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Larry David Fumbles The Most Basic Question During 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'

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Vincent Drake  ·  July 23, 2026
Larry David Fumbles The Most Basic Question During 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'
Vincent Drake
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Larry David, 79, appeared on the Season 5 premiere of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Wednesday night on ABC alongside his daughter Cazzie David, 32, and immediately established himself as perhaps the only adult in America who has never eaten a bowl of Lucky Charms.

Host Jimmy Kimmel asked which cereal is known for its colorful "marbits," short for marshmallow bits, with options being Raisin Bran, Cap'n Crunch, Cookie Crisp and Lucky Charms.

Cazzie answered instantly. "Lucky Charms," she said.

"What?" Larry replied.

When Cazzie explained that Lucky Charms contains marshmallows, Larry said "It does?" with genuine bewilderment.

He had apparently assumed the cereal contained what he described as "colored fruit things." Cazzie looked at her father the way every person watching at home was looking at their television: in complete disbelief. "Yeah, do you not know about…do you not know about cereals?"

He did not know about cereals.

The two lost on the $64,000 question and took home $32,000 for their charity. Ben Affleck appeared in the second half of the episode with Jeopardy champion Jamie Ding. Larry David's complete ignorance of Lucky Charms is all anyone is talking about.

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  • JonSEAZJuly 26, 2026
    I'm 84 and I too never have eaten Lucky Charms. I occasionally eat Bob's Red Mill Old Country Style Muesli, but avoid most cold cereal because they are overly processed junk food. I generally cook steel cut oats with apple chunks, raisins, Craisins, blueberries, and sometimes chunks of various dried fruit. I add a pinch of salt, vanilla, and cinnamon. that may be eaten with milk, yogurt, soy milk, or other liquid of choice. Tasty, nutritious, high fiber, low glycemic index. I eat many types and kinds of food, but avoid most junk food, which is what most commercially prepared stuff is, highly processed sugar and starch laden junk. Breakfast cereals are some of the worst in that regard.

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