking that you're smarter than Sam, log on to abc.com right now and
02:38play along using our enhanced TV game and see how well you can do.
02:41Sam, you've won $32,000.
02:43You're just five questions away from winning $1 million.
02:47You have none of your lifelines left.
02:50Sorry about that.
02:51But Sam, are you ready?
02:52Audience, are you ready?
02:54Let's do it.
02:55Let's play who wants to be a millionaire.
02:56Here we go.
02:57Okay, Sam, let's take a look at it for $64,000.
03:07What kind of geological formation is a K?
03:11Active volcano, clay road, small island, mountain peak.
03:18The answer is C, small island, final answer.
03:22Yes, it is.
03:23That's what it is.
03:24A small island.
03:26Can this guy pull it off?
03:32Four questions away from the million.
03:34Here it is for $125,000.
03:37What Greenpeace ship was sunk by French Secret Service agents in 1985?
03:45Rainbow Warrior, Arctic Sunrise, Sirius, Beluga.
03:52The answer is A, Rainbow Warrior, final answer.
03:55Yes, sir, for $125,000.
03:58You're hot, Sam.
04:01You're hot.
04:04People are oohing and aahing all over America.
04:11$250,000.
04:12In the book by Robin Lewis Stevenson, what are the first names of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
04:18Hyde?
04:20Are they Thomas and Jeffrey, Henry and Edward, Paul and Mark, James and Henry?
04:39I can feel my wife's eyes boring into the back of my head.
04:43Yeah, they're boring.
04:44Like two little laser beams.
04:46If you miss, you lose $93,000.
04:49That's what those eyes are saying right now.
04:51Yes.
04:54I'm out of here.
04:55Really?
04:56Oh, yeah.
04:57Not even close, huh?
04:58Not close enough for $90,000.
05:00Sure, I understand.
05:01So we'll leave with $125,000.
05:03Take a guess at it.
05:04B, Henry and Edward.
05:05Henry and Edward would have been the right answer for a quarter million dollars.
05:13Sam, Sam, Sam, $125,000 ain't bad, huh?
05:17Not at all.
05:18All right, buddy.
05:19Take care and good luck.
05:20Thank you.
05:27Yeah, it was Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, and I'm sure Sam wishes he could do that over,
05:32and maybe this time he would have gone for it.
05:34But I'm sure all the waiters and busboys out there are cheering around the TV set back
05:38at the resort.
05:39Well, now here are 10 people who could use an extra million dollars, and they are
05:43Ben Rich, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
05:46Raphael Rosenblatt, Great Necks, New York.
05:49Bruce Levy, Westminster, Colorado.
05:52Kenneth Allendorfer, West Collingswood, New Jersey.
05:55Jeff Gregory, Tucker, Georgia.
05:58Paula Haynes, Bethesda, Maryland.
06:01Alan Chernoff, Irving, Texas.
06:04Trisha Minick, Rochester, New York.
06:07Katherine Harrell, Norfolk, Virginia.
06:10Bernie Collins, Santa Barbara, California.
06:16Okay, congratulations, everybody.
06:17Now it's time to see who will be next in that hot seat with our first Fastest Thinker question
06:22of the night.
06:27Put these movies in order of their first theatrical release, starting with the earliest.
06:34Tango and Cash, Guys and Dolls, State and Main, Harold and Moore.
06:41Okay, time's up.
06:42Let's see the answer in the correct order, starting with the earliest film.
06:45And it was Guys and Dolls.
06:47And then Harold and Moore.
06:48And then Tango and Cash.
06:50And finally, State and Main.
06:52Let's see who got it right at the fastest time.
06:54The winner.
06:55The winner is Alan Chernoff.
06:57Congratulations, Alan.
06:59Good for you.
07:01Hey, Alan, come on over here.
07:05We'll be back.
07:06Alan's back.
07:07Come on over here.
07:08We'll be back.
07:09Alan's going to go for a minute, and he can't wait to get there.
07:22The winner is Alan Chernoff.
07:27Congratulations, Alan.
07:28Thank you.
07:29Good for you.
07:30Dr. Alan Chernoff exploding out of his chair and rushing over to the host.
07:35And almost walking up here to the hot seat before he had to.
07:38Anyway, congratulations.
07:39Thank you.
07:40I know.
07:41It must be a thrill and a great relief to get through that phase of our show.
07:44Totally unexpected.
07:45Yeah.
07:46Well, good for you.
07:47So, you're from Irving, Texas, formerly from San Francisco.
07:49And you're a medical director, a regional medical director for a national health plan.
