True, but I’m surprised you didn’t mention how Mark McGrath, tore the shit out of all the competition. I wasn’t surprised by the stupidity of some of the contestants, but I was surprised by how sharp he was.
I doubt it. Michael McKean was getting pretty much every question, which suggests to me that the Secretary’s problem was buzzer technique rather than ignorance.
My favorite CJ was with Kelsey Grammer, Somebody Else, and Paula Poundstone. Poundstone, long on my nominee list for “10 Least Funny People Not to Be Featured in a Holocaust Documentary or Sally Struthers Commercial”, was not only bombing but was intentionally blowing questions and ringing in with dumbass answers, almost as a performance art peace. Grammer was getting really pissed and at one point when he tried to buzz in to answer a question and she beat him to it with an unfunny ad lib he actually threw down his buzzer and mouthed an expletive.
Tony Randall was one I remember being surprised at how unskilled he was. He had such a know-it-all heir on talkshows but it didn’t transcend to gameshows.
Pardon the total hijack, but I watched this when it was listed after the Nancy Grace on CJ clip- it’s the funniest damned thing I’ve seen on YouTube in a long time (no idea how valid it is but would love to).
On one of the CJ shows this week, one of the answers was (paraphrased), “The hexagonal compartments in honeycombs have this many sides.” The first contestant said eight, the second said twelve, and after a very long pause, the third said in a very tentative voice, “Six?”
I hope they’re back to real Jeopardy next week.
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George Clinton bet $1500 charity dollars on “what”. You just can’t make this up.
I died when I saw that awhile ago, very funny shit indeed. It was suggested by another member that the video was fake though. I haven’t really investigated whether that was true or not.
Even better, I want a David St. Hubbins-Derek Smalls-Nigel Tufnel faceoff.
I was on in 2000 and that would be correct T, for however much money you think it’s worth.
For the person who said Turow pinged their gaydar, I did notice that the known gays were always in the same position on the TV screen – to the extreme right. Turow was too.
My take on the whole celebrity thing was, aside from the celebrity contestants who were just not all that bright, I’m sure they, for good or bad, lead just as insular lives as the rest of us in our way. It was interesting though that Hill Harper, who is an accomplished actor, author, traveller and philanthropist did not win.
Christopher Meloni did a good job too.
I also remember an episode from a few years ago where Bob Costas cleaned up.
Turow was married. He’s divorced his wife, though, earlier this year.
If this was in response to my post, I just wanted to say by posting that I thought it was interesting that the known gay men were in this spot, not that I knew or thought anything specifically about Turow either way.
Brownie55 asked about him being gay due to his mannerisms–it was in response to that.
I saw this. It lloked like something was wrong with her buzzer. I mean, the questions were so easy and he buzzed i9n first like 90% of the time.
Just out of curiosity, was this before or after she got sober?
When I saw Luke Perry on CJ, I thought “Poor little heartthrob’s going to get clobbered. He probably thinks history started in 1970!”
I’m sorry Typo, that’s incorrect, and it was not in the form is a question.
I don’t remember whether Luke Perry won or not, but he did well. Well enough for me to gain some respect for him.
If you want to see real Jeopardy action, watch the College Tournament. Those kids are playing for scholarship money, and they do not mess around. They go right for the throat - and for the highest values clues. No watered-down questions here!
Yeah, those kids are impressive. CJ is annoying and I rarely watch it. The questions are so dumbed down that it’s more like the first two rounds of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
If Turow is gay, he has some serious internalized homophobia. I re-read Burden of Proof (I think. Maybe it was Presumed Innocent) after I came out and was appalled at his handling of gay characters.
My vote’s no.
Two other good celeb players: Martha Stewart and Ashton Kutcher.
That was hilarious. I don’t remember who he was playing against, but as I recall they were a couple of old school Rock veterans who kept looking at each other in exasperation as McGrath proceeded to kick their asses.