, especially considering the earlier stated fact. We did have somebody absolutely dominating the board. Three for three on daily doubles isn't bad either, plus the correct final with like a giant payday. That certainly doesn't hurt. Anday

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I need a nap. We had quite the close game today, which is awesomeness. Definite contender for second Chance I would say, but I'm not going to tell you who that is and why they would be good for second chance. That's between you and the play button. You don't want to miss this one.ap

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This one was another one of those ones that were just snatched early on and ran with. Did the other contestants try to keep people from circumnavigating the globe with the game? Absolutely they did. Did it work? That's for me to know and you to find out behind the play button.th

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How do we start out the week? With a pretty straightforward theoretical lock. I won't tell you who locked up the game, but somebody did. We also start with my discovery of the functional status of my Amazon echo Jeopardy skill, and a rant about how the developers should not have taken away. The if you have prime you have double jeopardy access thing theoretical lock or not. Like I said said last week, getting up there is half the battle.k?

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Were the difference between a race to the finish line and a theoretical lock. Also, enjoy a very long rant from me about why the criticism of contestants who don't win needs to be laid off. I mean come on, you have to work your ass off just to get on the show in the first place, and then to get out there, not when because it isn't your board, and then get bashed by the internet because you didn't win, that's ridiculous. If I have something unpleasant to say about a contestant, it's because they're genuinely annoying, and it's usually a personality thing. Player and be an annoying person at the same time. Okay, rant over. Enjoy the episodeck

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Because one of the players Drew like the worst possible set of board combinations for their particular field of knowledge.. as for the rest of the game, it wasn't entirely evil, but it wasn't entirely nice either. I think everybody had some fun though, and that's the important thing ge

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Will someone kick his ass in a healthy competition? Stick around and you'll find out.s?

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Will do that, totally wreck my upload schedule because I fell asleep waiting for the weather to cooperate so I could have some fun.. as for the game itself, holy shit. It was epic. We had a race to the finish line today, which was amazing. We also had to fall back on the Bob rules because I did not want to mess up someone's name. To those of you affected by the Bob rules, it's more of a matter of me not wanting to potentially ruin something culturally significant then me being lazy. Usually the names I can't pronounce are culturally significant in some way, so instead of butchering them, you get a temporary nickname for the duration of this episode.at

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Hot weather does that. you know what else wasn't. Much fun, watching somebody have a really bad time out of a daily double. This game, as a whole though, was pretty darn awesome. at

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It is a case of being extremely sleepy. The game was great though. We had a little bit of a ping pong thing going for a while. Also I sort of made a Hamilton reference and got off on one of those tangents. I said I wasn't touching tonight. Leave it to mepy

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Because my phone was being a dimwit and cut me off, and there was absolutely no way I was recording everything I had already just said just. It would have been much less amusing on re-record anyway because making a joke deliberately, especially a joke that spontaneously popped into your head while recording, makes it less funny. If you're telling a joke, that's one thing. If you try to reenact something dumb you've just done, it's going to fall flat. This part contains the outcome of the game plus my post highlight remarksid

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Highlights. It only cuts us off when we get to final. And the second part, which will be uploaded immediately. Following this one, you will see the outcome of the game plus my post highlight remarks. I do apologize for the level of weirdness, but I was not going to re-record everything I had already said just to continue everything in one file. Not only that, but it probably wouldn't have been as interesting for you guys to listen to on re-record. This is why I go unscripted.al

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Also, there wasn't really a huge amount to talk about today. Pretty standard fare for the past couple of games. Honestly. A bit of an unwise wager at the end though, that's for sure.y.

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We did have an excellent set of contestants today, that's for sure. Also, yes, I did go off on a tangent, but it was a relevant tangent. When the subject of the tournament of champions came up, I decided that there should be a giant killer tournament for anyone who has kicked a super champion's ass at any time ever, and even gave a giant list of some potential contestants. Hey Jeopardy people, if you're listening, hint hintre

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Carl. Hey, maybe you'll have an incentive to read it now. When you do, write in and tell me how fast you get hooked. LOL. Mostly kidding, but they are very addictive. Game was an illustration and why you do not make dangerous daily double wagers. It was also an illustration in how much of a smart-ass Ken Jennings can be. I loved that one particular moment. Wow Ken, just wow.rl

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You don't see that everyday. When you do see it, it tends to be just as epic as this one was. Also, you were forewarned about the tangent, but even I didn't know what she was going to do. That Camelot question brought a whole lot of stuff to the forefront, and Morgan said she just had to speak about it. I'm proud of her for wanting to be a part of this show. I honestly didn't think she would because of how many people are afraid of her. However, she likes Jeopardy. She likes Jeopardy, so therefore she gets involved, and you guys have been amazing about it. Thank you.ay

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Lead changes everywhere. We had three of the best contestants ever, and I'm not just saying that. These three were on the ball tonight, and they were doing awesome work. Can give them. Also, let it be stated for the record that this is the one and only time Dolores umbridge will ever be useful for anything.re

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Jeopardy, which is awesome, and I'm also still very behind on.dy

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First ping pong I've seen in a while, and quite the awesome finish too. Also, let's give Merlin a round of applause for covering an entire round of gameplay without totally forgetting half the terminology. I'm a bad influence on these two, a very bad influence. This game was so much fun to watch, and that ending was just unbelievable. Talk about down to the wire.le

