Lost episode of Mr. Burns appearing on ABC's "Millionaire"

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Lost episode of Mr. Burns appearing on ABC's "Millionaire" Jul 27, 2020 21:18:13 GMT scheepers likes this

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Post by paramountcartoons on Jul 27, 2020 21:18:13 GMT

Despite the Disney-Fox merger, in honor of Regis Philbin's passing, I have a strange memory that you might laugh at.

Montgomery "Mr." Burns from The Simpsons appeared in prosthetic makeup or CG form as a guest contestant on the original Regis Philbin ABC run of "Who Wants to Be a Millionare". I remember he was not mustard-yellow like in the show.

I only saw this once from memory either from 2000-early 2001, and probably on its original airing. I remember laughter coming out of the couch due to absurdity at the time.

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nostalgiaguy Lost Media Guru Posts: 849	Lost episode of Mr. Burns appearing on ABC's "Millionaire" Jul 27, 2020 23:01:08 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by nostalgiaguy on Jul 27, 2020 23:01:08 GMT Very interesting, I can’t seem to find anything about it unfortunately. Do you remember if it was a full episode or possibly some sort of commercial/promotion?
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Jul 27, 2020 23:01:08 GMT nostalgiaguy said:

Very interesting, I can’t seem to find anything about it unfortunately. Do you remember if it was a full episode or possibly some sort of commercial/promotion?

Well, they're not the biggest consumers in advertising. They don't care as much as me about advertising, and plus I may have seen the ABC bug on the corner, so it was probably a full episode (or probably half) with a side of promotion. Fox really did everything to promote The Simpsons, even if meant licensing a character for a game show.

The plug wasn't all shameless, it was still considered entertainment and is no different than having a advertising mascot appear for fun!

Though I saw no call to action or ad plug or anything. It was probably like having the Muppets or the Sesame Street Muppets appear on a live program, newsmagazine, or talk show.

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Lost episode of Mr. Burns appearing on ABC's "Millionaire" Jul 28, 2020 11:33:14 GMT scheepers likes this

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Post by candyolle on Jul 28, 2020 11:33:14 GMT

Aren't you the person who posted on Toonzone/Anime Superhero about this? On that post, you said it was a guy dressed as him. I found this video of a photorealistic Mr. Burns, so maybe it was an old man who looked similar to him?
Also, The Simpsons Wiki has a Millionaire page, and one question does mention Mr. Burns. There's also a Super Bowl ad combining a parody of the show's name with a picture of Mr. Burns. But nothing about a Mr. Burns cameo is listed. Maybe this was on a different game show?

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Lost episode of Mr. Burns appearing on ABC's "Millionaire" Jul 31, 2020 13:52:02 GMT

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Jul 28, 2020 11:33:14 GMT candyolle said:

Aren't you the person who posted on Toonzone/Anime Superhero about this? On that post, you said it was a guy dressed as him. I found this video of a photorealistic Mr. Burns, so maybe it was an old man who looked similar to him?
Also, The Simpsons Wiki has a Millionaire page, and one question does mention Mr. Burns. There's also a Super Bowl ad combining a parody of the show's name with a picture of Mr. Burns. But nothing about a Mr. Burns cameo is listed. Maybe this was on a different game show?

I know about the Coca-Cola ad from the 2010's. I also probably remember the question. But I also remember Mr. Burns appearing as a guest contestant in the game show. Since the merger didn't officially happen until 2019, it never was shown again. I don't know if there's any syndicated reruns still currently on of the Regis Philbin version, thus making it harder to tape. It aired once and is now in the Disney vault.

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Lost episode of Mr. Burns appearing on ABC's "Millionaire" Aug 2, 2020 18:55:46 GMT

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Post by candyolle on Aug 2, 2020 18:55:46 GMT

Jul 31, 2020 13:52:02 GMT paramountcartoons said:

Jul 28, 2020 11:33:14 GMT candyolle said:

Aren't you the person who posted on Toonzone/Anime Superhero about this? On that post, you said it was a guy dressed as him. I found this video of a photorealistic Mr. Burns, so maybe it was an old man who looked similar to him?
Also, The Simpsons Wiki has a Millionaire page, and one question does mention Mr. Burns. There's also a Super Bowl ad combining a parody of the show's name with a picture of Mr. Burns. But nothing about a Mr. Burns cameo is listed. Maybe this was on a different game show?

I know about the Coca-Cola ad from the 2010's. I also probably remember the question. But I also remember Mr. Burns appearing as a guest contestant in the game show. Since the merger didn't officially happen until 2019, it never was shown again. I don't know if there's any syndicated reruns still currently on of the Regis Philbin version, thus making it harder to tape. It aired once and is now in the Disney vault.

Hopefully they release the series on Disney Plus in memory of him, just like what they did with Schoolhouse Rock to honor Jack Sheldon.

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