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# "$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime" (1986)
- The $1,000,000 was always guarded by two Wells Fargo guards on the
  show.

- In season two, the $1,000,000 prize was $900K, plus $100K in prizes
  (two cars, 20 round trip tickets, a house full of furniture, etc.)


# "$1.98 Beauty Show, The" (1978)
- 'Sandra Bernhard' (qv) and 'Kitten Natividad' (qv) were both
  contestants on the show.


# "$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973)
- "The $10,000 Pyramid" debuted on Monday, March 26, 1973 on CBS-TV at
  10:30am (Eastern).

- Faltering ratings prompted CBS to prematurely cancel the show on
  Friday, March 29, 1974 with celebrity guests 'Carol Channing' (qv)
  and 'Soupy Sales' (qv). After a mere absence of just five weeks, the
  show returned on ABC-TV Monday, May 6, 1974 at 4:00pm (Eastern) with
  celebrity guests 'Anne Meara' (qv) and 'Soupy Sales' (qv). That same
  fall, a once-a-week night-time "$25,000 Pyramid" version for
  syndication in the prime-access time slot debuted with host
  'Bill Cullen (I)' (qv) and celebrity guests 'Anne Meara' (qv) and
  'William Shatner' (qv).

- The first celebrity guests on the premiere were 'June Lockhart' (qv)
  and 'Rob Reiner' (qv); 'Rob Reiner' (qv) went on to become the first
  celebrity with his civilian partner to successfully climb to the top
  of the big pyramid (his winning clue for "Things With A Hole" was
  "Doughnuts").

- On Monday, 23 December 1974, ABC's "$10,000 Pyramid" welcomed a new
  time-slot (2:00pm Mondays-Fridays [Eastern]) and a new feature
  called "The Big 7", which if a team picked a category where a
  special designated card was hidden beneath somewhere on the mini
  pyramid game board during the main game, the civilian contestant
  would be eligible to win a bonus prize if he or she was able to get
  a perfect score of seven points within a round.

- Monday, January 19, 1976 saw the ABC daytime show renamed simply as
  "The $20,000 Pyramid" with its very slightly revised cash prize and
  game winning structure. The first celebrity guests on the re-titled
  daytime show were 'Jo Anne Worley' (qv) and 'Bill Cullen (I)' (qv).

- The highest scoring main games on record (through some amazing
  tie-breakers) occurred during the Friday, July 4, 1975 broadcast
  featuring 'Lucie Arnaz' (qv) and 'Anson Williams' (qv) with a score
  45-44 and the Monday, June 12, 1978 episode with a score 43-42
  featuring 'Sandy Duncan' (qv) and 'Nipsey Russell' (qv). The
  celebrity guest, with his civilian partner, who was able to win at
  the big pyramid in the quickest time on record was
  'Billy Crystal' (qv) in November 1977 with an amazing 26 seconds
  (while a few others have done it in 30 seconds).

- The bonus game originally included a fourth row of four categories
  on the bottom row. Producers did not realize this was unworkable
  until days before the premiere so they eliminated the bottom row of
  4 entirely.

- Popular celebrity and guest 'William Shatner' (qv) was dropped from
  his role as a semi-regular guest when he screamed and threw a chair
  out of the winners circle in disgust when he lost the bonus round
  for a contestant.


# "$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) {(1987-02-23)}
- In the first winners circle round, Nipsy Russel and the contestant
  completed the pyramid in just 29 seconds. At that time, it was just
  3 seconds short of the 26 second record set by Billy Crystal and his
  contestant.


# "'Allo 'Allo!" (1982)
- A spoof on the '70s British TV series _"Secret Army" (1977)_ (qv).

- 'Hilary Minster' (qv), who played General von Klinkerhoffen, also
  appeared (as Hauptmann Muller) in _"Secret Army" (1977)_ (qv), from
  which _"'Allo 'Allo!" (1982)_ (qv) was derived.
  'Richard Marner' (qv) (Col. von Strohm) and 'Guy Siner' (qv) (Lt.
  Grüber) also played small roles in _"Secret Army" (1977)_ (qv).