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There's a pretty important announcement at the start of the show concerning something we've managed to do even with the time I've taken off. As for the game, it was amazing. I absolutely loved it. These three players definitely knew what they were doing, and they were all amazingly fun to watch. Did some of them make unwise wagering choices? Possibly, but that did not detract from the fund value one tiny little bit.ow

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It was closed for a while and then it just totally wasn't. These contestants were awesome though, I do have to say that. Each and every one of them did a spectacular job today.'t

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Johnny Gilbert plus modern music equals massively entertaining. How did the game turn out otherwise? Did somebody do something stupid? Do I like to ask questions and make you want to click the play button? Yes, the answer to that last one is yes. Anyway, click it. You know you want tong

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Dangerous wagers did happen, unfortunately. Did they affect the outcome of the game? Did someone's contestant interview totally freak me out for a second? Did the giant killer curse strike again? All of this and more at the click of your play buttonen

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Spoiler alerts, yes, yes they will. Will everybody have fun? You are going to find out when you hit that play button.l.

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Yes, I can hear everyone thanking me for being Captain obvious already. We know the history of Jeopardy and Mondays. This Monday will be one for the books. Will the Monday curse strike again? Will it go into hiding for another week? Has someone finally found a board? They are not friends with? All of these questions will be answered in the next 12 minutes.dy

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yesterday's game was insane. We all know that.

Today's game, by comparison, with smooth sailing. This one would not have had you chewing off your fingers, figuratively speaking of course.g.

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This thing got flipped on its head fast. Will our 29 game champion become a 30-game champion? Will one of the challengers defeat him? Will someone make an unwise daily? Double wager, or maybe to someone's, or maybe three?, and for you to discover by pressing the play button.st

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As I said in the episode, it was more or less the standard expected format we've gotten used to over the past several weeks. Figure out for yourself what that means. Also, I meant no disrespect to any contestant I previously referenced. If I'm talking about someone on this podcast in an unrelated episode, it's because they came to mind and they did something cool, or they were cool in general, or they had a cool name. Also, let me just say I like the variety of careers we saw today.rd

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One clue determined the outcome of the entire game. nobody was circumnavigating the globe with anything today. Why? That's for me to know and you to find out by clicking your little play button thing. me

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You do not weigh your five-digit numbers on a daily double. That mistake right? There could possibly have flipped the outcome of the entire game. Did it actually matter in the end? How many tangents did I go off on today? You have a play button. The universe is telling you to click it.le

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We learned that you do not make dangerous wagers past a certain point. Unfortunately, one of our contestants had to figure this out the hard way. How many times have I said it over the course of the existence of this podcast? It only takes one dumb wager to ruin the entire game for you. Dangerous wagers can and will blow up in your face. How did the game end up turning out though? That's what your play button is for. This description box is just the teaser.rs

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Will a category fry my brain? Did we get more daily doubles right today than we did yesterday? Do I ask too many questions in these podcast descriptions? All of that, except for maybe that last one, at the click of your play button.n?

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This description is going to be short because dictation and my throat. That is why Morgan handled most of the speaking work today. She kindly offered because my allergies are turning my throat into a sandpaper bin.on

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I don't put spoilers in my episode descriptions.

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In the first game, we saw it come right down to the wire, and we saw the risks of unwise wagering. Strong theoretical lock. Was that lock in fact theoretical, or did it hold? That's for me to know and you not to find out unless you watch the episode or listen to this podcast or bothre

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It literally came down to a correct answer and a wager. Also, the Bob rules are in effect for the first time this season. For those who don't remember because we've been absent so long, the Bob rules happen when I cannot pronounce a contestant's name because I cannot get a three-way consensus between Johnny, Ken, and at least one of my screen readers. It will be better explained in the episode itself, so I will not write the full explanation here.er

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We're exhausted. second of all, this game took a U-turn. It looked like it was going to be insanely close, and then it was decidedly just not. All three of our players played really really well today, and I do believe they all had fun. Once again, Morgan utterly obliterated me in the score department. ed

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Very narrow lead , and we're talking very narrow. Clues could have tied it up, or at least come close. Arthur's sister is capable of sarcasm. She cracked me up and I almost dropped things.

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so this game is important. If this game goes well.

For one particular contestant, we could see our first tournament of champions qualifier of the season. What happens? Well that's for me to know and you to find out by listening to this episode.on

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That is exactly what we saw to determine the outcome. I also had to yell at someone over daily double wagering because you do not wager everything you have on the last daily devil of the game. How many more times must I say this. That is dangerous. I don't care if your name is James holzhauer. You just don't do it. Also, a fun personal story from my childhood that was tied to one of today's categories. Yes, I used to be afraid of a letter of the alphabet. Deal with it.me

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Also excuse the tangents. There was a demon Slayer question on Jeopardy. That's a big deal. Also, I want to thank you guys for not being hard on Morgan. At least if you are, you're doing it inside your head and not contacting me and yelling at her. She's having fun with this, and I'm having fun having her here.ts

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Everybody had the lead at some point. They may not have kept it for long, but everyone got to taste the joy of having the lead in a Jeopardy match. This game was right down to the wire too, and one of our players had a category that played straight into his hands. We like those. Also, I forgot to mention it while recording, but happy 41st birthday to the current version of Jeopardy.nt

