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HookShot posted:No one here had a problem with George Stephanopolous, so they can learn Mayim or Biyalik. It's Bialik. No "y" in her surname.
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Oh drat! Mea culpa.
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:I also haven't watched an as-it-airs episode of Jeopardy since... Well, the 13th will be the first since Alex's final episode. Oh yeah I guess I’ll tune in to watch that—I don’t know Cory very well but it’s always nice to watch Internet Trivia People take the stage
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Mister Kingdom posted:Did anyone refer to LeVar Burton as Geordie? I don't recall. The push for Burton to host was I think mostly based on him being the beloved host of Reading Rainbow.
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Jan 11, 2022 20:10
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I absolutely agree with the point of view that you should use her actual name, she's a person and deserves the respect and the argument that her name isn't American enough to remember is well, lovely. She's also certainly in the upper upper echelon of people known by their famous character unlike every other guest host that gained fame more through their actual identity. Now if like Dustin Diamond or Kelsey Grammer were guest hosts you would absolutely have people in this thread and nationwide referring to them as "Screech" and "Frasier", I think those are more apt comparisons. It still wouldn't make it the right thing to call them. Why did my brain go to loving Screech and Frasier. Urkel was right there.
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Kelsey Grammer is such a lovely person known for playing a smart on on TV I'm surprised that they didn't get him to host some episodes too.
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HookShot posted:Kelsey Grammer is such a lovely person known for playing a smart on on TV I'm surprised that they didn't get him to host some episodes too. I feel like somewhere, the last finger on a monkey's paw has just curled.
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Urkel will always be Sonic to me, though.
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Jan 11, 2022 20:23
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Calling actors by their most famous character's name is lame, sometimes can be a way to denigrate them, sometimes not. But she's stupid so who cares.
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Jan 11, 2022 20:33
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Being antivax should be disqualifying for the position of quiz-show host, honestly. Maybe I don’t want to know Ken Jennings’ opinion on most things, but he’s never gone on tv to talk about those opinions or written a book full of them.
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Jan 11, 2022 20:51
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Ken Jennings has had a twitter account for a long time so it's frankly amazing he hasn't had some stupid poo poo dug up to get dragged over He's also written several books but I think they're all trivia collections
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haveblue posted:Ken Jennings has had a twitter account for a long time so it's frankly amazing he hasn't had some stupid poo poo dug up to get dragged over No he definitely did lmao, with some REAL clunkers. that’s why we have the carousel in the first place his star wars tweet was very funny and I will die on this hill
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Jan 11, 2022 22:22
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Bean Dad sure was a Day on the Internet. Also, Ken has very much tweeted left-wing ideas and the boomers who are the primary audience of this show did not like that he is a proponent of Bernie Sanders' ideas.
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Jan 11, 2022 22:28
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I swear there was a bad one about women in wheelchairs but tbh I'd still rank "made some lovely jokes ten years ago" above the anti-vaxx lady.
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christmas boots posted:I swear there was a bad one about women in wheelchairs but tbh I'd still rank "made some lovely jokes ten years ago" above the anti-vaxx lady. Yeah, it was like "There's nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair" which I mean he apologized for it and there have been a shitloads of way dumber things said on the internet by a lot of the other people who also vied for the job including the person they're ultimately going to give it to.
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1glitch0 posted:Calling actors by their most famous character's name is lame, sometimes can be a way to denigrate them, sometimes not. But she's stupid so who cares. I saw an interview with Ed O'Neill where he talked about people calling him "Al Bundy" in public once Married...with children became popular. At first , he got pissed because up to that point he had done a lot of serious work. Eventually, he realized that being recognized for any work was good recognition and he just rolled with it. I don't see calling an actor by a character's name an insult for the most part.
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Jan 11, 2022 23:53
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Yeah it's incredible that a bad taste joke or two spooked the powers that be but Bialik having a list of awful unscientific (or just awful in general) positions and having zero connection to the show didn't dissuade them. I think everyone assumed Ken was going to be the next host except for the people pulling the strings. I thought it was fair to use her character name too since they picked her for playing a character on Big Bang Theory and seemingly no other reason.
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Jan 12, 2022 00:01
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What’s the single game record for correct answers? Amy was 41/60 tonight which is insane.
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Steve has a voice for radio. God drat.
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Douchebag posted:What’s the single game record for correct answers? leszek, steve chernicoff and brian weikle also had a 41, holzhauer and amodio had 43 each once, ken had a 45 with three misses (!!!) might be missing some or have incomplete info but i think those are all right
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Spokes posted:leszek, steve chernicoff and brian weikle also had a 41, holzhauer and amodio had 43 each once, ken had a 45 with three misses (!!!) I did some searching and I know James went 40/40 once. Amy had 41 tonight and I don’t know how many misses, but not many. Ken with 45 and 3 misses is insane to me. One of the things I really enjoy about Ken hosting is he points out little stats here and there. Tonight being Amy answering 41 correct. He really loves and appreciates the history of the game and it shows.
