August 16, 2016-- I can remember watching this series when I was a teenager. What a great TV series! Never dull, and always fascinating and intriguing to see how the recipient would react receiving a tax-free gift of one million dollars. Anyone watching any episode could fantasize about being in the same situation.There were also a lot of guest stars in the series. Many were unknowns at the time.I have been looking for some source to buy the complete 206 series. Does ANYONE know if the complete series is yet available on DVD? If so PLEASE let me know? Thank you and ALOHA!

I wonder why shows like this can't be brought to the Caribbean? We have the need for the vast sums of money that the game shows seem to dish out as prizes and we also have the intelligence to constructively spend money. On some of these reality shows, I get so mad when I see young teens doing foolishness with their winnings. I know for a fact that Trinidadians would never do the things that I see some of the winners do on the show. Well, though, I guess it's just entertainment- for you. "If wishes were horses" and all that stuff!I have ideas for game shows that encourage Education and less shock and awe. I have been earnestly seeking support from my Television stations in Trinidad, all to no avail. They are finding it hard to invest in a newcomer. The idea is a good one but it's just that i don't know the right people. I wish I lived in America, because I know the idea would have been in Production by now. Does any one know how a girl can get a Television Game show network interested in her ideas?

Wonderful television show.Remember: "You sent for me sir.""Mike."We were well on our way to discover who was going to get the next million dollars.Funny, how the writers of this show would never have the benefactors ask Mike Anthony to stay for a cup of coffee or danish.The show was absolutely great because it took us into a world of fantasy where we could imagine what we would do with all that money.A variety of people received the money at random. Did John Beresford Tipton use the phone book? I vividly remember where one such "lucky" person was on death row waiting to be executed for murdering someone. No, he wasn't guilty. P.S. He was spared at the end when his innocence was proved.You never saw the Tipton character and that made the show even more engaging.After Mike got the money, you would hear the most rousing musical score which I can still hum to this very day.Of course, with inflation the way it is-the show would have to be retitled today as the trillionaire and would star among others- Mayor Bloomberg of NYC.

Counting up the episodes, I figure Mr. Tipton gave away 208 million dollars over 6 years. Who was this guy, J Paul Getty? Howard Hughes? There were multi millionaires at the time with Hughes becoming the first billionaire in the 60's but no way would that have happened had he done what the make believe Tipton did. Even with that bottomless Hollywood wallet of his, I bet the imaginary Tipton thanked God that the show was finally canceled. Heck, maybe he went bankrupt! Better yet, maybe it wasn't even his money and he was stealing it form an imaginary bank!I have fond memories of this show. I really liked the classy man servant Mr. Anthony who would deliver the check to some person simply going thru another day in their life. He had a nice smile and was very dignified but once he was gone, a crazy story would begin.(I wonder what the show would have been like in Rod Serling was the one handing out the money because that was this show was kind of like, a "Twilight Zone" where instead of entering another dimension the Serling way, the characters enter it in a financial way. The results could be similar I believe.) I do remember some episodes but I have not seen this since it was re run in the 60's.Episode 1: Their was this couple who had been named in the will of a relative. He left them money for their honeymoon. He receives the check and, as he was going to his lawyers to change his will, has a heart attack in the taxi on the way there. The couple, because the will leaves the unused money to someone else, then takes off on a honeymoon that costs a million dollars.Episode 2: Their were these two old friends since childhood both of whom had ended up in the same old folks home. One of them receives a million. He goes and buys a big house where he sets up a Christmas tree (in July) and says to his friend (whom he intends to share his good fortune with) "everyday will be Christmas around here from now on!" His friend then dies on the spot. Now remember that this is in the fifties and that these guys grew up during the worst years of the 20th century and you see the pathos involved.I do not know the names of these episodes and since the show is out of print I may never see them again but I think you get the idea. This is still a good concept for a show and it might be nice to have a reprise of the show as many of the actors/actresses (Vera Miles, Mary Tyler Moore) are still alive and some of the original audience is still around. We could see what they did with their million over the years.In this day of lottery game winners who blow it all, some of the story might get lost in translation but with todays multi billionaires it still could make for a good TV movie or mini series.Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, and Ross Perot; Where are you?