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I'm not even kidding. It looked at one point like it might end up in theoretical lock but then it most decidedly did not. Also, I am acquainted with one of the contestants today thanks to Mastodon, which is highly awesome! Now I'm going to tell you who wins. That's what playing the episode is for.ng

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I've missed you guys. Most of this episode is what you might call, catch-up, material and some important announcements I need to make. That's why it is unusually long for a reaction episode. You'll get the information on why I've been away so long and about the new member of our team. Go easy on her, that's all I ask. Don't be an a******. She won't tolerate it, and neither will I. We had an interesting game today though, that's for sure. It was one of those u-turn games. It looks like it's going to go in One direction and then it very decisively goes in the other one. Also, we start the season off with me yelling at someone for a daily double wager, which really shouldn't surprise you guys by now. I'm always yelling at people over daily double wagers.s.

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It was most certainly not in my plans. Sadly, life doesn't always seem to care what I want. We'll be back soon though, hopefully by next week at the latest.s.

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Sorry that this has happened again. . We did, however, have two pretty awesome games. One of them stayed close and one of them might have stayed close, but something happened that threw the game wide open..

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We are playing catch up, so the data card had to be referenced heavily I can remember the capital of all 50 states, all of the Canadian provinces, and how silly putty was invented, but I cannot keep up with six contestants, six daily devils, two scorecards, etc. Basically if it involves numbers, I'm screwed .Second disclaimerThe Bob rule is in effect for the second portion of this episode . This episode .We're playing catch up today. Yesterday's game and today's game because unless you totally ignore your podcast feed most days, you probably noticed there wasn't one from this one yesterday. It's a long story that I won't get into here, but I'm catching up now. We had two really close games, and two excellent contenders for best Jeopardy story ever. Two groups of amazing contestants rounded out this whole thing. They worked their rears off. Whether the boards were kind to them or not, they did not get discouraged. I love that.

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There were a couple of major ouch moments, but the game itself was not a vindictive little brat like some of the other ones we've seen recently. Also, you'll get my thoughts on the whole learned League thing after my first match. Spoiler alert, I won. I know, shocker. Surprise me when I saw it in the email this morning.

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They were doing their best and those ridiculously difficult tournament of champions level questions kept coming up round after round after round. Not, nice, at, all. Due to that, this is one of the lowest scoring games I've seen in a while, possibly ever. As I've said, many many times, don't blame the contestants. We're all human. We all have weak points. It's not their fault if all of theirs happen to show up on two separate boards. They're doing their best, and we have to understand that.nd

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When we get back to this next week, the really tough competition starts. On the topic of today's game. Though, we had some amazingly awesome teams. They were so much fun to watch, both from a gameplay department and the personality department.s.

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One player got the worst of it, which totally sucks. Also pay attention close to the end of the podcast for what getting on Jeopardy actually looks like and why it's not nice to make snide remarks about contestants when they're struggling. That is important and I cannot say it enough. Sadly, I'm probably going to have to repeat that a bazillion more times because people just don't get its.

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First, we had one of the most interesting contestants I've seen in a long time,. We had a theoretical lock type game of the very mild steamroller variety. It wasn't like trying to run over a Hot Wheels car with a steamroller or anything, but those scores were kind of brutal at the end of the game. me

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Daily devils were especially unfriendly and may as well have been little miniature Lions aiming to eat up scores. Low scoring game for that reason alone.s.

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We have a contestant with an amazingly beautiful name that I cannot pronounce. It looks like it could be something cultural so I'm not going to risk messing it up. Also, another caution, the steamroller was back today. This time going up against a delivery trucks instead of minivans and sports cars,e.

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There is a rogue steamroller on the loose. It went ballistic on the stage yesterday and they don't seem to have been able to control it. All this to say, today's game was very much like what we saw yesterday. When contestant decided to turn into a steamroller. The other two did their absolute mess, but when you add anything versus steamroller, you know what's likely to happene.

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This game was brutal for the other two contestants, now that they didn't try to stop the steamroller.

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The player in question absolutely knocked things out of the park, but one of the other players wasn't about to let him lock up the game.

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Will the Monday curse claim another victim? Will one contestant get left completely in the dust? The answers to all of these and more just behind a click of your play button. Also, my thoughts on boring versus interesting contestants and how so many of them are those. I'm the smartest person in the room guysm?

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I don't feel like I'm being ripped apart. Second, we did have to go a little fast because of the battery level shortage. Just a couple more weeks after the topic of today's game, we had an awesome players, and Colin getting the name of one of the teams from that was pricelesst.

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I will give you game coverage, but we won't spend a lot of time going off on tangents.

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Now, wew,

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You can blame the host for almost locking me out of my account. I guess it's my fault for trying to be a decent person and help someone, but that doesn't make it any more fair. In terms of the game itself, this one was awesome. These three players were stuck to each other like glue for the entirety of the episode. Nobody got a huge lead, and no one fell massively behind. Also make sure you pay close attention to the episode for a personal announcement of significance to this kind of thing. Once again, sorry for the extreme delay. Also, the Bob rules are not in effect. The guys actual name is Bobnt

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Really really hard to determine the outcome of this game.

