Millionaire/Quotes & Catchphrases

Opening spiels

Series Premiere, August 16, 1999: "From the four corners of the continent, we have flown them to New York City. People just like you, who called our phone number, dreaming of instant riches. Will one of them seize this day? Have the knowledge and the courage to change the course of their lives in one short evening? Starting tonight, and every night for the next two weeks, join us from New York City, as we play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!"

November 7, 1999 Return: "On every great quiz show, it's been said there is one moment when the contestant either wins everything, or loses everything. These are the unforgettable faces from the first historic series of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And these are their greatest moments. Real people, making the biggest financial decisions of their lives. Under real pressure, in front of millions. They captured the imagination of a nation. And so, starting tonight, the phenomenon returns. Over the next 15 nights, 150 new contestants from all over the country will be vying to make it to this Hot Seat. There'll be more drama, more unforgettable faces, and more of those great moments. Tonight, and every night for the next two weeks, join us from New York, as we play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!"

November 1999-2000 Primetime: "Last time/night on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire... (clips from the last episode of the show) Now, join us from New York, for (night (insert number) of) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!"

January 9, 2000 Return: "Nobody thought it would possibly work. First they claimed that it was merely a summer sensation, then just a ratings stunt. Night after Night, for 31 memorable nights, our nation sat transfixed, as real Americans rode a roller coaster of raw emotions - Anxiety... Torment... Defeat... Exulation... Ecstasy... Triumph..., And on a Friday night in late November, a tax man from Hamden, Connecticut, became the only American in the 20th century to win $1 Million on a prime-time quiz show. (scene of John Carpenter's Million Dollar from November, 1999 is shown) Now join us from New York, for night 32, and a brand new century of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!"

Champions Edition: "Over a hundred nights on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, there have been those who risked it all and lost, those who walked away, and those who conquered the game. They were all so different, and yet they shared so much. They struggle, they agonized, they reached into the depths of their memories to answer questions posed across an incredible range. Ultimately, they triumph. They earned more money in a single night that they ever imagined possible. They are the titans of our game. Tonight, and for the rest of the week, they have been gathered here together to face each other, and this formidable game for one last time. These are the champions of Millionaire."

Catchphrases

"Thank you! Thanks very much! Thank you very much, everybody, and welcome to the premiere of the biggest, most exciting, most dramatic television show that I, or you, or anyone else has ever seen! Every night, for the next two weeks, real people, just like you, who called our phone number, will be playing for an unprecedented cash prize of one million dollars! We are terribly excited about this show! The technology, the music, the lights, the human drama! Even this audience gets us crazy! What a night this is going to be! So now, let's meet our first 10 contestants on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire! And they are..." - Regis Philbin (on the August 1999 premiere of Millionaire)

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Yes, we're back, we're back. What can I tell you? The Eagle has landed. Now, let me get this straight this schedule, because even I had trouble understanding. Starting tonight, and every night for all next week, and including next Sunday, we're on every night. And then we're on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, until they decide to go on every night! I think they're trying to kill me! I really do! But anyway, we're also excited to be back. Happy New Year, everybody. We're ready, we're raring to go, and so our first 10 contestants. Who are they? Where are they from? Let's meet them right now, and they are..." - Regis Philbin (on the first episode of the new Millennium from January 9, 2000)

"Thank you. Thanks very much. Hello again, everybody, and welcome back. The series continues, but now, we really are our regular television series. We're on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday Nights. So, those of you who are completely addicted, we'll have to find something else to do on those other four nights, and I'm sure you will too." - Regis Philbin (on the first episode of the Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday night airings starting January 18, 2000)

"Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Good evening, and welcome to Thursday night at Who Wants to be a Millionaire. It's good to be back, and boy, do I have some good news for all of you. You know, it's been 71 shows since we've had a Million Dollar Winner. 71 shows, the most shows we've ever done without having a winner. So the network brass in a surprising, and believe me, a very surprising display, of post-holiday cheer, has decided the next person who wins it, is gonna get an extra $10,000 for each episode we've had since our last $1 million winner. Yeah, so tonight, if somebody wins the million dollars, they'll really win $1,710,000. (applause) It's nice. Can't believe it. Now if nobody wins, of course, then tomorrow we'll add $10,000 more to the bonus. So this is really great news for our returning contestant John Simmons from Longview, Texas. And if you win the million tonight, John, remember, you're really winning $1,710,000." - Regis Philbin (on the first episode of the 21st century, and the new million dollar bonus from January 4, 2001)