07:53That's correct.
07:54Great.
07:55And you also do a lot of triathlon work.
07:58Well, actually, I bicycle a lot.
08:00I do a ride in Texas called the Hotter Than Hell 100.
08:03It's at the end of August in Wichita Falls, Texas, where it's 105 to 110.
08:08And last year, I helped a 57-year-old nurse who works for our company train for the Ironman Triathlon.
08:13I trained her in the bike part.
08:15And she went down to Florida and actually completed it last October.
08:19She's just phenomenal.
08:20Boy, at the age of 57, that's quite a feat, isn't it?
08:22Unbelievable.
08:23Anyway, congratulations, Alan, on getting in that seat.
08:26You know about the rules.
08:27You know about the lifelines.
08:28Let's play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Alan Chernoff.
08:33All right, here we go with that $100 question again.
08:37A particularly easy or comfortable life is sometimes described as a bed of what?
08:42Nails, balloons, roses, termites.
08:47Sea roses, final answer.
08:49Yeah, a bed of roses, the right answer for $100.
08:52Okay, here it comes for $200.
08:55To which of the following people would you go to if you needed a haircut?
09:01Blacksmith, barber, masseuse, tree surgeon.
09:06The answer is B, final answer.
09:08Barber, right answer for $200.
09:11Going for $300.
09:14According to a common phrase, an utterly boring movie is a real what?
09:18Sneezer, hacker, yawner, Oscar winner.
09:24The answer would be C, yawner, final answer.
09:28That's it, it's a real yawn or yawner.
09:33Going for $500.
09:35If a pauper suddenly becomes wealthy, it is said he has gone from what to what?
09:41Trash to cash, dust to diamonds, cans to cars, rags to riches.
09:49The answer is D, rags to riches, final answer.
09:52Got that one right, too, for $500.
09:58Okay, $1,000.
10:00The title of the TV series Eight is Enough
10:02refers to the number of what in the Bradford family?
10:06Kids, cars, pets, houses.
10:12The answer would be A, kids, final answer.
10:14Yes, kids.
10:16They had eight kids in their life.
10:25Okay, Doctor, went right through those first five.
10:27Here it comes for $2,000.
10:29What is the name of a common piece of laboratory equipment
10:32used to heat solutions?
10:35Belgium burner, Bunsen burner,
10:39Breit burner, Bolton burner.
10:43The answer is B, Bunsen burner, final answer.
10:46That's right, Bunsen burner, remember that one?
10:52Going for $4,000.
10:55During what war did the U.S. Rough Riders fight and win?
10:59The Battle of San Juan Hill.
11:01American Civil War, War of 1812,
11:05Spanish-American War, French and Indian War.
11:10The answer is C, Spanish-American War, final answer.
11:13That's right, that's the Rough Riders
11:15and that's the Spanish-American War.
11:17Eddie Roosevelt.
11:20Here it comes for $8,000.
11:23The meninges encase what organ of the human body?
11:26Look at him smiling, he's a doctor.
11:27Better get this one.
11:29Brain, liver, heart, kidneys.
11:34The answer is A, brain, final answer.
11:37That's right, doctor, it's A, brain.
11:40You won $8,000.
11:43They can drop me out of the AMA if I miss that one.
11:45That's right, once in a while,
11:46it's good to be a doctor on this show.
11:48Going for $16,000.
11:50What celebrity tells a fairy tale
11:51in a current ad for Charles Schwab Investment Services?
11:56Is it Chris Rock, Elizabeth Taylor,
11:59Richard Hatch, Sarah Ferguson?
12:07The answer is D, Sarah Ferguson, final answer.
12:10That's right, it's Sarah Ferguson
12:14and you won $16,000.
12:18Just six away now with all your lifelines.
12:20Here it comes for $32,000.
12:23The Italian pasta named orecchiette
12:26means what in English?
12:28Little toes, little noses,
12:32little ears, little tongues.
12:37Regis, I'm going to ask the audience.
12:39Okay, sure.
12:40Audience, we need some help for Alan.
12:42The Italian pasta named orecchiette
12:44means what in English?
12:46If you're ready, on your keypad,
12:48using A, B, C, or D, vote now.
12:56Well, 50% say little ears.
12:59It's kind of split between the others.
13:04Now, this looks like a pretty intelligent group.
13:07I am going to say C, little ears, final answer.
13:13Well, they got it right for $32,000.
13:19When we come back, he goes for $64,000.
13:31Dr. Alan Chernow from Irving, Texas,
13:33just outside of Dallas in the hot seat right now.
