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The phenomenon that started the great game show revolution of the new millennium has returned to primetime! Recaps by Agent Josh & Don Harpwood, GSNN
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Night 3 "John Zimcosky was just 14 years old when Millionaire began in 1999. Now at 24 he finds himself five questions away from winning $1 million on Night Three of the return of Millionaire... to Primetime!" With those words, we return to the hot seat with John from Chicago at the $25,000 level. That money is his no matter what happens. Now with 142 seconds banked for the million, he faces the upper tier with his Phone-a-Friend and Double Dip remaining. ( $50,000 ) Long Strange Trip At nine seconds, John decides to Phone-a-Friend. He decides to call Bob from Grand Haven, MI. "Um... Don't have an answer for ya. Sorry, John. Double dipping. First answer is C... Wrong. Second answer is A.... Nope. So John leaves with $25,000. It was B. Time to meet tonight's Ring of Fire... First FFF tonight is... Correct: BDCA. And entering the hot seat is... BRIAN SLOPE! He's a computer science teacher. Hopefully he'll be able to outsmart our computer. Tonight's expert is "Situation Room" anchor Wolf Blitzer. Let's play Millionaire! ( $100 ) Celebrity Items He gets B with 3 seconds... and we're on our way. ( $200 ) Big Sandy He gets C in 9 seconds for $200. ( $300 ) Fancy Words It's D for another 8 seconds and $300. ( $500 ) Foreign Cuisine He gets another 8 seconds with C. Next... ( $1,000 ) Outdated Technology He goes with D... and he's locked into the $1,000! Joining Brian at ABC is his wife Jill. She's also an educator. Brian's got one fear.. if he wins $1 million... he may become emotional. Wolf Blitzer is now active. ( $2,000 ) Air Supply Brian goes with A. And he's got 22 and $2000. ( $4,000 ) Elmer Fudd Without Regis reading the choices, Brian gets C. ( $8,000 ) What a Country! We go to the ATA with 16 seconds. A: 3% He goes with the audience.. who's almost always right... as they are this time! We relive Kevin Olmstead's big $2.18 million win during the Mega Millionaire run. He spent it on a condo and a minivan. Brian doesn't need a minivan, but how about "renovations made possible by Regis Philbin." We'll see... ( $16,000 ) Sing It Again With 11 clicks, Brian Phones-a-Friend. Scott? "I think Ashford & Simpson wrote the song. My best guess is that they redid it." He asks the Expert. Wolf Blitzer is leaning toward EWF. Three seconds left, and Brian Double Dips... He locks in C... No. D? YES! ( $25,000 ) Micro-Blogging So far, he's got 140 on the Millionaire Clock. ( $50,000 ) Russian Players Brian knows this with a smile on his face, saying C... Good! ( $100,000 ) Historic Age And no idea and no lifelines, so Brian bails out. Correct: C. Next FFF is... Correct: ADBC. Winner... the only one to get it right, Anthony Sloan! Anthony's a stay-at-home dad in the nation's capital. Let's play! ( $100 ) How Sweet It Is! It's C for $100. ( $200 ) Call Me Al He goes with C again. Right again! ( $300 ) Dome Home Time to use the ATA... A: 3% He agrees... and he's right! ( $500 ) The Great Outdoors D gets him $500 and the right to see the milestone... ( $1,000 ) TV Spoofs He elects to Phone-his-Best-Friend Alison... his wife. He says he misses her, then goes with the question... "My gut reaction was to say... Howie Mandel." He goes against her and says C... and he wins $1000! ( $2,000 ) Edgar Allan Poe He's got the two large with A. ( $4,000 ) LOL with LL He knows he was on B for $4000! ( $8,000 ) Food Fight Anthony decides to ask the Expert, and "we got a situation in this room". Wolf goes with C, even though he's never read the book. He knows what foie gras is. Anthony agrees... and he's right! ( $16,000 ) Head Cheeses Anthony Double Dips. First answer is C... Wrong. Second answer is B... CORRECT! He'll return tomorrow with no lifelines, but one shot at $25,000. And speaking of which, it's time to bring
our special guest in, from "The View", it's Sherri Shepherd. She talks
about Elisabeth's third baby and her new series, "Sherri", to debut
October 5 on Lifetime. Oh, and a book. She'll be taking $25,000 to the
March of Dimes bank, but she'll double that to $50,000 if she answers
this question correctly... She goes with the ATA... A: 13% Sherri agrees with the audience... and they're right! March of Dimes will get $50,000! Next time, Anthony Sloan will try for $25,000, and LC will come down from the Hills to win money for charity. From New York (and from my little corner of Cyberspace) GOOD NIGHT! To play along with the contestants live, or to see this episode in its entirety, go to www.abc.com/primetime/millionaire. |
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