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In half number two, it just wasn't. Wet.

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This game is kind of what it would look like if Jeopardy was played by a steamroller and a couple of regular humans. I don't mean that in a bad way towards any of the contestants. We just had somebody that decided to grab the game and run away with it, and the other two were kind of left really far behind. Also, I do want to apologize for the amount of tangents that were present in this episode. Also 0s.

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They worked around the unkind board. They did the absolute best they could considering what they had thrown at them.d.

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People were right on top of each other, but there were no theoretical logouts either. You also get an update on Masters and me going off on enchantments. If I sound really cranky, it's because it's ridiculously hot.r.

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It sucks that only one person could win

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They were all playing on top of their game, even if the scores might not agree with me. We're doing the best they could with what they had in front of them.e.

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Definite interesting story of the day winner.

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All of this and more on today's episode.

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Spoiler alert, it's finally good news.

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It started out really tight, then it started to make a u-turn, then it turned into a ping pong match. Let's just say I don't even have a funny description for it since we're serious though. They weren't playing around. Their attitude was basically I am winning this game and I will stomp the face of anyone who gets in my way onto the floor. He's got stomped onto the floor though because everybody had that attitude.h.

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Haha, April fools. In all seriousness, this episode was painful for one contestant in particular. Let's just say the board was a royal douchebag to someone and they ended up paying for it severely throughout the rest of the game. Another contestant went on the steamroller approach, and then we had a contestant who started out slow but built up very nicely, especially considering there was a steamroller in the building.s.

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These three kept each other on their toes throughout the entire game. This one was intense, and the board was finally not a douchebag. Also, you would have thought the blind person running this podcast would have gotten that final Jeopardy. Can we say epic fail?me

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If you saw the second half you would think it was a steamroller variety from beginning to end. And this is why you watch both halves of the game and not just one. This one took a u-turn right smack in the middle.d.

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That is exactly what happened with this game. Also, stay tuned to the end of the episode for an announcement regarding trying to play catch up with pop culture and celebrity Jeopardy. That's going to be fun and we might be done by Christmase.

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Everybody got some kind of painful. Also.

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We had a good group of contestants today too, and that's the best part.

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There were a couple of really painful moments, painful for some of the contestants and painful to watch, throughout the course of the game. There were also some decidedly not painful moments.e.

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This game was a lot closer. We also have someone I would not be surprised to see back at second chance. I know I say that a lot, but there are a lot of people who really deserve a slot and second chance because they're just so darn good.r.

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We had a contestant absolutely dominate the thing, and it was amazingly fun to watch. Like holy cow, this guy is good.h.

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The first half was a little bit different, but the second half is really what made the game so intense though, that's for sure.so

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It did a pretty epic flip like right in the middle, I'm not going to spoil it too much for you. That's what the play button is for. Click it, listen, learn, enjoy. Also, be sure to pay attention for an announcement concerning pop culture Jeopardy le

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They were doing the best they could but the board was actively out to sabotage all their efforts. ,.

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The way this game shifted at around the halfway point is just wow. We have another one I think could end up in second chance, that's for sure.w.

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Amazing. We had three contestants who were not playing around. They were playing all right, playing the game. I can definitely see one of them ending up in second chance. I don't consider that a spoiler because there are three contestants who go in and only one wins, so other really good ones could possibly end up in second Chance.g.

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Everyone was on their game today though and played really really well.

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It was awesome to watch though. Can't deny thath.

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If anybody else wins, we get another game. That's for me to know and you to find out as soon as you hit that play button.

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This game had so many twists and turns it was just crazy. Likey.

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The next game is tug of war with the lead. The person who can manage to can't lead all the way to the end of the game will win. The others will be eliminated, from this tournament. At least. That's precisely how that game played out. Also, anyone who gets squid game reference there this game was kind of what would happend.

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This game was epic. We had three players who were desperate smart cookies and definitely meant business. They made each other work really hard, and that's the kind of game I love 0c.

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Two of my favorites had to face off. Did one of them win, or did the other guy take the crown? Was the game theoretical lock or one of those nail biters? All of this andf.

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It looked like it might go into theoretical lock early, but stay in the tables. Definitely turned. She got caught between a couple of lightning boltsd.

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Awesome variety. Also, I think this is the most illiterate group of contestant names I have ever seen. All three of our players had names that started with the exact same letter. Try saying that three times fast, I just gave you but the names of the contestantsy.

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Really good contestants today. Final Jeopardy was kind of a pain in the year though.

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crap! This game flipped on its head in such an epic fashion that I didn't even have language to describe what it did. It was definitely worth watching though. The interview segment was definitely one of the best parts of the gamep!

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Well, it will not disappoint you if you like those kinds of games that keep you on the edge of your seat and you never know what's going to happen next. Everybody was really working hard today and I love it.

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I had to correct that in place because this stupid edit box is not a standard edit box and will not allow me to go back and fix it. I've complained to the podcasting people a million times and they've not done squat. Back on topic though, this game was awesome. These three were playing tug of war with the lead the entire round. I'm not going to spoil a whole lot, but just keep an eye out. It was pretty darn epict.

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Hint hint, regular Virginia. As for the game, it started out close and then ended up decidedly not so close. Daily. Doubles weren't very friendly today either. They were actually total douchebags..

