JAYMC on Jeopardy! TODAY! (SPOILERS Y'ALL)

An early warning: Beloved ILXOR jaymc has taped an episode (episodes?) of Jeopardy. The first (or only?) episode will air on JULY 26.

This is the thread where we congratulate him, ask him questions about his experience, and make xls jokes.

omg shutup

can someone post a countdown clock at the top of the thread?

to avoid redundancy:

I took the online test in January 2008 and was called for an in-person audition in June 2008. Was told that I'd be in the pool for 18 months, so when December came and went, I figured that was it. So I, too, took the online test again at the end of January (and also felt I didn't do as well as I had two years ago). But then about a month ago, I got a call and they said they wanted me to come out for a taping. Apparently it was the last week of taping for the season, so I think I probably just barely made it in.

― jam master (jaymc), Friday, March 19, 2010 12:32 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Haha "beloved."

Anyway: it's true. I can't reveal the outcome of the game(s), but I can talk about everything else.

that's awesome dude! guy i work with did the audition last summer iirc--he was dead set on getting on for a while.

trebek: totally sexy or...?

Who were your opponents?

is sean connery that dumb in real life?

Trebek: oddly entrancing. Between single and double Jeopardy, he posed for pictures with each contestant, and I got a thrill when he wrapped his arm around my side.

uh, where is that picture

This gives me hope! I did the in-person audition last May in Chicago. Good retroactive luck!

xp They said they'd mail it to me -- haven't gotten it yet!

!!!

good job, dude

Who were your opponents?

I don't think I can answer this w/o revealing how I did.

that is totally awesome, dude, glad to see your incredible memory got you somewhere like that. my wife watches Jeopardy religiously and has taken the online test once or twice, i hope maybe she can get on there someday.

jaymc, what did you decide to tell the world for your random/stupid 'about me' tidbit for after the first commercial break?

or do you want that to remain a great secret until JULY 26?

I miss Jeopardy a lot. UK's quiz shows just aren't the same.

i have a real question: is the buzzer thing tricky? it seems like that's the hard part sometimes

yeah, and did alex act like you were really weird based on your tidbit. seems to be his go-to reaction.

Yeah, Al, from what I hear, your chances of making it on are slightly better if you're a woman.

oh ohh, and IRL, do the questions actually make those random musical noises when they populate the screens at the start of each round, or is that added in afterwards in editing? do they even still do that anymore? I haven't seen an episode in ages.

and by 'questions' I mean 'answers', when they are displayed as money $$$ values ($200, $400, etc) (sorry for spamming thread, I am done now)

oh, i see. do not reveal, then!

was it stressful always remembering to hit the buzzer? did you practice buzzering at home?

any music trivia?

jaymc, what did you decide to tell the world for your random/stupid 'about me' tidbit for after the first commercial break?

You'll have to wait and see. :)

i have a real question: is the buzzer thing tricky? it seems like that's the hard part sometimes

Yeah, it's tricky. You have to wait until these lights around the game board light up before you can buzz in, and if you buzz in beforehand, you're locked out for a split second. Truth be told, I mostly ignored the lights and just buzzed in a beat after Alex finished the clue.

oh ohh, and IRL, do the questions actually make those random musical noises when they populate the screens at the start of each round, or is that added in afterwards in editing?

Yes. I was actually surprised by how much of that stuff was actually live. The Daily Double noises, too. And all the graphics are in place on the monitors. After each round, though, they would have Alex re-record a clue if he mispronounced something or otherwise stumbled -- I assume that's then dubbed in during post.

any music trivia?

There weren't any categories that were explicitly music-related, no.

If there was an Oscars category, we know it'll inspire Quiz Show II!

way to go, jaymc!

back in like '02 i awaited the call from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after making it all that way. the call never came. so i'll live vicariously through you on this one.

A former co-worker said it was all about mastering the buzzer (or whatever you call it).

so did anderson cooper

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/jeopardy/

were there any categories on where ilxors live and work?

Yes, several.

jmc you asshole! i tried out for jeopardy like ten years ago, at the mall of america -- whole crazy story there -- and got in, but never got "the call"

congratulations, this is awesome!

wagered 12 grand in Final Jeopardy on Steve Shasta's Soc Sec number

xp

hahah

Next time I see you, if you have a new fur coat and a pimp hat, I'll know what happened.

THIS... IS.... AMAZING!

very cool

question: what did you wear? how did you choose your outfit(s)?

question: did you bring any magic feathers with you or mementos so you know that when everyone's watching you on jeopardy, you have that special stolen spoon from ihop on your pocket or whatever?

congrats dude! i hope to join those ranks someday

oh this is so awesome! Yay jaymc! I'm sure you made ilx lolproud.

question: what did you wear? how did you choose your outfit(s)?

I was somewhat lacking in the nice-clothes-to-wear-on-national-television department, so I went to Banana Republic and bought a few things. I showed up in a slate gray shirt and black tie (no jacket).

question: did you bring any magic feathers with you or mementos so you know that when everyone's watching you on jeopardy, you have that special stolen spoon from ihop on your pocket or whatever?

Nah. I did wear nice underwear, though.

rootin' for you, jaymc (tho i haven't watched jeopardy in years).

Hey, neither had I! It's on at 3:30 in the afternoon here.

wagered 12 grand in Final Jeopardy on Steve Shasta's Soc Sec number

xp

― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, March 19, 2010 1:41 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

lmbo

awesome dude! can't wait til this shows up on my dvr. where's that "most famous alumni of your high school" thread so I can brag about being in the same classes as a quiz show supastah?

hey, this is sort of awesome. i will add this to my calendar.

were you able to get in any surreptitious shout outs?

"What is masturbating in front of a baby?"

"What is an AOL beef?"

So cool! Congrats on making the show, I hope you won lots of $$.

Daily Double was gabbneb's shoe size

this is the coolest thing ever

lol morbs

I got a thrill when he wrapped his arm around my side.

Art Fleming, ya died too soon.

did Ken Jennings (?) have the same leadtime before air?

I dunno, it does seem awfully long, doesn't it?

is it weird that i know three people who have been on jeopardy now (two college jep)

well like you said, your taping was at the end of the season, so that's prolly why the lag is longer than usual

(xpost)

DUDE.!

i wonder if trebek goes on 4-month peyote-fueled vision quests between tapings or something

"What is... the question, man?"

I thought he had been laying low for a while.

i heard he is a right winger

yeah, I just read on Gawker that he has GOP fundraisers at his house

Blame Canada

He's also donated to Chuck Hagel.

did you run him through the .xls before you visited the set?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU2w72KAkQQ

sajak's on the right too i think

yeah sajak is some kind of climate change denialist men's rights let's kill the arabs kind of dude

first, congrats JMC. this is totally totally awesome. we'll be watching out here in SF!

back in like '02 i awaited the call from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after making it all that way. the call never came. so i'll live vicariously through you on this one.

― andrew m., Friday, March 19, 2010 6:22 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

^^ me too! when i interviewed, they asked me about music and, for whatever reason, i was effusive that day about the velvet underground's third album. UH yeah, no callback.

damn, awesome. congrats! I've been trying for three years myself!
Anyway, you will be tivo'd.

