Jeopardy's Jennings tries to rehabilitate "joke"; throws dig at Gore

[Bluebear]

Could Ken Jennings have possibly meant it when, on his Website blog, he criticized Jeopardy! last week for everything from the irrelevance of host Alex Trebek to the electric-blue color scheme to the exclamation point in the title?...

Besides, he signed off with this disclaimer:

"You and I have a lot of history, Jeopardy! You know I think the world of you?you're putting my kids through college, for crying out loud! So I think I can be open with you in a way that others just can't."

Just to be safe, so as not to offend Cingular, Allstate or any of the other advertisers who have benefited from his nerdy appeal, Jennings had this to offer today:

"For the record: I've loved Jeopardy! since I was a kid, as anyone who talks to me for about five minutes knows. Making goofy jokes about TV shows isn't 'bashing.' I believe it's the whole reason Al Gore invented the Internet."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060725/en_tv_eo/19591

[stevedeshazer]

1. For such a smart guy, he sure is a dumb ass.

His sense of reality seems a bit challenged.

[pitohui]

2. from one "nerd" to another

don't make jokes

don't even try

they will just fall flat, get over it, leave telling jokes to the professionals and nobody gets hurt...

[wtmusic]

3. What a dork. nt

[Sherman A1]

4. Well I could think of lots of things to respond to Ken

none of them would be complimentary. So let's try --- Biting the hand that feeds you....