Like yesterday, I'm not able to blog about tonight's episode. I'm getting my hair and toenails done in preparation for my Jeopardy! audition Monday. After that I'm going to visit my friend who's recovering from hip surgery, and she's going to read me some more clues. After that it's home-sweet-home, where I'll get caught up on several weeks' worth of weekend episodes of Jeopardy! Then the long-anticipated audition Monday! I can't wait to give you the deets. In the meantime, I wanted to give you a space to talk about today's episode.
You'll probably hear from me one more time before the audition, but in case not, please watch Nick Condon on Monday's Jeopardy! The Jeopardy! fan community is buzzing a little bit about him and I for one am expecting big things.
Recaps and commentary on Jeopardy! episodes, from two devoted fans. Jeanie was on Jeopardy! March 28, 2012!
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Oh man! Sigh. no bloggage for my games. And the boards are still down. Ah, well. I guess that'll mean fewer people critiquing my Alex interview. (I hate the one tonight... he went off the index card completely and my brain went derp!) I second the watch Monday for Nick - he's an awesome guy and wicked smart.
Good luck at the audition! Just have fun with it... I bet you do great! And tell Maggie and/or Robert that I say hi!
Mary Anna, I thought it came across awkward mostly because it was such an odd thing for him to ask. Essentially, "Is your job going to cease to exist in the near future, do you think?"
Jeanie, you crack me up. Maybe you're showing what I did wrong in my audition - I didn't get my hair cut, nails done, or buy a new outfit, haha. I did remember to brush my hair, though.
Mary Anna, I'm sorry! I could've blogged about the episode but it would've been "late" - later than I thought I should if people wanted to comment on this episode. I just got up now - My friend Carol quizzed with me with Trivial Pursuit questions until 4:30 a.m., then I had to drive about another hour and a half. I'm going to watch your episode in a second. Thanks for the good luck!
Ursula, did you die when "Shackleton" was a response this week? (For those who don't know the history: "Shackleton" was a triple-stumper a while back, and I hadn't known the response either. Ursula said she was surprised it was a triple-stumper. So I wrote a whole
entry devoted to Shackleton so I could learn more. Ursula later started a book club and their first read was Shackleton's account. She invited me to join but I'm not on Facebook. I did start to read his book anyway but stopped when I learned I was going to have a Jeopardy! audition, so I could read other things.)
Just finished watching the show. Mary Anna, I thought you did well during your interview. I also responded "surge protector" when you did. I said out loud that I was going to leave a comment to that effect, and my dad said, "Tell 'em what your dad said." (He got it right.) My dad said Marseilles for the final, too. My mom got Nice. I didn't come up with a decent response.
I'm very surprised that no one knew "Nancy" or "Shemp" in the Faces category! That will help my Coryat, which I'll post but I have a question first: Would you guys accept "cow" for "bull" as the Elmer's mascot? My dad and I both said that.
Aw, thanks Jeanie! (And if you want to do an after the fact blog of either of the games - you'll have at least one eager reader! I'm such a dork...) The interview came across better on TV than I thought it would - it felt all kinds of awkward at the time.
I was pretty sure knew Shemp, but wasn't confident enough to ring in. Caught all sorts of (good-natured) crap for that from my husband - he's one of the worlds biggest Stooges fans. And Nancy, I think I've seen that image before, but hadn't the foggiest what her name was.
I don't know if they would have accepted cow - Elmer was the husband (heh) of Daisy the cow, who was the Borden mascot. Depends if they think "cow" = "cattle", or "cow" = "cattle of the lady persuasion". I would have been a stickler, but then again I grew up on a dairy farm. :P
And yeah, Ursula, it was kind of a weird question, I thought... I mean, what can you say other than, "I hope not!" It was fun, anyway, though. The interviews were definitely the most nerve-wracking part... playing the game itself was surprisingly zen! It felt almost like playing at home... minus the gazillion lights and makeup lady coming out every break to make us less shiny...
Ha, Jeanie - yeah, it was great, both Morgan and I looked at each other and laughed when Shackleton came up.
Mary Anna - I imagine if you can get into that zen place, you'll do as well as it's possible for you to do. Better if the interview is nerve-wracking and it's possible to just immerse yourself in the game.
Thank you all for the kind words and mentions; I'll have more stories about Jeopardy! up at my weblog, but I'll stop by here, too, if Jeanie (who I know will be the best sort of busy tomorrow) has a chance to put up a thread for it.
And Jeanie, I wish you the very best of luck at your audition. You've clearly worked very hard on your prep, and I hope it pays off with a spot on the show. And besides, the audition is enough fun to be worth it no matter the outcome!
Hi, Nicholas. I'll schedule an entry to publish at 5 p.m. Central, and then I'll probably start publishing comments at 9:30 (once the show has aired on the west coast). Thank you for the good wishes! I like the audition experience in itself, too.
I decided not to count "cow." That means I missed four (four!) 1000 clues in the Jeopardy round. My Coryat was 18000. According to j-archive.com, Mary Anna's was 6200, Ben's was 9400, and Amy's was 13400.