"Thank you, thank you so much. Everybody, yes, we are back and tonight for all this week, we're going to find out why we are calling this Super Millionaire. Every contestant sitting in this hot seat right there is going to playing for a staggering ten million dollars. We are introducing the two new lifelines, and it's simply fantastic, one is called Double Dip, it's a intriguing new style of Millionaire lifeline, and then, there's the Three Wise Men, and there, they are requested backstage, their identities shrouded in mystery. Three brilliant minds, ready to mentally leap into the rescue of our players." - Regis Philbin (2004)

"Is that your Final Answer?" - Host

"Final Answer?" - Host

"Final?" - Host

Fastest Finger

"Right now, we've got 10 new/a brand-new group of contestants (who have/who've called our 800 number and wound up right here [, and]) ready to go. Who are they tonight? Let's find out, (and) they are... (insert 9 or the full 10 contestants of the night)." - Regis Philbin

"Welcome, everybody, and congratulations on making it this far! In a moment, a question and four answers will appear on your screens. The one who puts those answers in the correct order, in the fastest time will be our next player." - Regis Philbin during Fastest Finger (1999-2002)

"Since we have a visually-impaired contestant on tonight's show, here's how it works: I will read the question and four answers aloud, first. Then, as usual, the question and four answers will appear on your screens. The one who puts those answers in the correct order in the fastest time will be our next player." - Regis Philbin during Fastest Finger in the event of a blind or disabled contestant (1999-2002)

"Audience, may we ask you for complete silence, please. Thank you (very much)! And here's the question! (insert question, then four possible answers)." - Regis Philbin before the first Fastest Finger begins

"And now, here's/here comes the next Fastest Finger question of the night! (insert question, then four possible answers)." - Regis Philbin before subsequent Fastest Finger questions in an episode

"We've still got (insert remaining number of contestants) ready to go/waiting to get into the Hot Seat. So here's the next Fastest Finger question. (insert question, then four posible answers)." - Regis Philbin before the second and later subsequent Fastest Finger questions in an episode

"Time's up(, everybody)! Let's see the correct order starting in (insert beginning order). (insert correct answers). That's the correct order, now let's see who got it right and in the fastest time. (And it's) (insert winner)!" - Regis Philbin after Fastest Finger is complete.

"Since we have a tie, here's how we do it: We play another Fastest Finger question, this time for (tied contestants) only. (tied contestants), here's your question." - Regis Philbin during the tiebreaker Fastest Finger question (1999-2002)

"None of our contestants got the Fastest Finger question correct. So, here's what we're gonna do. We'll try again with another question." - Regis Philbin if no one gets the Fastest Finger question correct (1999-2002)

Sorry, players. Neither of you chose the correct order. Let's try this one more time.

I'm sorry. Neither of you got it right. We better try this again.

Well, nobody got it again! Can you believe this is there anybody know what is going on? Keep going!

Well, looks like both of you missed the correct answer. We'll have to try this again.

You know I am totally disgusted. How did I hooked into this? It's over. I'll see you later.

Come on people, how many times can we do this? You pathetic, this game is over. It's over. I'm getting out of here!

Explaining the game

"(You've already won (insert question amount from last night's show).) You're just 15/(insert number of questions left) questions away from winning $1 million. The rules are simple/Here's how we play: The more questions you get right, the more money you'll win. Once you reach the $1,000 or the $32,000 level, you're guaranteed to leave here with at least that much money. You have three lifelines to help you out: 50:50, where the computer will take away two wrong answers, leaving the one wrong answer and the correct answer. You can Ask the Audience, which the audience will vote on their keypads to think what the answer is. And, finally, you can Phone-A-Friend (sponsored by our good friends here at AT&T), where you call anyone anywhere in America to think what the answer is." - Regis Philbin explaining the rules of Millionaire (1999-2002)

"Remember, if you go all the way (to the top) tonight, you'll win (insert Bonus Jackpot)." - Regis Philbin explaining the contestant going all the way to the top tonight to win more than $1 million Bonus in 2001

"To play along with (insert contestant), log on to abc.com, click on the 'Enhanced TV' logo, and play against everybody else at home using ABC's Enhanced TV." - Regis Philbin telling the home viewers who want to play along with the contestant using ABC's Enhanced TV (2000-2002)

"You know (about) the rules, you know (about) the Lifelines. (50:50, Ask The Audience, and Phone a Friend.) Are you ready to play? (Contestant: Yes/Yeah!) Audience, are you ready (to play)? (audience cheers and applauds) So/Okay/Alright, let's play (Who Wants to be a) Millionaire." - Regis Philbin/Meredith Vieira (to the next contestant knowing about the rules and the Lifelines on their way to the $1 million run.)

