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GhostStalker posted:His latest attempt to step out of that personality, hosting/moderating the Pennsylvania Governor's debate last month, didn't go over well, apparently. A lot of "don't quit your day job" type responses. And now I guess he won't for another two years. You, uh, might want to check your math on how long it is until 2022.
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Timby posted:You, uh, might want to check your math on how long it is until 2022. On top of his previously announced contract to 2020, I meant.
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Zesty posted:So much of Jeopardy is Trebek’s corny personality. I can’t see myself enjoying it as much without him. I’m glad we have another couple years at least. In fairness, this is the part of Wheel that feels like is missing, that used to be there. A lot of the fun was Sajak interacting with the contestants. Today it's all business, and the show isn't as fun to watch.
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Goober Peas posted:In fairness, this is the part of Wheel that feels like is missing, that used to be there. A lot of the fun was Sajak interacting with the contestants. Today it's all business, and the show isn't as fun to watch. Wheel has never been fun to watch
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Nov 1, 2018 18:17
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the only pleasure I get from watching Wheel is the fact that Pat Sajak seems to genuinely hate most of the contestants these days, and will often mock them directly to their slackjawed faces
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Soothing Vapors posted:the only pleasure I get from watching Wheel is the fact that Pat Sajak seems to genuinely hate most of the contestants these days, and will often mock them directly to their slackjawed faces Yeah after his attempts to become an internet sage fell through (much like Trebek, he should never try to become a "personality" out of his niche) Sajak's gradually grown jaded and sardonic in his old age, it's great.
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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
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The contestant co-ordinators actually suggested to all of us to try out for Wheel of Fortune as well. I've never actually watched it, so I have no idea what it's like beyond a super light understanding of the basic rules.
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HookShot posted:The contestant co-ordinators actually suggested to all of us to try out for Wheel of Fortune as well. Can you do the TV Guide crossword? If so, you are likely to win over $30K on Wheel.
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Wheel should have returning champions like Jeopardy Edit: Guess they used to. In that case, bring back the shopping rounds, which I remember from being a kid in the 80's and nobody I've talked to does. CPColin fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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skaboomizzy posted:Can you do the TV Guide crossword? If so, you are likely to win over $30K on Wheel. I've never done the TV Guide crossword but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's not that difficult.
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Wheel of Fortune is a game of luck. It's not about solving the puzzle but managing to avoid all the bankrupt pieces. The final spin clue usually has an adjective added to it to make it harder.
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Soothing Vapors posted:the only pleasure I get from watching Wheel is the fact that Pat Sajak seems to genuinely hate most of the contestants these days, and will often mock them directly to their slackjawed faces Sajak strikes me as a guy who missed out on his life's goal and is waiting for death's sweet sting.
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Reminder that CBS tried Pat Sajak as a late-night host. It went so badly that they just started having guest hosts in to audition for his job before he was actually fired. One of them was a not-quite-powerful-yet Rush Limbaugh, whose turn as host went so well they had to empty out the audience during the taping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNK4byQkn7w
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Wheel of Fortune isn’t for people who are good at Wheel of Fortune. Bringing people back for Champion games doesn’t make sense.
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HookShot posted:I have no idea what it's like beyond a super light understanding of the basic rules. then you're already more qualified than most of the contestants
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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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1glitch0 posted: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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Brains are weird. I'm flawless at spelling, OK at crosswords and Wheel, absolutely useless at Scrabble and word jumbles.
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In all my years of watching wheel + jeopardy (although I now get my jeopardy fix from this thread and Reddit), I've always been muchhh better at wheel. It's more about puzzling out words with minimal info then it is knowing a 7 letter word for a thing. Wheel of Fortune is loving awful to watch if youre good at it. Pretend I was able to find that clip from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo where shaggy and Scooby win a game of not-wheel of Fortune by realizing the only English word that fit P I _ _ A was P I Z Z A. which somehow stumped every very smart contestant.
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Wheel had a guy with downs syndrome on a year or two ago. He still did better than I did playing along at home.
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Gaunab posted:Wheel of Fortune is a game of luck. It's not about solving the puzzle but managing to avoid all the bankrupt pieces. The final spin clue usually has an adjective added to it to make it harder. This is true. The things that I find irritating is if you land on the million dollar tile, or manage to get both half car tiles, you still have to win the game and spin the bonus round wheel to the correct hidden space, and then get the bonus round correct. Basically it's a game that does it's best to make you fail hard.
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Jeopardy is on in the middle of the afternoon for no reason at all here, otherwise I'd probably do the jeopardy/wheel back2back hour daily. I like the current Jeopardy champ, she's a big dork and looks to be having a super good time. I hope she finishes out the week!
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Just caught up on Friday's episode, losing the lead on the last question because she just jumped to the wrong answer is a bad beat Truman kind of looks like FDR I guess
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A Typical Goon posted:Just caught up on Friday's episode, losing the lead on the last question because she just jumped to the wrong answer is a bad beat
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This might be just me, but FWIW I did not look at the scores at all except for the short daily doubles pause. You just don't really have time to do it.
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HookShot posted:This might be just me, but FWIW I did not look at the scores at all except for the short daily doubles pause. You just don't really have time to do it. Speaking of which, I've always wondered where the scores are displayed for contestants. A screen on your podium? Somewhere on the set that's off-camera?
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they’re hoisted on a small bar scoreboard to the left of the question wall. they’re pretty much in view at all times you’re not reading a question
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El Jeffe posted:Speaking of which, I've always wondered where the scores are displayed for contestants. A screen on your podium? Somewhere on the set that's off-camera? Abel Wingnut posted:they’re hoisted on a small bar scoreboard to the left of the question wall. they’re pretty much in view at all times you’re not reading a question Yeah, this. They're above the main contestant facing cameras too. It's why you sometimes see contestants glance in that direction when making their Daily Double wagers.
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 You can see them here, with $0 on all three screens.
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Ah I see, thanks y'all.
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”I beat my Art Fleming-era Jeopardy champ father-in-law once in trivial pursuit! " I wanna know how many times it was the other way around.
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"I play video games sometimes" A new low for contestant stories
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Soothing Vapors posted:"I play video games sometimes" Nothing is ever going to top the guy who in like his second day mentioned seeing a priest while visiting the Vatican.
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Anybody else been to a live audition (and bombed the hell out) and heard back after an online test at some point after that? I figure I'm blacklisted for life after stinking up the place years ago (mid-2014, i know i was tremendously dull even by J!-player standards), haven't heard a peep since and I'm pretty sure I've gone 45+/50 on the online test in the 8-10 instances since. Figured I'd ask here since apparently this thread is running over with J!-competing Goons (grats and retro good luck to all!)
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HookShot posted:Nothing is ever going to top the guy who in like his second day mentioned seeing a priest while visiting the Vatican. Any truth to the rumored ban on cat stories? Poor Gerald tonight. Got back to 0 just a moment too late.
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Spokes posted:Anybody else been to a live audition (and bombed the hell out) and heard back after an online test at some point after that? I figure I'm blacklisted for life after stinking up the place years ago (mid-2014, i know i was tremendously dull even by J!-player standards), haven't heard a peep since and I'm pretty sure I've gone 45+/50 on the online test in the 8-10 instances since. Figured I'd ask here since apparently this thread is running over with J!-competing Goons (grats and retro good luck to all!) I've had three auditions but no calls. I doubt there's a blacklist; there's a random selection process for auditions as well.
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Every Saturday night I go to the club and dance to Drum and Fife music
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