# Spicoli's winning Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938 "2009-07-23T00:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![seaborgium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@seaborgium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaborgium)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/61 "2009-07-29T04:49:42Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > My bad, **seaborgium** , since I am the one who suggested you might be unemployed and that you weren’t a camp counselor anymore. For the record (and so people don’t think I was just making stuff up!) this was your comment on the J! Forums that I misinterpreted: > > As you can see, it sounded like you were saying that you were no longer a counselor, although I guess you meant you weren’t yet a video game tester? At any rate, I’m glad you have a job (or two), though I guess you don’t need one as badly now. > > And since you were the reigning champ at the end of the season, does that mean you don’t get to go to the Tournament of Champions until 2010? My “only” there was modifying “was”; i.e., I wasn’t a tester, only a counselor, at the time I auditioned. And then I had no job from the end of the summer till 2008. And the next Tournament of Champions will probably be in 2010, since the last one was just in March this year. Anyway, it’s not cut off by season nowadays, and I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to imagine I’ll be invited to the next one (assuming I’ve lost by the time they tape it, which isn’t a stretch to imagine either). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/62 "2009-07-29T12:42:18Z")
When do you report back for the first taping of the new season? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Booker\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@Happy\_Booker\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Booker_1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/63 "2009-07-29T13:35:12Z")
I keep an eye on taping dates (Another one in the pool) Yesterday was the first taping of the season. It’s also happening today. For others who want to keep up to date on this, this site is [where they distribute tickets from](http://www.wheeltickets.tv/jrequest.html) . (I know it looks like Wheel tickets from the URL, but it’s not.) You need to return occasionally for updates. At the moment, it’s only showing the patch from Sept 22 - 30. Some taping dates have already had their tix distributed. Most for the season haven’t yet been announced. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/64 "2009-07-29T17:31:52Z")
Sorry I don’t have more to add, but welcome Stefan. It’s a real shame they don’t let you go against the kids in the kid and teen tournaments, you’d totally mop the floor with them! ---
**Author:** ![seaborgium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@seaborgium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaborgium)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/65 "2009-07-31T06:18:17Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > When do you report back for the first taping of the new season? I think I’m better off keeping quiet about that, sorry. > [@TommyTutone](#): > > Sorry I don’t have more to add, but welcome Stefan. It’s a real shame they don’t let you go against the kids in the kid and teen tournaments, you’d totally mop the floor with them! While I would have the knowledge advantage against them, I can’t guarantee I could beat the buzzer advantage of the youth. For example, the only competitor who really gave me a run for my money, Emily, was five years younger than me. My success came more from my thumb than my brain, in my opinion. So I can’t guarantee that I’d do as well on ringing in against the kiddies. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/66 "2009-07-31T06:28:34Z")
> [@seaborgium](#): > > I think I’m better off keeping quiet about that, sorry. > > While I would have the knowledge advantage against them, I can’t guarantee I could beat the buzzer advantage of the youth. For example, the only competitor who really gave me a run for my money, Emily, was five years younger than me. My success came more from my thumb than my brain, in my opinion. So I can’t guarantee that I’d do as well on ringing in against the kiddies. Surely, being a video game tester, your fingers are more twitchy than most, though? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/67 "2009-07-31T12:28:42Z")
> [@seaborgium](#): > > I think I’m better off keeping quiet about that, sorry. Understood. Those of us waiting for our phone to ring are . . . wondering if our phone is going to ring. 😉 But it’s been “only” two months. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/68 "2009-09-11T22:07:47Z")
When does the new season start? Imagine my surprise when I tuned in earlier in the week and saw Alex with a full head of black hair and all the question amounts were halved. :eek: Damn Jeopardy was crazy looking in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/69 "2009-09-11T22:27:21Z")
I think that the new season starts on Monday. This week, they are showing highlights of the past 25 years. Monday was the first episode with Alex Trebek (which is why Alex looked so young), Tuesday was one featuring Eddie Timanus and Wednesday and Thursday they had two of Ken Jennings’s episodes (including the one in which he lost). I don’t know what’s planned for tonight. Edited to add that that Monday show was only from 1984, so it hasn’t been that long. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/70 "2009-09-11T22:32:58Z")
Well to me the 1984 episode is old, because it’s older than I am! 😛 And now I’m pissed that I skipped the rest of the week’s episodes. I love watching the episide that Ken gets bored with Jeopardy and lets Ms. NoOneRemembersMeForBeingGood have her fun. The audible shock and awe of Ken losing that you can hear from the audience is a damn good moment in TV, for me at least. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/71 "2009-09-11T22:43:52Z")
I think there was a Ken Jennings episode where he swept a “potent potables” category, and then pointed out the incongruity of a Mormon doing so. And there was the time the clue was a word that can describe either a garden tool or a person of immoral character. Ken replied, “What is a ho?” when the actual answer was “What is a rake?” ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/72 "2009-09-11T22:45:47Z")
_reminisces of the Ken Jennings Show_ I sure did enjoy Ken’s run. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/73 "2009-09-11T22:49:01Z")
[What’s a Ho?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpKOm-LLRhA) I actually watched that episode, and that was the answer that I would have said. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/74 "2009-09-11T23:38:32Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Ms. NoOneRemembersMeForBeingGood The evil Emperor Zerg, sworn enemy of the Galactic Alliance! (Some people may think StarCraft, but that’s how I remember her name. I think Jennings himself even makes the same comparison in _Brainiac_.) ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/75 "2009-09-15T00:15:26Z")
I missed the first part of the show. Did they address in the interview portion what happened to poor Seaborgium’s luscious locks? We can post spoilers right? I mean, it’s Jeopardy, not Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poor Samson, errr, Seaborgium! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/76 "2009-09-15T00:46:06Z")
Did he win at least? I’d hate to have missed his last show because I was watching something else and completely forgot. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/77 "2009-09-15T00:55:41Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Did he win at least? > > I’d hate to have missed his last show because I was watching something else and completely forgot. ☹ [SPOILERS] No, that’s why I called him Samson. First show without the hair, and boom. He was doing really well but missed a fairly easy Final Jeopardy. The perfect conclusion would have had him pulling down the roof on that awful-looking new set. Samson angry! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/78 "2009-09-15T00:59:56Z")
> [@](#): > > No, that’s why I called him Samson. Whatever it’s a reference to, it went completely over my head. Me sad now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/79 "2009-09-15T01:07:51Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Whatever it’s a reference to, it went completely over my head. > > Me sad now. ☹ Well, it’s from a book, but I don’t recommend it. A bit too preachy for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938/80 "2009-09-15T01:13:01Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Well, it’s from a book, but I don’t recommend it. A bit too preachy for my taste. Yeah I figured as much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicolis-winning-jeopardy/503938.md?page=5)