Wow, this is fantastic. Start the countdown now...

congrats JAYMC! I applaud your good fortune & at the same time can't help but be a little jealous b/c I came very very close to being on lolcollege jeopardy when I was in lolcollege.

Yeah, it's tricky. You have to wait until these lights around the game board light up before you can buzz in, and if you buzz in beforehand, you're locked out for a split second. Truth be told, I mostly ignored the lights and just buzzed in a beat after Alex finished the clue.

While in the tryout process, I got to the point of competing using the buzzers & found them totally frustrating. I tend to be very impulsive when I am nervous & kept constantly getting locked out. I now understand (& sympathize with) the contestants who are repeatedly clicking the buzzer, to no avail. They clicked in too early & got locked out!

july 26: tv party tonight

i had no idea so many ILXors had Jeopardic ambitions!

It makes sense, though. As internet discussion forums go, there seems to be a high percentage of smrt ppl on ILX.

Yes, I'm sure lots of people here would do quite well on the show.

well sure, but i'm reasonably smart and i have no ambition to be on jeopardy. (no jokes about my intelligence pls). just sayin that not every smart person wants to be on a quiz show.

I don't watch the show religiously, tho I have at various points in the past. I often wondered why there weren't more academics on the show, profs & such, who would likely have a fairly competitive edge w/ a good base of general knowledge. Is it just that many academics don't want sully their integrity by appearing on a game show (pretty silly imo) or are they not allowed to compete b/c they would have too much of an edge?

either that or they don't want the pressure/are afraid that they'll muff it under pressure? people have all kinds of reasons, i would guess.

They're definitely allowed to compete. One of the other contestants there on taping day (six episodes were taped on the day I was there) was an English professor.

so you were in six or fewer episodes dot xls

And yeah, I think you're right, Amanda. Weirdly, it's only in retrospect that I realize what a crazy thing it was to do. A co-worker who's really smart and well-read said to me yesterday, "I could never do that. You must have a lot of courage."

xp Or I'm the current champion and will have to fly back to tape more episodes later.

this is craaaazy, wtg jaymc, i now know two ppl from chicago that have been on jeopardy within the last year O_O

I think a lot of us would throw up right before the taping.

omg john this rules! congratulations!

hey, congrats. my sister was on Millionaire but lost on the 9th or 10th ? so she only got 5 grand.

ha, i kept thinking this was MARCH 25 and was frantic that I had missed it

Weird, because that was my birthday!

My daughter just told me that one of her professors is on the next day, the 27th!

I always misread this as JAMC on JEOPARDY

which would be hilarious

OMG.

^won on the 26th and then kicked that prof's flabby behind

That prof had an annoying voice.

was your final jeopardy answer

ANNOYING ---->

Can't wait to see this bareknuckle throwdown!

http://www.muw.edu/llp/llpphotos/ncorrigan.jpg

Shit got heated iirc.

O shit, you're giving up some classified info, amirite?!

Can I see this on the onlines?

This very 2nd Trebeck is donning his ninja assasin suit and heading towards Jaymc's abode.

xp Nah. I mean, I know who it is b/c there were six episodes taped that day. I can't say if we were in the same episode or not, though.

A likely story, which you failed to phrase in the form of a question!

WOW this is awesome jaymc

i am really really delighted by this

Aw!

so rad, congratulations! hopefully the current air-date champ BUDDY isn't (wasn't) still champ when you are (were) on. i do not care for this man. he's texan and missed a daily double about the barbed wire museum. plus, he's named BUDDY.

jaymc won?!? CONGRATULATIONS! that's awesome.

congrats jaymc. psyched to see this.

Hey hey didn't say I won or lost.

congratulations for being a 5-time winner on jeopardy, can't wait to see you in the tournament of champions

wow, never in my wildest dreams did i think that i'd live to see ken jennings' streak broken... amazing work. kudos.

i'm reporting jaymc to jeopardy's producers for revealing the fact that he won

they have an .xls for people who do that

do they give you the winnings via check or burlap-bags stuffed with bills?

If you lose hardcore, you don't actually owe them the amount of "negative dollars" you scored, right?

whoa... good point.

I heard Trebeck is a lush who drinks on the job....did you smell any booze on his breath?

http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/alex_trebek.jpg

Miss this 'stache so hard.

kept on trying to find a screencap of the episode of the simpsons where marge goes on jeopardy.

I haven't seen Jeopardy in years, actually, due to lack of TV channels. Do they still have the "clue crew"? They were the most offensive of the post-'stache changes to the show.

Our local market shows Jeopardy at 11 a.m. Central; will I be the first to find out how jaymc does?

1st time i saw this thread, awesome news

Eugene Levy doing a great apoplectic Trebek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6KFa7-6B4

What's the airdate again? Also, will someone plz plz tape this and put it online?

do eps of jeps make it to the torrent sites?

I thought that this was in late May, and that I had missed it. But NO!

what is, jaymc's jeopardy appearance?

The date draws near(er)

what is jaymc's jeopardy appearance?

― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Thursday, June 3, 2010 8:51 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark

July 26!

I think jaymc should liveblog the viewing, he'll know all the answers to all the questions in advance

now wondering if you're allowed to place bets on jeopardy in vegas.

what is the airdate of jaymc's jeopardy appearance?

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, July 7, 2010 11:32 AM (2 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

see post #1

I have a TV now, that has channels! I'll actually be able to see JAYMC on JEOPARDY. Event of the summer imo.

I have written it on my "upcoming summer events" list and everything.

Jeopardy is on my TV 4 times a day here.

we need drudge sirens on front page / new answers on 7/26

otm

Can anyone hook a dude up with a stream? no tv =(

This is SO like WHite Men Can't Jump

who is Woody to J's Rosie Perez?

what day will you be on, j?

it was yesterday :(

j/k

This oft-asked question can be found by scrolling up to the first post.

Perhaps the edited thread title will help a little.

I'm still confused; when will this be shown?

Next year sometime, after Trebek's finished with his latest heart attack infomercial.

in regards to the thread title:

when will jaymc be on jeopardy?

damn slox sum1 just posted that like 5 posts up!!!!

it was yesterday :(

― it's time for revenge, let's attack aggresively (dan m), Wednesday, July 7, 2010 3:59 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

i know, i know if only hed mentioned something in the op :/

what time of day is Jeopardy on in my area?

Correct, choose again. (xp to s1ocki)

wait who is on jeopardy?

I'm sorry, jjj, you didn't buzz in; dan m or lamp...?

WHO IS JAYMC?

Haha. Thx WmC.

Btw I get asked this question at least once a week IRL.

I suggest a tattoo on your forehead

of balls

what are things that look great on jaymc's forehead

things I expect from Jaymc's appearance:

- "personal anecdote" segment is about ILX bottle-opener thread
- spends entire Double Jeopardy segment doing irritating imitation of Connery on SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy" skits
- writes Final Jeopardy question with "??!?!11?" at the end
- holds buzzer above head when buzzing
- hums loudly along with Final Jeopardy music and plays air drums along with last seven notes
- pronounces it "Pootent Pootables," even after corrected multiple times

sorry when is this again

CORRECT

could you please phrase that in the form of a question?

also, could I please phrase this in the form of a question?

