Jeopardy! – Part 14

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Go John, Go!

Count me in as another Jeopardy fan smitten with John.

His tweets are charming and he likes puns: "Alex loves big bets (and he cannot lie)"

And I like that goofy pic of his . . .

I just want his cum in me.

Note the wedding ring, people.

John is a power bottom.

Megan was a stone cold bitch.

When she mentioned something about how she performed some dance, and Alex said that he wanted attend a performance, she glared at him like he was the devil.

I swear, I thought that Megan was going to #metoo Alex, right there on the spot, and call him a hate rapist. It was bizarre.

And she never smiled again, throughout the rest of the show. She was HORRIBLE.

I had cramps.

She was having her period.

John even has his own thread going. He’s a DL icon!

I really hope that John becomes a five-day or more winner.

Then he gets to come back for the Tournament of Champions!

John has definitely caused a sensation on DL and in just three appearances.

An interview with John . . .

That’s a very cute interview.

John is so intelligent and cute. He is my mancrush. I hope he wins at least 5 games and comes back for TOC so we can see him again.

He kinda reminds me of a young, more attractive, Seth MacFarlane.

R16, There is nothing unattractive about Seth MacFarlane.

R17, Oh, I totally agree! It's just that I think John is even MORE attractive. I would do that boy (or Seth MacFarlane) in a heartbeat.

So has the John Presloid thread usurped the Jeopardy thread, or is there still room for discussing Jeopardy contestants OTHER than John?

Yes, go for it, r19

When the hell is the All Stars Tournament?

February 20 to March 5, 2019. The last Tournament of Champions was in November 2017.

I can't wait to see Buzzy Cohen again. He's total HOTNESS.

Not looking forward to seeing that cheesy bartender guy from New York, though. For some reason I just don't like him.

I really like Julia Collins myself. I am a fan of bartender Austin, but get why others can't take him as he can be rather Scrappy-Doo-ish at times. Buzzy I find a bit much ever since his Special Guest Appearance in the audience.

Despite Austin's "fun" personality, he seems to be seething with anger below the surface.

It's just a hunch that I have.

I think Ausein grew up in a rich family and is the family rebel maybe. I find him strangely endearing. Unlike r25, I think he's very sweet underneath his wacky grandstanding.

r26 here: Of course that was meant to be Austen.

I could happily live the rest of my life without ever seeing obnoxious Matt "Jazz Hands" Jackson again.

Alex Jacob is sexy as hell.

I want to keep John Presloid forever and for always. We will be together all of our days. I want to wake up every morning to his sweet face. Always.

I'd just rather see somebody other than John.

Hi, Austin at R31!

Re the Tournament of Champions, I know other people around her feel otherwise, but I always found Brad Rutter to be super sexy.

[quote] I always found Brad Rutter to be super sexy.

Meh. I'm all about Buzzy.

He's smart, he's a sharp dresser, and you just know that he has a fantastic body underneath his tailored suits.

R34, And you can be assured his long, thick cock is cut.

Agreed re: Brad - hot!

Is there an episode airing today? Will John be in it?

Ooh Humzah is cute.

Jeopardy insider, tell us if John will win or lose on today's show!!!

R39, no, some of us like to find out the outcomes naturally.

John is currently destroying the competition!

John is the love child of Russell Tovey and Will Poulter.

John spoke of his husband!

[quote] John spoke of his husband!

Wait, John is gay???

That just can't be!!

[quote] John spoke of his husband!

Someone get me the vapors!

They allowed a queer on Jeopardy? Oh my.

John better ace Final!! Broadway Musicals.

He got it wrong

Turn in your gay card John. Not knowing how many episodes The Golden Girls did and getting Broadway Musicals wrong? My vapors!

Almost 30K again tonight. Good going.

A question about lynching (re: Jackie Robinson’s mom and Teddy Roosevelt?) on MLK Jr. Day? Oh, dear.

Can John really say he’s gay after blowing a broadway musicals final?

R52, that’s not all he blows!

We not only heard John mention his husband, we also heard him say "big stick".

FJ was almost too easy.

John John John. And you call yourself queer.

He’s really charming and funny on Twitter.

R56 He sure is. Charming man all around.

Poor Humzah. I felt bad for him.

Now that we know John has a husband, what in the heck was that Tweet he made about him and Frank hooking up, and he wrote something coy about it?

What does his husband look like, anyway?

I want Humzah in me, quite deeply.

I don't know why some people were saying that FJ was easy.

I wouldn't have guessed "Jersey Boys" in a million years.

Have we determined if John is a Datalounger?

[R62] Yes, he mentioned it on his Twitter.

John is annoying.

R59, people joke. Not everything is meant to be taken seriously.

I'm about John's age and I have no idea what Jersey Boys is except a geezer musical about some old rocker. I'm not at all surprised he didn't know anything about it. I'm actually surprised that any gay guy under the age of 60-70 would have any interest in it.

Jersey Boys is a revue disguised as a musical.

R66, Jersey Boys did win the Tony for Best Musical and has made a fortune since it debuted. It’s also not about an old rocker but about the Four Seasons. It’s pretty good for a jukebox musical.

Jersey Boys was my first thought. My only realization was I can't believe it's almost 15 years old.

Surprised John didn't know it.

Sadly, all good things must come to an end :(

I'm familiar with the musical Jersey Boys, but I would never have guessed it for this answer. On the other hand I was well aware that rubles are divided into kopecks.

Humzah was very attractive (and masc!); could not stand the woman in the middle, hoping strongly that she would fail.

R70 = John ( the lavender sweater was quite a touch)

The sweater was pink on my TV.

John’s run ends tomorrow. Sadly.

FUCK YOU R73!!

Why you this to me, Dimmy r73?

R73, John's up against two female contestants on Tuesday, and one of them looks like a truck driver.

R73, Does he lose due to reckless wagering?

His husband doesn't approve of his recklessness.

I'm a musical comedy queen of the first order, but didn't think of Jersey Boys. Never saw it, either.

R79, The words "four" and "seasons" plus the year 2005 in the clue made it rather easy.

Lesbians.

what a bummer 😞

Johnny we hardly knew ye.

John!!!!!

Why were you so inactive during the first round?

You allowed that bull dyke to gain too much of an advantage.

She was a good player. But John bets conservatively on FJ so it's no surprise.

Farewell sweet John ! You did us proud.

R86, A cock and an ass pic will suffice.

John is now at #14 in the running for the next Tournament of Champions, so there’s that. He bumps Jackie Fuchs down to #15.

I already hate the truck driving lesbian.

John lost to a lezzy? Turn in your gay card now, John.

But at least tonight he got Cabaret r90

His bet for FJ was a tragedy,

Even if he bet it all he still would have lost. He could only win if she gave the wrong answer.

Final was another giveaway. That is all.

R93 the math says otherwise. She didn't bet it all so if he did or came close he would have passed her.

He lost to a lesbian with a cleft lip?!? I am so upset!!

And he lost to a lesbian who can’t even do math!!!

Oops, you're right. I rewatched, he would have won by about $200 if he bet it all.

R98, John was reluctant to wager big so as not to upset his husband?

Yep, the lez wagered stupidly. She bet s big amount but not enough to guarantee a win if John bet it all.

I thought Haley did really well.

I know we loved John, but no need to disrespect the winner. She dominated the game.

Haley did extremely well.

Don't be haters.

Actually, we should be proud that the torch was passed from a gay man to a gay woman. Represent!

R102, Why? Disregarding her sexuality, I found her personality and demeanor off putting.

And she beat John!

John was starting to annoy me. And he didn’t play well on his last day so he got what he deserved.

