Justin Ray Castillo on Who Wants to be a Millionaire *Full Run* (Re-Uploaded)

[@chrislove5651]

this dude is my favorite Millionaire contestant. a lot of the big winners on the show were lawyers, accountants, or stuff like that. people who were already probably quite well-off. I always thought it was a lot more satisfying to see people of modest means do really well on the show.

[@seanmaher3518]

Doug Van Gundy, who won more than 22 years salary on millionaire

[@bob-wp2tl]

I agree man. This right here was the real meaning of the show to actually change lives of people who didn't have it all unlike lawyers and doctors and people of those means It would have been great to see this guy win the million but if you don't know you don't know. And the reality is he played a very well rounded game 🎯

[@danielhetue6968]

@chrislove5651 Many half a millionaire winners including Michael Shutterly, Tom O’Brien, Stephanie Girardi, David Fite, Jim Matthews, Rob Coughlin, Drew Carey, Rosie O’Donnell, Tom Hoobler, Steve Perry, and Justin Ray Castillo are indeed my favorite contestants who won the same amount of money, $500,000.

[@Pancake3225]

Usually it’s a big uh oh moment when contestants use lifelines in the first five questions but the comeback was incredible. Justin did an amazing job getting 500k. Couldn’t be happier for you dude!

[@speedyboris]

The part with Kyle was hysterical. He's probably the most chill Phone-a-Friend the show ever had. "Kyle, I'm gonna sit here until you give me a two word answer! He's won $2,000!....... Uh-huh..."

[@singingindark12]

He was one of the most memorable contestants... Such a smart guy.. ^^

[@rifqifadhlurrahmanf.1421]

I think Justin became my favorite contestant who won half of million! What a play!

[@RealJackHQ]

I think even Regis got choked up at the end. That was ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL to watch!

[@Wolfman12395]

Justin is definitely one my favorite $500k winners from the show. :) He also took quite the risk on that $250,000 question, but luckily it all worked out :D

[@jordanwelch3832]

And used 2 lifelines early on, odds were against him but he was great!

[@annandrus3030]

I would've narrowed down the $500,000 question to either Han Solo or Captain Kirk. Would've leaned towards CK though.

[@murre7725]

I love how quick this dude was on the final answers to the point where he was scaring Regis

[@TheSpookyKing]

As a HUGE Halloween film fan I nearly flipped out when that $500,000 question came up.

[@justincastillogayray]

I read about the movie's production in the fall of 1997. That is what popped in my head. Thanks Entertainment Weekly!

[@sabiniofcea]

Wowww...such a nice,honest and hummble guy...I loved it...👍🙏❤and I am so f...ing happy for him...👏👏👏

[@robbyosborne9708]

If you're out there Justin, all I can say is that you made a smart decision with walking away with $500,000. Congrats on the win.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

Agreed. Would've been dumb to take a wild guess on the million dollar question.

[@robbyosborne9708]

@@ChiSportsNut18 Nice to see you're still around today.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

@@robbyosborne9708 How are you doing?

[@roxyyoshi6309]

What a run, what a player!

[@xana5649]

Amazing performance.

[@Lava1964]

That Angel Island answer took courage!

[@amichels]

This dude is fascinating.

[@justincastillogayray]

thanks

[@robbyosborne9708]

​@@justincastillogayray You definitely are a fascinating man.

[@justincastillogayray]

@@robbyosborne9708 thanks

[@robbyosborne9708]

​@@justincastillogayray You're welcome, Justin! So nice to see that you're still around today!

[@zackq8865]

Justin: "B captain kirk" Regis: "Yeah yeah listen your making me nervous" lollllll

[@MJFisher76]

I've lived in the SF bay area for 34 years and i would've guessed Yerba Buena Island.

[@reepicheep66]

So easy to underestimte this brilliant guy.

[@cameronlounsbury5745]

This guy might be my favorite contestant ever.

[@justincastillogayray]

thanks again

[@hunglestarlightmedia6764]

justin castillo, you are the first guy I comment here. You’re good!!!

[@mavenofmacau6391]

@@justincastillogayray what did you do with the money? did you get a job as a video editor afterwards? I thought Regis could have hooked you up!