How will we know which contestant is JAYMC?

look for the secret huge rack

you know, five years later I still can't believe jaymc won the tournament of champions. congratulations again jaymc!!

jaymc > Ken Jennings

(in a MMA octagon)

when is july 26?

In Smarch.

how responsive was the buzzer? there's always one guy mashing the shit out of it like it doesn't work.

It worked fine for me.

Although I have to admit ... they tell you that you can't buzz in until the lights around the board light up, and some champions have said that it's better to slightly anticipate the lights coming on -- but when you're actually on the set and nervous about just getting something right, some of this nuanced strategy goes out the window, and you just started pounding the buzzer as soon as Alex stops talking.

would you say you felt that nervousness for 1-2 episodes, 3-4 episodes, or 5 or more episodes?

i have never been to st john. just throwin' that out there.

wrong thred duh

Just saw this ep of IT Crowd and it made me think of JAYMC on JEOPARDY on JULY 26th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuIw-oPb2hA&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdEadrw4O0U

there's this young dude on now who's racked up 100K (and he's a VISTA so he makes about 10K a year)over 4 days; wonder if he'll still be around Monday.

I will be away for this! =(

someone liveblog this please

Apparently one of my co-workers has arranged for this to be played on the large flatscreen in the lobby of our building.

the dude who won the tournament of champions was my dad's best friend when he was growing up

I get it at noon eastern, 11 a.m. my time. Does it come on earlier for anyone else?

j-just throwing that out there jaymc

there's this young dude on now who's racked up 100K (and he's a VISTA so he makes about 10K a year)over 4 days; wonder if he'll still be around Monday.

― mizzell, Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:50 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

heck yeah i was just talking about this gentleman in the rock hyrax thread yesterday, hoping he'll be around on monday for the Main Event

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT JOHNPARDY CHAMPION

do we know what day this will be on yet

no one knows.

http://www.rialtotheatre.com/images/content/mystery.gif

july 26th, 2032

but the earth is supposed to end before then

well it obviously didnt if he already taped the show

"the Main Event"

I don't watch Jeopardy but do the contestants go eyeball-to-eyeball and issue clumsily poetic threats to each other beforehand a la the WWF? Is there a weigh-in?

there's got to at least be a weigh-in

ya they weigh their cerebral cortexes

I don't watch Jeopardy but do the contestants go eyeball-to-eyeball and issue clumsily poetic threats to each other beforehand a la the WWF? Is there a weigh-in?

yes, yes, and yes. and alex trebek (sure you've seen this guy; vaguely resembles famous french actor jean-paul belmondo) walks around in a bikini holding a sign to indicate whether the following round is single, double, or final. it's a great show you should watch it!!!

does it air anywhere later than 7pm, like NY? I won't be clicking on this til 7:28.

Will yall refrain from talking about the results of the show in other threads or user name descriptors? I'm taping the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday shows but won't be able to watch them until a week into August

the world waits for no lorax.

so everyone remember, webmail Lorax the results of jaymc's appearance IMMEDIATELY

man that post shoots immediately to the top of capt lorax postography

I probably should have a less perverse sense of humor

jaymc told me that his winning streak was actually 40 days, so I'd considering buying some extra tape, captain

Will someone please put this on BitTorrent?

no, it's MEANT TO BE SEEN ON THE TEEVEEE

well, we now know at least one person he's up against!

Oh yeah, today was Allison's second win, yeah?

You know the future...and the present!

(retroactive) good luck, jaymc! That attractive, very nice-seeming girl made those other dudes look like chumps tonight.

Crush her!!!

What time does jeopardy come on the TV?

check your local listings for more details

jeff it's 3:30 acc. to directv

BUT GUYS I WILL BE OUT MONDAY NIGHT SOMEONE PLZ PUT THIS ON THE COMPUTER PLZ

As a sassy young thing, I'm not meant to be watching Jeopardy on a Monday evening when I can be dancing and broing it out in a major metropolitan area.

clearly you do not have your priorities in order.

It's a Monday evening. Take a night off from frolic.

I read that as "dancing and boning."

I have never lived in an area where Jeopardy! was shown in the evening.

It comes on during the hour between network news and primetime programming where I am (as has been the case everywhere I've ever lived).

yeah WTF with watching during the day.

John, can I come watch in the lobby of your building?

like, just in general?

I'm need a career change.

THE DAY HAS COME

Jenny: sure, I don't see why not. It might be kind of crowded, though. E-mail me!

Also lol:
http://flash.sonypictures.com/video/tv/shows/jeopardy/howdies/072610/cunningham_john.mp4

(Warning: audio/video starts immediately.)

HAWG BUTCHER TO DA WORLD

Major LOLZ on that. Can't wait for tonight!!! Hmmm, I should have organized a dcilxor viewing party. . . DCILXORS HOLLA IF YOU WANNA COME WATCH .XLS AT MY HOUSE I HAVE POWER AND AC!

so this is today or tomorrow?

J/K SO EXCITED!

lol dude that video is amazing

Man, I have to do something tonight and won't make it home on time. Hopefully someone will post a clip of it somehow?

John, I emailed you!

Got it.

Hopefully someone will post a clip of it somehow?

I don't have the means to do this myself, but if anyone that knows how to do such things could do such a thing, I will mail you cookies.

can't wait to see this...whoa

38 minutes!

plz no one tell if there's an Academy Awards category.

fucking my s. up that some parts of the country show jeopardy! during daytime hours. i mean that's when i watch my stories

38 minutes!

Whoa, really?

Five minutes!

liveblogging and spoilers!

Judge Mathis is leaving the building!

I just realized I dreamt about this last night! GO JAYMC!

Word! I dreamt last night that I was going on a trip to Tashkent, Uzbekistan ... which seems oddly appropriate.

Full description with screenshots please for overseas (non)viewers.

Good start, man!

Too bad you're at -$3200!

everytime jaymc gets a daily double we should change the ilx text to all blinky

We have a rule for the video game Jeopardy that if you don't risk it all on the Daily Double, you're a pussy. But that might not apply IRL when they are actual $$dollar bills$$ you're taking home.

This isn't on until 4:30 here.

A+ banter with Alex

oh noes, Pamela is actually making it a 3-player race

E.A.S. TEST!!!!!!

What's happening???!

Now that the show is starting to be broadcast around the U.S., maybe a mod should put "(SPOILERS)" on the thread title?

It's amazing, jaymc, the way you shape-shifted into a battledroid and attacked the wall of screens there...

http://i31.tinypic.com/2ep5840.jpg

omg
i am not reading thread but i will look at this gif over and over

hahahaHHAAAAAA that gif

not posting spoilers

an animated jpg!!!

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

OMG if only we had avatars.

we would all have the same avatar

And that would be awesome.

"titty fuck"

(what he's saying)

Then the hand is...

John, can we get wardrobe details? Kenneth Cole? What are we looking at?

What's the score?

it just now occurred to me that the Jeopardy gaffers probably have the lights perfectly tuned not to reflect glare from contestants' eyeglasses - not many other shows would have such a stringent requirement for this

I think the shirt is Banana Republic and the tie DKNY?

wait is this still on

in our hearts

let me guess he won 5800 on day 1

Pamela sounded like she had some sort of speech impediment.

JayMC's cum se cum sa hand wave is the best hand wave ever!