13:36Dr. Alan Chernow,
13:38you're going to win $64,000.
13:41You're going to win $64,000.
13:44You're going to win $64,000.
13:47$64,000 in the hot seat right now.
13:48Doing pretty well.
13:49Going for $64,000.
13:51And in your relationship seat,
13:53we have a friend of yours,
13:54not your wife, not your daughter.
13:56They're both busy going to school, aren't they?
13:58That's right.
13:59Well, anyway, you brought along a friend of yours,
14:00Ruth Baxter.
14:01It's nice to see you, Ruth.
14:02You work with the doctor?
14:03Yes, I do.
14:04Well, all right.
14:05So, doctor, you're doing just terrific here.
14:06Thank you.
14:07You're going for $64,000.
14:08You're five away from the million dollars.
14:10You've got two lifelines left.
14:11Let's see how you do.
14:12Let's play.
14:18Okay, $64,000.
14:20This isn't a hospital.
14:21It's an insane asylum.
14:23It's a line from what movie?
14:26Dr. T and the Women.
14:28Bringing out the dead.
14:30MASH.
14:32Patch Adams.
14:41See any of these movies?
14:43I've seen MASH.
14:44I've seen Patch Adams.
14:46I'm not sure one of those is a possibility.
14:54In MASH, hot with a tool in hand kind of loses it
14:58and says something that's similar.
15:01Patch Adams is about a guy who has a doctor
15:06who has a very zany approach to things.
15:09Well, I hate to use a lifeline,
15:11but I am going to use my phone a friend.
15:15Sure.
15:16Who would you like to call?
15:17I'm going to call my friend Tom Yoakam.
15:19What does Tom do?
15:20Tom is a biologist with the Environmental Protection Agency.
15:23Movie fan, I hope?
15:24He's a big movie fan.
15:25He's also a bike-riding friend from my days in San Francisco.
15:28All right, well, let's see how big a fan he is here.
15:30Let's get Tom on the line.
15:32AT&T, please.
15:39Hello?
15:40Hello, Tom?
15:41Yes?
15:42Regis Philbin calling from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
15:45Wow.
15:46Yeah, I'm here with Alan, and Alan needs your help.
15:49He rarely needs my help.
15:51Well, he needs it tonight.
15:52He's going for $64,000, so he's hung up on a question.
15:55He's going to come on, give you the question and the four answers.
15:57All right?
15:58Okay.
15:59Good luck, Tom.
16:00Thank you.
16:01Good luck to you, Alan.
16:0230 seconds right now.
16:03This isn't a hospital.
16:04It's an insane asylum.
16:06The line from what movie?
16:08Dr. T and the Women, Bringing Out the Dead,
16:11MASH or Patch Adams?
16:1518 seconds.
16:17I believe, Alan, that it's Patch Adams.
16:21But I'm not 100% sure.
16:24Any percentage?
16:26Do you have a sense?
16:27Well, I was leaning to MASH, but what sense?
16:31Uh, 50-50.
16:33Okay.
16:3450-50.
16:35Right back where we started from, huh?
16:36Right.
16:39Well, I can, um.
16:40Well, you saw Patch Adams.
16:42Right.
16:43It's a fairly recent movie.
16:44Correct.
16:45I also remember MASH for a while.
16:47I almost remember it better.
16:48Sure.
16:49I saw it several times.
16:50Well, do you remember this line at all?
16:51Yeah.
16:52I don't know.
16:55Tom has pretty good instincts.
16:57And either way, this has been a fabulous time.
17:00This is a, you know, a free guest.
17:02A free guest, you got it.
17:04So, I'm going to go with Tom's instincts.
17:07I'm going to say D, Patch Adams.
17:09Final answer.
17:10Patch Adams.
17:11Patch Adams.
17:12Darn it, it's MASH.
17:15Some of it, Alan, see?
17:17You went with Tom.
17:21Should have gone with your own instincts, I guess.
17:23Anyway, nice to have you.
17:24Good luck.
17:30This isn't a hospital.
17:31It's an insane asylum.
17:32That was said by Hot Lips Houlihan in MASH.
17:34He was right.
17:35It's too bad, but good luck to Dr. Alan.
17:37Now, it's time to fill that hot seat
17:39with the next fastest figure question.
17:40Here it is.
17:45Put these scientists in geographic order
17:47by their country of birth,
17:48starting in the U.S. and going east.
17:53Albert Einstein, Andrei Sakharov,
17:55Carl Sagan, Isaac Newton.