"I've been waiting a long time, looking forward to saying this for a long, long time. You are 15 questions away from winning $10 million. Just take a look at all the zeros here. No more weakly $100 questions, no sir. We start right out at $1,000, and five correct answers later, you will leave here with less than $5,000, five more correct answers, and you will be holding a check for $100,000, and to help you get through all of this, we have your three trusty lifelines, remember them, 50:50, Ask the Audience, and you can Phone-A-Friend, and you'll enter a brand new dimension of this game, listen to me, where you'll be playing for millions and millions of dollars. At this point, when you get up to $100,000, we're gonna give you two new lifelines. They're called Double Dip, and, of course, the mysterious Three Wise Men." - Regis Philbin explaining the rules in Super Millionaire (2004)

"Go for the gold. This is what we've been waiting for, and you've been waiting for this too. Here's a check for $100,000. From now on, this is all uncharted territory. No one has been here before, so we're going to hope that you could go all the way, but what a wonderful start to get those two additional lifelines, and it's time now to enter the next dimension of this game. I want you to look at it very carefully now. It's just five, I think. You are 5 questions away from $10,000,000. The next question is worth $500,000, then a million, then $2.5 million, then $5 million, then the ultimate prize, $10,000,000. Huge rewards and huge risks, my friend, and then, the two new lifelines kick in. The Three Wise Men and Double Dip, and we can reveal for the first time the identities of those Three Wise Men, standing by to help you if you get stuck on a question. (insert names and descriptions of the Three Wise Men). Thank you all of the wise ones joining us, nice to have you here. Now, we're going to shut off the audio and the video feed. When you need it, the help will be there, they'll get 30 seconds to see the question, talk to you about that, hopefully come up with the right answer. Your second new lifeline is called Double Dip, which will give you two shots at answering the question. But beware, once you confirm that you want to use it, you can't walk away from it. You must answer the question." - Regis Philbin explaining the new dimension of Super Millionaire (2004)

"You're just 15 questions away from winning $1 million, and when you get to the $25,000 level, you'll get our fourth lifeline, Switch the Question." - Meredith Vieira explaining the rules of Millionaire (2004-2008)

"You're just 15 questions away from winning $1 million, and when you get to the $1,000/$5,000 level, you'll get our fourth lifeline, Ask the Expert." - Meredith Vieira and Regis Philbin explaining the rules of Millionaire (2008-2010)

"You're just 14 questions away from $500, all up the way to that $1 million (prize). Every question you answered correctly moves you one step closer to that top prize. Remember, at anytime, you can always walk away with the money you earned up to that point. If you give me an incorrect answer, you walk away with nothing, until you get to the threshold of $5,000, then again at $50,000. You have your three lifelines. The audience can help you with the question, 50:50, I'll take away two of the incorrect answers, and your plus one." - Chris Harrison explaining the rules of Millionaire (2015-2019)

"I am so excited to be here. Welcome to the new weekday version of Millionaire. (audience cheers and applauds) Okay, you're gonna immediately notice that there are two very different changes here. First of all, me. I'm Meredith Vieira, and secondly, there are no longer any ten contestants who are waiting to play Fastest Finger, because there is no Fastest Finger anymore, it is gone. Also, I don't think I've ever seen such a good-lookin' audience! (audience cheers and applauds) Gorgeous! Gorgeous bunch! But... but right now, I only have eyes for Paul Miller, a New York City firefighter, and our first contestant. Welcome to you, Paul. Great to have you here. (Paul: Great to be here. Thank you.) (audience applauds) Well, you know that Fastest Finger, you know what, I hate it, because I had to do it once on the celebrity edition of Millionaire with Reege... I was the next-to-last person picked! I was so bad, it was awful! So, you don't have to worry about that, see? (Paul: That was my greatest fear.) So now, you're not nervous, right? (Paul: No. I run into burning buildings for a living, so this is... (chuckles)) This could be worse, Paul, I don't know. (Paul: We'll see.) And I also understand that if you ever quit your day job, you could be a midwife, is that right? (Paul: Uh, yeah possibly. I've helped deliver three kids.) And we wanna deliver you a million dollars. That would be just great. Okay, Paul? (Paul: That'd be great.) (audience applauds) Paul... the questions may be a little tougher, but the rules are still the same. You are just 15 questions away from winning $1,000,000, and you still have those three lifelines: 50/50, Ask the Audience, and you can Phone-a-Friend. And if you look out in this audience, everyone here is your friend today. Everybody wants you to do great. So, you ready, Paul? (Paul: I'm ready.) Ready, audience? (audience cheers and applauds) Let's play Millionaire." - Meredith Vieira, first episode of syndicated Millionaire, 2002

