@tpir1972 He was in the fastest finger only on one, he got into the hotseat and ran out of time on the 2nd, he got to 16k and lost on the 3rd, and he was invited back to eventually win the jackpot you see here on the 4th.
@ethanman62187 David Goodman won the top prize on July 11, 2000. Since then, it was a drought and Millionaire decided to add $10,000 to each time someone didn't win the million. Toutant was originally on earlier in 2001 and Kevin Olmstead eventually won 2.18 million. However, due to the fact that a bad question was given to Toutant at $16,000, he was allowed to continue his game for the same prize.
His original run was during a point in the show where they basically kept increasing the top prize every time a contestant lost and kept going until somebody won (Kevin Olmstead won over 2 million this way). When he got the question wrong, the prize was 1.8 million so they had to keep it at that for him when he returned due to a bad question.
Why, if it was the 16.000$ question that was flawed, and it was that which he was knocked out in the first time, is he replaying from the 125.000$ instead?
no, he started replaying it from a new $16,000 question which cost him two lifelines to get right. I just started recording it from the $125k after realizing this guy could go all the way. you can read all of his questions in the angelfire link in the description for this video.
Regis actually explained why. This is Ed Toutant's second time on the hotseat. The first time he was on the hotseat, he was on an episode with bigger prize money.
Regis did not explain in this video of why Ed came back though. Ed came back because he missed a $16,000 question his first time on the show and he was actually right on that question so he was given a second chance.
His first episode had the bigger money, so they let him pick up from where he left off last time.
When Ed initially appeared in the program, the show had a jackpot running for the $1M question, when he appeared it was at $1.81M, since the rule sheet he signed had that stipulation in it, bringing him back required millionaire to honor that rule, much like with the 10th anniversary the 9 contestants from the last episode who got invited to the daytime version played under the classic money tree because that was the rules they signed for, just sans a fastest finger with meredith.
It has nothing to do with a rule sheet i'm sure anything they sign says that they can make changes. ABC just decided it would be more exciting to have him play for the big jackpot as he did originally, never expecting him to win it.
The 9 contestants on the 10th anniversary were originally going to play under the new money tree with more difficult questions, it was a last second decision to change it.
I guess i'm wrong then. I remember it was a half hour show after a 90 minute rerun of the classic tv edition. don't know why I remembered it being december.
Ed Toutant must be really proud of himself. Not only he won $1.86 million, he is also, so far, the only contestant to participate 4 episodes in that show.
no it wasn't, he just meant he would've been the first to miss the 15th question and assuming they didn't increase the jackpot again, the last to win over $1 Million. The show would go on for about 1/2 a year after this episode was aired.
Of Course they had to bring Ed back. They messed him up with that dumbass question. I bet that if he had a diff question, he would have won the million the first time. but no matter now. wtg, Ed!!!
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lol so he got to go on the show again just cause it was scotland and not england? he still got the question wrong.. he had no clue what it was either way, not like it saying England would've changed his answer, he didnt know it.
dumbass..england researchers were inventing the glowing tomato which he guessed and got wrong...scotland researchers were developing the glowing potato
i was one of his "followers" back in Austin, but once he got rich I never heard from him again.. haha j/k. I dont know him from adam. very entertaining tho....
that video was mine. My entire account got closed because of too many violations from videos of My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss. ABC doesn't seem to have an issue with millionaire videos.
There wasn't a winner for a long time so ABC did a thing where for every person who didn't win the million, the jackpot went up 10,000. So there were 86 people in a row without a winner before him.
And not only that, but this was AFTER Kevin Olmstead's big win. This is the total Ed was going for, and they saw it fit he should continue going for it like he originally did.
after there was no winner for over 70 shows, ABC decided to run an escalating jackpot that would increase the top prize by $10,000 for every day nobody won the million. Kevin Olmstead would win this jackpot.
