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*Brushes off cobwebs* Hello? Anyone here? Hmm, Old Canucks decals, SAG-AFTRA strike poster, LearnedLeague request to a reta...wait, that one's mine. Guess nobody wants the tournaments of repeat questions and a Hofstra grad but I digress. Let's see, 10/25 CJ!: Mira Sorvino Adam Rodriguez Peter Schrager Probably have a better shot of finding actual WWE fans in the WWE thread these days... Island Nation fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Oct 17, 2023 |
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Spokes posted:i've watched more wwe than jeopardy this year and i haven't watched a lot of wwe. My reasons are more familial why I watch WWE these days but I do have concerns if Ken will be blamed for a ratings slump rather than lack of interest due to strike(s)/tournaments I stopped playing J6 though
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I guess a question then is where do quiz shows belong in the modern age? Trivia will always exist and proverbial oceans of knowledge are available at ones fingertips. The money is going to subscription services that don't rely on a linear schedule and cheaper programming exists in court and talk shows to say nothing of shows whose costs were paid off decades ago and exist to help pay newer debts like costs of IT infrastructure. If CBS calls it a day on distribution, Sony likely moves it and Wheel to Netflix given their ties (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Seinfeld, US House of Cards) but loses its key advantage of being network filler.
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All Saints' Day CJ! Dulé Hill Sheryl Underwood Peter Facinelli
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Oh, new activity. Is it about...(checks thread) Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope with a side of Nope. I am NOT touching this one. So...who's watching Celebrity Jeopardy!?
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11/15 CJ! Interesting matchup in my opinion Macaulay Culkin Rachel Dratch Becky Lynch
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Other episodes have had dumb contestants or endless nonsense delaying the game. This one cranked both up to 11. If I have to listen to Sheryl Underwood ever again, it'll be too soon. I'd rather listen to Carrie Underwood & I HATE country music. I was red in the face yelling at their incompetence and yet she realized being negative for Final was bad which two other people this tournament couldn't comprehend.
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Timby posted:Today's Final was terribly written. 200 years after 1774 would be 1974. Star Trek had been off the air for five years in 1974. Star Trek: The Animated Series (billed at the time as Star Trek) was on the air in 1974
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I assume the gatekeepers want the person to be in the TOC or Masters tournaments. Honestly, it's a bit overused than I would like but they made it to the Trebek stage, they can bring it as much as they want. They haven't banned the Forrest Bounce so they won't ban this. Now if they mentioned how Sam's friends are now fish chum at the bottom of the Atlantic, that's worthy of a all out rear end whooping.
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Nov 20, 2023 18:59
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Final CJQFs Tomorrow: Cynthia Nixon, Cedric the Entertainer, Heather McMahan 12/6: Kyra Sedgwick, Mo Rocca, Amanda Seales
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^ It's not bad, especially in acting but Stone's idea of why it happened doesn't hold up ^F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I wasn't watching; what'd she do (or not do)? She kept not using the question phrasing for starters Doesn't help when one person openly gives up mid game and another kept talking after being ruled on while saying the correct response in doing so. It also ended on a triple stumper They would all get smoked at my bar trivia. Island Nation fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Dec 1, 2023 |
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:I was kicking around the same idea about the test; the implication I get is she might help out with the specials, but I can't imaging her lining up to host Jeopardy Masters unless Ken gets the urge to pick up his signalling device again. I think he and Buzzy are DQed due to having hosted. It does sound like the door is still open for primetime Celebrity Jeopardy which would be a better fit for her but otherwise Ken is in firm control. If this is the end, I can't say I'd miss her presence but it still must sting for her losing two shows in one year. Her schedule with Call Me Kat threw off developing her voice but ultimately in my opinion she didn't seem to try to improve between her tryout and her semi-regular time on the show. Now watch her win best drama at the Emmys for rebooting Blossom
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Timby posted:Can we maybe not be doing weird speculation about why Bialik was fired? I'm perfectly fine with taking Sony at their word, that they feel it's better to have one host on the syndicated program instead of goofy alternating hosts throughout season 40. It makes perfect sense to want to have one consistent face of the show. I agree. It's none of our business. It took 3 years and more weirdness than a primetime soap opera but it's over. The battle for the Iron Lecture between newscasters, sports announcers, a active NFL Quarterback, a astroturfing campaign, real/TV doctors and a attempted coup ends with the confirmed goat of the game becoming its master.
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In a bit of a coincidence, Ken's initial run of $2.5M in 2004 comes out roughly today via inflation as $4M so he's making the same amount in terms of buying power as from back then but with the clues and correct responses in hand this time.