- The original painting of The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies,
  which features in many episodes, was given to production designer
  'Shaun Moore (IV)' (qv) after the series ended in 1992. In April
  2007, he auctioned it for £4000 to raise money for the charity the
  Ace Centre, which helps children with communication problems in
  Oxford.

- Lt. Gruber's armored car is a SdKfz 222, the Leichter
  Panzerspahwagen, or translated, light armored reconnaissance
  vehicle, a 4x4 car produced between 1935 to 1944.

- Writer 'David Croft (I)' (qv) says that the inspiration for Officer
  Crabtree, the policeman (played by 'Arthur Bostrom' (qv)) who speaks
  spectacularly bad French, came from 'Edward Heath' (qv), former
  British Prime Minister, who spoke French with a broad English
  accent. In real life, Arthur Bostrom speaks French fluently.


# "'Til Death" (2006)
- The school where Eddie and Jeff teach is loosely based on Josh
  Goldsmith's alma mater Cheltenham High School, where one of the
  history teachers is Charles Stamm. There is no vice principal named
  Mr. Woodcock at this time, there is however another history teacher
  named Mr. Woodcock who has a British accent.

- In the pilot the caption "Day 8,743" pops up when the Stamns are
  introduced. This means they have been married for nearly 24 years

- Though its not mentioned, the show is meant to take place in
  southeastern Pennsylvania.


# "'Way Out" (1961)
- Show's official title ('Way Out) actually begins with an apostrophe,
  to indicate that it is short for Away Out.


# "+ Clair" (2001)
- Broadcast on Canal+, this show deals with news about French media
  (mostly television, but also radio), and reports on international
  new TV programs.


# ".hack//Roots" (2006)
- This the first .hack Series on TV to feature translated credits.

- First .hack Series to be aired in HDTV.


# ".hack//SIGN" (2002)
- The entire story is told across novels, manga, television, and video
  games.

- As a special bonus for the fourth and final volume of the game
  series, Bee Train and CyberConnect2 (the companies who produced
  .hack//SIGN) created a bonus 29th episode entitled .hack//GIFT. In
  addition to a redesigned opening and a plot which features the
  characters from //SIGN and the games looking for a secret area
  called the Tasogare Onsen (Twilight Hot Springs), the episode
  contains radically different and cartoony designs for the characters
  that exaggerate their physical features.

- The opening sequence for .hack//GIFT is similar to that of
  .hack//SIGN, but with several differences:
  - Ucchi and Emy, two characters exclusive to //GIFT, appear in the
    "mouse click" scene.
  - Many times in the opening, Subaru, Bear, Mimiru, and BT flash
    between their //SIGN and //GIFT designs. Aura also does this in
    her floating scene.
  - During the scene in which Subaru, Bear, Mimiru, and BT wave their
    respective weapons and split in half, the //SIGN
  - version characters walk across, are briefly shown in their //GIFT
    forms as their bodies split, and immediately change back.
  - The "disintegrating clothes" scenes are replaced by ones of the
    //GIFT versions of Subaru, Bear, Mimiru, and BT floating against
    the tunnel of 1s and 0s.
  - Instead of the //SIGN Tsukasa being wrapped by the Guardian's
    tentacles, a //GIFT Tsukasa is shown being Data Drained.
  - When the dancing girl hits the water, she changes into the topless
    Helba shown in //GIFT, and the //SIGN Aura is replaced by her
    //GIFT counterpart.

- The ending sequence for .hack//GIFT features the //GIFT versions of
  the characters from //SIGN and the games in place of Subaru and
  Tsukasa walking across, respectively. At the end of the sequence,
  //GIFT versions of Subaru and Silver Knight are also shown.


