Remember the first time a person didn’t make the first question? Regis said he didn’t know what to say because they never thought it would happen.
His teeth are way too white.
handy, I have to admit that that probably seemed like a safe assumption, but as someone said, never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Do you know what the question was? I’m having a hard time imagining a $100 question that couldn’t be resolved with three lifelines, so I presume the person just gave a wrong answer right off the bat.
When whatever-the-respective-award-show was on for statues given to shows that would have included WWTBAM, I saw (against my will) little clips about the awards show on the news the following morning. Everyone seemed to be remarking about how shocking it was that Regis got passed over for best game show host. Am I the only one that thinks he’s a crummy game show host? He says dumb stuff, he mispronounces regularly, he can’t even get contestant names right, he seems endlessly uncomfortable on stage, his patter is stilted and poorly delivered, and he’s just plain creepy. Maybe he’s better as a talk show host (thank god I’ll never know), but I think it would have been a travesty (well, the whole awards thing is a ludicrous and meaningless sham anyway, but let’s pretend it’s not just for this sentence) to give that guy any kind of award for his non-existant hosting ability. If the award is for “highest-rated game show”, fine, but as far as “best host” is concerned - well, that would be like giving Britney Spears a “most talented” award. And if that has happened, I don’t want to know.
By the way, I know he’s trying to pass himself off as one snazzy dresser, but he doesn’t bring it off. Best-dressed game-show host: Trebek, with no competition. Like him or not, he’s always impeccably dressed, and wears it well.
I saw that episode. I don’t remember the question, but I think it had to do with some nursery rhyme, and the guy used either 1 or 2 lifelines - I think 1. But he was pretty sure he knew it. He didn’t. I laughed my ass off when Regis said, “I don’t really know what to say. We never really prepared for this.” Now that guy was a :wally
Wonko, the name ‘Regis’ is from the Catholic high school in NYC. I think Regis’ father went there, and named his son after it. The school is also run by the Jesuit Order of priests, which might account for the Philbin family trait of sadism.
I’ve watched it on occasion. But I didn’t enjoy it. Except for once, that is. Few weeks back, there were a series of celebrity shows, like Rosie O’Donnell, Vanessa Williams, Drew Carey, David Duchovny, some brat from a cloned boy band, Dana Carvey, etc. David Duchovny was freakin’ brilliant. Some relevant quotes (okay, paraphrases):
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“Is that your final an–” “Yes, for the love of Pete, it’s my final answer!!”
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“Can you turn off this music? It’s really distracting.”
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[Regis pauses for effect] “Oh, just tell me! Enough with the drama!”
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[After David calls his wife about some Italian question, she answers] “You’re screwed.”
Anyway, it was nice to see Rege put in his place. He had this uncomfortable “Are people laughing with me or at me?” look the whole time. And Dana Carvey’s impression was dead-on. Alex Trebek would have never put up with it, that’s for sure. And Ben Stein would have had him shot.
I don’t agree with most of the opinions concerning Regis. I really like Regis and “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. I think most of the examples above about him are over-exaggerations. Regis is a little abrassive, but frankly that makes the show more enjoyable. When you consider Regis has to deal with many contestants who have trouble answering even the simple questions, if he was a milk-toast, straight host, the show would be boring as hell. Sometimes Regis pushes the envelope a bit and is a little rough on contestants, but you know Cecil Adams does the same damn thing with the people who submit questions to him here and they don’t make a dime. Most of the people on “Who Wants To Be A Millionare” reach at least the $32,000 level if they have half a brain and keep their cool. I’d be happy to put up with a few of Regis’ barbs for $32,000.
The missed $100 question was the subject of much groaning on here a while back…the contestant was to complete the series, “Duck, Duck, _______”. I don’t remember what answer he picked, but it wasn’t “goose”.
I never realized how annoying Regis was until he was separated from Kathy Lee…sorta like a guy 6’8" looks short standing next to Shaq…
He was probably from Minnesota. Its “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck” there.
Though I imagine this has been covered…
::goes off to hid his non-coming-to-the-SDMB-in-a-month face::
The question was actually about a nursery rhyme. The question was: What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his pie? The guy answered “Thumb” and the real answer is “Plumb!”
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating a Christmas pie. He put in his thumb and pulled out a plumb and cried, “What a good boy am I.”
That guy caught a lot of shit for not knowing his nursery rhymes!! I saw that episode and it was pretty funny!
I think I might chose to take the Cheech and Chong method (for those of you oldster who remember “Let’s Make a Dope Deal!”):
Regis: (reads answers)
Me: A! No, wait, B, I mean C! Definitely C, final answer…D! Yeah, it’s gotta be D! D! My final answer is…B! What was the question again? Can I buy a vowel?
Regis: (gets gun from stagehand and shoots me)
Ok, so the question that remains unanswered is: How could Regis Better mess with the contestant’s mind?
I think he could suck in air through his teeth with this panicky sound when someone answers the low questions. You know, the ones they think they are sure of.
They’ve been showing reruns and it’s amazing how tense people were on the first few shows. People were having coronaries right around the $500 mark.