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You wouldn't think these people were playing for nothing with the way they played today.

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These questions and more will be answered by the time you reach the end of this episode.

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this game could end the tournament. If one of our players wins again. That will be three and will end the competition. If anybody else wins, we get another game. What will happen? That's what you're going to find out over the next 10 minutes or so.

I'm not going to spoil it in the description box, so you need to use the play button..n.

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If things had gone in a different direction, I might have had a sore throat by now from yelling.

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We did not see three of them because they got an automatic pass. Technically. As far as quarterfinals go, we had 18. That number was cut down to nine. Now there are three. Seven games. Who will win three of them and be crowned the next tournament of champions winner? This game was extremely close talk three-way ping pong. The ending also showed that you never know what's going to happen in the Jeopardy games.

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Can use their last names but that makes me feel like a jerk, so I have given them numbers in the order in which Johnny introduced them. These are awesome players so I'm going to say the board just wasn't anyone's friend today. Played out.

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Also, if I'm not mistaken, tomorrow's game is going to be interestin I'll explain more about that , which kind of makes me wonder how they're going to handle it.

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They got an automatic pass into the semifinals. Thiss.

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All of our tournament of champions contestants are good, player. He saw today and it was amazing. Keep an eye out for an unexpected contestant in the tournament.od

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Also pay very close attention to the end of the program for an announcement concerning future Saturday programming because things are going to be weird until we can get game coverage. All nice and caught upng

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I can spell your name perfectly fine, but I've got three, sometimes four screen readers all pronouncing it differently. Was was just painful at one point. You'll just have to catch the episode to understand what I mean. Surprise. Jy.

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Also, all of the explanations may seem unnecessary for my established listeners, but I wasn't fun today that we have some new faces, so there were some things I wanted to share with them.es

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Sometimes support is no one's friends.

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Hopefully they keep it up

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That's what you get to find out by matching that play button.

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If you're looking for that, you'll have to wait for about 12 hours or something. As one contestants name defies pronunciation by my screen reader and therefore I cannot get a three-way consensus. As for this game, holy crap! This one was tight. You don't see super high level games end up this height with such high scores 90 time. I love it when you do though.

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This was some serious, holy s*** level stuff

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Still no celebrity Jeopardy because Hulu is being a massive pain in the rear end. , and I do mean just barely.

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We do have pop culture Jeopardy though, and an awesome game of it. I'mt.

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Game. These people most certainly meant business and I like watching them play. we also found out who will be playing our semifinal games next week in terms of those wild card spots. Can't forget about those. ay

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Also, for the first time ever I think I had to scrap a recording and restart it because I called one contestant by the wrong name. I am so brilliant. Hey, at least I caught it. Speaking of names, the Bob rules are in effect for the duration of this episode. me

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I'm not going to spoil it beyond that, but you'll definitely want your seat belts on for this one

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Fortunately, this one won't be nearly as long as the one we saw last year. Attention because I do have a couple of announcements. This game was intense. Let's just say one clue was the difference between first and second place at at least one point in this game.

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There will be no spotlights for the duration of celebrity Jeopardy, as it makes more sense to cover those episodes on Saturdays due to the multiple games covered during the later half of the week. Thanks to the existence of Pop culture Jeopardy. I'm only human, so trying to keep up with 5 million different names in my head at one time would not be good dy

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First, a twist and the second chance tournament. Second, three awesome teams on pop culture Jeopardy getting us to the 2/3 point and the knockout round, plus a couple of clues that you're truly was super delighted with.nt

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However, we did get to cover both of our games, although I did kind of speed through it. Was painful for one of our players at a certain point, and the other one was definitely hilarious. Future two game sets will not be this short, unless The barking brigade makes me want to rip my head off yet again.

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That daily double could very well have altered the outcome of the game. That's all you're getting from me in this text box though. If you want to hear more, you're going to have to click play me

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Why not question that's for me to know and you to find out when you hit that play button

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Only yesterday's score is really determined the outcome. only based on today's scores, there would have been a totally different ending. Also pop culture. Jeopardy was interesting. Everyone had a lot of fun and our teams were definitely excited to be there. me

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One of them decidedly did not. what do they have in common though? They were both amazingly fun. ot

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Also, the second game had me yelling at three contestants for doing something dangerous at the worst point in the game to do it.

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Because it's the last day of the year. Like it might end up in theoretical lock territory early on, but then it decidedly did not. Also some parts of this game were just not nice to some of our contestants..

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This game was a ping pong match, but one of our people sadly did not get to play as much ping pong as the others did. Everybody seemed like they were having fun though, and they definitely proved they were there for a reason. They earned the right to be invited back. Also, I think I may have called it with all three of these players being invited back. I know I've called several that I would like to see come back, but I think I may have hit the nail on the head with these three if my memory is accurate ch

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I think this one might be longer than every other guest host edition we've done, partly because I have personal stories with this one. ne

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One of them was totally brutal and not nice to its players at all, resulting in a fairly low scoring game. The other was downright interesting and my brain could not keep up with who did what. I am only a human and I suck at names, so if I got something wrong, please be polite about it, but do let me know. I will do my best to correct it. ll

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One a game of ping pong very dangerous decision at the very end of the game. Also, pop calls her people, if I get your team name wrong I do apologize. It is not intentional. I am only human and my brain has limited name memory. If you want to talk to me about it, please do so privately and I will definitely make a correction.

