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Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :

Anybody seen that guy on jeopardy? He's won over $700,000, been on there for a month or so?

Insane. I think he's a robot.

[ July 01, 2004, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: HollowEarth ]

Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :

I haven't watched Jeopardy in forever. I don't even know when it's on anymore. So much for my dreams of winning it big on the college tournament, eh?

*checks local listings*

Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :

$737,760

Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :

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I think he's a robot

Nope. He's a Mormon.
[Big Grin]

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

It's true.

I saw him. Robot Mormons. I bet this board is crawling with them.

[ July 01, 2004, 08:43 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]

Posted by Anti-Christ (Member # 5714) on :

Jeopardy is the DEVILs work. Trust me.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

I thought they kicked you off after 3 or four days of winning. [Confused]

Hobbes

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

You know, I bet God wants 10% of those Jeopardy winnings.... [Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I thought you got a full five days, but yeah, I remember limited runs for winners too. [Dont Know]

Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :

They changed it fairly recently. And Tom needs to get out of my head.

Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :

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You know, I bet God wants 10% of those Jeopardy winnings

Alex and the robot Mormon actually had that very discussion, and you guessed it, he's giving 10% of whatever he wins.

Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :

I sense a short story coming on. A Robot who decides to become Mormon, with all the religious, practical, and moral implications.

. . . eventually deciding Jeopardy looked like a fun game to try.

[ July 02, 2004, 01:09 AM: Message edited by: Occasional ]

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

I must be tired - I read "Robot Moron."

Freud's panties are twisting in the wind.

-Trevor

Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :

22 days. I bet they're kicking themselves for lifting the limit. I don't know, though. I for one tune in as often as possible because I want to be there when he gets knocked off his throne. If it doesn't happen soon, they're gonna have to change the name of the show to "Watch Ken Win Lots of Money."

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

They don't pay less if it's different folks or the same guy over and over that's winning, right?

Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :

Hey, if God answered my prayers and put me on Jeopardy, you bet I'd give him 10 percent of the winnings.

Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :

before or after taxes?

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Robot Mormon.

Hmmm.

He should procreate as often as possible. He builds a factory and goes into mass production.

He should spend time on a mission to convert those who have not heard the truth. He spends a year talking to the toaster and other assorted appliances about a personal relationship to God.

He should trace his family history. He prays for the soul of his dearly departed forebear, a 1946 Studebaker. (Would you believe a 1982 Commodore 64?)

He finally passes away due to a metalic reaction to blue Jello.

Posted by Jacare Sorridente (Member # 1906) on :

Dan- you obviously don't know ANYTHING about Mormons.

It's green jello! GREEN jello!

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Well, they had to pick a semi-informed contestant someday. Of course, probably had to fake a few wrong answers to get past the screening.

Posted by Mockingbird (Member # 5640) on :

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They don't pay less if it's different folks or the same guy over and over that's winning, right?

Yeah, but Kenny-boy's been averaging about $35,000 a day. I'm sure their average winner's take isn't anywhere close to that.

And yeah, I've started tuning in to Jeopardy lately just to see what happens to him, and what (or who) finally brings him down. The guy is amazing - he combines incredible quickness on the buzzer with his deep knowledge. I consider myself a pretty good trivia person, but he'd make toast of me.

I wonder if there's any way they can change the rule again and end his run? I wouldn't be surprised if they have contestants sign a contract that would allow that. On the other hand, I wonder if their viewership has gone up since Ken's gone on his run? That's the real bottom line.

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before or after taxes?

Personal decision. Before is encouraged by some leaders but not mandatory. You have to decide for yourself what "income" really means.

[ July 02, 2004, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: Mockingbird ]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

My interpretation is basically, some stuff like soscial security and what-not, get's cut off may pay-check before I even see it, so that I don't take 10% of, everything else though, 10% goes to tithing. But that's just me, everyone has their own ideas.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

while he might get higher than the average take on each show...he prob bumps their ratings since people want to see the amazing robotic morman [Smile]

the fact that he is tithing prob will interest more of the general public...it is not like people generally announce that they will be giving 10% of their take to the church on most game shows.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

How'd that come up? Did he announce it, or did Alex ask? "Speaking of the HUGE amount of money you sweeping in, are you giving any of it to that freakish church you belong to?" I just can't imagine asking someone about tithing like that. Please, please tell me he didn't volunteer the information...

Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :

Trebek asked him what he was going to do with his boat-load of $. Robot said 10% to the church, then take the rest and take his wife on a Euro vacation. Pretty standard answer.

Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :

my roomate said this guy was on sports center the other morning.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

My mom used to be a huge Jeopardy fan, but quit watching it a few months ago. I just called her and told her about this guy (since Hatrack keeps me so well-informed) and now she's going to watch it today and see how he does.

FG

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

These episodes were filmed in February, and he's back in Utah now, so either he looses or they make him leave (I bet it's the former myself), anyways, the desicion to kick him off couldn't have been based on ratings, since it was filmed so long before it was aired.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Mockingbird (Member # 5640) on :

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These episodes were filmed in February, and he's back in Utah now, so either he looses or they make him leave (I bet it's the former myself), anyways, the desicion to kick him off couldn't have been based on ratings, since it was filmed so long before it was aired.

Eeep. My bad. I knew that already; I just wasn't thinking carefully enough. Focusing on drafting a license agreement between postings can fry your brain.

So ... will they change the rule to prohibit future contestants from having such a long run? [Cool]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

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So ... will they change the rule to prohibit future contestants from having such a long run?

Never. They're getting too much press out of this. It's not like he's costing them a lot of extra [u]money [/u]compared to the publicity.

Dagonee

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P.S., sorry for the formatting - just testing a Firefox add-in.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

This guy is sure getting a lot of national press this week! He is up to nearly a million dollars now. I'm sure Jeopardy is loving it because it has made them a focal point and lots of people are tuning in to watch now after hearing about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/12/jeopardy.winner.ap/index.html

FG

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

My mom thought there must be a mormon on the "answers" staff of Jeopardy for a long time. They had responses like " the largest city west of Chicago prior to 1845" (What was Nauvoo) and a few about Joseph Smith.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Was it just my imagination, or did they change the rules (and double the prize money) in reaction to Who Wants to be a Millionaire ?

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

If the Mormon Robot does need counseling, I know some people...

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Not to get confused with Fitz's thread -- but the titles are misleading some people....

FG [Big Grin]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

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This guy is sure getting a lot of national press this week! He is up to nearly a million dollars now.

Poor guy. What a waste of his time. He could have gotten it all in one night on "Millionaire".

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

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Poor guy. What a waste of his time. He could have gotten it all in one night on "Millionaire".

Though you need a bit more luck in Millionaire to win. Jepardy relies a bit more on your overall knowledge...if you don't know an answer or two that is ok, as long as overall you are better than the rest of the people who go up against you.

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

<-- refuses to say she was kidding.

Posted by Beaver Dick Leigh (Member # 2174) on :

Ah, what's that fella know? Get 'im in the wilderness and they all bleed red.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

My mom and dad always thought the Jeapordy players got a lousy rap....harder than any other game show (how hard is it to spin a wheel), only 5 days max, and only the winner gets to keep the money.

I was gald to hear them lift the day restriction last year, and it is paying off for both the guy and the show....ratings are through the roof.

My money is that he loses; they mad a big deal out of lifting the restrictions, and can't go back on that now without it being breach of contract.

Also, Alex asked him if he could get to the longest consecutive run ever on a game show, but said he neede over 46 to beat it....so i don't think he got booted, he probably just lost.

After clearing over a million. [Big Grin]

You mean I could be paid for being a know-it-all? Wait, that means I need to be right too...nevermind...
[Evil]

Kwea
Kwea

Posted by Mockingbird (Member # 5640) on :

Vague rumor around Utah (repeated on another message board) is that Ken hasn't lost; the show is just in hiatus for the summer and he'll be invited back in the fall to continue his reign. FWIW.

Also, Ken appeared on Letterman tonight and read "Top 10 things that annoy Alex Trebek". Some were funny ("Insist on buying a vowel") but a couple were rather off-color (e.g., "Buzz in without using your hands"). I was a little surprised that Ken didn't object to repeating those ones, after so much publicity about being a Mormon. Maybe he's hiding some naughtiness behind that choir-boy exterior. [Evil]

Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :

Well, what do you expect from an evil demon robot?

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Mockingbird -- maybe he didn't understand them [Big Grin]

After all, if he's a naive' Mormon.....

[Wink]

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

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Posted by screechowl (Member # 2651) on :

Short article in our Salina, Kansas paper about a couple who were in the audience when he won his 42nd and 43rd time. From the Salina Journal 13 July 04:

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Television viewers Monday saw “Jeopardy” game show star Ken Jennings raise his winnings to $972,960.

