Who Wants to be a Millionaire US: Second Million Dollar Winner with Dan Blonsky

[@gymlaxbro]

This dude has balls of steel. Zero hesitation or overthinking

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Just like sasha

[@alexdostaler]

That WTC question hits a lot different in a post 9-11 world

[@surestrange]

Hits hard like controlled demolition

[@vincentlorusso689]

That fact immediately reminded me of how I felt when I learned Oswald tried assassinating another politician 6 months before Kennedy.

[@Mhvjhvnbvhvggvgv]

YEA LIKE THE CIA BLOWING IT UP!

[@codyherold7888]

crazy right

[@sullyrules7]

@@surestrange yeah... That's been thouroghly debunked

[@danielgm2071]

The most beautiful feeling in this world is to make your mom feel proud with such an unbelievable excitement.

[@barnbersonol]

That 1m dollar question was easier than some of the earlier ones!

[@Mark-wx6xr]

They're only easier if you know them. If you're a historian you'd know who ruled X in 1357. Ask who played X in Dynasty they'd be stumped.

[@dogsteve]

@@Mark-wx6xr As the contestant himself said, all the answer choices revolve around the number 93 million. No you don't need to know the answer already.

[@n.b.380]

@@Mark-wx6xr From the childhood we were all told the fact that light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach the earth. The speed of light is also a well known thing 300.000 km per sec. It took me about half a minute to do the math and convert it into miles (i am from Europe) As a result i got 100 million miles which is close to correct answer

[@denisb6718]

Indeed, why would someone know who was on the cover of a magazine issued almost 50 years ago? "Hollywoodland" is also one of those useless trivia things to know, nobody needs to know that (I did happen to know, by chance). But knowing at least approximately how far the earth is away from the sun is something every educated person should be capable of. It's not like the answers were 91 mio, 92 mio, 93 mio and 94 mio ...

[@denisb6718]

@@n.b.380 The distance is actually called "astronomical unit" and it's not that hard to know it is roughly 150 mio km. That combined with knowing how many km there are in a mile immediately leads to the correct answer. 🙂

[@wmadamzzz]

I’m an old guy, 74 next month, and I remember watching the episodes with Dan Blonsky in particular since he was playing the week of my 50th birthday (important only to me). I was recently divorced and living alone, although I was at a friend's house one night and the same person was at my place the night he won. Dan was such a confident player and now, almost 24 years later, I’d guess he still is. I loved Who Wants to be a Millionaire and watched it faithfully every night it was on.

[@WhoopityDoo]

Dude's a lawyer. Confidence comes with that profession.

[@AlexMaxwell2000]

That $1,000,000 Question was so easy. 23 years ago

[@bassb450]

No doubt. I knew that answer in 6th grade. As soon as I seen the question I said no way, I didn't even need the 4 choices, I knew it immediately.

[@vicentecarretero4588]

the fact that he had his mom hold on that check and didnt even look like he wanted to take it off her is amazing

[@zachhaywood1564]

There's just something so likeable about this guy.

[@zemzunina7089]

He smiles, he doesnt overthink, he answers at the speed of which we cant get bored of, ofcourse u will like him

[@anthonyamnajnue3651]

I just hope that when the contestants win the 1 million that everyone around that they know personally don't start becoming overly obsessed with him

[@theanfieldfaithful9916]

This is the first time I've seen a successful phone a friend in any version of who wants to be a millionaire.

[@billylid100]

Did he give his business partner $250k for the correct answer? Or did he get sued ?

[@user-sw7ub2fm6w]

I remember thinking, "you've got to be kidding me" when that million dollar question was revealed. That was way too easy.

[@tomwelshy2759]

Only easy if you know it

[@parsatayebi]

@@tomwelshy2759 not really. 93/10 is 9.3. 93 flipped is 39. 93 + 100 is 193. 93 is the base number and all the wrong answers are a variation of it. its easy to guess. you can actually use the same logic to guess SAT answers with a pretty high success rate

[@buddy3218]

Damn that $500 question was hard.

[@alextorres9832]

He's won one million dollars congratulations 💰🤑

[@413PDS]

The million dollar question was the easiest for me.