# ".hack//Tasogare no udewa densetsu" (2003)
- Rena's cellphone tune is "Obsession" from
  _".hack//SIGN" (2002)_ (qv).


# "1-800-Missing" (2003)
- Based on the series "1800 Where are you" by Meg Cabot


# "1-800-Missing" (2003) {Last Stop (#2.5)}
- When Nicole drops the cigarette and stubs it out, she is wearing a
  black crocodile skin stiletto with a silver heel. The heel was
  returned to her by Antonio. For five years - since Phoenix 1999 - he
  kept the heel and she kept the shoe.


# "10 Millionen SKL Show, Die" (2001) {(2006-12-30)}
- It has taken 140 minutes (including commercials) until the first
  candidate could take seat on the "5-Million-Euro"-Throne.


# "10-8: Officers on Duty" (2003)
- 'Ernie Hudson' (qv), who plays Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
  Deputy John Henry Barnes, is in real life a Reserve Deputy for the
  neighboring San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department.


# "100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll" (1998) (mini)
- The top 100 bands are:
  - 100. Paul Simon
  - 99. Parliament/Funkadelic
  - 98. Traffic
  - 97. Fats Domino
  - 96. Lynyrd Skynyrd
  - 95. Robert Johnson
  - 94. Diana Ross & the Supremes
  - 93. The Four Tops
  - 92. The Temptations
  - 91. Gladys Knight & the Pips
  - 90. Tom Waits
  - 89. Johnny Cash
  - 88. The Ramones
  - 87. Santana
  - 86. Madonna
  - 85. Carole King
  - 84. T. Rex
  - 83. Iggy Pop
  - 82. Devo
  - 81. The Band
  - 80. Tina Turner
  - 79. Aerosmith
  - 78. Billy Joel
  - 77. John Coltrane
  - 76. Bee Gees
  - 75. Curtis Mayfield
  - 74. Velvet Underground
  - 73. Muddy Waters
  - 72. Simon & Garfunkel
  - 71. Rod Stewart
  - 70. Stevie Ray Vaughan
  - 69. The Pretenders
  - 68. The Allman Brothers Band
  - 67. Kiss
  - 66. Talking Heads
  - 65. James Taylor
  - 64. Frank Zappa
  - 63. Sting
  - 62. Paul McCartney
  - 61. Smokey Robinson
  - 60. Earth, Wind & Fire
  - 59. Bo Diddley
  - 58. Sam Cooke
  - 57. Steely Dan
  - 56. The Kinks
  - 55. The Byrds
  - 54. Grateful Dead
  - 53. Peter Gabriel
  - 52. Cream
  - 51. B.B. King
  - 50. R.E.M.
  - 49. Roy Orbison
  - 48. Van Halen
  - 47. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  - 46. Sex Pistols
  - 45. Crosby, Stills & Nash
  - 44. The Jackson 5
  - 43. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
  - 42. Nirvana
  - 41. Janis Joplin
  - 40. Michael Jackson
  - 39. Miles Davis
  - 38. Elvis Costello
  - 37. Al Green
  - 36. Little Richard
  - 35. Otis Redding
  - 34. Buddy Holly
  - 33. Queen
  - 32. Joni Mitchell
  - 31. The Clash
  - 30. Neil Young
  - 29. U2
  - 28. Sly & the Family Stone
  - 27. Bruce Springsteen
  - 26. Chuck Berry
  - 25. Van Morrison
  - 24. Bob Marley
  - 23. The Eagles
  - 22. Fleetwood Mac
  - 21. Aretha Franklin
  - 20. The Doors
  - 19. Pink Floyd
  - 18. Prince
  - 17. Elton John
  - 16. John Lennon
  - 15. Eric Clapton
  - 14. Marvin Gaye
  - 13. The Beach Boys
  - 12. Ray Charles
  - 11. Stevie Wonder
  - 10. The Police
  - 9. The Who
  - 8. Elvis Presley
  - 7. David Bowie
  - 6. James Brown
  - 5. Bob Dylan
  - 4. Led Zeppelin
  - 3. Jimi Hendrix
  - 2. Rolling Stones
  - 1. The Beatles


# "100 Greatest TV Characters" (2004) (mini)
- Archie Bunker from _"All in the Family" (1971)_ was named the
  greatest TV character.


