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Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Skynet74 on November 30, 2004, 09:04:51 PM
It was reported by ABC Radio News that Ken just gave his two weeks notice at work. So now he's out of a job too. Damn... what a bad day this has been for Ken! ;-)



John
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Desperado on November 30, 2004, 09:48:49 PM
Lovely.  He takes off God knows how many "sick days" to attend tapings...and now he quits.   What a guy.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: MikeK on November 30, 2004, 10:00:19 PM
I hope Ken can find a job.  I don't want to see him working menial jobs like fast food.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: goongas on November 30, 2004, 10:38:07 PM
According to this:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=293023&page=3 (http://\"http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=293023&page=3\")

Ken will only take a leave of absence from his job.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Skynet74 on November 30, 2004, 11:17:24 PM
Well ABC News said he quit. So I guess we'll have to watch all those interviews to see what Ken has to say.

By the way I just want to mention to Ken that my User name "Skynet74" is my way of paying tribute to the 74 games that you won on Jeopardy. Isn't that nice of me? So how much is that worth Buddy?

 I'll be waiting for my check. ;-)


John
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Skynet74 on November 30, 2004, 11:26:10 PM
In an even funnier twist. My Local News just reported that H & R Block has just offered Ken free Tax preparation FOR LIFE. How funny is that? Kudos to H & R Block for not holding Ken's wrong answer in final Jeopardy against him. They sound like good sports.


John
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: inturnaround on December 01, 2004, 03:46:20 AM
Ken announced on Nightline that he's writing a book for Random House due to be released next year.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on December 01, 2004, 04:25:49 AM
[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Nov 30 2004, 11:26 PM\']Kudos to H & R Block for not holding Ken's wrong answer in final Jeopardy againsthim.
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And they would hold a grudge......why?
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Jimmy Owen on December 01, 2004, 04:47:25 AM
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 04:25 AM\'][quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Nov 30 2004, 11:26 PM\']Kudos to H & R Block for not holding Ken's wrong answer in final Jeopardy againsthim.
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And they would hold a grudge......why?
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The twist is that the returns will be given to FedEx to deliver to the IRS and they will get lost due to a lack of seasonal employees.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: cmjb13 on December 01, 2004, 08:43:18 AM
[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 03:46 AM\']Ken announced on Nightline that he's writing a book for Random House due to be released next year.
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I hope this book isn't as dull as I think it will be.

It has to be a fairly short book.

"I walked into the studio for the first time feeling pretty nervous...."

"For my 30th game..."

"In my 50th appearance..."

I just don't think there's enough substance for a lengthy book.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: inturnaround on December 01, 2004, 09:45:41 AM
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 09:43 AM\']I just don't think there's enough substance for a lengthy book.
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I'd imagine it would be more of a short account of his Jeopardy! run followed by tips on how to win the game.

Some interviews he's given have mentioned that he'd love to market a trivia game. That would be something I'd be interested in seeing. It's called "Can You Beat Ken?"

So far, only one person can say they can.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: uncamark on December 01, 2004, 12:08:49 PM
Hey--how about Ken doing a show for Comedy Central where three contestants try to go up against him and win his money.  The categories can have joke names, a smartass former modern rock radio sportscaster can be Ken's sidekick and co-host and the end game can be Ken and the day's winner in twin isolation booths trying to answer the same 10 questions.

What?  They already did that show and GSN's already rerunning it?  :)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: catkins522 on December 01, 2004, 01:33:44 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 12:08 PM\']Hey--how about Ken doing a show for Comedy Central where three contestants try to go up against him and win his money.  The categories can have joke names, a smartass former modern rock radio sportscaster can be Ken's sidekick and co-host and the end game can be Ken and the day's winner in twin isolation booths trying to answer the same 10 questions.

What?  They already did that show and GSN's already rerunning it?  :)
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What!?!?!  GSN has Strip Poker!!!  What time and day?

;-)

Charles
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: AH3RD on December 01, 2004, 01:45:12 PM
Not that he needs to work anymore anyway, given his huge winnings.