[@aph613]

I learned that from The Jetsons. And they all said cartoons don’t teach kids anything

[@mike196212]

That was an easy question. You're right. Learned the Mia Farrow answer only a few months ago playing bar trivia.

[@leefi1]

I still remember the distance from a 4th grade musical I was in in 1960! These questions were a bit harder than the ones the first million dollar winner had, but they still were amazingly easy for a lot of money...

[@TaxmanTV]

Same here. I learned it from an old Popeye episode. The things that stick in our brain as kids!

[@KeiranBro]

Nerd lol

[@RealJackHQ]

This is the instance where Regis talked about going into a New York bar one night and watching a couple of guys looking up at the TV screen hoping Dan would win the million dollars. There and then Regis realized the true cultural impact this game had.

[@richardhillier1593]

Fair play to the chap... congrats, he who dares wins.... Richard from UK

[@KengaruZ]

Good Haiku

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

@@KengaruZNot quite, his comment was 5 / 6 / 5, he’s missing a syllable. Damn.

[@chuckhill5026]

Great job! No hesitation in any of his answers! I still have the first issue of People magazine from 1974 with Mia Farrow on the cover! The last two questions were super easy to me!

[@JenJHayden]

Did we watch the same video? He hesitated quite often.

[@thechuckster57]

@Jen J Well maybe I didn't watch the whole video!

[@andrews8733]

Back when a million dollars had purchasing power. In 2022, a mil can get you a medium sized condo.

[@joshshipp2001]

I hope to see more full episodes of the old millionaire I miss these so much I hope to see the episodes in order from the each season

[@AnthonyTorres1988]

1/18/2000 Wow, classic stuff. I love it.❤️👍

[@TherapywithDaniel]

Miss those days

[@lightless]

his mother was ready to spend that check

[@zubanzio8567]

4:12 Italian here, the other term is "scotta"

[@man-observing-world]

I wondered!

[@tjfaus3202]

I miss Regis Philbin.

[@tjfaus3202]

@ZZCossack ZZ you don't need to be a downer about it. You don't got nothing nice to say then don't say it at all.

[@tjfaus3202]

@ZZCossack ZZ yes I do have a life. I'm autistic

[@beetheimmortal]

@ZZCossack ZZ Imagine being this butthurt over Orange Man

[@kaysunday9900]

May he rest in piss

[@piai]

January 18th 2000 bring a lot of memories

[@carlhartwell7978]

I haven't watched this programme in yrs, but here in the UK the host usually asks (especially with high amounts at stake) the contestant whether they want the amount divulged to the 'phone a friend'. Personally I always thought that was fair.

[@buddy3218]

I used to love watching this show on TV. I remember when people would lose on the very first question. I felt terrible for them.

[@CatalystMusik]

Not I’m at the edge of my seat knowing the outcome 🤣😂🤣 this show was good

[@BenMcIrish]

Shut up about the sun! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!

[@lawlessp1234]

YES!

[@matthaddock1817]

Who said that? Sounded familiar.

[@suriyaelango703]

@@matthaddock1817 Gabe from office

[@matthaddock1817]

@@suriyaelango703 Oh yeah! Him!

[@jeffrowisdabest]

Easy now, skeleton man

[@Sandro-ij7te]

I hope he give a good money tips to his friend over the phone , If was me at will give him at least 30.000 dollars

[@joeyragsdale1998]

I recently looked him up and saw that he is currently an attorney

[@obsessivedisordeable]

Very easy questions, at least some of them

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

When I saw the million dollar question, I literally said to myself, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I know that answer!! 93 million miles! Where's my million bucks??" 😂

[@ashfordramsawak1131]

Such a cool guy....congrats🤴💯🥂

[@GeniusAjinkya]

Boy made his mama proud

[@leonidas2717]

Proud mom 😍

[@ingridlahaye8107]

that will be good for his social life

[@david10101961]

