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Poque posted:I like Robin's energy! She's one of the most personable. I don't know if she's the perfect fit but she's super different from everybody else so far and I really respect that. yea I've actually come around entirely on her, maybe it helps that the last couple hosts were so low energy/stiff but I really am enjoying he earnest weird eagerness for this. She also has about the perfect level of commentary, she slips in the occasional 'my home state' kinda stuff without making every question like that.
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Huh, a spike in posts. What happen... Oh Jesus, not this again. Moving on, Robin is as giddy as a kid in a candy store. She's not getting the job I think but she's done better than a lot of the guests hosts so she overtakes Savannah for 4th
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Jul 22, 2021 16:27
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yea I don't think she fits the vibe of the show on the whole but I'd love her as a reoccurring guest host or something, she's a nice little bit of extra energy and pep to a normally fairly straightforward show without making it all about her.
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Jul 22, 2021 16:54
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The changing host thing has gone on long enough.
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Jul 22, 2021 16:56
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Yeah, Robin has been really good. I've enjoyed her a lot. She's up there with Savannah on my list of top people that I think will not get the job. Also I love how the guy completely misses the point that there are no "white" categories because THAT'S THE loving DEFAULT.
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I think Robin would be great going forward. She's funny, makes light of herself and seems to have a good rapport with the contestants. Why does she have to get one week when Oz got two?
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Jul 22, 2021 19:30
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Because they needed the space for... *checks notes*... Joe Buck
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If LeVar doesn't get triple the ratings of Rodgers when he hosts next week, the hype for him will be for naught. Of course he's going up the Olympics so he'll be preempted on NBC stations so sorry to Atlanta, Twin Cities, Detroit, Charlotte, Pittsburgh and others
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Jul 23, 2021 00:16
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Island Nation posted:If LeVar doesn't get triple the ratings of Rodgers when he hosts next week, the hype for him will be for naught. Jeopardy ratings are kind of an apples to oranges sort of thing. Going beyond preemptions, because it doesn't air on one single network at one single time (unlike, say, the NBC Nightly News at 5:30 p.m. Central), it's impossible to draw real comparisons between how hosts have done in terms of popularity outside of direct audience polling.
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Jul 23, 2021 01:57
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Timby posted:Jeopardy ratings are kind of an apples to oranges sort of thing. Going beyond preemptions, because it doesn't air on one single network at one single time (unlike, say, the NBC Nightly News at 5:30 p.m. Central), it's impossible to draw real comparisons between how hosts have done in terms of popularity outside of direct audience polling. That is true of course. Ratings would only be one factor of determining the victor and expections are likely adjusted for LeVar (& David) as a result of people more likely to hear the theme for Brisco County Jr. than Jeopardy! for the next two weeks. I just haven't liked the hype to have him host as it's sounded like a Astroturf campaign from the start.
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Jul 23, 2021 02:45
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Island Nation posted:That is true of course. Ratings would only be one factor of determining the victor and expections are likely adjusted for LeVar (& David) as a result of people more likely to hear the theme for Brisco County Jr. than Jeopardy! for the next two weeks. I just haven't liked the hype to have him host as it's sounded like a Astroturf campaign from the start. It's absolutely been an astroturfed campaign. Burton himself said he had no idea how the hell it got started, it just became an Internet thing out of the blue (because, I don't know, Reading Rainbow, I guess?).
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i think the burton campaign was mostly like, a few loud people and a bunch of other people saying "yeah hey he'd be great" and then him saying "yeah, i'd be great" a bunch. i'm sure he'll be great I have my thoughts on whose campaign was actually astroturfed but i've been told over and over there's no chance he ends up the permanent host so i'll just have to eat crow when they announce a permanent host that isn't Rich Michaels 
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I 100% agree about his campaign being astroturfed. The only good thing that could come from him being host is at least he wouldn’t be EP anymore because I think he’s doing a terrible job in that role.
