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Not if the clues were audio/visual and gave the answer via the picture. Like "cheese," "Ore-Ida," "Ellis Island" and a zillion others. Bible clue written by highly skilled Jeopardy staff: "The Bible contains two testaments, one old and the other, this opposite of old." Yeah, you'd be able to answer Bible clues. I can see you multi-clicking your buzzer now, Mojoween!

I watched that Simpsons episode and totally missed the Kit Carson comment. GAH! I need to stop multi-tasking. p.s. Homer did that because the elevator in their building didn't work.

You are being generous calling it "personality."

Joey did make a bold DD bet of $5,000, so I give him props for that. I liked Emily in that she cut to the chase asking for clues. Plus she was a strong player (and didn't turn all girlie). I did look at Trebek's hair and thought it was just more all white than before. But then again, I don't look at him much. Would they even shave his entire head for that surgery? Not sure if modern surgeons need to do that these days. Yes, we all needed a video/visual to help us come up with Underground Railroad. Thanks, writers.

You would have to be Jennifer B. when you compete on The Bachelor, although lately there seems to be more Laurens than Jennifers each season. Actually, I thought about you this morning, wondering where you've been. And now here you are, complete with yet another new avatar. I should have thought about some hot guy instead, but it's too late now.

As did I when I saw the movie "Kit Carson" listed in my tv program last week. Alas, it was on a channel I do not receive. (Although maybe that was a good thing.) And invisible to some women too!

Then stay out of that category when there is a full board. If you don't know ANY of the categories, then heaven help you. That's when you can start flipping your hair and giggling and acting like a girl who's there because of Equal Opportunity, not brains. I dated a guy once who went by his last name, so I'm guessing that's the deal with Dimitri. Waiting for your reservation in a crowded restaurant? There could be five Roberts, only one Dimitri (probably). Presumably not your last name though ...

This is what I meant about her playing like a girl and not owning her answers. She got all wussy like a girl isn't suppose to beat the boys, so let's flip our hair and be all giddy and don't bet too much money, that's not lady like. She was smart enough to get on this show, then tanked by not having confidence to bet and OWN her knowledge. I feel she threw the game just because girls aren't SUPPOSE to be smart or beat the boys. She's my Seinfeld bizarro-world opposite.

The fact that FJ was even mentioned here, other than "FJ was an instaget," plus that the FJ discussion and debate is still going on today tells me the clue AND answer sucked and the writers ... well, use your imagination as to my thoughts on the writers. (Hint: They SUCK too.) If "songs being about work" had been omitted, none of this controversy would be going on. At least not to this extent. And yeay, Beach Boys! I saw them in concerts, twice, once young, once old. I remember Beatles coming to Chicago, but gosh, the $3 ticket was pricey.

I call BS on that. The lyrics clearly state the person's love lasts eight days a week. Nowhere anywhere does it refer to being overworked. It could be they ate pizza eight days a week, or liked to sleep eight days a week or saw movies eight days a week. Why is it about overwork? I don't get it. I could eat ice cream eight days a week. (In fact, I do.) I think the clue writers sucked pond water on that FJ. Yeah, I know ... what's new.

The bird painting could have been signed Audubon. So yeah, it could have been easier. That Ore-Ida map always comes to my mind when I think of clues being ridiculously easy.

My first thought was "stadium jumping," then realized the category was "show." It helps to pay attention to the category! You are so nice. That's very sweet of you. Kick his ass tomorrow though. Now I have to pay attention to that tomorrow. I thought it looked more poofy than usual, but I don't typically look much at him. Here are the lyrics to Eight Days a Week. Someone point out how this is a song about being overworked (unless they mean overworked in bed). Ooh I need your love babe, Guess you know it's true. Hope you need my love babe, Just like I need you. Hold me, love me, hold me, love me. Ain't got nothin' but love babe, Eight days a week. Love you ev'ry day girl, Always on my mind. One thing I can say girl, Love you all the time. Hold me, love me, hold me, love me. Ain't got nothin' but love babe, Eight days a week.

It actually was the audio book I ejected from my CD drive and immediately returned to the library, I hated it so much. "And now you know."

About too young to remember ... I was trying to think of Tennessee Ernie Ford's backup band's name (hint: he didn't have one) for FJ as "Sixteen Tons" came immediately to mind when I saw the clue. Problem is, that was a hit in 1955, but you guys are "TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER" that tune. As I posted yesterday, I'm back on my roll of tanking FJ. I predict it will happen again tomorrow.

