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Jeopardy 2020

Edgy MD Apr 16 2020 06:44 AM

I think somebody got her USC sweatshirt from Lori Loughlin. [TWEET]https://twitter.com/SI_ExtraMustard/status/1250565997695660032[/TWEET] And yeah, it happened on Jackie Robinson Day, though I assume it was taped much earlier.

MFS62 Apr 16 2020 06:49 AM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Edgy MD wrote: I think somebody got her USC sweatshirt from Lori Loughlin. BOC Later

Benjamin Grimm Apr 16 2020 07:17 AM Re: Jeopardy 2020

I was watching that. it was a real face slap moment. It's OK if she doesn't know who Jackie Robinson was I guess but why did she even buzz in?

seawolf17 Apr 16 2020 12:34 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

I know that the circles of "sports" and "college J!-types" don't overlap by much, but that was cringey.

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2020 02:40 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Speaking of taping delays, I started wondering just recently where Jeopardy is/was in their season-long schedule when this whole thing started to hit California. I guess we'll know soon enough if we suddenly see them go dark (ie: revert to re-runs from early season shows) or see them go to an audience-free format.

Ceetar Apr 16 2020 05:38 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Considering Trebek is immunocompromised, I can't imagine they'll let anyone near him.

LWFS Apr 16 2020 05:42 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 17 2020 05:44 PM

They went dark after the first week of March, IIRC.

LWFS Apr 16 2020 05:42 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 17 2020 05:43 PM

They went dark after the first week of March, IIRC.

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2020 06:42 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Meaning, what, that that's when they stopped taping? My question was more along the lines of when we stop seeing new shows, or, put another way, how much of their full season did they get done before needing to shut it down? J! generally runs longer than just about any show, some 45 weeks/year (IIRC) with the dark weeks falling in July & August. But they also record two weeks of shows per week so really need only five months or so to tape all the episodes. If they started back in August in order to have new shows for early September they should have been finished by early March unless there were taping breaks in between for holidays and/or Alex's health. So I'm guessing that if they didn't finish their usual full complement then they probably at least got close meaning maybe just a slightly longer summer rerun period this year. The real gap might show up via a delayed start in the fall because they couldn't get taping started on time for the new season.

seawolf17 Apr 17 2020 09:50 AM Re: Jeopardy 2020

They announced they were going audience-less in early March, but then closed taping entirely. The teachers' tournament is already in the bank and ready to air, but I don't know if they got any audience-less shows taped. Tapings are Tuesdays and Wednesdays, every other week. So at best, they only got one audience-less session in. And since the show typically tapes about two months before air, I'd guess they've got new content through early May.

Frayed Knot Apr 17 2020 01:22 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

So that would mean a season maybe six to eight weeks shorter than normal plus the probability of a delayed start in the fall. In other J! news: Alex will release a memoir this July just as he turns 80 (his wife, btw, was in HS with my younger sister so she's ummmm ... not 80). He has supposedly been resisting pleas to write one for many years now but the whole cancer thing turned that around.

Frayed Knot May 18 2020 06:30 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Did they change the rules this year for tied winners in Jeopardy where the two get a one question 'playoff'? I seem to recall that they did but can't remember if it was used in games with a tie at the end of FJ or just for special tournaments. Because, if not, I'm thinking that the woman who was in the lead tonight at the end of 'Double J' with exactly twice as much moolah as guy #2 HAS TO bet zero dollars in that situation as doing so guarantees that you at least tie for the lead and keep whatever you have and come back to play a second day. The downside is that you won't win outright if #2 gets it right and makes the predictable 'bet it all' move, but unless you've already been a champion (she wasn't) going for the all or nothing option is too risky. Turned out that she bet a minor amount and was the only one of the three to miss the question and therefore goes home empty handed. No shared champion and not even a chance to play for the play-in question if the worst case scenario came true, which in this case it did.

Edgy MD May 18 2020 07:32 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Since you can't take it with you, there's only two ways to bet in that situation — literally all or nothing. The fact that she hedged makes it kind of appropriate that she gakked on the question.

LWFS May 18 2020 09:39 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Edgy MD wrote: Since you can't take it with you, there's only two ways to bet in that situation — literally all or nothing. The fact that she hedged makes it kind of appropriate that she gakked on the question. My generally risk-averse aunt is a huge-but-casual Jeopardy fan, and we've been watching together nearly every night during this (including the rerun of the Best-of-All-Time tourney). I've been trying to impress on her that swinging for the fences on every DD and on Final is generally the way to go, mostly in vain; she mostly continues to sigh, "Oh, that's BIG" disapprovingly whenever anyone bets more than 20% of their kitty, no matter the circumstance. SHE pooh-poohed the woman's bet tonight.

Edgy MD May 18 2020 10:03 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

The cruel reality that it's not real money unless you win can be hard to program one's brain around.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 09 2020 07:13 AM Re: Jeopardy 2020

On yesterday's episode, the "answer" was about the last names of Felix and Oscar in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. None of the three contestants even buzzed in.

MFS62 Jun 09 2020 08:01 AM Re: Jeopardy 2020

Benjamin Grimm wrote: On yesterday's episode, the "answer" was about the last names of Felix and Oscar in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. None of the three contestants even buzzed in. (Shaking head) What is this world coming to? Later

MFS62 Jun 10 2020 05:11 PM Re: Jeopardy 2020

My last customer said he had to get off the phone because he didn't want to miss Jeopardy. He sounded like he couldn't count to channel 7. Later