"I Forgot To Call Regis"
	"I didn't call Regis tonight," Rich Groezinger thought as he brushed his teeth one evening. So, he picked up the phone and called. This time, to his surprise, he made it through. He was shocked when a voice on the other line asked for his name, so he spit his toothpaste in a glass on his desk and answered. A week later he headed to the ABC studio in New York. Groezinger had called the Millionaire hotline about 50 times between January and April. It had become a game at his job in Long Grove, where he and a co-worker would ask each morning how the other had done on the questions. That game turned into a chance at winning a million dollars.
I wasn't as excited as my folks were," said Groezinger, who grew up in Shannon, Ill., a town of about 900. "The buzz in that town was remarkable." So remarkable that Groezinger became an instant celebrity with hometown folks rooting him on. At one point, his junior college sent him a shirt, asking him to wear it proudly, since he was the school's best advertisement. Groezinger only told a handful of people he was going to be on the show, so he got a lot of calls when he was introduced as a contestant. Some of them were welcome, some weren't. "My wife and I were screening calls," said Groezinger, who got a call from a stranger asking if he'd won any before he'd even appeared on the show. Because the show is taped before it airs, contestants have to promise not to talk about the show until it's shown on TV. Groezinger also got a couple of calls from financial planners, but, since he didn't win any money, he didn't really need their help. However, after the show aired and it became evident Groezinger didn't become a millionaire, he got a letter from a get-rich-quick company. "It was like they were saying, 'Sorry you didn't win a million bucks. Here's how you can make it.'" Groezinger didn't buy into it.