Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

i was a fan of seth. he's one of those dudes - definitely witnessed on the show before - who mispronounces a lot of things, like his whole experience of life to this point has been out of books

Seth was a powerhouse but his personality was so limited it was difficult to get excited about him. He just didn't get answers wrong! Worth noting that he ended his run on a right answer and a conservative bet in final jeopardy. He coulda gone on indefinitely if he had been more cutthroat!

I did my audition today as the only oddball looking guy amongst 18 mostly physically unexceptional and business suited white dudes. I asked Maggie (who is a singular ball of positive energy and excitement and absolutely the #1 person you'd want to go to karaoke with), "Is that all there is?" and she said "Kid, we're working on it but thanks for noticing!"

Interesting collection of folks nonetheless (one guy came from Maine, one guy was a "graveyard monitor for a state agency," one guy taught athletics to autistic children, one guy was a lobster chef from Boston who claimed to have an irrational fear of them... nephropidaphobia?) with complex and long lives on display (one guy with a wife of fifty years, one with a husband for forty, one guy who auditioned for the show back in the 1990's in Atlantic City) and a few with minor social maladjustments who were clearly just thrilled to be there... I probably fit into the latter category.

I honestly think I bombed the written test; I hit a block on an answer halfway through and it fucked me up for more or less the next eight questions... it wasn't like I was doing so well up to then either! I guess I did fine on the live portion. But my clear stage voice and conscious camera presence is supported by way too many years of theater training, the jewfro definitely was appreciated (one of the testers commented that I "looked like Alex in the 70's") and my decision to offer to make a Trebek ceramic piece (supported by a stack of pottery that I brought in as samples) was extremely well received. So now I wait for 18 months and see what happens.

It was fun! I recommend doing it if you can!

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It's fun! I recommend doing it if you can.

I did my audition in Philly in September 2014. They just called me this week to be on the show - tapes next month! So even if they say 18 months, don't lose hope.

Congrats on making the cut! How did you feel like you did on the test?

Petty concern: even if I were to make the cut I'm a little woobly on the idea of booking a round trip ticket to California from NY and a hotel on my own dime... even with the guaranteed 1k for third place, after taxes it's likely to be a fairly expensive adventure! Doc Casino: what did that run you?

woah, congrats to von kelson!! and ulysses, it sounds like you made a really good impression, don't despair!

I definitely blew some questions on the test, but at that point I think they're more looking for someone relatable they can put on camera, so I'm sure you did well. I'm not expecting to make a profit on the experience given the costs of getting out there, but I figure you can't put a price on the story.

congrats + goodluck

Worth noting that he ended his run on a right answer and a conservative bet in final jeopardy.

terrible wager imo & I def agreed w some of his past conservative wagering when the categories were more specific/obscure. he always felt kinda beatable to me idk, good player tho obv

thanks for the well wishes!

I figure you can't put a price on the story.

quick question: Do they give you ample time to weigh out the final jeopardy bet so that you can't accidentally fuck it up by betting ten dollars too little?

also very quasi shady question BUT a simple word to the wise would be interesting: i had a friend of a friend of a contestant insist that they give you the category titles prior to gameplay so you can get your mind around what you're going to be dealing with... he said this happened with enough time to actually study?!? T/F? Smells of bullshit to me.

You can take as long as you need - cameras are off for the commercial break so there's not like a specifically ticking clock or whatever. I'm sure if you took fifteen minutes or something there might be some gentle nudges. They give you paper and a sharpie so you can check and double-check your math, too.

I really think the written test is mainly there to weed out people who did wildly better on the online test (aka cheated somehow). I definitely missed a fair number of the questions but I really think the live human interaction bits are the heart of the exercise.

here's hoping you're right! Maggie wanted to buy some of my pottery and seemed genuine about it, was trying to get a website out of me she could visit and they got the pieces on camera and made it sound like an Trebek mug would be awesome so that and a big head of hair certainly SEEMS like it would get me trending on twitter.

