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You may be thinking about that guy on the most recent tournament of champions. He spent most of his last DJ round pouting and rolling his eyes.
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Watching the current champ last night reminded me of something I heard and was wondering if it was true -- when Johnny GIlbert announces someone as "originally from" rather than "from," is that code for "they're actually from Southern California and we want the show to be more geographically diverse"? I used to think people requested it if they identified more with their hometown than with their current residence, but the current champ is an actor so he's almost certainly already living in LA
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Oct 15, 2021 18:08
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Probably, though I think they give you a choice. I think that came up in my last audition, because I remember thinking I'd rather say "originally from New York" than "from Florida", since that has had far more influence on who I am.
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Oct 15, 2021 18:47
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I was on in 2018 and at the time they specifically told us they were no longer doing the “originally from” and you had to go with where you currently lived, and I think they changed it back during Covid so that yeah it would hide a bit the fact that everyone came from SoCal
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Oct 15, 2021 19:10
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yeah, I was allowed to put my "home" town and not Ottawa, where I live... but they still said "From Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada." this was uh, 2015 I think?
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Oct 15, 2021 19:31
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I don't remember the exact details, but Hayes Davenport from Hollywood Handbook who was a contestant years ago once told the story of how he accidently ended up getting introduced as being originally from the city that his parents currently lived in that he had never even been to before and that ended up being used as a source for his Wikipedia entry.
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Oct 15, 2021 21:24
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BaronVonVaderham posted:You may be thinking about that guy on the most recent tournament of champions. He spent most of his last DJ round pouting and rolling his eyes. there was a woman in the one before that too who was just tilting all over the place through DJ (which i get lol, losing sucks)
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Oct 15, 2021 21:43
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Matt would have totally said "What's Up?" 
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Oct 16, 2021 01:04
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Still cackling at Mayim's completely unimpressed reaction to the contestant with the WILD story about absorbing their twin in utero. She didn't bat an eye for even a second
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Oct 16, 2021 05:58
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I bet if it was the other one who was born they'd have a better story.
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Oct 16, 2021 08:56
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Doesn't she have some medical education? She's probably heard crazier stories than that before
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Oct 16, 2021 17:10
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haveblue posted:Doesn't she have some medical education? She's probably heard crazier stories than that before She has a doctorate.
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Oct 16, 2021 17:51
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Timby posted:She has a doctorate. As you can hear in her snake oil commercials!
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Oct 16, 2021 18:31
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packetmantis posted:As you can hear in her snake oil commercials! That was a great "are you loving kidding me?" moment.
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Oct 16, 2021 20:49
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Timby posted:She has a doctorate. packetmantis posted:As you can hear in her snake oil commercials! In neuroscience, yeah. Which makes it even worse. Is Johnathan now the most successful “giant-killer” contestant now? Emma might’ve won more money, but she only won, what, 3 games? Him and Matt are probably gonna meet again in the next ToC, now that his 5 game streak likely has him qualified for it, I think.
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Oct 16, 2021 21:14
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and your final jeopardy topic will be "19th century supr-" "dred scott"
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Oct 20, 2021 22:31
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im sick of this guy way quicker than i was for any other champion
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Oct 20, 2021 23:25
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i liked him in Walk Hard
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Oct 20, 2021 23:26
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i say swears online posted:and your final jeopardy topic will be "19th century supr-" When I heard the category I called out Dred Scott from the kitchen, then decided that that was too obvious and went for Amistad. Screwed myself out of a psychic win. Also how do you pull Madison instead of Dred Scott?
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Oct 21, 2021 00:39
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:Also how do you pull Madison instead of Dred Scott? secret brit
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Oct 21, 2021 00:47
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i say swears online posted:and your final jeopardy topic will be "19th century supr-" Goddammit, I talked myself out of this one. Dred Scott instantly came to mind, but then I thought "Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were the self-evident truths they were referencing -- Life is the first of those, so who was famously executed in the 19th century? I would have busted out of this one with a crossed-out Dred Scott and a hastily written John Wilkes Booth. Who, guess what, was not actually executed. They shouldn't even let me watch this show. 
