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mattfl posted:Does anyone remember when on Wheel the contestants used the money their won during the game to buy prizes?? No one I know remembers that, I'm not making that up am I? No, I remember it too, they'd have like a slow crawl past a room full of prizes and have a little bubble in the corner with the person's face. I think they did a parody of that on Family Guy once, and made me think "Who the hell is going to get this reference?"
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# ? Dec 7, 2012 17:59 |
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"Hi, we're Friday, December 7th's contestants and we don't know a god drat thing about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, one of the greatest plays ever written. Welp, see ya later!"
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# ? Dec 8, 2012 01:57 |
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Ken Jennings did an AMA on reddit today. He is a pretty funny dude.
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# ? Dec 8, 2012 06:21 |
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Ken Jennings did an AMA on reddit today. He is a pretty funny dude. This first AMA is pretty hilarious too. I particularly like this answer: quote:
I can't imagine how loving irritating that would be.
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# ? Dec 8, 2012 09:38 |
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Ken Jennings did an AMA on reddit today. He is a pretty funny dude. Username: WatsonsBitch.
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# ? Dec 8, 2012 15:01 |
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drat. Can't say I've ever met a Mormon who swears casually and makes cancer jokes.
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# ? Dec 8, 2012 17:01 |
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hcreight posted:drat. Can't say I've ever met a Mormon who swears casually and makes cancer jokes. He actually seems really cool and I want to be his friend.
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# ? Dec 9, 2012 02:44 |
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He did a pretty good interview on Howard Stern last week. He's a super funny regular dude.
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# ? Dec 9, 2012 03:18 |
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Only one contestant could get "what is a loving TELEGRAPH?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
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# ? Dec 18, 2012 01:56 |
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I haven't been able to watch in a few weeks, but I recently saw a promo for a talk show interview with a Jeopardy contestant who was supposedly treated unfairly or lost due to a technicality or something. Does anybody know the deal with that story, or where I could find more information? I think I saw the promo around December 18 or so.
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# ? Dec 25, 2012 21:09 |
Jack Gladney posted:I haven't been able to watch in a few weeks, but I recently saw a promo for a talk show interview with a Jeopardy contestant who was supposedly treated unfairly or lost due to a technicality or something. Does anybody know the deal with that story, or where I could find more information? I think I saw the promo around December 18 or so. I tried Googling to see if I could find anything for you, but unfortunately searches looking for people losing jeopardy based on a technicality are very much law based and not TV show based.
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# ? Dec 25, 2012 21:50 |
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Jeopardy has, in the past, let people come back on when they accidentally screwed them up with a technicality/answer that should have been accepted/etc.
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# ? Dec 25, 2012 21:52 |
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Jack Gladney posted:I haven't been able to watch in a few weeks, but I recently saw a promo for a talk show interview with a Jeopardy contestant who was supposedly treated unfairly or lost due to a technicality or something. Does anybody know the deal with that story, or where I could find more information? I think I saw the promo around December 18 or so. This was Wheel of Fortune where the puzzle answer was Seven Swans a Swimming but the woman, being from the south, said swimmin' and was not awarded $3800. She went on to lose the game by $3200.
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# ? Dec 25, 2012 21:55 |
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hcreight posted:drat. Can't say I've ever met a Mormon who swears casually and makes cancer jokes. There's a Romney joke here that I'm not seeing.
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# ? Dec 25, 2012 23:29 |
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It's test registration time again. My odd work hours have meant that I can't watch regularly these days (or sign up for the test for any night except the last one), but I happened to see a promo for it tonight.
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# ? Dec 26, 2012 03:06 |
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Frot Lesnar posted:This was Wheel of Fortune where the puzzle answer was Seven Swans a Swimming but the woman, being from the south, said swimmin' and was not awarded $3800. She went on to lose the game by $3200. drat: I guess I should have been paying closer attention. Thanks for this, and thanks to everyone else for the extra information.
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# ? Dec 26, 2012 03:27 |
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Jack Gladney posted:I haven't been able to watch in a few weeks, but I recently saw a promo for a talk show interview with a Jeopardy contestant who was supposedly treated unfairly or lost due to a technicality or something. Does anybody know the deal with that story, or where I could find more information? I think I saw the promo around December 18 or so. I think you're thinking of the Wheel of Fortune contestant who wasn't awarded with solving the puzzle in one round because she pronounced a word as "swimmin'" instead of "swimming". e: beaten, of course.
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# ? Dec 26, 2012 05:03 |
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Registered for the test. Any tips on studying? Rather than just straight up playing old episodes on J-Archive?
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# ? Dec 27, 2012 02:20 |
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raditts posted:No, I remember it too, they'd have like a slow crawl past a room full of prizes and have a little bubble in the corner with the person's face. I think they did a parody of that on Family Guy once, and made me think "Who the hell is going to get this reference?" According to my e: typed mom, meant dad Soothing Vapors fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Dec 27, 2012 |
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I totally registered too, I figured once I put in my residency as Canada they would say I can't, but go figure, I'm still eligible!
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HookShot posted:I totally registered too, I figured once I put in my residency as Canada they would say I can't, but go figure, I'm still eligible! I also registered. Not a lot of testing sites near VA, though, so if I pass the online test (I won't) I have to go to Nashville, TN. Like an IDIOT! e: how would you NOT guess Mark Twain with a quote like that from 1886? THOREAU? What a bad guess, you absolute poo poo!!! Glenn_Beckett fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Dec 29, 2012 |
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Glenn_Beckett posted:I also registered. Not a lot of testing sites near VA, though, so if I pass the online test (I won't) I have to go to Nashville, TN. Like an IDIOT! Thoreau came to mind first, but I decided it sounds something way more Twain-esque, and changed my answer before it was revealed. I've been killing the Final Jeopardy's lately.