So...'twas FedEx killed The Beast.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Robair on December 01, 2004, 02:17:08 PM
[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 09:45 AM\']Some interviews he's given have mentioned that he'd love to market a trivia game. That would be something I'd be interested in seeing. It's called "Can You Beat Ken?"
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He mentioned on "Regis and Kelly" today that University Games is working on it with him, and it will be formally introduced at the February Toy Fair in New York. So there will actually be a "Can You Beat Ken" game.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: PYLdude on December 01, 2004, 02:30:27 PM
[quote name=\'Robair\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 03:17 PM\'][quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 09:45 AM\']Some interviews he's given have mentioned that he'd love to market a trivia game. That would be something I'd be interested in seeing. It's called "Can You Beat Ken?"
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He mentioned on "Regis and Kelly" today that University Games is working on it with him, and it will be formally introduced at the February Toy Fair in New York. So there will actually be a "Can You Beat Ken" game.
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Well, I guess it doesn't hurt to squeeze as much as you can out of your fifteen minutes, eh, Ken?

I like this idea, though...will it sell? Maybe. Would I buy a copy? Probably not. But still, it's a fun idea to consider and/or try to market.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: gameshowguy2000 on December 01, 2004, 02:53:11 PM
If they get Ken to host SNL, I'd certainly watch.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: dzinkin on December 01, 2004, 02:59:05 PM
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 02:53 PM\']If they get Ken to host SNL, I'd certainly watch.
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It would be interesting if Saturday Night Live did that, considering that Ken's local NBC affiliate doesn't even carry SNL.  (KSL considers SNL "inappropriate," so the show airs on Salt Lake's WB affiliate instead.)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: johnnyd1788 on December 01, 2004, 03:09:11 PM
[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Nov 30 2004, 11:26 PM\']In an even funnier twist. My Local News just reported that H & R Block has just offered Ken free Tax preparation FOR LIFE. How funny is that? Kudos to H & R Block for not holding Ken's wrong answer in final Jeopardy against him. They sound like good sports.


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This is true. I think the main reason why they did that so he wouldn't "forget" them.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: chris319 on December 01, 2004, 05:07:24 PM
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H & R Block has just offered Ken free tax preparation FOR LIFE.
Ken doesn't need free anything any more. Besides, wouldn't he be better off going to a C.P.A.?
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: inturnaround on December 01, 2004, 05:16:51 PM
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:07 PM\']Ken doesn't need free anything any more. Besides, wouldn't he be better off going to a C.P.A.?
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I dunno. Long gone are the days where $2.5 million meant you were set for life. Though, you're right, it's always been ironic that the more money you have, the less you actually are expected to pay for.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Michael Brandenburg on December 01, 2004, 06:17:56 PM
My two cents on Ken Jennings now-finished run on Jeopardy:

I was out shopping the evening the show aired on WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, but I set my VCR to record that program and the Amazing Race 6 program that aired later on that evening on WKRC-TV.  (As it happened, a certain pro wrestling and NASCAR fan among us will likely be fighting for that tape… .)

Interesting that he finally lost on a FJ clue involving income tax preparation ("H & R Block" was supposed to be the correct response) -- I would have responded "Internal Revenue Service" to that one myself!  Also of interest: Last tax filing season, I took advantage of my employer's "Free E-Filing" program to electronically file my Federal and Kentucky state inccome tax returns for 2003 -- and they altered my state return so I ended up owing the wrong amount on the return!

Correcting that error required me to submit an amended Kentucky state return (the "old fashioned" way) and an additional $21 payment.  Of course, because I can get fired from my job for not paying my Federal income taxes in a timely manner (under Section 1203(b)9 of the IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 that was signed into law by President Clinton on July 22, 1998), this means I have now "fired" my employer as my income tax E-filer!

So now, to the people at H & R Block: Since you have now been kind enough to offer Ken Jennings free income tax preparation for life, will you offer me free E-filing of my own tax returns if I buy the famous tax-preparation product of your own software engineers?


