Posted on 03/22/2021 5:51:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
But the recent announcement that celebrity M.D. Dr. Oz would be taking over the fact-based game show this week has got fans questioning whether “Jeopardy!” producers have lost their way.
In an open letter published on Medium.com last month, a consortium of former “Jeopardy!” winners and contestants urged the show to rethink the decision, alleging that casting the “dubious” doc in the role would celebrate “the elevation of … talking head[s] at the expense of academic rigor and consensus.”
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“Throughout his nearly two decades on television he has used his authority as a doctor to push harmful ideas onto the American public, in stark contrast with his oath to first do no harm. These ideas include promoting supplements that do nothing, legitimizing gay conversion therapy (which is banned in California, as well as 19 other states), dangerous ‘cures’ for autism, and, most recently, the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.”
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From what I’ve seen, his ‘medical expertise’ is less on display than himself being the object of attention is.
I’m not a fan.
I got a BA degree from a top 25 school. Maybe I can host. Sorry, no ‘advanced degree’ on my CV. And I don’t mean CoVid. But I think I am wittier than the typical Jeopardy contestant.
I once auditioned for a game show, back when I was still earning my B.A. degree. I made it to final selection and was told I was going to be a contestant. And then the network cancelled the show. LOL.
What, you didn't like his episode on colonoscopies? I found it enlightening and highly entertaining!
Yes, people watch Jeopardy for its “academic rigor.” /s
Maybe you were saved from having to live it down :-)
I was fortunately spared that spectacle.
I got enough of it when Our Katie did it.
Beat me to it. The idea that Jeopardy is some kind of intellectual high-ground is a joke.
Over how many years did you watch the show?
There were lots of questions over the years which required knowledge of history, literature, science.
I was. But all I had to do was say "woo hoo" whenever I heard something I liked, among the 80 or so other schmucks in the room who were too timid to express their inner selves.
Ability to regurgitate facts and trivia is not what I would call intelligence.
LOL!
Regurgitating isn’t all it took. Some of the questions could be tricky.
It may have fallen down in more recent years (like everything has done) but back in the day when I saw it, you needed a lot more than mere memorization to score.
Question: This person wrote the code of laws known as The Hammurabi?
Answer: Who was Hammurabi?
Correct! And you win 0.00011565 bitcoin!
I think Ken Jennings or Je0pardy James should be the new host.
It was a learning experience. Or to put it in “academic rigor” terms a moment of social awareness.
Well, we’re put here to be aware, and to learn. Every little bit counts.
Here’s something I think is funny. Maybe others won’t. I had a friend who was really knowledgeable who appeared on a game show. I was in the ‘live audience’ and they warned us to be silent. In the final round he was asked something about a duke. I could tell he didn’t know the answer. I was sooooo tempted to just blurt anything out in order to just disrupt the taping of the show but my buddy next to me said “shhh”. The answer was simple: Patty Duke. But he blew it. Ended up winning a washer and dryer. Which every 19 year old kid absolutely needs and never wants. He gave them to his mother. And then got a tax bill.
I don't think the point is it's an intellectual high ground, it's just that people think it's higher than most the other dreck on television. Admittedly, no a high bar.
Most 'Jeopardy' watchers are just running out the clock in God's 'waiting room'...
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