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banned from Starbucks posted:If youre having a bad day or feel dumb after a particularly hard episode of jeopardy you can always feel better by watching the morons flail about on Wheel I can get like 40% to 70% of the answers correct on an average episode of Jeopardy but I will still stare at mostly filled in puzzles on Wheel and have absolutely no clue. Something is wrong with my brain.
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Anne Whateley posted:You never know, my stories are all either like "I like cats and knitting On your first day on Jeopardy start with the cats and the knitting story, on your second day take that hard right turn and tell the fetish party story. I love the Jeop contestant interviews because Alex is either genuinely interested and impressed or he looks like a grandpa who has been cornered by a 5 year old talking about his favorite cartoon.
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" or "I watched someone's orifices be sewn shut at a fetish party" without a lot of middle ground. I would probably go with the former on Jeopardy...probably
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Discount Viscount posted:It was Bible Books by Character. They didn't even get Revelation! One of the funniest quirks of Jeopardy is when it comes to a sports or Bible category you usually either get one person running the entire category or 3 blank stares over and over. \ "Pi to 100 digits." Everyone tries to click in. "Superbowl championship team in 2016." Blank stares.
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Nov 28, 2018 08:01
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I liked the lady's story on Tuesday's episode that basically translated to her being so rude to a tour guide she was kicked out of the tour and Alex literally slowly and silently backed away from her and moved on.
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Gaunab posted:I just saw someone die a little on Wheel of Fortune. Sajack looked like he genuinely didn't want to show her that card.
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Soothing Vapors posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bezrJfi9ds Welp.
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Jan 16, 2019 19:18
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What was the category/clue?
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Jan 23, 2019 20:53
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Groovelord Neato posted:comic strip title characters. Oh wow. Yeah that's a gimme.
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Jan 24, 2019 02:40
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GhostStalker posted:All Star Team Tournament starts this week, on Wednesday. Get hype! How does that even work?
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Feb 19, 2019 00:15
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GhostStalker posted:Three man teams, with one team member playing each round (Single Jeopardy, Double, and Final), two games each. Best total score wins. Apparently, they’re playing two games with 3 teams over 3 episodes from Wednesday on (first day is only the first round and I’m assuming contestant interviews, second day is Double and Final, third day is the second game), then another two game with the other 3 teams next week, then a two day wild card match and finals on Monday and Tuesday the week after in March. I think the Jeopardy FB page had a calendar, lemme find it. Thanks! This is ridiculous, right? I'm all for ridiculous game show fun, but this seems pretty elaborate for Jeopardy. I imagine the 80 year old elderly demographic will have no idea what the hell is going on.
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Feb 19, 2019 03:23
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Duckman2008 posted:It’s both a great tournament and not. Great because it really feels like the stakes are real and I’m watching like a sports playoff tournament. I don't know what's wrong with just the usual Tournament of Champions thing. This feels so convoluted.
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Feb 21, 2019 14:37
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I know people know different things and that dude is way smarter than I am, but not getting that Pulp Fiction question... man. When he bet it all and I saw the question I was like "nailed it, perfect". Then he just didn't answer. How do you not get that!?
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Mar 2, 2019 07:12
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Vernacular posted:I didn't get the Deadpool one, but the fact that "mutant" was part of the clue should have tipped off at least somebody that it was going to be a superhero movie and I don't recall any of the guesses fitting that bill. I had a brain fart on that one, but yeah I was thinking of what X-Men movie was released that year, not Mamma Mia 2. Unsurprisingly sometimes the really smart people are really bad at pop culture stuff.
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Mar 2, 2019 20:29
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HookShot posted:Yeah TBH I think if they had made it a full game in each episode right from the start there would have been far fewer complaints (including from me). I agree. It's probably impossible with the time constraints and wanting to do it the way they wanted, but I'd be okay with the team concept if they played complete games each episode. Although the team concept still seems to sorta run the integrity of the game. It's fun for a few weeks, but having one team player just do final jeopardy and well, they either know it or they don't and that's all they contribute seems weak. They need to tweak some aspects if they want to do this thing again. I was thinking if they want to do teams of 3, have one person do the first round, two teammates do the second, and then all three team members do final Jeopardy together, and just make the questions insanely hard for double and final jeopardy. Although most of the questions for this tournament seem insanely hard so I dunno.
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Mar 5, 2019 20:10
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I don't know what that buzzer did to that lady, but whatever it did it still doesn't deserve to be treated like that.