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Timby posted:It's absolutely been an astroturfed campaign. Burton himself said he had no idea how the hell it got started, it just became an Internet thing out of the blue (because, I don't know, Reading Rainbow, I guess?). yea tbh I never understood what the leap was. Like, I like Burton I'm sure he'll be great but the whole campaign seemed based on the idea that it was some sort of insult he wasn't on the list because...Reading Rainbow was good when we were kids?
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sexpig by night posted:yea tbh I never understood what the leap was. Like, I like Burton I'm sure he'll be great but the whole campaign seemed based on the idea that it was some sort of insult he wasn't on the list because...Reading Rainbow was good when we were kids? He's got Star Trek: TNG as well to shore up his pro-knowledge credibility. Either way, it's felt forced. He's been on the fringes of being relevant the last two decades and I say this having actually watched Perception but this sounds of desperation due to his gig of NCIS: New Orleans having ended. I can't blame him for wanting a new gig and keeping his name in general conversion but it's still scummy
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You know the engineering stuff he did on TNG wasn't real right
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Jul 23, 2021 23:47
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packetmantis posted:You know the engineering stuff he did on TNG wasn't real right Despite this site’s motto, I am not that stupid (At least not yet). Star Trek is fiction. He has via the show has however inspired people to take it up as a profession like James Doohan before him and a non-zero amount of those people created applications both physical and virtual that allows me to type out verbal diarrhea to you. If they wanted a actor that inspired them to their fate to host a game show with knowledge as it's core competency, they’d do anything to make that a reality as a make good.
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Jul 24, 2021 00:28
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Looks like I'll be missing the show starting tonight until after the Olympics are done since my local channel is an NBC affiliate.
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Spokes posted:i think the burton campaign was mostly like, a few loud people and a bunch of other people saying "yeah hey he'd be great" and then him saying "yeah, i'd be great" a bunch. I remember LeVar was one of the most common names bandied about in discussions for a new host once Alex was going a be finished with his contract in the Jeopardy Contestant Facebook group that picked up a lot after he made his cancer announcement and it was mostly based off a lot of nostalgia for his work on Reading Rainbow. So I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the initial pushes to get him the job came from that group. And yes, the campaign for Mike Richards is astroturfed all to hell. I haven’t actually seen any praise for him in the wild or to give him the job permanently that wasn’t being pushed by some outlet or another. I continue to feel that his performance was way too plastic, but I am willing to admit that he probably just rubbed me (and a lot of others in the FB group and here) the wrong way. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Jul 24, 2021 |
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Jul 24, 2021 01:40
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Burton is 64 years old. Jennings is 47 Buzzy is 36. Richards is 46. Alex was about 44 when he got the job, no? I doubt they go with the retirement age guy. No matter how popular he is on Twitter.
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Jul 24, 2021 05:53
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I mean, at 64 they easily have 10 years, 16 if we assume Trebek longevity. I don't really know how much the execs for this show are thinking, "We need someone for 40 years," so much as they're thinking, "We need to maximize ratings this next season." I doubt it would have been hard to get one of these guest hosts to fill the whole summer yet they chose to do this chaotic mess; you're giving them way too much credit in assuming they're thinking incredibly long term. Can we at least agree it's pretty shocking literally no one got final yesterday? I said to my wife when the category was revealed, "This is either going to be insultingly easy or absolutely impossible." They even unnecessarily emphasized the word proud with quotation marks, yet that one woman had the right book but a different, incredibly wrong character.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:03
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Every single time a women's-based question pops up on Learned League and I'm playing a dude I automatically assign one extra point, and I always give 3 points for Jane Austen ones because for some reason (I WONDER WHAT THAT REASON COULD BE) dudes in trivia just do not seem to ever learn anything about her or her works. At least the lady had the right book but yeesh the character couldn't have been more wrong.
