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The audience applause machine reacting after every response certainly didn't help the pace (because the contestants would tend not to call for the next clue until the sound died down). FTFY I'm pretty sure they don't make applause machines with only one or two claps, as was heard between clues a fe...

This seems like the right thread to post about this: I recently pulled out the tape of my games (this week is the 11th anniversary of my run), and found that contrary to my prior claims, my second episode (July 21, 2009) did not have a full credit roll. (I said a few times that they left two clues a...

theFJguy wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:00 am

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Chuck Forrest: 12800+0=12800 (5x = $72,800)
Susan McGowan: 6400-6399=1
Linda Alznauer: 1400-1000=400

But where's the clue?

I recorded and almost immediately taped over those episodes, but figuring that was probably the only time Alex's extra remarks would air, I transcribed them by hand before taping over them. I know exactly what folder my transcriptions are in, but I don't know where the folder itself is. I can't prom...

Four games that ended In a three way tie at zero 9/11/1984 6/12/1998 2/7/2013 1/18/2016 I think there was one more but I don't have the date. 6/12/98 wasn't a three-way tie; one player finished in the negative. There were also a Seniors Tournament game and another season 1 game in 1985 that ended i...

Like Leander, I was struck by the gasping and by the crowd noise in general. I wonder if they were coached to be extra enthusiastic and make a big deal out of everything. Some of those reactions (pretty much everything that wasn't applause) sounded piped in to me. There's a woman's nervous titter a...

I must have submitted it in a correction suggestion, because I don't have a record of ever sending the word "Selevan" in an email. No correction suggestions. I think it was just discussion on the old board. I remember at one point we had "Seleban", or "Selevan or Seleban", something like that. Poss...

MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:19 pm

http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=6362

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:53 pm

http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=6764

Quoting both of you so you're both notified, and since I don't know whom to blame for this: Ron's win is for $8,400, but the heading of his second game says he has won $4,800.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:36 am

As expected there is a new Alex opening as he explains the S1 rules about ringing in after clue revealed.

When this episode was rerun in 2009, the inclusion of Alex's current-day remarks made it necessary to edit out the interview segment. How about this time?

I remember how hard we had to work to get "Selevan". I remember having my suspicions about him when watching the first episode on the J! DVD. Alex said his full name at the start of the interviews, and Frank told him he'd pronounced it right. Thinking no one would need validation on the pronunciati...

The chances of 500-500-500 after five clues have been zero for almost 19 years!

Bamaman wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:46 am

When do they normally start recording for a new season. Seaborgium, do you recall what day you taped your sixth game?

July 28

Joe gets the honest dumbass award. :lol: At least it made no difference for anything. The clue stumped me and I could only guess a baseball player I knew died that year in hoping he got appointed to something of note. This is the game! I've mentioned it on this board a couple of times, but I always...

Joe gets the honest dumbass award. :lol: At least it made no difference for anything. The clue stumped me and I could only guess a baseball player I knew died that year in hoping he got appointed to something of note. This is the game! I've mentioned it on this board a couple of times, but I always...

So we're letting contestants omit articles in the middle of titles now? Is this a new rule? I confidently expected a score reversal on Londyn's "What is The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe?" But we came back from the break and no mention was made. After that I knew better than to expect a reversal for Kyl...

I added 4/28/93: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=6745 I would capitalize Widow Clicquot. I'd never heard of her before. Sounds fascinating. (And we welcome her to the archive as a name in a clue.) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-widow-who-created-the-champagne-industry...

August 3-14 is the Million Dollar Masters tournament. My predictions for the next four weeks are: August 17-28: Season 36 College Championship August 31-September 11: Season 36 Teachers Tournament I saw a PDF (with no sourcing) saying the last four weeks of reruns would comprise the last College Ch...

US PRESIDENTS The only president to serve less than four full years in each of two separate terms Who was FDR? (First term was Mar 4, 1933 to Jan 20, 1937 due to passage of the 20th amendment, and died during his fourth term) My guess was McKinley, thinking that his first term was one day shorter t...

She distinctly remembers sitting there and watching with a jar of Jiffy peanut butter and a spoon. Not only does McGruff date no further back than 1980, but Jiffy peanut butter has never existed! (Apologies if you knowingly inserted that detail as a joke.) You forgot to correct my spelling of the B...

opusthepenguin wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:36 am

She distinctly remembers sitting there and watching with a jar of Jiffy peanut butter and a spoon.

Not only does McGruff date no further back than 1980, but Jiffy peanut butter has never existed! (Apologies if you knowingly inserted that detail as a joke.)