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Title: A question about Spin City...
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 30, 2003, 04:21:21 PM
In November 1999, there was an episode of Spin City where Paul Lassiter (Richard Kind) went on WWTBAM? and won $1 million.

Now my question...other than that episode, I haven't really watched Spin City, so I'm kind of curious...did the $1 million win change Paul Lassiter's role in any way, or did he just piddle the money away?
Title: A question about Spin City...
Post by: Matt Ottinger on December 30, 2003, 04:37:58 PM
Two episodes after he wins the million, Paul blows it all on a bad investment in a politically-themed restaurant.
Title: A question about Spin City...
Post by: gameshowguy2000 on December 30, 2003, 04:43:57 PM
I remember Jeremy Soria had pics of that episode on his website.
Title: A question about Spin City...
Post by: clemon79 on December 30, 2003, 05:49:54 PM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 02:21 PM\'] ...did the $1 million win change Paul Lassiter's role in any way, or did he just piddle the money away?

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 What Matt said, which fit Paul's character to a T...for one, nothing would ever change him from being a boorish oaf, and two, he wouldn't just spend the money, he'd find a way to lose it in spectacular fashion. :)
Title: A question about Spin City...
Post by: GSWitch on December 30, 2003, 05:54:20 PM
Weeks later after that Spin City episode, came John Carpenter, the first who really won the $1,000,000 courtesy of our 37th President saying, "Sock It To Me?"
Title: A question about Spin City...
Post by: GS Warehouse on December 30, 2003, 06:00:21 PM
[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 05:54 PM\'] Weeks later after that Spin City episode, came John Carpenter, the first who really won the $1,000,000 courtesy of our 37th President saying, "Sock It To Me?" [/quote]
 Try three days.  IIRC, the ep originally aired on Tuesday, November 16, 1999.  That was even the date on Paul's checks that Regis showed!  One thing's for sure, Paul showed us just what a million dollar win looked like, but little did we know what wouldn't be long before we saw it for real.