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SAG-AFTRA explicitly allowed members to be on game shows & Network Code allowed it to be on the air. The weird part is how much Sony bent over backwards for her and she still spit in their proverbial face. Almost as if she never wanted the job in the first place.
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blast0rama posted:Does this mean Wil Wheaton did a public mea culpa for his "THE NORTH REMEMBERS" speech about Ken on Facebook, or is that idle threat still in the air? I doubt he has, I don't recall if the AFL-CIO head has either for similar reasons.
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I'm watching the first episode of UK (hooray VPNs) and it's a bit rough honestly. The first clue read about novels explained badly is about a short story. Stephen bungled the full term of a acronym and they kept it (No budget for a retape?) & a clue about nosebleeds advocated for tilting your head back which I know from experience is incorrect. They also started the game in the middle position. He also said that responses had to start with what or who and went on a fairly long tangent on Oscar Wilde's grave. I guess it's padding due to being a hour (why?) I understand it'll be different but IMO needs some tweaking. Stephen is a better host than Mayim at least.
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I did get that as well. It's not my cup of tea but ignoring its influence in music is foolhardy. On that note, I've watched the first week on the UK Jeopardy so I have some thoughts: The first episode with hindsight as I noted is a bit rough so feel free to start with episode 2 onward This is not a 1 to 1 conversion of the US version. This has to fit with UK daytime TV standards (de facto and de jure) so temper your expectations. It's a budget Jeopardy more akin to the Fleming era. The pace of play is definitely slower and you will feel like wanting a button to speed the show up about 25% It's a bit odd how the 1st-4th clues in a category go in increments of £25 (£50 in Double) but the difference doubles for the last clue About a third of clues will be UK specfic. Also, there will likely be a clue about Michelle Obama, I don't know why. Apparently, some the contestants have been in other quiz shows in the UK. Given how they played, James would've chewed them up for (English) breakfast then flexed like Shawn Michaels before a Wrestlemania match. To be fair, he'd do it to us too. Finally, there's Stephen. If you're familar with his work on QI, his shows with Hugh Laurie or elsewhere, there's no change here. He can get long winded about responses though I suspect padding is involved and goes into TMI about his own life (read: any part of it) on occasion (I skip the interviews so no idea there) but he's likely the reason the show is on the air. Overall, I'd say it's a worse version but not a bad version Island Nation fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jan 6, 2024 |
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Interesting choice today for UK Final Jeopardy: The clue was who is Europe's only reigning queen left with QEII's death. The same queen who announced her abdication on 1/1 and formally steps down in three days. Now I'm curious how the UK film their game shows. Also, given how they put disclaimers in for the US version, shouldn't it be the same elsewhere even if the clue is technically correct?
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Gaz-L posted:I think if episodes of quizzes are repeated (such as on Challenge, basically the UK's version of GSN) there's often a brief 'originally broadcast dd/mm/yy, answers correct at time of broadcast' on screen or in the credits. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? did something similar noting its date of recording due to the changing of Europe during its run. I assumed the news would've had a disclaimer but technically correct is the best type of correct less someone in Boston, Lincolnshire misinterpreted what happened As for the US version. Safe to say the day 2 match may be a bit anticlimactic
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haveblue posted:They’ve added dates on first-run shows due to the taping delay before That's what I thought they'd do for UK J! but different country, different rules. Has anyone listened to the play in games? It's mostly the same but seemed to me Buzzy switched to decaf and you lose track of what the scores are though that's probably more accurate to being on stage.
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I gave up on UK J! after they made a couple of screwups this week.
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I got notified that my LearnedLeague application is off the waitlist and it's now being processed with a start date of 2/12. Anything I should know that isn't on the site itself?
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I suppose the Go axiom of losing your first 100 games quickly somewhat applies here. Get accustomed to the ways of the game and not to worry as much about the W/L record in the introductory season
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I'm not going to touch that question with a 23ft/7m pole since it's a no win situation. You will piss someone off talking about it and seems odd they'd put it up. The question structure seems equally odd. A fairly wordy intro, the question buried in the middle then a less wordy conclusion meant to clue you in to the answer. I guess compared to Jeopardy it's Charles Dickens vs Ernest Hemingway in authorship
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Ok, I watch The Floor since it's on right after Celebrity Jeopardy (I'm annoyed that Katie and Mo both missed a easy Final, they should know better) and while it's not Jeopardy, it is not the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine). Deal or No Deal is more damning. The game is 81 people in their own space on the floor competing for $250k (should be larger) by going head to head in categories that one player INTENTIONALLY picked as their field of specialty (someone chose food and office supplies). Each player gets 45 seconds on the clock. Get an answer correct and your clock stops and play moves to the other person. Miss and you lose 3 seconds. Run out of time and you're out of the game, the winner absorbs that space and takes on the other person's category if they were the one challenged (That part is a bit fuzzy for me) so a person who that Simpsons guest stars could inherit math equations as their field. If you have the most spaces at episode's end, you win $20k (split if people tie) so a incentive to challenge is there. It reminds me of rapid chess is this regard. Yes, it's not the classic version but it has its own structure that makes it compelling at least to me. If you don't like it, read Don Quixote or count your Morgan dollar collection or listen to Beethoven's Eroica symphony. Those haven't gone away because Rob Lowe's career went from West Wing to this. The internet only makes us stupid only if we choose to be.