Mindthinkr, tell me you got "show jumping." Because I did ... of course! (A horse is a horse, of course of course.) Katy was irritating me no end with all her acting like a girl. Holy cripes, you made it on a brainiac game show so stop it. Too bad you didn't learn how to bet DDs and FJs before you came on though. You played like a wimpy little girl so deserved to lose. Glad gross Beard Man is gone. Complaint: Sylvester's canary foe is named Tweety PIE, not Tweety BIRD. Damned judges. Again Trebek said the players were all "too young" to know the FJ category. And once again, he insults everyone. He didn't say yesterday that players were all "too young" to know Canterbury Tales. What's up with that? My cranky hat is starting to itch. And git off my lawn.

It's the only book I returned to the library after only reading -- and hating -- the first few pages.

Like baobab tree! That used to be in every Chicago Tribune crossword and showed up on Jeopardy last week.

Tristan didn't even compete in FJ so he was third. The show even kicked him off the set. Ya'll have me checking out everyone's wardrobe now. Which isn't a bad thing since I have no interest in clothes. I mean, I WEAR them, I just don't care what anyone else has on. (Until now. Thanks guys.)

Same here, which made for stress-free watching. I did think the second-place person betting it all for FJ was stupid though, since you don't get to keep that money, this isn't Wheel. But then again, why not bet it all since she was locked into second. It's a conundrum. Still, I'd rather tell people I had a total of X thousand dollars and second place after FJ than zero dollars. No one needs to know there were only two players!

I stand corrected, as usual. I still would've been judged correctly based on my pronunciation, so neener neener neener! When I saw Peeayebee's post, I went back and fixed the spelling in my earlier post. Which Peeaye obviously missed, avoiding me public humiliation. (I just did that myself.) Done deal. I'm packing my boxes now. I'll even make you stuffing with giblets ... and/or oysters! (I googled/googoled the recipe.)

Trebek started out on the wrong foot with me by announcing first thing: "Spring has sprung and we're all feeling really good." Yeah, maybe if you're a millionaire living in So Cal, but I spent my weekend shoveling 14 inches of snow, which caused me to miss a very important event. The only thing springing around here is my bad mood. Meanwhile, in the Meat category, is "On the lam" really a MEAT answer? Because lam is not lamb. An escapee is not on the "lamb." All the other answers were indeed meats, like ham. Spelling counts. I did love Tristan's shirt. I think I have one like that. I hated when Trebek said "WHOA!" to Tristan's DD bet. Get over it Trebek. How much SHOULD he have bet? Or did you know ahead of time he was going to miss it? The TS of groove/grove was a no brainer for me. But my answer when showed the picture of the googol/gogol was WTF. I even yelled WTF! at the teevee. All I could come up with for FJ was Le Morte d'Arthur since the table was round. But yeah, way too many "knights." I looked up the illustration used and it's a woodcut from the second edition of The Canterbury Tales printed in 1483. So I'm back to tanking on FJ this week too it appears. I didn't mind Tristan (love his name) and I appreciated his gutsy DD bets even if Trebek did not. ETA: I LOVE Men on Film. That gets two snaps up from me.

That was Gimlet's brother, Gimli. But good catch. "Give me a GIM" could be a J! category some day. (Or: "GIMme a GIM."

Stealing their clothes makes me wonder how they do that. Go into the changing room to "try it on" and then run out the door? All three at once? In "those days" there were dressing room attendants who kept asking you if it was fitting correctly or whatever. If they run in, grab from the rack and run, what are the odds everything will fit? No way can they find their sizes if they are stealing from a clothes line. Does Lucy carry hair brush, hair spray and curling iron in her (nonexistent) purse? Wyatt's stubble really bothered me at the hoity-toity Hollywood plush party. Back then, men even shaved their 5-o'clock shadow before getting on the bus to come home from work. Did I miss the episode where Wyatt (and who else?) learned to pilot the Eyeball? Doctors find Jiya totally healthy, yet she has seizures? Then how about a prescription for seizure meds? She's having seizures but she tests healthy so she's NOT having the seizures we keep seeing? Gah. I wondered if doctors were lying. Especially if she went to see Dr. Rittenhouse for that diagnosis. Wyatt (and Lucy) killing people in every time zone sure is (not) changing history much, is it. I guess those of us who are not famous nor related to the travelers are Red Shirts. Yes, there's that!

Making me laugh. Verdict: Success!

Divan ... Zevon ... Mondianyone you are a poet and don't knowet!