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One of them by half of a double Jeopardy clue or a Jeopardy round clue. needless to say it was intense. Also, Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, joy is Kwanzaa, or whatever else you may celebrate. I hope it will be or has been super awesome for you. ue

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We had to go fast because my power levels were dangerously low. this game had probably the most unexpected ending we've seen in a while. I know I certainly didn't expect you to play out the way it did. That was epic ow

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One of them tried really really hard and ended up in the negative, totally sucks. One of them was very firmly stuck in the middle, which also kind of sucks. ve

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Fortunately this is the last one I'm going to have to basically verbally rip apart. The next one is one of my favorites, but you won't get to hear about him until next week. Yes, I am deliberately leaving you in suspense, so get over it rt

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That is totally understandable.le

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It was brutal, especially if you were one of those contestants. they definitely did their best, but what can you do when a steamroller combined with Godzilla is coming at you? ts

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The other one was just plain theoretical lock territory. also, can we talk about the awesome come from behind stuff that happened in one of them. Apologies for not being as fun as usual or as chatty as usual, especially where pop culture Jeopardy is concerned. To put it mildly people have irritated me beyond Good Sense and I'm still rather wound up ry

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Super competitive, super intense right up until the end of final. We like around here..

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We've almost finished this series. today was one of the ones that really surprised me by how much I liked them. I was told I wouldn't, but then I totally did es

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I was making a joke that randomly popped into my head and seemed too good to pass up over a situation. I genuinely found amusing. it was not meant to hurt your feelings in any way ng

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We had a dominant contestant in The syndicated game and a dominant team in pop culture Jeopardy. That's not to say everyone else wasn't really good because they were. We just had approximately four contestants who decided not to share the buzzer, one in the regular game and three in the spin-off. I've also given you my thoughts on the negative attitude towards pop culture Jeopardy in the press and why I personally don't get it. dy

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Jeopardy, nine contestants on a roll who came nowhere near putting the game in theoretical lock. what do these two have in common? They were extremely awesome and extremely fun to watch. Once again, I do want to apologize for not having a lot of concrete data on pop culture Jeopardy. No cheat sheet, no data. ck

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For contestants to qualify for postseason stuff. Game ended decidedly not close. That's all you're getting. So if you want full details you best be mashing that play button..

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A saying somethingnd

up for being picked on today, the last of our 2-week guest hosts.

Everybody following this guy only got one week. also, this particular guest host was somebody I had never heard of before in my life.ek

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No locks today, theoretical or otherwise. in pop culture Jeopardy, nine Jeopardy pros come back. Why do I call them that? Simply because they've been on Jeopardy before and already know how the thing works. That one did have locks, theoretical or otherwise. I'm not going to say anymore because that would be a spoiler. Tune in if you really want to know se

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The second one was much like what we saw yesterday, very competitive and very fun. What I like most about this thing so far and the fun dynamic is it's not as crazy and out of control as celebrity Jeopardy, but there is room for people to have fun. They also take the game seriously too which is a big plus.n.

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Jeopardy. though, we had a game that started out sort of close and then became decidedly not so. As for pop culture Jeopardy, I'm highly impressed. I don't have detailed stats for you like I normally would because I don't have a cheat sheet. However, I can tell you the general way the game trended and my thoughts on it and on the series in general. Note, they released three episodes today, but we will be splitting them over 3 days for ease of memory and not jumbling teams and such. dy

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My mouth got ahead of my brain and I screwed it up without meaning to. public apology. Second, this game proves that you can find every single daily devil on the board and still not win the game. Daily doubles are only a part of the equation. Also the lovely little ping pong match with the lead in double Jeopardy was quite entertaining to

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Second, this game looked like it was going to go into theoretical lock territory. Thanks to one of our other contestants making a dangerous move. That's the only hint you're getting in this box. Click play if you want the rest of the story.

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In contrast to the person we talked about last week, this one actually liked being there and actually appeared to be having fun, viewers at home had fun too. un

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I was trying to cover a game I did not get to watch. only give you basic information and not the interesting details you would normally get. I do apologize, but if you really want to point fingers, blame my local station and the people who uploaded yesterday's episode to the internet claiming it was today's ch

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I hope you've had an awesome day and didn't explode. In many ways it was the polar opposite of what we saw yesterday. Yesterday's had fangs, and this one was a cuddle monster in comparison. Everyone did an amazing job and we almost had a three-way tie. The finish of the game was intense. That's all I'm going to say regarding that. Want more details? Then mash the play button silly.

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I tried to keep this relatively brief so people could get on with their Thanksgiving preparations as quickly as possible because I know what kind of work that can be.

I've helped with what goes on at mine in years past and we'll probably do so again, other people in the house doing tons upon tons upon tons of work, so I know how stressful it can be. On the subject of the game, it was not nice. That board tried to eviscerate our players. They did the best they could with what they had to work with though, so I think they deserve lots of praise, lots of cookies, and a nice round of applause.in

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These three were standouts. of them it could have ended up as a multi-day champion. Sadly, difficult daily devils can cause someone's confidence to take a nasty hit. I won't spoil it and tell you how that affected the game here. That's what the episode itself is for. What I will say is that those daily doubles were not nice today. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't, sometimes it's mixed. Today was definitely a case where they weren't nice to anyone who touched them. ts

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Moana. The new movie is coming out Wednesday and I really really really want to see it. Back on topic so I stopped going off on more tangents. This game was close until it just wasn't. A couple of daily double wagers. Definitely flipped this one on its head..