[@justincastillogayray]

@@mavenofmacau6391 Didn't get job. Regis didn't hook me up. P.S. Mr. Davies was in awe of my $250K response that he walked on the studio to personally see me in front of everyone in the studio during the commercial break time. If I had known that would happen, I would have asked him for a job as a writer for the show. I can only imagine how different things would be if I lived and worked in NYC back then.

[@blaisescileppi8749]

@@justincastillogayray hi

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I've been waiting to see this for 20 years!! I remember it got interrupted by BUSH.

[@justincastillogayray]

on the East Coast. I'll never forget watching Regis on Live! the day after on November 27th, 2000 with guest cohost Jon Stewart. He was seriously hoping George Bush's speech wouldn't be too long. I wish the Host Chat segment was up online.

[@nicksacco5041]

Regis definitely underestimated this guy, I definitely did, but came a long way from using a lifeline on his 2nd question

[@justincastillogayray]

thanks. story of my life. P.S. I found out in the drive back to the hotel from a contender seated behind Regis that someone from the control room tells Mr. Philbin what to say sometimes. Apparently, his words will appear on his screen.

[@noahfessenden6478]

@@justincastillogayray That was really you up there? Congrats!

[@felixcroc]

16:53 - The minimum wage in Washington was $6.50 in 2000, so if Justin made that it would take 9846 hours to make $64,000, that's over 410 days straight

[@Lava1964]

When Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show, he and Doc Severensen got into an argument about how to pronounce the word poinsettia that lasted for a few shows. One of them looked up the history of the word and told how it was named after a U.S. ambassador to Mexico. That's the only reason I would have known the $1 million answer.

[@justincastillogayray]

wish I saw that conversation. Then again, if my stepmom let me watch my favorite late-night programs, I would have learned the fact about New Orleans from Mimi Rogers the day before I got in the hot seat.

[@markknecht3909]

The monologue Carson did on December 15, 1989 has the poinsettias, pronunciation and conversation with Doc. #TheTonightShow

[@occono3543]

​​​​@@justincastillogayrayI think the shock that you didn't know it was New Orleans or Sacred Cow but went on to make 500k just shows how inaccurately most people conceive of high intelligence and refined knowledge. Regis was baffled, the relentless multi-decades showman. WWTBAM really still was and still is unlike any other show for American broadcast TV

[@bellabliss1860]

Ironic seeing that New Orleans question, considering this took place a few years before Katrina.

[@redcomic619]

Who would've thought a dish washer could walk away with $500k?

[@justincastillogayray]

There's only one way to find out.

[@redcomic619]

justin castillo Congrats. I hope you spent it and INVESTED it wisely.

[@justincastillogayray]

@@redcomic619 kind of

[@redcomic619]

justin castillo As long as you had fun

[@seikibrian8641]

I was a dishwasher at Denny's when I was in college. I knew all the answers. I would have walked away a millionaire on this one. (Usually not the case, though, especially if there are any sports-related questions.)

[@jlchausse909]

Love the video quality. It doesn’t get any better

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

The sea level (New Orleans) question would sadly be very obvious to all Americans about 5 years later 😞

[@richardhernandez4490]

34:09: Boy was Justin shocked at the real answer of the million dollar question. I actually had that right, but it was a guess.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

It's all about knowing how old each of those plants are. I would have narrowed it to C or D if I had more knowledge on the answers going into the question.

[@TheSpookyKing]

Also, I noticed that in this show, the letter choices for the correct answers is about 90% of the time DIFFERENT after each question. For example, since the answer to the $125,000 was B, when the 50/50 was used on the $250,000 question and the two answers left were B or C, I had a feeling it would be C since B was the correct answer to the last question. Then, for the $1 million question, since B and C had already been used, I guessed it would be either A or D since those answer choices hadn't been used for a while, especially D. I seriously could have won a million bucks just by remembering the letter answer choices... Either way, you were a great contestant, Justin, if you're reading this!

[@justincastillogayray]

I get your percentages of probability. Are you into math, computers or statistical odds?

[@Ghostrider6A]

D is never the correct answer off the bat.

[@danielledavis9335]

@@Ghostrider6A except when it is

[@JiveDadson]

75 percent is about 90 percent

[@firetv1751]

@@justincastillogayray I can't believe people didn't spot your name in 3 years!