"Hello and welcome to a new season of Millionaire, and this is Millionaire, like you have never seen it before. I want you to listen to this. (the sound of the ticking clock plays) That is the dreaded clock that we have added to gameplay on every question, and that means that Millionaire is gonna be faster, more exciting, and much more nerve-wracking than ever before. But hey, this is still the only place I know, where every contestant can walk away with a million dollars, and that's the kind of game we like! (audience cheers and applauds)" - Meredith Vieira, first episode of the clock-format, 2008

"Hello and welcome to a brand new season of Millionaire! And boy, we've made some great changes around here! First of all, what's missing, audience? Audience: THE HOT SEAT! Meredith: Yes, you are so smart! The hot seat has been retired after eight seasons, but we've added something. All of our questions will be up on this beautiful new screen!" - Meredith Vieira, first episode of the Shuffle era episode.

"15/30/45 seconds on the clock." - Meredith Vieira and Regis Philbin on questions 1-14

"Alright, the million dollar question is usually 45 seconds (on the clock), plus you banked (insert banked time), so you will have (insert total time) to think about this question, and here it is." - Meredith Vieira and Regis Philbin on the million dollar question

"Here is the money for Round 1! Computer, please randomize the money! The money is all hidden, here are the categories for Round 1. Computer, please randomize the questions!" - Meredith Vieira and Cedric the Entertainer at the start of the game (2010-2014)

"This is our money tree. 14 questions spread over two rounds, from $100-$1,000,000! We start with Round 1, from $100-$25,000, in which we randomized the money and questions for you. (If you make it to Round 2, you'll be 4 questions away from $1,000,000! And you have your lifelines: Ask The Audience, Jump the Question, and (new for this season,) Plus One.)" - Terry Crews at the start of the game (season 14)

"Listen, say hello to our Millionaire money tree. 14 questions spread over 2 rounds, with money values ranging from $100 all the way up to $1,000,000! You know how this works. Round 1 has 10 possible questions, ranging from $100 to $25,000. We've randomly shuffled up the questions, we've shuffled up the money values too. But, if you should make it to Round 2, you'll be just 4 questions away from the million. Now, let's talk lifelines. You have Ask the Audience; you can/got Jump the Question, where if you get stuck on a question, you can just jump right over it, but you don't get to add that money to your bank; and, new for this season, we have a/the Plus One, where you can invite someone you brought with you today down here to help you answer your/the question. Who did you bring with you today? (Contestant: I've brought with me my (insert family member and its name/hometown/occupation).) All right, hi. Are you ready? (Contestant: I'm ready!) Let's play Millionaire!" - Terry Crews at the start of the game

Lifelines

Ask The Audience

"Audience, we need some help for (insert player)/(insert player) needs your help. If you're ready, on your keypads, using A, B, C, or D, please vote now." - Regis Philbin about Ask the Audience Lifeline

"Audience, we need some help for (insert player)/(insert player) needs your help. If you're ready/On your keypads, vote now." - Meredith Vieira about Ask the Audience Lifeline

"Audience, we need some help for (insert player)/(insert player) needs your help. Pick up your/Grab those keypads and vote now." - Terry Crews about Ask the Audience Lifeline

"Audience, we need some help for (insert player)/(insert player) needs your help. If you would pick up those keypads and enter your votes now." - Chris Harrison about Ask the Audience Lifeline

50:50

"Computer, take away two of the wrong answers, [leaving one wrong answer and the correct/right answer.]" - Regis Philbin, Meredith Viera and Jimmy Kimmel about the 50:50 Lifeline

"50:50. Can you take away two of the incorrect answers." - Chris Harrison about the 50:50 Lifeline

