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the EP was the best.
that chick blew it tonight. could've thrown down hard and her last DD would've been enough to snuff the champ. Poor strategy, IMHO. she could've won
i am now of the opinion that rodgers is the best guest host thus far.
he is committed. works for meQuote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
https://www.gossipcop.com/report-aar...y-host/184914/
Anderson Cooper has been good. I doubt he's interested in the permanent job, though.
Not really into game shows, but I watched AD and Aaron Rodgers do Jeopardy. Who’s Dr, Oz?
Anyway, for a non fan I liked Aaron a lot.
Why don’t they just end the show after this season is over??? Nobody is going to replace Alex. God forbid Joe Buck gets the job. Enough is enough!
They thought nobody could replace Art Fleming.
they said the same thing about Jerry Garcia.Quote:
Originally Posted by billyk
Now, off you go with your crazy talk.
as if, we haven't dumbed down this country enough
Jesus H Christ
Maybe they could get Doc Emrick out of retirement to host Jeopardy.
I noticed one thing about every one of the guest hosts--there's often a slight delay between the contestant giving the question and the host telling them right or wrong. Maybe the producers told them--whatever you do, don't tell them they got it right if it was wrong or visa verse. If you do you're fired on the spot.
Apparently the returning champ tonight flashed a three percenter hand gesture during his intro. I can't believe they let that on the air. Glad that fuck went down tonight.
Apparently he flashed 1 finger on the show after his first win, 2 fingers after his second.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Glad to see him gone though. He annoyed me.
Yes, he did, but in my estimation it was all so he could flash the three-percenter symbol if he made it to three wins. I'm not willing to give him the benefit of the doubt here. I think it was pretty blatant and I can't believe the show didn't catch it. They've made some pretty egregious decision lately with allowing Mehmet Oz to host and now letting this through.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Do you know the guy an alt right nutjob? I didn't see the gesture, but maybe you are reading too much into it?
It's not just me. I didn't even see him make the gesture, but Jeopardy related social media is lighting up about it. Based on what I've read it seems pretty implausible that he just happened to flash that sign without knowing the implications.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elkhound Odin
A blogger called The Jeopardy! Fan posted a series of tweets that began by giving him the benefit of the doubt, but then ultimately concluding that he probably did it on purpose: https://twitter.com/_thejeopardyfan/...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
It might cost him his winnings- I know you don't get the winnings until after the shows air (which is weeks after they are taped), and my understanding is that they have almost unlimited discretion to not pay them out if you do something bad (including reveal the results of your match, but I bet there is a clause about things like this too). Certain amounts cannot be bet in double and final jeopardies, including $420 and $666, and there are some white supremacist numbers too on the banned list
He even replied on Facebook to the effect that he showed one finger after winning one game, two after two, and three after three, and nothing more should be read into it. To me the fact that he didn't specifically renounce it is all the proof I need. If I inadvertently flashed a symbol like that I'd be pretty strident in my apology afterward.
These people want to have plausible deniability. Fuck him.
AC by a very, very wide margin the best host. IMO as good as anyone ever. But, he has much better things to do.
woah there now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall Tucker
I really liked AC when he did that show The Mole. Joe Buck? I'll find something else to do, fuck him.
Yes, he's been great, but I agree he's probably not interested in the permanent job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall Tucker
But, man, say $10 million a year for about 40 days of work has got to be pretty compelling!
He's the smoothest, most comfortable, most boring host so far. He doesn't take anything away from the show (Dr. Oz) or add anything to it (Rodgers). And I like AC as a journalist--one of the few CNN people I can stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall Tucker
these are my exact same thoughts, thank youQuote:
Originally Posted by old goat
as to the other matter, the latest is that he now says "I assure you I am no friend of racists or white supremacists": https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/29/jeopa...nds-disavowal/
i mean, come on, the dude is just holding up a 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele 'til You're Smelly
What kind of weirdo holds up a three by showing just their last three fingers? Just about anyone would use their middle three, unless they were intentionally trying to signal something else...
