This is super old, what, 1999? Anyway, I was perusing the Internets and came across this guys baddassery. He's the first one to ever win a million bucks on the show, and he doesn't even need any lifelines to do it. Well, not until the end anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfg5tS3nDsit's like 3 minutes long. the audience cheers loudly after Regis announces that John got the right answer, but I think the audio is normalized or something, so it shouldn't be too bad.
Just thought I'd share.