Phone-A-Friend

"(insert caller's name). Okay, our friends at AT&T will help you get (insert caller's name) on the line, and see what he/she has to say. (phone ringing) CALLER: Hello? REGIS: Hello, (insert caller)? CALLER: Yes? REGIS: Yes, hi, it's Regis Philbin from (ABC's) Who Wants to be a Millionaire. CALLER: Yes. REGIS: I know you can't see us right now, but (insert player) is going for (insert money ladder amount). So he/she's gonna come on the line, and read you the question and the four possible answers. One of them is the correct answer. So, the next voice will be (insert player). You'll have 30 seconds, and your time starts now!" - Regis Philbin about the Phone-A-Friend Lifeline in some early episodes

"(insert caller's name). Okay, our friends at AT&T will help us/we're gonna get (insert caller's name) on the line. (phone ringing) CALLER: Hello? MEREDITH: Hey/hi (insert caller), it's Meredith (Vieira) (from Millionaire), how are you? CALLER: Good. MEREDITH: Okay, I'm sitting here with (insert contestant), and he's/she's going for (insert amount of money). He/she needs your help with a question. CALLER: Okay, yes. MEREDITH: (insert contestant), you have 30 seconds, and your time starts now!" - Meredith Vieira during Phone-A-Friend lifeline

“But, before we start the game, you know that you have three lifelines. What you're going to notice here, and you already know it, the other contestants know, but for the sake of the audience here, and the audience at home, there has been a slight change in gameplay that I want to explain to you, folks. On the board, we no longer have Phone-A-Friend as a lifeline. I want to explain to you why. Technology has changed as you know over the years, and we feel that it has compromised the integrity of that lifeline in the intent, because often when a contestant calls somebody, a friend at home, who do they get? They get Mr. Internet, and we feel that it isn't fair that some people have access to a computer and some don't, because the game is really not about that, it's about what's inside somebody's head.” - Meredith Vieira explains why we no longer have Phone-A-Friend

Switch the Question

"You wanna switch out the question. Okay, let's see what the answer was to this question. It was (insert answer). Now, we're gonna get another question up here. Computer, please value it/the question at (insert amount)." - Meredith Viera

Ask the Expert

"Let’s freeze/stop the clock at (insert time) and get our expert, (insert expert of the day) [via Skype video]. Hi, (insert expert of the day)! (insert name) is going for (insert amount of money) and needs your help. I/we will feed/send you the question now." - Meredith Viera during Ask the Expert lifeline

Double Dip

"What's your first double dip answer?" - Regis Philbin during Double Dip lifeline

"And we to get your second and final double dip answer." - Regis Philbin if the contestant makes the first choice wrong

"Two opportunities to answer this question. If you get it wrong, though, you will go down to (insert money)./This is a free guess. You have nothing to lose. May I have your first answer please?" - Meredith Vieira during Double Dip lifeline

"That’s wrong/incorrect./It’s not (answer). You have one more chance with (insert time on the clock.) - Meredith Viera if the contestant makes the first choice wrong

"You are not allowed to walk away with Double Dip." - Meredith Vieira, said to the contestant deciding to walk away after using Double Dip

Jump the Question

"How much money did (insert player) jump over?" - used during the Shuffle format.

Ask the Host

"Computer, please reveal the correct answer." - Jimmy Kimmel, when a final answer is selected

Million Dollar Wins

John Carpenter

"John: (while using his Phone-a-Friend on the million-dollar question) Uh, hi dad.

John's dad: Hi.

John: Uh, I don't really need your help, but I just wanted to let you know that I am gonna win the million dollars.

(Audience laughs, then a lengthy applause)

John: (after the call) Uh, because the U.S. President appeared on "Laugh-In" is Richard Nixon, that's my final answer.

(Brief audience cheer)

Regis: Well, my gosh. What can I say, except, Debbie, you're going to Paris and this is the final answer heard all around the world, HE'S WON A MILLION DOLLARS!"

Dan Blonsky

"Dan: It's not 39 [million], not 9.3 [million]. I'm pretty sure it's 93 [million], so...I'll make that my final answer.

Regis: Guts ball, my friend.

Dan: Thanks.

Regis: Guts ball all the way. Let me repeat this. Is this your final answer?

Dan: This is my final answer.

Regis: YOU JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS! OH!!! FABULOUS!!!"

Joe Trela

"Joe: I'm going to say, "A. Moth."

Regis: Gonna go for it. You're going to say, "A. Moth." For a million dollars, "A. Moth." I gotta ask you this, Joe.

Joe: Mmm-hmm.

Regis: Is that your final answer?

Joe: (panting) Yeah. "A. Moth."

Regis: HE JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS!"

Bob House

"Bob: I'm gonna go with "C. Isaac Newton."

