Spoilers forward for the July 30 episode of Who Needs to Be a Millionaire on ABC, accessible streaming subsequent day with a Hulu subscription.
Shenanigans have been certain to ensue on Who Needs to Be a Millionaire as quickly as Matt Damon confirmed as much as accomplice with Jeopardy legend Ken Jennings within the 2025 TV schedule, since Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t going to let a little bit factor like internet hosting a primetime recreation present cease him from reigniting their feud. That stated, celebrities enjoying WWTBAM is all about charity, and even Kimmel gave the impression to be rooting for the duo as they approached the $1 million. They in the end turned simply the third staff of celebrities to ever win the highest prize, and Damon was trustworthy about how they obtained there.
The chances appeared good for Ken Jennings and Matt Damon to win the $1 million once they first appeared on WWTBAM final week, with Jennings calling out a lifeline lure and Damon going alongside for the trip whereas buying and selling some mild barbs with Jimmy Kimmel.
The highest prize for water.org was in attain after they used their lifeline choice to ask the host who match the invoice for the $500,00 query of “With one other profession path already established, who obtained his first style of the leisure world when he entered a Steve Martin look-alike contest?” Miraculously, Kimmel simply answered that Invoice Nye was the lookalike man, resulting in the $1 million query:
“Which of those phrases is commonly used to explain some of the lovely auditory results on Earth: the sound made by the leaves of bushes when wind blows via them?”
- A. Apricity
- B. Petrichor
- C. Susurrus
- D. Eudaemonia
By no means have I felt extra in sync with Matt Damon than within the second throughout WWTBAM when he actually instructed Ken Jennings that “I obtained nothing” after Jennings defined why he was fairly certain the reply was C. Sussurus. I did not even know there was a phrase for that lovely auditory impact, and I feel Damon was on the identical web page based mostly on his response.
All it took was the 50/50 lifeline, and Ken Jennings was assured sufficient in Sussurus that Matt Damon was assured as properly. Jimmy Kimmel described the result as “the least dramatic million greenback second in Who Needs to Be a Millionaire historical past” when the duo gained the $1 million, whereas Damon had a significantly relatable response:
It’s so superior having Ken Jennings as your accomplice in a trivia recreation! I can not even inform you.
Contemplating that Ken Jennings held the document for highest-earning American recreation present contestant for greater than 20 years, nonetheless ranks #2 among the many ten greatest winners in Jeopardy historical past, and is the present host of Jeopardy, I doubt anyone might argue in opposition to Matt Damon saying it was “superior” to be his Who Needs to Be a Millionaire accomplice!
All in all, I used to be ready to observe twenty or so mediocre minutes of Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon feuding whereas Ken Jennings did the heavy lifting, however I had enjoyable with their half of the episode. The outdated spark was again between Kimmel and Damon, and Jennings and Damon turned out to be an ideal duo. Sure, Jennings did certainly do the heavy lifting of trivia, however I would not name their section mediocre! Apart from, when the $1 million is for charity, even a long-running well-known feud has to take a backseat.