18:04Okay, we're ready back here.
18:05Let's see that answer in the correct order,
18:07starting in the U.S. and going east.
18:09And it's Carl Sagan.
18:10And then Isaac Newton.
18:12Albert Einstein.
18:13And finally, Andrei Sakharov.
18:15Who got it right?
18:16Fastest time, let's see.
18:17The winner.
18:18Oh, boy, almost everybody.
18:19The winner, Bernie Cummins.
18:25Let's go for it.
18:37So it's Bernie Cummins from Santa Barbara, California.
18:39He is a graduate student of biology
18:41at the UC Santa Barbara campus.
18:44It's nice to have you here.
18:45Thank you.
18:46You've got your younger brother, Dan.
18:47Hi, Dan, how you doing?
18:48I'm doing great.
18:49My little brother.
18:50Your little brother, and he goes to college as well.
18:51Where do you go to school?
18:52Santa Monica College.
18:53What do you study?
18:54Art.
18:55Art.
18:56Wow, what an eclectic family you've got.
18:57Exactly.
18:58All right, good enough, Bernie.
18:59We're glad you're here.
19:00You know about the rules.
19:01You know about the lifelines.
19:02So let's play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
19:03with Bernie Cummins.
19:04Okay, Bernie, here we go, $100.
19:05Which of the following mythological creatures
19:06breathes fire?
19:07Unicorn.
19:08Centaur.
19:09Dragon.
19:10High school principal.
19:11Okay, C.
19:12Dragon.
19:13C.
19:14Dragon.
19:15Dragon.
19:16C.
19:17Dragon.
19:18C.
19:19Dragon.
19:20C.
19:21Dragon.
19:22C.
19:23Dragon.
19:24C.
19:25Dragon.
19:26Final answer.
19:27Yes, Bernie.
19:28It's a dragon.
19:29Here it is for $200 right now.
19:30Which of these phrases is often used to describe a trusted aide?
19:36Right-hand man, left-legged lady, torso buddy, left-eye Lopez.
19:43Lopes.
19:44Lopes.
19:45You got it.
19:46Lady Lopes.
19:47All right, right-hand man, aide.
19:48Final answer.
19:49Yes, right-hand man is your trusted aide.
19:51You remember Davey Lopes, eh?
19:52Of course.
19:53Davey Lopes, great second baseman for the Dodgers.
19:54$300.
19:55A sauna is a room that people generally visit to do what?
19:56Sleep?
19:57Sweat?
19:58Eat?
19:59Fall in love?
20:00B.
20:01Sweat.
20:02Final answer.
20:03Yes, they sweat in the sauna.
20:04You're right.
20:05Going now for $500.
20:06In medieval times, which of these phrases
20:07was often used to describe a trusted aide?
20:08Right-hand man, left-legged lady, torso buddy, left-eye Lopes.
20:09Right-hand man, aide.
20:10Final answer.
20:11Yes, right-hand man is your trusted aide.
20:12You remember Davey Lopes, eh?
20:13Of course.
20:14Davey Lopes, great second baseman for the Dodgers.
20:15$300.
20:16Going now for $500.
20:17In medieval times, which of these professionals
20:18was responsible for entertaining the royal courts?
20:19A barber?
20:20A knight?
20:21A jester?
20:22A blacksmith?
20:23You would look great as a jester.
20:24C.
20:25Final answer.
20:26I think I'd look better as a knight, but you're right.
20:27Jester is the final answer.
20:28$1,000, Bernie.
20:29For over 50 years, what treat was traditionally included
20:30in a royal court meal?
20:31Right-hand man, left-legged lady, torso buddy, left-eye Lopes.
20:32Right-hand man, aide.
20:33Final answer.
20:34Yes, right-hand man is your trusted aide.
20:35You remember Davey Lopes, eh?
20:36Right-hand man, aide.
20:37Final answer.
20:38Yes, right-hand man, aide.
20:39Yes, right-hand man, aide.
20:41$1,000, Bernie.
20:42For over 50 years, what treat was traditionally included
20:43in packs of baseball trading cards?
20:44Was it chocolate wafer?
20:45Gummy bear?
20:46Mint stick?
20:47Bubble gum?
20:48D.
20:49Bubble gum.
20:50Final answer.
20:51Sure, you got it for $1,000.
20:52All right, we're going to take a break, and when we come back,
20:53Bernie's going to go for $2,000.
20:54We'll be right back.
20:55Thank you.
20:56Thank you.
20:57Thank you.
20:58Thank you.
20:59Thank you.
