The contestant that Regis hated?
Eric Panchenko
hated the most is the contestant Regis had to beg on the phone just to come
back, Dr. Kurt Warkenthein. I could see why the National Enquirer would
think that. He went on talking for about five minutes. I like to see them
talk a little, but I also want to see the game played...
--
Goongas
"Ken Hesser" <demo...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
news:20000208211615...@ng-fh1.aol.com...
> Hey everyone...
>
> While in the supermarket line the other day purchasing some Gatorade, I
> couldn't help but notice the headline on the Enquirer or The Globe stating
> "Millionaire Exclusive - The Contestant that Regis HATED!" Now usually I
take
> these publications with a grain of salt, but did anyone out there catch to
see
> which lucky hot-seater earned this distinction? (hopefully not me...
though he
> had to sternly instruct me to approach closer for the camera during the
second
> take of our final handshake)
>
> -Ken Hesser
>
>
>
> -------------------------------
> Kenneth M. Hesser
> PSU '97; UF Law '00
Eric Panchenko
doctor did not want to go back. He was satisfied with his $32,000. But
Regis convinced him to change his mind. He will only come when it can fit
within his schedule.
That would be ironic if it were true that Regis had to beg the contestant he
most disliked back (I don't believe anything the tabloids say).
I also find it ironic how tabloids, I saw a Millionaire story in another one
too, are devoting time to game shows. They are elevating game shows to
celebrity status, I suppose, which is good in a way.
Goongas
"Ken Hesser" <demo...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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> beg to come back? Did the good Doctor actually not want to return over
the
> holdover day?
Eric Panchenko
question about Neil Simon writing about a show. Kurt had guessed I Love
Lucy, and the correct answer was given. Later, a writer contacted the
executive producer and told him the correct answer was wrong, that it is a
common misconception that Neil Simon and the other person in the question
wrote for that particular show ( I don't remember the specifics of the
quesiton). So, WWTBAM decided to do the right thing and will be Kurt back.
Ken Hesser
While in the supermarket line the other day purchasing some Gatorade, I
couldn't help but notice the headline on the Enquirer or The Globe stating
"Millionaire Exclusive - The Contestant that Regis HATED!" Now usually I take
these publications with a grain of salt, but did anyone out there catch to see
which lucky hot-seater earned this distinction? (hopefully not me... though he
had to sternly instruct me to approach closer for the camera during the second
take of our final handshake)
-Ken Hesser
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gen...@concentric.net
Pass the salt...
Usually, I wouldn't be caught dead buying the Globe, but, like you, I
spotted the headline, and I couldn't resist.
If you believe this tabloid, the "worst contestant" (as in Regis
Philbin's least favorite) was Dr.Kurt Warkenthien, who supposedly earned
the nickname "Dr. Obnoxious." The article quotes Philbin as telling
friends, "He interrupted me more than Kathie Lee!"
Second worst contestant, according to this article: John Carpenter.
But Jason Block, the fellow who brought along his grandmother, was named
"best contestant," while honorable mention went to grad student Shannon
McGehee, the contestant who bombed out on "Daniel Baldwin." (If you
believe the Globe, Philbin was rather smitten by her.)
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Before you buy.
Ken Hesser
holdover day?
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Cyber Reege
> While in the supermarket line the other day purchasing some Gatorade, I
> couldn't help but notice the headline on the Enquirer or The Globe stating
> "Millionaire Exclusive - The Contestant that Regis HATED!" Now usually I
take
> these publications with a grain of salt, but did anyone out there catch to
see
> which lucky hot-seater earned this distinction?
I haven't seen it... but my best guess is the guy who puts both the "dumb"
and the "ass" in "dumbass"... Mr. Colorblind... Lawrence Caplan.
This has been Bo Bielefeldt from
"Who Wants to Be a Penny-ionaire?"
Penny_H...@email.msn.com / ICQ# 35387915
"You begin to doubt yourself that Bill Clinton is President."
--Mike Feinberg, on the pressures of WWTBAM
Maravich, Petrovic, Lewis, Perrot, Chamberlain, Phills... *sigh*
vand...@autobahn.mb.ca
>
>
>
>Pass the salt...