Michael Brandenburg
(Still an IRS employee since 1984 -- but a certain Mr. Tom Ridge didn't want me acknowledging that lately in this forum!)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: MCArroyo1 on December 01, 2004, 07:00:27 PM
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 02:53 PM\']If they get Ken to host SNL, I'd certainly watch.
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I wouldn't bet on it, especially when you look at the long line of A-list celebs who've hosted recently.  Ben Affleck, Jude Law, Colin Farrell's up next.

But John Carpenter showed up in one sketch right after winning on Reege's show.  So I'd put my money on a short cameo, but nothing much else.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: TimK2003 on December 01, 2004, 08:12:47 PM
[quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM\']Correcting that error required me to submit an amended Kentucky state return (the "old fashioned" way) and an additional $21 payment. 
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I though the 'old fasioned way' in Kentucky was just to send in a pint or 2 of Jack Daniels and things would be OK.  My how the times have changed in the Bluegrass State!!!

Too bad Ken didn't hang on for another 6 episodes or so -- then his run would have been equal to the entire runs of "Blackout", "Your Numbers Up", and other shows which lasted only 13 weeks.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: MyCapableAssistant on December 01, 2004, 08:17:13 PM
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He mentioned on "Regis and Kelly" today that University Games is working on it with him, and it will be formally introduced at the February Toy Fair in New York. So there will actually be a "Can You Beat Ken" game.






Well, I guess it doesn't hurt to squeeze as much as you can out of your fifteen minutes, eh, Ken?

Sounds to me like EVERYBODY's cashing in on Ken's 15mins. H&R Block just got
FREE PUBLICITY by advertising to do Ken's taxes for free. Any talk show he's been on probably more than likely has had high ratings because everyone has tuned in to see this brainiac. As for the Ken game and Ken book? That probably shoulda been expected but I was surprised to hear it, actually.

Last night on the radio on the way home from work, we heard a Werid Al Yankovich song called: "I lost on Jeopardy!" It actually sounded quite good, but in an online search for the MP3, the only thing that was available that "I" found was FOR SALE.

Did anybody else hear the song? If you haven't heard it, keep your ears open for it. It really wasn't half-bad.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Chief-O on December 01, 2004, 08:27:08 PM
[quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 08:17 PM\']Last night on the radio on the way home from work, we heard a Werid Al Yankovich song called: "I lost on Jeopardy!" It actually sounded quite good, but in an online search for the MP3, the only thing that was available that "I" found was FOR SALE.

Did anybody else hear the song? If you haven't heard it, keep your ears open for it. It really wasn't half-bad.
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Or if you have VH1 Classic, watch for the video. They air it regularly.

Somewhat Necessary ObGameShows: Don Pardo and Art Fleming both appeared in said video.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: zachhoran on December 01, 2004, 08:49:15 PM
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 08:12 PM\'][quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM\']Correcting that error required me to submit an amended Kentucky state return (the "old fashioned" way) and an additional $21 payment. 
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Too bad Ken didn't hang on for another 6 episodes or so -- then his run would have been equal to the entire runs of "Blackout", "Your Numbers Up", and other shows which lasted only 13 weeks.
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Ken was on for 15 weeks, two weeks longer than Trebek's second run of Battlestars even.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 01, 2004, 08:52:55 PM
And that's 15 weeks of his shows, not even counting the breaks he has had in between.

Incidentally, how many weeks of regular shows (not tournaments, kids weeks, celeb weeks, etc.) are there in one season of Jeopardy?
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: starcade on December 01, 2004, 08:55:02 PM
For weeks now, I've joked that he was a "former software engineer" -- I would say it likely someone has a very fat offer for him to get into the biz.

(See van Doren, before the scandal took him out...)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: starcade on December 01, 2004, 08:56:12 PM
And as for the H&R Block thing:

Great publicity, and the guy's going to need some good tax prep for at least the next couple of years...
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: zachhoran on December 01, 2004, 09:46:37 PM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 08:52 PM\']And that's 15 weeks of his shows, not even counting the breaks he has had in between.

