GREED 11/18/1999

The epic conclusion of Dan/Curtis/Melissa's run!

[@TheLegendUSA]

I have been searching for this episode for YEARS! It's not just the Dan moment but I will never forget 37:56 when the guy chose to walk away after winning the easy question

[@airfulton]

Yes! And what I believe was a very easy category and to walk away from that?? I would have been pissed!

[@edwardnygma2702]

@@airfulton Actually Christopher had a possibility of being eliminated during the Terminator and we don't know if he watches Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. Possible the questions were what were the top Highest grossing films Arnold was featured in, even with a freebie, it's possible to lose (original Terminator wouldn't be in the top 10 in terms of grossing) .

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

@@airfulton then I'm sure you'd be even more pissed if your team's captain on a four-answer question changed your correct answer to any incorrect answer. At least Jonathan's team got to take home money. Bob screwed his team out of more money than Jonathan did when all he had to do was leave all four of the answers alone.

[@01philos]

This episode of Greed featured the biggest risk taker among all of the captains, and also the most risk averse captain. (37:56) The risk averse captain took home some money. The biggest risk taker took home nothing, but became the most famous of all the Greed captains, and a symbol of great courage. I applaud both for their decisions. Here we see two sides of human nature's relation to risk.

[@Scottwilkie18]

Pussyfoot

[@felixcroc]

"Tuna for sure" - Daniel Avila, 1999

[@princeofpop8]

Daniel is possibly the very reason I got hooked to “Greed” on FOX which was originally aired. He made it all the way to the very end and I thought he would get the $$$ with the last answer and then...OH NO!!!😱 Got that one wrong and boom the show soon go into decline very quickly since no one else made it that far as Daniel did.

[@bluebear1985]

The lowest it got was getting the $25,000 question wrong, and it happened to be a question about Chuck Woolery, asking which show he didn't host. He didn't seem to happy that it had to happen at that particular moment. 😁

[@seanvogt221]

@@bluebear1985 They forgot that Chuck was the first host of Wheel of Fortune. The team probably thought that Pat Sajak hosted that show from the beginning.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

FOX made a HUGE mistake for doing something TERRIBLE for cancelling game shows like this.

[@djjoe214]

Me too, no other courageous players like him for the rest of the show!

[@djjoe214]

@@jacobrichardson1952 they cancelled it because the ratings fell dramatically on top of that they gave away over 30 million dollars..

[@TomCurtis-t2r]

Can y'all believe that this has been almost 21 years

[@michaelewing4515]

If you also noticed in this episode, Andre was also a contestant on Shop Til You Drop in 2000 with his sister, Teri and they went on to win the game and won a Caribbean Cruise.

[@danangell5482]

Bob and Antoinette's question definitely dates this show. These days, nobody has VCRs or telephone answering devices, and personal computers is a runaway no. 1.

[@philipalt9560]

I guess PCs weren’t as common in homes back in 1999. I probably would have done the same thing Bob did in changing telephone answering devices to personal computers. But I came from a family and background where we relied on computers for a lot office tasks and school work. Maybe back then, the thinking is that most people used PCs in the office, but not as much at home, and the reason telephone answering devices was more popular is that house phones were much more common back then, and not nearly as many people were using cell phones. Nowadays, as of 2023, after what we’ve gone through the last few years, if this question was asked again, I would probably say TVs, radios, and computers for sure. Although some people may still use VCRs now, they aren’t nearly as common, because people use CD, DVD, and blu0ray players instead. Therefore, my last answer probably would have been home CD players, with a slight reason for telephone answering devices. I wonder what answer the freebie would have eliminated in that question, but my guess is it would have eliminated home CD players, since that was the most “obviously wrong” answer in the mix. Back in that time, VCRs were more common than CD players, but nowadays, VCRs are pretty much obsolete, and so are telephone answering devices.

[@caseyhouser9839]

The teamwork made this show so great

[@raymondswenson5529]

I wonder, twenty years later..... does Curtis still look "electrified?

[@tomdalfonzo9959]

I always thought he looked like Robert Smith of The Cure.

[@rogerscottcathey]

three meals a day x 365 = 1095 meals. Five days a week at work minus lunches are 2*5*52=520 meals, plus 52*3*2 (weekend meals)=312 312+520= 832. That ignores taking home made meals to work, and eating out. So that figure they give seems high.

[@Wolfman12395]

I think the biggest flaw in the $2.2 Million question is that maybe Daniel was thinking what four items give out the strongest smell, but the wording of the question specifically says RECOGNIZABLE. Chocolate is very recognizable but to me it definitely doesn't have an odor that can travel far, while tuna is probably not identified as easily when it comes to knowing what that smell is because there are so many different types of fish in general. Unfortunately it can be pretty easy to confuse the strongest odors with the most recognizable odors in my opinion.

