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Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:17 pm
by MinnesotaMyron
The first episode of J! I ever really saw! I remember sitting on the couch with a piece of notebook paper, writing down the clues I thought were interesting.
Thanks so much for posting.
-M
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:48 pm
by Bamaman
Comments on the game......
Seeing the champ on the right wasn't a big problem for me. Hated not having the names appear on screen during the intros, feel bad for the archivist who does this one, could not make out the black guy's last name. Johnny also didn't say how many games the champ had won, though alex did say he had won twice during the chat. Alex got real excited over her win and setting a new record, he barely mentioned it when Roger set the record last year. Can't believe he hugged her!
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:03 am
by OldSchoolChamp
Bamaman wrote:[F]eel bad for the archivist who does this one, could not make out the black guy's last name.
Sounded to me like Steve Bowie.
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:53 am
by seaborgium
Bamaman wrote:Comments on the game......
Alex got real excited over her win and setting a new record, he barely mentioned it when Roger set the record last year. Can't believe he hugged her!
And it wasn't even true! (Elise Beraru, the first five-time champ, got $23,800 in one of her games.)
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:54 pm
by Bamaman
OldSchoolChamp wrote:
Bamaman wrote:[F]eel bad for the archivist who does this one, could not make out the black guy's last name.
Sounded to me like Steve Bowie.
thanks. For some reason in my mind I spelled it as buoy (the floatie things in the ocean) and that didn't make sense.
I wonder if his ex-slave ancestor that moved to Texas named himself after Jim Bowie?
It was interesting hearing Alex explain the "new" rules.
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:19 pm
by seaborgium
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:18 pm
by dhkendall
Bamaman wrote:I wonder if his ex-slave ancestor that moved to Texas named himself after Jim Bowie?
I didn't think that slaves named themselves, but took the last name of their masters (however, Sally Hemmings isn't known as Sally Jefferson, so I may be wrong).
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:39 pm
by Bamaman
Many did, but a lot took names like Washington (after George) or other famous Americans or just made up a name. A man moving to Texas, wanting to fit in, might take the name of a Texas hero.
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:29 am
by MinnesotaMyron
OldSchoolChamp wrote:
Bamaman wrote:[F]eel bad for the archivist who does this one, could not make out the black guy's last name.
Sounded to me like Steve Bowie.
Thanks for that. Here's his blog, with some memories about the game:
http://blogojazz.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html
-M
Re: J! second season premiere 9/9/85 OB
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:46 pm
by Bamaman
Thanks for that link, it was neat to read his account of the game.