21:00Thank you.
21:01Thank you.
21:02Thank you.
21:03Thank you.
21:04Thank you.
21:05Thank you.
21:06Thank you.
21:07Thank you.
21:08Thank you.
21:10Thank you.
21:20He's Bernie Cullen.
21:21He's a graduate student at the University
21:22of California at Santa Barbara.
21:23He's studying biology.
21:2430 years old, so there's a little bit more than just your education to talk about here.
21:28You've done a number of things.
21:29As a matter of fact, you spent some time in the Antarctica.
21:31That's right.
21:32I was working for an oceanographer.
21:33on a big orange icebreaker, and we collected water and studied global warming, and I saw
21:40lots of penguins.
21:41And are you convinced there is global warming?
21:43I think so.
21:44Really?
21:45Yes.
21:46Let's see what else you've done here.
21:47Hey, your dad was going to be on the phone-a-friend list, but we decided, you decided, somebody
21:50decided...
21:51I said, Dad, you can't swear.
21:52We did a couple of these practices, but it's like blankety-blank, I don't know.
21:57Your brother's laughing back there.
22:00He's got a way of expressing himself, huh?
22:03Oh, certainly.
22:04I was against it, too.
22:06Yeah.
22:07Okay.
22:08Let's keep the color name unscathed.
22:09That's right.
22:10All right, Bernie.
22:11So, here we go.
22:12We're back to it.
22:13You're going for $2,000.
22:14Let's play right now.
22:15All right, Bernie.
22:16One at a time now.
22:17Parasol is a lightweight form of what accessory?
22:18Umbrella, hat, cane, bracelet?
22:19Answer is A, umbrella.
22:20Final answer.
22:21Yes.
22:22Parasol is a lightweight form of what accessory?
22:23Umbrella.
22:24Hat.
22:25Cane.
22:26Bracelet.
22:27Answer is A, umbrella.
22:28Final answer.
22:29Yes.
22:31$4,000, Bernie.
22:32Seaweed is a form of what?
22:33Come on.
22:34Write down your rally.
22:35Bacteria.
22:36Algae.
22:37Fungus.
22:38Sea urchin.
22:39The answer is B, algae.
22:40Final answer.
22:41Got it for $4,000.
22:42$8,000.
22:43All right.
22:44All right.
22:45All right.
22:46All right.
22:47All right.
22:48All right.
22:49All right.
22:50All right.
22:51All right.
22:52All right.
22:53All right.
22:54All right.
22:55All right.
22:56All right.
22:57All right.
22:58All right.
22:59All right.
23:00All right.
23:01All right.
23:02All right.
23:03All right.
23:04All right.
23:05All right.
23:06All right.
23:07All right.
23:08All right.
23:09All right.
23:10All right.
23:11$8,000.
23:12Who is the leader of the band of the TV series Shahn-ah-na?
23:13Benson.
23:14Bosley.
23:15Bowser.
23:16Baba Booey.
23:17All right.
23:18Well, I guess I'm gonna guess with this.
23:19All right.
23:20No, wait a minute.
23:21Are you kidding?
23:22If you don't know, don't be afraid to use your life lines.
23:23I know Bowser was on there.
23:24I'll just say Bowser.
23:25C, final answer.
23:26It's just a game.
23:27Final answer.
23:28All right.
23:29Let's give him a round of applause.
23:35Bernie's got a lovely smile.
23:36He keeps laughing.
23:37Let's hope he keeps laughing all the way to $1 million.
23:39That's right.
23:40$16,000, Bernie.
23:41At the time of his election, who was the oldest person to become president of the United States?
23:47George Washington.
23:49Herbert Hoover.
23:51Woodrow Wilson.
23:52Ronald Reagan.
23:53Oh, God.
23:54Excuse me.
23:59Well, Ronald Reagan is what popped into my head, but I just did that Bowser thing.
24:08All right.
24:09Well, I guess I'll phone a friend.
24:10Really?
24:11Yeah.
24:12Okay.
24:15You just took me by surprise.
24:17But who would you like to call, Bernie?
24:18I'd like to call my friend, Bob.
24:20What does Bob do?
24:21Bob's a lawyer.
24:22Lawyer.
24:23All right.
24:24Let's get Bob on the line, AT&T.
24:25See if he can keep Bernie smiling.
24:29Hello?
24:30Hey, Bob.
24:31Yes.
24:32Regis Philbin calling from New York City.
24:33How are you?
24:34Very good.
24:35How are you, Regis?
24:36I'm here with Bernie.
