WWTBAM? and Rosie

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Just wanted to share - in a mundane and pointless way - that I enjoyed last night’s Who wants to be a millionaire? (WWTBAM?). El Hubbo and I have caught the show a few times and it has always sparked conversation. Hubbo is highly intelligent, gets most of the questions correct, but admits that he’d never get past the “Fast Finger” question at the beginning.

Anyway, last night was way cool. For those of you who missed it, a guy got to the $32,000 level and had this question:

Which title did Britain’s Diana lose when she divorced Prince Charles?

A. Lady
B. Princess of Wales
C. Her Royal Highness
D. Duchess of York

The guy had no idea and said, “But I do know who would know this. Rosie.”

Regis asked, “And who is Rosie?”

The guy said, “She’s a talk show host in New York.”

The crowd goes wild, AT&T gets Rosie on the line and they go even wilder. Rosie is thrilled to have been called as a lifeline.

“I’m 67% percent sure its ‘Her Royal Highness’, but if I’m wrong, outta guilt I’m givin’ you the money anyway.”

Rosie rocks. And she got it right.

The guy got the next question wrong and stayed at the $32,000 level.

I hate the dramatic music (Can you say “mute button?”) and Reeg’s “Is that yoah final ansah?” bugs me sometimes, but I love that show.

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So who’s Rosie? Don’t they have to have the lifelines warned ahead of time, so they can be sitting next to a phone? Was Rosie on the air at the time of the call?
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She’s talking about Rosie O’Donnell

Please say you’re joking.

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No picking on Canthearya, nor Regis. I actually like Greed w/my main man Chuck Woolery as well. When I had my satelite dish hooked up, Game Show Network was one of my favorites.

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Rosie is Rosie O’Donnell. She’s a big fan of WWTBAM? and has been talking it up on her show for quite a while. I guess they must have been giving her as an alternative lifeline if any of the contestants wanted to use her.

As far as the lifeline procedure goes, it’s obvious that the contestants provide the names/numbers of their lifelines before the show. I guess that they have the lifelines commit to being near a clear phone line during the taping of the show.

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Thanks for defending me, rubesbaby. We Minnesotans gotta stick together!

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I’m curious where the guy got Rosie’s number? Surely he didn’t just call Warner Brothers and get it?

Not to hijcack, but I hope this doesn’t motivate future contests to use Rosie as their lifeline every time, especially with her guarantee that she’ll give them the money if she’s wrong!

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Rosie said she was sitting around watching every show just hoping someone would call her. Probably just another plug for her show.

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Gotcha! Of course I know Rosie O’Donnell. For some reason, I read “radio talk show host” in your first post.

I’m waiting for a member of the teeming millions to use Cecil Adams as a lifeline.

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This show isn’t live, is it? I mean, it’s not like Rosie was sitting at home and watching, just waiting to hear her name on the show, right? Anyway, I’m sure this fella didn’t have her number. She probably called Regis (or his underlings) and said to call her if someone requested. In other words, the studio has her number, not some dude from Jersey.

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IIRC, contestants that want to use Rosie as a lifeline can contact her, by fax or email. I guess lots of people have actually asked her, but she’s only been a lifeline for four people, and only one of those four (the guy last night) actually used her.

Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to.

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being a housedad for the a.m. hours, I’m guilty sometimes of flipping through channels. I caught Rosie O. today on some show. She said if you’re a lifeline you have to commit to sitting around waiting to answer a call between 5 pm and 8 pm on the day the show is taped.

What would suck: you live alone, don’t have a cordless phone, and you just HAVE to go to the bathroom. Your pal calls from WWTBAM and you miss it.
Let’s rephrase: you know what would be funny? You live alone…

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– a Celtic motto

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The shows are taped several days in advance back-to-back. Friday morning, Feb 11 there were press releases that Rosie was called and would appear on the Sunday nite show.
But they wouldn’t say if she was able to help the contestant or not. ABC has a good publicity dept.

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heeheehee!! :slight_smile:

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