I love John. I will miss him dearly. He’s the world’s cutest smart bottom.

R105 Shut your whore mouth!

John wasn't so annoying, as were his "fans."

They were becoming cult-like, and ruining his appearances for me.

Some idiot even started an entire thread about him. That's just freaky.

I liked John, up until that point.

I don't understand why people on that *other* thread are calling Haley some nasty and filthy names, just because she's smarter than John.

How sad.

John bet boldly in previous games, so I wouldn't blame his husband.

I'll bet a paycheck Haley is a one-hit wonder.

[QUOTE] Some idiot even started an entire thread about him. That's just freaky.

Since he posts fairly openly himself, maybe he started that thread?

Haley is very in your face, just to make sure you know she's a lesbian. I hope she loses soon. Not because she's a lesbian but because she's obnoxious.

One and done

She can use some of her winnings to buy a newer Subaru Outback and some more Birkenstocks.

R114, There is a God.

Haley's tics were annoying. But it was a good game.

Another easy FJ, though.

Jeopardy just isn’t the same without sweet Johnny Boy 😞

Thankfully, Rachel cut short Haley's reign to just one game, but Rachel's dress was a most unfortunate choice.

Bull dyke Haley lost! Yeah, she's smarter than John LOL

Nix on the tie-dye vocal fry - - yuk!

WOF: the son was just SAD!

R121, Call me Possum, Pat, lol.

Good riddance to Haley. Her clipped, officious vocal cadence was beyond annoying.

John had the annoying gay voice.

Easy FJ hell! Of course, I've never read The Handmaid's Tale.

Aaron is kinda cute.

Another one and done.

I cannot STAND Rachel's vocal fry, and I was crossing my fingers that she would lose. Her voice and vocal fry make my ears bleed!!

"Alll teyyyk warld jayogruhfay for sex hahndraddd, Alaxxxx...."

Someone please beat her ass!!!!!

Cleavage on Jeopardy!?

If John and Aaron had been on the same night, I think I would have fainted!

So you said, r130.

Wait till you see one of tomorrow's new contestants

What is the house with the cracked wall?

Seriously?

Is Aaron made of wax?

Btw, happy to see Rachel GONE! And in the most humiliating way, possible. lol

Why was Rachel allowed back on the stage at the end of the game?

I thought she was eliminated?

All contestants who've been eliminated come back at the end. At least that's the way it's been for the past couple of years that I remember.

It was funny, R136. She just popped up out of nowhere, and she was just shaking her head.

[QUOTE] I cannot STAND Rachel's vocal fry, and I was crossing my fingers that she would lose. Her voice and vocal fry make my ears bleed!!

Yup, me, too!

Didn't think the guy was anything above boring.

Compared to John, Aaron is a mannequin.

Another way too easy FJ.

A straight mannequin, a pretentious gay, and a nerd walk into a game show...

Awww Steve-O grew on me as the game went on. Actually happy for him.

Did r132 win last night? Sony already took the video down.

Nope, r133. Steve-O did! $30K+, and he almost cried. A contestant to actually root for.

The guy at r132, Christopher, did not win, he came in third even after he traveled to a monastery to study for the show. (He's the pretentious gay)

Is John posting here?

He should as he can now afford the $1.50 per month

He actually calls himself Steve-O?

WHEN will Alex stop saying "hundred" in the middle of words about the 1900s, i.e., "nineteen-hundred, eighty four?" It's fucking "nineteen, eighty-four!" That, coupled with his pretentious over-pronunciation of anything French, is making me wish he'd goddamn retire already.

R143, Hopefully, submissive bottom Christopher's two days at the Episcopal monastery in Poughkeepsie weren't a total loss and he managed at least one hookup.

Steve-O is adorably humble and very knowledgeable.

Anyone else surprised that Aaron has a wife and two kids?

Aaron never pinged to me. My Gayday is still finely tuned it seems.

WOF: Doug was a cutie, he won big but was shafted by the final puzzle. His husband was cute too.

Steve-O has a secret, and it’s sitting on top of his head.

Gaydar, not gayday lol

R142. Forget SONY, watch the shows on YouTube.

Poor WOF Doug missed out on all that baby money!

Yes, R145 he does call himself that apparently. I think in Double Jeopardy he also got away with not phrasing answer in the form of a question.

Without looking it up, didn't Texas get its independence from Mexico? That is the answer however that I would have written if I had been the contestant.

Christopher didn't speak, he intoned...carefully. I would be embarrassed to admit on Jeopardy that I went to a monastery because I was nervous about going on Jeopardy. Must be rich dude.

Glad Steve-O won. Sweet guy and smart. I don't think he's gay, however.

I thought Christopher was cute. I thought his episode was on last night, but it did not run until tonight (jan 25) where I live.

R149, Indeed, his husband Nick was highly fuckable.

I wonder if Christopher is a Datalounger.

The final would have been much easier if they had said Mexico. I guessed it by process of elimination, but I wasn't at all sure of it.

I liked Christopher too. There is something endearing about Steve-O but, man, he's got quite a variety of tics.

I can't recall when I've disliked all three contestants more, particularly Little Miss Prisspot in the middle, who-so-care-ful-ly-e-nun-ci-a-ted every goddamn word he said.

I adored Little Miss Prisspot. I wish he'd stayed on as long as John. He's much more my type.

It was interesting to see that while Jonathan and Steve-O both appeared nervous throughout the show, Jonathan managed to keep his body, voice and facial expressions under languid control while Steve-O was in constant motion.

r162 Who was Jonathan? Last night's contestants were Aaron, Christopher, and Steve-O.

I was already unsurprised by Aaron's presumable straightitude. He chose "Sports" as a category over and over.

Teachers Tournament Champion Larry Martin has passed away. Sad news.

What did he die of? So young.

What will the Marvels do without him!

Who can ever forget that sweet female contestant who played while in the final stages of cancer?

Oh im sorry to hear that. Such a nice man. He taught second grade for 30 years.

I’m back in the running for the Tournament of Champions now bitches!

@R163 . Oops, sorry. I meant to refer to Christopher, not Jonathan. That's what I get for jumping from thread to thread.

So sad to read about Larry. Rest in peace.

This bitch in the middle is only 31? I would have guessed 51!

I hate hearing Alex say “Steve-O.” It’s like nails on a chalkboard.

What's with all these easy FJs that a 4th grader could answer?

[quote] This bitch in the middle is only 31? I would have guessed 51!

[QUOTE] What's with all these easy FJs that a 4th grader could answer?

Agreed on both counts.

I'm not a film person, but I knew Double Indemnity!

They need to give more money to the winners of Jeopardy. We need to start rewarding smart people. I love this show.

I usually do well in the second half and the final than the first half. Is this a thing?

Yeah, the FJs have been really easy lately.

Prepare yourselves for Sean Thompson, a library assistant we'll be seeing on Wednesday.

r178, Wow! Best looking guy they've ever had!

Wow - what a hottie! Can’t wait to see that hunk!

Uh, oh. Gird your loins.

To quote today's FJ with regard to R178, "Oh, the humanity!"

Mister Cocoa, Please gift us with your thoughts on the cute, bearded, redneck, bowling, Mama's boy WOF winner.

Can’t believe they knew neither David Lean nor that Zhivago fell in love with Lara.

WOF: Jeff wuz hawt!

I should've liked Nino, but had a Doctor Fell reaction to him. Other lady seemed know-it-all-ish, so happy the understated champ triumphed.

Was Final supposed to be a famous quote, because it really "left me swinging" as the expression goes? Way back in my distant youth, I used to have a 7-Up can music box that played Lara's Theme. I had heard of the fragrance lady's favorite that she mentioned, though could not really define or describe exactly what it was.

