Do you think that Arthur Chu is going to change how the game is played?

Golf · Post by **Golf** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:54 am

legendneverdies wrote:The rule is you can't have previously appeared on the Trebek J!.

Really? Holy shit! No way anybody here could have known that.

GoodStrategy · Post by **GoodStrategy** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:17 am

Golf wrote:
legendneverdies wrote:The rule is you can't have previously appeared on the Trebek J!.
Really? Holy shit! No way anybody here could have known that.

Try saying that to this guy.

legendneverdies · Post by **legendneverdies** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:55 am

You can appear again on TPIR 10 years after your previous appearance. That rule was changed in 2008 IIRC, after Roger Dobkowitz left as producer and Mike Richards was brought in.

Magna · Post by **Magna** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:44 pm

legendneverdies wrote:
dhkendall wrote:
Despite my attempt at self-deprecating humour earlier, I"m guessing that something like TPIR (though I'm thinking it might be a bit longer than 10 years) would be put in place - heck, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it isn't already in place, does anyone who have been on the show recently know what the rule is now?
The rule is you can't have previously appeared on the Trebek J!.

That applies to people going through the regular audition process, btw. People can be invited back for special tournaments.

lieph82 · Post by **lieph82** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:45 pm

Magna wrote:
legendneverdies wrote:
dhkendall wrote:
Despite my attempt at self-deprecating humour earlier, I"m guessing that something like TPIR (though I'm thinking it might be a bit longer than 10 years) would be put in place - heck, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it isn't already in place, does anyone who have been on the show recently know what the rule is now?
The rule is you can't have previously appeared on the Trebek J!.
That applies to people going through the regular audition process, btw. People can be invited back for special tournaments.

They can?! Cite your sources.

Magna · Post by **Magna** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:49 pm

lieph82 wrote:
Magna wrote:
legendneverdies wrote:
dhkendall wrote:
Despite my attempt at self-deprecating humour earlier, I"m guessing that something like TPIR (though I'm thinking it might be a bit longer than 10 years) would be put in place - heck, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it isn't already in place, does anyone who have been on the show recently know what the rule is now?
The rule is you can't have previously appeared on the Trebek J!.
That applies to people going through the regular audition process, btw. People can be invited back for special tournaments.
They can?! Cite your sources.

Well, that's how they fill the slots in tournaments of champions. For example, Ken Jennings has had, if I count right, four runs: his initial 75-game winning streak, the UTOC, the IBM Challenge (against Watson the computer), and the current Battle of the Decades.

Bamaman · Post by **Bamaman** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:12 pm

Frank Spangenberg is the only one who has been in every special tournament. So he has been in seven times.

Original run
Super Jeopardy!
TOC
Tenth Anniversiary
M$M
UTOC
BOTD

seaborgium · Post by **seaborgium** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:47 pm

Bamaman wrote:Frank Spangenberg is the only one who has been in every special tournament. So he has been in seven times.

Original run
Super Jeopardy!
TOC
Tenth Anniversiary
M$M
UTOC
BOTD

He wasn't in the Teen Reunion Tournament!

Vermonter · Post by **Vermonter** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:53 pm

GoodStrategy wrote:
Vermonter wrote:Well, I've been blacklisted from ever playing J! again, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Did setting up your site on wagering disqualify you from ever possibly being invited back for any specials? Or are you talking about the usual rule of not being able to try out again once you've appeared (which doesn't disqualify you from invites).

As a side-note, since it appears that Trebek will be retiring in the near future, I wonder if there will be a reset on eligibility (or a partial one like on TPiR, where you can re-appear after I believe it's 10 years).

Nah, just the usual. I'm still holding out for the College Reunion tournament.

lieph82 · Post by **lieph82** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:37 pm

Magna wrote:
lieph82 wrote:
Magna wrote:
legendneverdies wrote:
dhkendall wrote:
Despite my attempt at self-deprecating humour earlier, I"m guessing that something like TPIR (though I'm thinking it might be a bit longer than 10 years) would be put in place - heck, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it isn't already in place, does anyone who have been on the show recently know what the rule is now?
The rule is you can't have previously appeared on the Trebek J!.
That applies to people going through the regular audition process, btw. People can be invited back for special tournaments.
They can?! Cite your sources.
Well, that's how they fill the slots in tournaments of champions. For example, Ken Jennings has had, if I count right, four runs: his initial 75-game winning streak, the UTOC, the IBM Challenge (against Watson the computer), and the current Battle of the Decades.