[@djjoe214]

Plus Tuna stinks

[@HelwigDorsuo]

You're absolutely right

[@philipalt9560]

I think you are probably right. I’m thinking that what they probably did was do a survey (while blindfolding the people that are surveying) and asking them to write down what they think each of the following odors “smells like”. And it may be very possible that more people correctly guessed on the smell of chocolate compared to the smell of tuna. It really is an “unfair” question, as it’s based on a survey, but it was the jackpot question, so it’s supposed to be tough. If the question had been “strongest odors” to where you can detect smells from a distance, then tuna probably would have won out over chocolate. All things considered, I think Daniel did pretty darn good to get three out of the four correct, considering that there were 9 answers to choose from for the 4 correct answers. I still wonder why there was no buyout option on the jackpot question after getting three answers correct. Granted, it’s unlikely Daniel or anyone else would have taken the buyout, but since “Vicks Vapor rub” was Daniel’s “throwaway” answer and the answer he gave last, he might have suspected at that point that Tuna was incorrect and taken the buyout. They always reveal the correct answers first and save the incorrect answers for last.

[@connorlayman8331]

@@philipalt9560 In some way, the jackpot question technically did have a buyout option. Every player could individually take their portion, and walk away before the question was asked. The previous questions were for the captain to decide to continue whether the other players wanted to go, or not. Besides, the buyout option for the seventh question was a luxury sedan with all the options available, so it would've been very difficult to top that for the jackpot question. That's just my opinion of why they didn't have that for the top prize.

[@Leomerya12]

@@philipalt9560 , this is the issue I have with the question: the parameters of how it was conducted are unclear. Did they: 1) Ask people in passing to rank the smells? 2) Did they conduct an experiment where people were blind-folded and needed to identify the smells? 2a) If so, were they given a list of possible smells to choose from? 3) How many people did they ask? 4) How old were the people? (Because different ages can detect different smells more easily. Kids don't smell the way adults do). ...and so on. It's possible that the show was edited not to show him ask questions.

[@KYExtemper]

Sucks that Daniel fell short but he's still an MVP in my book for having the guts to go for it

[@archibaldmeatpants3510]

Or an idiot for not taking the guaranteed 200k. Idk anything about him but my inclination is that he was pretty well off already and didn't think 200k was a life changing amount of money.

[@kevintablet743]

@@archibaldmeatpants3510 or.... in the context of the game it would have made no sense to just stop. I mean think about it, notwithstanding 200k is serious life changing money by itself, there’s tax on top of that. The other two players are taking 400k, double his own share thanks to Terminators. They’re not gonna risk that because that’s good enough for anyone. But if you’ve got 200k, know that the odds are in your favour that the team will quit and take their winnings, and the jackpot is 2.2 million, the gamble is literally risk 200k for 2.4m. It is actually have a go time. Especially if you’re out for the thrill of it all, I mean let’s not forget this is only a game show. Millionaire’s gamble for winning a million was back then risking 468k. Here you’re risking 200k, to make over DOUBLE the top prize of millionaire. I think it’s have a go time.

[@archibaldmeatpants3510]

@@kevintablet743 True, at 11/1 it is a "good value" gamble.... but I try and take myself out of the game show situation. So with the real figures after taxes I'm just saying if someone gave me 100 grand, then asked me to risk it all to win a million by answering a multiple answer question correctly, without knowing what the question is going to be, I'm taking the cash.

[@kevintablet743]

@@archibaldmeatpants3510 tbf the problem with that analogy is you are aware of what the category is Now that could likely mean you’ll get a topic that is broad in range for a question, but it could still be something you’re interested in I think sometimes if you are genuinely looking at the cash and then getting scared, then it’s no good to continue. If you’re like this guy tho who plays odds rather then instant cash, then you’re going to enjoy the game more. And tbf, risking 100k like that could also be interpreted as someone who is financially secure in their life. It’s not exactly something you would generally do in a heartbeat either.

[@HelwigDorsuo]

I think the real issue isn't the subject the question pertains to, but the nature of the question itself. These are opinion based questions that NOBODY can KNOW the answer to. It's not like they ask you an obscure question about the 5 heaviest elements on the periodic table. That's tough but possible someone could think it through. But asking "what are the most popular elements on the periodic table that most people can name" is essentially AT BEST an educated guess. I'd much rather get a 10 difficulty factual question than a 6 difficulty opinion one.

[@amichels]

“Executive Consultant”

[@jessyleppert2]

Mr. Perfect

[@theedspage]

No one else would go for the last question the rest of the series.

[@artvandelay7687]

and other than in Super Greed no other team would go for the 2nd to last question either.

[@Videokid703]

@@artvandelay7687 only 3 times in greed it was played for Twice in super greed Once in regular greed

[@raymondswenson5529]

Well one thing that bothered me about this game.....especially after Daniel, was the fact that it seemed every terminator challenger went after the captain. Why even establish a captain to begin with? It should've been: Once a player won the preliminary game to be captain, they CAN'T be chosen by the terminator nor challenged. Note that Curtis and Melissa had been crying to quit all along....Daniel dragged them to the million dollars they achieved.

