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Jeopardy! Tryout Screenings Go Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-is-what-could-go-wrong-alex dept.

KingSkippus writes "According to a CNN article, the television game show Jeopardy! is now offering online contestant screenings in addition to conducting contestant searches in various cities across the country. Potential contestants will still have to pass an interview and an additional test in person to be considered for the pool of 400 contestants each year, but now the next Ken Jennings can apply without leaving the comfort of his or her own chair. The first online screenings begin March 28."

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  1. Great... by dark_15 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now I can scream the answers at my computer instead of the TV! Gotta love technology...

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    1. Re:Great... by lillgud · · Score: 4, Funny

      So now I can scream the answers at my computer instead of the TV! Gotta love technology...

      Yeah, but you're supposed to scream the question.

    2. Re:Great... by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think they meant:
      What is, screenings are going online, alex.
      Your answer wasn't in the form of a question....

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    3. Re:Great... by LouisZepher · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, I don't think he's an asshole. Look at his punctuation. See? No colon.

  2. 'I'll take "The-Rapists" for $200, Alex' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's Therapists

  3. My sincere apologies... by D3r1v3D · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alex Trebek: And in last place with negative 120,000 (sighs and pauses) Sean Connery.

    Sean Connery: Well, well, well Trebek. Fancy seeing you here. It's been a while.

    Alex Trebek: Not long enough.

    Sean Connery: That's not what your mother said last night.

    Alex Trebek: Okay Here are the categories for double jeopardy. (Board appears)

    They are: POTENT POTABLES, COLORS THAT ARE RED, JAPAN US RELATIONS; I have no idea what that category is doing up there.

    Sean Connery: I had relations this morning Trebek, hope we didn't wake you. Your mother's a screamer.

    Alex Trebek: For your information my mother's in a nursing home in Alberta, Canada.

    Sean Connery: Oh she was nursing it alright.

    1. Re:My sincere apologies... by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

      The ones with Norm Macdonald doing Burt Reynolds were gold. Midway through this sketch, Burt Reynolds changes his name to "Turd Ferguson".

      Alex Trebek: That's not the right answer. [ Reynolds buzzes in ] Burt Reynolds.

      Burt Reynolds: That's not my name.

      Alex Trebek: Okay. Turd Ferguson.

      Burt Reynolds: [ laughs ] Yeah, what do ya want?

      Alex Trebek: You buzzed in!

      Burt Reynolds: No I didn't.

      Alex Trebek: Yes you did!

      Burt Reynolds: Yeah, well, that's your opinion.

      Source

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    2. Re:My sincere apologies... by CheechBG · · Score: 4, Funny

      BUCK FUTTER!

      Connery: "I've got to ask you...about the Penis Mightier."
      Trebek: "No, no, no, that's The Pen is Mightier!"
      C: "Gussy it up however you want Trebek, what matters is, does it work! Will it really mighty my penis man!"
      Nicholas Cage: "wait, wait, wait, you guys are selling penis mightiers?!"

  4. Not the strangest thing I've seen on a game show. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    KEBERT XELA

  5. Hopefully... by TheNoxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    This will bring whole new meaning to the term "slashdotted":

    Trebek: "You wagered everything you had and your answer is... CowboyNeal? The hell...?"

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