Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

On a question that was almost COMPLETELY freakin' impossible! Lucretia?!?! WHO KNOWS THAT?!?

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.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/25/people.kenjennings.ap/index.html

"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

What ever happened to Ken Jennings?

took his money and went back to utah?

http://ken-jennings.com/blog/

he'll be trotted out for some end-o-decade fanfare before too long, I imagine.

Haha "a deeply unstable Labrador retriever named Banjo."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVfWjlMSa4&feature=related

he comes to my shows in seattle

That's awesome.

i would've thought that answer too

he sorta seems like the coolest mormon ever. he's a democrat too!

His little blog post on Gates is very sensible.

Haven't watched the one that aired today, but manchild Stefan kicked some ass all 5 days last week.

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.

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.

god, i had no idea he was a professional video game tester! i always ffwd past the personal info.

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.

Or DVR or TiVo or whatever it is people do.

Or are you unemployed.

If so, sorry to hear it, man.

But at least you get to watch Jeopardy!

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.

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.

current dude's father was a multi-day champ; I think pops imparted some advice.

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.

OH GOD THAT GUY! Watching him try to answer and freaking out with his buzzer was amazing.

btw I used to watch Jeaopardy with while holding a calculator and keeping score while I was in high school. Yes, I was that sad.

yeah I dvr the series, jaymc. somehow I owned a dvr for months before realizing I should be.

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.

hahahaha yes! Was so glad that tool had his ass handed to him. A lot of being a good Jeopardy contestant comes down to having quicker reflexes than your opponents. The gadabout's strategy seemed to be to press that mofo a bazillion times as soon as you know the answer, whereas Stefan's seems to be press it once as soon as the question (er, answer, i mean) is "open".

xps

x-post uuuhhhh Jeopardy, rather

Based on what I've read, you have to trust yourself enough to be ready to buzz in as soon as alex is done talking if you even THINK you know the answer to get that rhythm.
and i click the "clear" button on the tivo to buzz in. and shout at the screen a lot.

Buzz-in timing skills are the key to my unbeatability at PS2 Jeopardy vid game.

press that mofo a bazillion times as soon as you know the answer

duuuuuuuuuuuuude I think he learned his Jeopardy skills (nil) from Soul Calibur

I think gadabout was there to write a short story wherein he fulfills the dying wish of his sister. He was more emotional than anyone I've seen play jeopardy ever. When he all but swept the Dylan category he FINALLY calmed down, but dude was really out of control. That's kind of what I imagine I'd be like if they ever let me on.

Does anyone else enjoy the Jeopardy video game?

'The 1 Bill'

They should just put that shit up on Hulu.

God help anyone near me if I know the answer and nobody playing the game does.
"Pimento. Pimento. Pimento! PIMENTO MOTHERFUCKERS! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL IT'S PIMENTO! PIMEEENTOOOOO! SAY IT YOU COCKSUCKERS! PIMENTO!"
"...and no one knew, 'What is... Pimento.'"
"GOD I HATE YOU FUCKERS!"

Based on what I've read, you have to trust yourself enough to be ready to buzz in as soon as alex is done talking if you even THINK you know the answer to get that rhythm.

Well, the main issue, I think, is that if you buzz in before Alex is done talking, even by a microsecond, then you'll be locked out for an entire second, giving your opponents an opportunity to buzz in instead.

(Actually, it might only be a quarter-second, but that's still long enough.)

I've always wondered how the Jeopardy buzzer system works. Also, is there some guy whose only job is to judge when Alex is done talking? Or is it done with a computer?

God help anyone near me if I know the answer and nobody playing the game does.
"Pimento. Pimento. Pimento! PIMENTO MOTHERFUCKERS! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL IT'S PIMENTO! PIMEEENTOOOOO! SAY IT YOU COCKSUCKERS! PIMENTO!"
"...and no one knew, 'What is... Pimento.'"
"GOD I HATE YOU FUCKERS!"

― im a fucking unicorn you douchebags (forksclovetofu), Monday, July 27, 2009 6:03 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Haha me, too, and the only time I ever watch Jeopardy is in the laundromat, so that's kind of fun.

From Ken Jennings's (highly recommended) book Brainiac:

http://i28.tinypic.com/34yzak8.jpg

CHILL OUT POINDEXTER YOURE NOT IN A MOSH PIT

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.

OH GOD THAT GUY! Watching him try to answer and freaking out with his buzzer was amazing.

― ENBB, Monday, July 27, 2009 3:58 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

And what was with the sequined cravat? Or was it an ascot?

I don't know but whatever it was it was awful. I hated him instantly but then he pulled out the dead sister dying wish thing and I felt sort of bad about it.