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[AugustWest]

The woman was pretty darn weird, too.  But she was nice.  

After we lost, they basically hustled us off the set.  She said she was getting a cab to her hotel and since I had a rental car and am basically a well-mannered, chivalrous fellow I offered to give her a ride.  It was (theoretically) easy for me because I knew I'd passed her hotel on the way to the studio that morning.

She was a nice lady.  But she was a repressed, old-maid, bureaucrat librarian who'd worked for the Feds for 25 years.  And I am, well, who I am.

We couldn't find her damn hotel.  We drove around Culver City for 45 minutes looking for a building I knew I had passed on Sepulveda Boulevard.  It approached high comedy as we both struggled to retain our manners while we desparately wished to be rid of each other.  Finally I stopped at gas station and asked directions (Radisson?  Yeah, it's right over there.  See it?) and dropped her off.  Just another little adventure in my Jeopardy journey.

Oh yeah, my Dad thought Lex Luthor looked more like Mussolini.  Now I'm thinking he looks kind of like a shaved Dr. Phil.

[AugustWest]

The woman who was on tonight seemed to be shaking like crazy.

Pedro noticed she was compulsively pushing her buzzer while she was answering her questions.  (Or questioning her answers, as the case may be.)  

Both of them.  

Ooooh, burn!  

I was too, but I guess I was just too smoooth to show it.  That damn Duce, he was quick on the draw.  Wouldn't surprise me if he wins some more games.  Shithead.

[jough]

It's pronounced "pruh-shute."

I was a little disappointed that you didn't write "What is Jough?" since you didn't know the question to the Final Jeopardy answer, but whatever.  No cheque for you.  You'll have to contend yourself with the thirty large.

I knew the FJ question, but the way they phrased it "Red Dawn" was actually incorrect.  It was the first PG-13 film released, but the first film to be given a PG-13 rating was "The Flamingo Kid."

I'm glad no one put "Gremlins" or "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," though - those were the two films cited as the precedent for a PG-14 rating (it later became PG-13 before it was assigned to any film).

Anyway, a tough question.  But the Color Purple?  

I look forward to sending you a DVD next week, August - although my local station didn't show as much of the show's ending as JL and Pedro obviously taped - my station showed the stupid give-away products and then showed commercials until Wheel of Fortune came on.  So no shots of you standing there with your hands folded awkwardly as you make small-talk on my disc.

Sorry.

[wombat]

It's pronounced "pruh-shute."

Jough, you are a font of childhood nostalgia for me lately - now you are speaking the dialect of my ancestral home town.  Although as gramma said it, it's closer to 'bruh-shute.'

But be careful, my native-Italian-speaking dad was flunked by his college Italian teacher for speaking that dialect.  They might do the same on Jeopardy.

[Pedro Picasso]

Unrelated question: Are the women contestants always in last place?  I never watch Jeopardy but I remember the women were almost always last when I used to watch Win Ben Stein's Money.

I have noticed that JL's not as good at trivia games as I am though she has an uncanny grasp of history and literature.  My most recent theory is that men store random facts about a subject when learning while women remember relationships between people, things, and events.  So while flipping through a history book, the dialogue goes like this:

Pedro: That's a picture of Hitler.  He was a failed painter with one testicle.
JL: That's Mussolini beside him.  At that moment, they're good friends with big plans, which is why your German grandfather lives in Argentina.
Pedro: My German grandfather smells funny.

In conclusion to this ridiculously broad generalization, men are good at Jeopardy, and women have a better idea of how the world works.

[Pedro Picasso]

Oh yeah, my Dad thought Lex Luthor looked more like Mussolini.  Now I'm thinking he looks kind of like a shaved Dr. Phil.

By the end of the show I realized that guy wasn't really Lex Luthor.  He was instead Brad Garrett playing Lex Luthor.

And by the by, way to represent old school sci-fi to the nation.  While Lex was all, "Sometimes they fight," you were keepin' it real.

[jough]

Wombat: Your gramma was Sicilian, then.  That's pretty much how I say it, too (I'm not Sicilian, but all of my Italian friends are).  But try asking for it at the supermarché

[wombat]

Gramma was Southern Italian but not Sicilian.  I can't remember the name of the town. But equally low class according to the Northerners and all those who pronounce the vowels at the ends of the words, I think.

I like Pedro's generalization.  Although it worries me that it's the sex that's good at Jeopardy instead of that other stuff, that gets to be President all the time and all.

[CortJstr]

The woman who was on tonight seemed to be shaking like crazy.

Pedro noticed she was compulsively pushing her buzzer while she was answering her questions.  (Or questioning her answers, as the case may be.)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were there?

I routinely spank my S.O. at You Don't Know Jack and can retain the random factoids from Good Eats, etc. but she generally wins Trivial Pursuit. Maybe it's the time factor, or the pop-culture-ness of YDKJ.

And if that guy was Lex Luthor don't you think he would've gotten Smallville right? Come on, people.

[sjlimmer]

Man, I asked for spoiler warnings, people.  But, it's ok since I forgot to set my VCR (why yes, I am a dumbass).  Sorry I'm so late on the congrats, AW, but good work in any case.  How much of the money is going to Ancient Age?

[slink]

Hey, Slink (or anyone else technically inclined).

Sorry about that. Just got back from a conference full of lawyers.

Very nice lawyers really. And I guess I ought b careful what I say about lawyers here... Nah fuck that!

But anyway, back again til Saturday when I have to go to Birmingham again. I shall set that downloading tonight though.

[Pedro Picasso]

Although it worries me that it's the sex that's good at Jeopardy instead of that other stuff, that gets to be President all the time and all.

It makes men good in a pinch.  Ask the male President which nation to bomb, and he'll quickly respond, "What is Cragslapistan?"  To the same question the female President may respond, "Oh dear, the communist one that doesn't care for Castro."

Of course, in Madame President's defense, she probably would have been able to put together a diplomatic solution with Cragslapistan that alleviated the need for bombing.  She also wouldn't automatically phrase her answer in the form of a question.

Besides, our current President exemplifies the fact that not all men are good at geography and other 'trivia.'

[Nabubrush]

Pedro: That's a picture of Hitler.  He was a failed painter with one testicle.
JL: That's Mussolini beside him.  At that moment, they're good friends with big plans, which is why your German grandfather lives in Argentina.
Pedro: My German grandfather smells funny.

I'm really starting to enjoy your witty banter, sir.

[AugustWest]

Sorry to continue attention whoring, but after this I will let this subject die a merciful death.  However, I just have to gloat a little bit.

Jeopardy films a weeks worth of shows a day.  I was there with the 12 or so people you saw on the preview page.  We arrived a little before 9:00 and filming started at 11:30.  In the meantime the contestant herders warmed us up, asked us questions, rehearsed our little promos, talked about the anecdotes Alex would ask us about.  We got to know each other as much as you can in 3 hours or so.

Now, I'm not the most competitive guy in town, but I do have my moments.  That being said ...

I made the most money!  I made the most money!  I did best!  I did best!

In yo' face, fellow February 4th contestants!  N'yah N'yah N'yah!

Mmwwwahahahahhahahahaha!

Let us never speak of this again.

[jough]

I made the most money!  I made the most money!  I did best!  I did best!

It's funny - with all that money, the ol' tip jar here sure is pretty empty.

*ahem*

Anyway, my dang video capture device won't be here until Wed. or Thursday - but I will be testing it by encoding August's Jeopardy clips - and trying out the Ulead editing software on cutting out the commercials.

Should be fun.