24:37Hi, Bernie.
24:38Hi.
24:39And Bernie has won $8,000, going for $16,000.
24:42Kind of stymied by a question here, so he's calling you, okay?
24:45Very good.
24:46All right, Bob.
24:47Good luck.
24:48He's got the question and the four possible answers.
24:49You've got 30 seconds, Bernie, right now.
24:51At the time of his election, who was the oldest person to become president of the United States?
24:56George Washington, Herbert Hugh Hoover, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan.
25:01Ronald Reagan, 100% sure.
25:02No question about it.
25:03I was hoping for you to say that.
25:05I'm sorry to waste you on this easy question.
25:07Oh, I'm glad to help you, Bernie.
25:08That's my guess.
25:09It's just good to talk to you again.
25:10Oh, same here.
25:11Hey, listen.
25:12Why don't we eat up some of AT&T's money?
25:13What?
25:14I didn't hear a word you said.
25:15All right.
25:16You doing well there?
25:17You having a good time?
25:18Yes.
25:19Go get them, okay?
25:20All right.
25:21Thanks.
25:22You're welcome.
25:23Best of luck to you.
25:24Thanks.
25:25You know, I don't want to go off the line.
25:26I've never heard such a conversation in 30 seconds.
25:29Well, Bob knows his stuff.
25:31Well, it's too bad you knew who you said it was, Reagan.
25:33Well, I guess.
25:35Got to go with your instincts.
25:36Got to save these lives.
25:37I want you to win a million dollars.
25:39You know what he's going to do if he wins a million dollars?
25:41It's only a million.
25:42Do you know what he's going to do with it?
25:43He's going to send out his laundry.
25:45That's funny.
25:46Come on.
25:49You are going to send out your laundry, aren't you?
25:51Yeah, well, I'd like my apartment.
25:52We just don't have any laundry facilities.
25:54Well, we'll get rid of that.
25:55Okay, what do you want to do with this?
25:57Oh, okay, it's not over.
25:59D, Ronald Reagan, final answer.
26:01Yes, of course, it was Ronald Reagan.
26:04Okay, we still have two life lines left.
26:12We're six away from the million dollars.
26:13Here it is for $32,000.
26:15The Pecos River is a major tributary of what U.S. river?
26:20Rio Grande?
26:22Platte?
26:23Platte.
26:24Snake.
26:26Colorado.
26:29Is there only one Colorado River?
26:30Maybe there's two.
26:32Well, Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas, my brother always used to say.
26:39And the Platte is in Nebraska.
26:41That's a famous one that came up in one of my Jeopardy games.
26:46And I think I got it right.
26:47Let's see.
26:49Snake is in Idaho, so I guess we have to go with A, Rio Grande.
26:54Final answer.
26:56They get that one out just great.
26:58It's the Rio Grande River for $32,000.
27:04We're going to take a break, and when we come back,
27:06he's going to go to $64,000.
27:08We'll be right back.
27:11We've got a live winner in the hot seat right now, Bernie Cullen.
27:26He's going for $64,000.
27:28He's five away from the million dollars, and he still has two lifelines.
27:31Yeah, I wasn't kidding about his wish list in case he wins big bucks here.
27:35And one of his wishes would be to send out his laundry.
27:37What else do you want to do?
27:38I need to buy a couch.
27:40My brother's always complaining.
27:42I have nowhere to sit when I come visit you.
27:44So when you spend an overnighter up there in Santa Barbara,
27:46how do you get through the night?
27:48I have no place to sit at all to watch the TV,
27:50so I have to go drag a mattress out of the bedroom, get a big exercise ball,
27:54prop it up so there's a nice slope so I can kind of nice, relax, and recline to watch.
27:59Otherwise, it's just the floor.
28:01Well, in other words, he stays in bed and you sleep on the floor.
28:04Yeah, pretty much, yeah.
28:05Don't you think a loving brother would give you his bed?
28:07I told him if he wins, he's buying me a couch, yeah.
28:10I usually give him the bed.
28:11Now he wants a couch too.
28:12Oh, my gosh.
28:14You are going for $64,000.
28:15You're five away, two lifelines.
28:16Let's get back to it.
28:17Let's play with Bernie Cullum.
28:23Let's go, Bernie.
28:24Here we go, $64,000.
28:26In the 2000 movie Gladiator, Russell Crowe's character is a gladiator under what Roman emperor?
28:33Titus, Commodus, Nero, Claudius.
28:40All right, well, three days ago, I was just telling my brother I had to rent movies
28:44because I haven't seen any recent movies.
