Working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide; the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build measurably better lives; the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. But let me help you, ms. Ferraro. Iranwe were held by a foreign government. You see her face tightens up. Let me just say, first of all, that i almost resent, Vice President bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about Foreign Policy. The next Vice President of the United States. [cheers and applause] we didnt know if the rocket was gonna blow up on the pad or get all the way to jupiter, but none of us could resist the idea of lighting the match. Sarah palin. Who . [cheers and applause] [upbeat hiphop music] back in 1984, the selection of Geraldine Ferraro as the first woman of a major u. S. Party president ial ticket catapulted Walter Mondales struggling campaign, taking it from dull to dazzling
Working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide; the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build measurably better lives; the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. But let me help you, ms. Ferraro. Iranwe were held by a foreign government. You see her face tightens up. Let me just say, first of all, that i almost resent, Vice President bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about Foreign Policy. The next Vice President of the United States. [cheers and applause] we didnt know if the rocket was gonna blow up on the pad or get all the way to jupiter, but none of us could resist the idea of lighting the match. Sarah palin. Who . [cheers and applause] [upbeat hiphop music] back in 1984, the selection of Geraldine Ferraro as the first woman of a major u. S. Party president ial ticket catapulted Walter Mondales struggling campaign, taking it from dull to dazzling
The king of trivia. Well find out. From astoria, new york, please welcome tony hightower. [cheers and applause] whats up, tony . Pleasure to meet you, pleasure. This is great. [sighs] 2,000. Well, this is over the course of a decade. Its not beeni didnt do them all, like, this last week or anything. Still, thats quite a lot. And youre no stranger to the millionaire stage, i hear. That is also true. Last year, i was here as the plus one of ken jennings. That dummy. Yeah. Yeah, the tv trivia legend. Yes, the greatest game show contestant in the history of this country. And you were the person he was turning to. Yeah. No pressure. Yeah [laughs] none. I got to say, there was no shame in, to spoil this for anybody who hasnt seen it, getting the question wrong that he did also not know. Theres no shame in not knowing something that ken jennings also doesnt know. Because no human knows it. Right, exactly. Its basically unknowable. Then i am extremely honored and excited to have you here and e
And my favorite kind of food. That is right. [applause] off the schneid. You cant get to 1 million unless you get to 500. I know. You got to answer em all, but im justim relieved that im off the schneid. Thats good. Well, lets keep it going. Heres your 1,000 question. To make more money from your yard sale, this old house recommends calling it a what instead . [laughter] im sure that would work. Um. Ooh. A yard sale. I think an estate sale would make more sense. Its just a highfalutin yard sale. So i think well go with c, estate sale. Thats my final answer. Yeah, makes it sound more important, doesnt it . Thats right. [applause] all right. Heres your 2,000 question. In 2011, what former threeterm mayor was probably feelin groovy when new york citys 59th street bridge was renamed in his honor . Well, okay. I live in astoria, new york, which is at the queens end of the 59th street bridge or, as nobody in astoria calls it, the ed koch 59th street bridge. [laughter] so thats gonna be c. Ed
Theyre from mcgee. Tony aw. Well, thats kind of sweet. So, youyou guys are good again . Bishop yeah. Actually, mcgee saved me. I canceled my trip, got my deposit back, and, uh, it was a good thing. Jake has to go out of town that weekend. A summit somewhere in asia. Somewhere . Asias big. Yep. Needtoknow. Couldnt tell me where. Well take our little trip another time. Yeah. So i got this, uh, leave request of yours. You still going to england . No, i think ill take that trip another time. Uh, thank you. Um, you know, that heritage stuff isnt all its cracked up to be. What happened . My cousin, crispian, called back. He knows all about archibald drummond. chuckles it turns out archie. Was quite a character. He was a. He was a scoundrel, and aa thief, a con man. Died in newgate prison. Crispian says that some historians suspect that, uh, he may have been. Jack the ripper. Captioning sponsored by cbs and toyota real cheese, yes please. Introducing new melty mozzarella sticks at mcdonalds.