[@airfulton]

@@raymondswenson5529 you made a great point. After Daniels episode most people only wanted to become a captain after terminators just to take the money and run soon as they get asked the question. Daniel was the backbone of the team and The ultimate risk taker carrying curtis and melissa to $400,000 bucks no one after that couldn't handle that pressure like he did to take those risk.

[@raymondswenson5529]

Yeah. I also would've made it so when a terminator was played, the shares would be equally divided amongst the remaining players. They already offered a $10000 win or lose guarantee for terminators even if they were eventually terminated later in the game. So say when Daniel eventually decides they're going for it...(against their wishes of course)....maybe we see Curtis and Melissa have one last showdown and the winner joins Daniel for a 1.1 million share. Or maybe no terminator is played and they all play for a third of the 2.2 mil, or roughly 730,000 apiece. I still alledge they went into commercial not knowing how they were going to play it, because when they came back, Chuck announces "ok everything changes now".

[@Kid-Pink_88.]

Dan's $2.2 million question was big time tough. I thought Tuna & Cinnamon were right at 1st glance

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

I would've failed this too because I would've picked peanut butter, coffee, cinnamon, a Vick's Vaporub despite having never used that stuff lol

[@poolside123canadian7]

I would’ve sworn it was tuna I know the smell of tuna, it repulses me every time.😕

[@robbyosborne9708]

@@poolside123canadian7 Same with me.

[@RICHBOY1300]

Shawn Pinkerton I agree I thought tuna

[@Kid-Pink_88.]

@svin a question like this. I'm just crediting the writers or whoever came up with the question, with my comment.

[@DillonJayasuriya]

10:55 chuck sincerely asks if it’s tuna. Then immediately admits he knew it was chocolate 😂

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Somebody backstage probably revealed the other answer was chocolate. There is a large screen display in the back between the $50k and the $75k seats that the question was probably shown on

[@nolancain8792]

From where he’s looking, the camera is probably on top of the screen.

[@jptwentyfour887]

“ I never would have guessed it’s chocolate” explain to me how that’s admitting that he knew it....

[@jptwentyfour887]

You realize game show hosts have people in their ear giving them the answers afterwards.

[@DillonJayasuriya]

@@jptwentyfour887 lol we get it keyboard warrior, you know the slight intricacies of how game shows work 👏🏾👏🏾

[@jacobrichardson1952]

I sure do miss Game Show Network like this.

[@robbyosborne9708]

Me too buddy.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

@@robbyosborne9708 and obviously as an old soul person for 1999, Greed is definitely one of my favorite game shows to watch just to bring back memories.

[@cutemimi25]

10:48 Wrong answer that sound will haunt Dan Avila for saying Tuna instead of Chocolate.

[@markheying2830]

Much like on the past Game Show called Legends Of The Hidden Temple where the Player gets into the Room where the Artifact is hidden in but doesn’t quite grab the Artifact in time.

[@seagaterehab3755]

Tuna was wrong 10:48

[@robbyosborne9708]

It will also haunt Bob for changing Telephone Answering Devices to Personal Computers.

[@cutemimi25]

​@@robbyosborne9708except for Bob's case the answer he changed was correct and they played the wrong and right answer just to taunt him

[@robbyosborne9708]

@@cutemimi25 I know.

[@philipalt9560]

I understand that “Greed” was the name of the game, and the jackpot question of $2 million was not supposed to be easy, but it still feels wrong that Daniel was one correct answer away from $2.2 million and ended up with nothing instead. I feel the game might have lasted longer if there were some safety nets along the way, such as that you are guaranteed 10% of what you have won in case you miss on the tougher questions.

[@davejerrido]

The guy that stopped at $100,000: his teammates were pissed!

[@WWTBAMclassics]

I would've been absolutely furious. I'm a *huge* Arnold fan

[@scottdecker9115]

True. But they should be thankful they each got $20,000 apiece instead of nothing at all. I mean, consider the alternative.

[@Square1986]

When he said, "Keep the cash!", his teammates look disappointed because some of his teammates are a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies.

[@TheShredtube]

A stark contrast to the college episode. They stopped at 100,000 and all of them were group hugging in the center

[@artvandelay7687]

They're supposed to look like pissed greedy people in the camera but I doubt they're really pissed, especially given what happened to the previous team. Note this is before the time when teams starting losing on $100K and earlier questions.

[@TomCurtis-t2r]

I miss this era of Game show network

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

Same

[@GamingFanactic911]

@ 27:52 someone in the control room fricked that up lmao

[@cutemimi25]

I think they did that purposely cause they had it right but he changed to a wrong answer and to rub it in his face to say "You Had It!!!"

