I don't watch the show religiously, tho I have at various points in the past. I often wondered why there weren't more academics on the show, profs & such, who would likely have a fairly competitive edge w/ a good base of general knowledge. Is it just that many academics don't want sully their integrity by appearing on a game show (pretty silly imo) or are they not allowed to compete b/c they would have too much of an edge?
― everybody on ilx u have dandruff (Pillbox), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:45 (sixteen years ago)
either that or they don't want the pressure/are afraid that they'll muff it under pressure? people have all kinds of reasons, i would guess.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:46 (sixteen years ago)
They're definitely allowed to compete. One of the other contestants there on taping day (six episodes were taped on the day I was there) was an English professor.
― jam master (jaymc), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:55 (sixteen years ago)
so you were in six or fewer episodes dot xls
― caek, Friday, 19 March 2010 22:58 (sixteen years ago)
And yeah, I think you're right, Amanda. Weirdly, it's only in retrospect that I realize what a crazy thing it was to do. A co-worker who's really smart and well-read said to me yesterday, "I could never do that. You must have a lot of courage."
― jam master (jaymc), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:59 (sixteen years ago)
xp Or I'm the current champion and will have to fly back to tape more episodes later.
― jam master (jaymc), Friday, 19 March 2010 23:00 (sixteen years ago)
this is craaaazy, wtg jaymc, i now know two ppl from chicago that have been on jeopardy within the last year O_O
― drink more beer and the doctor is a heghog (gbx), Friday, 19 March 2010 23:06 (sixteen years ago)
I think a lot of us would throw up right before the taping.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:43 (sixteen years ago)
omg john this rules! congratulations!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 20 March 2010 01:12 (sixteen years ago)
hey, congrats. my sister was on Millionaire but lost on the 9th or 10th ? so she only got 5 grand.
― I gave'em anything that popped into my cabeza. (los blue jeans), Saturday, 20 March 2010 01:53 (sixteen years ago)
ha, i kept thinking this was MARCH 25 and was frantic that I had missed it
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 8 April 2010 06:03 (sixteen years ago)
Weird, because that was my birthday!
― jam master (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2010 13:01 (sixteen years ago)
My daughter just told me that one of her professors is on the next day, the 27th!
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Friday, 30 April 2010 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
I always misread this as JAMC on JEOPARDY
which would be hilarious
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 April 2010 20:45 (sixteen years ago)
OMG.
― jaymc, Friday, 30 April 2010 20:58 (sixteen years ago)
^won on the 26th and then kicked that prof's flabby behind
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:00 (sixteen years ago)
That prof had an annoying voice.
― jaymc, Friday, 30 April 2010 21:01 (sixteen years ago)
was your final jeopardy answer
ANNOYING ---->
― goole, Friday, 30 April 2010 21:02 (sixteen years ago)
Can't wait to see this bareknuckle throwdown!
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:09 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.muw.edu/llp/llpphotos/ncorrigan.jpg
Shit got heated iirc.
― jaymc, Friday, 30 April 2010 21:11 (sixteen years ago)
O shit, you're giving up some classified info, amirite?!
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:13 (sixteen years ago)
Can I see this on the onlines?
― ╓abies, Friday, 30 April 2010 21:15 (sixteen years ago)
This very 2nd Trebeck is donning his ninja assasin suit and heading towards Jaymc's abode.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:19 (sixteen years ago)
xp Nah. I mean, I know who it is b/c there were six episodes taped that day. I can't say if we were in the same episode or not, though.
― jaymc, Friday, 30 April 2010 21:20 (sixteen years ago)
A likely story, which you failed to phrase in the form of a question!
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:23 (sixteen years ago)
WOW this is awesome jaymc
i am really really delighted by this
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Saturday, 1 May 2010 22:30 (sixteen years ago)
Aw!
― jaymc, Saturday, 1 May 2010 23:40 (sixteen years ago)
so rad, congratulations! hopefully the current air-date champ BUDDY isn't (wasn't) still champ when you are (were) on. i do not care for this man. he's texan and missed a daily double about the barbed wire museum. plus, he's named BUDDY.
― iiiijjjj, Sunday, 2 May 2010 01:16 (sixteen years ago)
jaymc won?!? CONGRATULATIONS! that's awesome.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 2 May 2010 01:18 (sixteen years ago)
congrats jaymc. psyched to see this.
― calstars, Sunday, 2 May 2010 01:58 (sixteen years ago)
Hey hey didn't say I won or lost.
― jaymc, Sunday, 2 May 2010 02:59 (sixteen years ago)
congratulations for being a 5-time winner on jeopardy, can't wait to see you in the tournament of champions
― going non-native (dyao), Sunday, 2 May 2010 03:00 (sixteen years ago)
wow, never in my wildest dreams did i think that i'd live to see ken jennings' streak broken... amazing work. kudos.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 2 May 2010 03:04 (sixteen years ago)
i'm reporting jaymc to jeopardy's producers for revealing the fact that he won
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 2 May 2010 03:05 (sixteen years ago)
they have an .xls for people who do that
― Wir fahren fahren fahren auf der Autoban (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 2 May 2010 03:10 (sixteen years ago)
do they give you the winnings via check or burlap-bags stuffed with bills?
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 2 May 2010 03:13 (sixteen years ago)
If you lose hardcore, you don't actually owe them the amount of "negative dollars" you scored, right?
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Sunday, 2 May 2010 03:33 (sixteen years ago)
whoa... good point.
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:34 (sixteen years ago)
I heard Trebeck is a lush who drinks on the job....did you smell any booze on his breath?
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:35 (sixteen years ago)
http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/alex_trebek.jpg
Miss this 'stache so hard.
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:36 (sixteen years ago)
kept on trying to find a screencap of the episode of the simpsons where marge goes on jeopardy.
― going non-native (dyao), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:37 (sixteen years ago)
I haven't seen Jeopardy in years, actually, due to lack of TV channels. Do they still have the "clue crew"? They were the most offensive of the post-'stache changes to the show.
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:38 (sixteen years ago)
Our local market shows Jeopardy at 11 a.m. Central; will I be the first to find out how jaymc does?
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Sunday, 2 May 2010 17:05 (sixteen years ago)
1st time i saw this thread, awesome news
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:09 (sixteen years ago)
Eugene Levy doing a great apoplectic Trebek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6KFa7-6B4
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:16 (sixteen years ago)
What's the airdate again? Also, will someone plz plz tape this and put it online?
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm Ann Reinking! (Stevie D), Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:25 (sixteen years ago)
do eps of jeps make it to the torrent sites?
― nitzer Ed (s1ocki), Sunday, 2 May 2010 19:20 (sixteen years ago)
I thought that this was in late May, and that I had missed it. But NO!
― mandatory seersucker (Eazy), Thursday, 3 June 2010 06:47 (sixteen years ago)
what is, jaymc's jeopardy appearance?
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Thursday, 3 June 2010 12:51 (sixteen years ago)
The date draws near(er)
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 14:58 (fifteen years ago)