So you don’t see the irony of his eyes popping out periodically.
I don’t know who the host is today, but he was GREAT! Timing was on, injected a little bit of humor, and seemed knowledgeable.
And our Matt has cojones the size of bowling balls! Way to go!
Who knew that Shelley Long played Carol Brady, twice? I wouldn’t have gotten that in a million years.
(It was a triple stumper.too.)
I did. She was in the two Brady Bunch movies in the 90s, opposite Gary Cole as Mike Brady.
I did, because one of the Showtime channels here won’t stop playing both movies.
I’m not familiar with him, either: he’s a CNBC host. Being a television host on a business-news show seems to translate pretty well to being a television host of a game show.
Is this as Purgatorial as it sounds? 
Matt’s winnings are $310,400 with 10 wins.
He worries me because he pauses before answering. I expect him to time out, but he says the answer in time.
The Shelly Long question tripped me up too. I thought she did a guest spot on Frasier. I’d forgotten her role on the Brady Bunch movies.
She did, a couple of times I think. Both times as Diane Chambers from Cheers!.
To me, that was a classic case of why not to start with the bottom clues. Start with the easy clues and get a sense of what the category is about, and you’re better prepared for the tougher clues.
Correction: that was the total after his ninth game on Monday, 8/2. On Tuesday he won his tenth game with $52,000, giving him a grand total of $362,400!
Although he’s not as flashy or as daring as Holzhauer, so his totals have not been as astronomical, he’s the first player since Holzhauer to successfully use the technique of starting with the bottom rows to build up a big lead and then betting big when he hits DDs. Although some of his competitors are trying to match him at it, it hasn’t worked out for them.
I’m wondering if and when the wider public is going to start tuning in on his streak, the way they did for Holzhauer. The Olympics are probably hurting him in that regard. And there’s only one more week in the season after this week. Will he carry over to the next season and the new permanent host?
Stay tuned!
I got that one right away but I forgot her first name. I just said “Mrs Brady?” I remember that movie used to be on tv a lot.
I believe so, yes. I’m fairly sure that this has happened previously and the player continued into the new season.
How do they enforce the rule that contestants can’t talk about what happened until after the show airs? Do they delay payment until then? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a leak, even when they had studio audiences. I would think I’d at least tell my wife if I won 10 shows in a row. Maybe people do talk about it and it just doesn’t get reported. The average show isn’t that newsworthy
So, googling just now. There was a James Holzhauer leak about his last show.
Given that studio audience members are only asked, and not legally bound, to not disclose what happens during a taping, Friedman said, “We were pleased and surprised that nothing leaked out before this past weekend. I think that speaks for the respect that people in studio audience have for the show.”
I don’t know but my guess is that they’ve taped through the end of the current season but haven’t yet taped any of the new season’s episodes yet. (If they have taped any of the new episodes, a more interesting leak than whether Matt’s streak continues would be who the host is in the new season.)
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. If he keeps winning, he will carry over to season 38, there’s no doubt about that. Holzhauer did the same thing. I was asking whether Matt’s streak is going to go on that long.
I don’t know but my guess is that they’ve taped through the end of the current season but haven’t yet taped any of the new season’s episodes yet. (If they have taped any of the new episodes, a more interesting leak than whether Matt’s streak continues would be who the host is in the new season.)
Yes, they finished taping this season in May, and they probably won’t start taping the new season until later this month. I strongly suspect they will officially announce the new host after the last show of this season airs and before they start taping the new season for exactly this reason.
When I was on, 30 years ago, payment was withheld until sometime after the show is aired, not specifically to keep the contestants from revealing the outcome, but to ensure that there was no cheating, errors in the judging, or discovery that the player was a felon, etc. Perhaps one of the Dope’s more recent players can tell us if they’re still doing that.
In any case, I’m sure most players told their spouses and immediate family members. I wasn’t married at the time, and I honestly don’t have a firm recollection whether I told my family, but I think I did unless they wanted to be surprised.
Also, since they only tape on two days per week, five shows each day, anyone who knows that you were at the studio for two days can be pretty sure you won at least one show (unless you were an alternate held over) and if you were there for more than two days you must have won at least five shows.
Of course, back then there was no Twitface, Instapage, and all those other social things, and most people didn’t even have a flip phone, so it was easier to keep secrets. It’s a whole different challenge now.
It’s still true today, that you don’t get your money until a few months after your show(s) air. My shows aired at the end of June, and I got the check in early September.
Among the raft of paperwork that you sign when you’re on Jeopardy!, there is one that says that you promise not to divulge any information about your games. You’re not even supposed to say what the categories are. You also agree that doing so will constitute “irreparable damage” to the producers, which they can remedy with “appropriate legal action.” I take that to mean that they could sue you. At the very least, there might be even further delay in getting your money.
I did tell my wife, of course, and they more or less tell you that telling your spouse is okay. I also kind of told my boss, because my show schedule was such that I had to fly back to LA the next week to continue filming. I didn’t tell her how much I had won, but she could infer that I must have won at least one game. I did ask her not to tell anyone else, and as far as I know, she didn’t.
Yesterday’s game featured what I believe is an unusual sequence for the Daily Doubles.
In the first round, Christina found the DD. She had $3600 and bet it all. She was correct and doubled her score.
In the second round, Harry found the first DD. He had $2400 and bet it all. He was correct and doubled his score.
Then Matt found the second DD. He had $13,000 and bet it all. He was correct and doubled his score.
Obviously I cannot remember, but the fact that each contestant doubled his/her score on a DD seemed to me to be an uncommon occurrence.