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Title: Wheel/J
Post by: adamjk on July 01, 2004, 02:16:09 PM

I notice on the clip from Brad's site that on the April Fool's episode of Wheel with Alex hosting, Johnny Gilbert announces. That made me wonder, did Charlie O Donnell announce Jeopardy that day?

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: whewfan on July 01, 2004, 02:17:20 PM

No, Johnny Gilbert did J! too. Vanna and Pat were introduced in the same fashion as they introduced the players on J!

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: Strikerz04 on July 02, 2004, 01:49:38 AM

If I didn't know any better, didn't those episodes move really slowly, especially on J!

J! had moved really slowly, and didn't even complete DJ!, plus the winner walked off with $1800 or something

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: Brandon Brooks on July 02, 2004, 03:04:13 AM

[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 12:49 AM\'] J! had moved really slowly, and didn't even complete DJ!, plus the winner walked off with $1800 or something [/quote]
 You make it sound like the winner won $1,800 because game play was slow.  I can almost assure you that that is not the reason, whatsoever.

Brandon Brooks

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: adamjk on July 02, 2004, 12:32:51 PM

I believe they had, but just to be sure, had Jeopardy went to the sushi bar look by that point?

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: FeudDude on July 02, 2004, 12:33:28 PM

[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 11:32 AM\'] I believe they had, but just to be sure, had Jeopardy went to the sushi bar look by that point? [/quote]
 Yes.

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: Matt Ottinger on July 02, 2004, 12:37:01 PM

[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 03:04 AM\'] [quote name=\'Strikerz04\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 12:49 AM\'] J! had moved really slowly, and didn't even complete DJ!, plus the winner walked off with $1800 or something [/quote]
You make it sound like the winner won $1,800 because game play was slow.  I can almost assure you that that is not the reason, whatsoever. [/quote]
 Brandon is right.  The winner had a low total because all three players missed Final Jeopardy.  The FJ clue wasn't particularly hard, but the players allowed themselves to be taken aback by a preposterously worded category title (in keeping with the April Fools theme).

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: rmfromfla on July 02, 2004, 02:49:29 PM

Final Jeopardy Category:  Trinadadian Amateur Ichthyologists

     Clue:  This common aquarium fish was named for a Trinadadian clergyman

           Paul Roder (ret. champ)   6,650   -  6,000   =  650  (ministers?)
          Lori Drummond                6,200   -  6,199   =    1   (angelfish?)
         Christian Stallsmith           5,500   -   4,500   =  $1,000  (angelfish?)

    Correct response:   What is a Guppy?

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: Steve McClellan on July 02, 2004, 03:32:16 PM

[quote name=\'rmfromfla\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 11:49 AM\']         Christian Stallsmith           5,500   -   4,500   =  $1,000  (angelfish?)[/quote]
At the risk of looking like I don't know which board I'm on, did the Betting Police™ put out an APB on this guy? :)

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Post by: OntarioQuizzer on July 02, 2004, 03:35:26 PM

I think that the Betting Police would need to put out an APB for all three guys...

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Post by: adamjk on July 02, 2004, 03:46:27 PM

What does APB stand for?

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Post by: Brandon Brooks on July 02, 2004, 03:47:51 PM

[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 02:46 PM\'] What does APB stand for? [/quote]
 All Points Bulletin.

Brandon Brooks

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: Steve McClellan on July 02, 2004, 03:52:25 PM

[quote name=\'OntarioQuizzer\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 12:35 PM\']I think that the Betting Police would need to put out an APB for all three guys...[/quote]
I was debating whether to go that far, but decided not to. By my calculations, their optimum wagers would have been:

Paul: 5,751
Lori: 4,800 or 4,801
Christian: 0 (1,151 if afraid of a $0 bet; definitely no more than 4,100)

I don't think Paul's extra $249 was likely to have any effect on his chances of winning. A bit Martian, perhaps, or maybe just a number designed to prevent a Weikle-esque error. Lori, however, would've won with a correct wager, so I guess you have a point there. :)

(I guess Christian was anticipating only Paul's proper wager, and not thinking that Lori shouldn't be shooting the works. But, the only shot he had was if both of his opponents missed, so unless he was a real expert on all things fish- and Trinidad-related, he had no reason to risk anything.)

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: rmfromfla on July 02, 2004, 06:01:43 PM

Two more items to add to this topic:

   1.  Sajak pointed out that Guppy referred to R. J.  Lashmere Guppy
   2.  Christian redeemed himself well the next game with Trebek back
        at the helm to a total of $18,601.

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: adamjk on July 02, 2004, 06:10:30 PM

How did Pat do as host BTW?

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Post by: aaron sica on July 02, 2004, 06:56:17 PM

[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 06:10 PM\'] How did Pat do as host BTW? [/quote]
 He didn't do too badly, from what I remember...Didn't seem out of place or anything, at least not to me..

Title: Wheel/J
Post by: Stevek83 on July 02, 2004, 10:58:39 PM

[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Jul 1 2004, 01:17 PM\']No, Johnny Gilbert did J! too. Vanna and Pat were introduced in the same fashion as they introduced the players on J![/quote]
But Charlie O' announced Wheel too. IIRC he did the Opening Spiel and then announced during the bonus round after Pat and Vanna won.