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Title: 5th Anniversary of Millionaire Moment
Post by: GSWitch on November 19, 2004, 08:44:18 AM

On November 16, 1999, Spin City had an episode where Paul Sand's character got on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" & won $1,000,000!  That was a ficitious win though.

Three days later, the wish finally came true when John Carpenter knew that Richard Nixon made a cameo on Laugh In & won $1,000,000!

Title: 5th Anniversary of Millionaire Moment
Post by: zachhoran on November 19, 2004, 09:20:17 AM

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Three days later, the wish finally came true when John Carpenter knew that Richard Nixon made a cameo on Laugh In & won $1,000,000!

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THe anniversary of Carpenter's win was mentioned yesterday, O Season of the Witch.

Today is also the 5th anniversary of the airing of Barker's return to TPIR after his longest absence to date(surgery)

Title: 5th Anniversary of Millionaire Moment
Post by: Monarx on November 19, 2004, 11:21:39 AM

Also in the "Coincidence?  I think not." file, Whose Line is it Anyway? debuted its Millionaire Show game around then.

Title: 5th Anniversary of Millionaire Moment
Post by: Ian Wallis on November 19, 2004, 12:57:44 PM

The "Spin City" episode was of interest because it was the first time we saw what would happen if somebody actually won the million.  I believe it aired a few days before Carpenter's episode was taped (back then they were taped one day in advance), so it gave us a good look at the confetti, et al.