Mezzo-mezzo

let me guess he won 5800 on day 1

― pies. (gbx), Monday, July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark

and I didn't even have to click this thread to have it spoiled :(

Could you phrase that as a question?

Anywhere you can watch this online?

You can watch this online anywhere?

Where you can watch this online.

Tuomas: no, unfortch.

I have gotten quality lols from several people who didn't realize I changed my screen name on friday

I'd follow suit and change mine, but i like mine, so

JayMC's cum se cum sa hand wave is the best hand wave ever!

― Aimless, Monday, July 26, 2010 10:10 AM (1 hour ago)

lolwut

http://i31.tinypic.com/2ep5840.jpg

"titty fuck ^_^"

comme ci comme ca

a veritable see-saw of cum

take it to tmi

what is that white & yellow thing above the jeopardy! logo?

a veritable see-saw of cum

honestly i don't know why but i am mesmerized by that animated gif, i could watch it for minutes

jaymc lookin handsome

comme ci comme ça

is it true that no native french speaker would ever utter that phrase and that it's an affectation picked up by non-natives who've run wild with it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoGJxd6ZNHc

is it true that no native french speaker would ever utter that phrase and that it's an affectation picked up by non-natives who've run wild with it?

No. It's a fairly common expression.

maybe i'm thinking of some other French expression then. carry on!

maybe i'm thinking of some other French expression then. carry on!

voulez vous couchez avec moi, ce soir, I assume

okay, i had to check with my french ex: she said that comme ci, comme ca had fallen out of favor some time ago, so it's kinda of like a dated expression. but she said, that like some things, it can fall out and back into favor very easily so maybe it's more common today?

^^ Opening scene of After Sunset.

it's like "six of one, half a dozen of the other" - probably a bit dated but people say it unironically

French isn't as full of constantly-changing, highly idiomatic expressions as other languages.

Are you joking?

A little?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlan

For example

wait, so there's basically a pig latin version of French?????

That's just pig latin!

xp HAHA

Whew.

Just watched it.

man that old lady was annoying, with - her - slow ... halting - way - of ... talking.

watching right now
hate that lady so much

Jaymc, could you tell whether that was nerves or a speech impediment?

A little of both, maybe?

god I want bad things to happen to her

jaymc, you've never looked better. Did the camera actually drop a couple pounds?

Heroic effort btw, jaymc, congrats on making it to the Big Show.

Aw thanks you guys.

seems like they were just winning the buzzer game :(

she was totally annoying, but the young girl was worse. she made a face every time she guessed and it drove me crazy. i knew jaymc would get the lyle lovett question, but my dog rudy was pulling for him super hard right here

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4831637445_3581ac8193.jpg

The young girl bugged me because she said she was afraid of men with mustaches.

she kept making these faces when she guessed
i would like to note, though, that she looked a little like abbott

I was about to say, "Well, she's a Mormon," but then Abbott's dad has had a mustache for years, so I don't know what her deal is.

Whoa, xpost!

Twitter has spoken:
brocktoon23: I hate this Alison broad on Jeopardy. The worst kind of champ, book smart but fast. She needs to lose now. #mostimportanttweetever

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4832294532_fa5c4c199d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4831686675_fbb869af0c.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4832297160_6fe80df1fb.jpg

lol

hahaha

that was MAINFRAME btw

Double Jeopardy was kind of mean. Stock abbreviations?

Cryogenics???

I thought she was kinda CUET actually, but totally agreed on the weird guessing face.

man, trebek seemed rly intent on talking bout crosswords w/ u, i think he wants in on your action jaymc

xp Oh, totally cute.

really hope this turns up on torrent sites

hold it people i was promised spoilers and i have no idea what happened here. jaymc did you lord over these bitches or what?

really hope this turns up on torrent sites

I wouldn't count on it. When I was preparing back in March, I found a few scattered episodes on torrent sites but certainly not a comprehensive collection.

:(

I'll see what I can do!

the key would be to title it in a very non-obvious manner to avoid getting taken down.

you can put pretty much anything on youtube as long as you're obscure with titling and keep the sharers down to a non-eye-catching number.

jpymc.xls

call it jj on jeppers

Well, first I need to acquire a video file somehow.

someone must've tivoed it or whatever people use these days?? modern tv must have the answers
i haven't watch jeopardy is so many years but i wld watch this :)

name file what slocki says btw

somebody musta tivoed it

Someone's sending me a DVD. Presumably I can work from that?

i can help u with that, it's pretty easy these days

Righteous.

just send the dvd in an envelope to youtube, with the title of the video written on the back.

this just came on in NYC, watching now

Grategatsby
This chick would be cute anyways, but she just went for a "True Daily Double" so now she's hotttttt #jeopardy

daily double penetration

(sorry.)

Someone's sending me a DVD. Presumably I can work from that?

I can definitely work from that, with my favorite tried-and-true Linux software. I can burn it backwards, if you want.

Though that would really just be showing off. :)

i know the answer to final jeopardy!

aw, bummer ending

good work, john!

THAT BUZZER WAS RIGGED

how many shows wd it have taken for ILX to surface in the banter?

I am waiting for a .xls of questions that jaymc didn't know the answer to vs. questions he just got out-buzzered on.

Just came on here. Very cool!

good game, jaymc!

jaymc, next time we hang I'm buying you a flank steak.

just watched it at my usual 6:30 time. walked home with a hefty little sum there, J-Mac, congratulations!

what did you and trebek and the gals standing around chatting about over the credits?

xp HAHA awesome. Totally.

So -- pardon me if this is a rude question -- do you still take home $8500 or whatever it was, even if you don't win? Or do you go home home with a smile and a cold thank you?

HE DID THE GESTURE

I'm poor as dirt right now, but even I know $1,000 isn't exactly 'hefty'.

It was really fun to watch, though. Good work John.

well it ain't wimpy that's for sure xp

Yeah but you could do something real nice for yourself with even the after-tax take-home of jaymc's final total.

I'm just curious. And I know it's probably a very rude question. But fuck it.

We should try to get an ilx0r on Jeopardy every year. ENBB in 2011!

The top-scorer on each show keeps his or her winnings and returns on the next show, and non-winners receive consolation prizes. The current prizes are $2,000 for the second-place contestant and $1,000 for the third-place contestant. Since the show does not provide airfare or lodging for most contestants,[15] these cash consolation prizes alleviate the financial burden of appearing on the show.

oh, this is how it works? lame! i didn't know.

Oh.

Since the show does not provide airfare or lodging for most contestants

Oh wow, really? That's cheap as hell.

I am waiting for a .xls of questions that jaymc didn't know the answer to vs. questions he just got out-buzzered on.

That's hard to say. There were definitely a handful where I buzzed in as fast as I could but still got beaten to the punch. But there were also a few that I knew but just couldn't recall or figure out in time to buzz in. Like the Edith Bunker one: I don't think I even tried for it, but if it had been a Daily Double, I'd have gotten it right. But of course there were also questions I didn't know at all.

I was kicking myself for not knowing the Edith Bunker one.

That was really the easiest Final Jeopardy question I've seen in a long time. Even my 14 yo niece knew the answer.

jaymc, please avoid all Bible talk from now on thnkx ;)

And yeah, I really only ended up with a few hundred bucks when all was said and done, but it's cool.

