# Jeopardy! 7-12-12 What Happened to the audio? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086 "2012-07-13T04:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/21 "2012-07-13T16:04:01Z")
Thanks for that, **friedo**. > [@notfrommensa](#): > > If a contestant was sensitive to a pets “Darwin-esque” de"th, I don’t think she would have listed as topic to discuss in the “meet and greet.” > > I thought the exchange was funny and the contestant took Alex’s comments in the spirit that it was intended. Thanks for this perspective (yours too, **friedo** and others). We didn’t rewatch it, and just went with our first impression of the incident. My wife and I are probably a little sensitive to Alex’s awkward interchanges with guests. He is often times awkward with them, and we react to those. It’s become part of our routine when watchingour favorite game show. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/22 "2012-07-13T16:05:56Z")
That’s why I always fast-forward the interview part. I don’t care about these people, just play the damn game! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/23 "2012-07-13T19:15:25Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Yes. Why would anyone come to the conclusion that there was censorship rather than a glitch? Did you read my OP? I realize that such glitches may not be uncommon, even if I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen (heard) one quite like this. Just as Alex was about to address Laura, the audio dropped out. Alex and Laura exchanged words, she made a mock/comic frowny face, Alex laughed, apparently a genuinely heartfelt prolonged laugh, not at all like his usual cool calm demeanor. As Alex then walked toward the next contestant, the sound quickly faded back in and we heard the audience laughing (really laughing, not polite chuckling), Alex made his dismissive remark to the last guy, and things were back to normal.\* There were no other audio dropouts, before or after this one. Now obviously we couldn’t hear during the dropout, but it looked to us as if something unusual had occurred, and the apparently “precise” timing of the audio fade seemed awfully suspicious, as if it might have been censored. Having read all of the responses here and knowing what was being said, I see that it was probably just a glitch. Sometimes a coincidence is just a coincidence. - Putting aside the Laura Interview for a moment, it did seem to us as if AT was a little bit “sloppy” last night. . ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/24 "2012-07-13T19:25:47Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > I’m thinking of what he could have come up with. Maybe something about turning it into a lawn ornament. “So… burial at sea, I assume?” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/25 "2012-07-13T20:47:41Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > As for the goat comment, everybody on stage and in the audience was laughing, especially Laura, so I don’t think she was particularly offended. That was my take, as well. Alex’s joke was stupid, but no one seemed truly upset about it. Everyone was (over)laughing. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/26 "2012-07-14T02:42:47Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Maybe he’s on drugs if the show was recorded after his heart attack. I was wondering if the heart category was to welcome him back, or a creepy premonition. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086/27 "2012-07-14T17:16:11Z")
Creepy premonition. Weren’t the episodes now airing for the first time taped 5-6 months ago? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-7-12-12-what-happened-to-the-audio/628086.md?page=1)