otm, his big daily double move blew me out of the water and i was watching him very differently after that
― Clay, Thursday, 17 March 2016 02:30 (eight years ago) link
in the last show it felt like he was intentionally stalling towards the end.
― remove butt (abanana), Thursday, 17 March 2016 07:05 (eight years ago) link
http://jeopardyhotties.tumblr.com
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 1 April 2016 04:25 (eight years ago) link
Louis Virtel, natch
― i like to CH4 CH4 and i am crazy (jaymc), Friday, 1 April 2016 04:26 (eight years ago) link
The april fools episode was fun, lots of sight gagshttp://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/features/april-fools-10-tricks
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 3 April 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
louis ck is on tonight
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 23:14 (eight years ago) link
i have mixed feelings about los angeles "music executive" (he's a commercial music supervisor, but alex seems obsessed with the phrase "music executive") buzzy cohen's eight-day-and-counting run. but the one thing that has struck me while watching him this week is that he kinda sucks in the music categories. struck out on taylor swift, donna summer and joan jett questions on monday, rebounded on robert palmer and bon jovi questions. so maybe he's the in-house classic-rock expert at his agency, i thought to myself. but then on wednesday, he got lady gaga and pitbull questions while missing on bruno mars, gene simmons and alice cooper. i want to know how he got his music executive license.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 26 May 2016 08:51 (eight years ago) link
for some reason the gene simmons one totally cracked me up. imagining his thought process - pretty sure this is one of the guys from kiss, gonna say ace. idk it is not funny at all now but imagine it being very hilarious and that's how it was at the time to me.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 26 May 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Haven't watched yesterday's yet but I kind of can't believe he missed the Joan Jett answer the other day.
Also I kind of hate the SNL Trebek-baiting but love that Alex seems so obviously pissed about it.
― joygoat, Thursday, 26 May 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
The guy Buzzy beat last night (Dan R.) is my supervisor at work. He couldn't say anything about the episode before it aired, but this morning he's started to talk. According to Dan, Buzzy was as cocky off-camera as he was on.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Friday, 27 May 2016 12:24 (eight years ago) link
I've been missing a lot of episodes lately but Buzzy's talk-to-Alex-after-the-first-commercial-break anecdote about Brian Wilson from his (I think) second episode was all time.
― there will be plenty of bros screaming "WHERES JIM" (cwkiii), Friday, 27 May 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
Guy on Jeopardy lost
― jmm, Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:08 (eight years ago) link
Maybe Alex had an English lit FJ category intentionally planted when he saw that he was gonna have a English lit prof on...
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link
My former coworker was on today but she is not an English prof so I guess she didn't win.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:21 (eight years ago) link
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, May 18, 2016 7:14 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
only just watched this, lmao @ "i was starting to write fistula" :)
― johnny crunch, Friday, 10 June 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=mP2TcYP6HuA
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2TcYP6HuA
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
i hate myself for sounding like such a soft touch but that really wasn't "hilarious" at all. trebek is a cock.
― evol j, Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
found it very hilarious tbh
― k3vin k., Thursday, 13 October 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
uggh not a great rejoinder there from Alex
― seafaring funnyman Jacques Custos (rip van wanko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
lmbo trebek!
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
Video removed, what was in it?
― nickn, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
the contestant says she likes "nerdcore" hiphop which she states is hiphop for geeks and people who can't get dates. trebek says "so, losers basically". she says "sure".
― seafaring funnyman Jacques Custos (rip van wanko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
I like how this thread got revived for that and not for Seth winning a shitload of money. Then again he was super low-key and every episode I'd sort of realize late in the game that he was cleaning up.
My wife kept referring to him as Gavin:http://www.hippoquotes.com/img/bruce-mcculloch-gavin-quotes/41d3f6fcbf5bb20743c9c2608d88a1e5.jpg
― joygoat, Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
i was a fan of seth. he's one of those dudes - definitely witnessed on the show before - who mispronounces a lot of things, like his whole experience of life to this point has been out of books
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 14 October 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
Seth was a powerhouse but his personality was so limited it was difficult to get excited about him. He just didn't get answers wrong! Worth noting that he ended his run on a right answer and a conservative bet in final jeopardy. He coulda gone on indefinitely if he had been more cutthroat!
I did my audition today as the only oddball looking guy amongst 18 mostly physically unexceptional and business suited white dudes. I asked Maggie (who is a singular ball of positive energy and excitement and absolutely the #1 person you'd want to go to karaoke with), "Is that all there is?" and she said "Kid, we're working on it but thanks for noticing!"
Interesting collection of folks nonetheless (one guy came from Maine, one guy was a "graveyard monitor for a state agency," one guy taught athletics to autistic children, one guy was a lobster chef from Boston who claimed to have an irrational fear of them... nephropidaphobia?) with complex and long lives on display (one guy with a wife of fifty years, one with a husband for forty, one guy who auditioned for the show back in the 1990's in Atlantic City) and a few with minor social maladjustments who were clearly just thrilled to be there... I probably fit into the latter category.