Again, I am in shock and awe at this influx of new information!!

Woof · Post by **Woof** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:38 pm

seaborgium wrote:
Bamaman wrote:Frank Spangenberg is the only one who has been in every special tournament. So he has been in seven times.

Original run
Super Jeopardy!
TOC
Tenth Anniversiary
M$M
UTOC
BOTD
He wasn't in the Teen Reunion Tournament!

Nor in the Battle of the Bay Area Brains or in the International Tournament.

Bamaman · Post by **Bamaman** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:09 pm

What was the Battle of the Bay Area Brains?

Magna · Post by **Magna** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:27 pm

Bamaman wrote:What was the Battle of the Bay Area Brains?

And why wasn't I invited? [harrumph]

MarkBarrett · Post by **MarkBarrett** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:54 pm

Bamaman wrote:What was the Battle of the Bay Area Brains?

The 1998 College Championship was taped in Berkeley. A charity match filmed there also aired only in the Bay Area and had Michael Rankins defeating Leslie Frates and Beverly Spurs. OSC was the alternate.

Leslie: 4400-4400=0
Michael: 5100+3701=8801
Beverly: 3400+1800=5200

Michael's total was augmented to $15,000 and perhaps he got half of that? Something like that happened.

The game featured different people coming out to give clues. The J! round had 25 clues and the DJ! round had 20 clues.

aeq5006 · Post by **aeq5006** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:59 pm

MDaunt wrote:
aeq5006 wrote:Care to make your point more explicit? Is it that people don't like their rudeness pointed out?
Pot, meet Kettle.

Care to explain that comment?

lieph82 · Post by **lieph82** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:17 pm

Some people have misinterpreted your valiant battle against bigotry as somehow being "rude," aeq. I hope you take solace in the fact that you are clearly making a difference.

Zyzzyva · Post by **Zyzzyva** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:36 pm

aeq5006 wrote:
MDaunt wrote:
aeq5006 wrote:Care to make your point more explicit? Is it that people don't like their rudeness pointed out?
Pot, meet Kettle.
Care to explain that comment?

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

Vanya · Post by **Vanya** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:22 am

aeq5006 wrote:
MDaunt wrote:
aeq5006 wrote:Care to make your point more explicit? Is it that people don't like their rudeness pointed out?
Pot, meet Kettle.
Care to explain that comment?

legendneverdies · Post by **legendneverdies** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:53 pm

opusthepenguin wrote:
FADE TO: The Jeopardy! studio. There are THREE CONTESTANTS behind the podiums. In front and off to the side stand JERRY HARVEY,

.

Gamelover1949 was the 10/4/78 episode of $20K Pyramid with guests Nancy Lane and MIchael Mckean(celeb J! champion) as guests. One of the contestants is a baldish guy with a mustache named Jerry Harvey, a teacher from California. I wonder if it's the same guy, minus the mustache, who lost to Ken Jennings on J! 26 years later.

MarkBarrett · Post by **MarkBarrett** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:08 pm

legendneverdies wrote:
opusthepenguin wrote:
FADE TO: The Jeopardy! studio. There are THREE CONTESTANTS behind the podiums. In front and off to the side stand JERRY HARVEY,

.
Gamelover1949 was the 10/4/78 episode of $20K Pyramid with guests Nancy Lane and MIchael Mckean(celeb J! champion) as guests. One of the contestants is a baldish guy with a mustache named Jerry Harvey, a teacher from California. I wonder if it's the same guy, minus the mustache, who lost to Ken Jennings on J! 26 years later.

Zach of course can never give us a link when he does these posts. I would say it's the same Jerry Harvey.

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