Author Topic: Jeopardy (Read 249 times)

Eagler · « **on:** July 12, 2004, 10:16:12 PM »

anyone been following this guy?

Beginning of the season they changed the 5 wins and your out rule.
Now you win til you are defeated
well this guy is a human computer. He just won another 52k tonite and is on a 29day winning streak. He is almost at $1,000,000 mark. Amazing to watch

'Jeopardy!' Champ Closes In on $1 Million

Eagler · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2004, 09:00:34 AM »

over the million dollar mark now

something to watch

hawker238 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2004, 09:03:22 AM »

He's going to run Trebek into the poor house! That is pretty funny though. I wonder how long they'll let him stay.

myelo · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2004, 10:20:29 AM »

He has such an advantage now. I’m sure he is a lot more relaxed then the newbies and he’s really gotten the timing down— there are times when he seems to ring in before he knows the answer and then uses the next few seconds to come up with something.

They’ll keep him on the show as long as he keeps winning. It’s got to be good for ratings – those that like him want to see how much he’ll win and those that don’t like him wanna see him get beat.

Creamo · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2004, 10:46:59 AM »

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Originally posted by hawker238
He's going to run Trebek into the poor house! That is pretty funny though. I wonder how long they'll let him stay.

Won't he put Trebek into a 'bigger' house?

As in they have to pay the winner regardless, and unless he is winning by insane amounts, I can't see it doing anything but just skyrocket ratings, which in fact it is.

How long will they "let" him stay?

I'm guessing your not a Producer Hawk. Wish I was. On Jeopardy. The last month or 2.

Pongo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2004, 10:50:39 AM »

I wonder is Ralph Fiennes will play him in the movie version?

Dago · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2004, 10:58:17 AM »

He can't ring in before Trebek has finished reading the answer. The system is locked until that point. He can get good at timing it so he anticipates when it will be unlocked, but he then is still competing against the others at that point. Before a contestant is on the show, he/she has been through practice rounds learning how that works.

As far as costing them money, he is making them a fortune. Ratings are up something like 35%. He is money in the bank for them. He makes 50G a show, Ray Romano makes close to 2 million a show. 50g is nothing in TV land.

dago

Creamo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2004, 11:17:07 AM »

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Originally posted by Pongo
I wonder is Ralph Fiennes will play him in the movie version?

Lol, I was thinking he could play a Gay Ralph Fiennes.