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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Some things never change (except for porno ads in print newspapers, there's not many of them anymore): Every round of Jeopardy is hosted by a different correspondent from a random syndicated network affiliate in a US TV market. It'll be just like the Video Jeopardy clues but for every episode!
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Let IBM Watson host and don't edit anything. 95% of the time it'll turn out fine, 5% of the time will result in every affiliate being fined by the FCC.
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There is some universe, not ours obviously, where a brilliant television producer casts themselves as a real-life heel for the biggest television intrigue story since Letterman/Leno
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Aug 6, 2021 16:44
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Let the Iron Sheik host Jeopardy
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Aug 6, 2021 17:45
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I was just thinking someone like Schwarzenegger with a comically thick accent. Ramp up the difficulty level.
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BaronVonVaderham posted:I was just thinking someone like Schwarzenegger with a comically thick accent. Ramp up the difficulty level. Can contestants not just read the clue?
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Gully Foyle posted:Can contestants not just read the clue? Look at this guy who hates Eddie Timanus.
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Gully Foyle posted:Can contestants not just read the clue? They can, but it would be really distracting.
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I like how every article about Michael Richards uses the same picture of him, because nobody has ever taken another picture of him
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Some things never change (except for porno ads in print newspapers, there's not many of them anymore):
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https://twitter.com/theavclub/status/1423709344021958656?s=21quote:During his time as co-executive producer on The Price Is Right in 2010, model Brandi Cochran filed a lawsuit against CBS and FremantleMedia for discrimination due to her pregnancy. Cochran alleged that she received unfair treatment and less work after executives learned she was pregnant with twins. After her child’s birth (she lost one of the twins due to a miscarriage) she was not invited back on the show.
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“Richards decided that the models’ skirts should be shorter and said that he liked the models to look as if they were going out on a date. At his suggestion, models wore bikinis on the show more frequently.”
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What’s the viewing demographic for the price is right anyway? I feel like there wasn’t a huge demand for the show to be sexed up
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christmas boots posted:What’s the viewing demographic for the price is right anyway? I feel like there wasn’t a huge demand for the show to be sexed up Clearly aimed at horny Also, I haven't gone out on many dates lately, but I was under the impression that it usually didn't involve wearing bikinis.
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christmas boots posted:What’s the viewing demographic for the price is right anyway? I feel like there wasn’t a huge demand for the show to be sexed up
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Aug 7, 2021 19:47
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How do people like that keep getting jobs?
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Iron Crowned posted:How do people like that keep getting jobs? Old boys club, Just like in the NHL and other professions. He'd already proved himself on other shows so he got more notable work when it came up. It's not rocket science.
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Aug 7, 2021 20:24
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Same reason Barker managed to stay on as long as he did-- the money he was making was more than what they had to pay out to settle lawsuits.
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christmas boots posted:What’s the viewing demographic for the price is right anyway? I feel like there wasn’t a huge demand for the show to be sexed up It was pretty big with college kids when I was going a while back. Most of the randomly scattered tvs had it on with a group watching. No idea if it still is. The audience was pretty split between men/women tho so I dunno why they'd sex it up. edit: this was the Bob Barker era. early-mid 2000s banned from Starbucks fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Aug 7, 2021 |
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Aug 7, 2021 21:22
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:Same reason Barker managed to stay on as long as he did-- the money he was making was more than what they had to pay out to settle lawsuits. Bob Barker was the Ford Pinto of TV sleazebags.
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Did Alex have any skeletons in his closet? Aside from holding his liquor better than Sajak.
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He had his lovely opinions of women in general and "What about the men?  " When MeToo happened.
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Yeah, the difference was while Alex's opinions especially about women were often trash and very much belonged in the past (not excusing his behavior, I don't excuse it and it was lovely) Alex was never actually involved in real controversies where he was sued for inappropriate behavior in the workplace. I genuinely believe he was worried about men like him getting unfairly sued for something they didn't do because he never realized that guys like Mike Richards ARE loving DOING THAT poo poo and not that it's women making stuff up. That's the difference. Alex had some dumb and bad opinions (that are also more easily excusable to the public due to his age than Mike Richards) but he was overall considered to be an outstanding, upstanding citizen without any blemishes on his record. The biggest controversy regarding him I can think of was when he refused to do the Kids' Tournament anymore because of the helicopter Mom who threatened to sue when her kid lost.