[@GamingFanactic911]

@@cutemimi25 ahhh, yea. I can see that now LOL

[@cutemimi25]

27:53 Sound glitch.

[@johnperry4572]

27:55.....if I were Antoinette...I'd get together with her teammates.....and have a little "talk" with Bob....in the parking lot.....lol.....also.... I gotta wonder.... how many VCRs.....and answering machines....are still in use today...

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Bob: "Why are you coming after me? At least you got $10,000 while the rest of us are going home with nothing!"

[@artvandelay7687]

@@hiltonlive32grnrngr $10K that would have been $90K if he left the answers alone.

[@LukeR.5117]

86% of men--I'm confident mostly everyone embellishes the "love at first sight" experience. In reality, they're experiencing something closer to infatuation, likely because they like what they see. But that is by no means true love.

[@jessyleppert2]

Dan's brother was later a contestant on Greed

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

He was on during the Super Greed month

[@artvandelay7687]

and actually won some money when the terminator landed on him.

[@markheying2830]

@@artvandelay7687 So I would figure that it usually is best if the Terminator lands on you but nobody else.

[@theminesweeper1]

Was Daniel actually playing for 2.2 million dollars or a fraction of that?

[@robbiewartburg1587]

I agree you notice that no one ever went for it again after this. And it took having The Million Dollar moments later on for the show to really have a bonified jackpot winner, and that forced them to water down the game for those to one terminator question followed by a $1 million (4 correct out of 8) to get it done. I think ratings failed on this show because people were watching contestants either walk with lesser money or lose all the time. I can see where Questions for lots of money need to be difficult, but this was almost on the level of "too hard" with the team only getting one freebie (removes only one wrong answer) the whole game. Millionaire worked so well in its classic form because it balanced the difficulty well with helpers (the three lifelines) over the course of its tower. (15 questions). GREED just never caught on and worked, and that was evident by the fact it never had a outside fandom that led to products like board games and computer games getting produced. It was FOX's desperate attempt at a copycat cause I'm sure ABC was wiping the floor with them on ratings with Millionaire, and FOX's adaptation just didn't work.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

In my opinion and that of a lot of other fans of this show Greed always was and always will be better than WWTBAM. Greed was only cancelled because a game-show-hating manager took over at Fox over the summer of 2000, as Greed was airing its last few episodes.

[@agoo7581]

It got to the point where whoever won the terminator would take over as captain (they eventually figured out to always challenge the captain), and then would walk away with the 80k after getting the 200k question. Couldn't blame them, the format was just too unforgiving. A slight retooling would have made it a perfect game show.

[@TheBlockerNator]

The big things is Millionaire had a safety net once you reach a certain level so everybody got something. On Greed, it was very uncommon to see anyone win anything but the Terminator 10k.

[@HelwigDorsuo]

​@@agoo7581very astute observation.. I didn't notice that

[@gimnazjalista97]

this same day. on "who wants to be a millionaire" game starts mr. john carpenter. he heard two questions. the next day he stays very first contestant who wins top prize.

[@thesegacampgamerandwerecam7504]

Disappointed this show didn't keep going on! I remember watching this Alongside Who Wants to be a Millionaire back around the New Millennium but Greed didn't stay on for a Year when Who wants to be a Millionaire kept on going!

[@jonathanashbeck3740]

Millionaire was proven to be a more successful show due to its longevity.

[@ZeiYuga101]

I know Antoinette was soooo mad at Bob omg. I'm sad for her

[@mrcnub]

At least she got the terminator win right before that so she got to leave with $10K. Everyone else on the team left with nothing.

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

me to i remember this episode when i was 7 years old bob was such an idiot for switching the answering devices to PC's i knew the answers to cause my uncle had all that stuff when he bought his first house and he remember this episode to and yelled at his tv to bob

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

You're sad for her even though she got $10,000 for her Terminator challenge? And not the other teammates who went home with nothing?

[@cutemimi25]

this wasn't the only time that Captain changed a right answer to wrong answer on a college Rivals Edition there was a question of what do teenagers keep in their bags they had the answer keys selected and the captain changed to calculator which was wrong

[@dvferyance]

I thought it was a dumb move myself. Growing up in the 90's it was more common for homes to have answering machines than computers.

[@DorvellTStewart]

This show practically insured that no one would ever play for the top prize again with Daniel's loss.