# "100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll History" (2001) (mini)
- SPOILER: The Complete List:
  - 1. The Death of John Lennon
  - 2. The Michael Jackson scandal breaks.
  - 3. The Tragedy at Altamont
  - 4. The Death of Kurt Cobain
  - 5. The Death of Marvin Gaye
  - 6. The Who concert tragedy
  - 7. Milli Vanilli's lip-syncing exposed.
  - 8. Woodstock '99
  - 9. Sinead rips the pope
  - 10. The Beatles' "Bigger Than Jesus" backlash
  - 11. Madonna's "Sex" book
  - 12. Alice Cooper and the chicken incident
  - 13. Jerry Lee Lewis and his child bride.
  - 14. Elvis shakes things up on TV
  - 15. Rock Stars vs. Parents at a Senate Hearing
  - 16. Sid Vicious finds Nancy Spungeon dead.
  - 17. Led Zepplin and the mystery of the mud-shark
  - 18. Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a dove.
  - 19. Michael Jackson burns his hair
  - 20. Tommy and Pamela Lee's sex tape
  - 21. The Death of Elvis Presley
  - 22. The Beach Boys make friends with Charles Manson
  - 23. Prince changes his name
  - 24. Judas Priest goes to court over subliminal messages
  - 25. Rick James busted for abduction
  - 26. The Rolling Stones busted for possession
  - 27. The Death of Selena
  - 28. George Michael busted for indecent exposure.
  - 29. James Brown goes to jail
  - 30. The Death of Tupac
  - 31. Jim Morrison exposes himself
  - 32. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes burns down her boyfriend's house
  - 33. Al Green becomes a reverend
  - 34. John Lennon and Yoko Ono get naked on their album cover
  - 35. Ice T's "Cop Killer" outrages the police.
  - 36. Nikki Sixx has a near-death experience
  - 37. David Bowie accused of fascism.
  - 38. Michael Jackson buys the Beatle's catalog
  - 39. Eminem slammed for hate speech
  - 40. Van Halen's 1979 Tour
  - 41. Public Enemy's Professor Griff makes anti-semitic comments
  - 42. "Rock Around the Clock" starts a riot in Germany.
  - 43. The Go-Go's sex tape
  - 44. Keith Moon accidentally kills his chauffeur
  - 45. Courtney Love nearly loses custody of her daughter.
  - 46. Gary Glitter busted for kiddie porn.
  - 47. Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley
  - 48. Snoop Dogg arrested for murder
  - 49. Brian Wilson has a nervous breakdown
  - 50. Bob Marley survives a shooting
  - 51. Alan Freed busted for payola.
  - 52. Iggy Pop cuts himself during his show.
  - 53. Chuck Berry busted for bathroom pornography
  - 54. N'SYNC sues their manager.
  - 55. Curtis Mayfield is paralyzed.
  - 56. Grace Slick shows up drunk at a concert.
  - 57. Sly Stone gets married at Madison Square Garden.
  - 58. Groupie Pamela Des Barres tells all.
  - 59. Keith Richards is busted for heroine
  - 60. 2 Live Crew's "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" is banned.
  - 61. Gloria Estefan survives a bus crash.
  - 62. The Black Crowes show pubic hair on their album cover.
  - 63. Studio 54 is closed due to tax evasion.
  - 64. Bill Wyman marries a 19-year-old girl.
  - 65. The Death of Michael Hutchence.
  - 66. Rap exec Suge Knight hangs Vanilla Ice out of a window.
  - 67. L7 throws a tampon into the audience.
  - 68. Bobbie Darin finds out that his sister is actually his mother
  - 69. Ronnie Van Zant's grave is disturbed.
  - 70. The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform only in their socks
  - 71. The Death of Freddy Mercury
  - 72. Puff Daddy arrested for a weapon possession.
  - 73. John Fogerty is sued for plagiarizing himself
  - 74. David Geffen sues Neil Young
  - 75. Carnie Wilson web-casts her weight-loss operation
  - 76. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band flops as a movie.
  - 77. Cynthia Plastercaster makes molds of celebrity penises
  - 78. Gene Simmons burns his hair
  - 79. Rick Wakeman on Ice
  - 80. Axel Rose attacks a fan.
  - 81. The Who blows up their drum set on The Smothers Brothers Show.
  - 82. Boy George comes clean about heroine addiction
  - 83. Marilyn Manson becomes a priest in the Church of Satan
  - 84. John Lennon is pursued by the U.S. government
  - 85. Whitney Houston is kicked off the Oscars.
  - 86. Geto Boy front-man is shot in the eye.
  - 87. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" video
  - 88. Cat Stevens supports a fatwa against Salman Rushdie.
  - 89. Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm.
  - 90. MC Hammer declares bankruptcy.
  - 91. Steve Wonder ends up in a coma.
  - 92. A homeless man claims to be Kiss drummer Peter Criss.
  - 93. The Death of Karen Carpenter.
  - 94. A fan is struck by lightening at a Tibetan Freedom Concert.
  - 95. Gram Parsons' body is stolen and cremated by friends
  - 96. Bjork attacks a reporter.
  - 97. Screamin' Jay Hawkins claims he fathered 75 children.
  - 98. David Crosby is revealed to have fathered Melissa Ethridge's
    kids.
  - 99. Elvis meets Nixon
  - 100. Wendy O. Williams arrested for simulated sex act