The unicorn painting sounded kinda cute.

Agreed WOF Jeff was hot. He also looked like he had a very nice body under the ill-fitting shirt.

Agree about Jeff on WOF. He was hot.

The new champ is very boring (Her fact was that she likes to bake bread?) and looks WAY older than she really is (She’s only 30?!). I want John back!

For Mister Cocoa R185 . . .

Also for Mr. Cocoa.

Pease enjoy.

How did WOF Jeff's wife end up with him? She was average at best.

Jeff = AYFKM???

I knew it was the Hindenberg but had never heard the quote. Remember Ann Bancroft walking away at the end?

[Quote] Jeff = AYFKM???

Why do you say that? He did seem to have chemistry with his wife, as well as rather a significant booty, but still quite a looker!

I knew the answer had to do with the Hindenburg as well, but had no idea that there was a quote associated with the event.

[quote]Why do you say that? He did seem to have chemistry with his wife, as well as rather a significant booty, but still quite a looker!

Not a looker. Who cares about his wife? Who cares about his ass? And what is his ass doing on a quiz show?

The interaction with the wives can often be a clue as to whether the guy is a closet case. There have been some guys that have all but shaking her hand. As for the booty, it's obvious with Wheel of Fortune when they are on stage for the bonus puzzle.

Really ladies, all this talk about other contestants-- have we forgotten why we entered this thread?

All eyes will be on Sean Thompson tonight R178.

Sean played impressively but just could not finish. I thought the final was obvious but I'm of a different generation than the young people who missed it.

Poor Amy Adams. Girl constantly gets denied the awards and then no one on Jeopardy even knew who she was 😞

And mistaken for Julia Roberts, too! r201

I also found FJ to be obvious.

Sean was over the top smarmy, don't think I could take more than one day of him.

New champ will be another one day wonder.

[quote]I knew the answer had to do with the Hindenburg as well, but had no idea that there was a quote associated with the event.

The "Oh, the humanity!" line was said by the radio announcer as he was covering the Hindenberg disaster on-scene. I don't think the quote was widely known until the Internet came along, allowing everyone to hear it whenever they'd look up video clips of the explosion. The line was uttered with such earnest 1930s cornball sincerity that it soon became somewhat of a joke—a twee postscript to any kind of tragedy that a person might be talking about. I've heard "Oh, the humanity!" on many TV shows, from [italic]Friends[/italic] to [italic]Family Guy[/italic]. Accordingly, it's now become a part of 21st Century vernacular. (And it only took 80 years to happen).

R204, no, we grew up learning that phrase in the 70s and 80s, well before the internet.

Yeah, in the classic WKRP in Cincinnati Thanksgiving episode from the 70s, Les Nessman cries out the "oh the humanity" line while he watches the turkeys plummet to their deaths, spoofing the Hindenburg announcer.

Best episode ever, R206. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. And Dorothy Parker should have been a gimme. Was surprised they didn't all get it.

I never heard of Dorothy Parker before. No clue on final.

Biggest surprise tonight was that Jill has a husband?!

Turn in your gay card, R208.

I was surprised by the husband as well. Poor Sean seemed to really struggle with his clicker during the first part of the show. I find the new champ rather boring, and slightly annoying, so a one-day-wonder would be fine with me. Besides, we are all eagerly anticipating the winner-teams, right?

Final was a giveaway when they cutely threw in Her Circle.

I think Sean really thought he was going to win, so it was kind of a surprise ending.

R212, Wouldn't you think a nerdy gay library worker would know the correct response was Dorothy Parker?

One of Parker's best known barbs was after seeing Katharine Hepburn in a Broadway play, "She ran the gamut of emotions from A to B . . .".

Very good observations about Sean. Way too cocky, - such cockiness has only been allowable in the very few latest years. Jokes on him. FJ was obvious - r208, you don't know what you're missing - one of the very greatest wits of all time.

r208 , turn in your Gay Card. No toaster for you!

I've always been fond of Dorothy Parker's epitaph on her gravestone, "Pardon my Dust." She should have her own DL thread (probably does somewhere in the archive.)

It was a HUGE relief to me when Sean didn't win--HUGE! He was really over-the-top obnoxious--overcompensating I guess. I don't think the Montessori teacher will last very long. Wish we could vote for John to come back

Current champ Joan's look is a tribute to the late Kaye Ballard.

Parker named her parakeet Onan because it spilled his seed. I should have guessed her for FJ, but didn't.

So, the champ was a stealth Canadian!

I'm curious as to my homies' reactions to confusing Helen Keller with Virginia Woolf and Molly Brown!

Not sure that Helen Keller is well-known to people under 40. I thought after it flashed that it was Annie Sullivan.

I was rooting for J. B. after his impressive come from behind DJ performance.

All three contestants gave multiple incorrect responses.

FJ was yet another easy one, for me.

So sorry about Larry Martin at R164.

He seemed like a really nice guy, and he was very smart. Bummer.

I was really hoping that Southern Karen with her big tits and AOL husband would win. I was rooting for her!

The guy who won (I can't remember his name) was way too cocky.

I'm fond of dorks, but tonight's champ was just not the ticket. "How I met my spouse" is generally one of the weakest interview topics. Final wasn't exactly presenting the answer on a silver platter, but close.

WOF: dude pinged enough that I was a bit surprised he's married to a woman. Some of that may have been the fact that he reminded me of gay guys I know.

WOF: Agree that baldy was a cutie in an average joe type of way. I thought he pinged too.

[quote] WOF: dude pinged enough that I was a bit surprised he's married to a woman.

Interestingly, he referred to his wife and daughter as his "roommates."

That made Pat Sajak giggle, lol.

R224, Still, I can tolerate new champ Will more than Sean "Dorothy Parker" Thompson.

I am furious that the tour guide won; maybe they threw in a .n easy FJ on purpose. He was too full of himself and I really liked the champ. He's obviously tour guiding in DC looking for a political job. I well know the type.

Without question, the hottest Jeopardy! or WOF contestant of the week was Jeff Kutsor from Lexington, KY.

r230 ugh

I don't know how I feel about the fact that the person who didn't know what an anagram is won Friday's game.

r232, OMG I was yelling at the TV when he kept screwing those up.

I visually enjoy Morgan.

And he pings

Morgan is very sexy. I wish he won.

Morgan seems like a pleasant fellow. Sorry to see him go.

Also, it would be a good thing if the current champ could dial down his intensity just a tad.

Get rid of the current champ who's obviously trying to get a job with the final jeopardy category.

Morgan pinged with a capital P.

FJ was embarrassingly easy, once again.

[quote] I visually enjoy Morgan

[quote] Morgan is very sexy. I wish he won.

[quote] Morgan seems like a pleasant fellow. Sorry to see him go.

Boy, you queens are fickle. I thought that I was the Datalounge favorite!!

Morgan was definitely cute. I wonder if he's a top or bottom?

Homemade haggis - yum!!! I think our champ us trying to out himself; does it matter? Poor visually impaired lady!

Final another giveaway.

WOF: center and right hubbies pinged to me.

[quote]FJ was embarrassingly easy, once again.

I knew what it was. I had the syllables and the accent. But I could not think of the actual WORD.

How did that stupid couple end up winning on WOF? They were total idiots!

They literally passed up on a free $1000. Dumb assholes.

Pat tried to stop them, but the guy insisted on blurting out the answer over his warning they should take the extra bucks! He was as frustrated as the rest of us.

Are Jeopardy and Wheel always on in the same one-hour block no matter where you live?