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With Celebrity Jeopardy over, I'm not interested in watch The Floor by itself but the hyperbole was a bit too much. I was also watching it with a parent as well. Any idea if the UK version comes back? I think they only taped 20 episodes
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CPColin posted:Catching up with Thursday's game and hooray at a contestant giving a response that was already a question without adding "what is"! If only J6 recogized this. It makes me add it when the correct response is a question otherwise I have to wait the 10 or so seconds in order to repeat it.
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With LL100 wrapping up Monday, would it be plausible to take the data of known Jeopardy contestants in either the TOC or JIT & Learned League and compare them against one another (or goons)?
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Pinterest Mom posted:Why wait! I have 87 and Rundle B waiting for me (I'm winning my R Rundle and can't be lower than 2nd). I was thinking in terms of where everyone finishes at the end on Mon/Tue but if anyone wants to start bragging, have at it.
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BaronVonVaderham posted:He of all people is probably best qualified to talk about how lovely a host she was....and he did. It'd be interesting to pick Matt's brain on this since he's played games with 7 hosts (Robin, LaVar, David, Joe, Mike, Mayim, Ken). Granted, 4 (or 5) were in the chaos era Also, with Ken entrenched as the host and Buzzy as the emergency backup, we shouldn't have to deal with this ever again.
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Learned League 100 has ended. Thanks to Pinterest Mom for finding the profiles Ben finished 2nd in his A Rundle (Harbor) https://www.learnedleague.com/profiles.php?69166 Troy won his A Rundle (Nebula), his 3rd in a Row https://www.learnedleague.com/profiles.php?13493 Yogesh finished 2nd in his A Rundle (Typhoon) https://www.learnedleague.com/profiles.php?23085 In known semifinalists: David won his A Rundle (Sahara) https://www.learnedleague.com/profiles.php?36672 Ike finished 19th in Rundle D Pacific Div 2. He can still brag about working with Mel Brooks. https://www.learnedleague.com/profiles.php?4437 Surprising, Jared finished last in his A Rundle (Delta). The TCA doesn't match up though, is this a different person? https://www.learnedleague.com/profiles.php?52390 Also, some moron won his rookie rundle but let's have some better goons (which are all of them) post about how they did.
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Congrats to Zaheer...uh, Yogesh for his TOC win Also, any NYC goons interested in this? https://www.edgenyc.com/en/jeopardy
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I for one would like to congratulate a Mr. Nayak of Singapore for beating Yogesh in his Rundle (and H2H) if this is how Yogesh acts out publicly. For anyone inquiring, Yogesh won every one of his Rundles in 2022 thus his comments and came in 2nd in the 2017 LL Championship which was his highest ever finish. By comparsion, Troy has won it all 4 times. For LLC 2023, Troy was 5th, Yogesh was 45th and Ben didn't come close If one would allow me to opine, trivia much less Jeopardy isn't the end all be all of human existence. Just because you remember what cytoplasm is or who won the Stanley Cup in 1924 or you can pronounce Tenochtitlan without your mouth feeling mushy doesn’t mean you’re King or Queen poo poo of the Mountain. It means you know three things in the trillions and trillions of trivia points that exist in the cosmos. Yogesh is a trivia point and so are Troy and Ben. So are you reading this post. Several goons have been on Jeopardy and a couple have won a game but Jeopardy only defines a single digit amount people in history and even then it's probably better to be defined by how people cared about you rather than just knowing stuff about stuff.
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Did anyone do the anytime test yesterday given Jeoparday? I heard a few people complain the questions were harder but I think it was easier than the last few times I tried it. At least there wasn't a question on Silberius this time.
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Pinterest Mom posted:Watching last night's masters: lol @ James writing ラスボス (rasu bosu/last boss) on his podium. I assumed it was James but of course he would write that. Also  at him attending the Super Bowl with pinkeyeAlso didn't know hockey had a dingbat font and that James used it. He'll probably use some combination of Big/Winged Eagle, Brahma Bull, Smoking Skull and that idiotic neck tattoo of Cody's next.
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