[@ChiSportsNut18]

It doesn't even matter that he ATA so early on. They prob wouldn't have known the $1 million question.

[@justincastillogayray]

#hindsight

[@occono3543]

​@@justincastillogayrayHope you're keeping well. I'd have quit earlier and just invested to make back the money I didn't chance for over the years, but if you wanted to go for the 500k, it wasn't Regis's place to treat you like he's your detention teacher

[@justincastillogayray]

@@occono3543 keep reading the questions I answered

[@Computerman859]

That lifeline was used by Bernie Cullen on his final question.

[@dbonifant587]

Or even worse, a bunch of random guesses may have ended up on the same answer, leading to a high percentage that gave him a false sense of confidence in a wrong choice.

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

OMG I heard coughs when he said Juniper for the million dollar question.

[@justincastillogayray]

I didn't hear it.

[@themaddman4652]

I knew the 250 K one off the bat

[@thiefswiller]

His questions were easy

[@lunaalmutairi873]

😂omg regis is so cute when he’s nervous

[@xana5649]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@xana5649]

Correction:was.

[@GAME-SHOW-FAN]

27:08 HE GOT RIGHT!!!!!

[@philliphodes9778]

Guess shes back in the atmosphere with drops of juniper juniper lol

[@blibliobli7275]

oh i love him

[@craigsimpson1230]

I've never heard of a person being called a sacred cow before. That's a $200 question? Really? I think the guy got ripped off there.

[@occono3543]

Yeah that...Regis was laughing, but the question is WRONG

[@markheying2830]

I would have gone with either Poinsettia or Juniper on that particular Million Dollar Question.

[@reepicheep66]

What a guy.

[@spectrabranwen6124]

NOVEMBER OF 2000

[@justincastillogayray]

Just saw #TABM2. LX TO CENTRE (from 'WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE') Written by Keith Strachan and Matthew Strachan Performed by Rick Hall Courtesy of Bobby Morganstein Productions

[@ChokeslamToHell]

This is the real life Stefon.

[@annandrus3030]

Now if I could just see Rod Martin and Ava Johnson.

[@ramibaghdadi1255]

Joel Roberts Poinsett was the first ambassador to Mexico.

[@Musician-r5q]

Before I became an Electrician I was an HRTT ( Household Refuse Transfer Technician) or, more commonly known as a Garbage Man, Lol!

[@STHFGDBY]

I never heard that phrase '' Sacred Cow'' used to describe somebody like that. It's obviously an American phrase, and I'm not American so that's probably why.

[@seikibrian8641]

I've never thought of a *person* who is thought to be above criticism as a sacred cow; to me the idiom refers to an idea, custom, or institution held to be above criticism. For instance, if the king of Slobovia earmarks millions of Slobomarks for a school for underwater basket weavers, the *school* would be the sacred cow, not the king.

[@occono3543]

Yeah I'd actually agree with him that the question made no sense

[@eric21200]

I had it down to Juniper and Poinsettia.

[@justincastillogayray]

the origin of the Poinsettia was in my bedroom all that time #dictionary

[@robbyosborne9708]

​@@justincastillogayray I guess it didn't register in your head at the time of your million dollar question. But hey, $500,000 is a fantastic win.

[@disneyscott98]

Why do people in comments love to spoil what happened? "Oh I knew the $_______ question!" or stuff like that..

[@WWTBAMclassics]

Yep. Occasionally, I get trolls who just leave an endless stream of comments with the answers to all the questions like- "The answer to the $8k question is ___" "The answer to the $16k question is ___" "The answer to the $32k question is ___" "The answer to the $64k question is ___" I had to block one of them from commenting a couple weeks ago because he wouldn't stop (and if you're reading this, I don't mind if people talk about the questions in the comments, but come on, fellas, don't do *that* )

[@ehinton4006]

Why would you come to the comments if you didn’t want it spoiled? You comment obsessed ppl are odd.

[@robroy6374]

your comment is just as bad

[@richardhernandez4490]

How many of you guys actually guessed Poinsettia?

[@markheying2830]

Richard Hernandez If I remember, Joel Poinsett was most likely the Name of that Ambassador.

