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Vicki was a very good player and was leading about 20% through the DJ round. Then Matt turned on the gas and steamrollered everyone. I think Vicki would have won many days but she got unlucky and was put in against Matt.

Dylan's luck ran out. He started at the bottoms of the categories in an apparent attempt to build big bucks fast, but he didn't convert. Newcomer Matt had a runaway, finished with over $20,000.

I don't know how they all missed Ringo. I did not get FJ either. With enough time I might have been able to reason my way into it, but it did not come to me in the time given. Amanda had to bet big; she would have felt terrible if all three contestant got FJ (which is common) and she lost because she underbid. That's why when FJ is a TS and the game is not a runaway, the second place contestant often ends up winning.

When I saw the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about how the male contestants should go back to wearing jackets and ties. They used to do that. I guess the general casual wear adopted in the workplace has spilled over to game shows.

Tuesday: Nobody got FJ? I didn't think it was hard. New champ had a brain cramp during his North Carolina Daily Double so scores were low.

I know! That was so ridiculous it took me right out of the game. And it just seemed to be some generic accent, not really a Spanish/Mexican one. Tone down your ego Alex. Nobody wants to hear these non-jokes.

Next Celebrity Jeopardy: Tyne Daly and Tim Daly in the same game. Add Alex's razor sharp wit and hilarity will ensue. (Bill Daily is apparently still alive, too.)

Earlier this week there was a category about Jobs and I didn't think anything of it, until somebody on these boards mentioned the movie about him due to come out soon. Today during Jeopardy there was a TV commercial for the movie (which is odd because the show's on in the late afternoon here and they rarely show commercials for movies then.) Then, a minute later, there was an official Jeopardy sponsorship message about the movie (as they often do with Aleve). So, yeah, that Steve Jobs category earlier this week was not an innocent coincidence. Wish they wouldn't choose categories based on their sponsors.

NO SPOILERS. And we're back. Good representative game for the new season. Contestants generally knowledgeable. (Only a few triple stumpers.) Alex made some typically unwitty quip in the interviews ("It's not unusual.") Everybody had lots of money at the end of DJ. And the FJ clue was at the right level of difficulty.

To me, she's an Elevenly. Did he have that line in his pocket on the plane ride down?

Lauren had $6400 at the first commercial break - halfway through the first round. That's impressive, but she still didn't win. All three contestants came off as good today,, even the defending champ who actually finished with no money. Usually people who finish with no money seem lost during the game, but he was no slouch.

Scrabble and Chemistry! What a great FJ category. Wish they would have more creative categories like this. I was surprised on cubism, too,

http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/05/14/vatican-official-praises-modern-family-for-raising-family-issues/ "A senior Vatican official paid tribute to Hollywood on Thursday for raising the profile of family issues, specifically citing the American sitcom “Modern Family,” a show that features two married gay men who adopt a baby, plus an older divorced dad who remarries a woman half his age..... ....Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia told the United Nations on Thursday that thanks to “phenomena like the media production ‘Modern Family,’ or same-sex marriage initiatives in a significant number of jurisdictions, the family has become the subject of increasingly intense interest and discussion.”"

I have to say I have been disappointed by Celebrity Jeopardy all week. I don't mind the contestants' histrionics, but do they have to make the clues so easy? Jeopardy's brand - what sets it apart from other TV game shows - is that the game is reasonably challenging. The viewer who is good at Trivial Pursuit / bar trivia should be able to get a lot of answers, but still get stumped regularly. I don't want to see a show where I can pretty much get everything. (Not EVERYTHING, but close.) This week has been like Kids Week, which I also don't really care for.

Wendi dotted the I in her name with a tiny circle. Which the girls back in middle school used to do, but which is over-the-top cutesy for an adult. All three contestants mugged for the camera during introductions, which I could have done without. Other than that, they didn't bother me, but in general player behavior doesn't bother me as much as it seems to bother many others around here.

In the first round they missed only one question (if I was keeping track correctly.) These are easy clues.

Same here. That was pretty interesting. No, Terra Cotta Warriors was not FJ. I agree with whoever said it was overvalued, though.

Funches broke the fourth wall at least once. 30 Rock did a live episode once or twice. Undateable did it better.

OK, Sanjay just mentioned Stanford. Sofia looking good in short shorts. They need to put in her in this outfit more often.

Javier is awesome. Where are Alex and Sanjay going to college? Did they say?

I could have done without all the cameos, but yes, good energy in this episode. Everybody was loose. They even moved the camera some and the bar actually looked 3-dimensional, rather than like a 2-dimensional backdrop.

Minnie Driver! And that woman from Cougartown.

OK, mugging for the camera in the opening credits is dumb, but I am laughing.

Greg, my friend! The Last Tycoon! Even I knew that. Stevie Wonder, Mark Rothko. (OK, those were harder.....) But FJ was not difficult and if you're going to write down What is PETA? you don't deserve to win. Oh, well. Long live the new champion.

Oh, I thought it was celebrities next week. Well, the college tournament is usually pretty good.