[@philipalt9560]

Daniel was very courageous (and probably stupid) to take that risk for $2.2 million. He could have gone home with $200,000 and called it a day. He and his teammates had correctly answered 7 questions, including 3 four-part questions, and he got three out of four answers in a “best four out of nine question” in the final round of a very subjective question that I probably wouldn’t have gotten right either. I’m not sure I could have even gotten three correct given three 30 second time limit, with no option to change he, and also no option to bail out after the third correct answer. It takes guts to go for it in that spot, because with a 4 out of 9 question with no freebie and no chance to bail out, he only had a 1 in 126 chance to get all four correct if he knew nothing about the question. Obviously, he knew something about the question, but not enough to get all four correct. Curtis saved him on the $1 million question, as he provided two correct answers and in a subtle way somehow convinced Dan to change his own answer to the correct answer. As soon as he changed that answer, Curtis knew they had all four correct, and that probably convinced all three players to turn down the offer after the third correct answer. But to go through all of that and be only one correct answer away from $2.2 million and end up with nothing is a tough way to go out.

[@MattsGamblingSlots]

This is why this show needs something like one stabilizer (like the Chair).where the captain can choose to have a bottom out should they lose on the current or higher question. For example, if Daniel stabilized at $200k, and if they miss at $200k, $500k, or Daniel's case, $2.2 million, he can walk away with $40k instead of nothing. And Terminator losers will get whatever portion they got on the last stabilized milestone. This will give people more motivation to make high risk decisions and still go home with something. Just imagine in WWTBAM if you miss the $1 million question and instead of going back down to $32k or whatever milestone, you get NOTHING.

[@DorvellTStewart]

That would totally defeat the point/premise of the show, though, considering it's called "Greed".

[@svin7987]

the time limit is stupid and unfair

[@prestonwardcondra]

I personally would've said Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Cinnamon and Coffee. Well, at least I was only one off.

[@antdell8730]

I absolutely loved this show.

[@dragonlover2085]

Daniel had guts, i'm sure everybody granted him the millions.

[@rogerscottcathey]

think that aroma list may have confused most pleasant versus most easily recognisable. Moth balls are more easily recognised over chocolate.

[@WWTBAMclassics]

One of the problems with Greed imo, are questions like that one. There's no way you could actually *know* the answers unless you've seen the study. You basically just have to guess (and they have a bunch of questions like that), and that's kinda cheap imho. Questions like the one they got for $1m, or the ones in the Super Greed premiere are a lot more reasonable

[@Sashinator0]

Moth balls was #8 and chocolate #4 out of 80 smells. I know it's a jackpot question but it's basically impossible to use logic on it when 4/5 of the wrong answers are also in the top 10, it's just a wild guess. Most of the wrong answers should've been lower on the list to give Daniel a realistic shot. The one he was most sure of was actually the only one outside the top 10.

[@nolancain8792]

9:00 his reaction is perfect for Vaporub. That stuff is potent.

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

10:48 the most heartbreaking moment ever

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

I was so pulling for Daniel but I knew tuna was wrong I knew chocolate coffee and vicks vaporub were right but never would’ve guessed peanut butter my other guess even though it was wrong cinnamon

[@seagaterehab3755]

I knew tuna was wrong Tyler 2.2 million dollar for Daniel

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

@@seagaterehab3755 yep I knew tuna was wrong to I knew chocolate coffee and vicks vaporub was right never would’ve guessed peanut butter I thought for sure cinnamon was right I know that definitely has a strong smell

[@seagaterehab3755]

@@tylerwilliamson7128 I know

[@seagaterehab3755]

Tyler Dan wins money on who wants to be a millionaire in 2005

[@machoman1016]

Is that Bob from Supermarket Sweep?

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

20:04 Chuck: "Why do you accept it, Bob?" Bob: "Because I think it's the right answer worth a hundred thousand dollars!"

[@Scottwilkie18]

If Daniel would’ve won he would have ousted kevin Olmsted As highest game show winner at the time

[@Ace.of.Rage.]

Not many people smell chocolate but Everyone knows the smell of tuna

[@crohunter100]

Curtis came back in another episode to win $2 million

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

$1.41 million actually

[@poolside123canadian7]

I would’ve thought VCRs were on the decline with DVD players coming soon in 1999/2000.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@seikibrian8641]

VCRs were on the decline, and DVD players were outselling them, but more people had old VCRs in their homes than had DVD players.

[@tyrese3745]

@@seikibrian8641 Well, that's really screwed up.

[@seikibrian8641]

@@tyrese3745 What's "screwed up" about it? Do you think the moment a new technology is introduced everyone should throw out their current devices that are working fine, just to have the "latest and greatest"?

[@tyrese3745]

@@seikibrian8641 Of course not! I only thought that it was just surprising, that's all. Don't be silly.

[@andrewbeaudoin7363]

This episode: Not the Best.

[@movietv20249]

Yep, big loss and nobody really won here.

[@trevorpanno516]

I would have used the freebie now on the $200,000 question if I was captain.

[@allenmui5457]

42:15 - John, congratulations! Right over there in the third position - Charmaine, you're going to be in the first position Melissa, you'll be in the second position. John, you'll be in the third position, not fourth position. Arlin will be in the fourth position.

