The run is over. Kind of liked that the quirky lady who met her husband in an online J! Chat room gets the badge of J champion.
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When double jeopardy ended I told my wife âHoly shit she is going to win againâ When I saw the category, I said ânevermind.â
Pretty easy Final, surprised the guy missed it.
My wife mentioned this to me a few weeks ago, and I hadnt really thought of it until she did, but does it seem like there is a much higher percentage of 2 and 3 women shows than there was in the past? She said the hogh prevalance compared to before kinda makes it appear like Alex was a bit anti-woman on his shows
Jeopardy faced quite a bit of heat from woke people as of late whether justified or not. Maybe this is them trying to quiet those complaints.
Does Alex himself do the contestant interviews? I thought he had people handling that for him because heâs not allowed to know or meet the contestants in advance. Perhaps thereâs a new approach to the interview process.
Alex did not participate in contestant selection AFAIK. Not sure how itâs working in COVID times, but during the past decade the selection process was:
- Online test, open to everybody; a selection of people who score above a certain threshold proceed to next step
- In-person events around the country; run by Jeopardyâs casting department, basically. They take your picture, videotape you playing a mock game, give you another test (written this time). You fill out a questionaire (e.g. including 5 anecdotes youâd like to talk about on the show). And they videotape you talking about one of them.
- Supposedly from here, itâs not a hard pass/fail at the in-person events; after that, everybody goes into âthe poolâ for a ~year and they do selections from there. Not sure how those get chosen but again, doubt it was Alex.
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Right, Im not sure that there are any legs there at all. My wife was just saying that an increase in FFM or FFF boards since his death could make it LOOK like he was the one with a problem with female contestants.
Confirmed that the host does not select the contestants. Iâm pretty sure there are actual laws against that following the quiz show scandal of the 50s.
I think the most likely explanation is just that more women are trying out. Both of my auditions (2014 and 2017) were close to 50-50.
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Isnât there a Vegas thread this kind of content should go in?
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uh, did stephanopolous only get one week?
Next bunch are just 1 week each
My 15-year-old when robin roberts walked out: âI thought this was supposed to be the summer of Georgeâ
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RRâs clue reading is down there with Katie Couric and Bill Whitaker. Bring on LeVar Burton!
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I donât post in this thread because weâre always like weeks behind on the DVR but for fucks sake I am so fucking tired of crackhead adderall addicts on this show who talk a mile a minute and
cannot
stand
still
Like I know thereâs nothing they can do about it but its just a fucking joke and didnât use to be like this. 2ish years ago there wasnât always one guy (usually guy) swaying uncontrollably hopping between feet.
Rant over.
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This current champ will answer so fast, like bro once you buzz in you can take a breath
Itâs Geordi Time! Super hyped for this.
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Dude just set the all-time record for lowest score.
I thought LeVar was⌠ok. Most of them seem to have hiccups on day one.
I always wondered about the answer in the form of a question⌠will any question do?
âHow is Godzilla?â
âWhy is Godzilla?â
âDoes anyone know why I named my cock âGodzillaâ?â
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Damn Olympics. Iâm on the road. Check into hotel at 7:15. Wheel is on. Awesome going to get to watch Geordi J!
But no. Olympics come on at 7:30.
I vaguely remember a show where one of the answers was âThe Who.â A contestant answered by simply saying, âWho?â Alex gave him a good long stare before accepting it.
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