Incidentally, how many weeks of regular shows (not tournaments, kids weeks, celeb weeks, etc.) are there in one season of Jeopardy?
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Always 46 weeks in a J! season. The number of regular weeks vary by one or two a year, depending on whether they have a TofC or celeb weeks or not. Last season didn't have a TofC(last one before this season was in May 2003), this season did. There were about two years without a celeb week of shows, due in part to the death of talent coordinator Georgina Warwick a few years ago. This season has already had five special weeks, and will probably have the Teen week in Feb or May, and a celeb and kids week may be in the offing on the other sweeps month. If this is true, figure on 37 regular weeks this year. Other years could have as many as 40.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 01, 2004, 10:02:52 PM
That's around what I figured.

My dad was trying to sell me some BS that Jeopardy was still doing 13-week seasons. :P
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Matt Ottinger on December 01, 2004, 10:57:51 PM
[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:16 PM\']I dunno. Long gone are the days where $2.5 million meant you were set for life. [/quote]
Perhaps, if all you planned on doing was sit on the $2.5M and coast for the rest of your life.  But for a bright, young, charismatic individual with all sorts of options, $2.5M means you don't have to punch a time clock for a good long time, and it frees you up to pursue opportunities you could only dream of before this happened.  It's a life-changing amount of money, and something tells me Ken has no intention of sitting on his butt and living off interest.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: The Ol' Guy on December 01, 2004, 11:15:47 PM
So University's working on a "Can You Beat Ken" game, eh? I just bought Mr. Moog's "Beat The Experts" game for around $8.99 at Meijer. Board game shelf lives ain't what they used to be...hope he's printing just enough to sustain sales at full retail until they're gone. Unless Ken gets a lot more positive media exposure, some people might forget who he is by Christmas 2005....

..or wouldn't it be a hoot if between now and the game's release, Jeopardy had a new 80-game winner? Not meaning to be mean, but a game company would have an unenviable task trying to market a game themed on the second best Jeopardy champion ever...

..there goes my possible free audition copy...
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 01, 2004, 11:46:47 PM
lol. A while back, I had a dream that one of my friends was on an ungodly run on Jeopardy. The screen that came up said she had won (I think) $21,973,602 over 574 days.

What was really funny was that that math adds up! Not bad considering it was a dream.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Skynet74 on December 02, 2004, 12:08:29 AM
Yeah well that's more accurate than my dream. There was No banging of the Podium by Ken and he also lost to a woman. In my dream it was Man. The only part I got right wa........ Well actually I did not get any part right! Damn those inaccurate dreams! I'll have to wotk on that. ;-)



John
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 02, 2004, 12:18:32 AM
Well, Ken did slap his podium when his answer was revealed. It's not banging by any means, but it's surprising like close.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: clemon79 on December 02, 2004, 01:43:37 AM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 10:18 PM\']Well, Ken did slap his podium when his answer was revealed. It's not banging by any means, but it's surprising like close.
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Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: sshuffield70 on December 02, 2004, 09:25:56 AM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 10:02 PM\']That's around what I figured.

My dad was trying to sell me some BS that Jeopardy was still doing 13-week seasons. :P
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Nah, that's only if GSN is producing the show......which is why it's still in the sorry state that it is.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: uncamark on December 02, 2004, 04:31:08 PM
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 09:25 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 10:02 PM\']That's around what I figured.

My dad was trying to sell me some BS that Jeopardy was still doing 13-week seasons. :P
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Nah, that's only if GSN is producing the show......which is why it's still in the sorry state that it is.
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65-episode orders (or 13, if it's a once-a-week-show) for renewal are fairly common in cable.  In the case of scripted shows, they're welcomed.  "Celebrity Poker Showdown"'s last renewal from Bravo was only for 6 episodes, unless they taped another six at the same time as the ones that just aired that Bravo's sitting on for a while.

And "J!" has never done really long stretches of reruns.  The network versions ran without repeats year-round, while the current version was 195 shows a season for the first few years and 230 a season from 1987 or 1988 to the present day.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: cmjb13 on December 02, 2004, 05:15:38 PM
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 10:57 PM\'][quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:16 PM\']I dunno. Long gone are the days where $2.5 million meant you were set for life. [/quote]
Perhaps, if all you planned on doing was sit on the $2.5M and coast for the rest of your life.  But for a bright, young, charismatic individual with all sorts of options, $2.5M means you don't have to punch a time clock for a good long time, and it frees you up to pursue opportunities you could only dream of before this happened.  It's a life-changing amount of money, and something tells me Ken has no intention of sitting on his butt and living off interest.
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After taxes and his church donation, he'll wind up with "only" about 1.2 million.