[@pennwoman]

He was foolish. He failed to realize that he had only gotten as far as he did because of Curtis. Curtis saved him on that last question. Without his team he was very vulnerable.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Hmmm... I dunno. Dan didn't seem to need Curtis' help on either the $200,000 or the $500,000 questions. The team gotten as far as they did (over everyone else's objections) because of Dan's determination.

[@djjoe214]

He was courageous!! he did something nobody EVER did on this show and that's reach the top question! Everyone always stopped at 500,000!

[@TheBlockerNator]

@@hiltonlive32grnrngr True but CUrtis also typically picked the harder, more obscure answers in the 4 way questions.

[@robbyosborne9708]

Bob was such an idiot on the $200,000 question. Back in 1999, Televisions, VCRs, and even Radios were very popular to find in almost everyone's homes. And I know that everybody had at least one Telephone Answering Device inside their home too. Personal Computers were becoming popular in 1999, but a lot of people didn't start owning one until like 2001 or something. He made a terrible decision with changing Antoinette's answer which was "Telephone Answering Devices" to "Personal Computers". If I was Kent or Andre, I would've said, "I hope you're happy you dumbass! You just cost us $200,000!" I'm sure that Antoinette had some words with him in the parking lot.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Your whole comment had me laughing like hell. 😂😂😂 If i were Kent or Andre I'd want Bob's head on a silver platter. I can't see Antoinette being too mad because she at least got $10k from challenging in a terminator match. Granted she could've had more had Bob left her answer alone but leaving with $10k is better than going home with nothing

[@MrBowtie1982]

costed isn't a word.

[@robbyosborne9708]

@@MrBowtie1982 It's changed. Better now?

[@artvandelay7687]

@@hiltonlive32grnrngr I could see Antoinette being the most angry. She had the most money at stake with her terminator win, and her answer was the one that was changed.

[@svin7987]

At least she won something.@@artvandelay7687

[@KingLeonLionheart]

OUCH!!

[@arielgonzalez5296]

See for yourself. 10:48

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

28:02 watch out bob Antoinette is coming after you with her angry look

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

Same with Andre and Kent so you better run bob

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

I don't think she's that angry, considering she's the only person to take home money after that question. Antoinette went home with $10k while the rest of her team went home without a penny thanks to Bob's stupidity.

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

@@hiltonlive32grnrngr I do have to agree with you no doubt

[@Anthus.]

Daniel gave this short lived gameshow it's most watched and most exciting episodes. That they didn't give him a dime seems like a huge injustice, it's just not right, and probably it didn't happen that way in reality. I bet Daniel got paid something, like on the "down low" or "under the table" as they say.

[@Kid-Pink_88.]

I wonder if Curtis & Melissa gave Daniel a cut of their respective winnings after Daniel's heartbreaking loss, as a kind gesture. (Don't know if they're allowed to) Plus, considering Daniel's call to go for the million when Curtis & Melissa didn't want to go. No I'm Not saying they owed him anything. Side note: Daniel went on Who Wants to be a Millionaire years later and did quite well

[@RyanReacts4Ever]

He made his own decision. He could of took home $400,000!! But he got GREEDy Case closed.

[@TheBlockerNator]

@@RyanReacts4Ever He'd only have gotten 200k

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Daniel made his decision and had a great time. I'd rather give a cut to Jackie, the contestant terminated, if I were one of them.

[@joshfreeman3264]

Why would bob think there are more pcs in homes then telephones... 😐

[@robbyosborne9708]

That's a good question. I don't know what he was thinking.

[@TheBlockerNator]

Phone answering devices, i assume they mean answering machines

[@Dud512]

I liked this game as a kid. Why did they cancel it?

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

You have a game-show-hating president who took over management at Fox during the summer of 2000 to blame for that. Besides, the Multimillion-dollar game show craze of 1999-2000 was starting to die down around that time anyway

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

27:53 wrong answer and right answer cue together i guess they did that by accident since bob switched the right answer to the wrong

[@trevorpanno516]

Dan Avila did it in reverse by changing a wrong answer of Rudolph Valentino to the right answer of Buddy Holly.

[@michaelmaccrazy]

To this day, I'm shocked that tuna was incorrect. I can barely smell chocolate, but I can sure as hell smell tuna.

[@trevorpanno5371]

Of those 4 answers that were correct, the one I was unsure of were radios.

[@robbyosborne9708]

You have to remember, this was in 1999. And I think radios were still popular back then.

[@nolancain8792]

svin they’re actually now in decline with the advent of music on phones. 1999 they were still 2nd or 3rd on listeners.

[@trevorpanno5371]

I could hear Andre say telephone answering machines @ 28:01.

[@carltonlau4284]

200,000 gamble for 2.1 million , not bad to risk it...

