― The boobs previously known as Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
But in the end, Ken did more to lose than she did to win, although Ken -- characteristically -- won't admit that when asked in interviews.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Carl Simon, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
"Oh my, I won?"
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
"Hell, no - I threw that shit!"
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Apparently he losthttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/08/entertainment2352EDT0227.DTL
-- Ed (dal...) (webmail), September 9th, 2004 8:36 AM. (dali) (link)
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yup, it'll air in october -- cinniblount
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 2 December 2004 03:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I was happy to see Brad and Jerome in the final. I remember Jerome very well from his initial run -- he was one of the most dominant players I ever saw.
Brad was a more than deserving winner. He crushed his competition in the semifinal, and cruised in the third day of the final. Ken and Jerome actually looked lost out there.
As discussed upthread, "Jeopardy" could learn a thing or two about fanfare. Alex was like "we'll be back tomorrow with regular games". Brad won the match and he reacted like he'd just been congratulated on his tie. DUDE, YOU JUST BEAT LIKE 150 PEOPLE AND WON TWO MILLION DOLLARS. BE HAPPY.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 02:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Jerome would have dominated for a while as well. He won $96K during his five days on the show (when the $ totals were half of what they are now) and all five of them were typical Ken wins -- complete dominance. He'd go on long rolls and answer questions all over the board while his opponents just stood there. He finished all his games with 20K to everyone else's 4K and was never seriously tested. When tested, however, in the Tournament of Champions, he made far too many mistakes against quality opponents, fell behind early in the final and couldn't catch up. And that's exactly what happened to him in this tournament (what's more, he was extremely lucky to get out of his quarterfinal match).
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 12:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Ken: $3,020,700Brad: $3,255,102.
So, yes, Ken can pass Brad again if he wins the TOC.
The Wikipedia page here will tell you everything you every wanted to know about the UTOC.
Also, Brad was a five-time champion, won the TOC, and the Million Dollar Masters all within a twelve month span or thereabouts ... so he certainly was a favourite to win the MDM. This all happened so quickly that I guess I was taken by surprise when he won it.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 26 May 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link
On a question that was almost COMPLETELY freakin' impossible! Lucretia?!?! WHO KNOWS THAT?!?
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
I think he still is (or was until very recently anyway). He was probably better than the guy who beat him in the semi-finals (Jerome) but he missed the final question (which was pretty damn hard.) Not that it would have made much of a difference.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 13 March 2006 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/25/people.kenjennings.ap/index.html
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link
"He knows there's no way I was genuinely calling for angry bees and ventriloquist's dummies to be added to the Jeopardy! format," Jennings wrote on his site. "It's a humor piece, and one which gets its laughs from the outrageous non sequiturs it proposes, not the ripeness of its target for criticism."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060725/en_tv_eo/19591
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 00:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 01:10 (seventeen years ago) link
What ever happened to Ken Jennings?
― "lol" as frivolity (Stevie D), Monday, 27 July 2009 06:36 (fourteen years ago) link
took his money and went back to utah?
― meme-first attitude (J0rdan S.), Monday, 27 July 2009 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ken-jennings.com/blog/
― abanana, Monday, 27 July 2009 08:05 (fourteen years ago) link
he'll be trotted out for some end-o-decade fanfare before too long, I imagine.
― Bruce Hugalow: Hale Juggalo (Pillbox), Monday, 27 July 2009 08:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha "a deeply unstable Labrador retriever named Banjo."
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 27 July 2009 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVfWjlMSa4&feature=related
― lampkles (cozwn), Monday, 27 July 2009 12:49 (fourteen years ago) link
he comes to my shows in seattle
― Trey Tsongas (J0hn D.), Monday, 27 July 2009 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
That's awesome.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 27 July 2009 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i would've thought that answer too
― EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT SHIT POPPIN OFF (latebloomer), Monday, 27 July 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
he sorta seems like the coolest mormon ever. he's a democrat too!
― iatee, Monday, 27 July 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
His little blog post on Gates is very sensible.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 27 July 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't watched the one that aired today, but manchild Stefan kicked some ass all 5 days last week.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 27 July 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i simultaneously wanna KIW and straight up kick his ass.It's that little head bobble he gives every time he requests the next question.That said, dude bet TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS on final jeopardy when he knew he had the game won no matter what and got the answer wrong! That's some RLS 'If' shit right there and I was pretty impressed by how batty he is in his wagers.Would love for him to run up some sorta three week win run.
― im a fucking unicorn you douchebags (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 July 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
haha me too. But I find it hard to hate on someone who is a camp counselor/video game tester. Yes I love people who have "method to their madness" type wagering. So far I gather he bets it all when he was under 5K, and gets more conservative the more he has (provided he has the lead). The quickness and accuracy with which he cleared the "multples of..." math category leads me to believe he's on some genius level shit rather than a pure "i know a lot of random trivia" type.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 27 July 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
god, i had no idea he was a professional video game tester! i always ffwd past the personal info.
― im a fucking unicorn you douchebags (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 July 2009 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Do you tape this shit, Granny Dainger? I kick myself every week when I forget to watch Jeopardy! on Saturday, since it's the only time during the week I can actually see it.
― jaymc, Monday, 27 July 2009 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Or DVR or TiVo or whatever it is people do.
― jaymc, Monday, 27 July 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Or are you unemployed.
― jaymc, Monday, 27 July 2009 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
If so, sorry to hear it, man.
But at least you get to watch Jeopardy!
― jaymc, Monday, 27 July 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
but yeah, the mathematic multiples category was one of those moments where he straight smoked everyone and it was a thing to behold.Also the first few minutes against the "gadabout" when he absolutely destroyed dude and gadabout was all but holding the buzzer over his head trying to get a question in was straight comedy.This kid has a system for buzzing that really seems to work; he straight monopolizes the board for minutes at a time.
― im a fucking unicorn you douchebags (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 July 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
uh, xpost.
This kid has a system for buzzing that really seems to work
This is supposedly a big, big part of success on the show. Jennings admits that one reason he was able to last for weeks at a time is that he'd gotten so comfortable with the buzzer and knowing exactly when to press down on it after Alex finished reading the clue; in some cases, he may have been evenly matched, knowledge-wise, but he just had that experiential advantage.
― jaymc, Monday, 27 July 2009 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link