my guess is that the lolz are because "Potent Potables" is such a staple of Jeopardy parodies - am i right that it's always one of the categories in the SNL sketches, and never actually chosen by the contestants? but i'm pretty sure that stems from it actually being a classic, frequently-used Jeopardy category!
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
<SPOILER ALERT>
Today's ep has a post-credits scene.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 March 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
post-credits scene
best song he's written in years.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 19 March 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
i dont think he was wearing a wetsuit, but it reeeally looked like he was wearing a wetsuit
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
kt lowe, a librarian from st. clair shores, michigan, today's second place finisher, used to run a warren zevon fan site, which is my new all-time favorite contestant interview story.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 2 April 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
warren called her one day to correct some errors on the site, thus beginning a long correspondence. that was the story :)
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 2 April 2021 02:59 (two years ago) link
fuck if i'm gonna watch doctor oz in any capacity
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 April 2021 04:40 (two years ago) link
yeah that was great. she even had kind of a zevon look going with her big round glasses.
much better than the guy from the jennings run whose fun fact was that he listened to podcasts.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 2 April 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
New favorite Jeopardy contestant pic.twitter.com/q0NBsj5yT5— Scoops (@ejmaroun) March 30, 2021
― Clay, Friday, 2 April 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
her final jeopardy callback-answer made me LOL
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, April 2, 2021 12:40 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yep. It's been a weird Jeopardy-free two weeks for me, but no fucking way am I watching Dr. Oz. I hope the show's ratings cratered during his hosting run.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
watched some oz jeop, he’s about as terrible as you’d imagine
― flopson, Friday, 2 April 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hFh8uab.png
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
Vague Spoiler: One of the contestants gets off a sick burn on Rodgers in Final Jeopardy.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 5 April 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
Couric was bad, Rodgers is frankly unwatchable. Just the wrong guy to do this, no nuance and no rhythm. Everything delivered in husky, slow monotone.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
i hated him at first but by the end of the ep i think i kind of love it - just a slow, soothing, HAL-type voice, like an AI hostbot.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
exactly the opposite of what i want from a jeopardy host!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
He was awkward, and seemed lost during the q&a with the contestants, but I didn't hate him.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
they should let the cash me outside girl host Jeopardy
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 04:14 (two years ago) link
This is so funny to me. All three contestants heard the question as "who does America owe money to for its crimes?" And they all gave correct answers, but actually it was supposed to be about an official "bad guy" country for something absurdly tame in comparison. pic.twitter.com/SqjtGkUTiw— Robert Kuschell (@RobinghamKusch) April 6, 2021
Funnier than all of the SNL Jeopardy skits.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
omg
― sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
lmao that's amazing
I only watch Jeopardy via the arbitrary collections they put on Netflix in Canada, but watching episodes across the decades, I've been mildly surprised to notice how consistently and obsequiously devoted to celebrating the American military-intelligence complex the show is. So many categories—usually video at that—where they're showing off bases and planes and ships; watched one the other day with a whole video category devoted to the honorable men and women of the CIA. It's pretty depressing
― rob, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
core audience has always been conservative and old
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
oh for sure. And the show is almost inherently conservative since it has to draw on "common knowledge," inevitably culturally eurocentric and historically inclined toward Great Men. tbh I wouldn't even have remarked on it if they weren't so often site visit / video categories, which makes them feel like overt propaganda
― rob, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Trebek donated to Republican Senator Chuck Hagel in three different elections. Those are his only recorded political donations. Hagel has a Purple Heart and served as Secretary of Defense for Obama.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
worth noting that (at least) the past decade of contestants skews much younger and more clearly culturally liberal than the viewing base
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
yeah that's an interesting dynamic I hadn't really thought about before
― rob, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
grist for a larger essay about how the young culturally liberal population in america is holding up the conservative entertainment/economic pipeline imo
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
I saw Jeopardy was trending on twitter earlier because Levar Burton said he'd like to host. I haven't seen any of the guest hosts yet, but I have to say that seems like a brilliant way to thread this particular demographic needle
― rob, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
Jennings: Good enough to go permanentSlick Producer Guy: This felt more like a "Make a Wish" scenarioKatie Couric: Alexa as hostDr Oz: Fuck that guyAaron Rodgers: Husky monotone voice asking you what the capital of Wisconsin is for a half hour
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
my suspicion about burton would be that the powers that be don't really want to dive in with a guy in his mid-60's shortly after the other guy died
― Clay, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
I don't think the host should be as good at the game as Jennings is. It's just a weird dynamic.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
need to see him as guest host but I suspect I’d prefer Burton to Jennings. Jennings has the right overall trivia keener vibe compared to the other daytime tv freakshow guest hosts but Trebek’s suaveness & mellifluousness is key (it would crack me up how dynamically he would read answers, pure genius at word/syllable emphasis) and i feel like Jennings was kinda stiff
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
right, I think Jennings was pretty good & would be a fine full-time host but I think the voice is key. Alex Trebek had THE game show voice. I'd be in favor of someone like, I dunno, Matt Berry
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
Would love to see Levar in the guest lineup. I feel like whoever gets the gig, if it's not Ken, it'd make sense to have Jennings (already on the payroll) as fill-in host for holidays and such, and ready in case of death or milkshake ducking.
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
feel like levar burton would be my preference. very dulcet tones, bet he could read the hell out of a question
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
just listened to a few seconds of Levar Burton’s podcast to check on his voice, happy to report his instrument has aged like a fine wine. stoked to hear him host J!
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
he's not in the lineup to the best of my knowledge, there was just a public petition
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
Currently scheduled upcoming guest hosts are:
Anderson Cooper, 4/19 - 4/30Bill Whitaker, 5/3 - 5/14Mayim Bialik, 5/31 - 6/11
Savannah Guthrie and Dr. Sanjay Gupta are also on the list, but no dates yet.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
I already hated Dr. Oz going in, so I expected to be, at best, extremely annoyed by him, but he somehow managed to be even more awful than I could have ever imagined.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
I'm okay with Anderson and Mayim, at least in theory.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
Whitaker seems like a good choice. Maybe too serious?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
never watch network news/60 minutes so i am actually unfamiliar with him!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
A fellow Cal grad... he seems chill
During his time at CBS, Whitaker has covered many large events or disasters. Some include the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the War in Afghanistan (more specifically in Kabul). He also has covered many race-related issues such as policing in cities such as Cleveland, Chicago, and Tulsa. In Tulsa, Whitaker had a notable first interview with Betty Jo Shelby, the former police officer accused of shooting and killing Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man.[1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLshKazkzMs
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
my problem with anderson cooper so far is that he's a little too anderson cooper
― Clay, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:46 (two years ago) link
The Joe Buck news sucks buuuuuut the final guest host will hopefully immediately transition to being the permanent one
THANK YOU... to all y’all for your passionate support! I am overjoyed, excited, and eager to be guest-hosting Jeopardy!, and will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me. YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE! Go ahead and take my word for it, this time. https://t.co/C7mZWMok2X— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 21, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
lets get a petition going for Steve Harvey too
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
still holding on for neil hamburger
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
what joe buck news?
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
He's another guest host
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link