# "100 Scariest Movie Moments, The" (2004) (mini)
- SPOILER: These are the movies that they chose the moments from:
  - 100. _28 Days Later... (2002)_ (qv)
  - 99. _Creepshow (1982)_ (qv)
  - 98. _Zombi 2 (1979)_ (qv)
  - 97. _Cat People (1942)_ (qv)
  - 96. _Birds, The (1963)_ (qv)
  - 95. _Jurassic Park (1993)_ (qv)
  - 94. _Pacific Heights (1990)_ (qv)
  - 93. _Child's Play (1988)_ (qv)
  - 92. _Village of the Damned (1960)_ (qv)
  - 91. _Shallow Grave (1994)_ (qv)
  - 90. _Night of the Hunter, The (1955)_ (qv)
  - 89. _Communion (1976)_ (qv)
  - 88. _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv)
  - 87. _Black Christmas (1974)_ (qv)
  - 86. _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv)
  - 85. _Sei donne per l'assassino (1964)_ (qv)
  - 84. _Blue Velvet (1986)_ (qv)
  - 83. _Others, The (2001)_ (qv)
  - 82. _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv)
  - 81. _Howling, The (1981)_ (qv)
  - 80. _Poltergeist (1982)_ (qv)
  - 79. _Dracula (1931)_ (qv)
  - 78. _Brood, The (1979)_ (qv)
  - 77. _Signs (2002)_ (qv)
  - 76. _Evil Dead, The (1981)_ (qv)
  - 75. _Candyman (1992)_ (qv)
  - 74. _Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)_ (qv)
  - 73. _Blood Simple. (1984)_ (qv)
  - 72. _Them! (1954)_ (qv)
  - 71. _Sixth Sense, The (1999)_ (qv)
  - 70. _Stepfather, The (1987)_ (qv)
  - 69. _Re-Animator (1985)_ (qv)
  - 68. _Black Cat, The (1934)_ (qv)
  - 67. _Duel (1971) (TV)_ (qv)
  - 66. _Marathon Man (1976)_ (qv)
  - 65. _Locataire, Le (1976)_ (qv)
  - 64. _Near Dark (1987)_ (qv)
  - 63. _Deliverance (1972)_ (qv)
  - 62. _Wolf Man, The (1941)_ (qv)
  - 61. _Espinazo del diablo, El (2001)_ (qv)
  - 60. _E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà (1981)_ (qv)
  - 59. _Fatal Attraction (1987)_ (qv)
  - 58. _Cujo (1983)_ (qv)
  - 57. _House of Wax (1953)_ (qv)
  - 56. _Single White Female (1992)_ (qv)
  - 55. _Spoorloos (1988)_ (qv)
  - 54. _Changeling, The (1980)_ (qv)
  - 53. _Dèmoni (1985)_ (qv)
  - 52. _Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)_ (qv)
  - 51. _Dead Zone, The (1983)_ (qv)
  - 50. _Last House on the Left, The (1972)_ (qv)
  - 49. _Diaboliques, Les (1955)_ (qv)
  - 48. _Thing, The (1982)_ (qv)
  - 47. _Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)_ (qv)
  - 46. _Sentinel, The (1977)_ (qv)
  - 45. _Wicker Man, The (1973)_ (qv)
  - 44. _Game, The (1997)_ (qv)
  - 43. _It's Alive (1974/I)_ (qv)
  - 42. _American Werewolf in London, An (1981)_ (qv)
  - 41. _Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)_ (qv)
