The World's First Millionaire

At the time, it was television's holy grail. No contestant on Regis Philbin's quiz show had ever vanquished Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's battery of bizarre questions. So when IRS agent John Carpenter got face to face with the jackpot, he made sure to capture it in style. Sure, Carpenter comes off as insufferably smug, but hey — so does Regis.

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