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Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by T-hawk » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 5:43 AM UTC

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #7

egdod wrote: post #5

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There’s not a whole lot of room for discretion here though.

Alex frequently bends the rules.

He does not, because the rules are defined to allow some discretion on the part of the host. It's not bending the rules, it's deliberate leeway in them functioning as designed.

In particular, if a contestant gives an ambiguous or incomplete response such that it's not immediately right nor wrong, it's up to Alex how soon to rule them wrong or how long to wait for the contestant to supply more information. Besides that, the host does have some discretion on whether to accept a close mispronunciation, and if the judges disagree enough then it will be addressed and corrected at the next break.

Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by T-hawk » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 5:44 AM UTC

krustyburger wrote: post #20

jachee wrote: post #13

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Personally, I'd love to see Andy Richter or Michael McKean as a successor. They're both suuuuper sharp, and probably the best ever Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants.

Andy Richter would be fantastic. I wonder if he could stay on Conan or if that would be too much of a workload.

The travel would be the problem. Conan tapes in New York and Jeopardy is in L.A.

Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by T-hawk » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 5:45 AM UTC

hirundo wrote: post #2

Trebek is irreplaceable, but if the show must go on I hope Ken Jennings takes a shot at the job.

Jennings has said he doesn't want it. He would have to relocate his family to L.A. or commute weekly from Seattle, which he doesn't want to do. He also doesn't really want any more of a celebrity/showbiz lifestyle than he already has.

Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by comex » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 9:01 AM UTC

THE_PUN_STOPS wrote: post #14

cnasc wrote: post #8

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Openly adversarial game shows could be interesting

Unfortunately game show laws in the USA are quite serious due to scandals in the 50s. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/509 https://www.history.com/news/quiz-show-scandal-fraud-jeopard... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandals

Interesting. However, that law requires "intent to deceive the listening or viewing public" and a "purportedly bona fide contest", so in principle a show that makes it very clear that it's rigged could be okay.

Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by dottrap » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 11:09 AM UTC

T-hawk wrote: post #22

krustyburger wrote: post #20

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Andy Richter would be fantastic. I wonder if he could stay on Conan or if that would be too much of a workload.

The travel would be the problem. Conan tapes in New York and Jeopardy is in L.A.

Conan is based in LA now as far as I know. He moved from New York to LA when he got The Tonight Show. Then when he was fired, he stayed in LA. He then got the TBS show which is still in LA.

Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by runnr_az » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 12:26 PM UTC

trimbo wrote: post #6

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #4

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Former contestants could, in principle, be biased against their rivals. Not that Ken is likely to behave unethically but that makes it hard to have him as host.

Could tap Watson for the job. I bet it's fair

This would be the best idea. The robot judges all.

Re: Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

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Post by mhdhn » Sun, Oct 27, 2019, 9:48 AM UTC

dottrap wrote: post #25

T-hawk wrote: post #22

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The travel would be the problem. Conan tapes in New York and Jeopardy is in L.A.

Conan is based in LA now as far as I know. He moved from New York to LA when he got The Tonight Show. Then when he was fired, he stayed in LA. He then got the TBS show which is still in LA.

def LA