>
>Usually, I wouldn't be caught dead buying the Globe, but, like you, I
>spotted the headline, and I couldn't resist.
>
>If you believe this tabloid, the "worst contestant" (as in Regis
>Philbin's least favorite) was Dr.Kurt Warkenthien, who supposedly earned
>the nickname "Dr. Obnoxious." The article quotes Philbin as telling
>friends, "He interrupted me more than Kathie Lee!"
The guy from Chicago who said he knew all the answer including the
$1,000,000 Question.
>Second worst contestant, according to this article: John Carpenter.
THe IRS guy who won $1,000,000
>But Jason Block, the fellow who brought along his grandmother, was named
>"best contestant,"
Won $125,000 and brought his 100-year old grandmother
while honorable mention went to grad student Shannon
>McGehee, the contestant who bombed out on "Daniel Baldwin." (If you
>believe the Globe, Philbin was rather smitten by her.)
>
Thje contestant who GUESSED her way to the 'hot seat' in under 1
second
>
Also in the magazine there was a article about Rahim ,who won over
$1,000,000 on 21, who is going some of the money for an operation for
his grnadmother.
bowenk
vand...@autobahn.mb.ca wrote:
>>Shannon
>>McGehee, the contestant who bombed out on "Daniel Baldwin."
(If you
>>believe the Globe, Philbin was rather smitten by her.)
>>
>Thje contestant who GUESSED her way to the 'hot seat' in under 1
>second
No, she did not guess her way into the Hot Seat. One of the
producers told me that he was standing right near her for that
question -- her face lit up with a big smile when she saw the
category, and touch-typed all four buttons. I believe it would
be possible, especially on her type of question (husbands of Liz
Taylor) where there are a limited number of easily-
distinguishable choices.
Bowen, who knows the Michelin man but not the Michener man
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Tom Galloway
bowenk <bowenkN...@bu.edu.invalid> wrote:
>No, she did not guess her way into the Hot Seat. One of the
>producers told me that he was standing right near her for that
>question -- her face lit up with a big smile when she saw the
>category, and touch-typed all four buttons. I believe it would
>be possible, especially on her type of question (husbands of Liz
>Taylor) where there are a limited number of easily-
>distinguishable choices.
Have to disagree on several fronts. On a previous Fastest Finger about
the order of railroads on the Monopoly board, one contestant got it
very quickly; somewhere in the 2s I think. I proposed that there had
been guessing, but it was pointed out that in that case, since there
were only four possible answers, if you had the order down cold you
could answer quickly by looking for what you knew was the first, then
the second, etc.
But Liz Taylor has had eight husbands. You can't know for sure what
the order of one or two of the choices are (if they used the first and
last ones). And yet she still beat out the fixed at four answer by
a significant amount.
Also, some folk hereabout rigged up their own tests for how quickly
one could hit buttons and/or read the answers, and the only values
which approached hers were for pure guesswork/random button hitting.
Basically, the two alternatives are that 1) Her reading speed and
comprehension are incredibly fast (even by my standards...and based
on empirical evidence, I know that I read short amounts of text faster
than the vast majority of MIT students) and she has reflexes which are
similarly incredibly fast or 2) She guessed and got lucky.
tyg t...@netcom.com
Sky...@hotmail.com
> I haven't seen it... but my best guess is the guy who puts both the
"dumb"
> and the "ass" in "dumbass"... Mr. Colorblind... Lawrence Caplan.
>
& i bet he's being made fun off as we speak, Whenever he walks down a
grocery store for the rest of his life people will say "That's the
Dumbass who blew $218K because he thought I Will Always Love You spent
the longest on the Billboard Charts & thought it was a Celine Dion
Song" As i said before to you Bo it made Mark McDermott's sharmy
confidence in the Carapthia look tame.
Greg
PS If you're reading this Mark tell me if the Carapthia ignored the
S.O.S. Calls by the Titanic then why did it rescue the 700 Survivors
didn't that cross your mind?