ken jennings got cheated

[sniffa]

he Lost to vicky the robot(and she hasn't aged weLL since smaLL wonder) - cyborgs and robots shouLd not be aLLowed on jeapordy. chess, sure.. but not trivia.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. My thoughts on the whole Ken Jennings thing...

[peekaloo]

2. Merv Griffin was heard to mutter "Oooooooooooooooo a robot".

Of course Ted Koppel devotes an entire segment of 'Nightline' to KJ/Jeopardy and NOT ONCE mentioned the evil that machines have brought to mankind. :tinfoilhat:

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[ghostsofgiants]

3. That's because Ted Koppel IS a robot.

Duh.

[peekaloo]

4. come on even a robot has better taste in head wear than Koppel!

double duh. :P

[ghostsofgiants]

13. You clearly don't watch The Simpsons.

Oh well.

[peekaloo]

15. what's The Simpsons?

I clearly just don't allow them the final word.



I am not delightfully saucy.

[democracy eh]

5. I think KJ threw it

as he smelled an endorsement deal where he could double is money

think about it

it is a perfect commercial for H&R Block

"do you have a lot on your mind? extra busy this year? did you encounter some unexpected cash? do you forget simple answers?

then H&R Block can help

think about it :crazy:

[Phentex]

6. exactly!

There's no way he didn't know that answer!

[sniffa]

7. that was easy

even i got it.

ken gave up - he bLew every daiLy doubLe, and he Looked tired.

that woman has huge shoes to fiLL, and she doesn't have the stage presence.

[LisaLynne]

8. It's like "Quiz Show" all over again! nt

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Ahem...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2117385#2117394

[fluffernutter]

9. he had to have known that answer, i agree.

he threw it. Fed Ex? come on!

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Wow! Everything IS A Conspiracy Around Here!

The Professor

[No Mandate Here.]

11. Yeah, Let's see...

It was a dark and stormy night in Kennebunkport, in 1946, when George and Barbara heard the snap of the tree limb, and were plunged into the darkest of darknesses of a power outage. George fumbled around and found the stub of a candle, and after getting some hot wax on his hand, located the flashlight. Since he had never been to a store, he did not find any batteries, and cursed his bad luck.

Barbara saw this as an opportunity, and called him into the bed room.
Eight and a half months later (always impatient), in the mini- baby boom of the '46 blackout, George W. was born, with the silverest of spoons in his nose. um, er mouth.

And, as they say, the rest is history...

[cmf]

12. I totally agree

That was about the easiest Final Jeopardy answer I've ever heard. And notice that the show that it happened on was on the final day of November. Jeopardy leaked the word that he would be losing in November and got everyone to tune in for every day of November sweeps. Everything about the situation is fishy.