I live outside of the US, hence I don't know the pledge of allegiance, so wouldn't have even got to sit in the chair. We don't have pink slips here, I've never played cat's cradle or smoked a cigar, so even if I was in the chair, I would have blown my lifelines and possibly still not made it to the $1,000. But I knew Lassie was a collie ($300), cells in an amoeba ($500), WTC ($4k), Colombia ($16k), Hollywoodland ($32k), Switzerland (125k), Mia Farrow ($500k) and I still remember the distance between the earth and the sun from my schooldays in the 1960s. But would have flunked all the others, and therefore got nowhere. My point being that for me personally, the early questions were just as difficult (or easy, whichever way you look at it) as the later ones. Anyway, all kudos to Dan, he played the perfect game and I'm delighted for him, he seemed like a real down-to-earth kind of guy, and I bet he got his 'personal issues' sorted pretty darn quickly after the win !!

[@denisb6718]

Never heard of cat's cradle either, that one, the comedians for 64k and the 250k one about Betty Ford (although I'd have guessed that one right, but no way I would have taken the risk) were typical questions that could only be asked in one specific country. No chance with those. But the more "international" ones were quite simple actually. Only the question about People magazine was really tough, but for half a million, completely fair.

[@happyliving1922]

If you live in the UK you'd play the UK version with UK questions.

[@OrionOodama]

He's more human (and a class act) than John Carpenter. Thank you for sharing.

[@hekermen6969]

and why was john carpenter not "class" act ?

[@zeinabk1840]

no need to compare the two :)

[@OrionOodama]

@@hekermen6969 It doesn't require rocket science to know why, right?

[@OrionOodama]

@@zeinabk1840 And it doesn't wrong to compare them, either.

[@santerikoho1579]

I cant believe someone would say that about John Carpenter. He didnt have his parents there at the spot so he called them in a way that was allowed (its not like you could pick up your phone and call them).

[@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303]

How does he not have any idea and then he just spontaneously forms a map in his head? Wow!

[@silkk7993]

Lol 😂

[@tuskutin]

paused the video to count the final answer lmao

[@soulerflare7]

I looked up this guy's name and found his web page and then emailed him 😂😂😂😂 I was going to ask him if he gave Jeff any money but decided against it 😂😂😂

[@user-xo6rm7oz3k]

From the American "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" show, this is the original run of 2nd million dollar winner Dan Blonsky and it's from January 2000 (during the primetime/ABC version). 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@dave2160666]

He's definitely owes Jeff some money!

[@adamwithey4746]

Oh Danny boy, you are a millionaire. From glen to glen and down the mountainside. 😂 Dan Blonsky became the second person to win $1 MILLION on the us version of who wants to be a millionaire in 2000.

[@MetalSandman999]

It is funny how the questions break down. I was 10 when I watched this the night it happened and I knew the answer. But I definitely didn't know who was on Laugh In lol

[@joewas2225]

That $1,000,000 question was the easiest one.

[@BlazeScapes]

Good times

[@kathleenkatori]

I don't know who's editing these videos but they should get a pink slip... 95% could be cut out of this so we could enjoy watching it.

[@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303]

I hope he gave his friend $66k, 1/15th of $1M for answering that question.

[@NFace23]

Tough luck, Joel

[@ericzubyk2329]

First winning contestant that was truly on his own.

[@Getrichordietrying673]

That million dollar question was too easy. I knew the answer before it even came up.

[@mzmia6933]

This is the one million dollar question that I knew the answer with no hesitation. That stuck in my head in HS when I learned it. Easiest question ever!

[@leftyfourguns]

Back when $1 million actually meant something

[@Marcel_Augustin]

To quote the first "Millionaire"-Winner: "after the taxes, it's not change-your-life kind of money if you want to eat every day." Adjusted for Inflation the Million Dollar in 2000 would be worth around 1,7 Million Dollars now. As Winnings are considered Income and a yearly income of 1,7 Million will place you in the highest tax-bracket you will pay about 37-50% taxes, so you will be left with about 1,1 Million to 850.000 $. Sure, that is nothing to scoff at but you know.... You buy a nice house, you put something to the side for the future and that Million is gone fast.

[@gambinom5967]

umm I'll still take it

[@RConnickJr]

It still means something. The overwhelmingly vast percentage of people will never make that much money in an entire lifetime of toil.

