<P> During the second season of Millionaire in the United States, the show crowned its first million - dollar winner . On November 19, 1999, John Carpenter won the show's top prize without using any lifelines, save for a phone call on the final question to tell his father he was going to win the million dollars . After Carpenter answered the final question, which concerned Richard Nixon's appearance on Laugh - In in 1968, host Regis Philbin proclaimed Carpenter the show's (and worldwide format's) first top prize winner . </P> <P> Carpenter's record remained intact until the following year . In early 2000, Rahim Oberholtzer, a contestant on the revival of Twenty One, won four games in his appearances on the show, along with $120,000 in the show's "Perfect 21" bonus round, for a total of $1,120,000 . For surpassing Carpenter's mark, host Maury Povich proclaimed Oberholtzer "the TV Game Show King ." </P> <P> Late in its run, the Fox show Greed brought back some of its previous winners to try for an extra $1,000,000 . Curtis Warren, who was part of the first team to win $1,000,000 on the show (of which his share was $400,000, plus $10,000 for winning a terminator round), was one of the contestants brought back to do so on February 11, 2000 . Warren was given a question about TV shows that had been made into movies, with 8 choices (of which he had to identify the four correct answers). He successfully did so, giving himself $1,410,000 and the record for the time being . </P> <P> Warren's record was even shorter lived than Oberholtzer's had been, lasting only four days . Three days before Warren's win, David Legler, who also appeared on NBC's Twenty One, began a run as champion on the show . Four days after Warren's win, the run continued, with Legler having earned a grand total of $1,765,000 in six wins to surpass Warren's record and become the third contestant in two months to top $1,000,000 on a game show . </P>

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