Jeopardy is on first where I live, followed by Wheel. A friend watches them at the same time where he lives, but Wheel is on first. We can't watch Jeopardy together anymore as a result, since I moved.

Isn't Pat Sajak a deplorable?

Yes. He used to be, at least. Maybe he changed.

[quote]Boy, you queens are fickle. I thought that I was the Datalounge favorite!!

You'll always be our main course, John Presloid. But some of us would like a little side dish now and then.

Vanna White has said in interviews that an entire year's WOFs are taped within six weeks.

The current jeopardy champ has crazy eyes

Okay, FJ was incredibly easy again today and yet all three of them missed it.

Also, where I am, Jeopardy and WOF are not back to back. One is on at 5:00 and the other is on at 6:30, so before national and local news and then after.

WOF: In what world is Ryan straight? No way is he not getting some dick on the side.

Words cannot express how much I loathe idiot Jade, with her Balzac smirk.

R254 I liked Jade!

WOF: were all three of the husbands from the same "ex-gay" program?

I got final fairly easily myself as an answer, surprised that none of them did. Cannot stand the champ much longer. Jade bugged the shite out of me; I liked Bible Dude.

R253, Oh, yeah . . . Ryan is definitely riding some guy's cock on the side.

The husband on the left, Michael, is highly fuckable.

How could the winning couple blow such an easy Bonus Round puzzle. Plus, that fat fuck husband teaches Physical Education???

Start a separate Wheel of Fortune thread, please.

THANK YOU, R258! That needed to be said.

There's a Bif today! Please please please may someone beat tour guide Will! Literally.

Chubby champ wanted to cry after he lost. Go Bif!

Bif takes way too long to choose the next clue. It's not as annoying as how Will rings in (I hate the fist shaking thing from anyone), but it's still annoying. You're wasting time, man! Where was Will from? I just heard him say tonight he went to KU.

YES, R262, that fist-shaking thing, usually accompanied by rapid-fire loud clicking, is infuriating. There's something extremely masturbatory about it. I wish they'd anchor the clickers to the podium.

"The Snickers Speech" made me laugh out loud.

When does Summer discover she's knocked up?

Oops, sorry.

I guessed the final, albeit I would never have guessed the UK. Because they gave the UK, I figured it wasn't Norway, so I guessed the other.

Estonia??? I hadn't realized that Germany had a maritime boundary with Britain. I did guess final correctly though. I also knew about Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

The outgoing champ, Will, is from Washington now, but went to University of Kansas. Bif reminds me of Beto.

As folks object so much to Wheel of Fortune talk I won't mention that the hubby on the left was very hot.

Anyone else notice how long it took Bif to realize that Alex came over to shake his hand? He left Alex hanging there for a good half minute.

[Quote] As folks object so much to Wheel of Fortune talk I won't mention that the hubby on the left was very hot.

Agreed. Would ride that cock for daysssss

Mr. Cocoa, R268, You can have him if I can have the hot black NJ firefighter who won but blew the Bonus Round.

R263, they don't even have to do that. Having been there, it's very easy to just hold it in your preferred hand and rest your hands on the edge of the lectern which is below the "eye" of the camera. People who make it so dramatic just look like idiots.

I've heard many former contestants say that they're given practice sessions with the signal device prior to taping, so it's odd so many seem to have trouble with it on the air.

I also hate the overly dramatic, repeated clicking behavior. It's as if the player is attempting to convey to the audience that he's being robbed.

On the other hand one often sees a player repeatedly clicking only to have the buzzer finally sound after a second player is observed clicking in, with the second player winning the opportunity. It seems clear that there is a planned delay between Alex's delivery of the clue and the moment when a click will actually register. Presumably, the player who clicks first after that moment arrives wins the opportunity. It would be interesting to hear someone who's played the game expound on this. Do the more successful players learn to wait for the interval and then click ?

R269 - Alex didn't extend his hand to Bif either IIRC.

In fact I was going to ask if there are any lip readers on this thread because I was wondering what Alex was saying before they finally did shake hands.

Bif had an unusually serious look on his face when Alex walked over and started speaking to him.

I was beginning to wonder if there were some kind of problem.

Bif won, right?

No one else find Bif pretty darn cute?

And what is "Bif" short for usually? And with only one "f"?

[quote]And what is "Bif" short for usually? And with only one "f"?

I thought it stood for Bisexual female. I don't think he's any kind of trans though. Maybe it's short for "biftek," which is French for beefsteak. Maybe that would pertain to his meaty peen. Hey, I'd do him.

Didn't get to see the end of today's show, but Alan looked like he'd be a mean fuck.

What time is Jeopardy on where you live, r279?

Jeopardy producers must be relieved when a weirdo champion loses.

Yes, you get plenty of opportunity to practice ringing in. You get to play several answers in a mock game with the contestant wranglers. And R274, the reason there is a delay is because it takes a second for the camera to switch from showing the clue, while Alex reads, to the three-shot of the contestants so that you can see who rings in. It wouldn't be as interesting to go directly from the clue to whomever rang in. You actually have to time it to little lights coming on around the board after Alex ends that viewers can't see. Of course, you don't really end up waiting for the lights so much as anticipating when the lights are going to go on based on the timing of Alex stopping talking.

@R282 . Interesting ! Thank you.

Here's a thread for the Wheel Watchers, just in case you wanted a separate thread.

Personally, I don't mind the WOF discussion on this Jeopardy thread, but some people seem to get annoyed by it.

Why, I think Alan may be a homosexual! Bif wouldn't surprise me.

Another night where I knew the answers that all of them either passed on or got wrong between them. I mean, I could understand the legally blind lady the other night, but it takes a special kind of ignorant not to recognize a bluebird!

Did not get final.

Once again, FJ was super easy.

Sorry, but I'm just not finding Bif likeable.

WOF: Did anyone else find the winning husband with the crazed smile a bit odd?

Bif is obviously very bright but maybe he is a touch Asperger's? Anyway, looks like he might win a lot of money.

I adore Bif.

Who ever heard of a one F Bif?

During the commercial break, before FJ, they show the contestants surrounded by show staffers. Are they getting advice, counsel, etc.?

Good question, R290. I wondered what they were doing.

R272, How did you do on Jeopardy? Is there a monitor to see yourself playing? Do contestants face the board and turn to Alex to answer? Tell us more, please.

I’m very attracted to Bif. Also, another easy FJ.

After watching him on Wednesday and then again tonight (I missed Thursday's show) I find that I'm warming slightly to Bif. He ended Will's annoying reign. At a time when showboating has been ascendant he is contained, brief and apparently more of an introvert. He does appear remote at times and neither projects nor invites warmth from others. Is he a single, still guarded gay man who has yet to make the transition to fully owning his status ?

[quote]Who ever heard of a one F Bif?

It's short for bifold as in closet doors.

I'm bummed that Bif is still on the show.

The middle guy had it in the bag, but he bet too much on FJ.

Bif had already thrown in the towel (as evidenced by his FJ answer), but he still managed to win.

Damn, damn, damn!

R295, You didn't find the middle guy obnoxious?

Love Bif and was so glad he won, even if by default!

I want Bif inside me quite deeply.

r296, Idid find the middle guy obnoxious, and I'm glad he lost. No, r292, it was not an easy FJ. I love Shakespearean comedy, but I haven't memorized them all word for word. I thought it was Midsummer because of the donkey head.

Frankly, Bif strikes me as asexual.

Bif (Andrew Reiser) knows exactly how hot he is. Nothing asexual about him. Homosexual, maybe. Probably. But not asexual.

Bif is smug. UGH.

I find Bif more intriguing than DL Fave John Presloid.