I especially hate not knowing the Edith question because Peter Finch says in one of his rants in Network that "Nobody ever gets cancer in Archie Bunker's house" -- and now we know that someone does.

The Bible and the British royals round woulda been my kryptonite.

so jaymc, i assume there were no questions that you had discussed at the dinner table just the night before, but you had to pretend to not know them because you agreed to take a dive for the show and u're really secretly herb stempel?

yea those were some tuff categories in rd 2

I thought they said she died of a stroke? xpost

I couldn't figure out that Joshua and Judges didn't match in time...

man that old lady was annoying, with - her - slow ... halting - way - of ... talking.

^VERY MUCH IN CHARACTER

http://galusaustralis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/stempel.jpg

I thought they said she died of a stroke?

It was a stroke, but the spirit was the same.

I can't remember what James Evans on Good Times died of, either.

A contract dispute.

of excessive salary demands

xp

Edith Bunker, otoh, knew the show had been exhausted

Oh God, the Bible category.

So I think I just kind of panicked because Pamela had started to pass me up?

And so I see "Satan" and "book named after him," and in the heat of the moment, I recall the literary titles The Devil and Daniel Webster and The Book of Daniel, and well, there you have it. Even though if I thought about what the clue was actually asking, I might've known that wasn't right.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

I love that anecdote -- Stevens apparently got it good.

I got over-cocky playing along with the bible category. I missed "Gideon", too, even though after you get the answer OH MY GOD so obvious.

even just the Final category name suggested either Papa or Mailer

xp Yeah, I'm not sure what I was thinking with my answer of "Elijah." The name seemed heraldic somehow.

hey, jamyc, so did you, Pamela, and Church Lady go out for brews later?

My husband thought that Pamela was, and I quote, "a smug Julia Stiles-looking cat lady".

jaymc, I have so much respect for you for risking it all! I threw both my hands in the air & shouted "yes!" when I saw you'd done that.

np, dude, I wouldn't have remembered Elijah was a bass player either

you were great, John! was filled with rage at your competitors the whole time. the young lady was pretty, yes, but i found her voice v annoying.

even just the Final category name suggested either Papa or Mailer

Again, in retrospect. But "Key West" and "1936" really did make it almost a silly question. A better question would be who's ass Hemingway put on the floor in Key West in 1936.

i was hopin you'd hit that last daily double at the end of rd 2 -- did u think abt jumpin to the $1600 clue? would u have known it?

You risked it all in final jeopardy ! A true champion @ heart!!!

or "Which poet did Hemingway punch out in Key West in 1936?"

Nah, Alfred, I stayed and watched tomorrow's episode (which features WmC's daughter's English professor!) and then there was a lunch break, so I left the studio and ate maybe the best Thai food I've ever had at Jitlada. And then I went back to my brother's apartment and took a nap.

I checked Twitter and was there seriously a Doctor Who question?

Trebek: "Think American literature, and think Key West, and the answer should be obvious." Or, um, think "brawl."

yes! it was about how he's died seven times iirc

xp to suzy

Yes there was! And a Buffy question! xxp

John getting the Buffy answer was <3; i fist-pumped iirc

lol xp

You risked it all in final jeopardy ! A true champion @ heart!!!

Dude. I hope you don't need the math there explained.

I thought she was kinda CUET actually, but totally agreed on the weird guessing face.

^^

Good game jaymc!

So what did you and Alison and Alex and the crazy nervous lady shoot the breeze about after the end of the game?

did u think abt jumpin to the $1600 clue?

Honestly, I was too nervous to think that strategically, especially since they encourage you to keep the game moving.

more importantly: did you seduce Pam?

many many xposts

I was wondering if they would have accepted "Who is the Doctor" as the (technically more correct) answer to regenerations character question.

OH - I MEANT ALISON!

xp Do the judges have your number?

Nah, Alfred, I stayed and watched tomorrow's episode (which features WmC's daughter's English professor!) and then there was a lunch break, so I left the studio and ate maybe the best Thai food I've ever had at Jitlada. And then I went back to my brother's apartment and took a nap.

― jaymc, Monday, July 26, 2010 7:59 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

jitlada roxx did u meet the lady who runs it / cooks?

So what did you and Alison and Alex and the crazy nervous lady shoot the breeze about after the end of the game?

I don't really remember? It was a little awkward! I think I tried to make a joke about Alison being a tough competitor.

I mixed up Allison and Pamela too, they are easy names to mix up.

Allison is obv. the one who looks like Julia Stiles and not Pamela.

I was enraged to see they still have the Clue Crew, though it looks like they aren't making a big deal of calling them the Clue Crew.

jitlada roxx did u meet the lady who runs it / cooks?

Ha, yeah. She talked to us for like 15-20 minutes after our meal. Quite a character.

or "Which poet did Hemingway punch out in Key West in 1936?"

Wouldn't have gotten the answer to that. Probably would've guessed, I dunno, Ezra Pound.

I know, right? I hadn't watched Jeopardy in a while and had hoped it had gone away. xxp

John getting the Buffy answer was <3; i fist-pumped iirc

I've never even seen Buffy! But, y'know, context helped.

POUND, getit?

personally still haven't forgiven hemingway. stevens writes rings around that hard-man faker.

I'm still thinking of a better Final Jeopardy question.

"His 'Idea of Order at Key West' was disrupted when Ernest Hemingway punched him out in a bar dispute there in 1936."

Ha, yeah. She talked to us for like 15-20 minutes after our meal. Quite a character.

― jaymc, Monday, July 26, 2010 8:07 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

haha us too. did she talk about twitter

I got the Dr Who answer w/out ever seeing it, but wd've preferred a "Who is Who" answer.

Never heard of this Stevens-Ernie fight before.

I was enraged to see they still have the Clue Crew, though it looks like they aren't making a big deal of calling them the Clue Crew.

Oh God, they had Jimmy from the Clue Crew warm up the audience, since announcer Johnny Gilbert had laryngitis or something, and he was a total cheeseball. Like he would ask audience members where they were from and then respond, "Wow, Seattle, Washington. What a great city. And a great place to be from. I've been to Seattle a few times now, and I've always had a great time. Seattle. That's really, really cool."

"The 'Emperor of Ice Cream" became the emperor of ice on his jaw..."

No that's terrible.

haha us too. did she talk about twitter

I don't remember. I think she talked about Yelp. And Jonathan Gold. And how Anne Hathaway had just been in the day before. And then a long rambling bit about her spiritual beliefs.

Never heard of this Stevens-Ernie fight before.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, July 26, 2010 8:12 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

me neither! wouldn't have guessed it of Stevens.

Oh my god, the Clue Crew are even lamer than I thought! I previously would not have thought the could be that lame. (Even if it's just Jimmy, this anecdote has tarnished the other two Clue Crew dudes.)

When I last watched Jeopardy there wasn't any Clue Crew; there were audio Daily Doubles.

13 ways of looking at a blackeye

The audio and video bonuses have been bequeathed to Cash Cab.

xp HA

Well I found time to watch this at a hotel. Good playing. Maybe next year you can get on TV for being a finalist in the crossword puzzle championship. I saw it on TV once and there was a crazy fast guy who won and I wouldn't be surprised if he wins all the time :/

I would definitely watch the crossword puzzle championship again. And the scrabble championship for that matter

anecdote of a jarring blow

ok, done now.