[@raymondswenson5529]

I remember this episode and I'm fairly certain the producers hadn't quite figured out the rules. Daniel alone should've decided if the team would go for the 2.2 mil. Or I would've made it so if Curtis and Melissa wanted out..... they would forfeit their shares if Daniel wins. If Daniel loses...they inherit and split Daniel's share. Would've been more suspense that way.

[@nolancain8792]

They definitely didn’t expect the jackpot question so fast and early.

[@ABCEasyas--]

I always thought after Curtis and Melissa walked away with their $400k, Daniel would’ve played for the remaining $1,400,000, seeing as the jackpot was for the whole team rather than the person(s) going for the final question

[@philipalt9560]

@@ABCEasyas--I thought Chuck made it sound like if Daniel had won, he would have gotten the whole $2.2 milllion, and the other two each keep $400k for a total of $3 million overall. I don’t think they thought that jackpot question through, in terms of the potential terminator if needs, or the potential buyout for three correct answers (there was no option for bailing out on the $2.2 million question).

[@TheShredtube]

At least they didn't get the boot on question 1.

[@bryant9864]

Here’s what I wonder. In the scenario that either Curtis or Melissa had chosen to go for the $2 million along with Daniel, how would it have worked then? Would they still have worked as a team or would they each individually win $2 million?

[@andrewschroy6368]

They would've likely still played as a team, if I'm not mistaken.

[@TheBlockerNator]

It probably would still have been split.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

No. It would've been divided. Chuck even said Curtis and Melissa each would've been playing from $800k and Daniel for $200k.

[@TheBlockerNator]

@@hiltonlive32grnrngr What i wonder is if Melissa stopped, but Curtis stayed, who'd get her share. Daniel or Curtis.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

@@TheBlockerNator Neither, unless Melissa DID stay and the other two did and Melissa lost in a Terminator. I never worked for the show of course so I don't know how it would've worked (I don't think the producers even thought this through) but had Melissa left but Curtis and Dan stayed, Melissa would've gone home with her $410K, while the $2.2 million would've been divided in half and that's an educated guess since Dan ended up playing for the $2.2 million by himself.

[@seanvogt221]

At this point Curtis has earned over a half million dollars going along with his winnings on Sale Of The Century back in 1986.

[@gameshowguy2000]

27:55 *WHY DID YOU CHANGE IT, BOB? WHY?!*

[@edwardnygma2702]

He thought the PC was gaining popularity with it did in the late 90's.

[@bobbarker1984]

So if I’m figuring things out correctly he’s playing for 1.4 million as the other 800k has been accounted for.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

No. The $800K that Curtis and Melissa walked away with was part of the $1 million win and had nothing to do with the $2.2 million so Dan would've won the whole $2.2 million by himself.

[@thejoshsings9280]

Bob should have left the answers as they were

[@craigfoye6674]

What about the “Losers” episode, which features Jackie and Daniel?? Jackie was terminated before the $1 Million question Daniel went for the $2.2 Million jackpot question, and later lost

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

OMG that's the episode I'm absolutely dying to see! Jackie was one of my favorite contestants. That episode also had some interesting questions too; a $25,000 about a "Fighting Irish" college football team, and a $500,000 timeline question, "Which four came first?" I hope someone uploads that episode soon.

[@robbyosborne9708]

Here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oanQcqqpa9Fsp5Y

[@airfulton]

Jonathan screwed his team out of some big money

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

How? They all left with $20k a piece. I think Jonathan stopped after the $100k question because he didn't want to risk losing his money via a wrong answer or being taken out of the game in a Terminator match.

[@Wolfman12395]

Anna's point makes more sense. Everyone else looked like they wanted to go for it, but when you look at it the other way, stopping after $100k meant that everyone was a winner and that the whole team could get the most out of it with no one being eliminated at all from the game. The others WANTED to get Greedy, but we'll never know exactly how Greedy they would've been.

[@airfulton]

@@hiltonlive32grnrngr correct me if I'm wrong. But 4 people were familiar with the category and the next question needed 4 correct answers. if they would have just kept the team the same and not eliminated anyone and let Jonathan just accept the answers like he was doing already the team would have been happy and they would have made more that what they got.

[@airfulton]

@@Wolfman12395 but when the Terminator comes around they have a choice to not get greedy and keep the team the same. I feel like if they were smart they would have kept the team the same and went for the money. Plus it's Arnold Swartzaneger (or however you spell it) movies who can't name at Least ONE Arnold movie? I just feel like it was a selfish screwed up move

[@GreenDeathFlavor]

You say this then in the game before that Bob actually screwed his team by changing the correct answer at 200k. maybe Jonathan saw that and became a pussy at that point

[@djjoe214]

I think they rushed Daniel by giving him only 30 seconds, that's such a bs amount of time for thinking, plus 10 seconds to give the answers or you lose, he probably would of won if he had more time

[@Ryan1Yee]

No. Tuna was his top choice. He wasnt gonna win.