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# ? Dec 29, 2012 02:00 |
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Why didn't she just wager $0 and be guaranteed her $17K and another appearance?
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# ? Dec 29, 2012 02:43 |
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Glenn_Beckett posted:e: how would you NOT guess Mark Twain with a quote like that from 1886? THOREAU? What a bad guess, you absolute poo poo!!! I really wish you could go on the show and react like this to people. Complete with finger pointing. Good luck with your White Whale hunts people! I'm not even going to bother.
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# ? Dec 29, 2012 03:00 |
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MrNonacho posted:Why didn't she just wager $0 and be guaranteed her $17K and another appearance? I wondered the same thing.
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# ? Dec 29, 2012 12:50 |
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escape artist posted:Thoreau came to mind first, but I decided it sounds something way more Twain-esque, and changed my answer before it was revealed. Thoreau died about 20 years before, so it was a smart move. Also, yeah, what gave it away for me was the humble-brag of "everybody drinks water." That was 100% Mark Twain. KilGrey posted:I really wish you could go on the show and react like this to people. Complete with finger pointing. I'd like to think I'd behave with a modicum of respect, but considering that when none of the three candidates know something I know, I spend the time flipping off the TV and screaming "It's King Lear you idiot, moron cocksuckers! You suck cocks is what!" I don't know if I'd be able to hold it in. Even when whomever I'm watching with shouts the answer before me, I always let out a frustrated "noooo!" I've never seen someone on Jeopardy actually do that. We'd come back from the first commercial break and I would clearly have been replaced by someone who looks nothing like me. My name would just be struck through and like "Andy" or whatever would be written above it. Glenn_Beckett fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Dec 29, 2012 |
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MrNonacho posted:Why didn't she just wager $0 and be guaranteed her $17K and another appearance? That was absolutely mindblowing to me. Also, if she was going to bet ANYTHING, she might as well have bet all but $1. The other girl HAD to bet it all. Betting $5000 was just stupid as hell.
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Soothing Vapors posted:That was absolutely mindblowing to me. I thought she deserved to lose for not guessing Twain, so I was glad she wagered badly.
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# ? Dec 30, 2012 09:40 |
Glenn_Beckett posted:I also registered. Not a lot of testing sites near VA, though, so if I pass the online test (I won't) I have to go to Nashville, TN. Like an IDIOT! I live in Vancouver and the closest testing place to me was literally Los Angeles, a three hour plane ride again. I chose Toronto so I can stay in the same country, seeing as it's only an extra two hours by plane.
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Glenn_Beckett posted:I thought she deserved to lose for not guessing Twain, so I was glad she wagered badly. If there's a tie, do both move on to the next episode? Does one of the people they originally cast for the next episode get the shaft in that case? That's kinda lovely if it's the case. e: vvvvv Oh, duh. That makes sense. I don't know why I thought that they would be gone permanently. It's been a long week of extended relatives. QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Dec 30, 2012 |
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Both move on in a tie. There's even been a three-way tie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zn2KODSsY I'm not sure about the next game but I think they have a pool of people to draw from, if you make it that far in the casting process they're not going to send you home.
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# ? Dec 30, 2012 21:29 |
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:If there's a tie, do both move on to the next episode? Does one of the people they originally cast for the next episode get the shaft in that case? That's kinda lovely if it's the case. In the event of a tie, both competitors return. I think there's been at least one three way tie in Jeopardy history. And the other guy would still get on, he'd just have to wait an additional episode. It's not like he'd be permanently bumped off the queue.
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# ? Dec 30, 2012 21:30 |
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Officer Sandvich posted:Both move on in a tie. There's even been a three-way tie: What I'm curious about is if they all received all their winnings. If so, holy moly, everybody do that every time.
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# ? Dec 31, 2012 00:40 |
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escape artist posted:Registered for the test. Any tips on studying? Rather than just straight up playing old episodes on J-Archive? Pay attention to current events in January, they always throw a couple of those questions into the online test. If you have any areas where you are sketchy but it isn't that hard to learn the major touchstones, like opera, then there are probably good lists out there that can be studied.
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# ? Dec 31, 2012 12:25 |
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God tonight's contestants suck.
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# ? Jan 3, 2013 01:23 |
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This 1920s newsflash category is annoying as gently caress and takes too long I hate when they don't finish all the clues in a round EDIT: what the gently caress was with Alex recapping a geico commercial for NO reason Riptor fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Jan 3, 2013 |
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Riptor posted:This 1920s newsflash category is annoying as gently caress and takes too long I swear to god he's going senile.
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# ? Jan 3, 2013 02:41 |
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They had at least 8 clues left on the board. That pissed me off. Also, yeah, the contestants were moronic. I might have won if it weren't for that loving baseball final jeopardy.
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# ? Jan 3, 2013 03:23 |
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Christ ditch the stories segment already. I have yet to hear one that isn't some stupid as gently caress no one cares type poo poo. Give them more time to finish off the board or at least edit away some of that dead air when noone rings in.
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zVxTeflon posted:Christ ditch the stories segment already. I have yet to hear one that isn't some stupid as gently caress no one cares type poo poo. Give them more time to finish off the board or at least edit away some of that dead air when noone rings in. DVR baby. I never listen to that crap.
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