[drjimmy]

Congrats to Kem on making it thus far, and don't get discouraged if you have to wait a long time for the phone call. It was just a couple of weeks shy of one full year between when I tried out and when Jeopardy! called to say they wanted me on the show. I'm glad I didn't have to face Ken Jennings. In a bit of personal trivia, the returning champion in my first game--who I knocked off--was Kevin Olmstead, who later went on to win $2.18 million on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Jennings recently passed him to become to all-time winningest game show contestant.

[Congressman Billybob]

Congratulations to you on being a giant-killer. Yes, I knew that Jennings had recently passed Olmstead as the top winner of all time in quiz prize money. With my new editor's limit of 700 words or so, a lot of stuff winds up on the cutting room floor.

I hope Kem does as well as you did. I know she has the horses, and she won't freeze up. So I have high hopes for her, and when she gets into the second day of taping, I'll fly to L.A. to join her and root her own.

Billybob

[Cedar]

Bet you can't find ANYBODY to play Trivial Pursuit with you... :)

[mgobluegop]

Kevin O. is a good friend of mine!!! small world huh?

btw i have personally passed the Jeopardy test a few times and the mock game that you described is more to find out more about your personality then your brains. They know that you are smart enough from the 50 quiz and they just dont want a jerk or a guy that is really boring to be on the show. I ve heard that if you get to the interview process, which it sounds Kem did, that there is about a 50- 75% chance that theyll be calling.