Regis: He's going with "C. Isaac Newton." Going for the million. Could walk out of here with $500,000. Taking a chance, going for a million. Final answer?

Bob: Final answer.

Regis: HE WON A MILLION DOLLARS!"

Kim Hunt

"Kim: I think it's Lesotho.

Regis: Okay, we're gonna do it again. Is that your final answer?

Kim: (long exhale) Yes.

Regis: (exhale) GET THAT CLOSET READY, MAMA! HE WON A MILLION DOLLARS!"

David Goodman

"David: I will say "B. Peru." I'll do it.

Regis: And that's your final answer?

David: Yes.

Regis: You can buy a new car. YOU JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS!"

Kevin Olmstead

"Kevin: So I'm gonna make Silkorsky, my final answer.

Regis: JUST WON TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!"

Bernie Cullen

"Bernie: You know Regis, $32,000 would still buy me a, a sofa.

Regis: Get you a lot of things, yeah, but now, did you think it was "U"? Did you say that?

Bernie: No.

Regis: No, okay. Fine.

Bernie: Did you hear me say that?

Regis: No, I thought--I thought, what did you think it was before we went into this?

Bernie: I thought it was "L".

Regis: "L", I'm sorry.

Bernie: I thought it was "L" or "N".

Regis: Well, "L" is gone.

Bernie: "L" is gone. "N." A, final answer, Regis!

Regis: HE JUST MADE A MILLION DOLLARS!"

Ed Toutant

"Ed: "Let's just go with Insecticide.

Regis: Okay. I gotta ask you one more time. You know what I'm gonna ask you, Ed. Your back's against the wall. Can't go any further than this. For the last time tonight, you're gonna hear me say, "Is that your final answer?"

Ed: "C. Insecticide" is my final answer.

Regis: GOT IT!"

Kevin Smith

"Kevin: (after Meredith repeats the question) "A. Meat inspector." Final answer.

Meredith: I'm so excited! And you are a MILLIONAIRE!"

Kevin: (after the celebration) Would you please let my mom know?"

Nancy Christy

"Nancy: I lived in Washington, D.C. for a whole lot of years. I used to be a part of a performing group, and we opened the show one time with a vintage of "American Gothic", and I was, you know, the lady, in all of this. That was his sister. But the farmer was his dentist. C. And that's my final answer.

(Audience starts cheering)

Meredith: WE HAVE OUR FIRST WOMAN AS A MILLIONAIRE!"

Robert Essig

"Robert: (while using Double Dip) I'm gonna go with my gut and say "C. Johannes Kepler."

Regis: Final answer?

Robert: Final answer.

Regis: The bad news is you just wasted a Double Dip. But you got the answer RIGHT!

Robert: OH MY GOSH!"

Sam Murray

"Sam: Eh, what the hell? "B. 100 billion." Final.

Meredith: No, it's not 100 billion. It's--it's actually 106.5 billion, but we rounded it down to 100 billion.

Sam: YEAH! YEAH!

Meredith: You have a million dollars!

Meredith: (after Jehan Shamsid-Deen walks away) And Sam Murray, come on down here! YOU HAVE ONE MILLION DOLLARS!"

David Chang

"David: I'm going to go, final answer, "B, Benjamin Harrison." Final answer. (after locking in) God, no.

Jimmy: Well, you're no Norm MacDonald. And I'm no Regis. We all know that. God, I wish I was. But, David Chang...your metallic testicles...JUST WON YOU A MILLION DOLLARS FOR YOUR CHARITY!"

Ike and Alan Barinholtz

"Ike: Let's go ahead, and we will say it is "D. A tool for cutting roofing slates." Which is what he [Jimmy] said.

Jimmy: Is that your final answer?

Ike: Final answer.

Jimmy: Computer, please reveal the correct answer.

(Alan shrugs during the long pause, and the audience laughs. The final answer is revealed to be correct.)

Ike and Alan: OHHH!!!

Jimmy: YES! (during the celebration) Congratulations to Ike and Alan who just won A MILLION DOLLARS!"

Ken Jennings and Matt Damon

"Ken: A million dollars for Water.org, should we do it?

Matt: Absolutely.

Ken: Uh, final answer, Jimmy, "C. Susurrus."

Jimmy: I'm looking at the correct answer right now. I have to say this was the least dramatic million-dollar moment in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? history because that is absolutely right.

Ken: Hey! (hugs Matt)

Oscar Nuñez and Kate Flannery

"Kate: Let's go for it.