[@justincastillogayray]

@@markheying2830 correct. Joel R. Poinsett

[@bellabliss1860]

I was caught in between Poinsettia and Juniper for some reason, then sort of ruled out Juniper because I seem to remember associating its name with Asia for some reason... if I were on the show with no lifelines left though, I probably wouldn't have guessed for it

[@TheRyanMan2194]

27:08 HE GOT IT RIGHT!

[@danielhetue6968]

19:18 Regis said the same thing, “HE GOT IT RIGHT!”

[@gianmarcotassa1992]

At 25:26 the 14th question talks about Michael Myers, the famous killer of "Halloween" saga!

[@donaldroberts8766]

Arguably, the easiest $500,000 Question ever!!

[@onnapnewo]

Sure, if you're a horror fan. I'd say the Pokemon Frodo question was orders of magnitude easier.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

@@onnapnewo And then second is Mark McDermott's.

[@donaldjones9830]

Easiest million dollar question. Answer is D.

[@cristianromanoschi6963]

I never heard that sacred cow expression ever

[@japethpena4954]

name of plant was pointsettia

[@pacifist1360]

I imagine, had Ray not used the audience on the $200 question, he could have possibly walked away with a million, had he saved the lifeline for the last question. Still a great guy and an incredible contestant, very smart.

[@justincastillogayray]

If my stepmom let me watch politically incorrect with Bill Maher on my first day in New York, I would have learned from Mimi Rogers that New Orleans was below sea level and sinking.

[@baiqi44]

Audience would likely give him a very wrong answer or a split answer. Audience should never be used beyond a certain level of questions ($64k or above, do not use audience). Questions become so much harder later on that the audience rarely ever gives the right answers.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

There's no way the audience would've gotten a question like that right. That was a million dollar question for a reason.

[@andrewflores7359]

any more millionaire episodes coming?

[@WWTBAMclassics]

Yes indeed!

[@ChiSportsNut18]

Yerba Buena translates to "good herb" in Spanish 😅

[@teresatalierco4862]

WWTBAMclassics Are you gonna upload Michael Brand's game from July 27, 2000?

[@WWTBAMclassics]

I would if I had it… but I don't have that one.

[@justincastillogayray]

@@WWTBAMclassics Do you know my ordinal number as a contestant in the Hot Seat?

[@justincastillogayray]

I found my ordinal number thanks to another website,

[@ChiSportsNut18]

More like $300,000 after taxes. The government sure is greedy 🙄

[@ChiSportsNut18]

Or at least $315,000. Apparently federal taxes are up to 37%. Still a ridiculous amount to have to give up.

[@japethpena4954]

25:46 han solo star wars Captain Kirk halloween killer

[@josephscafetta6544]

Are you gonna upload Suzy Law's full run of questions to Millionaire wiki page?

[@WWTBAMclassics]

(??) No… I wasn't planning on it. But I suppose you can if you want to. Just do a search on one of the links I sent you to find the missing questions, I guess…

[@josephscafetta6544]

I found the link to Suzy's 5 first questions: groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.tv.game-shows/9Db_R4Q-U9Y/6Ie4547gYTgJ;context-place=msg/alt.tv.game-shows/XGfcJdKQioc/BKzaWNpSayEJ

[@justinm.1]

@26:50 😂

[@reepicheep66]

Did he keep working after this?

[@ammarh.6742]

The next is John Randall from UK for win half million pounds.

[@k.h.1587]

WTF? The show is wrong about Sirius! Sirius is a winter star and dog days of summer is from the belief that Sirius added to the heat of the sun because it was up during the day, not because it was rising at night. Nobody in astronomy refers to the season's sky by what is up during the day. So the answer might as well have been Vega or Altair, but of course it had to be Sirius because it is the dog star. Had it been me I would have explained the error, but still would have answered Sirius because that is what the dog days comes from, they were just wrong in referring to the summer sky. But shit, even Neil Peart of Rush got that wrong in the song Dog Years off test for echo "in the dog days people look to Sirius" Everyone always screws up astronomy stuff

[@occono3543]

If he'd got it wrong, a correction could have been requested, people have come back because viewers sent complaints to the show. I'd also have done it for the Sacred Cow question. People are not sacred cows.

[@occono3543]

Most incredibly, Ed Toutant came back thanks to viewer corrections, and kept his 1.8m rollover jackpot because that was in place for him at the time. He won it, 1.8m, because he got a callback for the correction.

