Letters

Is That Your Final Answer? Meet the $500,000 Man

Iwas amused by an item in Shoptalk about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire [Aug. 21]. I was indirectly cited by Steve Klein as “the guy from the previous show who took up about half of the time.”

Steve neglected to mention the reason I needed so much time—I was in the process of winning $500,000. Additionally, after using up all of my lifelines at $8,000, I was able to sustain an effort that Regis Philbin characterized on the air as, “The greatest comeback in the history of the show!”

While I apologize to Steve for the inconvenience, I considered the experience time well spent.

Phil Gibbons

Account executive

Mediapassage.com

Los Angeles

Editor’s note: We had to know—what $8,000 question devoured Phil Gibbons’ final lifeline? Says Mr.