Most have already forgotten about Presloid. No one even posts in his thread anymore. Ha ha.

I want to suck Andrew's dong.

Pretty

R290/R291, those are contestant coordinators/producers. They aren't offering any advice or counsel at all. They are just telling you which question to write down ("Who is...", "What is...", "Where is...") so that you don't have to waste part of your time on that and so that you don't forget to form it in the form of a question, even though it is written, and get eliminated. They also give you pen and paper so you can do the math on figuring out how much to bet based on your score versus the other two.

I did very well, but it's impolite to brag! The contestants are directly across from the board...maybe 15 feet (?)...and Alex is directly to the right. You don't really look at him at all; you're watching the board. As you can tell, the board is also positioned and angled so that the studio audience can see it as well.

Wow, that's some good insider information R7. Thanks!

How hard is it to read the questions on the board? I would imagine that the words are very small. I'd probably rely more heavily on Alex reading the question, rather than having to squint to try to read the tiny words on the game board.

7 things on the Jeopardy! set you don’t see on TV.

Thank you for posting that, R309. I even read all the subtopics.

[quote]I did very well, but it's impolite to brag!

R307 - you're not John Presloid by any chance, are you?

^Who?

Bif Reiser is sharp and very cute. This photo is of him with the Northwestern Ultimate Team.

Thanks [R309]. Interesting about the light telling Alex who answered the last clue. I've been giving him credit for nothing all these years.

Is it true Bif sometimes plays nude ultimate frisbee?

One so hopes, r315.

I hope Alex asks him "Why only one "f" in "Bif," Bif?

R311 That was my first thought too! Talk to us John!!

When is the Tournament of Champions? I hope John Presloid makes the cut!

Speaking of John Presloid being cut, we should discuss his penis some more.

Bif went to Northwestern? My alma mater. Love him even more.

Bif is all man. John who?

Sorry, R311, I'm not John. I was on years ago.

I'm so over John. I've moved onto Bif. Can someone create a thread dedicated to the masculine beauty that is Bif?

I think Bif's glory can be contained within this thread, r324.

I think Bif's glory could be contained within a mousetrap if you put peanut butter on it as bait. He has a rodent-family face.

R325, I don’t know. I’ve heard he’s packing 8 inches.

Bif's glory knows no bounds.

I know exactly where he can "unpack," r327.

Get in line, r329. I saw him first.

I must admit, r330, I did not see Bif first. It was only after reading about him on this thread that I sought him out. Thank you, You Tube.

Now my alarm is set for 6:55 pm Monday. How I wish Naked Jeopardy were a thing.

Alex was being such a condescending bitch on Friday's episode lol

Just on Friday??

I'm not getting all this Bif love at all.

To me, he's plain, ordinary, asexual, unattractive and a really bad dresser.

He's knowledgeable, indeed, but that's about it.

Run along, r334. You don't want your Rocco Steele worship group to start without you.

R334, don’t be bitter, John. We still like you too.

And, face it, EVERYBODY is knowledgeable on the show so that isn't a contributor.

R337, You must be an infrequent viewer. There are often contestants for whom it is astounding how they made it as far as the broadcast.

R338, you have no idea how funny and incorrect your statement is! Thanks for giving me a laugh.

R307, Thanks for the inside info. Did you get so involved with the game that you forgot about the camera? When you were going through the process of becoming a contestant were you asked about your special interests or areas of expertise? There have been games where it seemed that a category or two matched a contestant's special knowledge.

I'll say that I didn't think about the camera for a single second. I didn't think about the studio audience either. You're concentrating so hard on the game and it goes so fast that there isn't room for anything else in your mind. They don't ask you at all about your special interests. It's all highly monitored to be random. They don't even know who is going to be in the next taped game until the current one is completed.

[quote] They don't ask you at all about your special interests. It's all highly monitored to be random.

How do they come up with those factoids Alex reveals about you at the beginning of Double Jeopardy?

Oh, yeah, R342, the producers do talk to you about a number of "items of interest" that Alex can talk to you about. I believe they give him a couple per contestant per game so that he can select for himself. After a couple of games, it starts being hard to come up with ideas. I can't imagine being Ken Jennings and having to come up with 70+ interesting anecdotes.

Bif out!

Bif on.

Thanks, spoilercunt r344.

Why would you be reading this thread if you haven't watched the show yet today? That's stupid. You have to avoid all TV threads unless you are caught up.

To remind others to watch it.

I love Bif. I’d like to hang out with him naked.

Bif was way hotter than Presloid.

All during his final game Bif had the look of a man who had stayed too long at the fair. His toothy 'I'll look better if I' smile was not working.

Damn Bif is gone. He repped Portland well.

Bif's a looser, but I still want him deeply inside me.

Is Bif gay?

r353 Not as much of a "looser" as you are, loser.

r354, you do the math.

I liked Bif; Eric not do much - what's with the middle initial? My Trader Joe's jackfruit cakes were not cooperating, so I missed Eric's interview. The lady struck me as a bit of a mess.

Had no idea of final, but rarely watch any TV.

Did anyone calculate whether Bif would have won if he'd bet it all on FJ?

Something is off about Bif. I'm still stanning John tbh, too bad he's married.

Bif is everything.

R358, no he wouldn't have won by betting it all. No one is as horrible at match as that lesbian was when John was on. That was just stupid.

Major props to square jawed Eric for his $48K win.

Take a good look at Eric, all you Bif fangurls.

That's a man, baby.

Compared to Eric, Bif is a teenage girl.

And he is all yours, r362. ALL yours.

[quote]Something is off about Bif.

I wonder if he is deeply closeted. He has such gay eyebrows though, when he moves them.

Farewell to Bif and his yellow teeth.

Once again, FJ was super easy.

WOF: How hot was Alexander, the bearded husband? Very!

Bif will live on in my fantasies for many, many years to cum.

Wheel of Fortune is too stupid to watch. I always get it. And why anyone would want to watch that reichtard is beyond me.

wow the new winner has such beady, shifty eyes. He knew his old hollywood though lol

I don't watch Gray's Anatomy but it was the first answer I could think of for the final.

Bye overrated Bif! (what a stupid fucking nickname)

The tournament will air over the course of 10 weekdays from February 20 to March 5.

I loved Bif, but he seemed like a bit of a sore loser.

The "i" in Bif is a typo. His name is actually Bdf.

He is kind of mopey, r370. Or maybe that's just "Sad Bif." Go to 19:00.

Don't like the current champ. Too flamboyant. Usually Jeopardy stays away from politics , but last night was an orgy of politically correct Northeasterners.

@R373 . Northeasterners ? Last night's contestants were from Oregon, Mississippi and Texas.

Bi F = Bi Female.

BIF=best in fucking

The new champ has swagger and the brains to back it up.

Bif reminded me of the obnoxious kid in class who would remind the teacher she forgot to assign homework on a Friday afternoon, just as class was ending.

Big Inched Fucker

I want him Buried Inside my Fuckhole.

r374, where were the politicians they were drooling over from?

Choosy moms choose Bif.

Rob is def my type!

So John Pressedagainstmyloins' 15 minutes is up?

What's with Eric's postural anomalies ? Does he need to do that for comfort's sake or is he considering launching himself over the desk ?

I'm surprised no one mentioned Ellen's dramatic flourishes with her right arm every time she pressed the buzzer.

I think that synchronized swimming boy may have been gay?

I know very little about Shakespeare, but I was aware of The Tempest and its connection to Bermuda.

Seth is a cutie!

It's happened, I'm in love! 🍕😍

When was Seth on?

Who's Seth? Is he suitably hot replace Bif in my fantasies?