Alison can suck it.

Before the jacuzzi.

I'd like to take that back.

I'm kind of a Stevens nut (favorite American poet, etc), so it's really a trivial piece of trivia.

Alison can suck it.

― tehresa, Monday, July 26, 2010 8:20 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

allison: wns
pamela: wns
jaymc: ws, ergo, WINNER IS U

I had so much fun watching, John! I am likely in Chicago at the end of August, and would like to buy you all the cuts of meats, sir!

yeah, if the question had been flipped, I wouldn't have know Stevens. But as it was, with the answer being Hemingway, "Key West" "1936" and the presence of violence was nothing short of a gimme.

Now that I know what this Clue Crew thing is I R revolted.

even though I'll probably never see this episode <3 jaymc.

Aw!

Quincie, the hilarious thing about both my "Hometown Howdy" and my two correct responses in the What's Your Beef category is that I haven't eaten meat since 1998.

hahaha totally forgot you are veg! Pls revise to "I would like to buy you all the cuts of tofus, sir!"

"Waiter! Extra firm, chop chop."

I inadvertently said "what is the meatpacking district" to the tenderloin one, lol @ me

I had no idea that Chicago was "hog butcher to the world" until your Hometown Howdy, jay.

ahhh, i missed this! i wanted to watch. there should have been e-mail reminders! well, i hope you had fun anyway!

jaymc eats fish

.xls

fish butcher to the world

unite and take over

I watched a bit of this. Those ladies were tough.

I inadvertently said "what is the meatpacking district" to the tenderloin one, lol @ me

So did I...

Final Jeopardy was so ridiculously easy. Even before the question was revealed I was like "oh it'll probably be Hemingway". I mean he's kinda the go to guy for literary dust ups.

Sorry you didn't win jaymc. It was a good game though!

cute chick was playing well; i thought you had a good game jaymc. At no point did I scream the answer at the screen, which is a definite sign of a good game.
Just getting on the goddamn show is accomplishment enough and you didn't do what I would've done, which is buzz in and say utterly foolish shit.

jaymc was cooler than i've ever seen him
real question: how did you maintain that frosty demeanor? did you practice not getting too excited?

did you slip allison the ilx business card as you left

FINE. I admit it. I didn't know the Final Jeopardy question.

Oh god damn I'm so mad I had to miss it.

cute chick was playing well; i thought you had a good game jaymc. At no point did I scream the answer at the screen, which is a definite sign of a good game.

― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu)

I was like Gideon. Gideon! Gideon!!!!!

Congrats, nice job. You didn't get kicked off before Final Jeopardy which would be my biggest fear and disgrace.

How was the whole taping experience? How long were you in the studio? Did they edit anything out? What happens if someone was to curse by accident, do they start over? Does the winner change clothes and play another game right away, or had she played one right before yours? How different did it feel from the in-person audition?

Maybe someday I'll actually get on...

i watched this w/ my wife and was getting all heated like "i've watched this guy display incredible feats of memory and general knowledge for years! if he can't win this show THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN! there's too much emphasis on buzzer timing, clearly!"

"the ilx business card" - is this some kind of new euphemism

i watched this w/ my wife and was getting all heated like "i've watched this guy display incredible feats of memory and general knowledge for years! if he can't win this show THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN! there's too much emphasis on buzzer timing, clearly!"

― max fachine (some dude), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:48 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha i felt something like this. i swear i saw john hitting the buzzer fruitlessly a lot. at one point my viewing companion had to be like, "it's just a game." to which i was like, "you don't know John!"

so if they do several tapings a day, does the previous winner just stay on the set and play on? does s/he change clothes in between games to give the illusion that a day has passed in between the games? magnets, how do they work?

it's not just a game! large sums of money are involved!

jaymc, congrats on a great showing. i really admire you for being so poised throughout the whole thing! i had fun watching. wish more ilx ppl would turn up on tv (in a good way; not in the eleven o'clock news way)

argh, that younger woman seemed so smug and annoying!

Thanks again, all.

How was the whole taping experience? How long were you in the studio? Did they edit anything out? What happens if someone was to curse by accident, do they start over? Does the winner change clothes and play another game right away, or had she played one right before yours? How different did it feel from the in-person audition?

I believe we got to the studio at 8 AM. Spent the first two hours in the green room, mostly filling out forms and going over rules and regulations. Also got makeup done. Then there was about 45 minutes of on-stage practice for all 13 contestants that appeared that day. (There were six episodes taped that day, so that meant returning champion Alison plus two new contestants for each episodes.)

Of the three episodes I was there to see (including my own), they didn't edit anything out on the contestant end. Nobody swore. However, Alex flubbed a couple of card readings and mispronounced the surname of actor Josh Duhamel, so at the end of the episode they had him go back and rerecord those.

The champion indeed returns to the green room and changes clothes for the next episode right away. (There's, I dunno, 15 minutes between each episode.) Our taping day was for last Friday's episode plus all of this week's episodes, so Alison was already a returning champion when we started and then she won another game before facing me. We were told to bring three outfits total -- I guess if you win more than three episodes in a row, they figure no one will notice that you're wearing the same outfit as on your first episode.

Definitely felt different from the in-person audition. The fact that you're in an actual TV studio can be kind of overwhelming. But the contestant coordinators were pretty great and made everyone feel at ease.

Almost forgot about Sarah's prof! She's doing pretty well so far.

That voice, though...

My opponent Pamela on her Jeopardy! experience

"I am just as amazed as anyone that I got answers in the Bible category. I reckon Sunday school paid off."

Haha, I knew all of these! You say Alison was Mormon, though? I am kind of surprised she didn't know them.

omg, she's leading against Alison going to Final Jeopardy!

That voice, though...

― jaymc, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:14 AM (8 minutes ago)

I know, that weird faux-Irish accent! Sarah swears she's American. Maybe there's a support group for Americans who spontaneously develop foreign accents, and she'll meet Ian R-M.

You say Alison was Mormon, though?

Yeah, her anecdote in today's episode is that she's one of Brigham Young's progeny.

I know, that weird faux-Irish accent

we have these over here to, usually on the national broadcaster

She knocked out Alison and really went for it on FJ, nearly doubling up to $27,001.

Go Sarah's prof! (At least she didn't take down jaymc, then there would have been a FITE [copyright ILX 2002])

thought it was funny when alex asked pamela how her newspaper was doing, and she said they were struggling a little bit, and then there was the unasked question hanging in the air: but they still employ someone to just write headlines?

Yeah, her anecdote in today's episode is that she's one of Brigham Young's progeny.

Oh man, ppl who brag on being related to prophets are the worst! (imo) But OTOH maybe she's just running out of banter anecdotes & has not done many things in life.

Is this taped at the culver studios or sony?

"John and the others were careful to provide me a helping hand when I had to step up or down. I was pleased and a little amused by their solicitous attention."

Awww, John, you're a gentleman and scholar.

xp Sony.

Right next door to Wheel of Fortune, in fact. Someone asked if he and Sajak ever hung out, but I guess they tape on different days of the week.

Pamela's story had a really sad ending!

Yeah, I had no idea!

