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There seems to be a big push in the news cycle to make Mike seem like a good potential host for real and it seems a little bit too contrived for me to think it's just happenstance. Luckily the comments sections are very much pro-Ken. I think Mike Richards is doing a good job but if you're going to pick a white dude to host Jeopardy permanently Ken should basically be the only option due to his history with the show. Not the most generic white man looking guy you took from a stock photo website and animated.
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Richards is doing a good job with the mechanics of the show, but he comes across slightly impersonal and slick. He gives off used car salesman vibes, in my opinion.
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Feb 25, 2021 14:54
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Goober Peas posted:Richards is doing a good job with the mechanics of the show, but he comes across slightly impersonal and slick. He gives off used car salesman vibes, in my opinion.  My roommate said he's the white version of Jon Kelly (the host of Funny You Should Ask), and I can't say I disagree.
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Feb 25, 2021 15:15
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I think he's doing a fine job, but Ken's just got more personality. Also, I really liked the Final Jeopardy clue last night, that was a clever little thought puzzle.
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Feb 25, 2021 16:18
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I was SO loving MAD that the clue about the horse and the dog wasn't Pavlov, because I thought I was clever for having thought of it 
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Feb 25, 2021 18:00
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Goober Peas posted:Richards is doing a good job with the mechanics of the show, but he comes across slightly impersonal and slick. He gives off used car salesman vibes, in my opinion. That's a perfect way of describing him. He gives off that "over-rehearsed just a few too many times" vibe and makes me feel like he'd offer me the Rolex off his wrist if I would just sign here and initial there. Though he does have a much more authoritative voice than Ken does. That's not Ken's fault at all, of course, it's just that he's always going to have that higher-pitched, slightly nasal timbre that makes him sound like the guy who got stuffed into his locker on the regular.
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Feb 25, 2021 20:34
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Yeah, the used salesman vibe is exactly right. Someone else pointed out that he's exactly like any other game show host that's not Jeopardy, and I think that's accurate, too. J! isn't supposed to be just any other game show, and it needs a host that reflects that.
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Feb 25, 2021 20:37
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Also I saw someone who pointed out that Richards takes too long to read the answers to the clues, and it's so true. It makes a difference when you've got someone like Ken or Alex who didn't really need to read the answers for the majority of the questions.
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Feb 25, 2021 20:38
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Richards is perfectly fine as a placeholder. I agree with all the comments mentioned. He's too....polished. I don't think he's as good at the banter as either Ken or Alex.
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Feb 25, 2021 20:59
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He has the perfect voice for an ad on the radio but my brain starts to slide away the longer I hear him talk. He's fine but I gotta really focus to by the end of Double Jeopardy to follow what he's saying. He's still better than no Jeopardy.
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Feb 25, 2021 21:03
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I noticed the same thing, I was missing more and more DJ clues because I was just starting to struggle to focus. Also, I want to note I missed my first clue in the physics category ever because the clue was flat out loving incorrect  . I still stand by my "I'll wager every penny in that category regardless of the state of the game".Related, was sad asian dude didn't win last night, despite his constant swaying. He had a hell of a comeback to go from way behind to in the lead going into final. I was rooting for him since he was introduced as an astrophysicist 
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Feb 25, 2021 21:12
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Related, was sad asian dude didn't win last night, despite his constant swaying. He had a hell of a comeback to go from way behind to in the lead going into final. I was rooting for him since he was introduced as an astrophysicist
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Feb 25, 2021 21:14
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Did Mike forget to break during the first round tonight?
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Feb 26, 2021 01:43
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BaronVonVaderham posted:I noticed the same thing, I was missing more and more DJ clues because I was just starting to struggle to focus. Wait, which one was wrong in the physics cat? I'm a dumbass at physics so I wouldn't have noticed.
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Feb 26, 2021 01:50
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HookShot posted:Wait, which one was wrong in the physics cat? I'm a dumbass at physics so I wouldn't have noticed. The one about the definition of work. It is not always a change in KINETIC energy, it can also be a change in potential. Work is more accurately (and more commonly) defined as a force applied over a distance, regardless of path, resulting in a net energy change to the system. There's a slight argument to be made that the work does result in motion so there is "instantaneous" kinetic energy that then converts to potential, but it's weak. If you look at that motion as a sequence of infinitesimal intervals there is no velocity and the energy is being instantly "absorbed" into some form of potential (e.g. pressing on a spring to compress it, lifting an object up against gravity, etc.). The object is also generally moving at a constant velocity if you look at the process as a unified whole, except at the very beginning and end, which further demonstrates the direct conversion from work to potential. That's not even getting into anything beyond basic classical physics, it gets even hazier in the realm of quantum or statistical mechanics. I had work pop up in my brain, but then dismissed it with, "Well, that's usually more to do with potentials, so what else could it be..."
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Feb 26, 2021 02:04
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Seemed odd that Final was a triple stumper. They pretty much hinted of a political change occuring in '93 in Africa that lopped off a coast. I thought that was a gimme since the only new countries that year ASAIK were Eritrea and Slovakia.
