# Stupid fucking morons on "Millionaire" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228 "2000-01-21T16:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/81 "2000-01-28T04:33:00Z")
jab1 > [@](#): > > …unless they asked me who was on the cover of the first _Rolling Stone_ or some other dumb pop culture question. My final answer is a: John Lennon. Sorry, all I know is pop culture and have a obsessive compulsion to answer any and all pop culture questions. I’m seeking help. * * * Neil, Neil, orange peel! ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/82 "2000-01-28T04:41:00Z")
The 18-year old kid everybody mentioned goes to college here in my town. They interviewed him and he said he was more nervous watching himself on TV than he was in the hot seat. * * * MaryAnn I’m sorry you didn’t win, mom, but I’ll give you a constellation prize! -Greg ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/83 "2000-01-28T21:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Gaudere: > \*\* IIRC, his murderess was the first the try out the guillotine! Philistine. > \*\* And, that would be Charlotte Corday. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/84 "2000-01-28T21:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dewaholic: > \*\*jab1 My final answer is a: John Lennon. > > Sorry, all I know is pop culture and have a obsessive compulsion to answer any and all pop culture questions. I’m seeking help. > > \*\* Yah, but did you remember that the picture of him was in a WWI helmet from the movie _Oh!What a Lovely War!_ * * * “Television should be so real that when you close your eyes, it sounds like radio!” – Guess who, where and win a prize . . . ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/85 "2000-01-28T22:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Hunsecker: > Anyone seen “Inquizition” on the game show channel? Now thats a damn quiz show. LOVE Inquizition! But, I think the winners only get $250. Talk about chump change. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/86 "2000-01-28T22:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by George Papoon: > \*\* Yah, but did you remember that the picture of him was in a WWI helmet from the movie _Oh!What a Lovely War!_ > \*\* Actually, wasn’t it _How I Won the War_? Directed by Richard Lester, I believe. And for Dewholic: “Pollution – all around! Sometimes up, sometimes down. Pollution – are you coming to my town?” * * * Love stinks! (Yeah, yeah!) ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/87 "2000-01-28T22:16:00Z")
Gaudere said: > [@](#): > > You don’t know that David’s Death of Marat shows Marat after he was stabbled in a bathtub (he had a skin condition)? IIRC, his murderess was the first the try out the guillotine! Philistine. Hell, I looked at the question and said, “Huh?” Needless to say, art is _not_ my specialty. But if I get on the show, I’ll use you as my art lifeline, ok? (Not that it’s bloody likely. I tried calling last night for a while and got alternating busy signals and recordings saying “All trunks are busy now.” – I don’t even know what the hell that means!) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/88 "2000-01-29T02:05:00Z")
This show was on in England for years, It still is, & it looks exactly the same. A person who wins a million dollars gets about $560,000 after taxes. The two winning million dollar questions were: 1. What president was on Laugh-In 2. What is the approx distance from the earth to the sun? But watch Family Fued, you see so much excitement all for a winning prize of like $750 sometimes that 5 people have to share…sigh ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/89 "2000-01-29T02:48:00Z")
**voguevixen:** I see you’re a fan of the Peoples’ Poet, too! 🙂 * * * Neil, Neil, orange peel! ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/90 "2000-01-30T06:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by handy: > \*\* > This show was on in England for years, It still is, & it looks exactly the same.\*\* I’m curious: Is the top prize in the English version a million pounds or is it 560,000 pounds, which is (approximately) equal to one million American dollars? After all, one million dollars is (more or less) equal to $1,800,000, if I remember correctly. If so, I think I’d rather compete in England! * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![spankboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@spankboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankboy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/91 "2000-01-29T21:38:00Z")
[quote] “Pollution – all around! Sometimes up, sometimes down. Pollution – are you coming to my town?” “Or am I coming to yours?” Sorry, can’t help myself. I don’t know if he was the original person to say this, but I heard it from §Rik (the P is silent) on the British Show “The Young Ones”. Also, the same place to spawn the immortal line: “Open up, it’s the pigs!” -sb * * * They say the Lord loves drunks, fools and little children. Two out of three ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/92 "2000-01-29T22:31:00Z")
[QUOTE] Originally posted by voguevixen: \*\* Actually, wasn’t it _How I Won the War_? Directed by Richard Lester, I believe.\*\*\* Aw, damn! **What a world! What a world!** :feeling around seat with both hands: Has anybody seen my ass? * * * Thank you fer yer support! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/93 "2000-01-30T00:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by spankboy: > > Also, the same place to spawn the immortal line: “Open up, it’s the pigs!” > > -sb > \*\* Bwahahahahaha! Forgot that one – dibs on the sig line! (Oh, and most excellent hijack, BTW!) * * * “Open up! It’s the pigs!” ---
**Author:** ![Jiffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jiffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jiffy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/94 "2000-01-30T02:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Wendell Wagner: > \*\*Why does Regis have to say that “Our friends at AT&T will find this person for you” (in reference to the lifeline). \*\* There’s no such thing as a free lunch. AT&T provides the numbers contestants call to try out for the show. Most likely ABC gets a discount rate on the calls in exchange for prominent plugs. I can’t say I’m a regular watcher (low tolerance), but I did see the dude who blew the “plum” $100 question. Correct me if I’m wrong please, but wasn’t he the kiss-up wearing the same type of get-up as the Regis? (e.g. the shiny tie) Isn’t it bad enough to be the goob who blew the $100 question than the goob who dressed like Regis & blew the question? It’s almost sad. –Jif ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/95 "2000-01-30T03:35:00Z")
I’ve watched the show maybe three times & didn’t see this one: > [@](#): > > …someone needed to poll the audience to see how many strings are on a guitar. I am staring at my four and five-string bass guitars, and thinking about the six & twelve string acoustical guitars that are commonly used. Which was considered **the** correct answer? ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/96 "2000-01-30T14:45:00Z")
Well, I guess I’m a stupid fucking moron who can’t even GET to the show. I finally got through. Got the first two answers easily. Then they hit me with one asking me to put 4 Stephen King novels in order of publication. Um, beats the hell outta me… I don’t even like him. Needless to say, I didn’t get it right. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/97 "2000-01-30T17:05:00Z")
opus, 6. I think it was ‘most guitars.’ Is it just me or does Regis not ask if it’s the final answer until it reaches $1000? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/98 "2000-01-30T17:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Jiffy: > There’s no such thing as a free lunch. AT&T provides the numbers contestants call to try out for the show. Most likely ABC gets a discount rate on the calls in exchange for prominent plugs. David B and Libertarian’s answers were that the show is probably also allowing the staff of the show to make other calls for free and that AT&T must be paying the show for the plug. Both are certainly possible. I think that what you’re saying is that another possible answer is that AT&T provides the 800 numbers that prospective contestants use to call into the show and take the preliminary quiz. That strikes me as even more reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/99 "2000-01-30T21:39:00Z")
Keep a close eye on the credits at the end of the show. There is a line that says AT&T has paid for commercial consideration or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228/100 "2000-01-30T23:49:00Z")
Since you’re so smart, David B, doesn’t stupid fucking morons contain a redundacy? * * * The Coyote gnaws … but he does not swallow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228.md?page=6)