Trebek certainly must've asked you how you liked his performance in Short Cuts.

You missed the chance to do a Floyd Mayweather by sizing up your opponent's clothes and saying, "Thats off the rack."

omg, i totally watched substantial chunks of this episode without realizing it was jaymc day! (I watch the show at work so the amount of it that I see is inversely proportional to the number of customers we have at any given time.) Great fun and well done. I loved the "alternate titles to classic books" category..

if you google alison, you'll find she took second place in a fiction contest sponsored by the association for mormon letters.

...I was pleased and a little amused by their solicitous attention."

yikes. i originally read this as "a little AROUSED"

if you google alison

name of "college rock" song if the web had existed in '89

Oh man, ppl who brag on being related to prophets are the worst! (imo)

u just jealous :D

I managed to see this ON TV and yeah, what a smug bitch!

@LipsmackedB: I dont think John thought the really hot chick to his right was going to beat him on Jeopardy by $22,000. Feel silly, dont you John.

@karizmatic_1: I could do w/o the meet/greet portion of jeopardy cuz these are some boring ppl who have nothing exciting 2 say ESP when they're on4sev days

@gdabull: @Renee_Olstead LOVE a Ginger at $85,102 on JEOPARDY - go ALLISON

FEEL SILLY, DONT YOU JOHN

Actually, knowing that she was already a two-day champ may have made me a little resigned to my fate, tbh.

@Saraguilar: loves listening to Dude watch Jeopardy. "WHO IS P DIDDY??"

haha i felt something like this. i swear i saw john hitting the buzzer fruitlessly a lot. at one point my viewing companion had to be like, "it's just a game." to which i was like, "you don't know John!"

Yeah, I got really excited watching this -- television seems so much more REAL and VITAL when a person you know is on it! -- and then at some point I was pumping my fist in the air and I was like: oh, hey, I guess this is how people feel about watching sports.

That was my most fun television-watching experience in a while. Congratulations, John!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT-XFRFxG5A

Lots of people on Twitter commented on the Doctor Who and Buffy questions.

weird

Also someone tweeted at Keri Hilson to inform her that she was a correct response on the show, I guess not realizing that it was Keri RUSSELL.

(Or maybe not realizing that @misskeribaby was Hilson.)

@LipsmackedB: I dont think John thought the really hot chick to his right was going to beat him on Jeopardy by $22,00021,201. Feel silly, dont you John.

I DONT THINK @LIPSMACKEDB THOUGHT THE REALLY ANNOYING INTERNET DUDE WAS GOING TO CORRECT HIS MATH. FEEL SILLY, DONT YOU @LIPSMACKEDB.

P.S. Wow, the end of Pamela's story is a real tear-jerker! I'm not sure how anyone got annoyed by her speech -- it didn't exactly sound a personal choice. (To be honest I thought maybe she'd had a hearing impairment.)

Pamela seemed really, really nervous.

what was the end of her story

and also

what was the beginning

Link is upthread -- she talks about how her son died recently at 21, and he'd always loved Jeopardy, and they played together, and he tried out once, etc. So there might have been some emotion around that as well as nerves.

aw

'main man' and 'mainframe' were the only ones i got right. you did great jaymc.

If Jaymc had kept this look, he may have scared off Allison and become King of the Board:

http://i34.tinypic.com/o0t5c0.jpg

need serious jheri curl in order to unseat alison(sp?) see: wikipedia entry for "pamela's folly"

P.S. Wow, the end of Pamela's story is a real tear-jerker! I'm not sure how anyone got annoyed by her speech -- it didn't exactly sound a personal choice. (To be honest I thought maybe she'd had a hearing impairment.)

― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:33 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was only annoyed by her because she's not John tbh. now i feel bad. found Alison genuinely annoying, tho.

Ooh, that blog post from Pamela took a dark turn. I wasn't really rooting against her, honest! :(

What's with the turquoise sports jacket in that pic?

haha no, I was all like SMASH THEM and cheering when Pamela went into the red, too! And I enjoyed that run where John was super-efficient and focused and controlling the board for a bit. Like I think I was on my feet for part of it. I think a complaint should be lodged, since Pamela's comeback was aided by getting some buzzer coaching during the break -- did JAYMC get a buzzer refresher? I call foul.

Allison's guess-face irked me, too, like: you are on your third day of Jeopardy. You don't need to telegraph to us that you're unsure of the answer just so you don't look stupid if you're wrong. And she was doing this with stuff she was clearly pretty sure of. I couldn't help comparing her fussiness to the precision of her haircut: I imagined her showing up at the salon with a ruler and double-checking the evenness of each individual hair.

"smash".. them, eh

I really wasn't getting much of the ewww-Alison stuff; maybe I'm inured from rooting for narcissistic Republican baseball players.

"television seems so much more REAL and VITAL when a person you know is on it!"
THIS IS SO TRUE

I couldn't help comparing her fussiness to the precision of her haircut: I imagined her showing up at the salon with a ruler and double-checking the evenness of each individual hair.
YES
finding out that she bragged about being related to brigham young seals the deal: she's an asshole

That means she's related to Steve Young too.

Which also seals the deal: she's an asshole.

Tempted to post the pic of her eating a greasy In-N-Out burger from her blog, but I'll be nice.

Brigham Young had like 1700 hundred kids though, right? Not really that impressive.

If you were really you'd post pictures of her tomatoes.

no offense to mormons, but aren't they all related to each other? hellloooo?

I don't know, Steve, some of those Chinese convert dudes who ride Muni probably aren't related to Steve Young.

OMG the post on her blog about the new TV is the most insufferable thing I've ever read/seen.

googleproof link pls

that's what i was gonna say

br@nd0nr0b3rg (dot) blogspot (dot) com is her and her husband's blog, about the fourth entry down

ha found it, can't believe she pwned jaymc

I had no idea that Chicago was "hog butcher to the world" until your Hometown Howdy, jay.

Who is Carl Sandburg?

Pictures of her tomatoes are the third entry down.

You know, I have a huge tomato garden in my backyard too but I don't blog about it! It's boring.

i can't believe she put that much effort into blogging about her tv

And I have many heirloom varieties this year. xp

You know, I have a huge tomato garden in my backyard too but I don't blog about it! It's boring.

I would agree...then I remember my various garden posts on my blog and go, 'Oops.'

You could at least post pics on the WHAT DO YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LOOK LIKE? thread.

garden is fine, i think -- you grew that, whatever

but "omg we bought a tv!" is not interesting

These people blog about their tomatoes a lot more than you do w/your garden, Ned. xxp

Okay, that would be scary!

Yeah, the garden one doesn't bother me, but the TV series of pics is ridic - especially when you end it with "This TV is so cool we're a little embarrassed to own it...". Not too embarrassed to post a bunch of pictures on your blog though!

The "we bought a tv!" was bad, but mostly because it seemed like such a smug way to bring up the Jeopardy appearance.

Here the TV displays an almost-life-sized image of our old TV.

mind blown

hate that you guys had to humanize her by linking to her blog. now i feel bad for having instant dislike of her via her appearance on tv quiz show

It's pretty clear that Alison is doing most of the writing on that blog, but it's named after her husband and the entries are posted under "Alison + Brandon" which is all kind of gross to me.

hah, ok, maybe i'm back in the hatin game

yeah that kind of thing weirds me out

xp

"hate that you guys had to humanize her by linking to her blog. now i feel bad for having instant dislike of her via her appearance on tv quiz show"

Blog doesn't make me like her any more. Maybe less actually!