  - 40. _Black Sunday (1977)_ (qv)
  - 39. _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv)
  - 38. _Peeping Tom (1960)_ (qv)
  - 37. _House on Haunted Hill (1959)_ (qv)
  - 36. _Cape Fear (1962)_ (qv)
  - 35. _Aliens (1986)_ (qv)
  - 34. _Hitcher, The (1986)_ (qv)
  - 33. _Fly, The (1986)_ (qv)
  - 32. _Pet Sematary (1989)_ (qv)
  - 31. _Friday the 13th (1980)_ (qv)
  - 30. _Blair Witch Project, The (1999)_ (qv)
  - 29. _Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988)_ (qv)
  - 28. _When a Stranger Calls (1979)_ (qv)
  - 27. _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv)
  - 26. _Se7en (1995)_ (qv)
  - 25. _Phantasm (1979)_ (qv)
  - 24. _Suspiria (1977)_ (qv)
  - 23. _Rosemary's Baby (1968)_ (qv)
  - 22. _Don't Look Now (1973)_ (qv)
  - 21. _Jacob's Ladder (1990/I)_ (qv)
  - 20. _Ring, The (2002)_ (qv)
  - 19. _Hellraiser (1987)_ (qv)
  - 18. _Haunting, The (1963/I)_ (qv)
  - 17. _Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)_ (qv)
  - 16. _Omen, The (1976)_ (qv)
  - 15. _Freaks (1932)_ (qv)
  - 14. _Halloween (1978)_ (qv)
  - 13. _Scream (1996/I)_ (qv)
  - 12. _Misery (1990)_ (qv)
  - 11. _Ôdishon (1999)_ (qv)
  - 10. _Wait Until Dark (1967)_ (qv)
  - 9. _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv)
  - 8. _Carrie (1976)_ (qv)
  - 7. _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv)
  - 6. _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv)
  - 5. _Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)_ (qv)
  - 4. _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)
  - 3. _Exorcist, The (1973)_ (qv)
  - 2. _Alien (1979)_ (qv)
  - 1. _Jaws (1975)_ (qv)


# "10th Kingdom, The" (2000) (mini)
- Through most of the miniseries, the Wolf ('Cohen, Scott (I)' (qv))
  is clad in a wardrobe suspiciously similar to the pinstripe jacket
  outfit sported by the wolf in 'Avery, Tex' (qv)'s famous "Red-Hot
  Riding Hood" cartoons.

- The map of The Nine Kingdoms is a modified map of Europe.

- Joining Tony on the prison duty to clean out the dungeon were: Pine
  Nut The Dwarf, Arthur Wulffe, Lopsided Larry, Woody Waxface,
  Snowdrop The Troll, Gaskin The Goblin, Almond The Elf, Bad Fairy
  Mary, Daisy The Troll, No Eyes Eddie, Gropy The Goblin, Arnold
  Peachy, Murray The Mute and Dicey The Dwarf.

- 'John Larroquette' (qv) also plays an uncredited role in the series
  - the giant bounding across the transformed New York City in the
  opening credits.

- The Fairy Tale "Beauty and the Beast" is never mentioned, but it is
  referenced through Wolf and Virginia.