Salinans Bart and Mary Tannahill say they saw the same Salt Lake City, Utah, software engineer eclipse the $1.4 million mark in late April.

The couple were in the studio audience in Culver City, Calif., for a taping of the popular game show, the 42nd- and 43rd-straight appearances for Jennings.

ABC Television aired his 29th show Monday when he won $52,000. The shows the Tannahills witnessed won’t be on until Sept. 9 and 10, they said.

So it sounds like he will be around at least all summer. He has an amazing range of factual knowledge and an understanding of how the game works.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Not to mention amazing finger speed...

Must be from being celibate for all those years before his marrage... [Evil]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

*bump*

HEY! People, I depend on y'all to keep me updated on these critical news stories! [No No]

I hear tell he lost?

Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :

Yeah, I heard an unconfirmed sort of rumor that he did finally lose, with a total of 2.1 million in winnings or something.

Feyd Baron, DoC

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10325-2004Sep9.html

(login: bugmenot2@aol.com/bugmenot)

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

Geez, I thought this thread was going to be about Dick Cheney as portrayed in the Weekly World News. I mean, C'MON! Everyone knows he is an evil demon robot anyway...

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Thanks, Dagonee!

Ah, the time-travel world of pretaped TV shows, where he won't have lost until October . . . *eyes cross*

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

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Tonight he loses!

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

It seems very fishy based on the final question he missed.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

From the article:

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Even skeptics started to take that September spoiler seriously when King World took Jennings off for two weeks early in the November ratings sweeps in favor of the 2004 "Jeopardy!" College Championship. Jennings has been a major ratings boon for the long-running syndicated game show. Industry wags speculated that producers must not have had enough Jennings episodes to get through the sweeps and wanted to make sure his final appearance coincided with its end tomorrow night.

No one involved on the show, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television and distributed by King World, would comment on the audio clip on Kottke.org.

Interestingly, however, Jennings is scheduled to be a guest on tonight's "Late Show With David Letterman," which airs on CBS, which is owned by Viacom, which also owns King World.

And, in another of those incredible coincidences, "Nightline" -- which airs on ABC, many of whose stations carry "Jeopardy!" -- will this very night devote its entire broadcast to that show. ABC News correspondent Judy Muller will interview Jennings and show creator Merv Griffin, a "Nightline" rep told The Washington Post's TV Team, while emphasizing that the show is about "a day in the life of 'Jeopardy!,' " as opposed to, say, a show about Ken Jennings losing. Because they want to make sure we get word to you that Jennings is on "Nightline" tonight, but they don't want to be accused of letting the cat out of the bag about Jennings losing. I'm just guessing here that the "Nightline" folks do not even realize the episode is going to air during the November sweeps.

If he doesn't lose tonight, it's a masterful piece of misinformation. Either way it's fun.

Dagonee

Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :

Of course, I have to be back in Indiana where the show is aired after 7 instead of 3:30 at home.

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

Doggone it, I'm not going to be home tonight. I'll have to tape it.

Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :

So, is it just me, or does anyone gasp out "El Diablo Robotico?" when they see this thread title?

Wish I could watch it, but AFAIK, Jeopardy is still run in early afternoon here -- long before I get home. [Frown]

edit: they need a function to convert HTML to UBB, dammit!

[ November 30, 2004, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: xnera ]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

[Eek!]

It wasn't misinformation.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Ok, maybe I just watched Quiz Show too recently . . . but did anyone else think he just didn't look all that upset? Ya think he was paid off?

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Yep....to the tune of over 2 million... [Big Grin]

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

Yeah, but paid off by who? Aliens? Elvis? A second quiz show?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Steadily dropping ratings (hey, there was a REASON tonight was leaked) might have prompted Jeopardy (or its advertisers) to pay him off. Say, an extra million or two for losing now? [Dont Know]

Yeah, I definitely saw Quiz Show too recently. [Wink]

Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :

Well, he lost. And I've lost my will to watch Jeopardy. There's always the tournament of champions for him to reign genius down upon. [Big Grin]

LONG LIVE KEN JENNINGS!

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Jennings to become spokesman for MS Encarta.

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Microsoft has tapped Jeopardy! king Ken Jennings, who recently finished his 75-game run on the show, to become the spokesman for its Encarta product line. Jennings will embark on a nationwide media tour called "Quiz the Whiz" that challenges news desks to stump the human encyclopedia with questions from Microsoft's Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Awesome. [Smile]