What is...In the Media?

[Toothbrush]

Thanks for the link, trow 125. I really liked Fran but was rooting for Carlos since we are both from NOLA. That was a crazy finish! Glad to have my hunch that Fran is transgendered confirmed.  Not that it makes a difference, but Dr. Toothbrush was on the fence, so now we know. She seems like a lot of fun. 

[mojoween]

Anatomy of the Worst Game in Jeopardy! History

[All That Jazz]

Unfortunate news about a Jeopardy champion and favorite. Hope there is "more to the story."

http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20171205/jeopardy-champion-jass-accused-of-hacking-emails

[ByaNose]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jeopardy-champ-arrested-hacking-college-emails-article-1.3681057

[Prevailing Wind]

http://www.tmz.com/2017/12/19/alex-trebek-sexist-comment-jeopardy-master-sergeant/

We're not the only ones who noticed.

[surreysmum]

4 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

http://www.tmz.com/2017/12/19/alex-trebek-sexist-comment-jeopardy-master-sergeant/

We're not the only ones who noticed.

Don't read the comments if you want to keep your sanity. Worse than youtube or facebook, and that's saying something.

[CarpeDiem54]

My sister and BIL are avid Jeopardy! fans.  My BIL is career Army.  Apparently he yelled, "Alex, you're lucky she didn't kick your ass or make you drop and do 50!" at his comment.

[biakbiak]

Josh Gad on IG:

[M. Darcy]

Alex even made the Army Times.  But not for a good reason 

[Trey]

8 minutes ago, M. Darcy said:

Alex even made the Army Times.  But not for a good reason 

I thought the comments on this particular article indicated that Alex hadn't done anything wrong.

[BuckeyeLou]

Don't know if this has been posted elsewhere, but Alex Trebek had surgery over Christmas break, he had a blood clot on the brain, caused by a fall he had taken in October.  After surgery, he is recuperating at home, and will resume taping "soon".  The only change in the schedule will be moving College Championship to April.   Sounds scary, but in the taped interview, Alex looked good.

[opus]

Wow. Scary.

I hadn't heard that.

[ProudMary]

I hadn't heard about this either but I found this:

[CarpeDiem54]

I'm glad he's okay.  He's a tough old bird.  Even though he sometimes annoys the crap outta me, Jeopardy! wouldn't be the same without him.

[rubaco]

I sort of wish they'd use this opportunity to let Ken Jennings guest-host, just to see how he'd do. I'll never give up on my dream of him being Alex's successor.

[mojoween]

18 hours ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

I'm glad he's okay.  He's a tough old bird.  Even though he sometimes annoys the crap outta me, Jeopardy! wouldn't be the same without him.

I could not agree more.  It’s exactly how I feel about Jeff Probst on Survivor.  Sure, he drives me nuts, but there is no way Survivor would be my favorite without him.  

I don’t want Alex to get any older!  I would love Ken as host too but I’m not ready for that yet.

[secnarf]

Well, I'm clearly a horrible person, because halfway through watching that video I wondered if he was wearing the hat to hide a partially-shaved head.

[Browncoat]

8 minutes ago, secnarf said:

Well, I'm clearly a horrible person, because halfway through watching that video I wondered if he was wearing the hat to hide a partially-shaved head.

I'll join you in the horrible person category -- I wondered that when I saw the still from the video.  I haven't actually watched.

[CarpeDiem54]

39 minutes ago, secnarf said:

Well, I'm clearly a horrible person, because halfway through watching that video I wondered if he was wearing the hat to hide a partially-shaved head.

I thought the same thing.  We're not horrible, just observant and curious.

[Toothbrush]

6 hours ago, secnarf said:

Well, I'm clearly a horrible person, because halfway through watching that video I wondered if he was wearing the hat to hide a partially-shaved head.

 

6 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I'll join you in the horrible person category -- I wondered that when I saw the still from the video.  I haven't actually watched.

Count me in. 

8 hours ago, mojoween said:

I don’t want Alex to get any older!  I would love Ken as host too but I’m not ready for that yet.

He's in amazing shape for 77, but he's still 77.  I loved Ken, but the bloom is off the rose a little for me, so I want Alex to stick around as long as possible.  

5 hours ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

I thought the same thing.  We're not horrible, just observant and curious.

I like this reasoning better, and have no doubt the cap was hiding a shaved spot. 

[Prevailing Wind]

But, no! He's a TV Star!  They *never* get their heads shaved for brain surgery!!

[Driad]

The radio said this story is worthy of a Jeopardy! question:

Chris Christie is the first elected New Jersey governor in more than two decades not to suffer a broken leg while in office.

[dcalley]

4 hours ago, Driad said:

The radio said this story is worthy of a Jeopardy! question:

Chris Christie is the first elected New Jersey governor in more than two decades not to suffer a broken leg while in office.

Haha, I'll be looking for it--probably next season.

[CarpeDiem54]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/02/02/comically-complete-nfl-cluelessness-is-the-latest-sports-related-fail-on-jeopardy/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-sports%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.e25e2ea2716b

[Toothbrush]

The football category fail was a segment on TMZ Friday. They loved Alex's snark. 

Edited February 3, 2018 by Toothbrush

[BuckeyeLou]

On ‎2‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 2:09 AM, Toothbrush said:

The football category fail was a segment on TMZ Friday. They loved Alex's snark. 

It even made the NBC Evening News :)

[Tunia]

It really caught my eye tonight that there were several clues that were not shown on the board, rather they were superimposed over the contestant shot like the FJ.  Is that something new, or have I been oblivious all this time?