Oscar: Okay, go! (audience "oohs") Go, D, go, go! (lies down on the floor)

Jimmy: A gasp. (audience laughter, does the sign of the cross)

Oscar: I hate this game! (more audience laughter) Go, go! Go, do it!

Kate: Jimmy Kimmel...

Oscar: Go!

Kate: "D. Wanderer", final answer. (audience starts cheering and applauding, covers her mouth, Oscar does the Surrender Cobra)

Jimmy: Wow. Unbelievable. (more audience laughter) It's a long journey to get here. So much wandering. (laughter) I can make a case for every one of these choices. You're laying down looking up at the sky..."stranger" (faint laughter) ..."immortal" (laughter) ..."powerful" (faint laughter) ...all reasonable choices. And yet, the choice you made...by putting yourself in the body (laughter)...of an ancient Greek...perhaps even Galileo himself...TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER!"

Thousandaire

"You're gonna face/I'm gonna ask you the next question that (previous contestant's name) would have faced, had he/she not walked away/lost. (For him/her, it would have been worth (insert amount). For you, it's worth $1,000.) If you get it right, you will win $1,000." - Meredith Vieira, Terry Crews, and Chris Harrison announcing the rules for "Thousandaire". Cedric the Entertainer and Jimmy Kimmel did not use this line.

"I am gonna ask you a question. If you get it right, you will win $1,000." - Chris Harrison's alternate version of "Thousandaire" rules.

Out of time

"(klaxon sounds) That sound means...

• ...we're out of time for tonight.
• ...we're/we are out of time for today.
• ...that's our show for today.
• ...that's the end of our show.
• ...time is up.

REST OF SPIEL A: (insert contestant) will be back here tomorrow/(insert day) night, and joining him/her will be 10 new/a brand-new group of contestants (who have flown in) from all over the country, and they are... (insert 9 or the full 10 contestants on the next program)." - Regis Philbin when time runs out during the middle of the money ladder on the way to the $1 million run (1999-2002)

REST OF SPIEL B: (insert contestant) will be back tomorrow/on Monday/next time to look at the $XXX,000 question." - Meredith Vieira and Chris Harrison

REST OF SPIEL C: (insert contestant) will be back tomorrow/on Monday/next time to play for $XXX,000." - Meredith Vieira and Chris Harrison

REST OF SPIEL D: (insert contestant) will be back tomorrow/on Monday/next time to play more Millionaire!" - Shuffle era and sometimes used in the Harrison era

REST OF SPIEL E: (insert contestant) will be back with us next time!" - Cedric the Entertainer

REST OF SPIEL F: We are out of time for this show, so, we will be back with (insert contestant) and more celebrities in the hot seat later with us next time!" - Jimmy Kimmel

Contestant Plugs

"If you want to be a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Pick up a touch-tone phone and call [[1]]. The total cost of the call is $1.50. You have to correctly answer several multi-part questions of increasing difficulty. If you're fast enough, you'll qualify for a free telephone playoff. If you're one of the winners, you can be a contestant. The phone lines are open 24 hours! Call us!"

"If you're sitting at home thinking "I can be a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?", this is your last chance! Lines close at Noon eastern tomorrow! All you have to do is call [[2]]. The total cost of the call is $1.50. You have to correctly answer several multi-part questions of increasing difficulty. If you're fast enough, you'll qualify for a free telephone playoff. If you're one of the winners, you can be a contestant. Don't all call at once!" - 1999 Contestant Plug

"To qualify to become a contestant for our (month) shows, pick up a touchtone phone between the hours 6pm and 2am Eastern Time, and call [[3]]. There's a limit of one call per person per contest day. The phone lines close (date) at 2am Eastern Time." - Contestant plug for rest of ABC Run.

"Fifteen questions, one million dollars! It's that easy! To become a contestant on our show, go to millionaire.tv and find out how!" - Contestant plug for syndication run.

Funny Moments

Regis Philbin

Regis: Please, before you say "final answer", Norm, I'm not kidding. $468,000. Unless you're sure.  Norm: Okay, fine, forget it.  Regis: I-it could be Pinehurst-  Norm: Just give me the half million, we'll quit.  Regis: All right, do you want to walk?  Norm: Pardon?  Regis: Do you, I have to find out if you want to walk away.  Norm: Well no, I'm trying to answer a question, but...  Regis: (holds up hands) I quit. It's too much for me, I can't stand it.

