But can he beat Sean Connery at Jeopardy?
Posted on 07/24/2006 12:15:43 PM PDT by lainie
I thought it was pretty funny.
But can he beat Sean Connery at Jeopardy?
I love everything about Jeopardy that I loved about it 20 years ago (watching it as a kid, keeping score for my dad)...except the stupid "Clue Crew."
Jeopardy doesn't need to get all fancy and 21st century. I think most of the people that watch it do so because they have fun testing their brains, not because they like some spiffy format.
Ken rocks, though.
Alright, show of hands. Who remembers watching Jeopardy! with the big board that had sliding cardboard signs, instead of little televisions?
Art Fleming, Rice-a-roni, and the home game!
Bonus question: Who remembers when Vanna White really had to turn the letters on the Wheel of Fortune board, instead of just touching the telvision screens?
Guilty on both counts
I remember Vanna as a contestant on "The Price is Right"
Love his sense of humor, and am looking forward to his book coming out in a couple months - Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
I remember when Don Pardo used to do the voiceovers and commercial breaks while Art was hosting. Yes, I'm old.
I want on the Ken Ping list!
"And TheBigB has run the category again!"
I remember being surprised to find her touching TV screens instead of turning the little boxes. And I'm not that old.
I remember Video Village...the most whacked out game show ever.
I also remember when Alex Trebek used to read the local news here in Toronto before he went Hollyweird and sideburns and did High Rollers with Ruta Lee.
Nah. The short-lived Fox series where the contestants answered trivia questions while strapped into a torture chamber was the most whacked out show ever. Nothing like answering "What's the capitol of Vermont?" while hanging upside down in 10-below-0 temperatures.
ok...lets says for the 1960s....even the most whacked out of that era has a tough time against an era which has shows about wife swapping.
One thing is certain. Ken Jennings doesn't know humor from a hole in the ground. This guy sounds like the Cindy Sheehan of game show contestants. Ken, you won your money, now just go away.
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