Ugh, that made me think he was throwing the game on purpose, mainly because the name of the category was something like "Everything in Threes."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 13 March 2014 11:59 (ten years ago) link
Although this explains a lot:http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2014/03/arthur_chu_is_beaten_on_jeopar.html
Chu said fatigue took a toll on him. What most people don't know is that Jeopardy! tapes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. His first four wins were on a Wednesday and he went home to Broadview Heights until the following Tuesday. On that day, he won five straight games. Then returned Wednesday for more."At one point, I was kind of mad because Alex is like, 'Our champion Arthur had two weeks to rest.' No I didn't. I had NO time to rest."
"At one point, I was kind of mad because Alex is like, 'Our champion Arthur had two weeks to rest.' No I didn't. I had NO time to rest."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 13 March 2014 12:03 (ten years ago) link
"And seriously, "The Two Penny Opera?"
― nickn, Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:22 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"
YES. That was surprising.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
Felt like Alex could have big upped the guy a little more at the end tbh. I mean that was a pretty impressive streak and he was basically just like see yea later, dude.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Trebek had to establish who was the big dog there without Sean Connery around to correct him.
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-qYubSv_Qhw
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYubSv_Qhw#t=59
hahaha
― Nhex, Thursday, 13 March 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
Reddit AMA: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/20cyz7/i_am_arthur_chu_3_winningest_jeopardy_contestant/
On the "McDarmand" controversy:
Oh, losing $10,000 on a judgment call is infuriating and leaves a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. I'm amazed I was able to come back from that and still win that game.What makes it worse is that Trebek didn't "shut me down" -- he initially GAVE me that Daily Double, congratulated me, everyone applauded me, etc., and then the producers shouted "CUT!" and stopped taping while they conferred with each other and then said they were taking it away from me. That's a really nerve-racking process, and it really really sucks to go "back in time" and have Alex basically undo the victory he just gave you and "rule you wrong" for the cameras.And yes, I did kind of act like a dick after that but I'd challenge all of you to ask yourselves how you'd feel if you just lost $10,000 for pronouncing a syllable wrong.
What makes it worse is that Trebek didn't "shut me down" -- he initially GAVE me that Daily Double, congratulated me, everyone applauded me, etc., and then the producers shouted "CUT!" and stopped taping while they conferred with each other and then said they were taking it away from me. That's a really nerve-racking process, and it really really sucks to go "back in time" and have Alex basically undo the victory he just gave you and "rule you wrong" for the cameras.
And yes, I did kind of act like a dick after that but I'd challenge all of you to ask yourselves how you'd feel if you just lost $10,000 for pronouncing a syllable wrong.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 14 March 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
Especially with the "Peptide, . . . Peptic" answer on his last day.
― nickn, Friday, 14 March 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
He talked about that, too. As long as you correct yourself within the allotted time, you're ok -- it's the second answer that counts (and apparently, this has been the rule on the show from the beginning).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 14 March 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
OK, I didn't know that rule. I was expecting more of a jaw-drop from Chu after that that I didn't see. Wasn't sure if that meant it was OK to do that or if he just didn't want to get upset and throw off his game.
― nickn, Friday, 14 March 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
On the episode where Arthur lost to Diana, they had all three contestants place their wagers, then suddenly stopped everything. At this point, while not home-free, Diana couldn't be caught by Arthur. She was visibly shaking and had to hold on to the podium to steady herself.
They suddenly announce that they're erasing the wagers, and Arthur's score jumped up, putting him in striking distance. They asked all three to wager again and then held tape again to review another answer.
After several moments, Diana slowly turned to the contestant wranglers and waved. One of them came over to her, and Diana whispered something. The PA ran off to the greenroom and quickly came back with a folding chair and bottle of orange juice... just as Diana went timbeeeer.
She fell straight into the chair and almost completely passed out from the stress.