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The Bob rule is still in effect for the duration of this episode. it's a safety net to avoid disrespecting someone's culture de

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Jeopardy is only 2 weeks away.ay

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We had three excellent contestants tonight. they knocked this thing out of the park. ht

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We had an interesting situation. also make sure to pay very close attention to my reminder about what it does and doesn't mean if a contestant ends up in the negative. on

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Why? Ridge across the board. And nothing remarkable happened. He wasn't horrible. He wasn't brilliant. Strictly average in ever sense of the word.?

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It's not because , but because they're good, so they keep making each other work for every single win.

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Any one of them could have walked out with that champions crown today. that kind of expression makes me wish. Jeopardy did that thing like Burger King and would give you these paper crowns. If you won. It would be a cute little souvenir you could take home. ay

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It . That's for you, your ears, and the play button. Now go push it.

we had some great contestants today, even if the one of them was having a difficult time with the board.

Ears. You will always get one board that does not go your way. It's impossible to know everything. The ending of this game was epic, and it was also very similar to when we saw recently.

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Things just seem to go every single contestant at just the right moment. Obviously not all of them could win, but they definitely had a great time. As far as playing the game went. They seem like they had fun too, which as we know is always important.

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They play well. things happen. That's all I'm going to say for now because saying anymore would spoil the outcome. You will just have to hit the play button and find out the rest by yourself. Have fun ll

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It's a technology situation and nothing more. In this brief episode, we will be talking about the most boring guest host in the entire situation. This guy had no fun, and neither did we.

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That's all. I'm going to say. , we did have more than the game to talk about though. As Jeopardy fans, I'm sure a lot of our souls are hurting today. I'm sure they will hurt again on January 8th. Also, you'll get to see that surprise I had for you. If you have your hearing left afterwards, I hope you will remember to tune in tomorrow for our spotlight.

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These three definitely knew what they were doing and definitely meant business. also, let's not forget the massive plot twist at the end of the game. That's kind of important ss

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It was closer than yesterday's, but not as close as some other ones we've seen recently, definitely had the potential to be. Also, there was an interesting story from one of our contestants today which definitely sounded like something any of us could have pulled, so was therefore very relatable. ly

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No one had any nasty roadblocks. Best they could considering the game and that one of the contestants was not sharing the buzzer. We also had something happen today that has not happened in a while..

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That is precisely what they did to one of our players, , but twice. Was this contestant able to bounce back and claim victory? ? Do we have a 3-day champion? Instead? That's what the play button is for. You won't be getting any spoilers from me rs

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First, we have the first guest host who was a stranger to working with the Jeopardy staff. we have the first female guest host of Jeopardy, as well as the first female host of Jeopardy in any capacity ever, at least here in the US. ff

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You'll have to come in and find out. I in case people are worried. The high champion turnover does not mean the champions we've had weren't good enough to keep their streaks going. It means their challengers were good enough to beat them, which really says something about the type of contestants we have. They've all played extremely well this week..

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The only thing scary about this game is how awesome the contestants were. totally scary to each other because they played so well. Five digits in front of everybody is pretty amazing after all. Also, the stories they told in their interviews should get prizes for being awesome. When we do the unofficial interesting story of the Day contest, these three tie. re

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The contestants definitely had a better time out of the board, Lost all their money. That part is always good. We do not like it when contestants lose their money. Maybe not the highest scoring game we've seen, but definitely better than yesterday. Also a very close game that could have gone in anyone's favor. Final Jeopardy was the determining factor today rd

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These poor contestants could not catch a break. honestly, I think this might be the lowest scoring game we've seen all season. That board made me want to cry in a corner for these people. ak

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This could have ended up in theoretical lock because of the way things started, but Did not happen because they were all on the top of their game. They knew how to play the game and they proved it.

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This time we're picking on someone who very narrowly escaped a tie for first place. I'm talking extremely narrowly. This was one of the few cases we had of a news personality breaking out of monotone mode. ce

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It was tight, . Well, it wasn't, then it was, then it wasn't. Also, the Bob rules were in effect today. For those of you who don't know what that is, please see the explanation at the front of the episode. ht

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We talked about the Roku game Play and , but Roku said guess what, I'm going to glitch out and you're not going to play it. If I can get it working again before my free trial ends on Tuesday we will play it.

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I was out doing evil chocolate cookie things. More on topic, this game was probably one of the most level playing Fields we've seen. It wasn't a horrible day for anyone, but nobody ended up with $40,000 before the first commercial break either. Yes I'm speaking metaphorically because I know that's impossible. The ending though was where the nail-biting really happened. gs

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One of our contestants had a really, really, really really bad day, and one of them had a good day for a while but it turned really bad later. Out That's what your ears in the play button are for. I command you to use them on penalty of being stuck in a room. Listening to Mercedes-Benz by Janis Joplin for 20 hours..

