OntarioQuizzer wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:26 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:35 pm
I do not have any knowledge, so I can only throw out some guesses.
Those dates were scheduled for taping the TOC.
Are any of the players from hurricane-affected areas and unable to catch a flight?
Do the J! powers want the audience limited to players and their immediate guests only? Perhaps the supposed upcoming bad ass is in the field and the show is trying to put a lid on games/money won getting out?
Fill in the blank for Alex __________
In the past he's had accidents, heart incidents, colds...
It's certainly possible that the demand from players, guests, and VIPs filled the audience. In terms of the "upcoming bad ass", if the show was trying to keep a lid on things, Johnny Gilbert is doing a pretty terrible job of that (see Morbeedo).
I have it on very good authority that the taping is going ahead as scheduled.
Okay, with the taping for the TOC confirmed for Monday & Tuesday then it's how to get a (no offense) Joe Schmo inside. The J! site has two phone numbers after getting rid of the pop-up box:
https://www.jeopardy.com/show-tickets/
Start there.
I would think the TOC competitors are allowed guests and that number would have some kind of limit. If there is a wrap party it won't be a shindig with an overwhelming amount of people such as player 1 having ten guests and player 2 having 15 guests. Something in the 5-7 range seems reasonable.
Even with J! staff members exercising executive privilege to get their contacts in for the taping I do not think it fills the audience adding various VIP attendees.
My instinct is there will be seats without a body filling it if there is indeed no general public admission.
So how to get in? It depends on your level of nerve. Show up, give the name of a TOC competitor and see if that flies. In 2014 for the BotD guests met at a gathering station in the parking garage. Nothing had to be shown as proof and it was naming the J! player who had the guest listed for his or her name. Before that time of checking in there was time for chit chat and it could be you could explain your situation and someone might know of a no-show on a contestant's list.
In 2014 the contestant guests had to wear a piece of stick-on tape thing on their clothing that indicated they belonged. My impression was no one really paid much attention to whether someone had it or not. The metal detector people only care about detecting. The ushers only care about ushering. I think it's possible to join the crowd leaving from the garage to the studio entrance and tag along. Wrangling whatever the identifier might be is of course preferable.
Even if TOCers don't post on the J! Board or The Jeopardy! Fan I'm sure they are reading, so post a request and see if someone has an opening. Someone might be coming from the East Coast and flying in five to six people and putting them up is not cheap, so there could be guest slots available.
You might find it better to avoid seeing the TOC taped as five games in one day is a lot and it kind of blurs together and could diminish the enjoyment of watching the games one day at a time.
Good luck.