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Mar 16, 2019 11:56
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That poor buzzer's long national nightmare is over.
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Mar 21, 2019 06:28
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lol, it took Ken Jennings 74 games to get to 2.5 million. In 74 games this guy will be a billionaire.
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Apr 18, 2019 14:35
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WarEternal posted:C. King must be Batman. Like, how do you not get that?
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Apr 19, 2019 20:31
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I think if you're smart enough to win nearly a million bucks on Jeopardy in a few weeks you're pretty awesome. It's about the game. It ain't the Bachelor.
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Apr 22, 2019 19:05
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Spokes posted:I think more people should play to win on the bachelor Play to win for a non-marriage or a divorce versus a million dollars? That's certainly a choice.
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Apr 22, 2019 20:18
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HookShot posted:Being awesome at trivia and being a douchebag of a human being are not mutually exclusive things. I agree. And "Are You A Douchebag?" might be a fun show to watch. But we're watching a trivia show. The dude is owning it. Anyone who knows that many things is probably sometimes bad at parties. It's still something to be respected.
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^^^ Haha, I think these were two different episodes.packetmantis posted:Has anyone ever won with $1 and made Johnny say CASH WINNINGS TOTAL... ONE DOLLAAAAARRRRR I liked the episode I think from last year where everyone went all in on Final and all missed it and everyone left with zero. Welp.
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Apr 25, 2019 18:08
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Hannibal Smith posted:I'm pretty sure he has a severe underbite. I had one myself growing up before I had corrective surgery, and I always looked like that in pictures and videos. It basically makes it impossible to have a normal smile, and I can almost guarantee he's self-conscious about it. Hopefully the million bucks will let him get over it.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Cancel the teacher's tournament jesus christ who gives a gently caress a man is bankrupting America's gameshow. I have to imagine the producers aren't thrilled about how this worked out. The ratings are skyrocketing and will now take a dump and they can only hope a lot of people still remember in 2 weeks.
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May 4, 2019 22:48
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nooneofconsequence posted:Do ratings bumps really matter to Jeopardy? I assume ratings will normalize by the time their next tv contract is up. They don't super matter, it's not like Jeopardy isn't going to be renewed in every market at the next contract signing. But they do get to send out press releases like they're the #1 syndicated show for the week and dethroned Judge Judy's 40 week run as the top rated syndicated show. And all the cultural buzz. I don't know how much it matters more than a dick measuring contest within the industry, but I'm sure they'd rather keep the momentum going than to have it killed for two weeks.
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May 5, 2019 06:36
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Only he kind of is. He has nothing to really gain by going on the show other than proving that he can, it's not like he's a teacher or construction worker where winning 2 or 3 games radically changes their life. Hell, I live quite comfortably as a software engineer, but I would probably openly weep if my winnings got into 6 figures and my student loan debt vanished because I know random poo poo for a tv show. I hate the rich as much or more than the next guy, but when it comes to game shows the most deserving is the person who wins. I like watching Big Brother and I'm seldom happy with the winner, but I've got to give it up for them. They deserve it. Even if I think they did nothing to earn the win, they did it. And Jeopardy isn't about luck like getting a good wheel spin. If you can buzz in first, get the answer correct, have the balls to bet a billion dollars on every Double, hell, you deserve it. Iron Crowned posted:To be honest if the games weren't always a runaway, I'd like him a lot better, but just about every game he's in, there's a moment when he's too far ahead and it becomes impossible for the other players to beat him. Personally I like the schadenfreude of seeing that moment when the other players want to give up and it's taking everything they have to not just run off the stage and into a taxi. At the end of the day everyone on Jeopardy are really smart and it's just a game show. I play good at home, but I would die if I was up there.
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packetmantis posted:Didn't James say he's going to donate his winnings to charity? That's pretty cool. Did he? That's cool. I hope it's for an animal cause.
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HookShot posted:Maggie specifically told our group in the green room to avoid the Forrest Bounce and do things in order. If I was a contestant, sure I'd like to make the producers and Alex happy, but I think I'd rather have 1.6 million dollars.
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Gaunab posted:I don't think bed surfing should have counted. I agree with that. I have never ever heard that phrase. "Bed surfing"? Would floor surfing or bathtub surfing worked? I think the judges messed up on that one.
