On the precipice of becoming the first-ever winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 1999, John Carpenter
knew there was one last thing to do: Call his dad.

In the now-iconic moment, Carpenter, who would become the franchise’s first-ever winner on Nov. 19, 1999,
told host Regis Philbin he’d like to use his lifeline to call his parents after being asked to name which U.S.
president had been on the television show Laugh-In. When his dad picked up, Carpenter famously said, “I don’t
really need your help, I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to win the million dollars.”

“Because the U.S. president [who] appeared on Laugh-In is Richard Nixon. That’s my final answer,” he said.

“I didn’t want to seem overly cocky,” Carpenter, then 31, told PEOPLE of his performance on the show for a
December 1999 cover story. “From the first show, I knew just about all the answers. I sort of expected to win
the million dollars.”

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