After a few minutes, she'd recovered enough to complete the game, and was the only contestant to correctly answer Final Jeopardy!. The whole place went nuts, and both she and Arthur got standing ovations at the end of taping.
The whole time this was happening, Diana's mom was in the audience, barely coherent from the stress and literally crying with joy. Arthur's family was practically luminescent with pride at the end as Alex taped a special clip inviting Arthur to the tournament of champions and the show's executive producer came to shake Arthur's hand.
[–]firstordercondition 115 points 23 hours ago
You seemed off your game in that last show. Was it fatigue?
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[–]ThisIsArthurChu[S] 301 points 20 hours ago
Alex said to me during one of those credits segments "I think fatigue will be the thing that takes you down" and he was right.
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[–]PorcupineTheory 399 points 18 hours ago
Did he brush his hand against your cheek and whisper this?
― balls, Friday, 14 March 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha
― Corporal Clegg, you've got a lovely daughter (WilliamC), Friday, 14 March 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
that's some dude arthur beat posting that anecdote, don't want ppl to think arthur was going third person on us
― balls, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
miss u dude but what a soldier
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 15 March 2014 13:24 (ten years ago) link
One of the things that Arthur's streak illustrated is how insanely difficult what Jennings did was. Even if you accept that other guys were as smart/fast on the buzzer/poised as him, it's getting hard to imagine that anyone else will top his streak at this point.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
i think there was a point where having clocked more hours playing real jeopardy than any of the newcomers gives jennings an advantage, i.e. the streak was more likely to continue the longer it got. did arthur ever get to the point where he could be relaxed and just coast through?
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 15 March 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
Right I'm sure that helps a bit (also after a while I imagine that the longer the streak the greater the intimidation factor) but at the same time exhaustion and bad luck (which is basically what happened to Arthur) is bound to set in for anyone (Jennings even talks about that in his book IIRC).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
Was Jennings as public and vocal during his winning streak? Could Arthur have jinxed himself by talking so much, taking to Twitter, whatever, rather than staying in the mental competition zone? Not that there is a way around that for most. He's called Jennings a mutant and a robot, which maybe is what it takes.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 March 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
Chu's shows were filmed over 3 days last November. All the tweeting and media attention didn't happen until months after his run was over.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 15 March 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Wow, I guess that's right. For some reason it never clicked with me that these shows were filmed that long ago. So he's known four or five months how long his streak lasts? Well, then, kudos to the guy for talking so much without giving the game away!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 March 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
they sign ndas not to discuss the outcomes until after everything airs
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 March 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
The ones before that one tournament in February were filmed in November; I think the rest were filmed somewhat recently, at least in 2014?
― 龜, Sunday, 16 March 2014 03:46 (ten years ago) link
According to Chu, all his shows were taped over three days in November. They tape five shows a day, and only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Chu taped four shows on a Wednesday, taped five the next Tuesday, and then his final two the next day. There was no break for the tournaments, and it annoyed him that Trebek said "he's had two weeks to study" -- he thought, "fuck you, I was here yesterday."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 16 March 2014 05:47 (ten years ago) link
Ah ok, gotcha
― 龜, Sunday, 16 March 2014 05:50 (ten years ago) link
i'd like to think trebek just exists in a jeopardy time vortex
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 16 March 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
I just assume he does, yeah.
The funny thing is, because of how far in advance they tape, we won't see if Arthur's strategy has caught on among contestants for at least another couple of months.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 16 March 2014 06:00 (ten years ago) link
just watched arthur's loss, which i had dvr'd while i was in austin. he did look tired; he was even rattled by the innocuous question alex asked him during the player introductions. but i thought it was weird that he bet wrong in final jeopardy, considering how much of a jeopardy strategist he was. he wasn't going to win anyway since diana, who was in the lead, had the correct answer. but he bet everything, which is the wrong bet in 99.9 percent of final jeopardy circumstances, and wasn't even close to what he should have bet. he should have bid $2200 or $2201, which would have been enough to nose out diana if he got it right and she got it wrong, which is the only way a player in third place has even a chance of winning. but i guess he had had little or no experience at betting from behind in final jeop.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 17 March 2014 05:20 (ten years ago) link
Arthur's Loss
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 17 March 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
One of the things that Arthur's streak illustrated is how insanely difficult what Jennings did was.