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A Tasteful Nude posted:That final jeopardy wager tonight. WHY. I was baffled why both didn't go all in, because if it was me I would assume the other guy would be doing that. But neither did so I guess they were both right not to? I dunno. christmas boots posted:TBH I rarely get interested in the competitive aspect of Jeopardy; I'm just tuning in to try and answer the questions myself. James is at least interesting to me because he plays so aggressively compared to his opponents. I'm also just enthralled by his mastery of so many different topics. He's just so quick and doesn't seem to have a weak area. He gets the pop culture stuff, the history stuff, geography, sports. It's really amazing to watch. There's a good chance he's the most insufferable "Well, actually..." Guy in real life, but I'm having a blast watching him on tv. 1glitch0 fucked around with this message at 18:59 on May 24, 2019 |
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Spokes posted:James doesn't have to go all-in, he just has to bet enough to beat Nate's all-in. I would botch betting so bad on Jeopardy.
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GhostStalker posted:Yeah, this is a thing. During one of the finals of a Tournament of Champions like 5 years back, Kristin Sausville was taking so long with her bet because she was trying to figure out every possibility, that Alex walked up during the long break and “jokingly” asked if she wasn’t good with math (har har, another Uncle Alex moment). You kinda do have all the time you need within reason to figure your Final Jeopardy wager, doubly so during tournaments, so she took as much advantage of that as she could. Can you explain the dude in second place on Friday who didn't bet it all? Like that would be my instinct. And I can't remember the totals going into FJ but I think if he had bet it all he would have beat James. If you don't win you get 1k or 2k which ain't much after taxes either way. Why not go all in, even if you don't know the category? Maybe you get lucky and know the answer or guess right. Like if there's a time to go for broke in your life that's the time. Either you win or you come in second or third, and if you don't win you still mostly have enough money to fly home and have a nice dinner. But I'm a moron who couldn't be on Jeopardy so I obviously don't get it. I could beat Wolf Blitzer, tho! But who couldn't? 1glitch0 fucked around with this message at 23:15 on May 25, 2019 |
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MD2020 posted:James had $31,200 going into Final Jeopardy and successfully wagered $20,908 for a final total of $52,908. This would have covered Nate's final total of $51,600 had Nate successfully risked it all. Oh cool, thanks. Bad at math!
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TurboFlamingChicken posted:Seconding this. I like when someone just comes in and cleans house and makes it incredibly difficult because for me it makes it more interesting to see if anyone gets close to Knocking him off. However I see a lot of people going through Jeopardy withdrawal when he finally loses and everything just goes back to playing the game in order and making pathetic Final Jeopardy Wagers It'll be weird to after a month of games with 50,000 or 80,000, or 100,000 final scores we go back to "and Billy Bob wins with 7,850 dollars!"
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Zero One posted:Odd that they didn't edit that slip up out. What happened?
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Zero One posted:After the first break and contestant stories Alex said the wrong name of who had control of the board. Not just mispronouncing but saying one of the other contestants. Then you could hear talking from offstage. Alex says he saw the wrong signal from offstage and he corrected himself. Wow, yeah it is surprising they didn't edit that out.
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Spokes posted:yeah, i could see *maybe* not being able to pull the author but they didn't even ask for it! I would have blown it because I thought they were asking for the author's name. Welp.
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Iron Crowned posted:Basically the whole setup is that she's still Murphy Brown and is living with her Millennial YouTube (or was it blog) journalist son. It was just about as painful to watch as you would expect. My parents also really liked the dog for some reason. I think he was working for a Fox News-ish type channel. But the show was painfully bad because it wasn't funny. It was a really weird choice to reboot. They're rebooting Designing Women soon and it's like who could this possibly be for in 2019? I watched Murphy Brown as a kid and maybe it was more political than I remember, but all the promos for the reboot were like "The voice we need is back at this important time!" and I was like do what now? Yeah sure, that one time Dan Quayle bitched about a fictional character over being an unmarried mother, but we seem to be far past that point and mostly it was a standard workplace sitcom. But I got the answer right! I also like that someone chose "Roseanne Connor" as their answer which was wrong in so many ways. HookShot posted:I did not know there was a Murphy Brown reboot. Apparently no one did.
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Spokes posted:finally taped my (first??) episode(s??) this week! What a blast. I'll post again closer to airdate so everyone can watch and cheer and/or mock me. Congrats!
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Timby posted:My guess was Shel Silverstein. Whiffed hard. I got nowhere close to the right answer. I wouldn't have gotten it with a better written clue, but it was crazy vague. edit: I picked Dahl, even though I knew that probably wasn't correct. 1glitch0 fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jul 26, 2019 |
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