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Too bad there's only one champion slot. these three are examples of what Jeopardy contestants should be, meaning they have fun and they play the game. There's a very delicate balance to be struck there, and these three managed to strike it. Also no one had a really bad day or a really bad fight with a daily double, so that's always a positive. ot

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That is exemplified in today's game. do not wager all your money past the first round. That is also exemplified in today's game, although the consequences are not. Well, I guess they kind of are in final but that would be spoilers if I said anymore me

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I don't read the dictionary for fun anymore. All that is to say this game was intense and very very tight throughout. These three were definitely on an even playing field and even those who did not win the game may end up returning. re

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Those of you who did see season 37 are probably still bleeding in the ears from the sky. I'm sorry to have to remind you of that atrocious 2 weeks, but I can't just leave someone out of the spotlight series because they really sucked. ky

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Trust me, one of our players had to find out out the hard way.ay

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. Also, I do apologize for the tangents. I was trying to make a point and I got totally off topic. I also want you to know that I was not bad-mouthing anyone or making fun of someone who may legitimately have caused to sit around watching SpongeBob all the time. I was referring to the people who actively chose to do nothing with their lives, and only as a hypothetical example. Also, I was not calling any contestants stupid. I was saying some actions look stupid, and that could be true for any human. Wanted to put that disclaimer out there before I get a bucket of hate mail accusing me of a bunch of random crap gh

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It looked like it was going to end up going one way, but things dramatically shifted at about the halfway point

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This game was brutal in terms of how the scores fell. a couple of our players may or may not have gotten their faces. Flattened figuratively speaking. ll

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I pulled from the mental hat today One. Fortunately that random one was one of the best ones we got that entire season.

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Did our 4-day champion get the tournament of champions qualification, challengers managed to become a champion? That's for me to know and you not to find out unless you press that play button. Also, pay careful attention because I'm going to give the trivia fans among you another treat. n?

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It was also straight up painful for a couple of our contestants. are we about to see our longest winning streak so far this season? Wait until the end and you'll find out. Also, speaking of the end, the instructions I gave you are not a suggestion. That is an order. If you want any more cookies, you'll follow them. ts

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It literally came down to the last clue. this has got to be the closest game we have seen this entire season. Who won it? That's for your ears and not for the show notes. ue

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This one could have either gone into theoretical lock territory or . It all depended on how a couple of clues fell. Which way did it go? Well, the show notes aren't for you to find that out. You have to use your ears for this one

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Not so unfortunately for you, this game was awesome. theoretical locks may or may not have happened. If you want to know for sure you'll have to tune in. Also, huge thank you to our guest host for keeping things rolling last week while your usual host was on the highway me

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Actually, the guy we're talking about today has had the longest winning streak .

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this has been an awesome week for contestants and competitive games, and today was no exception.

These three absolutely blew this thing out of the water. This is also another example of why you should not judge the game by its first round.r.

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These three were on practically equal footing throughout the game. there really weren't any times when it looked like it was going to be put into theoretical lock, or any other kind of lock for that matter. Congratulations to all three of our players for being awesome me

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Well if you forgot, here's a refresher course. want to know what else you're getting a refresher course on? Not counting people out of the game just because they've been in third place for most of it. Those third place contestants can definitely surprise you. se

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Well, that's not exactly saying much since we just started the second week of the brand new season, is awesome to watch. These three played well and definitely proved they deserve to be there. Any of them could have won that game. on

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There is also important music. That.

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welcome to a game of Jeopardy ping pong.

That's the best way I can describe what happened here today. this game was slightly less painful than some we've seen this week, at least for 2/3 of our contestants.ay

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There was an unanswered clue that made me roll my eyes, maybe the contestants blanked out. Also, the twist ending was not a bad surprise either. We like twist endings. es

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Well, if I put that in the description there wouldn't really be any point in listening to the episode now. Would there? Find that out?

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A game of the epic variety. what does one of our contestants get? A game of the painful variety. Was the game awesome in spite of that? Most definitely y?

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The random rerun repository has gone into sleep mode and new games are out to play for the next 46 weeks. today's game features probably the best contestant story I have ever heard and an awesome game. Also, stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out what's going to happen while I'm out of town. I do have an announcement. ks

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Today, there was a version that failed spectacularly. fail? Well, hopefully this podcast will give you at least a couple of theories. I can't say for sure because I didn't exist yet, but I definitely have my opinions. ly

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Now the random rerun repository is going to sleep for the next 46 weeks because the new season returns on Monday, which we will definitely have fun with.ay

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This game was a seesaw and a roller coaster combined into one very insane and possibly very mentally confusing situation.

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These three mint business, and as Alex pointed out they were all from Texas. Before.

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We're going to continue the winning streak we started on Friday. actually, we aren't going to need many more reruns because the new season starts next week, which is a good thing because it means more reruns can be saved for next summer. This game was kind of painful and also kind of awesome. That's the best way I can describe it. ay

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What happens when you have a good player in between two super champions? Can tell you all about it..?

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Awesome game though, from what looked like an early ping pong match to theoretical lock territory andry

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One of our contestants had a bad time but the other two certainly did not, did something pretty awesome. Actually we saw 100% accuracy right on daily doubles today, which we haven't seen in a while. ot

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This was a fun celebrity Jeopardy rerun, , it was fun for those of us at home. One of the contestants probably did not think so un