 

ETA:  Meant to post in Episode thread, but thanks, Browncoat, for responding and clarifying.  I'm a regular J! watcher, but tonight it absolutely jumped out at me.

Edited February 6, 2018 by Tunia

[Browncoat]

They do that sometimes when someone other than Alex reads the clue, particularly if they don't have (or don't want to show) video of the clue reader.  In this case, the people reading the memoirs were the authors of said memoirs.  Video would have made the clues to easy.  The voices were helpful enough.

[mojoween]

Will you be my valentine?

[Moose135]

I wonder if he will use any silly accents when he asks questions...

He'll Take 'Gubernatorial Debate' For 400: Trebek Tries Out Moderator's Chair

If the answer is, "This longtime Jeopardy! host has been chosen to moderate a Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate this fall," then the question is, "Who is Alex Trebek?"

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the popular quiz show host will question incumbent Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the winner of the GOP primary during a 45-minute debate on Oct. 1 hosted by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry during its annual dinner.

"Although candidates won't answer in the form of questions, they will share their perspectives on job creation, fiscal policy, reasonable regulatory oversight and more," the chamber told The Hill.

Edited February 22, 2018 by Moose135

[Good Queen Jane]

An update on Austin. I have such mixed feelings about him but at least he is using his winnings to do good (as he perceives it.)

[rubaco]

From CNN: 'Willy Wonka' star on 'Jeopardy!' a treat for fans.

[Miss Chevious]

On 3/16/2018 at 5:07 AM, tvaddict44 said:

How far ahead are the jeopardy games taped?  I was just wondering when we would get the new games after Alex has recovered?  He started taping again in mid- January I think.

The shows air about 10 weeks after taping. So we should be seeing the new Alex any day now.

[Prevailing Wind]

Oh, OK - sort of answers my question in the show thread. I'm thinking that his hair looks different this week, more on his forehead than usual. Toup? Although, he IS a TV Star and we all know brain surgery on TV never needs a shaved head.

[ProudMary]

Eric Trump mocked for sharing Jeopardy! clue about himself and Jared Kushner
 

Quote

"Eric Trump to Jared Kushner", it stated.

 Alongside the image, Mr Trump wrote: "Always fun being a Jeopardy question," before going on to answer it in the form of a question. 

"Who is brother in law?"

Twitter users quickly lampooned Mr Trump, replying with their own Jeopardy! style questions.

Examples of Twitter responses can be found at the link.

Dimitri, who answered the clue correctly, had his own response to Trump's tweet.

Wow.

[Mondrianyone]

I have a whole new respect for our current former champ.  Go Dimitri!

Edited March 30, 2018 by Mondrianyone
Oops--I forgot about Emily.

[Trey]

That's pretty brave of Dimitri! I salute you, sir!

[CarpeDiem54]

Now I'm sorry Dimitri lost!

[Prevailing Wind]

If the responses were, say, mother & son, shouldn't the Trump/Kushner response be brotherS in law, to encompass both of 'em? And "What" not "Who."

[peeayebee]

It was "Eric Trump to Jared Kushner," so it's referring to Eric Trump, i.e., who is he to Jared. If it was "Carrie Fisher to Debbie Reynolds," the answer would be What is daughter. One of the contestants got confused on another clue (or was simply guessing wrong) about who was the mother and who the daughter.

I agree that it should have been "What" not "Who." I often think the contestants use the wrong question word.

[Prevailing Wind]

13 hours ago, peeayebee said:

It was "Eric Trump to Jared Kushner," so it's referring to Eric Trump, i.e., who is he to Jared. If it was "Carrie Fisher to Debbie Reynolds," the answer would be What is daughter. One of the contestants got confused on another clue (or was simply guessing wrong) about who was the mother and who the daughter.

I get that. I was trying to say that any of the other responses were actually TWO relations - mother vs daughter, etc., so the Trump/Kushner response should have been "brother" pluralized with the "in-law" added after the S in brothers.

[peeayebee]

I don't think so, if I understand what you're saying. Again, it's just Eric Trump that the clue was asking about, not both of them. In my example, it's just Carrie Fisher the clue is asking about, not Debbie Reynolds, so the answer would be "What is daughter." If the clue were "Carrie Fisher AND Debbie Reynolds," then the answer would be "What is daughter and mother."

[Bastet]

8 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I was trying to say that any of the other responses were actually TWO relations - mother vs daughter, etc., so the Trump/Kushner response should have been "brother" pluralized with the "in-law" added after the S in brothers.

No, all the clues sought who one person was in relation to the other person, not who they were to each other.  So the answers were "mother," "nephew," etc. and thus "brother-in-law," not "brothers-in-law."

Edited March 31, 2018 by Bastet

[Prevailing Wind]

OK. I'm gonna blame the cold meds for my obtuseness.  Thanks.

[opus]

Reese Witherspoon congratulated the woman who ran the Reese Witherspoon category:

http://ew.com/movies/2018/04/04/reese-witherspoon-jeopardy-category/

[Trey]

That was neat that RW did that for Emily.

[ottoDbusdriver]

There was a Black Jeopardy segment on SNL last night, with host Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa character from the movie 'Black Panther' as one of the contestants.

Who knew Jeopardy was also popular in Wakanda ?
 

[Driad]

An article about one of the students who will be on tonight's show. No spoilers unless you don't want to know who the contestants will be.

[Driad]

2012 champ Stephanie Jass is in legal trouble.  Story.

[Mindthinkr]

I just came over here to post that. Gee...up to 5 years.