Regis: The Alzheimer's Association would get a quarter of a million dollars if you get this. And if you don't, they'll be back down to $32,000. Jon: Yeah, but they'd forget about it the next day.

Regis: Here we go for $20,000,000! (catches his mistake) A 20—?! I'm sorry! (audience cheers) Noooo, I take it back! "Rich jumped up!" "Really?!" Twenty thousand dollars...

Regis: ...to tease. Would it be "rib somebody", "elbow somebody", you "jaw somebody", you "finger somebody"? (audience cracks up)  Later, after contestant uses "Ask the Audience"  Regis: Seventy-percent said "rib". Other wiseguys said finger.

Tom: I'm a fat man, Regis! My heart can't take it! Regis: I'm just trying to help you sweat off a few pounds!

Denis: ...Gene Hackman?? Gene Wilder.  Regis: Gene Hackman was in it too; he had a famous scene.  Denis: Gene Hackman was?? (realizes he's off-topic) All right never mind, we'll talk about that later.  Regis: Gene Hackman played the blind man.  Denis: Oh, that's right, you're right. (again realizing he's off-topic) I HAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE LINE!

All right, I am gonna ask you again. How many players are playing?

Somebody's gotta help me here. Look around the room and count. Is it one? Is it more than one? Somebody let me hear from you, PLEASE!

Okay, no game for you today. Come back next year! Maybe soup then! Maybe game then! Maybe never!

Hello? Anybody awake here? How many people are playing?

Hello? This is Regis in the machine pleading from you. How-how-how many.

Okay. You win. Have it your way! Good bye! Good night! Good luck!

Meredith Viera

Meredith: (dumbfounded) Wait. I don't believe you-  Armand: (smirks) I was playing with you that time. I knew it.  Meredith: (snaps) Get off this set, right now you little- I'll give you!!

Cedric the Entertainer

Nicholas: I don't know what a caulk gun is. (audience laughs)  Cedric: Trust me, by the time you get to college, you'll know what it is! (audience laughs harder)

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy: ANSWER THE PHONE NEXT TIME!

Commemorative Speeches

"Before we bring the show to a close, I want to take a moment to mention the real host of this program: A delightful man named Regis. Everyone knew him by his first name. I had the pleasure of knowing Regis personally, and spending time with him and his wife Joy at my home- at his home, and I will tell you. He was exactly the same off the air, as he was on it. He was so much fun, so full of energy, and truly one of the all-time great television personalities. Regis was here with us on this set to visit us, and to support us the day, we started taping, which meant a lot to me, and to honor him, our producer Michael Davies, ABC, Sony, and I are making donations to his favorite charities: The food bank, New York City, and the center for the homeless in South Bend, in the name of the Philbin family. We'd like to send love to Joy and Regis, uh, his daughters, and- and grandchildren. This show, "Millionaire", is one of the most popular shows ever. 1.30 million Americans tuned in every night to watch it largely, because of this man, Regis Philbin." - Jimmy Kimmel (commemorating on the host Regis Philbin's death in 2020)

Taglines

"We'll see you back here tomorrow/(insert day) night at (insert local time). Stay tuned for (insert name of show), (coming up) next(, (right) here) on ABC/(insert name of show) is (coming up) next(, (right) here) on ABC." - Regis Philbin (1999-2002, 2004, 2009)

• Where (insert contestant)/he/she will be playing for (insert next million dollar jackpot plus $10,000)." - Regis Philbin (when nobody wins the million dollar bonus jackpot, adds an extra $10,000 per episode from January-April 2001)

"From New York, everybody, good night!" - Regis Philbin (1999-2002, 2004, 2009) (also said to be shown at the end of the first season of America's Got Talent, 2006, and the end of every episode of Philbin's other show, Million Dollar Password, 2008-2009)

"From New York, everybody, bye-bye (for now)." - Meredith Vieira (2002-2013)

"From New York, everybody, tomorrow it is!" - Regis Philbin (2009) (said by in 2009 as a guest host when Regis hosted for Meredith)

"(From New York, everybody, (I'm Cedric the Entertainer.)) Watch your wallet!" - Cedric the Entertainer (2013-2014)

"That's our show for today. We'll see you next time, on Millionaire!" - Terry Crews (2014-2015)

"For everyone who has been a part of this one, I'm Chris Harrison. We'll/We will see you next time." - Chris Harrison (2015-2019) (Also said on Harrison’s other show, The Bachelor, 2002-present)

"Thanks for playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire. We'll see you next time." - Jimmy Kimmel (2020-present)

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