When Someone wins Millionaire, it's like a new years eve party. The strobe lights, the enormous amount of confetti and the cheering. It must have been very exciting for Ed, exspecially winning and extra $800,000 or so. Great job Ed! Thanks for posting this Sashinator0
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lawandorder888 1 month ago
In my opinion, that's the hardest million dollar question out of all the winners.
69pwnsyou 4 months ago
Was this a repeat?
luckyboy906 5 months ago
4 episoes?
tpir1972 5 months ago
@tpir1972 He was in the fastest finger only on one, he got into the hotseat and ran out of time on the 2nd, he got to 16k and lost on the 3rd, and he was invited back to eventually win the jackpot you see here on the 4th.
Sashinator0 5 months ago
Ed really avenged himself on that one.
viddykiddy18 7 months ago
In a way this breaks my heart knowing he is the final ever top prize winner on Prime Time.
AlecBoy006V2 9 months ago
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AlecBoy006V2 10 months ago
@ethanman62187 David Goodman won the top prize on July 11, 2000. Since then, it was a drought and Millionaire decided to add $10,000 to each time someone didn't win the million. Toutant was originally on earlier in 2001 and Kevin Olmstead eventually won 2.18 million. However, due to the fact that a bad question was given to Toutant at $16,000, he was allowed to continue his game for the same prize.
AlecBoy006V2 10 months ago
Yesterday, they just showed the episode after Ed's original episode. They don't show his episodes. Government rules.
syzygy10111 1 year ago
@syzygy10111
what rules?
juxhin000 11 months ago
@FoxxFire1 what was it?
moneybags1972 1 year ago
Rick Rosner's 16K shouldve been thrown out too, but it wasn't.
FoxxFire1 1 year ago
what a fuckin smart guy
FoxxFire1 1 year ago
Four days before 9/11... fucked up
stewardo 1 year ago
MY MAN AINT GOTTA DO NOTHING HE WILL BE OK GREAT JOB MY DUDE HES PAID THRU THE ROOF
hotblk100 1 year ago
Why was the top prize $1.86 Million at the time?
monahanpt 1 year ago
@monahanpt
His original run was during a point in the show where they basically kept increasing the top prize every time a contestant lost and kept going until somebody won (Kevin Olmstead won over 2 million this way). When he got the question wrong, the prize was 1.8 million so they had to keep it at that for him when he returned due to a bad question.
kungfurabbits 1 year ago
yall hear that beat shit be hittin boy strate up
hotblk100 1 year ago
question.. has gsn re-run this episode??
blozier2006 1 year ago 4
@blozier2006 I don't think they have.
Sashinator0 1 year ago
They really can't. This was a half-hour special that was shown because it would be ticky-tack to not show a guy winning your game.
TLEberle 1 year ago
This guy had cojones!
Shrubb1879 1 year ago
I so happy for him he deserv it
sdsvfgs9 1 year ago
How long was this after Bernie's win?
nextbarker 1 year ago
If THIS doesn't make you believe in second chances, NOTHING will.
colBoh 1 year ago
The last winner in primetime, and also before 9/11 and Charles Ingram.
dragons4ever2007 2 years ago 2
Why, if it was the 16.000$ question that was flawed, and it was that which he was knocked out in the first time, is he replaying from the 125.000$ instead?
FluxGrunt 2 years ago
no, he started replaying it from a new $16,000 question which cost him two lifelines to get right. I just started recording it from the $125k after realizing this guy could go all the way. you can read all of his questions in the angelfire link in the description for this video.
Sashinator0 2 years ago
ah. ok.
FluxGrunt 2 years ago
okay thanks
gtamissions06 2 years ago
Regis voice was different in that episode. Why?
gtamissions06 2 years ago
He had a bad cold, He sounded like this on the first episode of Super Millionaire too.
Sashinator0 2 years ago
"GOT IT!!"
notundercovercop327 2 years ago 3
why 1.8 million?
TMASR001 2 years ago 3
Regis actually explained why. This is Ed Toutant's second time on the hotseat. The first time he was on the hotseat, he was on an episode with bigger prize money.