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HookShot posted:At least the lady had the right book but yeesh the character couldn't have been more wrong. I'm that one guy who's read her entire bibliography, I guess, but this book in particular comes up every other episode. But seriously, ANY other character (except maybe one of the hundred sisters) would have been a more appropriate answer, as much as I loved Donald Sutherland's portrayal of him in the most recent adaptation.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:56
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HookShot posted:Every single time a women's-based question pops up on Learned League and I'm playing a dude I automatically assign one extra point, and I always give 3 points for Jane Austen ones because for some reason (I WONDER WHAT THAT REASON COULD BE) dudes in trivia just do not seem to ever learn anything about her or her works. and if you ever play me you'll win because I have tried many times to read her and just cannot do it. in university i avoided classics like the plague to get my English degree. I tried doing the Pavlov memory tricks but I just guess "bronte" or Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights and hope for the best
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HookShot posted:Every single time a women's-based question pops up on Learned League and I'm playing a dude I automatically assign one extra point, and I always give 3 points for Jane Austen ones because for some reason (I WONDER WHAT THAT REASON COULD BE) dudes in trivia just do not seem to ever learn anything about her or her works. yea her answer made me laugh pretty hard for being somehow the most wrong despite her actually remembering the correct book
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I assume proud was important but I've never read Austen so I had no clue which character it could be
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I'm a woman who absolutely cannot get through Austen or any Brontës, but I feel like there's a ton I've picked up through osmosis. I'm surprised that wasn't more of a factor
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Island Nation posted:I assume proud was important but I've never read Austen so I had no clue which character it could be
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Does anybody have a good list/resource/etc. for common Jeopardy questions? My blindspots are mostly geography, musicals, classical music, and random president stuff (like first ladies). Enough of that is googleable but if there was something more brief and less time consuming I would appreciate it. Please and thank you.
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The Sean posted:Does anybody have a good list/resource/etc. for common Jeopardy questions? My blindspots are mostly geography, musicals, classical music, and random president stuff (like first ladies). Enough of that is googleable but if there was something more brief and less time consuming I would appreciate it. Please and thank you. I’d recommend reading Prisoner of Trebekistan if you haven’t. It’s an excellent read and really goes into how/what to study. I’d also recommend (the now somewhat outdated) Secrets of the Jeopardy Champions. Good for relevant lists. Other books include “Game Show Trivia” (or I think it’s called The Cultural Literacy guide now?). Also if you search jboard.tv a few people have tried to scrape j-archive for pavlovs (“Finnish composer” = Sibelius, “bog fruit” = cranberry, “Chilean poet” = Neruda, etc) and I think there’s a couple csvs of those floating around. Definitely the most optimal stuff to flashcard. There are also J! Anki decks. Anything more specific about study or the show experience just ask!
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Yeah, a j-archive scrape is probably your best bet, especially if others have already done it for you.
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The Sean posted:Does anybody have a good list/resource/etc. for common Jeopardy questions? My blindspots are mostly geography, musicals, classical music, and random president stuff (like first ladies). Enough of that is googleable but if there was something more brief and less time consuming I would appreciate it. Please and thank you. Just know that when they say “Finnish composer” it is always Sibelius (this is always the example used then they talk about how a lot of jeopardy questions are phrased).
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Jul 25, 2021 23:17
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Is this from a J! group or is this just Big Facebook Uncle energy?
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Albino Squirrel posted:Is this from a J! group or is this just Big Facebook Uncle energy? It’s from a comment on the main Jeopardy FB page.
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Jul 26, 2021 02:02
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Thank you all. I genuinely appreciate your time and attention.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:50
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Well today had a bad performance for the ages.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Well today had a bad performance for the ages. I hope it wasn't by the host.
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Jul 26, 2021 22:17
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Burton was pretty good. First time so things were rough at times, but better than others that’s for sure.
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What was wrong with the first attempt at "Noriega"? I didn't notice a buzzer and couldn't tell if there was an extra syllable or something.
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