I think he's talking about the picture posted online for tonight's contestants.

My Seth, gone too soon! 😭

Seth Birnbaum

Good FJ. I guessed Carroll and at the last minute switched to Eliot.

Ugh, the boring Eric and his tie clip. FJ seemed easy to me. Pizza boy Seth was a cutie.

Seth was, indeed, cute, but I want barrel chested, square jawed Eric embedded deep inside me.

To me, FJ was way too obvious.

[quote]I'm surprised no one mentioned Ellen's dramatic flourishes with her right arm every time she pressed the buzzer.

I know, right? She looked like she was jacking off a giraffe.

Eric lettered in bowling????

I can't stand Eric and his histronics. I knew it. If only Eric had seen Cats.

Who considers Dr. Seuss a poet?

This Seth person does nothing for me and cannot, repeat CANNOT, compare to Bif. They need to bring Bif back based on some technicality. Something, anything to have him back on my screen.

I guessed Carrol for final.

Seattle has absolutely awful pizza! Domino's level. There are newer artisanal joints, but if you're from the northeast, just NO.

Ugh

Will Bif qualify for the tournament of champions?

Idk, but Eric seems to be well on his way to TOC.

no, r403. Only three wins.

Does anybody else think Eric looks just like Fred Willard?

So Jackie Fuchs is out of the TOC ☹️.

Major kudos to Supermanesque Eric for coming from behind and basking in yet another victory.

I knew FJ had to be somewhere in Texas, but I blanked.

Eric needs to go yesterday! He gives me the willies.

I don't like Eric either. I had high hopes for the challenger leading into the final, although being a lawyer in Oakland he probably makes Kamala Harris look like Ronald Reagan.

Eric lucked out that the FJ answer was a place in Texas, where he lives.

Eric looks like an Irish congressman from Massachusetts, not a particular one, but the generic look.

Mitch Rodricks was very handsome. I was hoping that he would win.

That FJ geography question was bogus.

The answer was Brownsville, Texas, and the current champ is from Texas!

The current champ has a weird smile.

And why does he have to be announced as Eric R. Backes??

It almost seems like he's advertising for his law firm.

I got final fairly easily, but was stumped on who this soldier named Tijuana was? The middle initial thing really throws me as well, unless his dad has the same first and last name and a different middle name.

Seeing him blow an obvious answer like pontification was really painful; the clue guys pretty much handed that one out on a platter.

Eric has Heather Tom-level PSS.

What was the FJ question?

Colorful Geography

Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018.

[quote]Eric has Heather Tom-level PSS.

Please decipher this. What does this mean?

PSS = Pinched Sphincter Syndrome. Heather Tom is the most famous sufferer. It's in their facial expressions.

for the Buzzy lovers out there . . .

Love Buzzy Cohen!

Glad to see he's wearing normal style/color glasses now.

Eric's histronics are just repulsive!

I'm convinced that Eric has some kind of health issue which is at least slightly relieved when he assumes that odd posture which he has periodically demonstrated throughout his time on jeopardy (upper arms laterally horizontal, forearms straight down, hands flat on desk. Last night he even assumed that position (perhaps unconsciously) while speaking to Alex.

Maybe Eric is used to taking it up the behumpas whilst standing. That's what it looks like is going on;.

That could cause pinched sphincter, r425.

I've changed my mind. I would def fuck Eric's fat ass.

Amanda makes her own beaded jewelry. I want her to win.

Amanda should make Eric a beaded cock ring.

Yay Amanda!

Really glad Eric lost...thought he was going to have a runaway.

Does this mean we won't have to see Eric on the Tournament of Champions? It seems lie he's been on forever, but I can't remember how many wins he actually has.

Thank god that Neanderthal finally lost. Yay Amanda!

R432, he only won four so shouldn't be on the ToC.

Eric won $105,602, which puts him at #10 (of 15) in the running for TOC, so we may not be finished with his boring outfits and tie clip. Still, it’s a long way to November.

R435 Is Presloid in the running for TOC?

No one should get to go unless they win five games or a special tournament.

Looking forward to the TOC.

John Presloid is has dropped to last place for TOC 😟.

R439 Teacher Larry is dead (RIP), and therefore will not be competing in the TOC... so John is actually up another spot in the ranking!

I thought final was pretty easy. 🤔

Poor Gramps needs to stay home babysitting I think. I'll echo the YAY! for Amanda.

I don't get all the Eric hate. Is it because he's obviously straight and unattainable? Hmm?

He would have won if he’d bet as conservatively as Amanda the bedazzler, who needs a wash and set.

It was hilarious to see Alex eat some humble pie when he mispronounced Amanda's hometown, Livonia, Michigan and she corrected him

How do you pronounce it, r443? luh-VO-nyuh?

I'm glad as hell Eric lost. I like Amanda, particularly for beating him. No, r441, the final was not at all easy. If it was some contestant would have guessed it correctly. I guessed Carver also. As PC as Jeopardy is.

Agree it wasn't easy. I started Carver and then landed on the same one Amanda chose (I can't remember it right now) but both were wrong. He should have known she would have to only bet enough that she wouldn't go below the third place guy if he doubled up and she missed.

I understand that easy is a subjective term. Many times with categories focusing on entertainment and celebrities, I am clueless while many of you guys say how easy it was. I have seen all three contestants during the game pass on an answer that I thought was fairly obvious.

I suppose since synthetic rubber has been around so long, it's easy to forget that it was originally made from tree sap.

[quote]Does anybody else think Eric looks just like Fred Willard?

Or Herb Tarlek; he's got a used car salesman vibe.

Eric was the definition of lockjaw. I've never seen such an ugly set of chompers. Glad I don't have to look at him any more.

I grew to hate Eric.

I grew to hate Matt Jackson.

Well I hated Matt Jackson even before I grew.

Well this week we all get to see faves Matt Jackson, Austin Rogers and Alan Lin again. Also Buzzy Cohen and Alex Jacob. And Ken Jennings, for the elders.

Colby - OMG I forgot about him. God, I can't stand him either.

Anyway, I'm one of those elders who prefers Brad Rutter.

They're going to pit Leonard Cooper up against contestants much older than him?

I predict Alex Jacob will wipe the floor with all the others.

[QUOTE] Anyway, I'm one of those elders who prefers Brad Rutter.

Me, too!

Not a huge fan of Alan Lin. Wish I knew what the point of this Champions fortnight was?

I miss Bif and John.

Bif is currently undergoing much needed teeth whitening treatments.

Oh, god. One of the tooth-obsessed has arrived. Don't you have threads of your own to ruin?

hope we get some hot contestants this week

Bif is massively overrated

By the way, Matt Jackson's mother is Judge Amy Berman Jackson, the presiding judge in the Manafort case in DC:

Doug is cute in a average joe kind of way.

Shame on the Jeopardy! site for posting Monday's winner before most of the country has seen the show.

Buh bye, Amanda.

I watch the show at 3:30.

Damn easy final that nobody got. The Invisible Man, The time Machine, War of the Worlds? Gimme a break!

NOBODY got H. G. Wells? Come on!

Remember how I thought that Goodyear and rubber was a giveaway, I had no idea of final for tonight. One man's easy is another man's "I dunno!"

I thought Doug's "jazz hands" intro motion was a bit suspect, but then he mentioned going on a "mission" trip.

Tonight was one of the better episodes in a long time.

Regarding the upcoming matches, I'm definitely with Team Julia!

H. G. Wells seemed obvious once he said it, but I couldn't get it at all either. I think it was one of those that either came to you right away or you were screwed.