[@djjoe214]

@@Ryan1Yee like I said he was rushed

[@svin7987]

It was so stupid with the time-limit.

[@johngonzalez6690]

That and no bailout was offered after 3 correct answers. That explains why the jackpot question was only attempted one time.

[@MattsGamblingSlots]

Daniel may have taken his ultra insane loss well on the outside through nervously smiling, but inside, he must've developed severe allergies to chocolate and tuna from suppressing his anger and frustration

[@probium2832]

Another fate worse than being Ken Basin!!

[@fredmckinney8933]

That. Was. Painful.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

To add insult to injury Jonathan's team was shown what their $200,000 question would've been and they had the team play it as though they'd gone on AND they nailed it. You guys didn't hear this from me though; this is according to Tom Galloway. I don't know if the Terminator was ever played because he never disclosed that part.

[@briancurry6602]

nice

[@HelwigDorsuo]

I really wish the episode from 11/24/1999 could be found. That had a question that sent my dad off the deep end about ice cream toppings! Been searching for years but no luck so far.

[@WWTBAMclassics]

I don't, but I do know the question you're talking about - "Which four are the most popular Baskin Robbins' ice cream toppings? Butterscotch *Marshmallow* *Pineapple* Maple Walnut *Hot Fudge* *Caramel Praline* Strawberries

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

@@WWTBAMclassics That's one of the things about Greed I had a problem with: those damn survey questions you'd have to be super lucky to get right!!! I don't know if whoever wrote these question had been running out of ideas but the questions on this show have to be fact-based. Save the survey questions for Family Feud. Nonetheless though, I'm sure you know this already but if you're looking for non-WWTBAM shows to post, an episode I really want to see is the one from 12/10/1999 with Madeleine Ali. I think her team had an ice-cream-related question but i'm not sure and i don't wanna be spoiled lol

[@DeutschMatheLehrer]

It is uploaded now. Strawberries was wrong and Pineapple was correct.

[@HelwigDorsuo]

@@DeutschMatheLehrer omg!!!! Thank you x 10000

[@TheBlockerNator]

It's on YT now

[@malexmartinez4007]

12:29 Johnny Sins really did it all.

[@nicholasdicarlo217]

What does peanut butter smell like? I thought it was going to be tuna or baby powder.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Peanut butter has its own unique smell that's not comparable to anything else. It does have a strong smell though so no surprise that was one of the correct answers.

[@scottdecker9115]

37:55- I vehemently disagree with Jonathan's decision to keep the cash. He obviously was too overzealous with his power as team captain. His WHOLE team wanted to go for it. Is he stupid, a coward, or does he just not have the guts? Either way, they all got $20,000 but could have had a lot more had Jonathan had a lot more sense.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

It sounds like he needed $20,000 badly. Perhaps it would have paid some bills or something.

[@RyanReacts4Ever]

Daniel is poster child for GREED. I mean $200,000 is a LOT OF MONEY. I wonder if the fact that both Curtis and Melissa had $400,000 and he had $200,000. Played a factor. Either way, he wasn't brave...he was greedy.

[@GameShowMike]

10:49 Two words… rotten tuna.

[@GAME-SHOW-FAN]

Daniel may not have won $2.2 MILLION, but he did win $100,000 on WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

bob's got a lot of explaining to do about switching the right answer telephone answering devices to the wrong answer personal computers

[@robbyosborne9708]

Yeah. Especially to Antoinette because she was the one who answered telephone answering devices.

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

@@robbyosborne9708 yep plus I knew the answers cause my uncle had all that stuff when he bought his first house plus he remembered this episode to and yelled to his tv at bob and said don’t switch the answering devices to PC’s but that’s what happens when you make the biggest mistake

[@TuanNguyen-dn9mb]

Moth balls would seem more recognizable than any of the other answers

[@kitkatt24]

A good captain looks at their team to see how they feel about the question. Jonathan didn't even look at his team before deciding for them. What a jerk. I know that he's the captain and can do whatever he wanted too, but it was their money also.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Usually teams stop after either $200K or $500K but there was another captain named Jonathan toward the end of the show's run (the captain of Taylor Humphries' team). After his team won the $500K question about popular search terms, at least THAT Jonathan looked at his teammates before freezing on $500K and opting not to go for the $1 million but yeah this Jonathan was a wuss, no doubt. One captain had the balls to go all the way to the jackpot question while another captain was too much of a wuss to go beyond $100K.

[@SanFran51]

And now he leaves with no money.

[@robbyosborne9708]

Here's the Tournament of Losers Special kzbin.info/www/bejne/oanQcqqpa9Fsp5Y

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

5:13 he’s gonna go

[@MFG91487]

40:10 Robert Fart?

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

Barton

[@vincenttimberman]

39:42

[@GAME-SHOW-FAN]

5:14 BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE

[@morgan8757]

antoinette should of called out bob instead