[@Marcel_Augustin]

@@RConnickJr That depends what you mean with the general term "people". Do you mean "world population"? To get an accurate assessment, you would have to adjust the winnings to the local PCI, as the show does in other Countries.

[@RConnickJr]

@@Marcel_Augustin The median lifetime earnings for the world's workers is a bit under two million dollars. Putting aside the fact that by definition that means a massive amount of people make significantly less than that, that means that even today getting one million dollars in a single lump sum would be a massive windfall. You aren't very good at this game.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Dan Blonsky was on the shows on Jan. 16 & 18, 2000. 6:50 "Which NYC building was bombed by terrorists in 1993?" 19:00 "Which celebrity appeared on the first cover of People?" How do we know Jeff didn't just look it up online? Yes, they had internet back then 21:00 Actually the million dollar question is something any 4th graders would know.

[@occono3543]

He was already an accountant and my favourite winners and half-mil winners were the less well off ones (Kevin Smith, Justin the DMO, Bob-O) but I respect good game and good learning. He seems nice.

[@ChiSportsNut18]

He was an attorney.

[@chapter7thomas]

I knew the answer to his final question way back in the 6th grade.

[@explorerNam]

the US questions are much easier than the UK show's questions

[@Media9myanmar]

To be honest , John Carpanter has a lot more difficult questions.

[@AZambri1]

John Carpenter's questions were easy peasy until about Question 12.

[@RhastaS47]

@@AZambri1 that religion question was easy as well...

[@CasinoMan2005]

The last question was the easiest of them all.

[@nextbarker2702]

His mother was more excited over the win than he was

[@hurleycapetown8420]

Considering he put all the blame on this Law partner(if he was wrong) i hope he gave him 100k+ because without him he would have walked away on 250k and not won 1 million.

[@jairomy]

No he would have gone down to 32k.

[@tocagamer4775]

“ the moderator looks like WEDNESDAY from the American Gods “ -Eyes

[@bayupermanaputra4291]

Years went by, and then jason mraz wrote the song "93 million miles."

[@nateboy1489]

I remember watching this episode live. The easiest million dollar question of all time. I was 9 when this episode aired and knew immediately. Almost rigged if you ask me.

[@-InsanelySick-]

Jeff was the MVP here

[@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303]

I wonder if they write checks for every amount.

[@ryderzachary112]

22:35 *REGIS PHILBIN: You've just won a million dollars!* 😲 22:38 *REGIS PHILBIN: WOW! 😮* *REGIS PHILBIN: Fabulous!* 😄

[@Wes36Man]

Larry Lamb 😂 funny name

[@TheJovan211]

Is it just me that I knew it, or that million dollar question was very easy 😀 P.S. Why this show isn't on anymore, such a nostalgia..

[@muhammad19486]

Million dollar question should be more like $1000 tbh

[@trevorpanno516]

Dan Blonsky from WPLG.

[@lightyagami1752]

The million dollar question was trivial.

[@argonthesad]

93 million, hundred percent, final answer.

[@jamesgordon3494]

that last question was easy as hell for a million dollar question

[@WirelessArchitect]

That's why you must answer the other 14 questions first in order to get to th easiest one.

[@cocomelons1013]

👏👏

[@trogdorman121]

Wonder if was easier to find a lady friend after winning

[@oscarportilllo5723]

I love 💕 u

[@oscarhamtig9785]

Wow

[@vokonikov8216]

world trade centre question in 2000!!!!

[@v6i838]

That million dollar question was piss easy. A child could’ve told you that

[@richardkronberg4925]

He’s wrong its 93 million plus 222 miles.😅

[@Trep3]

back in 2000? im not so sure

[@richardhillier1593]

Now now, be nice

[@Ronin_666_]

@@Trep3 Why should it been more difficult back then - Were they still measuring and not sure about the distance? I didn't know it by heart, and I use metric system - With 3 small & rounded calculations I have ended up at 90 millions. Close enough to give a call. Way too easy for the million-$-question.