There's more evidence (admittedly circumstantial) that there was more to it than merely "holding up a three." Someone on a Facebook Jeopardy! group I'm a member summarized the evidence:
I still maintain it just doesn't pass the sniff test.Quote:
I posted this in a subthread (specifically about Snopes) but I’m going to bring it out here as it outlines the evidence as I see it. If you have other points, feel free to leave them in the replies.
1) He has donated for the past five years to a candidate associated with this ideology
2) His public posts were full of references from his friends and family to his wearing something associated with this ideology, which he has been photographed doing
3) His friends and family defended him with racist and anti-Semitic insults, and he said nothing
4) Until this morning, his cover photo was of Frank Sinatra making the OK sign
5) He could have but didn’t disavow white supremacy in his explanation
6) The Jeopardy! Fan Twitter account Snopes relied on as an authority in the matter has long since said that it now believes there was nothing innocent about the gesture
7) The gesture is identical to how the three percenters perform it and not even slightly similar to how he made his 1 and 2
The reason people like him use this gesture is because other white nationalists recognize it and those who aren’t savvy to it look past it. We cannot do that.
I remember some refs used that in wrestling to indicate 3 points. I think use all 3 reasonable ways to show 3 on my hands, though I probably do the thumb, pointer, middle most often. Pretty sure I picked that up from my friend's german dad in elementary school. It's less awkward then pinning the pinky down.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Not that I'm defending this, I just saw your first question and figured it was worth responding to. That's the problem with people trying to co-opt normal gestures.
I agree that yesterday afternoon, it was looking bad for him. But most recently, he has said “I reject and condemn white supremacy and all forms of bigotry for the evil they are,” and added, “I deeply regret this terrible misunderstanding,” and Snopes has taken the position that he did not intend to make the white power symbol: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/je...-hand-gesture/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDB_yCvuTlEQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
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Maybe he's innocent or maybe he just want to be sure he gets his money...
Shit. I was ready to roll my eyes at this, but if The AD is on board with the idea, then maybe there's something to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
My daughter just turned 6 and mostly watches jeopardy by deciding who she is rooting for. She didn't like the guy and is usually a good judge of character. Maybe I need to listen better.
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As compared to who?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
5 if you're in France. (I found out the hard way that they go by the last finger shown. Hold up 2 fingers the way we do in America and it means 3--as if you were showing the thumb. Although maybe having 3 glasses of wine for my wife and I wasn't exactly the hard way.)Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
All the other ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall Tucker
Maybe the reason for the guests hosts' delays in saying right or wrong is that they're waiting for someone backstage to tell them right or wrong through their earpiece. I never noticed a delay with Alex--but occasionally he would reverse a ruling which I don't recall the guest hosts doing. So maybe Alex didn't rely on a backstage judge on the fly.
I think that's right. After he had been doing it long enough Alex must have had had a very good idea of what would be accepted. I don't know if it's just me but toward the end when he'd make a ruling that I thought would be overruled, he wouldn't actually be overruled so much, and I wondered whether the judges figured they might as well defer to his ruling when it was close.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Also, it's interesting to realize how well Alex had proper pronunciations down- the guest hosts, including AC surprisingly, struggle with some of them compared to him.
i've noticed this as well. makes me appreciate alex all the more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele 'til You're Smelly
He was merely referencing The Tight Butthole,mang. C'mon
Outer Banks is not Hatteras ? since when ?
What is "Utah, get me three"?
I like Bill Whitaker as host.
This NYT's editorialist has liked Ken Jennings, Aaron Rogers, and Katie Couric best: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/a...-new-host.html
I'd disagree with the final analyses on that opinion, but some of the points and comments in the article do make for a good read. Maybe it is the women's view and rating of the hosts- Mars vs Venus scale of what they like...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tele 'til You're Smelly