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HookShot posted:The biggest controversy regarding him I can think of was when he refused to do the Kids' Tournament anymore because of the helicopter Mom who threatened to sue when her kid lost. I think we're all secretly happy he took one for the team on that one. That poo poo was unwatchable.
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Even as a kid the kids' games were way too easy I hated when they'd be on.
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Yeah getting rid of the kids tournament was the best thing J ever did
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Apparently he also cussed a lot when he was younger. He apologizes for edgy cussing in his autobiography.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Apparently he also cussed a lot when he was younger. He apologizes for edgy cussing in his autobiography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CVUiEKBrB8
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yea thankfully it seems all of Alex's baggage was confined to 'said some dumbass poo poo about women and metoo but didn't seem to really do anything beyond have stupid opinions' and 'liked to say 'gently caress' a lot', which makes him drat near a saint in the tv industry.
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The man just wanted us to go on the show and win twenty-five thousand dollars (edit) fifty thousand dollars (edit) twenty-five thousand dollars (edit) fifty thousand dollars (edit) one hundred thousand dollars (edit) dollars (edit) dollars (edit) dollars (edit) dollars.
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The worst current thing about the rotating host parade is that there's (seemingly) very little coverage of the current superchamp who seems like a genuinely cool guy. I'm really enjoying watching him and he REALLY seemed to click with David Faber as a host this past week. I thought Faber did an outstanding job, too. He slid right into that role, felt pretty invisible where he needed to, and wasn't repetitive with how he responded to right or wrong answers. I'd be thrilled if he came out of this carnage with the gig.
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Poque posted:The worst current thing about the rotating host parade is that there's (seemingly) very little coverage of the current superchamp who seems like a genuinely cool guy. I'm really enjoying watching him and he REALLY seemed to click with David Faber as a host this past week. Yeah he starts playing under his fourth (!) guest host this week, which is just absolutely insane. 90% of jeopardy success is timing the signaling device to the host's speech pattern and to have successfully done that with three different people already is incredibly impressive
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Yeah, as much as Faber reminds me of Mike Richards disguised as a slightly older dude, he's been really excellent.
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And I agree, the champ has been super impressive. I think part of it is nothing about his personality really stands out, so he's been flying under the radar a bit while accumulating huge totals.
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As a viewer I find myself really having to pay attention to the categories because he likes to methodically move bottom-left to right, and always says a shortened version of the category names (not that this is a new strategy, but still.) I like him quite a lot.
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HookShot posted:And I agree, the champ has been super impressive. I think part of it is nothing about his personality really stands out, so he's been flying under the radar a bit while accumulating huge totals. Also probably partially being compared to the last superchamp who set up a website about how smart he was before his episodes even began to air, heh. wa27 posted:As a viewer I find myself really having to pay attention to the categories because he likes to methodically move bottom-left to right, and always says a shortened version of the category names (not that this is a new strategy, but still.) Very same, and it's really smart to take that advantage while the opponents are still adjusting to buzzer timing. He's had several games where he's taken 2/3 or more of the $1000 clues before finding a DD shortly thereafter and the win% must be astronomical despite only being through ~10 clues or so.
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People aren't being lovely about the current champion and his strategy like they were for Arthur Chu. I wonder what the difference is.  edit: lol his wikipedia entry. quote:Throughout Chu's 11-game streak, his aggressive style of play attracted criticism among fans of the series, some of whom considered his conduct to be unsportsmanlike and against the spirit of Jeopardy! His strategy earned him the nickname the "Jeopardy! Villain", a nickname Chu fully embraced.[15] One of the most common complaints about his playing style was that he jumped from category to category, a strategy known as the "Forrest Bounce", after former champion Chuck Forrest. The Forrest Bounce is a somewhat common strategy, however, employed by several successful other champions including Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer.
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Zesty posted:People aren't being lovely about the current champion and his strategy like they were for Arthur Chu. I wonder what the difference is.
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