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Oct 21, 2021 00:59
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did the second-place winner today mess up her betting? i barely caught it but it seemed like she could have surpassed the champ if he had messed up or bet zero
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Oct 22, 2021 08:28
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i say swears online posted:did the second-place winner today mess up her betting? i barely caught it but it seemed like she could have surpassed the champ if he had messed up or bet zero Moot point since she missed out as he got it. Who knew Dewey Cox was a dynamo on Jeopardy?
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Oct 22, 2021 09:10
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i say swears online posted:did the second-place winner today mess up her betting? i barely caught it but it seemed like she could have surpassed the champ if he had messed up or bet zero He couldn't wager $0 because he had less than double her money. He needed to (and did) wager $1500 in order to ensure if he was right that he had double her money + $100. (He had $20,600, she had $11,000). Her wager would have put her $100 ahead of him had he gotten it wrong and she gotten it right.
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Oct 22, 2021 12:18
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"I was being a weird gatekeeping rear end in a top hat and this woman married me for some loving reason  "
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Oct 23, 2021 00:38
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Wasted opportunity to use "Where's Waldo?"
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Oct 23, 2021 01:49
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I wanted to hear Lea say more things because her voice was interesting
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Oct 23, 2021 05:29
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AFewBricksShy posted:He couldn't wager $0 because he had less than double her money. yeah it was "fine", especially with a superchamp that's likely to bet rationally that said, you need to get it right to win, why not get yourself an extra $2800 if you do?
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Oct 23, 2021 05:59
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CPColin posted:I wanted to hear Lea say more things because her voice was interesting I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this. I couldn't pin down exactly what it was. She seemed to be doing really well at first and just seemed confident (guy on the right sounded terrified to give responses by contrast). I thought she was gonna do it but missing that DD broke her.
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Oct 23, 2021 06:54
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I'd give up if I missed such a gimme too.
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Oct 25, 2021 16:48
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I'm honestly surprised Jonathan lasted as long as he did.
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Oct 27, 2021 02:07
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RC and Moon Pie posted:I'm honestly surprised Jonathan lasted as long as he did. Yeah he was the least impressive long streak I've seen in a while.
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Oct 27, 2021 02:14
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Guess I should have mentioned NYC was prempted for the mayoral debate so hooray for spoilers. On a personal sidenote, a movie I briefly worked on in 2017 turned out to have released only two months ago. As you would expect from a delay that long or desperate enough to hire me, it isn't great. It's only relevant since the news was reporting the debate (and preemption) while showing flooding from the trucking company I went to for the shoot at the time.
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Oct 27, 2021 05:28
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I don't know if it's just ennui from another 10 games that were runaways, but while I didn't mind Jonathan, I'm kind of glad to see him gone and I hope there are a few more nail-biting/interesting games coming down the pipeline. At least Matt would make big DD wagers.
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Oct 27, 2021 07:50
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I thought Jonathan was fun to watch, especially the little nod he did after every single correct answer. But yeah, he was never as dominant a player as Matt or James etc., he was a real cautious better and that was bound to bite him in the rear end eventually. Credit where it's due though, he absolutely earned his spot in the record books as the most successful giant-killer ever. Looking forward to the Matt/Jonathan rematch in the TOC
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Oct 27, 2021 17:11
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My DVR didn't record yesterday's episode for some reason. Oh well, not a huge episode to miss, like if I had missed Matt losing.
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Oct 27, 2021 17:37
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My prediction is that if they meet again in the ToC Matt will crush Jonathan.
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Oct 27, 2021 18:30
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That was the worst Daily Double betting I have ever seen.
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Oct 28, 2021 02:19
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I don't know. I've seen people bet $200 on a DD on the first clue of the game.
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Oct 28, 2021 02:26
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For once my absolute cluelessness when it comes to classic literature pays off: Would 100% have guessed the main character from Pride and Prejudice if I remembered what her name was, but I'm a big dumb idiot and saw a Russian name on the list so I blundered my way into Anna Karenina instead.
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