'We were after a quick game and we got one': Wippa's epic fail on Millionaire Hot Seat
In 2012, Nova FM breakfast host Wippa made an unfortunate record on Channel 9's Millionaire Hot Seat by failing to make it past the first question!
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00:00 Queen's Council.
00:01 Queen's Council's locked in.
00:02 Correct for $300.
00:03 Great, Teddy.
00:04 Also known as the Senior Council these days.
00:08 $500.
00:09 What cup are we going for again?
00:10 Whichever one we can buy.
00:11 OK.
00:12 What is a pecan?
00:13 A. A root vegetable.
00:15 B. Type of nut.
00:16 C. Cut of beef.
00:17 D. Tropical bird.
00:18 Pecan.
00:19 It's a pecan.
00:20 Type of nut.
00:21 I don't like nuts.
00:22 Pecan, vegetables, I don't do a lot of that.
00:23 I do like beef.
00:24 Pecan.
00:25 Tropical bird.
00:26 Pecan.
00:27 Pecan.
00:28 Pecan.
00:29 Tropical bird, D.
00:30 Locked in.
00:31 Come on.
00:32 Tropical bird, you've locked in.
00:34 Come on.
00:35 Hang on.
00:36 A pecan.
00:37 Toucan is what I'm thinking of.
00:38 Oh, Jesus.
00:39 A pecan.
00:40 Oh, no.
00:41 It's a root vegetable, isn't it?
00:42 Nut.
00:43 The only thing that's rooted here is you, buddy.
00:44 Just, what's the answer, Teddy?
00:45 What's the answer?
00:46 You know how you wanted to go to a pub and buy a pub?
00:47 Yep.
00:48 I'm going to go to a pub and buy a pub.
00:49 I'm going to go to a pub and buy a pub.
00:50 I'm going to go to a pub and buy a pub.
00:51 I'm going to go to a pub and buy a pub.
00:52 I'm going to go to a pub and buy a pub.
00:59 Yep.
01:00 Toucan is about all you can afford, I reckon.
01:02 Do we have the phone-a-fence still going at all, Eddie?
01:06 You've got no friends now, Whipper, I can tell you.
01:08 Are you telling me this is wrong?
01:09 What is a pecan?
01:10 Pecan.
01:11 Can I just say this to you, Whipper?
01:14 Pecan.
01:15 You wanted to come on here and make a name for yourself.
01:19 Whipper.
01:20 Top of nuts.
01:21 You're going to win the Novo Breakfast Show in Sydney.
01:24 Congratulations.
01:25 You have become the first person in hot seat history not to make it to the 1,000th level.
01:32 A pecan like you is a type of nut.
01:36 What?
01:37 What?
01:38 Pecan?
01:39 That must be nuts.
01:40 Do I get a lot of nuts?
01:41 Have you ever heard of a pecan pie?
01:51 Is that a new nut?
01:52 How long has that nut been around?
01:53 You're thinking of tropical birds, you're thinking of toucan.
01:56 Send a toucan.
01:57 Sorry, Ed, can we go to control room on this?
02:00 I think there's a protest, guys, that can't be right.
02:03 Is that definitely a...
02:04 Whipper, the good...
02:05 Who knew that?
02:06 The good news is...
02:07 The good news is we're after a quick show and we got one.
02:12 Whipper, as I said, Fitzy...
02:14 Top of nuts.
02:15 Fitzy, all I can say to you, mate, is congratulations.
02:19 Never, ever, ever again do you have to put up with anything Whipper says.
02:22 All you have to say in retaliation is two words.
02:25 Hot seat.
02:26 Thanks, everyone.
02:27 You can go home.