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One weird thing that I noticed in the Ken Jennings episode of the "Alex collection"....they must have used an "audience edit" of Ken Jennings' introduction, because they omit the number of days of his championship....instead of "Ken Jennings, whose 56-day cash winnings total...", it's just "Ken Jennings, whose cash winnings total...". You just get so used to Johnny saying that phrase that it's a little bit jarring when he omits the number of days.

Of course, Alex's intro often gives away to the audience mega-winners, but I guess that's one way to hide the exact possibility of a record breaker to the audience - at least in terms of the length of stay.
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talkingaway wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:25 am One weird thing that I noticed in the Ken Jennings episode of the "Alex collection"....they must have used an "audience edit" of Ken Jennings' introduction, because they omit the number of days of his championship....instead of "Ken Jennings, whose 56-day cash winnings total...", it's just "Ken Jennings, whose cash winnings total...". You just get so used to Johnny saying that phrase that it's a little bit jarring when he omits the number of days.

Of course, Alex's intro often gives away to the audience mega-winners, but I guess that's one way to hide the exact possibility of a record breaker to the audience - at least in terms of the length of stay.
They actually did that during the shows' original airings. I believe the theory was, they were trying to downplay the effects of the news of his loss leaking to the internet. The number of days was certainly in Johnny Gilbert's original introductions.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:37 am
talkingaway wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:25 am One weird thing that I noticed in the Ken Jennings episode of the "Alex collection"....they must have used an "audience edit" of Ken Jennings' introduction, because they omit the number of days of his championship....instead of "Ken Jennings, whose 56-day cash winnings total...", it's just "Ken Jennings, whose cash winnings total...". You just get so used to Johnny saying that phrase that it's a little bit jarring when he omits the number of days.

Of course, Alex's intro often gives away to the audience mega-winners, but I guess that's one way to hide the exact possibility of a record breaker to the audience - at least in terms of the length of stay.
They actually did that during the shows' original airings. I believe the theory was, they were trying to downplay the effects of the news of his loss leaking to the internet. The number of days was certainly in Johnny Gilbert's original introductions.
Yes, they also added the Kids Week (which I remember reading here was supposed to air for Season 21's premiere week, but delayed because of Jennings) and College Championship to move Ken's final episode from November 9 to November 30. Johnny did announce the number of games Jennings won during the taping, but it was edited out starting with his 49th game (the first episode taped after the summer hiatus, as the first four weeks of the season including the ToC were taped before the summer hiatus because of the possibility of a WGA strike, same thing happened in Season 34), but in his 74th and 75th games, Johnny announcing the number of games won was not edited out.
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gameshowfandanny wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:04 am Johnny (and Kelly, since she announces Monday-Wednesday, but gets dubbed over Johnny) did announce the number of games Jennings won during the taping,
Kelly didn't join the show until 2005.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:08 am
gameshowfandanny wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:04 am Johnny (and Kelly, since she announces Monday-Wednesday, but gets dubbed over Johnny) did announce the number of games Jennings won during the taping,
Kelly didn't join the show until 2005.
Oh, I forgot about that, Kelly did introduce herself at the end of David Madden's final episode.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:08 am
gameshowfandanny wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:04 am Johnny (and Kelly, since she announces Monday-Wednesday, but gets dubbed over Johnny) did announce the number of games Jennings won during the taping,
Kelly didn't join the show until 2005.
And her last day on the job was 2018-12-18. And Johnny was still doing all five games in 2010. Not sure when he cut his schedule to afternoons, but probably only within the last couple years.
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Robert K S wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:01 pm
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:08 am
gameshowfandanny wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:04 am Johnny (and Kelly, since she announces Monday-Wednesday, but gets dubbed over Johnny) did announce the number of games Jennings won during the taping,
Kelly didn't join the show until 2005.
And her last day on the job was 2018-12-18. And Johnny was still doing all five games in 2010. Not sure when he cut his schedule to afternoons, but probably only within the last couple years.
Johnny announced morning and afternoon session on the taping day we attended about 10 December 2018. I don't know if that was an exception of course.
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Now seems like a good time to remind anyone sequestered with a TV that gets Xumo that the streaming service has the recent Alex Trebek documentary Game Changers available for free (with intermittent ads).
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From the March 30 - April 12 edition of TV Guide (spoiler to reduce size of post):
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When they relaxed the age requirements for the tryouts for the 2016 College Championship, I thought they would've had a specifically older student, rather than just having two 23-year-olds and a 24-year-old (at the time of the tournament). I wouldn't be eligible for this tournament no matter what, but I was expecting to see someone 40+ in any of the subsequent tournaments.
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Cat Hammarskjold wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:55 am When they relaxed the age requirements for the tryouts for the 2016 College Championship, I thought they would've had a specifically older student, rather than just having two 23-year-olds and a 24-year-old (at the time of the tournament). I wouldn't be eligible for this tournament no matter what, but I was expecting to see someone 40+ in any of the subsequent tournaments.
There were age requirements? I thought the rule has always just been that you had to be a full-time student working toward your first bachelor's degree at a four-year college. I vaguely recall reading a long time ago that there had been a 28-year-old CC contestant.
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seaborgium wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:39 am
Cat Hammarskjold wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:55 am When they relaxed the age requirements for the tryouts for the 2016 College Championship, I thought they would've had a specifically older student, rather than just having two 23-year-olds and a 24-year-old (at the time of the tournament). I wouldn't be eligible for this tournament no matter what, but I was expecting to see someone 40+ in any of the subsequent tournaments.
There were age requirements? I thought the rule has always just been that you had to be a full-time student working toward your first bachelor's degree at a four-year college. I vaguely recall reading a long time ago that there had been a 28-year-old CC contestant.
I was 29 when I tried out in November of 95. The only mention in the letter, which I am looking at now, was "you must be a full-time undergraduate student with no previous bachelor's degrees."
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Not sure how to post a picture, but a link to my favorite active comic, which shouts out J!

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There are also age requirements for the Teen Tournament
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