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J! first season question
Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 09:33 AM\']
--- Quote ---Since that rule got implemented starting with season two, how could Zach's post be valid unless total disaster happened with two players?
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If zach says he remembers a season two incident, I'd tend to believe him. So yeah, we'd pretty much have to assume it was a total-disaster situation. It's possible, there have even been a couple of close calls fairly recently. [/quote]
I will back Zach up. I remember seeing a one-player FJ at some point after season one ended.
ChuckNet:
--- Quote ---Originally (with Fleming and the first season of Trebek), you could buzz in as soon as the clue was revealed. What you were doing is basically gambling that you would know the correct response even before you saw the clue.
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This was the technique that one first-season champ, Michael Day, used to his advantage and won 5 games...it was for that reason they also switched to a lockout system that required several tenths of a second to be reset after a contestant's buzzer was pressed.
Incidentally, when Day returned for the following season's ToC, Harry Eisenberg recalled in his J! book that he \"looked rather surprised to discover his signaling button didn't work the same way as it had in the past\".
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
Steve Gavazzi:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 11:41 AM\'] It just seems fairly obvious -- and their acquisition of Millionaire would support this -- that they want the "look" of the channel to be as new and fresh as possible.
So if their choice is between an older season of Jeopardy and a newer season of Jeopardy, they're going to go with the newer. They're not interested in the nostalgic appeal. [/quote]
If that's the case, how do you explain them restarting the '88-'89 season of Wheel of Fortune?
(And yes, I realize I'm bringing up an old thread here...but this is my first time on the board in about a month.)
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 01:48 PM\']
If that's the case, how do you explain them restarting the '88-'89 season of Wheel of Fortune?
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One argument given in this board was that WOF is less dated material-wise than Jeopardy! is. Though they still show Blockbusters eps. three years older than the oldest Trebek J! shows.
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