JO
I always find it weird they didn’t sweep up the confetti in between Ingram leaving the set and the next contestant! (Not in the sense they should have cleared it up because they thought he cheated, just how they didn’t sweep it up in general)
Also...Regis Philbin is 88?!
The episode that did go out in 2001 had some obvious edits after Ingram was skipped, such as confetti suddenly being all over the floor and Tarrant mentioning “ANOTHER million pounds” a few times.
I always find it weird they didn’t sweep up the confetti in between Ingram leaving the set and the next contestant! (Not in the sense they should have cleared it up because they thought he cheated, just how they didn’t sweep it up in general)
Also...Regis Philbin is 88?!
SW
When I mentioned this on Twitter yesterday, a friend of mine dug this out...
...and I remember at the time the initial suggestion was that they weren't going to show it for a bit because it seemed inappropriate in the week of 9/11. That also meant that weirdly edited Saturday night episode didn't seem quite as unusual as it might, because the following film had to be dropped for reasons of taste and was replaced with another, shorter one.
The episode that did go out in 2001 had some obvious edits after Ingram was skipped, such as confetti suddenly being all over the floor and Tarrant mentioning “ANOTHER million pounds” a few times.
When I mentioned this on Twitter yesterday, a friend of mine dug this out...
Times, 19th September (the Sun story was the following day) pic.twitter.com/usPGMYbVw3
— Simon Tyers (@Simon_Tyers) April 7, 2020
...and I remember at the time the initial suggestion was that they weren't going to show it for a bit because it seemed inappropriate in the week of 9/11. That also meant that weirdly edited Saturday night episode didn't seem quite as unusual as it might, because the following film had to be dropped for reasons of taste and was replaced with another, shorter one.
GM
Matthew Strachan has recently updated is Soundcloud with the track for the USA Opening and it's exact same as the UK one that's used now.
This track has replaced the UK 2018 version that was the 2008 USA music but without the clock hence 2018 in the link.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2020
This track has replaced the UK 2018 version that was the 2008 USA music but without the clock hence 2018 in the link.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2020
DJ
This version of WWTBAM probably won't get shown on any channels over here unless perhaps Challenge decide to acquire the rights (probably unlikely) but I'll put this in spoiler tags anyway . . .
BA
Interesting to note in the disclaimers before the credits that celebrities are guaranteed a $32,000 prize for their charities. I seem to recall that the celebrity editions of The Weakest Link in the USA would guarantee $10,000 for each losing celebrity's charity, so I presume it's a standard thing there.