This was my thought too. He's like the Wilt Chamberlain of Jeopardy.
― frogbs, Monday, 17 March 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
but i thought it was weird that he bet wrong in final jeopardy, considering how much of a jeopardy strategist he was.
True, but his strategy was also "if I know something, I'm going all-in." His answer didn't seem like a random guess; I think he was maybe 60% sure of his answer.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 17 March 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
OMG COLBY IS BACK
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 31 March 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link
smulders?
― Mordy , Monday, 31 March 2014 23:34 (ten years ago) link
Are they doing the 2000's tourney already? Cause no Stephanie Jass, no cred.
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkGaPAwCEAAkuNA.png
― balls, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
i can't parse that
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
horribly formed?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
look for the "we build this city" tweet for a treat
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
No talk about Julia Collins, huh? Yet Arthur Chu is your bff? Yall are a buncha Elliott Rodgerses.
― del griffith, Sunday, 25 May 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
i caught her the other night, trebek called her 'julia the giant of jeopardy' which came off kinda like a fat joke tbh
tnr did a profile on him that's amusing - http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117694/alex-trebek-last-king-american-middlebrow
― balls, Sunday, 25 May 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Seems like the kind of thing Alex Trebek would say, being a huge asshole and all.
― del griffith, Sunday, 25 May 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link
But anyway, about Julia Collins...
one thing from that piece - According to head writer Billy Wisse, “Jeopardy!” is merely adjusting along with the evolving canon. His team needs to write the games so that contestants will still have a shot at knowing the answers; just as important, they have to ensure that the people playing along at home still get to feel good about their intellects.
when i was looking at jeopardy's facebook wall when chumania was going down what struck me is how many ppl, esp how many of the angry ppl who felt chu was 'ruining' it for them, generally watched jeopardy so they could tell themselves they were smart even though it was very apparent from their posts they were not smart, not at all. chu gave them some tangible things to direct that hatred towards - 'smug', 'rude', 'asian' - but if you went back you'd find pretty much anyone who won say more than three days in a row drew crazy hate. thinking of scorsese's character in quiz show, how says ppl weren't interested in the displays of intellect or whatever they just liked watching the money, and there's something to that (cf. 30 rock's gold case) but jeopardy does something different than most other shows where the prize is central (even w/ the price is right where some sort of supermarket savviness is key the focus is on the showcase), or even another trivia show like who wants to be a millionaire where the questions initially are ridiculously easy (as trebek bitched about once) and the 'game' comes in w/ when and how to risk the money, w/ jeopardy the prize is secondary (it can come into play w/ strategy but even this is seen as poor form or playing the game wrong somehow as chu demonstrated) and not particularly impressive really and yet it has generally been the most popular game show of the past thirty or so years by effectively pandering to the viewers' egos.
― balls, Sunday, 25 May 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
Haven't been watching regularly but have LOVED Julia on all the shows I've seen her on. Total pro.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 26 May 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
So is somebody on a new run? I snooze alarmed this after the tourney
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 May 2014 06:26 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up on julia btw, i watched her utterly demolish her opponents before the first commercial break and it was a thing of beauty. She bets conservatively but wisely on daily doubles and sorta steamrolls ahead at a healthy pace. I really only like watching jeopardy when a contestant is on a jag and i'm hoping julia can keep it going!
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link
― del griffith, Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
such a time capsule of a post
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 06:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah, the shelf life on any post that tries to bound that dude's hate is probably short
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 06:40 (ten years ago) link
bonus arthur chu essay:http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/your-princess-is-in-another-castle-misogyny-entitlement-and-nerds.html
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link