I'm hoping Alex Jacob has a couple of his seething moments, where he displays contempt after the judges rule against him.

I think Buzzy should play wearing the championship belt and nothing else.

Do other newspapers besides the NYT publish the FJ answer every day? It gives me a long time to think of the question. I guessed HG Wells, but it took me several minutes, so I would have flopped at the taping.

My guess for FJ yesterday was HP Lovecraft.

And YES YES YES R471, I agree 1000% !!!!!

r472, Im glad I don't read the NYT.

I cannot believe that anyone finds that dweeb Buzzy even remotely attractive.

Buzzy Cohen and Alex Jacob are the two sexiest former Jeopardy! champions.

Buzzy looks like one of the Bananas in Pajamas, but with glasses.

[quote]Buzzy Cohen and Alex Jacob are the two sexiest former Jeopardy! champions.

Damn that Bif, only winning two games.

[quote]Buzzy Cohen and Alex Jacob are the two sexiest former Jeopardy! champions.

Heresy - John Presloid is THE SEXIEST former Jeopardy! champion!

Is John going to participate in this champion-fest?

Id suck buzzy off

Buzzy looks like Rachel Maddow.

For those who like me didn't quite understand how a team TOC was going to work.

That bitch Trebek gets me every time!

Matt: tells long 'get to know you' story about penny-crushing machines.

Alex: well, good for you.

😂

Matt is a sore loser. Was he actively avoiding making eye contact with Alex at the end?

Matt and Alex Jacob were both a bit off. I found Matt to be much more entertaining than Alex, whose intensity can be a bit much. Alex was especially annoying when he would, seemingly by choice, hold back his answer until the final second before uttering it.

I'm looking forward to the adorable Mr. Leonard Cooper. The Teen Tournament doesn't test players in the way that a prolonged run on regular Jeopardy does and he may not have the chops for this but I'll be rutting....that is, rooting for him.

How could the champ have missed FJ?

Brad Rutter or GTFO

Wow - hot contestant Matt had such a sexy deep voice - bet he throws a great fuck. But we have comic-book-named fatty Dana Wayne instead.

Alex' is the possessive form of Alex???? Really?

Matt kept making disturbing facial expressions, as if his contacts were hurting him.

FJ was so easy it was embarrassing.

The next two weeks should be a lot of fun.

Matt had some major CRAZY eyes. He looked cockeyed, too.

Does Matt know he has crazy eyes? It was extremely disturbing. I was relieved he lost. Occasionally he calmed down and had normal eyes, so he obviously had some control over it.

I didn't get Final. However, I did know that the Potala is in Lhasa.

I dislike this new lady - ugh! Matt was attractive, but his story of trips to penny smashing machines kind of tested my limits for dorkiness in a guy. I wish the old champ had won again.

I might have won tonight. I told myself to bet it all on FJ category "Broadway Musicals," and I would have won. That was the first one I ever saw, and I'd heard the OBCR since childhood. I knew lots of the answers and was able to say them out loud without any problem. Sometimes I know something, and I know I know it, or once knew it, but it just won't go past the tip of my tongue. Not today.

Can't wait for the glorified TOC tonight. The battle of the greatest brains.

Yeah, I thought Matt had weird eyes as well - to the point that I couldn't decide whether he reminded me of Karen Black flying the plane in Airport 1975 or Christian Bale in American Psycho.

TOC starts today! Yay.

Can't wait to see Buzzy again.

I am #teambrad 👨🏻‍🏫

What is this fucking bull shit?!

I was only half paying attention. What the hell is going on?

Is this Jeopardy jumping the shark?

I hate the realityshowcontestantspeak. I may not watch for the next 19 days.

R501 Yes 🦈

This is going on for 19 more days???

Colby was annoying initially but he's grown on me. Love that story about taking care of his mom. I wish I was in the financial situation to do the same.

I'm happy Roger Craig is competing again. I find him adorable! I hope he does well.

I missed the first 20 minutes. What took so much time that they only did the first round today? Were there production numbers earlier?

9 days, not 19. Sorry.

I need to have Alex Jacob deep inside me, hard, fast and repeatedly.

Meh.

Alex's haircut does him wonders. And, the female captain seems to have lost a bit of weight. She looks good.

[QUOTE] Is this Jeopardy jumping the shark?

Indeed, it is!

So, like, Brad needs to charter a private jet to get to Australia for that kind of money? A first-class round-trip ticket wouldn't cost him much more than 20 to 25 grand.

I'd say overall of that even though it's only been a couple of years for most of these guys they haven't aged very well. I thought Alex Jacob was even worse than he was when he was on originally.

Kind of stumped on how to comment on the actual playing itself?

Today was a total clusterfuck. I'll give it one more chance, but unless it dramatically improves I'm on a 10 day hiatus.

Alex Jacob exudes sex appeal from every pore.

God, I hate the greasy Buzzy now even more than I did on his first go-round.

Go, Team Brad!

As noted above, the format is a complete cluster-fuck. WHAT were they thinking?

Mark my words, this isn't a contest, it's a fucking audition to see of any of these guys can replace Alex.

What a fucking DISASTER. Who greenlit this shit???

It was an exercise in self-aggrandizement for Jeopardy, for Alex, and for these (mostly) egotistical assholes playing the game. We needed interviews and team member choosing? We needed contestant quips and witty remarks during the game? Trebek laughed at stuff he would’ve scorned in a regular game.

The whole thing was sickening. If it gets no better, I’m out.

First day was definitely a clusterfuck. So much wasted time with the interviews and explaining how the teams were picked. Didn't even start the game until 15 minutes in!?!? WTF?

[quote]We needed contestant quips and witty remarks during the game?

The contestants' "quips" were not funny. They were demonstrations of their talent at realityspeak. I hate that more than anything else about reality TV. Well, except people cleaning their toilets with their housemates' toothbrushes.

I agree with you R515.

If it is an Alex-replacement runoff, I like the guy who thinks he needs to win the championship in order to afford to go to Australia.

Does it really cost $25,000? Did he spend all his money already?

There was no sense of competition once they began playing. Continuing the game until the next day is a horrible idea. I'm sure at least some of the players objected to this. That "eavesdropping" on them backstage as they strategized was ridiculous. I was expecting the standard format game, not an old home week reunion.

I agree with almost all of the above comments. There was a lot of time wasted for no good reason. The producers are missing what any fool can see: this collection of egotistical oddball savants is largely incapable of projecting the kind of entertaining camaraderie that could work.

Most wrong-footed remark: Brad referring to Buzzy as a fraud. Best comeback; Buzzy's "they hate me 'cause they ain't me".

I'm bewildered by the poster('s ?) who makes references to the obviously emotionally fragile and borderline disheveled Alex Jacob's "sex appeal". Are your remarks a form of mockery ? If so, Alex deserves better.

R522, Alex Jacob is a very sexy man. No mockery intended. I pity those who cannot see how attractive and sensual he is.

r523 is right. Alex reminds me of Luke Kirby, who also has dick-hardening qualities.

For once I agree with most DLers. Day one of this silly team YOC was a total mess.

As I alluded to previously, I'd like to know what the producers feel is the selling point of all this? I am a big fan of Austin, Julia, and Brad; however, that doesn't mean that I want to see two weeks of this nonsense. If we are going to continue to see half a game per day of these "teams" including the behind-the-scenes strategy session, and interviews, I can only hope that they learn something from the ratings fiasco to come.

For the record, you guys are welcome to the socially awkward, disheveled Alex Jacobs with my compliments. Brad strikes me as a total closet case, or did I miss somewhere along the line where he indicated a sexual orientation?

