I have a love/hate relationship with Jeopardy.
I love knowing the correct question to a difficult answer. Hell with it. I love having the correct question to any answer.
I love the feeling of superiority when a contestant gets a question wrong, but I got it right. I mean, who doesn't know Tina Fey's full first name? Moron.
I really love categories like Politics or Famous Military Coups because I don't know a damn thing about either one. Therefore, this only encourages me to yell things like, "Eleanor Roosevelt! Lipitor! Yemen!"
I LURVE getting a final jeopardy question right. Mostly, because this very rarely happens. It basically validates my entire existence.
And now for the other side of that coin.
I hate some of the categories they've started creating to pander to the younger generations. No, I will not select Whiz-ards of Waverly Place or Demi Lavato or Demi Moore? What happened to simple categories like Literature or, one of my favorites, Potpourri?
I hate meeting the contestants. I don't want to know where they're from, what they do and I really don't want to hear how Brenda Peterson's fiance wanted to help her out one day, so he did her laundry, and wouldn't you know it! Somehow, a red handkerchief got into her load of whites and darned if it didn't turn every last thing pink! Isn't that funny?
No, Brenda. It is not.
Last of all, I do so hate Alex Trebek. Whenever that self-righteous bastard corrects someone's pronunciation or reveals the right response dripping with condescension, I want to stuff him in a burlap bag and toss in a belligerent mongoose for good measure.
"Oh, I'm sorry. The correct response was, 'I like mine with lettuce AND tomato'."
Yeah, like that lint-licker is a Parrothead.
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Word. I think I saw every single Jeopardy episode of the 80's and half of the 90's because my dad was a Jeopardy junkie. I haven't watched one since.
I did love me some Potpourri for $200 though.
I'll take Anal Bum Covers for a thousand.
And I'm so glad I'm the first to leave that comment!
Watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy every night while growing up taught me a life lesson early.
Being the smartest does not always earn you the most money. Luck and help from blondes with boobs: the definition of success.
If only Alex had at least been attractive...
I despise the new categories. I still get sucked in though even if I never get a question right..
I love your posts. They always make me smile.
so i just started following like two days ago-ish
but i seriously love your blog. it brightens my day.
I completely agree. Getting Jeopardy questions right makes me feel superior to the world.
It is perhaps an unhealthy reaction.
You nailed the essence of jeopardy, particularly the mustachio'd one and his condescention.
Cinderella,
That makes my heart happy. Thank you!
Man you are spot-on. Why is it that I feel SO freaking superior when I get a question correct? And why is it that if I have a run of not knowing the answers {which is more common than not} it makes me feel like such an ignorant slug?
I do love the Jeopardy spoofs on SNL though. Those were the best with Will Ferrell as a weary Alex Trebek.
I love, love, love Jeopardy.
It's my absolute dream to replace Alex as the host of the show. So, if you do somehow manage to get rid of him, give me a heads up so I can swoop in and take his spot.
Ditto with the lack of love for Trebeck. To heck with Trebeck, I say! May his teeth grow hair.
"...big kosher pickle and french fried potatoes..." This ParrotHead knows that one, but I'm with you, I doubt Alex does. :)
I had no idea they'd added such stupid categories...are they pandering to the Nickelodeon/Disney crowd now?
I can't watch the show because I can't stand Alex Trebek!
I distinctly remember getting one question right, that no one else on Jeopardy knew. I felt like a genius, even though I got all the other questions wrong.
Thanks, French teacher, for making us watch Cyrano de Bergerac. I knew it would come in handy!
LOL what a awesome post! Thanks for stopping by today it is so nice to meet you. Have a wonderful holiday season :)
I really couldn't put my finger on why I can't stand that show. And that's pretty much it. Smug Alex with all the proper pronounciation...even when it involves rolling the tongue and the nerdy Joe whose wife, Cindy is in the audience, cheering him on. Yeah, whatev. There has to be a re-run of Cheers around here somewhere. By the way, I am bringing "lint-licker" to Kentucky. Because really? That's too much awesome to leave on a website.
jeopardy depresses me.
it reminds me that I didn't care enough to pay attention in school
it reminds me that my husband is smarter than me
it reminds me that Alex shaved his mustache. Why? Why would he do that?
