Celebrity Jeopardy. I thought SNL was kidding about the stupid.
I don't know if you guys are watching Jeopardy this week, but you should. Because it's Celebrity Jeopardy. And, man, I thought the SNL skits were exaggerating, but apparently not.
On last night's Jeopardy, one of the Double Jeopardy categories was Shiny Things. Yes. Shiny Things. Which was apparently too hard.
Contestant: "I'll take Shiny Things for $400."
Alex: "Rigel, Antares, and Proxima Centauri." (Or similar.)
Contestant, looking deeply confused: "What are... clouds?"
Alex: "Um. No."
Later on, one of the questions showed a picture of a seagull and the question was to identify what kind of bird it was. A seagull. They couldn't.
Final Jeopardy was to identify who it was whose great great grandmother, somebody or other Drew, had been in plays with John Wilkes Booth. Granted, I did not know that the answer was Drew Barrymore (though
lysimache did, because she is smrt), but I would not have answered "Nancy Drew." Which two of them did.
I shall eternally regret that on Wednesday's Celebrity Jeopardy they never got to the category whose title was "Surprise me, Trebek!" pronounced in a Sean Connery voice. Because bwahahahaha.
On last night's Jeopardy, one of the Double Jeopardy categories was Shiny Things. Yes. Shiny Things. Which was apparently too hard.
Contestant: "I'll take Shiny Things for $400."
Alex: "Rigel, Antares, and Proxima Centauri." (Or similar.)
Contestant, looking deeply confused: "What are... clouds?"
Alex: "Um. No."
Later on, one of the questions showed a picture of a seagull and the question was to identify what kind of bird it was. A seagull. They couldn't.
Final Jeopardy was to identify who it was whose great great grandmother, somebody or other Drew, had been in plays with John Wilkes Booth. Granted, I did not know that the answer was Drew Barrymore (though
lysimache did, because she is smrt), but I would not have answered "Nancy Drew." Which two of them did.I shall eternally regret that on Wednesday's Celebrity Jeopardy they never got to the category whose title was "Surprise me, Trebek!" pronounced in a Sean Connery voice. Because bwahahahaha.
