Oh, Rosie.

[millionairefan28]

hehe. ;D

[FrankT]

Rosie? You mean THE Rosie O'Donnell!? The one off The Flintstones and all?!?!

[gameshowguy2000]

And the one also off of Stephen Fox's Phone-a-Friend list. Unfortunately, he left that lifeline on the table when he left with $32K.

And she also went on to compete on the 1st Celebrity edition of the show, where Regis' first co-host on his daytime talk show, Kathie Lee Gifford, was also a contestant.

[millionairefan28]

Rosie won $500,000 on that celebrity edition might I add. ;D

[gameshowguy2000]

Aug 17, 2011 16:47:30 GMT -5 millionairefan28 said:

Rosie won $500,000 on that celebrity edition might I add. ;D

Mm-hmm. Drew Carey (pre-TPIR, of course) also won a half-mil on Celebrity I. Then he came back for Celebrity II and won $32K after missing the $125K question and leaving a lifeline on the table (I think it was Ask the Audience).

[themountainclimber]

I remember watching that on GSN. I was shocked when that happened, but I thought it was funny at the same time.

[gameshowguy2000]

Aug 22, 2011 17:55:17 GMT -5 themountainclimber said:

I remember watching that on GSN. I was shocked when that happened, but I thought it was funny at the same time.

That may have been shocking, but not as shocking as Norm MacDonald coming oh so close to winning the million; and if Regis hadn't stopped him, he would've done so.