L.M.A.O. HAHAHA you are adorable.
I've never been a big fan of Jeopardy. Never could get the answers right...or questins, however you look at it. I did enjoy Wheel of Fortune on occasion and I became a fan of Slingo when I still had TV.
I have to agree with you on the contestant bios portion of the show. They are trying far too hard to be intellectual to be funny.
However, I love how Trebek's disdain for the pretentious snots mirrors my own. Every time he corrects them I roll my eyes/scream that's what you get at my screen.
Jeopardy is a Scribe Family Fave. Thanks for sharing this...you're right on the mark. And I wanted to thank you soooooooo much for stopping by on my Special SITS Day. It's taken me a while to get back, but I hope to see you around the blogosphere again soon!
The Sun Also Rises
Jeopardy always makes me think of that episode of the Golden Girls... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OU3TBlaoeA :)
(Found your site via SITS!)
Call me assumptory but I'd wager $7,800 that Alex Trebek totally manscapes.
HAHAHAA!! i love TREBEK! are you kidding me woman!?!?! but yeah, i hear ya...he is a pompous little terd. i happen to LOVE teen jeopardy, i feel so insanely smart... maybe because they have topics that solely concern harry potter...
I'm right there with ya! There is something addicting about Jeopardy. Even my 9 year old son loves that show.
My least favorite part too: meeting the contestants. Where the heck do they come up with this crap?
I love getting jeopardy questions right too, especially if other people in the room didn't.
My favorite SNL episodes are the ones that made fun of jeopardy!!!!!
Karen
Sad that this is my first comment on your site, but so be it.
When I was in seventh grade, I used to phone-compete with my best friend during Jeopardy. We'd record how many correct answers we had, then call each other during commercial breaks with a tally. It was tricky keeping the phone lines free, what with all the BOYFRIENDS and POPULAR KIDS trying to get in touch with me. Because nothing says future Prom Queen like a 12-year-old Jeopardy junkie.
So...you go, girl.
I suck at Jeopardy, Trivial Pursuit, anything like that....but Family Fued or Wheel of Fortune? Bring it on!
But if there was no real Alex Trebek there would be no Will Ferrell Alex Trebek and no Darrell Hammond Sean Connery to torment him.
I can't watch that show anymore. It leaves me feeling dumb. Sometimes I'll swear I know the answer and then it's all wrong.
I prefer Will Ferell as Alex Trebec. Wouldn't it be cool if he could take over? I think it would be funnier..
I get really embarrassed when it's the Teen Tournament and I still can't get Final Jeopardy right! Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest!
YES!!! Loved this.
I agree with every word you typed. That is a rarity. Haha.
I haven't watched Jeopardy since my grandpa died two years ago. It was our thing. :(
I'm not allowed to watch Jeopardy with my family anymore because I yell out all the answers because I am the King of All Useless Knowledge.
That being said... I'll take Potent Potables for $500, Alex.
I'm not allowed to watch Jeopardy around other people...I tend to get violent and yell at the TV. Granted, I do that by myself too...but it is safer when I'm not around others.
~WM
My main memory of that show is "getting" to watch it in my parents' bedroom while they screamed at each other downstairs for an hour or so every night until they mercifully threw in the towel. For this and many other reasons, Alex T. is a douche.
this tv show was a stable in my tv viewing college days. my roommate and i 'competed' against each other. i normally won. give it time. as i watch it now, i get almost all of them right. being old means you get even smarter. sometimes.
and alex is a total ahole
and the personal stories are totally stupid - no one cares about nerd's lives
no one
ahaha I want to watch SNL Celeb Jeopardy right now!!
I completely puffy heart this post! I so needed to laugh! And I completely agree!
DUDE, AMEN.
I thought I was the only one whose existence was validated by getting a Jeopardy question right.
My newest Jeopardy shameful admission is that since I'm trying to get to the gym more often and they have TVs on all the treadmills, the highlight of my day is to shout out the answers to my boyfriend who is working out on the treadmill next to me. I love Jeopardy!
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