OTOH Pamela's piece up above literally had me near tears.

I feel awful for being like "hurry up and decide which category already" last night.

Maybe "Allison + Brandon" is a contractual agreement like Lennon/McCartney.

I wonder if the new TV will be their Yoko.

i'm hard hearted enough to not feel all that bad about it

"blogging" with husband about her tv + braggin about being related to brigham young + smug + faux apologetic about guessing answers + beating my friend at jeopardy = major asshole

i feel a little bad for pamela though

I don't really get the dislike for alison itt. let's be honest here, if she hadn't taken down our main man jaymc, she would just be another small time jeopardy winner, who a few people would want to smash.

Blog doesn't make me like her any more. Maybe less actually!

fair enough. i didn't even bother to read it... but seeing pictures of her in her kitchen and stuff i was reminded that she is a real person and not just some smug person standing in the way of an ilx person and thousand$ of wads of fresh bills

not just some smug person standing in the way of an ilx person and thousand$ of wads of fresh bills

supposed to read "smug caricature"

but she DID take down my friend and main main jaymc

yeah exactly

i am allowed to not like her for her painfully symmetrical hair and perfect composure and fear of mustaches and lack of interesting anecdotes

Got a Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton vibe from Alison, so I couldn't bring myself to hate her either.

she's got a quick thumb
that's nothing on the charm, intellect, and warm heart of our jaymc

I think it's cute that you guys are so loyal. <3

So tell me, did Pamela fart a few times up there on contestant's row?

hah I guess that's fair, I just feel like I've been on the receiving end of this... witchhunt ...before

john you are my irl friend! damn right i'm loyal. i don't wish any ill will on any of these people, but i can't say i want her to win any more money. she should also retire from blogging.

for some she reminded me of this woman i met up with on a blind-ish date, who was a corporate lawyer and hated her job. however that woman exhibited compelling evidence of self-awareness, sense of humor and then some. it's unfair to judge ppl based on tv game show appearance, but allison person really brought to mind that person, but sans endearing enduring human qualities!

I love how we can all turn, en masse, on anyone that bares their figurative fangs at one of us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg

or if you prefer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbnua2kSa8&feature=related

WIN

gotta say i didn't think she was that cute till blog photos

wow, i just read my last post and it looks like translation of czech put through early version of babelfish

Did she maybe buy the tv to watch jeopardy on using the money she won on jeopardy? Cos come on, that's pretty cool.

yo dawg, I heard you really liked watching jeopardy so...

wow, i just read my last post and it looks like translation of czech put through early version of babelfish

or a typical youtube comments post, which i am struggling to emulate with these syntaxes

always loved dionne's opening line for its tossed-offness. kudos, burt. will refrain from derailing thread into haircrime convos

I hope Allison takes her Jeopardy winnings and leaves Brandon and starts her very own blog.

Who will get custody of the tomatoes? Think of the tomatoes.

She throws all the tomatoes at the new TV as part of her final, dramatic exit.

does the Church get 20% of her takehome? also, where are the kids! be fruitful and multiply my dear thetans (whoops, wrong modern religion)!

Ha, tithing is only 10%. I may not know my Carl Sandburg allusions but I do know how much of my gross paycheck I used to give away!

She throws all the tomatoes at the new TV as part of her final, dramatic exit.
this would mean that she has a sense of humor, which she has shown no sign of having
real question: how old is she?

I am guessing she is 27! Because she's my dark mirror, and stayed in the church and had all the success God would have given me if I hadn't left. Tomatoes, TV, and being on TV.

27 and no progeny is some kinda rebel LDS imho

That is true!

She looks so young! I guess it is the Mormon lifestyle.

i am sure that your husband-and-wife blog would be WAY WAY WAY more interesting than "we grow tomatoes and buy tvs"

Mormons always look so pretty and healthy to me, and yeah, i have always assumed it is all the clean living and abstinence./creepy

well the clean living DOES have something to do with it, i'd wager

For some reason I think she is 25. Or at least was when the show was taped.

"Mormon, You'll Be a Woman Soon..."

if abstinence/not having sex made people look healthy, i would wager there would be a lot more healthy looking people out there

Maybe I calculated that based on the fact that she's BYU'07.

Maybe she has aged 2 years since

i meant more abstaining from substances, but i guess clean living covers that.

I love how we can all turn, en masse, on anyone that bares their figurative fangs at one of us.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:10 PM Bookmark

Whole thread could be "solitary posts that define the spirit of ILX" really. I have to say I have seen WAYYYYYY more annoying and dysfunctional people on Jeopardy!...but I do watch the show a lot and I also wish jaymc had won.

lol ned

hey jaymc, can I borrow ten bucks?

And she lost last night to a girl who was so awkward it was actually adorable.

Yes, that's my daughter's English prof, she comes back today to stomp more well-adjusted people.

Well that didn't go so well. ^

hahaha, no. Her wager was worse than her guess in FJ.

Oh, who did she lose to? (I met everyone who's on this week.)

Kind of short woman with dark brunette hair and wire-rimmed glasses.

Hottie at the 3rd pedestal today could never get her head above water. :(

Checking the website....Jen Fick of Bethesda .

w/out reading spoilers is there any way to watch this on the internets

youtube is dragging his feet
just saw it. i was glad j had a chance at the end, double jeopardy was bumming me out fuck those categories! pamela is sweet i wanted her to win at least if john didnt but i wasnt hating on alison, whatever. i got gideon, i don't know why i dont think im familiar with that story. i thought i met jay once and he seems sooo familiar im more sure. anyway good job

@kiltimagh: The Jeopardy champ is kinda hot. Allison is an admin asst.

@SizzleMayfield: i see Alison got knocked out of jeopardy after a 3-day winning streak <only cause she spells Allison w/ 1 L>

Mormon could make her a good 27, not from abstinence but from lack of caffeine and alcohol.

I missed this! But I love Jitlada and the lady who runs it.

ok.........full disclosure..........just sharted.;(....uggh....

OK, full disclosure: Someone on my roof shared a smoke with me and I am not used to that, and I am not really sure why I posted that!

did you actually shart?

He confessed that he did NOT. He just thought it was a hilarious thing to say.

Tangential, but a good article on the guy who beat The Price is Right.

Good quote from Drew Carey:
"Everybody thought someone had cheated. We'd just fired Roger Dobko-witz, and all the fan groups were upset about it. I thought, Fuck, they just fucking fucked us over. Somebody fucked us over."

He confessed that he did NOT. He just thought it was a hilarious thing to say.

hey wait a minute now - nothing was confessed as to whether or not the shart itself actually occurred, only that what was said was said under the influence of a type of smoke, on a roof. he could've meant that he didn't know why he posted about how he actually sharted his goddamn guts out all over the place, maybe even all over a roof. i want answers!

wow jay.

I actually neither shorted NOR did I post that. I was sure I had posted it but I later learned that it was a prank. While I thought it was me, I felt bad about putting that nonsense on jaymc's thread.