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Feb 26, 2021 02:15
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BaronVonVaderham posted:The one about the definition of work. It is not always a change in KINETIC energy, it can also be a change in potential. This is really good to know, thanks!!
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Feb 26, 2021 02:20
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Iron Crowned posted:Did Mike forget to break during the first round tonight? Ha, I noticed that too. I was about to fast forward and he just kept going.
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Feb 26, 2021 02:46
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BaronVonVaderham posted:The one about the definition of work. It is not always a change in KINETIC energy, it can also be a change in potential. I got that one wrong, too. My guess was "flux".
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Feb 26, 2021 04:21
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Island Nation posted:Seemed odd that Final was a triple stumper. They pretty much hinted of a political change occuring in '93 in Africa that lopped off a coast. I thought that was a gimme since the only new countries that year ASAIK were Eritrea and Slovakia.
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Feb 26, 2021 06:09
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Wouldn't quite call it a gimme but yeah, that's one I would expect anyone who could run a week or so to get. Yeah, the 1993 part gave it away for me, but I have been listening to quite a bit of BBC lately and they mentioned it a lot when Ethiopia was in the news for ethnic conflicts a couple months back. Agreed with the overly slickness of Richards. His cadence is really throwing me off. He’s not bad, but he just seems wrong to me for Jeopardy for whatever reason.
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Feb 26, 2021 07:20
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He seems very sincere and that goes a long way for me.
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Feb 26, 2021 09:52
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RC and Moon Pie posted:One of the contestants had a story today that did not even feature her. It was about a friend of hers arm wrestling Alex on Jeopardy years ago. It was an awkward story. we've gone a step beyond "good for you, jeopardy contestant" and into "good for your friend, jeopardy contestant!"
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Feb 26, 2021 21:50
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Poque posted:Ha, I noticed that too. I was about to fast forward and he just kept going. Yeah, the first break is when the contestants run the equivalent of 3 categories, and that was at the 3 and a half mark, which just threw me for a loop
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Feb 26, 2021 21:58
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Second day in a row Final Jeopardy is a triple stumper. This one was bad. I knew the answer from high school history and I went to a public, rural high school in Georgia.
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Feb 27, 2021 03:16
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*Gordon Ramsay meme* Finally, some good loving betting in final. I also knew it immediately and I’m Canadian.
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Feb 27, 2021 03:49
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I don't know anything about the actual incident but I know OF it and that was enough.
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Feb 27, 2021 03:51
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I got as far as "ABC Affair" haha
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Feb 27, 2021 04:30
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I always think the XYZ affair is the same thing as the Zimmerman telegram.
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Feb 27, 2021 04:38
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Second day in a row Final Jeopardy is a triple stumper. Neither should've been a triple stumper but I'd put this one as slightly harder.
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Feb 27, 2021 04:47
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Groovelord Neato posted:Neither should've been a triple stumper but I'd put this one as slightly harder.
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Feb 27, 2021 05:05
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I got this immediately because I did a group history project on John Adams back in middle school and learned about the XYZ Affair then. Also, nice betting in Final.
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Feb 27, 2021 06:27
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I got the final right away thanks to a joke in an old Dave Barry satire US history book I read a lot as a kid. That book probably got more US history stuck in my head than school did. I will never forget the Smoot Hawley Tariff.
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Feb 27, 2021 06:54
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I'm so relieved that the Avatar of Pretentiousness didn't win.
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Feb 27, 2021 15:28
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Jokymi posted:I got the final right away thanks to a joke in an old Dave Barry satire US history book I read a lot as a kid. I have that book (Dave Barry Slept Here) on my shelf, which is why I remember that tariff and that the Teapot Dome Scandal was named after a plot of land that was shaped like a scandal. Gonna have to crack it open and freshen up on XYZ!
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Dienes posted:I'm so relieved that the Avatar of Pretentiousness didn't win. I got the distinct impression that his accent was an affectation, it seemed to slip in and out. His anecdote being about a Beatles cover band didn't help , nor did his striking a pose for the entire time he was on screen and running the opera category.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:15
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BaronVonVaderham posted:
It was absolutely a put-on, it was barely there in his first few responses and then he just cranked it up to 11 after the opening category trade-off between Toys & Games and Asian History that he did with Michael. I remember thinking that his accent sounded like that of someone whose exposure to British accents came entirely from watching movies and TV, and then "oh, hey, a film studies teacher from Burbank, everything suddenly makes sense, now."
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Feb 27, 2021 21:42
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The XYZ Affair itself was one of the tamest scandals imaginable although it was vaguely relevant to the first impeachment of Trump.
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Mar 1, 2021 04:17
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The "Up" category was definitely a bullshit category
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Iron Crowned posted:The "Up" category was definitely a bullshit category That was pure bullshit, yeah. I was also irrationally twitchy at Richards saying "and one dollars" at the end of the episode.
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