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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,661 posts) Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:31 PM Aug 2021

"I don't really care about Jeopardy but this is an amazing bit of backstage reporting ..."

Dave Weigel Retweeted

I don’t really care about Jeopardy but this is an amazing bit of backstage reporting, like something out of the last season of The Larry Sanders Show

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"I don't really care about Jeopardy but this is an amazing bit of backstage reporting ..." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 OP

Seems like the selection may have been a rather ugly process with room for regret now? hlthe2b Aug 2021 #1

I could tell he was a flat-out phony creeper musette_sf Aug 2021 #2

Squicky. madamesilverspurs Aug 2021 #3

Stephen Colbert talked about this tonight in his monologue: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #4

hlthe2b

(102,413 posts)

1. Seems like the selection may have been a rather ugly process with room for regret now?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:33 PM

Aug 2021

I only kept up with the process in a very minimal way.

musette_sf

(10,206 posts)

2. I could tell he was a flat-out phony creeper

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:43 PM

Aug 2021

from watching him host. He had negative charisma.

I'll be dropping Sony a line every week until they dump him.

madamesilverspurs

(15,810 posts)

3. Squicky.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:56 PM

Aug 2021

Looks like Richards got his job the same way Cheney got the veep spot. Smells.

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Rhiannon12866

(206,247 posts)

4. Stephen Colbert talked about this tonight in his monologue:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Aug 20, 2021, 06:17 AM

Aug 2021

New "Jeopardy!" Host Mired In Scandal Mere Days After Awarding Himself The Gig

Crude comments made by "Jeopardy!" executive producer Mike Richards about women, Jewish people and residents of Haiti resurfaced this week, putting his new hosting job in danger.

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