I'm not buying the " auditions for Alex-replacement" take on the TOC that R515 advanced, but it is fun to consider.

None of these folks has the lighthearted professorial gravitas that Alex Trebek exudes from every pore. The only one I see succeeding as Jeopardy host is Buzzy. He's smart, confident, dresses well, is respectful of social boundaries and his humor is always of the self mocking variety. I realize that many here don't find him appealing but to me he would bring sex appeal as well as an attractive, youthful energy to the show (sorry, Alex !).

I like Buzzy, but I am a Hebeophile.

Why are they making Buzzy the whipping boy?

So much winning! #TeamBrad 👨🏻‍🏫

Alex Jacob looks like he's been indoors since the last time he was on Jeopardy. Very sallow and pale. Cannot see his appeal (other than as a Jeopardy champ). To each his own though.

I'm so glad that I'm not a part of this train wreck!

It would have seriously brought down my cache as a Jeopardy sex symbol.

[quote]Alex's haircut does him wonders.

Yes! And when he smiles, he looks like a different (as in hot) person.

But once he started playing and became ultra-focused, Crazy Eyes came back.

I believe that Brad Rutter dated Pam Mueller at one time. Not that that means anything overarching.

Taking away all the nonsense, the high level of play is impressive and enjoyable to watch. Has there been a wrong answer yet?

Wow, Larissa is amazing.

She really blew out Buzzy's hole!

I lol'd at how they were trying to make Buzzy the "hot guy" by showing clips of him working out.

Not on this planet, Jeopardy!.

Hershey Felder (the guy who presented the Composers' clues) was extremely creepy!

What a weirdo.

I'll bet that Buzzy has a thick, meaty cock and a nice smooth hole.

I'll wager $5000, Alex.

Dave Madden looks like a serial killer and acts like an asshole.

It's a shame, because he used to be very hot, as shown in the old clips of him.

I think that team Brad has this in the bag.

Team Buzzy will probably end up second, and team Colby in last place.

Team Brad was always going to win because, you know...Brad Rutter.

Buzzy dresses like a young Roger Stone.

I think Dave Madden is attractive, though wish he'd dress up a bit. I had never heard of him, nor Larissa until now.

I'll watch tomorrow, but having serious doubts after that. Intro theme, two minutes of Trebek blather, and then more commercials was pure fuckery. Much of this airtime seems like pure padding.

I got Final.

WOF OT: Anyone else think married Brandon had serious gay voice? Obvious he had not heard of the strip Prince Valiant?

Buzzy looks different to me. His hair is different but has he lost weight?

His attitude is more chill. Instead of coming on (too) strong in a swaggering way, he's definitely gone more to dork nerd mode.

I thought he had lost weight, too. Face looks a little thinner, not as round.

Buzzy is still the commensurate geek who would get beaten up in junior high school just because he was there.

Buzzy has a wife and child?!?!

I'm surprised only 1 of them got the final jeopardy answer

I had no idea of the map of Africa. I guessed Nigeria and Namibia.

For those who object to the padding and commercials, just dvr and ff through the excessive footage.

I knew Somalia was the eastern most nation, but had no idea about the western most nation.

This is the most bloated excuse for a half hour of commercials ever. Alex truly is a scam artist. I thought swindling old people out of money with his ripoff insurance commercials was bad but this is beyond anything. There is no show here, just a long infomercial. And the contestants all seem to think they are superstars, mugging for the camera as if they were real housewives. Completely useless and unwatchable. See you in 2 weeks, Jeopardy.

I begin to think that I'm over John Presloid and then R532 goes and posts a photo and I'm back in a trance, chanting "How do I love thee, let me count the ways..." .

I don't like this "teams' concept. It's just milking it. I'd rather see a real tournament with contestants head-to-head

I remember Larissa.

She was one of the championship finalists from about 10 years ago - and she was beaten by the guy pictured below who, curiously, isn't in this tournament while Larissa, the woman he beat, is.

Did he beat her in a championship round or just defeat her for the title? How much did he end up making? Maybe he declined to participate in the championship because he couldn't get the time off.

Larissa is SMART. She wiped the floor with Buzzy and Alan, and they were like the best of the best. Well, in modern Jeopardy, at least.

I'm beginning to think that the Jeopardy old-timers were much smarter than the ones playing today.

This is really harsh, but when Alan was beating himself up over doing so badly, I kind of felt he deserved it.

Yeah, Alan's team has to be pissed.

For all of the complaining here, posters seem to be getting into the competition.

I'm surprised only one got the Senegal / Somalia answer. I knew it right away...just verified that each had seven letters.

Buzzy looks lime the combined worst elements of Peewee Herman and Pinky Lee. God, he's repulsive!

Buzzy is a decent looking man with an unfortunate nose.

R560

Making the best of a bad situation, more than "getting into" this nonsense.

Shhhh, Jeopardy! is on.

Go #TeamBrad 👨🏻‍🏫

All three rounds will be played today.

David should shave his head. He'd be serious daddy material with a shaved head and that chest hair peeking out the top of his shirt.

#TeamBrad didn't do so hot today, but we still won the first match! 👨🏻‍🏫 On to the Finals!

How do three all-stars not know Wedgewood?

I hate this teams thing so much.

Hawaii Five-O!

R571 = Viki (not Vicki, not Vicky)

If they were doing the championship with just single contestants, not teams, how many contestants would get to play?

15, R573.

Looks like time is even catching up to Brad Rutter.

This team bullshit could not be any less interesting.

I knew my DL homies would bust a gut, too, at Hawaii 5-0!

Gave it two days, probably tuning out the rest. Is Jacobs' wedding ring new?

Didn't know Final myself.

What's the Hawaii 5-O joke?

I missed the episode.

Thanks!

Alex Jacob in red . . . Yowza!

One of the strengths of Jeopardy as a show is that it awards individual effort. Dispersing the achievement of a win to a team, some members of which deserve the win more than others , kills a lot of the satisfaction that comes from witnessing a win.

The switch to a new set of players for the final also dilutes the stature of the win.

The All-Star Games, such as they are, were a very bad idea.

And yet most of you will watch to the very end.

Not me. Did not watch Friday and removed Jeopardy! from my DVR schedule until the ASGs are over.

this is pretty bad. I'm watching because the questions are more difficult but that's the only reason. I hate the team idea.

Why not just do an all-star tournament of these past champions? In addition to the yearly one they do

To answer R578, in the category TV By The Numbers, the clue was "Agnes Nixon created this soap opera that focused on the Buchanan and Lord families." David rang in and responded "What is Hawaii-50?"

All of the clues, answers and scoring for past shows are compiled on this web site:

Strange, I haven't gotten any residual checks for creating Hawaii 5-O.

I'll have to have my lawyer look into this.

Brad gets on my nerves.

Brad resembles an obsessive compulsive who has decided to sample some high octane cocaine. He's all ambition without an ounce of human warmth.

I liked Brad, up until he said he needed to win the big prize so he could go to Australia in the style to which he's become accustomed. If that was a joke, it backfired. I found Alex Jacobs' choking up that Jeopardy! means "everything" to him very SAD! Colby's self-congratulatory mama's boy story I found a bit of a turn off.

R589, With all the $$$ Alex has made as a poker professional, his Jeopardy allegiance appeared sketchy.

r590: Completely agree. Isn't he still playing professional poker?

By "sad" I meant that I feel he probably doesn't make friends easily, so that Jeopardy has enabled him to do so?

The fuckery continues: another partial game

Austin got smoked today.

Who thought it would be a good idea to get rid of "final jeopardy" for half of the competition? I hate this tournament.

Ken Jennings is very sexy.

Who's his boyfriend?

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