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Lou Solomon, from Brooklyn, New York appeared on the U.S. version of the show on May 25th, 2004. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $64,000 question.
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"Lou Wants to Be a Millionaire" is the ninth episode of the sixth season of Fresh Off the Boat. It first aired on November 29, 2019.
The Huang family, minus Grandma Jenny, are watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at home. After Louis gets an answer right, picking "C" not only because the answer to always be "C" but because he actually knew it, Eddie tells him that he should be on the show. Louis replies that he would never be chosen to be on television, while Evan points out that Jessica had been selected for a game show in the past, having appeared on Wheel of Fortune. Jessica tells Evan not to compare her accomplishments to Louis', and Louis himself states that in order to be on the show, he would have to call in, pass the screening process, and then out of thousands and thousands of applicants, be one out of only ten to be chosen; he tells his sons there would be no chance he would make it on the show.
However, Louis applies and having passed the screening process, is selected to be on the show. Meeting host Regis Philbin. Regis tells Louis to introduce himself to the audience before they begin, and Louis tells them his name and mentions his family; when Regis asks him what he does for work, Louis replies that he is a business consultant and the owner of Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse, and that he wouldn't be able to do it without Eddie's assistance.
He then flashes back to Cattleman's, where Matthew Chestnut is discussing spots on the silverware and wants to throw them out. Eddie tells Chestnut to simply add rinse agent to the dishwasher, and Louis commends Eddie for preserving the silverware. Eddie tells Louis that he is there to support him and discloses that he went through their books and that their profits are up 10%. When Louis asks how, Eddie explains that cutting back on garnishes saved them three cents per plate and that he created an incentive where if a table orders more than four appetizers, he would perform a belly roll for them. Louis tells Eddie that he loves his initiative, to which Eddie assures his father that he has been increasing his performance since Louis is busy with consulting. Just then, Trent Masterson informs Eddie that a table has ordered their fifth appetizer, and Eddie performs his belly roll.
Back in the present, Regis asks Louis if he's ready to play and the game begins. In the audience, Emery idolizes Regis, informing Jessica that Regis had spent more time on camera than anybody else in history. Jessica scoffs that being in front of a camera is not an achievement and that the same feat is accomplished by newborns and safari animals, whom she labels as lazy. Eddie takes offense to her remark, stating that safari animal stalking their prey through the Serengeti for three nights is not lazy, leaving Emery impressed at his knowledge and use of the word "Serengeti." Jessica tells her sons to quiet down so that she could signal Louis the answers in order to prevent Louis from losing a million dollars, and mentions that security had confiscated her purse snacks because Regis could not focus if there was a crunch in the audience. Emery tells her that, as a fellow actor, he understands since silence is necessary to focus on one's craft, causing Jessica to scoff that Regis reading words out loud is not a craft.
Regis reminds Louis that he has three lifelines, consisting of 50:50, Ask the Audience and Phone-a-Friend, the latter where he can call anyone for help, and Louis replies that he as a guy for that. At home, Evan is sitting in the living room, phone in hand, surrounded by encyclopedias. He mentions that all he needs to do is keep the phone lines clear, but at that moment, Alistair Cain, dubbed "The Science Brain," appears on the television, offering to answer any science question for the next hour. While Evan is conflicted, wishing to speak with him, Jenny voices her attraction to Alistair.
Regis asks Louis his first question of the game – at what temperature does water boil – with the options being 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Celsius, or the temperature of the sun. Louis then flashes back to when he walked into the kitchen and admonished Eddie and Jenny for allowing the kettle to hiss, telling them that it had been at 100 degrees Celsius for the past three minutes. Eddie tells Louis that Jenny has been teaching him how to make bao zi, a Chinese dish.
Main Cast
•Randall Park as Louis Huang •Constance Wu as Jessica Huang •Hudson Yang as Eddie Huang •Forrest Wheeler as Emery Huang •Ian Chen as Evan Huang •Lucille Soong as Jenny Huang (credited as Grandma Huang) •Chelsey Crisp as Honey Ellis •Ray Wise as Marvin Ellis
Recurring Cast
•Matt Oberg as Matthew Chestnut •Trevor Larcom as Trent Masterson
Guest Cast
•Danny Jacobs as Alistair Cain the Science Brain •Regis Philbin as himself •Joe Alvarez as Security Guard •Harrison Lampert as PJ •Chris Reed as Ronnie •Kaye Winks as Customer #1 •Heidi Mendez as Customer #2 •Eric Shackelford as Cattlemen's Ranch Diner (uncredited)
•The episode title is a reference to the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which is featured in this episode.
•Louis getting the answers of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire correct after they all had something to do with a memory and/or experience in his past is a reference to the film Slumdog Millionaire.
•Evan mentions Jessica having been on Wheel of Fortune. ("B as in Best Friends")
•This episode was intended to be the tenth in the season, following "Jessica Town", although upon airing, the two episodes were swapped around.
•Eddie states that Cattleman's has been around for five years, but in the previous episode, he mentioned that they had been in Florida for six years. However, as they both moved to Florida and opened Cattleman's in "Pilot", set in 1995, it has only been four years.
•Eddie states that the year is 2000; however, the year is still 1999 at this point in the series. The year would not become 2000 until "A Seat at the Table", two episodes later.
Nov 29, 2019 · Lou Wants to Be a Millionaire: Directed by Kim O. Nguyen. With Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler. Louis starts to fantasize about passing the Cattleman's Ranch torch to Eddie but is worried about his menu choices; Jessica is still struggling to get on board with Emery's new hobby; Louis scores a spot on "Who Wants to Be a ...
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It’s 1995 and eleven-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang and his family moves from Washington, DC to Orlando, Florida. The move is precipitated by Eddie’s dad, Louis, who is the new, proud owner-operator of “Cattleman’s Ranch,” an “All-American” Steakhouse, but Louis is hiding the fact that business isn’t as booming as he had hoped – or promised his finance-driven wife ...
Fresh Off the Boat S6 E9. ...more. Louis starts to fantasize about passing the Cattleman's Ranch torch to Eddie but is worried about his menu choices. Meanwhile, Jessica is still struggling to...
Nov 30, 2019 · It's a fusion of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Fresh Off the Boat Season 6 Episode 9 after Louis made it as a contestant on the show. Jessica, Eddie, and Emery were in the audience of the...
16K views 13 years ago. Lou Soloman tries his luck at winning big money on Millionaire. ...more.
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