- Dede Bradley: [on the $5,000 question, which is about kids' toys] My son has more Legos than you can imagine.
- Regis Philbin: Okay.
- Dede Bradley: So I know it's not them. And I played with Lincoln Log.
- Regis Philbin: The kid doesn't have any Tinkertoys?
- Dede Bradley: No.
- Regis Philbin: That poor child is growing up without an Erector set?
- [Dede laughs]
- Regis Philbin: I play with mine every night!
- [audience laughter/booing]
- Regis Philbin: Stop it! We're trying to think clearly here.
- Regis Philbin: [describing the Three Wisemen lifeline] Dede, look, there they are. Sequestered backstage, their identities shrouded in mystery and darkness. Three geniuses ready to jump to your intellectual rescue.