28:46So I rented Gladiator and I rented Last of the Titans.
28:49And I'm glad I did that because it's Commodus, B, final answer.
28:56Yes, for $64,000.
29:05Four questions, two lifelines, $125,000.
29:10In 1911, what did explorer Hiram Bigum discover between two peaks in the Andes Mountains?
29:18It better be Machu Picchu.
29:20City of Machu Picchu.
29:23Frozen woolly mammoth.
29:26Lake Titicaca.
29:29Meteorite from Mars.
29:31I think it probably was city of Machu Picchu, A, final answer.
29:36Machu Picchu, the right answer.
29:46What a position to be in, three questions and two lifelines.
29:49And I lost at one lifeline.
29:50And you could have had a third lifeline.
29:53Don't swear.
29:55But if you miss now, I just want you to know you'll lose $93,000, okay?
30:00Slow down.
30:01But we're going for a quarter million.
30:03That's $250,000.
30:05Got it.
30:06Ready?
30:07Here it comes.
30:09What 1953 novel?
30:11Casino Royale.
30:12Can I get through the question?
30:15Mark the first appearance of Ian Fleming's agent, James Bond.
30:19Dr. No.
30:21Goldfinger.
30:23Casino Royale.
30:25Live and let die.
30:27I guess I got to say Casino Royale, Regis.
30:29It just popped in my head.
30:30Z, final answer.
30:34Well, yeah, you're right.
30:36It's Casino Royale.
30:44Two questions for $1 million.
30:47And we'll be back in a moment.
30:49Okay, Bernie, quarter million dollars.
31:04Hard to believe.
31:07Slow down.
31:10These are the moments we wait for around here.
31:12It gets very, very exciting now.
31:14He's won $250,000.
31:15He's two questions away from a million.
31:17You're going to be a millionaire, Bernie.
31:19That's right.
31:20One lifeline for each.
31:21There you go.
31:22You're absolutely right.
31:23Well, now, let's see.
31:24We've covered the laundry.
31:25We got Don a new sofa.
31:27You want to do a little traveling.
31:29Where would you like to go?
31:30Well, I'd like to go back to Bermuda, which is beautiful.
31:32We can head a lot.
31:33One of the best places I've been.
31:34Sure.
31:35I would like to go to Portugal.
31:36I'm studying Portuguese.
31:37I've already been to Brazil.
31:38I want to go back.
31:39How about the Antarctic?
31:40Would you like to go back there?
31:41Maybe go back there, yes.
31:42Sure.
31:43Go anywhere you want with a million dollars.
31:44Exactly.
31:45All right, fine.
31:46You're doing just great here.
31:47Now, here's where you stand.
31:48You won $250,000.
31:49You could lose $218,000 if you miss the next question.
31:52Leave here with $32,000.
31:53But you got those two lifelines.
31:55You got two questions.
31:56You're so close right now.
31:57Let's play for a half million dollars.
32:00Here we go, $500,000.
32:09When three celestial bodies form a straight line, what is it called?
32:15Samoon, Syzygy, String Theory, Subrobity.
32:21All right.
32:22Well, we think it's Syzygy.
32:25We?
32:26Yes, I do.
32:27Okay.
32:28Let's see.
32:29No, it's not String Theory.
32:32All right.
32:33Yes.
32:34Syzygy.
32:35Syzygy is when things are in line.
32:37It's like synchronous.
32:38It's like when the chromosomes get in line or when things get unmated.
32:41Yeah.
32:42I want to not talk myself out of it.
32:44Let's see.
32:46Yeah, you come up with the answers right away, don't you?
32:48Let's see.
32:49Okay, we'll say B, Syzygy, final answer.
32:52Just what a half million dollars.
32:54Oh, boy.
33:11What a position to be in.
33:12One more question for the million and still two lifelines.
33:15Yep.
33:16And your brother back there is cheering, beating his chest.
33:20He's so tired of sleeping on the floor.
33:24Yeah, five days ago, we had the guy win the biggest purse in the history of the show over $2 million.
33:28Well, that took the pressure off, right?
33:30Kevin Olmstead, right.
33:31We're back to a million, but it's a lot of money.
33:33Now, I got to tell you, you'd lose $468,000 if you missed this one.
33:38But we're going for it.
33:39We're going for $1 million.
33:41Here it comes.
33:42Take a look at this one.
33:44What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the United States?
33:53The letter N-A-U-L.
34:02Those are four letters.
34:11Well, I just took a plane, didn't I?
34:17All right.