It's the book, game, commericals (if any), is where he'll do well.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Gromit on December 02, 2004, 08:03:10 PM
[quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM\']Last night on the radio on the way home from work, we heard a Werid Al Yankovich song called: "I lost on Jeopardy!" It actually sounded quite good, but in an online search for the MP3, the only thing that was available that "I" found was FOR SALE.

Did anybody else hear the song? If you haven't heard it, keep your ears open for it. It really wasn't half-bad.
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Heh. Welcome to the 80's.

Young 'uns. ;)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: clemon79 on December 02, 2004, 08:11:44 PM
[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 06:03 PM\'][quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM\']
Did anybody else hear the song? If you haven't heard it, keep your ears open for it. It really wasn't half-bad.
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Heh. Welcome to the 80's.

Young 'uns. ;)
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Exactly. If you haven't heard "I Lost On Jeopardy", where have you BEEN for the last 21 years? :)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 02, 2004, 08:15:59 PM
Probably watching Madonna, Britney Spears and the like throw their t**s around. ;-)
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: zachhoran on December 02, 2004, 08:24:13 PM
[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 08:03 PM\'][quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM\']Last night on the radio on the way home from work, we heard a Werid Al Yankovich song called: "I lost on Jeopardy!"

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Young 'uns. ;)
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Those younger folks who now listen to 80s radio stations aren't going to hear too many songs that peaked below #20 on the charts, and I Lost on Jeopardy peaked in the 80's on the Hot 100.
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: BrandonFG on December 02, 2004, 09:31:44 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 08:24 PM\'][quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 08:03 PM\'][quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM\']Last night on the radio on the way home from work, we heard a Werid Al Yankovich song called: "I lost on Jeopardy!"

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Young 'uns. ;)
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Those younger folks who now listen to 80s radio stations aren't going to hear too many songs that peaked below #20 on the charts, and I Lost on Jeopardy peaked in the 80's on the Hot 100.
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Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: clemon79 on December 02, 2004, 09:34:48 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 2 2004, 06:24 PM\']Those younger folks who now listen to 80s radio stations aren't going to hear too many songs that peaked below #20 on the charts, and I Lost on Jeopardy peaked in the 80's on the Hot 100.
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Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: uncamark on December 03, 2004, 03:45:36 PM
I don't know if this was brought up, now that Weird Al has horned his way into this thread (or should I say accordioned), but Ken has signed an endorsement deal with Microsoft for their Encarta electronic encyclopedia.

Or (subliminally), install Encarta and you too can win 74 games of "J!" and 2.5 mil...
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: ChuckNet on December 05, 2004, 08:45:30 PM
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Those younger folks who now listen to 80s radio stations aren't going to hear too many songs that peaked below #20 on the charts, and I Lost on Jeopardy peaked in the 80's on the Hot 100.

I dunno...while in central PA 3 yrs ago, I chanced upon an 80s station that played "People Who Died" by the Jim Carroll Band and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds...those didn't strike me as Top 20 hits.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Title: Ken Jennings out of a job
Post by: zachhoran on December 05, 2004, 09:04:56 PM
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Those younger folks who now listen to 80s radio stations aren't going to hear too many songs that peaked below #20 on the charts, and I Lost on Jeopardy peaked in the 80's on the Hot 100.

I dunno...while in central PA 3 yrs ago, I chanced upon an 80s station that played "People Who Died" by the Jim Carroll Band and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds...those didn't strike me as Top 20 hits.

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People WHo Died did not crack the Hot 100, but it's Saturday detention for forgetting Don't You(Forget About Me) hit #1 in 1985 for SImple Minds in the wake of the song being a part of the Breakfast Club soundtrack.