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...David Blackbourn, Coolidge Professor of History and Department Chair, does not classify himself as a fan of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, deeming it a fairly harmless show. But he got a close-up view of, or at least a close encounter with, Millionaire. For a celebrity edition of the show, Blackbourn was telephoned by Dennis Leary in the Phone-a-Friend segment. Long waits and one tiny answer may make Prof. Blackbourn that much more famous...
...German history specialist, Blackbourn was surprised to be contacted. The original call came at work two or three days before the taping, says Blackbourn. I was contacted by producers and production assistants. They must have called the university first and gotten my name...
...Blackbourn admits to not being so familiar with Dennis Leary before the call, but he accepted the offer to be on Learys panel of potential helpers, because all winnings of the celebrity edition go towards charity. I guess they went for a Harvard professor because Leary is from Massachusetts, and he was playing for the Massachusetts Firefighters Association, says Blackbourn...
...sounds. I had to sit by the phone for blocks of time. They didnt know what order the contestants would be in. I got a series of calls telling me where Dennis was, but the actual call that he was in the hot seat came on Sunday morning, Blackbourn says. I had a watch sitting by me to monitor time when they called, but time ended up not being a factor. Blackbourn did take longer than he might have under less tenuous circumstances, though, saying that there really is pressure to stretch time with lots of Are you certain?-type...
...Blackbourn was emphatic that, given the choice, he would have cancelled his class again...