34:20Well, we can ask the audience.
34:22Maybe 90% will say it's one of those.
34:24You want to narrow it down by two or do you want to ask the audience first?
34:27What's your advice, Regis?
34:30Well, you know what I would do?
34:31What's that?
34:32Not that it means anything, but I would narrow it down to two and let the audience say for that.
34:36And then ask them their choice of the two rather than the choice of four, which would only spread the answer out.
34:42Does that make sense to you?
34:43Well, if I do, if I ask the audience now, maybe one will get six.
34:47If I ask two.
34:49Why don't we ask the audience?
34:50Well, ask the audience.
34:51Sure, let's ask the audience.
34:52Needs your help right now.
34:55If you're ready, on your keypads, using A, B, C, or D, vote now.
35:07Well, 69.
35:08Well, see if there's only two.
35:11Well, now, you know, you still have that lifeline.
35:14And just for the heck of it.
35:15That's right.
35:16Maybe it's not N.
35:17And we'll find out if you go for it.
35:19N and L, I'd say, would be the top two.
35:21I don't know why.
35:22So let's do the 50-50, Regis.
35:25Good idea, Ernie.
35:27Hey, computer, take away two of those wrong answers, please.
35:30Oh, gee.
35:31And still there.
35:32Gee, so I could call up Bob, who...
35:34No, no, Bob's gone.
35:35Oh, right.
35:36And don't you dare call your father.
35:38Not now.
35:39Well, you know, Regis, $30,000 would still buy me a sofa.
35:43Gets you a lot of things, yeah.
35:44But now, did you think it was you?
35:45Did you say that?
35:46No.
35:47No, okay.
35:48Did you hear me say that?
35:49No, I thought...
35:50What did you think it was before we went into this?
35:52I thought it was L.
35:53L, I'm sorry.
35:54I thought it was L or N.
35:55Well, L is gone.
35:56L is gone.
35:57N, A, final answer, Regis.
35:59He just made a big discovery!
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36:47All right.
36:48Well, oh, boy.
36:49When it rains, it pours around here.
36:50I can't believe, after nine months of waiting, we get two millionaires in the same week.
36:51Fantastic.
36:52I don't think that smile will ever leave Bernie's face.
36:53And he has you people, all of you people, to thank for that.
36:54And I can just imagine what Bernie and Dan's father is saying right now at home.
36:55All right.
36:56Good for him.
36:57Now we have eight people who want to do exactly the same thing.
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38:15$100.
38:16On Easter Sunday night, and on tax day as well.
38:18Amazing.
38:19Really?
38:20Amazing.
38:21Really something.
38:22Okay, Kenneth, we're almost out of time, but let's play
38:23Who Wants to Be a Billionaire with you right now.
38:24$100.
38:25Which of the following phrases is commonly used as a term
38:32of endearment?
38:34Would it be flank steak, sweet pea, gravy boat,
38:39Chuck-E-Cheese?
38:40Answer is B, sweet pea, final answer.
38:43Yes, sweet pea, you got it for a hundred points.
38:44Here we go for $200.
38:48What word is commonly used to describe
38:50unpleasantly damp hands?
38:53Clammy, shrimpy, crabby, lobstery.
38:58Answers A, clammy, final answer.
39:00Yes, sir, $200, Ned, clammy.
39:02Oh, my gosh, well, that sound means
39:06that we're out of time for the night,
39:07but Kenneth will be back here Tuesday night,
39:09and joining him will be nine people
39:11from all over the country.
39:12And they are Peter Angelou, Steve Shulman,
39:17David Eakey, Jack Ebright, Jerry Crowley,
39:21Monica Bowman, Carol Johnson,
39:24Steven Patsman, and Gene Matzkin.
39:27Hey, here's America's newest millionaire right here.
39:30What a night we've had.
39:31We've already given away $5 million this month,
39:34and it's only half over.
39:36If you want to get up here just like Bernie,
39:38here's your chance.
39:39Our phone lines are now open,
39:41and we have new hours, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Eastern time.
39:45So if you're 18 or older, pick up a Touchstone phone
39:48and call 1-800-433-8321.
39:52There's a limit of one call per person for contest day,
39:56and you can only qualify for the random drawing
39:58one time for each individual phone contest.
40:01Go to abc.com for all the rules, okay?
40:04Phone lines close on Friday, April 20th, 2 a.m. Eastern time.
40:08So good luck, everybody,
40:10and we'll be back with Kenneth on Tuesday night
40:12at 8, 7 Central.
40:14From New York, everybody, good night!
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