Regis did not explain in this video of why Ed came back though. Ed came back because he missed a $16,000 question his first time on the show and he was actually right on that question so he was given a second chance.
His first episode had the bigger money, so they let him pick up from where he left off last time.
Sly88Frye 2 years ago
When Ed initially appeared in the program, the show had a jackpot running for the $1M question, when he appeared it was at $1.81M, since the rule sheet he signed had that stipulation in it, bringing him back required millionaire to honor that rule, much like with the 10th anniversary the 9 contestants from the last episode who got invited to the daytime version played under the classic money tree because that was the rules they signed for, just sans a fastest finger with meredith.
pjc858 2 years ago
It has nothing to do with a rule sheet i'm sure anything they sign says that they can make changes. ABC just decided it would be more exciting to have him play for the big jackpot as he did originally, never expecting him to win it.
The 9 contestants on the 10th anniversary were originally going to play under the new money tree with more difficult questions, it was a last second decision to change it.
Sashinator0 2 years ago
Bernie won 4/15/01 I remember cuz my parents watched it with me on my 9th birthday that night.
RomanRower 2 years ago 2
I believe this aired September 7, 2001.
nlafavore 2 years ago
This was filmed September 7th but it did not air until Christmas time because of the 9/11 attacks.
Sashinator0 2 years ago
No, I checked and it aired in September.
nlafavore 2 years ago
I think it was actually filmed in May.
nlafavore 2 years ago
I guess i'm wrong then. I remember it was a half hour show after a 90 minute rerun of the classic tv edition. don't know why I remembered it being december.
Sashinator0 2 years ago
I think it would've been harder if the 50/50 had left shaving cream as one of the choices.
ChiSportsNut18 3 years ago 16
hey did you know that ed toutant is my uncle he is very nice but he won't share any of his money i have a copy of the certifiate in my basement
valgirl123 2 years ago 2
What did he do with the money? :P
Wolfman12395 2 years ago 2
Why should he? It's not like people have to share this kinda money with anyone except who they want to share it with
sattaravy 2 years ago
@ChiSportsNut18 Then the Ken Basin cue would have played, and Ed would have said, "Oh, shhhhhhhhhhaving cream!"
sunnygrace57 10 months ago
Ed Toutant must be really proud of himself. Not only he won $1.86 million, he is also, so far, the only contestant to participate 4 episodes in that show.
maksimple 3 years ago 13
@maksimple So did John Carpenter.
syzygy10111 1 year ago
@maksimple John Carpenter also was in 4 episodes.
syzygy502 9 months ago
Was regis having Laryngitis?
nextbarker 3 years ago 7
How long was this episode after Bernie's win?
nextbarker 3 years ago
Bernie won in July I think. Ed's win was taped shortly prior to September 11th but not aired until December of 2001.
Sashinator0 3 years ago
IIRC, Bernie actually won in April.
gshowguy 2 years ago
Was this the final show of Regis's Millionaire, cause Ed mention the first and last.
nextbarker 3 years ago
no it wasn't, he just meant he would've been the first to miss the 15th question and assuming they didn't increase the jackpot again, the last to win over $1 Million. The show would go on for about 1/2 a year after this episode was aired.
Sashinator0 3 years ago
i thought the tomato was a fruit???
cgsmitherine3 3 years ago
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What was Ed Toutant's question worth $1.86 Million?
CraigFoye80 3 years ago
no suspense??
slaterking1000 3 years ago
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COWBOYMACLEOD 3 years ago
Great moment, of course, but were two cheques really necesary? Why couldn't they just put the $1.86 million on ONE cheque?
BlastFurnaceCanada 3 years ago
in case he loses it probably.
kingofcards23 2 years ago
Of Course they had to bring Ed back. They messed him up with that dumbass question. I bet that if he had a diff question, he would have won the million the first time. but no matter now. wtg, Ed!!!
barber215 3 years ago 2
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lol so he got to go on the show again just cause it was scotland and not england? he still got the question wrong.. he had no clue what it was either way, not like it saying England would've changed his answer, he didnt know it.
