Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Trailer - ITV 1998
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2016
- An early advert for game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire featuring Chris Tarrant. This was broadcast before the series premiered later in 1998. The Anglia TV logo features in this version.
And with that promo, a worldwide TV phenomenon was born.
I vaguely remembered this ad from when it aired but hadn't seen it again till now, after 22 years. Thanks so much!
You're most welcome!
0:04 that woman looks like the grinch when she smiled
This advert lampshaded the "Ask the Host" lifetime twenty years before it came to be.
Do you mean "Lifeline", not "Lifetime"? Because it sure has been a "lifetime" since they finally introduced the Ask The Host in the game back in 2018.
@@OfficialRyanFouracre Yes, that was a typo. I was mentioning how that this advert lamp-shaded the Ask the Host lifeline twenty years prior.
Omg awesome this programme this was back then chris tarrent omg I used to love guessing these omg
Looks like it’s Jeremy clarkson that helps instead
well they refused to add ask the host on 1st series
He’s no help at all, he’s a thick sod
It’s back for the 20th anniversary
0:19 - "I'll even help" - Utter lie here from Chris Tarrant.
He just made you worse didn't he lol
50:50 counts as Chris helping.
How, how does he help with that, he does not take away two wrong answers, the computer does.
Shut up John
Aus TV Uploader why are you telling him to shut up? Are you well in the head? Alright then explain how 50:50 is Chris’s way of helping the contestant like
Britain should have been more grateful for it’s tv comedy history instead of wishing it it never existed
Just to clear up the thing about Chris Tarrant saying that he'd even help, it refers to the fact that during the first series he had the correct answer on his screen. He was allowed to tell the contestant the right answer whenever he chose to, and they were allowed to ask at any time. However, he was also allowed to misguide them. This meant that being told the correct answer usually made things more difficult, as you didn't know whether it was good or bad advice. It was a mind game between the two, you had to try and work out if he was trying to help or hinder. It didn't manifest into any of the games very strongly, they didn't make it all that clear that it was even an element, and I don't think a single contestant ever actually asked him for any input. But if you watch a few first season episodes, you'll notice it in some ways. If a contestant struggled on an easy question, he'd typically give them the correct answer in a jokey manner, as though he wasn't supposed to. He'd cough and say "D". or something. As a game progressed more, he'd usually use his position to try and rock their confidence. If they were adamant of the right answer, he'd raise an eyebrow, pull a concerned face and ask why they thought it was that answer. This type of thing spilled into the following seasons, but it's origin was in the fact that he wasn't actually neutral for the first run of episodes and was facing off against you.
Good theory, but no. It refers to 50:50.
Matgo Styles not a theory. It’s true.
@@MatgoStyles In season 1, he could say the correct answer.
th-cam.com/video/mOUAnTcM3fA/w-d-xo.htmlm25s
Actually ask the host was going to be a lifeline. It was dropped right at the last minute in favour of 50:50, hence the promos that appeared before the first episode hinting a lifeline that never made it to air.
97 Channel "He'd cough and say "D". or something". Coughing on Millionaire? That'll never catch on.
Great video
"I'll even help" I think refers to 50:50 easier than saying a computer will take away two wrong answers and leave one correct and incorrect.
In season 1, he could say the correct answer.
th-cam.com/video/mOUAnTcM3fA/w-d-xo.htmlm25s
Starting Saturday 4th August, I am watching the millionaire couples special. one week only and that's it!
It's back for the 20th anniversary.
So the lifeline 50:50 wasn't thought of until later?
It was but it was the most complex lifeline and would be hard to explain in the advert designed specifically to make the show sound simple.
What on earth was that Win a Wok thing about?!
It was a parody of some of the more needlessly complex quiz shows that rely on gimmicks so Tarrant could explain how 'simple' Millionaire was as a format and how 'easy' it is for contestants to win prizes. 15 questions and win a million.
It was a thing for a kind of a "don't watch that, watch this" advert. It was taking the mick out of some needlessly crazy and confusing game show format, with a cheesy host thrown in for good measure (the very opposite of Tarrant on Millionaire, maybe not so on Tiswas but still). "Win a Wok" was never actually a thing (thank goodness) but it was a parody of the happy daytime shows that Millionaire certainly contrasted with.
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False advertisement right there, ask the host wasn't a lifeline until Jeremy Clarkson became the host when Millionaire was relaunched 20 years later
There's some old rumours Ask the Host was originally planned back in 1998.