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Huh, a few dozen tweets. I guess Amy lo... Oh, for Pete's sake Look, I was making the same stuff a few months ago (check the thread). It was dumb then and it's dumb now. HookShot made it clear to me if not all of us that she doesn't tolerate that talk about Dr. Bialik for the reasons given and I apolgized & stopped doing it. I do not think she is a better host than Alex or Buzzy or Ken but that is only my opinion and will refrain from saying anything else about her other work outside of Jeopardy on this thread. It's one thing to poo poo talk about stuff like game shows, hockey teams or whatever else but when a line is crossed like that where the opinion turns into toxic sludge, then it should stop. Now, who knew Ethel Merman was in Annie?
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Ethel Merman originated the role! I think talking about Bialik's other work is totally appropriate, especially the brain drugs ads.
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They put in those ads, "I'm an actual neuroscientist." Looked it up on youtube. The company has the ad as a video and the comments are turned off. 
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HookShot posted:No one here had a problem with George Stephanopolous, so they can learn Mayim or Biyalik. (yes I had to look up how to spell Strombo's name)
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I had no idea about Ethel Merman or SJP being in those musicals but I guessed it correctly just based on the part about having the same name
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Zesty posted:They put in those ads, "I'm an actual neuroscientist." I can’t tell you how much I hate these commercials. Smarmy is the word that comes to mind.
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goethe.cx posted:I had no idea about Ethel Merman or SJP being in those musicals but I guessed it correctly just based on the part about having the same name Yeah, I guessed "Annie" just based on probability, due to that name being used in the title of 2 musicals I could think of. Kind of surprised none of the contestants did the same. I don't even know musical theater all that well. Seemed like some of them were just picking names at random. Maybe my lack of knowledge of musical theater is why I didn't recognize their guesses, though.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Did anyone refer to LeVar Burton as Geordie? I don't recall. I think I did itt, lemme check. edit: nope, but I did call him that irl even though I know his name. relatedly, I don't respect mayim and it has nothing to do with her gender. she's pretty lovely. Geordie otoh helped me to enjoy reading when I was younger and upon subsequent rewatches his character on ST was awesome. further, Colm Meaney played O'Brien on two ST series and when he was revealed to be (non-trek spoiler) Charlie's real dad on Always Sunny I still called him O'Brien. Same for when he was in Layer Cake. vvvvv polite lol that he is Irish, actually. fun fact, too: With 225 total appearances on Star Trek, he has made more appearances on the franchise than any other actor except Michael Dorn. The Sean fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Jan 12, 2022 |
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It is canon that there is an exception for actors who have an extremely thick scottish accent.
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Noted Scotsmen Colm Meaney and Miles O'Brien
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thrawn527 posted:Yeah, I guessed "Annie" just based on probability, due to that name being used in the title of 2 musicals I could think of. Kind of surprised none of the contestants did the same. I don't even know musical theater all that well. Seemed like some of them were just picking names at random. Maybe my lack of knowledge of musical theater is why I didn't recognize their guesses, though. The guess of Rose was based on Gypsy, as Ken said. I don't think Amy had another role named Rose in mind, but she knew Ethel Merman played Rose and it's a huge role/show.
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Duckman2008 posted:It is canon that there is an exception for actors who have an extremely thick scottish accent. You're not allowed to refer to James Doohan as Scotty, instead you're legally required to do so. Looking at my own habits, I think I do this to a lot of actors, and it does seem to happen more frequently with male actors. Shatner is always Kirk, John Rhys-Davies is always Gimli, Chris Hemsworth is always Thor (especially because I never remember which Hemsworth is which).... I'm not saying I disagree with Hookshot, just that it isn't that uncommon a mental shortcut. It really depends on the name and character name, if they're really that well known for anything else, etc.
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Chris is the famous one, Liam is the other one. If there are others they’re not important.
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Anne Whateley posted:Mary and Melissa were almost certainly random / "well Mary is a common name...?" The only reason I knew "everything's coming up roses" was something of ethyl merman's signature song was her cameo gag in Airplane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmZdqsCW8vM Edit: but I'm guessing this turned out to be about Annie Get Your Gun?
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Speaking if Bialik being a dogshit host, have an interview of her that is just kinda generically boring but includes a great line like her not even watching Jeopardy until recently which tbh genuinely does explain why she's such a black hole up there and doesn't seem to get the difference between Alex ribbing people and poo poo like literally laughing at contestants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csn7HYbKwhc
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