ScoopAndStack 3 years ago
dumbass..england researchers were inventing the glowing tomato which he guessed and got wrong...scotland researchers were developing the glowing potato
aslidaku911 3 years ago
This guy was a freaking journeyman.
PODAngelsFan 3 years ago
strong question for half a Milion...
klimaciq 3 years ago
Wooo, Wooho :D
MilionerzyPL 3 years ago
It annoys me how much easier the $1 million questions always seem to be compared to the others.
syckls 3 years ago
That's because you're not the one in the hot seat.
Calcos323 3 years ago 8
Good point, Calcos.
sugarbobaker 3 years ago
they say it's easy in an audience's view but when you get up there, it's really difficult, cause it involves money, duh!
bigboy543andkell 3 years ago
btw sasha... sucks that they closed ur account, but thanks for posting these vids. keep em comin.
erstwhiler 3 years ago
i was one of his "followers" back in Austin, but once he got rich I never heard from him again.. haha j/k. I dont know him from adam. very entertaining tho....
erstwhiler 3 years ago
Didn't they delete another video of this clip for copyright violation? I hope this one stays up, because I love this scene.
missingnote 4 years ago
that video was mine. My entire account got closed because of too many violations from videos of My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss. ABC doesn't seem to have an issue with millionaire videos.
Sashinator0 4 years ago
Because they dropped the show like a bomb.
PODAngelsFan 3 years ago
AUSTIN, TEXAS BITCH!
daftrok 4 years ago
omg that was intense!
davidesle 4 years ago
how did he get an extra $860,000?
yahalloo123 4 years ago
There wasn't a winner for a long time so ABC did a thing where for every person who didn't win the million, the jackpot went up 10,000. So there were 86 people in a row without a winner before him.
BigD4u2nv70 4 years ago 4
And not only that, but this was AFTER Kevin Olmstead's big win. This is the total Ed was going for, and they saw it fit he should continue going for it like he originally did.
mtiller2006 3 years ago 3
I saw this on ABC when it aired in 2001. i was soooo nervous. My heart was beating so fast. I really didnt want him to miss.
millfan220 4 years ago 6
juss an extra 860,000
Yankee5004 4 years ago 4
Good for him! - I can't believe he didn't crack under the pressure. He earned that money.
phonedial9 4 years ago 3
Does anyone know what his new $16,000, $32,000, $64,000, and $125,000 questions were?
Jfweather 4 years ago 3
here
millfan220 4 years ago
it wont let me put the link
millfan220 4 years ago
so go to google and search "ed toutant angelfire millionaire" and click on the 4th option that says "Ed Toutant"
millfan220 4 years ago
Yes.
16K: Emmentaler is a type of what food?
A. Chocolate B. Cheese C. Bread D. Sausage
32K: What is the main character named in The Barber of Seville?
A. Figaro B. Faust C. Don Juan D. Fiorello
64K: What state borders both Lake Huron and Superior?
A. Wisconsin B. Illinois C. Michigan D. Ohio
125K: What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' smarter brother?
A. Wendell B. Thaddeus C. Sherman D. Mycroft
EricAKATheBelgianGuy 3 years ago
Why is the jackpot 1,860,000 instead of the 1 million??
jraymond1988 4 years ago
after there was no winner for over 70 shows, ABC decided to run an escalating jackpot that would increase the top prize by $10,000 for every day nobody won the million. Kevin Olmstead would win this jackpot.
Sashinator0 4 years ago
When Someone wins Millionaire, it's like a new years eve party. The strobe lights, the enormous amount of confetti and the cheering. It must have been very exciting for Ed, exspecially winning and extra $800,000 or so. Great job Ed! Thanks for posting this Sashinator0
killerstump 4 years ago
I remember now what I got such a kick out of. They had no reservations about putting the cameramen on camera during a big win.
poolboy01 4 years ago