Hosting Question

[This Is Kirk!]

I don't really follow Twitter much, but my wife does and she follows Ken. From what she's shown me he's usually pretty clever and funny. Obviously anyone's going to lay an egg once in a while in that arena. If we've learned one thing from Spinal Tap it's that there's often a fine line between clever and stupid.

[triviawayne]

If even a temporary hosting gig would disqualify someone from competing in future supertourneys (by virtue of having been employed by the show), I would think that would be a huge disincentive to James in particular, and maybe some others. And TPTB may not WANT people like James (and Brad) to be removed from the talent pool for supertourneys.

Which includes Ken even though I believe he did say somewhere that the GOAT Tournament was the last one for Ken to participate in as a contestant on the show.

Would working for one or two days as an interim host really preclude them from future invitational tournaments? I don't think so.

On the contestant applications, they do ask if you've worked for various entities, but nothing there says it is automatic disqualification; plus this would be for special shows.

[bkellysky]

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[Robert K S]

First Ken, now Sajak is canceled!

[Volante]

First Ken, now Sajak is canceled!

Sajak's been crossing that line for a while now if memory serves...

[This Is Kirk!]

First Ken, now Sajak is canceled!

I watched the show and it seemed pretty tongue in cheek on Pat's part to me.

[Robert K S]

First Ken, now Sajak is canceled!

I watched the show and it seemed pretty tongue in cheek on Pat's part to me.

How did my post about it seem to you?

[This Is Kirk!]

First Ken, now Sajak is canceled!

I watched the show and it seemed pretty tongue in cheek on Pat's part to me.

How did my post about it seem to you?

Sorry, it's sort of hard to read the room here when some people are accusing KJ of "hateful" posts.

[ParrotRob]

Some people are rather disgusted with Ken being the first choice because of his tweets. I still admire and respect the GOAT himself, but let's be honest, I'd rather have him guest host instead of someone even more controversial than him.

Given today's culture, I'm pretty sure you'd be hard-pressed to find ANYONE that "some people" aren't "rather disgusted" with.

[MarkBarrett]

Anyone know if Ken did indeed tape hosting games yesterday? I saw a hotel room sign on his Twitter feed which of course could mean nothing or could mean he was away from home yesterday morning.

I don't mind if J! releases a shot of Ken taking the con (submarine term of leadership from Crimson Tide and not in the "scam" sense) while of course not wanting to see the contestants looking at him. Or at least not the champ's spot.

[econgator]

I don't mind if J! releases a shot of Ken taking the con (submarine term of leadership from Crimson Tide and not in the "scam" sense)

"Conn", not "con" (it's short for the conning tower).

[MarkBarrett]

I don't mind if J! releases a shot of Ken taking the con (submarine term of leadership from Crimson Tide and not in the "scam" sense)

"Conn", not "con" (it's short for the conning tower).

Thanks. If I checked the board I would not be surprised if I made the same error previously. I've only seen the movie in the theater and on VHS, so never with words activated. My dad served on an aircraft carrier, so no help there.

[goongas]

Anyone know if Ken did indeed tape hosting games yesterday? I saw a hotel room sign on his Twitter feed which of course could mean nothing or could mean he was away from home yesterday morning.

I don't mind if J! releases a shot of Ken taking the con (submarine term of leadership from Crimson Tide and not in the "scam" sense) while of course not wanting to see the contestants looking at him. Or at least not the champ's spot.

This article implies it happened, but I don't know if they had a reporter on site or just looked at the calendar...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/entertai ... index.html

[trainman]

Anyone know if Ken did indeed tape hosting games yesterday? I saw a hotel room sign on his Twitter feed which of course could mean nothing or could mean he was away from home yesterday morning.

He was making a joke about the fact that the "do not disturb" sign was sponsored by TED Talks -- that's a Marriott thing, so we know he wasn't staying at the Doubletree. (Of course, they'd presumably keep the host separated from the contestants! The show may well have put him up at the Courtyard by Marriott that's basically across the 405 from the Doubletree.)

[AFRET CMS]

I don't mind if J! releases a shot of Ken taking the con (submarine term of leadership from Crimson Tide and not in the "scam" sense)

"Conn", not "con" (it's short for the conning tower).

Thanks. If I checked the board I would not be surprised if I made the same error previously. I've only seen the movie in the theater and on VHS, so never with words activated. My dad served on an aircraft carrier, so no help there.

To be fair, the phrase probably has appeared in hundreds of movies and TV shows. If someone were to compile a sequence of five-second clips of Captain Kirk exiting the bridge of the Enterprise saying "[Scotty][Spock][Sulu][Chekhov][Etc] -- You have the conn" the compilation would probably run for a couple of minutes.

[alietr]

1,000 to 1 odds, but ...

Trump Listed Among Candidates to Replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

[triviawayne]

1,000 to 1 odds, but ...

Trump Listed Among Candidates to Replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

The guy can't put together four sentences to form a complete thought, sure would make the clue reading weird to watch when he goes off script.

[mahatma]

1,000 to 1 odds, but ...

Trump Listed Among Candidates to Replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

The guy can't put together four sentences to form a complete thought, sure would make the clue reading weird to watch when he goes off script.

If we're going off the board for host suggestions, I nominate Jesse Jackson. The Question Is Moot has been off the air for a while, so he's probably available.

[This Is Kirk!]

1,000 to 1 odds, but ...

Trump Listed Among Candidates to Replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

The guy can't put together four sentences to form a complete thought, sure would make the clue reading weird to watch when he goes off script.

They'd get through about six questions per show.

[Golf]

1,000 to 1 odds, but ...

Trump Listed Among Candidates to Replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

The guy can't put together four sentences to form a complete thought, sure would make the clue reading weird to watch when he goes off script.

They'd get through about six questions per show.

He would also claim the game was rigged if a woman won.

If we're going off the board for host suggestions, I nominate Jesse Jackson. The Question Is Moot has been off the air for a while, so he's probably available.

Green Eggs and Ham would need to be a category in his first game.