I honestly think I bombed the written test; I hit a block on an answer halfway through and it fucked me up for more or less the next eight questions... it wasn't like I was doing so well up to then either! I guess I did fine on the live portion. But my clear stage voice and conscious camera presence is supported by way too many years of theater training, the jewfro definitely was appreciated (one of the testers commented that I "looked like Alex in the 70's") and my decision to offer to make a Trebek ceramic piece (supported by a stack of pottery that I brought in as samples) was extremely well received. So now I wait for 18 months and see what happens.
It was fun! I recommend doing it if you can!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 14 October 2016 03:46 (seven years ago) link
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― LUMBAGO MUJO, Friday, 14 October 2016 08:33 (seven years ago) link
It's fun! I recommend doing it if you can.
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 October 2016 12:30 (seven years ago) link
I did my audition in Philly in September 2014. They just called me this week to be on the show - tapes next month! So even if they say 18 months, don't lose hope.
― von kelson, Friday, 14 October 2016 12:33 (seven years ago) link
Congrats on making the cut! How did you feel like you did on the test?
Petty concern: even if I were to make the cut I'm a little woobly on the idea of booking a round trip ticket to California from NY and a hotel on my own dime... even with the guaranteed 1k for third place, after taxes it's likely to be a fairly expensive adventure! Doc Casino: what did that run you?
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 14 October 2016 13:26 (seven years ago) link
woah, congrats to von kelson!! and ulysses, it sounds like you made a really good impression, don't despair!
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Friday, 14 October 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
I definitely blew some questions on the test, but at that point I think they're more looking for someone relatable they can put on camera, so I'm sure you did well. I'm not expecting to make a profit on the experience given the costs of getting out there, but I figure you can't put a price on the story.
― von kelson, Friday, 14 October 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
congrats + goodluck
Worth noting that he ended his run on a right answer and a conservative bet in final jeopardy.
terrible wager imo & I def agreed w some of his past conservative wagering when the categories were more specific/obscure. he always felt kinda beatable to me idk, good player tho obv
― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 October 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
thanks for the well wishes!
I figure you can't put a price on the story.
quick question: Do they give you ample time to weigh out the final jeopardy bet so that you can't accidentally fuck it up by betting ten dollars too little?
also very quasi shady question BUT a simple word to the wise would be interesting: i had a friend of a friend of a contestant insist that they give you the category titles prior to gameplay so you can get your mind around what you're going to be dealing with... he said this happened with enough time to actually study?!? T/F? Smells of bullshit to me.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 14 October 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
You can take as long as you need - cameras are off for the commercial break so there's not like a specifically ticking clock or whatever. I'm sure if you took fifteen minutes or something there might be some gentle nudges. They give you paper and a sharpie so you can check and double-check your math, too.
I really think the written test is mainly there to weed out people who did wildly better on the online test (aka cheated somehow). I definitely missed a fair number of the questions but I really think the live human interaction bits are the heart of the exercise.
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Friday, 14 October 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
here's hoping you're right! Maggie wanted to buy some of my pottery and seemed genuine about it, was trying to get a website out of me she could visit and they got the pieces on camera and made it sound like an Trebek mug would be awesome so that and a big head of hair certainly SEEMS like it would get me trending on twitter.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 14 October 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
The internet is in love with Alex Trebek rapping:
http://www.avclub.com/article/heres-look-back-rap-stylings-mc-alex-trebek-244910
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 27 October 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Last night was her third win...but sadly, she passed away on December 5:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/cindy-stowell-jeopardy-death.html
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 16 December 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
OMG! She was great! What a bummer.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 16 December 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
indeed
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 December 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
There was a very touching NPR story about this on Monday. The interviews with her husband really got to me.
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 22 December 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
trebek said nice things after final jeopardy and seemed a little misty eyed
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 22 December 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
god bless herhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIArSWymjY
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 13 January 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
ok fine, but just so you guys know, I'm not crying, I just have something caught in both my eyes
― it me, Friday, 13 January 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
Her death was one more horribly shitty thing that happened in a horribly shitty year, but she was nevertheless, for me, the hero of a year in which I did not expect to find any.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 13 January 2017 05:34 (seven years ago) link
Strange episode today. Middle guy got screwed out of a runaway win because one of his correct responses was considered wrong, then they adjusted his score before FJ, but they didn't subtract from another contestant who also got that one correct.
also a hidden star trek reference in the category names.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/soLlJT7.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 00:28 (seven years ago) link
lol
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 2 August 2017 01:03 (seven years ago) link
good on her
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 03:10 (seven years ago) link
How the Jeopardy! Writers Room Comes Up With All of Those Questions
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link