[@Trep3]

@@Ronin_666_ it wasn't exactly common knowledge, and it wasn't so easily available like it is today

[@penguinlover8953]

Seeing Chris Rock really "hits" different in 2023

[@Sandro-ij7te]

I knew the million answer in km which is about 150.000.000km, in miles I worked out around 93 millions.

[@gianniskyriakidis911]

man, i would answer the question because i know the speed of light (who doesnt) and i knew it takes aproximmately 8 minutes to reach earth, i calculated 144M km and 1 mile is about 1.6 km so there was no other suitable answer

[@beetheimmortal]

It's actually about 91.4 million if I'm not mistaken, but yeah, it's close.

[@felipelugo6459]

19:00 did he "hey siri..."

[@jeffrowisdabest]

SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN! SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!!

[@111danish111]

How can someone even know the cover of people magazine from 1974 ?!

[@ryderzachary112]

22:50 *RYAN CHAR: YAY!!!* 😄👏

[@DorvellTStewart]

Guarantee you the original run of “Millionaire“ would’ve lasted longer (although 1999/2002 isn’t a bad run at all,) had ABC kept it on one night a week instead of getting greedy/overconfident and over exposing it.

[@some_randomninja]

how much money did he give his mate Jeff???

[@JediMaster85]

That was the easiest again ever. I know astronomy. The distance to the sun is 93,000,000 miles, which is 1 Astronomical unit 8 light minutes away from us.

[@KinderKaraoke]

What ?? THATS THE $1000000 question?!!!!!! Lol

[@ninjapirate123]

its only easy if you know the answer

[@DaveTheUseless]

This was refreshing to watch. The first guy to ever win the million was a bit of a douche, so it was cool to see the excitement and gratitude from Dan Blonsky (and his mom).

[@trancecoreforever]

The million question was simple

[@migueldegreef6565]

I watched him and John Carpenter played Compared to the UK cheat Charles Ingram, they played totally differently

[@marcwhitlock5002]

I just hate the million dollar question, it's super easy if you were a 90s kid I guess that kept getting tought about the solar system and such, random questions earlier would've got me but the million dollar question was so easy

[@vincenzofranchelli2201]

Speed of light is 300million m/s (common knowledge) A mile is 1609m, approximate to 1500 for simple maths 300million÷1500 200,000miles per second 12 million miles per minute Light takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth from the sun. I heard many times the fact that if the sun disappeared right now it wokld take 8 minutes for us to find out

[@Ronin_666_]

I did a very similar calculation - Ended up at 90 millions, close enough to "risk" the answer. Way too easy for the million-$-question.

[@vincenzofranchelli2201]

@@Ronin_666_ ye i forgot to write the last step, 96 million ofc 12*8, close enough to put 93m for 1 million

[@0011peace]

the actual distance in miles 186,282.4 miles per sec and its only 299792.458 metres close to 300k but not quite the time is 8 min 20 secfr 186,262.4 x 500 = 93141200 miles

[@vincenzofranchelli2201]

@@0011peace well miles is actuqlly 1609.344m and we can add 100s more decimal places but that level of precision is not useful

[@0011peace]

@@vincenzofranchelli2201 but being almost 300 km or miles is a bit of a distance every second that is about how much off the round figures are for the extra seconds you ar twice the distance acorss the the US off. At thatspeeds in the tmie it takes you to sneeze you have gone 186Mi 300KM

[@sarthurl9001]

It's kind of weird to ask a pretty subjective question at a million, with ZERO clarification about Earth's "generally accepted distance" or "Earth's average distance...". I guess it's made to be tough, but also opening the door for technicalities.

[@Thor_Asgard_]

considering how easy questions were back then ^^ and the questions suck in every country now. especially German questions are straight out of wonderland, even with a very good education and a physics degree + reading all day you wouldnt probably be able to do 32k without a joker.

[@MrPaulc222]

I only watched the very last bit so I assume there were some pretty hard questions, but how on Earth can that be a $1million question. I knew the answer to that when I was 6 years old.

[@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303]

I think they make the questions easy, but people tend to mess up by overthinking them. They want people to win.

[@johngonzalez6690]

I think the $500,000 question is normally the hardest. It’s normally harder the $1 million question

[@user-ud9il5km3g]

In 1993 ! 😂