Millions made with dumb luck

The celebrities donated their winnings to their favorite charities, so it was a nice cause, but for a lame show.

"Millionaire" is the easiest way for a nation of morons and idiots to live the American Dream. With a $32,000 question such as "What color are the Smurfs?" almost anyone who grew up in the 1980s could buy a new luxury car.

Rosie O'Donnell's $250,000 question last week was: "What does the Fields Medal honor?" The correct answer: Excellence in math.

That's not as easy as past questions asking the name of the first U.S. president or which two colors make green, but even a lowly journalism student like myself knows the answers to these so-called tough questions.

Does that mean I am smarter than most Americans? No. I think I have only average intelligence and maybe that is why I can't stand this show.

It's not hard to realize that ABC and Regis Philbin are dumbing down America with every episode. And, yes, that is my final answer.

Ken Hanson is the diversions editor for the Daily Forty-Niner.