John Carpenter credited as playing...
Self - Hot Seat Contestant
- Regis Philbin: [on the $1,000,000 question] "Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series "Laugh-In"? Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford."
- John Carpenter: [chuckles] Uh, I'd like to call my parents right now.
- Regis Philbin: Sure.
- John Carpenter: Use my lifeline, call my parents.
- Regis Philbin: What are their names?
- John Carpenter: Uh, my father. I'll talk to my father.
- Regis Philbin: Does he have a name?
- John Carpenter: Tom. He does have a name.
- Regis Philbin: All right, our friends at AT&T will get your dad on the line, and we'll see if he can help you.
- [Tom answers: "Hello?"]
- Regis Philbin: Hello, Tom?
- ["Yes."]
- Regis Philbin: Hi, Regis Philbin here from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
- ["Hi."]
- Regis Philbin: We've got your son John, uh, with his right now. He's doing pretty well.
- ["Good."]
- Regis Philbin: He's won a half-million dollars.
- ["Wow."]
- Regis Philbin: And he's going for a million dollars.
- [Tom chuckles]
- Regis Philbin: And he needs your help to get there.
- ["Okay."]
- Regis Philbin: So he's gonna come on the line, read the question, four possible answers, one of them's the right answer, and the next voice you hear will be John's. John, you've got thirty seconds, starts right now.
- John Carpenter: Uh, hi dad.
- [Tom: "Hi."]
- John Carpenter: Um, I don't really need your help, I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna win the million dollars.
- [audience laughs/cheers]
- John Carpenter: Uh, because the U.S. President that appeared on "Laugh-In" is Richard Nixon, final answer.
- Regis Philbin: Well. What can I say, but Debbie, you're going to Paris and this is the final answer heard all around the world: He won a million dollars!
- [audience erupts into thunderous screams, cheering, and applause]