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I added 2/5/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7130

Player pics of Michel Kremer, Don Richardson and Jana Jones:

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Jana and her misses turned Michael into Sir Charles.

I matched Michael for the FJ! round except I got the last N in.

The 1996 me would have been as clueless as 2021 me on this FJ.

Bamaman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:26 pm The 1996 me would have been as clueless as 2021 me on this FJ.

Can't say I recall the name.

econgator wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:01 pm Can't say I recall the name.

Not at all surprised.

Bamaman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:55 pm I was one war off on FJ, the 1996 me might have gotten it as it was only six months old.

Betting $1000 on a top row DD when you have a four day champ on the ropes earns you a trap door. As does not being nice and offering a tie.

The DD3 guy is in the news today for less pleasant reasons.

I read your post before I clicked the game link and I assumed that Carol Anne simply added the extra dollar or slightly more as usual.

But, no. She actually made a Lazarus wager. Frank should have had no chance at all to win, but she overwagered to the point to needlessly gave him one.

I have defended overbets in the past, but I will not try to defend this one.

And that after only $1,000 on a top row DD.

Indeed a textbook example of earning a trap door.

I added 2/6/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7131

Player pics of Gregg Lange & Susan Rothberg who played Don Richardson:

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A rare game with no TS clues in the DJ! round.

The FJ! clue was a miss for me in 1996 while in 2021 I could solve it quickly. CLASSIC TELEVISION (2/5) & TELEVISION (2/6) are 5/5s for me no matter which decade I play them.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:34 pm A rare game with no TS clues in the DJ! round.

Susan had a really good first round. She accumulated barely any money in the DJ! Round (and she stopped entirely after DJ! 16) and still managed to go into Final with the lead.

I managed to get the Final, but it was not an instaget. I got stuck for a good 15 seconds trying to figure out if any Shakes plays ended with "King".

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:34 pm I added 2/6/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7131

Player pics of Gregg Lange & Susan Rothberg who played Don Richardson:

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A rare game with no TS clues in the DJ! round.

The FJ! clue was a miss for me in 1996 while in 2021 I could solve it quickly. CLASSIC TELEVISION (2/5) & TELEVISION (2/6) are 5/5s for me no matter which decade I play them.

The song title in DJ21 needs some tidying up in regards to capitalization.

Thanks for your work in getting these games in.

Bamaman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:58 pm
The song title in DJ21 needs some tidying up in regards to capitalization.

Thanks for your work in getting these games in.

Done, thanks. I caught the "by" needing to be "By" and missed the second "day" being in lowercase. It's always fun cleaning up after the OCR does the heavy lifting.

8 games on my list not counting the expectation that one more from S13 will appear this week.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:06 pm

Bamaman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:58 pm
The song title in DJ21 needs some tidying up in regards to capitalization.

Thanks for your work in getting these games in.

Done, thanks. I caught the "by" needing to be "By" and missed the second "day" being in lowercase. It's always fun cleaning up after the OCR does the heavy lifting.

8 games on my list not counting the expectation that one more from S13 will appear this week.

I never know what words other than the first and last to capitalize in song titles.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:34 pm I added 2/6/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7131

Is "mus!cal" supposed to be spelled with an exclamation point in DJ20?

opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:19 pm

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:34 pm I added 2/6/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7131

Is "mus!cal" supposed to be spelled with an exclamation point in DJ20?

If the OCR had its way, then yes. Fixed, thanks. And good to see you back to posting here.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:49 pm I added 1/9/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7128

Got another OCR artefact with the spelling of "des!gnated" in DJ24.

opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:02 pm

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:49 pm I added 1/9/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7128

Got another OCR artefact with the spelling of "des!gnated" in DJ24.

Done, thanks.
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I added 4/8/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7132

Player pics of Jim Hankinson, Rebecca Deepchandani and Rick Blumenfeld:

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Negfest. It often happened that after a 5xer retired the next game with three newbies was not J! at its best. The following game was a lot, lot better.

No go for me on the FJ! clue as I spent think time trying to recall Gene (played by Ed Harris) Kranz.

I just happened to watch this game right before you posted it. There were some bad misses here. Home field advantage made FJ an instaget in 2021 and 1996.

I added 6/26/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7133

Player pics of Barbara Egseth, Mark Leder & Don Sloan

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I like that FJ! clue and not just because I solved it correctly.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:39 pm I like that FJ! clue and not just because I solved it correctly.

Instaget, or nearly so. If you ignore the date, I can see negging with "Bikini Atoll", although its much smaller land area makes it implausible for reasons beyond the date.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:39 pm I like that FJ! clue and not just because I solved it correctly.

I like how the first correct response in DECORATIVE ARTS is

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art deco.

I added 6/28/96: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7134

Player pics of Steve Schwartzman & Paul Carlson who played Don Sloan:

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Paul’s FJ! clue response was a mess and he’s lucky it got by the judges. Don would have made the ToC if it did not pass muster.

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59R by the gentlemen with just the one TS. Don won the J! round easily, but Paul (sounds so much like Leszek), took care of business the rest of the way. Other than penmanship.