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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: opimus on July 09, 2004, 09:28:17 AM
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How likely are we to see Ken Jennings on Super Millionaire in a sweeps period?
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[quote name=\'opimus\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 08:28 AM\'] How likely are we to see Ken Jennings on Super Millionaire in a sweeps period? [/quote]
The odds of Ken appearing on SM are the same odds everyone else has to get on SM. He probably wouldn't be eligible for a year after his last J! episode airs, but even he would have to hope for the random callback and that someone competing against him on the show wouldn't have fingers as fast as his are.
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[quote name=\'opimus\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 08:28 AM\'] How likely are we to see Ken Jennings on Super Millionaire in a sweeps period? [/quote]
As Zach mentioned, Ken would have to go through the same qualifying process as us mere mortals, whether it's through the phone game or by auditioning.
You should have considered the fact that Super Millionaire may not air again. ABC has not yet made a decision to run a third series, as much as Michael Davies would like to do it. Remember that the ratings weren't exactly bringing ABC out of fourth place.
What I would expect to see Ken on would be Davies' Grand Slam project, where they unite past superchamps. He would certainly make the cut.
-Dean
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The producers could book him as a "celebraity" contestant.
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[quote name=\'opimus\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 08:55 AM\'] The producers could book him as a "celebraity" contestant. [/quote]
Let's hope ABC learned their lesson and won't do any more celebrity shows. Or at the very least not do as many.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 06:30 AM\'] and that someone competing against him on the show wouldn't have fingers as fast as his are. [/quote]
I think we've pretty much established by now that NOBODY has fingers faster than his are.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 08:22 AM\'] I think we've pretty much established by now that NOBODY has fingers faster than his are. [/quote]
Oh, come now, Chris, we've only seen his thumb at work.
Unless there's something you're not sharing with us.
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They let you on Super Millionaire as long as you were not on a primetime show in the last year. Todd Kim taped Jeopardy! before was on Super Millionaire.
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[quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 11:31 AM\'] They let you on Super Millionaire as long as you were not on a primetime show in the last year. Todd Kim taped Jeopardy! before was on Super Millionaire. [/quote]
But did Mr. Kim not have to forfeit his J! winnings in order to appear on Super Millionaire?
Of course, you would generally win more than $2,000 on Super Millionaire, making it worthwhile...
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[quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 09:35 AM\'] [quote name=\'opimus\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 08:55 AM\'] The producers could book him as a "celebraity" contestant. [/quote]
Let's hope ABC learned their lesson and won't do any more celebrity shows. Or at the very least not do as many. [/quote]
I say book him as one of the 3 Wise Men.
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I suspect the J! people would probably object if he appeared on Super Millionaire in between his last regular J! appearance and the Tournament of Champions. And they'd definitely object if he appeared on Super Millionaire while he was still on the show (which is not out of the range of possibility).
Regardless, unless they change the qualification process for Super-M, the odds of Ken (or anyone in particular) getting on Super-M are pretty small.
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But did Mr. Kim not have to forfeit his J! winnings in order to appear on Super Millionaire?
Yes, but that has nothing to do with the eligibility question.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 08:46 AM\'] I say book him as one of the 3 Wise Men. [/quote]
Wow. THAT is a good idea. Hell, book him as ALL THREE Wise Men. ;)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 10:22 AM\'] I think we've pretty much established by now that NOBODY has fingers faster than his are. [/quote]
Perhaps more accurate would be, nobody we've seen has faster fingers.
I know people who are at roughly the same level as Ken; how he'd do against them is anyone's guess.
Of course, one interesting fact remains: if Ken indeed makes it to next season's shows, he'll be competing against people who could conceivably have seen his streak, and know his relative weaknesses. . . .
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 10:46 AM\'] I say book him as one of the 3 Wise Men. [/quote]
I say book him as all of the wise men!
Edit: Figures Lemon'd beat me to the punch on that one.
But on further reflection: Could ABC afford to have a lifeline who was completely trustworthy?
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 09:05 PM\'] But on further reflection: Could ABC afford to have a lifeline who was completely trustworthy? [/quote]
Perhaps Leszek can answer that one for us. :-)
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I doubt if Ken gets on Super Millionaire(if it ever comes back) but more likely an appearance on Grand Slam is a definitely possibility if Micheal Davies can bring that show to production next year.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jul 10 2004, 04:21 AM\'] I doubt if Ken gets on Super Millionaire(if it ever comes back) but more likely an appearance on Grand Slam is a definitely possibility if Micheal Davies can bring that show to production next year. [/quote]
That's what I said!
-Dean
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I suspect the J! people would probably object if he appeared on Super Millionaire in between his last regular J! appearance and the Tournament of Champions.
When is J!'s next ToC, anyway? And the way Ken's going, I wouldn't be surprised to see him win if they do another $1M Masters tourney.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 09:45 PM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Jul 9 2004, 09:05 PM\'] But on further reflection: Could ABC afford to have a lifeline who was completely trustworthy? [/quote]
Perhaps Leszek can answer that one for us. :-)[/quote]
Uhhh ... I'm 4 for 4 as a PAF on syndi WWTBAM, but I haven't seen a question above $32K, for which I am grateful; they get a lot tougher above that level. And on Super M, there's a quantum leap in difficulty from $100K to $500K; if I had been a PAF on those questions, my record might have been spotty.
And for those who think that buzzer speed translates directly into Fastest Finger proficiency, I am living proof that's not necessarily the case (as is Bruce Simmons, the guy who placed second to me in the 1992 TOC, and who also appeared on WWTBAM without making it into the Hot Seat). I'm not saying that Ken wouldn't do well at Fastest Finger, just that you can't necessarily draw that conclusion based on his J! buzzer skills.
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When is J!'s next ToC, anyway? And the way Ken's going, I wouldn't be surprised to see him win if they do another $1M Masters tourney.
The next TOC is at the beginning of next season is it not?
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 10 2004, 12:24 PM\']
When is J!'s next ToC, anyway? And the way Ken's going, I wouldn't be surprised to see him win if they do another $1M Masters tourney.
The next TOC is at the beginning of next season is it not?[/quote]
They generally are always in sweeps periods. I would guess that the next TOC would be in the November sweeps--if they have 13 people who've won at least three games this season (do you really want to see a two-time champ in the TOC?).
And I believe that, like "TPIR," "J!" tapes shows for the next season before their summer break, so they may already have the first eight weeks of the new season already in the can (you may've noticed that set changes and *some* rule changes, like the money doubling, seem to occur in November in recent years rather than the beginning of the season--seems to me that they would do the set rebuild during the summer break and have it ready in time for when they start up contestant auditions).
(A reminder that the "J!" set is as permanent as any television show set is in its studio on the Sony lot and that contestant auditions are held in the studio on the days they don't tape.)
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As a contestant, he'd have to wait a year since the last appearance on J!...
As a "Three Wise Men" portion, I think that's a _VERY LIKELY_ scenario, especially if he continues to win -- but not so far that he'd still be on J! concurrently...
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[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Jul 15 2004, 07:37 PM\']As a contestant, he'd have to wait a year since the last appearance on J!...[/quote]
We've been through this before. Super Millionaire doesn't care about his J! appearance. J!'s contract---the only thing restricting him---doesn't allow him to be on another show for six months after his last episode of theirs airs.
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Then six months, then...
And, as we went for before, the money he'd lose would be his J! winnings, so the contention stands...
Why must some of you be so... anal...
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[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Jul 16 2004, 05:14 PM\'] Why must some of you be so... anal... [/quote]
Because you were dead wrong.
There is a great deal of difference between six months and a year.