[@k.h.1587]

@@occono3543 the way he answered it so quickly tells me homeboy doesn't know the sky, he just knows the saying and that Sirius is the dog star. Most people never look up. That doesn't bother me as much as all the portrayals of telescopes being used totally incorrectly in shows movies and store catalog pictures, the most classic being the Newtonian reflector being pointed at the ground and people looking into the eyepiece from the bottom rather than the top. I mean how stupid do set creators have to be to not figure out that the huge mirror has to be pointed up not down? Another classic is them all looking through the finderscope instead of the main eyepiece. The third has to be totally incorrect use of equatorial mounts, but that can be forgiven.

[@danielhetue6968]

I knew the $125,000 question since I learned about Isaac Newton during my freshman year.

[@occono3543]

Honestly watching this, Meredith seems like a nicer person than Regis, because he handles being scared for the risk like a schoolteacher who doesn't think his pupil is capable at all

[@occono3543]

It's....yeah each higher amount risked would be life-changing but so would be the 32k at worst. It's Justin's risk to take.

[@occono3543]

I wonder if Regis thought a Charles Ingram situation was happening. He seems more frustrated than scared.

[@occono3543]

You'd never see a guy like this on TV when every other show, including WWTBAM eventually when it managed who went on. It was only possible at this time by WWTBAM having a open game system to pass through to get on, instead of an audition system.

[@occono3543]

I think Regis just didn't understand his neuro-atypical personality and got angry this poor dishwasher was being reckless and impulsive. He actually, I can tell, knew exactly what he was risking. He needed the 1000. He used hte lifeline on a 200 question that frankly makes little sense (a sacred cow is NOT a person) and PAF on a news story he missed. Then, he used logic, because the chance to get to 32k was worth it. He wouldn't het another chance and he didn't know how to make 8k change his life for good. At 32k, he's won a personal fortune, the less trivial questions suit him better, hes taking the risk if he can convince himself. Regis gets ANGRY but I think Justin knew exactly what he was risking. It was now or never, and 32k......woild be good if he failed. I respect him, I think Regis mistook him as an impulsive fool. I see a guy who knew exactly his gameplan. His stepmom didn't seem scared of him being reckless, I think they discussed exactly what he'd do. Go for it if he has any hunch. He has to.

[@justinseymour5846]

Justin Ray Castillo Call Kyle

[@blackjackmusic1107]

For the four thousand dollar question, I'll say................Denver!!! all other answers are wrong.

[@supEnoc]

That final question isn't all that difficult, once you realize the simple thing that it can't be a plant older than the first ambassador to Mexico. Fuchsia is obviously older and Juniper is obviously older. That leaves you Camellia and Pointsettia. If one were to implement the unwritten rule of final questions, Camellia is the one that seems as the obvious choice, therefore it must be Pointsettia.

[@occono3543]

I'd be very disputing of "it's never the obvious answer", after binge watching WWTBAM. It is sometimes at this high level, but your logic is good on Fuchsia and Juniper, but you'd need to know how old they are. I didn't know they were older till you told me.

[@TAENBOYNYC]

😍😍😍💖

[@MrDeanGr]

DMO for a reustarant

[@billybill3807]

paused the milion$ question 29:47 i say C Camelia the only one that is a name

[@ChiSportsNut18]

Well you were wrong lol

[@tylersilva1180]

New York ny 2000

[@briandunning1290]

U have half of a million dollars if you miss u will lose $468,000 dollars and you will leave here with $32,000

[@zackq8865]

Justin could have easily won the million dollars if it wasnt for him blowing 2 lifelines on such easy questions so early. I even knew that new orleans is the only american city below sea level before the choices even came up and i am not even american or anywhere close to the west.

[@occono3543]

LOL ask the audience is completely useless over 32k, average people don't know this stuff. Phone a friend, useful, but he didn't know the answer. He didn't know it. What good would it do for 1m if none of his friends knew Poinsettia?

[@chrisliu5460]

The worst 720p video ever watched lol

[@justincastillogayray]

I can see why.

[@TimothySantiago415]

27:02 Captain Kirk right answer reaction with Regus Phillibin

[@user-si8xi6ng8r]

She wont make it far and booooo its blurr