The internet is in love with Alex Trebek rapping:

http://www.avclub.com/article/heres-look-back-rap-stylings-mc-alex-trebek-244910

Last night was her third win...but sadly, she passed away on December 5:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/cindy-stowell-jeopardy-death.html

OMG! She was great! What a bummer.

indeed

There was a very touching NPR story about this on Monday. The interviews with her husband really got to me.

trebek said nice things after final jeopardy and seemed a little misty eyed

god bless her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIArSWymjY

ok fine, but just so you guys know, I'm not crying, I just have something caught in both my eyes

Her death was one more horribly shitty thing that happened in a horribly shitty year, but she was nevertheless, for me, the hero of a year in which I did not expect to find any.

Strange episode today. Middle guy got screwed out of a runaway win because one of his correct responses was considered wrong, then they adjusted his score before FJ, but they didn't subtract from another contestant who also got that one correct.

also a hidden star trek reference in the category names.

https://i.imgur.com/soLlJT7.jpg

lol

good on her

How the Jeopardy! Writers Room Comes Up With All of Those Questions

this austin fella just had the third highest scoring game in jeopardy history, i've been enjoying his run, also he is definitely not james murphy

Alex once ate got accidentally high on pot brownies and, even more shockingly, likes The Bucket List the best out of all of his cameo appearances.

ate

tournament of champions is my jam.

great win for buzzy cohen last night, and two of my faves lilly chin and tim aten are up tonight. who ya got?

Semifinal 1: Andrew Pau v. Austin Rogers v. Lilly Chin.

Andrew's gotta be the favorite after his impressive win on Friday. It looks like he's the #1 seed considering he doesn't have another quarterfinal winner in his group -- but this is still a very tough group! Andrew and Austin overlap in their humanities expertise so Lilly should be able to dominate the science categories. Austin clearly wasn't prepared for how fast Alan was on the buzzer in the quarters, leading to some unforced errors, but no Alan there this go-around, so Austin may be able to use his buzzer speed to his advantage.

new champion donna brown met her husband when they were both college radio djs at the univ of georgia. she did the '80s show, he did the noise show. they argued a lot. "noise," she explained to alex, "is a kind of music that's experimental, so there are themes and motifs and everything, um, less structure." but everything's good now: "our marriage has structure." she's very bubbly. i like her a lot.

also, she had the only correct answer on final jeop: "this label, home to u2 and bob marley, was created, fittingly, in jamaica with an investment of 1,000 pounds sterling."

...is this where I should say that Donna is an ILX vet? Because she is. That makes two of us that have been on the show!

that’s awesome!!! she had a very very big first win!

(is she on this thread?)

donna!

I thought at least three ILXors have been on the show, no? I remember it mentioned in this thread somewhere, once upon a time. Congrats to Donna

^ yes

also

JAYMC on Jeopardy! TODAY! (SPOILERS Y'ALL)

(more Donna talk specifically at that link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjOuI4Z92M

a) - i'm glad alex is okay
b) omg that grampa living room

He should have Longmont Potion Castle on the show for the next Celebrity Jeopardy. They can black out his face or something.

you're allowed to wear leather jackets on jeopardy now???

Forget candy hearts – send one of these to your valentine! pic.twitter.com/5G2EiJtRny

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) February 12, 2018

He must be better, he's doing this

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/jeopardy-alex-trebek-2018-election-moderate-pennsylvania-gubernatorial-debate-20180221.html

7-day winner Josh Hill's old website
http://www.bucktowntiger.com/index.html

Respect

I don't get to watch Jeopardy much these days but this looks fun, hopefully I can catch some of it:

https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/2019/all-star-games

WHO IS BACKROLLS?

He must be better, he's doing this

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/jeopardy-alex-trebek-2018-election-moderate-pennsylvania-gubernatorial-debate-20180221.html

― Ned Raggett,

This was so bad. He was nearly booed him off the stage:

https://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/10/jeopardy_host_alex_trebek_went.html

i feel bad for trebek. he grew up francophone in the duplessis era, which was some seriously bad shit nobody in america even knows about. (yeah, he's from ontario, but still.)