John Carpenter (born December 24, 1967[1]) is an American game show contestant and Internal Revenue Service agent.
[1] His father, Tom, worked as a computer program analyst for the Department of Veterans Affairs, while his mother, Gail, served as an administrative assistant for the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
[3] In November 1996, Carpenter met his future wife, Deborah, who was studying for a master's degree at Southern Connecticut State University and worked as a manager of a Fleet Bank branch in New Haven.
Carpenter eventually remembered that the film Tombstone included the gunfight, and he replied correctly with the answer 'Tombstone, Arizona'.
He explained to Kiplinger's Personal Finance that "after the taxes, it's not change-your-life kind of money if you want to eat every day.
Afterward, Carpenter pretended to call his father, then shouted, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
Carpenter also appeared on Good Morning America, Oprah Winfrey Show, and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.
[12] He plays a contestant in a fictional TV game show called Up Your Ante that the prisoners in Em City are watching.
In 2004, Carpenter participated in Super Millionaire, as one of the "Three Wise Men" on the episode during which Robert "Bob-O" Essig won $1,000,000.
[23] Carpenter again appeared in the audience on the Jimmy Kimmel version of Millionaire on the July 10, 2024, episode to commemorate the show's 25th anniversary.